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Jeana Edelman: HOTLIPS Pizza owner and artist feeds the culture of Portland
Jeana Edelman was born in Eugene, OR, but her family moved to Portland when she was just 5 years old. Her parents, Alfred, z”l, and Carol Edelman, were both architects and moved to Oregon from New York City when her father got a job at the architectural school at the University of Oregon. The family…
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Celebration of Art
Photo: Morrie carved this stand from black walnut for a shofar he bought from Israel as a birthday gift. Two years ago Morrie Jackson’s wife Gerry went to ORA’s annual Celebration of Art at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and told Morrie he should exhibit his work. Last year Morrie took a few of his…
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Free series: ART WITHOUT PASSPORTS
Cedar Sinai Park will host Art Without Passports, a free series of art presentations for artists and non-artists alike. The Oregon Society of Artists is presenting this free series in Zidell Hall at Rose Schnitzer Manor. The programs are open to all. The series will meet three Thursday mornings from 10:30-11:45. Arts activist and studio…
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ART presents ‘Everybody’
ABOVE: Michael Mendelson. “Everybody” Design by Jeff Hayes, Kisha Jarrett and Mary Beth Leavens Artists Repertory Theatre presents Everybody, an inventive twist on a medieval morality play (see schedule below). Death tells Everybody that their time is up. But Everybody doesn’t want to greet Death alone, so Everybody seeks the company of their friends Stuff,…
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Safrai Gallery brings Israeli art to Portland
Above, painting by Shraga Weil Oregonians will have a rare opportunity to view and purchase Israeli art in Portland in December. Jerusalem’s Safrai Gallery is bringing more than 1,500 pieces of fine art by some 100 contemporary Israeli artists – young and old masters of Israeli art – to Neveh Shalom Dec. 6-9. “This art…
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Life imitates art
Photo: Emily Eisele and Blake Stone at the first rehearsal of “I and You.” Photo by Jeff Hayes Artists Repertory Theatre’s final show of the season, “I and You,” has a synchronicity between the play’s two characters and the actors who portray them. “I and You” tells a funny, tender and surprising story of two young…
Shab Levy: The Man behind OMSI's Mesmerizing Gravitram
You’ve seen the phenomenon at OMSI for 40 years, a 10-foot-high, ever-moving mechanical sculpture that lifts and then drops balls through its labyrinth. The gravitram, a name derived from the words “gravity” and “tramway,” is the work of artist, designer and inventor Shab Levy. Built in 1973, the OMSI sculpture is one of many custom-made…
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Artist Sara Harwin Creates Visual Gateway
Sara created the exhibit “to be a visual entry point to Judaism.”The project presents 18 core concepts of Judaism through an artistic lens. A Judaic artist whose ceremonial and ritual artwork is used in synagogues and homes across Oregon and around the country, Sara knows the impact art can have on understanding and emotions. “This…
ART: Posner brings comic truth about love to Oregon stage
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…