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Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. In “The Carlalogues,” Drag Artist Anthony Hudson’s Alter Ego Kidnaps an Audience for Attention Known as Portland’s premier drag clown, Carla Rossi is at once a trickster, a rich white lady from Lake Oswego and somehow still maintains bits of Hudson himself SPLIT PERSONALITIES: Anthony Hudson (left) and Carla Rossi. (Courtesy of Artists Rep) Updated May 18 at 9:58 PM Anthony Hudson has always stepped onto the stage ...

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Women on the move: These are the days, again ArtsWatch Weekly: History moves into the forefront, a new series on Indigenous resilience, it's film fest time, a month of culture ON SATURDAY THE DOOR BETWEEN THE PAST AND PRESENT CREAKS OPEN JUST A LITTLE BIT: After months of coronavirus shutdown and a couple of bouts of vandalism during protests in the South Park Blocks, the Oregon Historical Society reopens its downtown Portland center to visitors on a limited basis, joining such other Oregon museums and historical sites as Salem’s Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Bend’s High Desert Museum, th...

This weekend, the Portland International Film Festival returns for its 44th year, after a truncated 2020 iteration and brief fall revival. Rather than retreat to a fully virtual model, the NW Film Center has opted for a hybrid presentation: certain titles will be screened at a Zidell Yards drive-in, and others will be available online for the festival's full March 5–14 duration. In addition to a robust program of shorts and features, PIFF will also offer a pair of virtualspecial events. Keeping with NW Film Center executive director Amy Dotson’s commitment...

Artists Rep Announces New Artistic Directing Fellow The inaugural fellow, Zi Alikhan, will collaborate with the company’s artistic director while also heading up ART’s new DNA: Oxygen initiative for BIPOC theater practitioners. By Fiona McCann 2/22/2021 at 10:30am Zi Alikhan, Artists Rep's inaugural artistic directing fellow Artists Rep has announced Zi Alikhan as the inaugural artistic directing fellow, a new position that will include directing the company’s new DNA: Oxygen initiative. Alikhan, a 33-year-old director currently based in New York, took the new post this week...