“All memory is imperfect,” declares playwright Miriam Feder. Her newest play, Ephemory, which will debut in November, explores the fragility and legacy of memory as it plays out in the relationship between a mother and daughter. The mother, Carole, is slowly losing her memory to dementia, while her daughter, Ruth, struggles to capture her mother’s…
Jewish Book Month: One Book, One Community At least 10 Portland organizations plan programs Nov. 4-Dec. 2 about My Fathers Paradise, by Ariel Sabar, as part of National Jewish Book Month. Schedule: www.oregonjcc.org/jbm by Jennifer Greenberg “I am the keeper of my family’s stories. I am the guardian of its honor. I am the defender…
Jazz pianist, arranger and film scorer David Goldblatt has worked with such luminaries as Wayne Shorter, Dave Weckl and John Patitucci. After more than 20 years in Los Angeles, Goldblatt and his wife, Kimmer, decided to call Hillsdale their home. We recently spoke with Goldblatt about his career and his family’s transition to Southwest Portland….
Eager to ensure a new generation embraces America’s music, jazz musicians often reach out warmly to fans – especially young fans. The warm reception Laz Glickman, now 12, has received over the past seven years has not only inspired him to play jazz piano, it also resulted in an annual jazz series in Bend –…
A few years ago, a group of Jewish visual artists got together in Portland to form an artists’ support group. “Art is a solitary activity, for the most part,” explains Sabina Wohlfeiler, “and we needed a group where Jewish artists could connect and support each other and get our work out to the community.” The…
Renowned director and playwright Aaron Posner opens Artists Repertory Theatre’s 2012-13 30th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of his play And So It Goes…, adapted from Kurt Vonnegut’s first short story collection, Welcome to the Monkey House (1968). Posner’s award-winning adaptations of two novels by Chaim Potok, The Chosen and My Name Is Asher…
Values like kindness, benevolence and compassion are key elements of Jewish identity. Portland Story Theater co-founder Lawrence Howard grew up no stranger to these values as the middle child in a Jewish family in New York. But the value that made the deepest impression on him as a teenager was fortitude. Fortitude runs deep in…
The Vancouver Symphony’s 34th season, which begins in early October, is titled “The Infinite Power of Music.” The careers of Israeli cellist Hillel Zori and his twin brother, violinist Nitai Zori, exemplify the abiding connections music creates. The brothers, who began making music in early childhood, are each noted performers in their own right. Hillel…
“Oregon is the creative sweet spot,” declares Wendy Marcus, editor and founder of the literary magazine Drash. The latest issue Drash: Northwest Mosaic. Vol. 6, which came out in May, features nine Oregon writers, a fourth of all the contributors. Marcus describes Drash, which published its first issue five years ago, as a “literary review…
Classic sci-fi beams down to Portland’s Cathedral Park this August as Atomic Arts presents Trek in the Park. For the past three years the talented players of Atomic Arts have brought Gene Roddenberry’s iconic 1960s TV series Star Trek to life through adaptations of classic episodes. Star Trek, best remembered for presenting a hopeful vision…
