Joe Cantrell

2 months ago | orartswatch.org | Brett Campbell |Oregon ArtsWatch |Joe Cantrell

Just weeks into the advent of a new regime that gained power in part via promises of division, inequity, and exclusion might seem an unpropitious moment to celebrate multiculturalism. Then again, it might have happened at just the right time.

2 months ago | orartswatch.org | James Bash |Oregon ArtsWatch |Joe Cantrell

There’s nothing quite like a pop quiz at the start of a concert, but ten fun questions opened Every Brain Needs (Love) Music, which took place at the Patricia Reser Center for the Performing Arts on Valentine’s Day. That inquisitory and lively tone permeated Portland Chamber Orchestra’s unique concert-cum-lecture, featuring neuroscientist Larry Sherman.