Portland Music Stream
The Alberta Rose Theatre’s Portland Music Stream presents live concerts in your home. The third season is underway, and it’s a fine way to see and hear beloved artists perform
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Arts & Entertainment
Who is Mr. Wizard?
Two days before her death, Jenny Elliot tells her 50-year-old son Phillip that, being half Irish, he should be more careful about his drinking. Phillip and his brother Spencer grew
Tribute to a Conscious World
Need a way to relax while spending time at home? Sound and visual artist and experimental filmmaker Curt Stump has created a new 54 minute film called Tribute to a
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We Are Everything
Portland musician and songwriter Anna Fritz has played on many recording projects – her own, Portland Cello Project, The Decemberists, Blue Cranes and many others. She has a new song
June at Sidestreet Gallery
Sidestreet Arts presents Garden of Hope, their June show, presented online and in their gallery windows. For the entire month, Sidestreet member and ceramicist, Denise Krueger and mixed-media artist, Dona
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From The Southeast Examiner’s A & E Editor:
For our community of touring musicians, theatre performers, authors, painters, sculptors and so many others, the indefinite cancellation of public events means a complete loss of income and the anxiety
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Paint with Jolyn
Portland artist Jolyn Fry is offering classes online in May and June through Radius Community Art Studio. Join her Tuesday nights, 6:30 pm for intermediate level painting demos and tutorials.
Happy 2564th Buddha Birthday!
Each year, the full moon in May (the Buddhist month of Baishakh) brings Buddha’s Birthday, and this year is his 2564th! It’s good to know there’s a stay at home,
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Multimedia + Metal
For the month of May, Sidestreet Arts features two artists in multimedia and metal: Amy Ruedinger and encaustic artist Sidestreet member, Michele Sabatier. The gallery itself may or may not
Anna Tivel’s Stayhomepoems
Portland songwriter Anna Tivel wants to email you a newly-made Stayhomepoem every week along with a link to a new weekly song to listen to. “In trying to dream up
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Artichoke’s Online Music Classes
Artichoke Music has 10 teachers offering more two than dozen diverse online music classes including: singing, guitar, violin, harp, harmonica, ukulele, banjo and songwriting. Some classes focus on specific musical
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Quality Folk Dojo
Dojo is a Japanese word used to describe “a place of the way” in martial arts. The Quality Folk Dojo, created by Kate Power and Steve Einhorn, is a weekly
A Message from Laurelthirst Pub
Greetings from the temporarily shuttered Laurelthirst Pub! We want to let you know that we miss you all. We’re holding high hopes for reopening to serve you again soon, and
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Portland Music Stream
The Portland Music Stream presents live-streamed concerts by national and local talents. In its second season underway now, it’s a way to see, hear and support artists performing live online
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Cool Art House Shares Sales with Food Bank
Cool Art House is a new online art gallery designed as a destination for art collectors, newbie to pro, on the lookout for new, emerging artists. The site offers originals
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Books with Pictures
Books with Pictures is keeping Portland in comic books with free personal shopping, free local delivery and in-store pickups. For a fee, they’ll ship postally too. Owner Katie Pryde (pictured)
Watch Movies at Home & Support Clinton Street
From Lani Jo Leigh, Clinton Street Theater’s owner: “Although closed, the Clinton Street Theater (CST) is more than a building with an auditorium with seats, a screen and a stage.
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The Show Must Go On-line
With the mass cancellation of live theater events everywhere, performers of all ages have lost long-awaited performance opportunities. Confident Voice Studio and Portland Musical Theater premiere the first musical written
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Peace, Love & Soup
Tavé Fascé Drake is the lead singer of Gerle Haggard, the “all girl, all Merle” tribute band. In another identity, she has a podcast called Peace, Love and Soup; “audio
PDX Arts Shorts
FACE THE MUSIC! A live, City Commissioner Candidate Forum is Sunday, May 3, 1-4 pm, hosted by MusicPortland. Four out of five seats on Portland’s City Council are being decided
Update from Music Millennium
From Music Millennium’s owner, Terry Currier: “COVID-19 has forced us to make necessary changes in business. We are for now only open for curbside service, online orders and phone orders.
