Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright came out at the age of 14 and has been consistently (and proudly) queer ever since. Back in April he even went as far as outing homophobic rapper 50 Cent in Details Magazine.
“I think he’s just the sexiest, and a brilliant writer. And I know he’s gay. It’s okay, 50 Cent. Feel free [...]

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Unwrap your goodies with Portland Institute for Contemporary Art this Saturday, December 6th, at PICA’s annual “Unwrapped” holiday benefit show and auction.

Surely you can scrape up fifty bucks for the kind of naughty-naughts nosh and show that PICA’s serving up this weekend, especially with the likes of that purrfectly marvelous entertainer named Meow Meow, accompanied [...]

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There are three final weekend TBA 2008 performances being talked about more than anything else on the docket, so allow me to suggest you set your TBA 08 GPS for the following…
Philippe Quesne/Vivarium Studio in “L’Effet de Serge” @ Imago Theatre, nightly at 6:30 pm: The arty-smart French bad boys from Vivarium Studio return to TBA [...]

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There is really only one idea in Kenny Mellman and Bridget Everett’s new show, “Sexercise Live!,” playing through tonight at PICA’s 2008 TBA Festival. And – attention must be paid – it’s a pretty good idea.
It goes something like this: take a slice of recent historical pop culture – the raunchy rap and soul songs [...]

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One of the most highly anticipated shows of the TBA Festival is Superamas, an artist collective based in Paris and Vienna.
Being based in Paris and Vienna, the enormous set for their show BIG 3rd Episode (happy/end) needed to be shipped to America via Los Angeles. Once in LA, however, the cargo company hired by PICA told Executive Director [...]

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Maybe it’s finally time to retire “Ten Tiny Dances.”
Queer choreographer Mike Barber’s mini dance revuesical-on-the-move has been charming Northwest audiences since 2002. Some pretty accomplished dancemakers – Bebe Miller, Eiko & Koma, tEEth’s Angelle Hebert – have graced the show’s tiny four by four foot stage. The piece has been an on-and-off-again TBA Festival fixture since 2003.
But [...]

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One long droning tone in the dark, and Portland’s Time-Based Art (TBA) Festival was changed forever.
As indie pop sensation Antony Hegarty’s glass-fragile voice shimmered out into the Arlene Schnitzer Hall in Friday night’s official TBA 2008 opening concert, you heard not only the striking sound of a vanguard chamber pop sensation strutting his stuff [...]

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Hope you picked up today’s Just Out for our very queer guide to PICA’s 2008 Time-Based Art Festival.
I got in late last night from the opening events – an unfocused, subdued “Blank Placard Happening” and messy first night of “The Works,” which I’ll blog about in a bit – but the big big event is [...]

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Yes yes yes – Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Palin. I’m exhausted by her already, and she’s only been in the public eye for, what, six days? (three of them tucked away with McCain advisers, plotting last night’s angry screed, I mean, speech).
Anyhow, here’s what’s up in tomorrow’s Just Out September 5 street edition:
… IRIS [...]

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You know this already, I know I know, but PICA’s 2008 Time-Based Art (TBA) Festival opens tonight, with a recreation of Anna Halprin’s “Blank Placard Happening” stepping off from Pacific Northwest College of Art at 8 pm and crossing the Broadway Bridge to Leftbank and a raucous opening night at “THE WORKS,” featuring The Flash [...]

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