Portland’s award-winning and acclaimed family band, Triple Rainbow, will celebrate the release of their 15-song, debut album You Are Magic Sunday, May 15, 2-4 pm. The all ages concert will …
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Powell’s hosts a free virtual event with award-winning journalist and author Kathryn Miles and her new true crime book,“TRAILED: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders” Thursday, May 5, …
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Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble presents “From Maxville to Vanport,” a multimedia concert of songs and short films with live music featuring vocalist Marilyn Keller as part of the 2022 Vanport …
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After two years of virtual activities, the Portland Rose Festival returns to the waterfront, kicking off with the Rose City Reunion Concert Thursday, May 26, 6-7:30 pm. The Oregon Symphony, …
Rose Festival Kickoff Concert Read More
Pop-Up Magazine is the acclaimed live magazine show, featuring original and unforgettable true stories, art, music and performances from the world’s great and emerging storytellers and journalists. The show is …
The history of Portland is fascinating and triangle productions! loves historical figures. Past plays and musicals have been produced about Tonya Harding, Gracie Hansen, Divine, Billie Holiday, Darcelle and more. …
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The evening-length dance performance conceived and directed by claire barrera, Grammar of the Imagination, takes place Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21, 7 pm and Sunday, May 22, 2 …
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The Portland Ballet’s spring concert, Current/Classic, is a mixed-repertoire program of contemporary and classical pieces that showcase the academy’s advanced company dancers. Two concerts will take place Friday, May 13 …
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The Young Professionals Company at Oregon Children’s Theater (OCT) presents Twelfth Night as the third and final production of their 2021-22 season. The 90-minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy features …
As Season 38 comes to a close, Milagro is proud to produce, in collaboration with Teatro Luna West and Urban Theater Company, a new play by Dominican-American playwright, Jasminne Mendez. …
IDEAL PDX, a collaborative group of Latino artists established in 2010, has partnered with the Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., on a mural in the Schnitzer Sculpture Court …
Frida and Diego Are Here Read More
May brings another full schedule of performances at Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St. A couple of highlights are Stephanie Schneiderman and John Gorka. Stephanie Schneiderman, with her full …
Cascadia Composers proudly presents their spring concert Saturday, May 14, 7:30 pm at Lincoln Hall, Room 75 on the Portland State University Campus. The performance showcases the variety and depth …
Collaborations 2022: Re/emergence Read More
Montavilla’s Vestal Elementary expands their annual Social Justice Night this year in partnership with PSU’s Artist as Citizen Initiative and Montavilla Jazz Thursday, May 26 starting at 4:30 pm. The …
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Now in its 15th year, the Mt. Tabor Art Walk, a juried show and sale, returns Friday, May 20-Saturday, May 21, 10 am-5 pm. 36 Talented neighborhood artists will present …
Released into the wild after months cooped up on the Zoom stage, Portland Storytellers’ Guild members Mike Devenney and Chuck McConnell step onto the Café Artichoke stage with stories reflecting …
Portland Storytellers at Artichoke Read More
On May 9, Fear No Music continues its landmark 30th Anniversary Season with Asian Resilience & Joy, an exuberant celebration of new work by composers from the vast Asian diaspora. …
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The featured group show at Sidestreet Arts for May celebrates the majesty of whales, the sly canniness of crows and much more. Feathers, Fins & Fur runs Thursday, May 5-Sunday, …
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Gigantic Brewing kicked off their first free “First Thursday” comedy show in April and the laughs continue the first Thursday of each month. Seth Allen’s Live Comedy Extravaganza offers brings …
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Movie Madness University at the Miniplex, 4320 SE Belmont, offers both multi-week and single week options for “movie lovers to learn stuff” in May. For those who can only commit …
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Oregon Children’s Theatre is wrapping up its 2021-22 season with Last Stop on Market Street, a musical story about CJ and his grandmother taking a journey through their neighborhood on …
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The Portland Folk Music Society welcomes The Texicana Mamas with their songs of love and desperation, family and celebration, borders and walls and the yearning for a new life to …
The featured show in May at Artichoke Music is the LIT Youth Jazz Jam, taking place Saturdays May 14, 21 and 28, 3-5 pm. The structured jam session is designed …
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April’s featured artists at Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave., are Ha Austin and Michael Lam. Their works will be on display and available for purchase Thursdays-Sundays, 12-5 pm through …
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Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble (PJCE) has recently welcomed a new Executive Director succeeding Douglas Detrick, who served the organization 2013-2022. Meg Marrow, also known as Meg Samples when DJ-ing on …