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A Note from The Southeast Examiner’s A&E Editor
For our community of touring musicians, theatre performers, authors, painters, sculptors and so many others, the indefinite cancellation of public events means a complete loss of income and the anxiety
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Milagro: Con todo Corazón
Con todo Corazón, the title of Milagro’s current season, means “with all our heart.” That’s the spirit and dedication with which we create live performances and community events. Milagro has
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Portland Storytellers Guild
Portland Storytellers Guild’s decision to move their monthly showcase to the Clinton Street Theater in 2017 proved fortuitous, connecting the area’s oldest storytelling group with the city’s oldest performance venue
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Oregon Koto-Kai
Oregon Koto-Kai, the Japanese harp society of Oregon, meets together regularly in SE Portland and performs live. They made a tough decision cancelling their annual So-Shun (Early Spring) Concert March
The Portland Music Stream
Alberta Rose Theatre and Portland musicians are bringing live entertainment to your living rooms in this time of isolation and distancing via the new Portland Music Stream. “Since you can’t
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Sidestreet Arts
Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave., is a little gallery with a whole lot of heart in the ivy-covered building with a Gary Hirsch BotJoy mural. Formerly Sidestreet Gallery was
Performance Works NorthWest
From PWNW founding director Linda Austin: For close to 20 years now, Performance Works NorthWest (PWNW) has thrived as a site for transformative experimentation. Programs and initiatives such as Linda
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News from Michael Hurley
This message came in from the one and only Michael Hurley, the grandfather of Freak- Folk music. Like everything else these days, his monthly shows at the Laurelthirst Pub are
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Clinton Street Theatre
We hope this message finds you safe and well. We at the Clinton Street Theater have come to the difficult conclusion that we must close our doors at this time.
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A Story from 3 Leg Torso
The band began on a Friday evening in August, 1996 at Tony DeMicola’s Key Largo Club in Old Town. We were filling in for our friends, Duo Glide, who were
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Stay Home by Wendell Berry
I will wait here in the fields to see how well the rain brings on the grass. In the labor of the fields longer than a man’s life I am
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Artslandia
Artslandia is launching a series of programs across their online platforms to offer arts-centered content to elevate artistry, lift spirits, and promote connection and bringing art and performance into people’s
Music Millennium at 51
It’s been quite a roller coaster ride for the past 51 years, but thanks to the music fans in Portland, Music Millennium is still here. In 1989, as the store
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Enso Theatre Ensemble
After years of performer training that taught how to get in to character, but not how to get out, Caitlin Lushington and Jordan Mackey (above) founded Enso Theatre Ensemble, a
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PDX Artist Relief
Portland Creative Laureate Subashini Ganesan, has teamed up with Oregon’s Poet Laureate Kim Stafford, to create an emergency relief fund to for local freelance and independent artists impacted by COVID-19.
Radius Gallery and Annex
Radius is a creative community offering workshops, studios, a gallery and a retail shop. We are artists, makers, friends and weirdos who welcome the contributions and perspectives of all people.
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Artist and Craftsman Supply
Artist and Craftsman Supply, 3393 SE 21st Ave., is more than a place to pick up paint. They are a community resource for artists and can talk you through potential
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Confident Voice Studio and Portland Musical Theater Company
Confident Voice Studio and Portland Musical Theater Company have joined forces to offer online classes, workshops and private lessons for kids and adults in voice, piano, ukulele, musical theater, preschool
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CANCELLATION NOTICE
Many events are being cancelled and we are updating this site as we are notified of cancellations. We encourage you to check with individual venues before heading to any event.
