Angela Allen

A longtime Portland, Ore., journalist and reviewer by day, poet by night, and photographer when the light is good, I write and shoot pictures with sharpness and candor, keeping the colors in mind.

Teaching

I teach school children, college-bound students and adults about the arts of writing and photography — and the art of discovering them. I’ve worked with Wordstock Writers, Literary Arts Writers in the Schools, and Right Brain initiative, based in Portland, and taught throughout rural schools in eastern Oregon as the Fishtrap Writer-in-Residence.

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Kind Words for the Writer!

“Ms. Allen helps me correct my essays and gives me great structure. She also improves my vocabulary tremendously through great exercises. She helps me expand my overall writing brain by doing fun creative writing exercises.” Shiva, 8th grade, Portland, Ore.

Note: Shiva will enter the University of Pennsylvania as a freshman in Fall 2017. He was accepted by early admission to the Ivy League school in 2016.

Latest News, Events & Clips

Beautiful and beleaguered?

Portland Opera’s “Madama Butterfly” (Hiromi Omura sings Butterfly) was on stage this fall for the seventh time in 52 years. Is that too much? Photo by Cory Weaver. See Angela’s story.

Small and beautiful

"This Land Sings" celebrates Woody Guthrie’s legacy and a shoestring-budgeted Opera Theater Oregon. See Angela’s review.

Montgomery strums

Composer Jessie Montgomery plays her thrilling music, "including “Strum,” at the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival. See Angela’s story

Old world, new world

Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival is back again in Oregon wine country, pairing string music with vintages. See Angela’s story. Photo: Leo Eguchi

New-wave “Magic Flute”

Aquilon Music Festival is back in Oregon wine country with a punk Papageno. See Angela’s story.

Obscure comedy

Two Portland operas are staging Mozart's “La Finta” (the "Fake Gardener") this season. Read Angela’s review. Photo: Jonathan Roberts as Nardo by Joe Cantrell.

Beautiful violence

Seattle Opera’s Il Trovatore stars Northwest soprano sweetheart Angela Meade. See Angela’s review. Phillip Newton photo.

Norwegian wonder

Tord Gustavsen’s piano-driven trio sells out an early show of the PDX Jazz 2018 fall season. See Angela‘s story.

Tango art

Tango of the White Gardenia takes community opera to high standards. See Angela‘s story.

1,000 Words

Bright Tomatoes

Angela’s :”Heirlooms” won an honorable mention in the prestigious Santa Fe Photographic contest. The theme this year was “EAT.” The winning photos were eye-boggling.