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Ruth Ross’ exhibit, “August 6, 1945 • 8:15 a.m.” kicks off with an opening reception at Pushdot Studio Friday, April 8, 6-8 pm. The works in the exhibit were inspired …
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Comic book and graphic novel publisher TidalWave Comics has released an all new, 24-page comic book sequel to the best-selling “Female Force: Dolly Parton,” the latest entry in the comic …
The Espacio Flamenco student show “Los Caminos del Flamenco” will be performed at Imago Theater for one night only, Saturday, April 16. The performance is an opportunity for the professional …
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Cantores in Ecclesia, conducted by David Hill, performs James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross Wednesday, April 13, 7:30 pm at St. Philip Neri Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave. …
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The Buckman Art Show and Sell returns to Buckman Elementary (SE Stark St. and 16th Ave.) in person for its 32nd year Saturday, April 9, 10 am-5 pm. The event …
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Alberta Rose has a full slate of shows in April and is no longer requiring masks or proof of vaccination, although both are highly recommended and encouraged. Seattle band Rise …
Hitting the Alberta Rose Stage in April Read More
Antigone At The Border is the new onstage production at Milagro Theatre. The story is based on Sophocles’ epic about a headstrong girl who speaks truth to power in a …
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The Festival of Migrating Crows wants to combine your poetry, theater, dance, film and visual art into a celebration of Portland’s migrating wonders, to honor these flying trickster friends. Portland …
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Books with Pictures presents Melissa Meszaros reading from her new book, Heavy Metal Headbang. It’s in the store at 1401 SE Division St., Friday, March 11, 5 pm. Meszaros was …
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A Walk In The Woods is the March group show at Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave., opening First Friday and up through March 27. The exhibit pays tribute to …
Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., presents live performance of many flavors each month. Here’s a taste of March’s music shows: Friday, March 4, 8 pm – Pert Near …
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The Laurelthirst Pub’s live music calendar for March looks a lot like it did in the Before Times. Shows are free unless a cover is listed. This month’s highlights: • …
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Minneapolis based indie folk artists Humbird fly into Portland, celebrating the release of their sophomore album, Still Life. The tour goes through 10 states, landing here Saturday, March 26 in …
SALT – A story of the land and landscape is a new show of photos by Sandra Marill Chandler, up on the walls of Pushdot Studio through March 31. The …
Raising Hazel perform in concert, Saturday, March 5 at Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd. It’s an 8 pm live in-person show simulcast on Artichoke’s YouTube and Facebook channels. Tickets …
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Robots Don’t Tell Jokes is the third album of fun songs for families by children’s songwriter, Kelli Welli. Welli (aka Kelli Caldwell) performs for kids and has released two award-winning …
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Music Millennium’s In-Store Series returns to 3158 E. Burnside St. this month featuring: Friday, March 11, 6 pm, Portland Punk Band Glacier Veins, in performance and signing their new album, …
Short Takes March 2022 Read More
Beloved folk duo Robin and Linda Williams return to the Rose City for a Portland FolkSong concert Saturday, February 19. This year finds them performing as a duo again. Michigan …
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The 13th Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, continues through Sunday, February 6. FG22 features in-person and online programming. Here’s two of many on-demand suggestions: Dorothy’s Dictionary by EM Lewis …
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The Laurelthirst Pub is back doing what it does best, presenting live music nightly, often free and always good. This came straight from the Thirst’s mouth: “We shut down for …
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Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., presents live performance in music, spoken word and acrobatics each month. There’s plenty good evenings a-coming too! A few of February’s highlights: • Saturday, …
Winterfolk, Carsie Blanton Peter Rowan & Mother Hips Read More
Portland jazz ensemble Blue Cranes have released their fifth album, Voices. The ensemble has a live show as a part of the 2022 PDX Jazz Fest, Saturday, February 26, 6 …
Portland’s Talilo Marfil is a Filipino-American hip-hop recording artist and two-time RACC Grant Award Winner. His latest video single, 122nd, was made with a sense of urgency after a year …
February’s returning daylight brings Sidestreet Arts’ annual Hearts and Flowers Group Show in the gallery at 140 SE 28th Ave. Artists Phyllis Flury, Anna Magruder, John Opie, Gail Owen and …
Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) presents a double header of concerts this month at The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave. Built in 1882, it is the oldest Portland church still …
