An engaging new exhibit went on display at Migration Brewing, at 2828 NE Glisan, this month. Local artist Claudia Martinez says this about her artwork: The Epoch Tree is a series of 29 hand-built boxes salvaged from trashed scrap wood left in a garbage bin outside of a cabinetry shop on Foster. These boxes contain [...]
Don’t miss the Friends of Trees Haiku Hotties at the live show of Live Wire on August 21 at The Gerding Theater at the Armory. In addition to watching Friends of Trees collect the audience’s haikus, the evening will feature performances by musician Reggie Watts and experimental stage artist Dayna Hanson, with guest musicians 3 [...]
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The rock band Cake is currently on its national summer tour, playing such hits as ‘Never There’ and ‘Satan is my Motor,’ all the while giving trees to lucky audience members. The popular band has been doing this for several years, according to front-man John McCrea at a concert in 2008, “Just because I think [...]
On the heels of the tree-centric Avatar and with the discovery that the Cannes International Film Festival will close this year with a picture called The Tree, it is increasingly clear that the film industry can not survive without trees. The Tree is a family drama that incorporates a giant Moreton Bay Fig Tree into [...]
