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Stephen Marc Beaudoin

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Meet the dynamos who make Portland's art music snap and crackle

Four who are scene-shifting classical musicians talk about why they came to Portland, and why "a big small town" can be a more promising place than bigger Seattle for an art-music revolution.

Two more promising new arts groups in Portland

KO & Co., a dance troupe, and Portland Vocal Consort strut their stuff in a city that is spawning many new companies. The performances, however, left our critic feeling a little stranded.

Portland music: one hit and one miss

The opera whiffs on a Handel production, while the symphony struts its stuff in a John Adams' piece. The pair of performances raises an interesting question of how "regional" factors come into play.

Portland becomes a hot city for opera

A wide range of companies is taking chances in repertoire and bold approaches. It's paying off in some indelible performances and young audiences. Here's a survey of the past year's highlights.

Dance in Portland: White Bird flies high

Globe-trotting dance producers Paul King and Walter Jaffe bring innovation, class, and community to the Rose City's now-flourishing dance scene.

Update on Oregon Symphony: Five suggestions for new directions

An earlier article on the OSO generated lots of comment, and the plea for some positive suggestions. The author responds.

Can anybody fix the Oregon Symphony?

It will take more than an endorsement from Portland's reigning pop music star, Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini. The orchestra lost its charismatic conductor and now is losing audience and supporters, even as it's playing better than ever.

Sam Adams will use arts as a major theme in the Portland mayor's race

The energetic city commissioner minces no words about how important the arts should be and how unsustainable the current method of funding has become. He spells out plans for Stumptown in this Crosscut interview.

Portland's expressive marathon

The 11-day Time Based Art Festival was exhausting as usual but, event for event, not as consistently inspiring as last year's.

Journal: Portland's Time-Based Art Festival

Reports from the 10-day avante-garde extravaganza, sponsored by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and which runs through Sept. 16.

10 days of bleeding-edge performance art in Portland

The Time-Based Art Festival, put on by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, is an avant-garde extravaganza that annually places Oregon on the world stage. Here's how TBA grew in just five years, and who's performing through Sept. 16 — a mix of international and Northwest talent.

Stephen Marc Beaudoin is a musician and arts writer based in Portland.
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Mossback » Crosscut Focus: People vs. Puget Sound.

Puget Sound on Prozac

Pretty as it is, our signature waterway is a chemical dump for everything from oil to sewage — and even anti-depressants. You may be surprised (and disgusted) by what turns up there.

57 states — and the Soviet of Washington?

A Seattle software exec makes sure that the buffalo don't roam

Arts Beat »

An Eastside community where craftsmanship defines the homes

It began in 1908, when a local group called the Beaux Arts Society bought 50 acres of land on the shore of Lake Washington, creating a thriving memorial to the arts and crafts movement of the day.

Melinda Bargreen: Goodbye to the Seattle Times music critic post

Columbus Symphony, deadlocked with musicians, shuts down

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Business / Technology »

The Port of Seattle approves an Eastside trail deal

The 42-mile corridor is moving into public ownership, to be used for a hiking and biking trail, a freight line, and possibly for commuter transit.

Port Townsend is exploring ways to resume fast passenger ferry service to Seattle

Top-rated Seattle radio station: public KUOW-FM

Politics / Government »

Q&A with the new director of Washington State Ferries

Says David Moseley: "I’ve been to every ferry-served community with the exception of one, and I’m going there later this month. I’ve ridden every route except two. That kind of personal connection to the people that we serve and the people who ride our ferry boats is a change from what had been occurring."

Bob Barr, former GOP congressman from Georgia, says he's running for president as a Libertarian

Responding to her readers: Carolyn McConnell on paid family leave

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Sports »

The Mariners are scouting Ken Griffey Jr.

So reports beat writer John Hickey. An assistant to Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi was at Shea Stadium over the weekend to watch the Reds play the Mets.

Perhaps Oklahoma City would also be interested in a baseball team

Grandmother, mother, and daughter — on the same soccer team

Flip Side » Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton will you please go now!

Flip Side: With apologies to Dr. Seuss and Maureen Dowd.

An alternative reality show

John Moe: Sorry, Seattle, I'm moving away

Travel »

Q&A with the new director of Washington State Ferries

Says David Moseley: "I’ve been to every ferry-served community with the exception of one, and I’m going there later this month. I’ve ridden every route except two. That kind of personal connection to the people that we serve and the people who ride our ferry boats is a change from what had been occurring."

Mount Rainier's Paradise Inn is ready to reopen after years of renovation

Northwest Airlines plans to compete on the Seattle-to-Beijing route

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