CMNW Double Concert Live and Streaming Read More
Clinton Street Theater is open for in-person screenings and their calendar is full and brimming over with art house and foreign films, many you may not see anywhere else. The …
Reel Movies at Clinton Street Theater Read More
TidalWave Comics’ Tribute: Betty White celebrates the extraordinary life of the actor, writer, wit and humanitarian who was a celebrated Hollywood presence for seven-plus decades. It includes her renowned love of …
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Artichoke Community Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd., adds Sunday afternoon shows to their February series, a great idea in these days of early darkness. • Sunday, February 6, A Fine …
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Sidestreet Arts’ January group show is The Print Matrix and the artists’ mediums and visions are many and varied. The show runs January 7-30 at 140 SE 28th Ave. Rosie …
triangle productions! begins the year with Bakersfield Mist, a comedy written by Stephen Sacks and based on a true story. The play runs January 27-February 12. Maude (Helen Raptis) is a …
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble’s (PJCE) winter season opens Saturday, January 8 with a concert featuring a quintet from the Young Jazz Composers Program. The concert starts at 7:30 pm at …
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Alberta Rose Theatre’s January has live music, spoken word and acrobatics in store. Full vaccination and masks required for entry for all shows. Two highlights from this month: • Wednesday, …
Old Soul Roots and Lunatics Read More
Artichoke Community Music kicks off the new year with live music on their stage in the store at 2007 SE Powell Blvd. First Friday Blues with Lloyd Jones, January 7, …
A New Year at Artichoke Read More
The Entire City is a new hour-long, biweekly podcast featuring co-hosts Alexander Hogan and Steve Ellerhoff who discuss a different pair of short stories each time. Connections between the tales …
Milagro’s new stage presentation, Duende de Lorca, follows the early life of Surrealist poet Federico García Lorca. At age 27, as a struggling artist living with his parents, his puppet …
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Join ArcoPDX, the Amplified Repertory Chamber Orchestra of Portland, for a new program called Incantation; two intimate evenings of music by 21st century composers in two Portland venues. The concerts …
Movie Madness: 30 Years Behind the Counter at Portland’s Iconic Video Store is a book collection of interviews, photographs and more; a loving look at the history of Movie Madness. …
Movie Madness Releases Book Read More
Peace, Love & Soup radio show/podcast celebrates its 20th show, In the Time of Covid, Batch 1: Anamnesis (the recollection or remembrance of the past; a reminiscence). A collection of …
Cappella Records, Portland record label of the vocal ensemble, Cappella Romana, has announced its Grammy nomination for the Best Choral Performance on Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, conducted by …
Cappella Records Grammy Nomination Read More
The 19th annual JazzFest is February 17-26 with 30+ events at multiple venues headlined by Grammy award winners Ron Carter, Robert Glasper, Gary Bartz, Diane Schuur, Brad Mehldau, and Flor …
PDX Jazz Fest Tickets on Sale Now Read More
Sidestreet Arts presents their annual Very Merry Cash and Carry art and gift show and the gallery is filled with one-of-a-kind offerings created by more than 50 local Pacific Northwest …
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Recuerdos is a new show of work by Ivan Salcido at Pushdot Studio through January 28. Salcido is a Portland artist who makes sculptures, paintings and installations. Originally from El …
Imago Theatre presents Conor McPherson’s The Shining City, a suspenseful tale of the inner demons that trouble the play’s characters. A former priest, a widowed philanderer, and a jilted mother …
Alberta Rose Theatre’s December schedule is LIVE and the tradition continues with: • 12/1-12/11, 8 pm: A White Album Xmas – The annual holiday circus tribute to The Beatles with …
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Stark Street Studio Holiday Show and Sale continues through December 24 at 2809 SE Stark St. It features 10 ceramic artists and a variety of fine, handcrafted artwork including dinnerware, …
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Imagine yourself in the front room of the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth where hostesses Audrey and Olivia lead you through the lives and letters of Charlotte Brontë (author of Jane …
Withering Looks: An Entertaining Evening with the Bronte Sisters Read More
Music Together brings music into families’ lives that is essential to helping children thrive during these challenging times. Music-making builds connections and helps us express emotions, naturally relieving stress and …
Music Together Winter Classes Read More
Artichoke Music hosts holiday happenings this month including their Warm Winter Night celebration, Saturday, December 18 with an Open House from 4-6:30 pm with the evening’s music beginning at 7 …
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Portland Folkmusic Society 2022 concerts begin again in January at Reedwood Friends Church, 2901 SE Steele St. on the 3rd Saturday each month featuring: January 15 – John Reischman & …
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The 19th annual JazzFest is February 17-26 with 30+ events at multiple venues and Grammy award winners Ron Carter, Robert Glasper, Gary Bartz, Diane Schuur, Brad Mehldau, and Flor De …
PDX JazzFest Tickets on Sale Read More
Stark Street Studio at 2809 SE Stark St. is the oldest ceramic studio in Portland, open for 38 years and counting! The 10 artists working in clay there invite you …
Stark Street Studio Holiday Show Read More
Register for the next Songwriting as Truth-Telling, a six-week online class series taught by songwriter Matt Meighan, Wednesdays 6-8 pm, November 10-December 15. The class supports each writer in finding …
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triangle productions! new live presentation is Bella!, written by Harvey Fierstein, presented onstage November 26-December 11. The action takes place in September 1976. Bella Abzug hides out in the bathroom …
Vertical Pool presents the World Premiere of a new Antero Alli film, The Alchemy of Sulphur, screening one night only, Sunday November 7, 7:30 pm at the Clinton Street Theater, …
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Cowboy Junkies return to Portland to perform at Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark St. in an evening concert, Sunday, November 21, 8 pm. The band is doing its first tour …
Cowboy Junkies Ride Into Revolution Hall Read More
Artichoke Music is presenting live shows again and that is mighty good news. This month’s highlights include Saturday, November 6 – Brian Odell, 8 pm; Sunday, November 7 – John …
Live Music at Artichoke Returns Read More
Alberta Rose Theatre’s November schedule offers plenty of big shows LIVE. Here are but a few of the month’s highlights. • Wednesday 11/3, 8 pm: Led Kaapana, Slack Key Guitar …
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Anita Reuther and Ha Austin are November’s featured artists at Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave. The show runs November 3-28. Reuther reflects her lifelong love of the Pacific Northwest …
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The Creative Music Guild’s 2021 concert series in SE Portland features local composer/improviser and instigator Caspar Sonnet’s new series, Discordance, this month featuring master percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani. Also on the …
Noah Matteucci’s random (8), the new exhibit at Agenda Gallery, 4505 SE Belmont St., runs from November 13-December 12. The show is an installation of woodblock prints combining digital technology …
random (8) at Agenda Read More
Imago Theatre does it again as Conor McPherson’s version of The Birds takes one of Hitchcock’s most iconic films and transforms it into a chilling onstage chamber drama. The four …
The Driveway Concert Series has morphed into a new form due to the weather. The Lincoln Street Concerts are a first Saturday fete, held inside and hosted by Lincoln Street …
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In Mulieribus (Latin for “among women”), a seasoned, female vocal ensemble dedicated to strengthening community through the art of music, specializes in works written before 1750 and champions new repertoire …
In Mulieribus Celebrates Pauline Garcia-Viardot Read More
The 5th Portland Dance Film Festival takes place October 15-24 at The Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St. The Fest is a multi-day event and a hybrid of online …
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The Harvest is in at Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave., with a new show of work featuring Rabun Thompson’s teapots, planters, vases, mugs, platters and totems. A potter for …
Rabun Thompson’s Pottery at Sidestreet Read More
The Alberta Rose Theatre’s live performance schedule is full again this month and there are many special don’t-miss nights of splendid music and entertainment. Here are a few highlights. • …
A Big October at Alberta Rose Read More
Creative Music Guild’s (CMG) Annual Improvisation Summit takes place at several venues around town October 12-17, including three in SE. CMG has livestream options too. Here’s a partial schedule: • …
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Chamber Music Northwest opens their new season of eight live concerts Sunday, October 10, 4 pm at The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., with Cello + Piano with Zlatomir Fung …
Chamber Music Northwest Season Opener Read More
Avery Hill’s ukulele classes for all levels of experience are taught live via Zoom, or email, for self-paced students. • Beyond Beginner Ukulele – For those with basic chords and …
Books With Pictures, 1401 SE Division St., celebrates All of the Marvels, a new major work by local author Douglas Wolk. Wolk read all 27,000 Marvel superhero comic books (so …
Imago Theatre presents a new, original chamber work of music, Satie’s Journey, resurrecting the spirit of the legendary Velvet Gentleman, Erik Satie, presented live and streaming afterwards online and on-demand …
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Performance Works NW, 4625 SE 67th Ave., presents 3 miles of possible, a durational solo by PWNW director Linda Austin “exploring poetic and practical associations of ‘the possible’ in a …
Stephanie Schneiderman has released a new solo album titled Crossfire. It’s her ninth record and maiden voyage as self-producer. The mash up of introspective folk and trip hop pop tunes …
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PEEP into positivity with The Reformers as they embark on another unique adventure this Halloween season. The Reformers, a company of artists on the outskirts of contemporary theater present original, …
White Lies She Told Me, Paintings by Sadé DuBoise is a new exhibit at Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Ave., Suite 104 in the Ford Building. Her work is on …
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