Short Takes…Arts News of Note March 2020
BARDO AND DELICATE FISH are two dance pieces presented March 5, 6 and 7 at Shaking The Tree Theatre, 823 SE Grant St. each night at 7:30 pm. Bardo is
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UNFIT: The Tale of Another Time
By Nancy Tannler Portland author Lani Jo Leigh tells a poignant story of young love, motherhood and how much the times have changed in the last 50 years in her
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Robin & Linda Williams
In their fourth decade as a duo, Robin & Linda Williams have performed the music they love for many people in so many places. This month, the road brings them
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MMM BTHVN 2020
3/7/2020 UPDATE: MMM is being RESCHEDULED until later in the year due to to Coronavirus concerns. March Music Moderne, an annual music fest force of nature, returns after a hiatus
Mary Flower
Watching Mary Flower play guitar can save your whole week in times like these. Her fingerpicking and lap-slide energize the room with an inventive, dexterous, mesmerizing blend. This month, she
Karen Thurman and Her Whimsical Felt Objects
Sidestreet Arts features fiber artist Karen Thurman and Her Whimsical Felt Objects for March. Her sculptures and hanging mobiles are other-worldly, full of brightly colored polka dots and plush spindly
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Portland Storytellers Guild
Howard Alder, Pam Maben, Holly Robison and Penny Walters are at this month’s weavers at the Portland Storytellers Guild showcase Saturday, March 7 at Clinton Street Theater. This month’s story
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Gerle Haggard Goes to Space
Kendall Concerts’ Music Under the Dome is OMSI’s monthly planetarium music series combining live performance with stunning spacial visual adventures for the senses. This month, hear classic country music with
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Rebecca Solnit at Revolution Hall
The ever informative and entertaining writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit appears live in a conversation about her life and new book Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 pm at Revolution Hall,
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Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Concert
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer are in a rare concert this month at Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd. Think superb harmonies and instrumental virtuosity on a whole family of
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Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers returns to triangle theatre, March 5-28. The story by Willy Russell is a rags to riches tragedy of our times. A woman with many children to support surrenders
30th Buckman Art Show and Sell
The Buckman Art Show and Sell celebrates its third decade this year and its annual festivities continue to delight. Someone told us it’s all happening at the school – 100
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Love, p:ear
LOVE, p:EAR, a new collection of photographs by Sean May is at p:ear gallery, 338 NW 6th Ave. May is one of the city’s rising artists and his new collection
Oregon Music Hall of Fame Scholarships
OREGON MUSIC HALL OF FAME COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP applications are available and the deadline is March 1, 2020. Each applicant should be a student studying music with the talent of instrument
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The World of Koto with Masumi Timson
THE WORLD OF KOTO WITH MASUMI TIMSON Saturday February 8, 1-3 pm. Koto Master Timson presents a lecture on traditional Japanese Koto music, followed by a hands-on session. Students will
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The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559
THE JOURNAL OF BEN UCHIDA: CITIZEN 13559, a play written by Naomi Iizuka is presented by Oregon Children’s Theatre February 29-March 22 at the Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway. It’s
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Hidden River Songwriter Camp
HIDDEN RIVER SONGWRITING CAMP REGISTRATION – Four days of songwriting, music and nature on the shore of Willapa Bay near Long Beach, Washington July 22-26. Songwriters of all experience levels
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Concert
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE is presented live in concert conducted by Justin Freer. Fight a dragon, swim with merpeople, and find out who put Harry’s name in
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Kevin Burke at Artichoke Music
MASTER IRISH FIDDLER, KEVIN BURKE, will be at Artichoke Music Saturday, February 8 at 11:30 am to sign his new book The Solo Albums and to play tunes from the new
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Jet Black Pearl Turns the Corkscrew
Jet Black Pearl the wild accordion diva, brings her loops and energetic songs to the Corkscrew Wine Bar, 1665 SE Bybee Blvd, on Monday, February 17 at 7 pm. Born
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Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!)
Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!) a new play by Jami Brandli, is new at Defunkt Theatre. The story asks us to imagine the formidable and much heralded women, Clytemnestra,
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Her Crooked Heart
Her Crooked Heart, a Minneapolis quartet, make a Portland stop with their debut disc, To Love To Leave To Live. The album is a song cycle, of narratives and intertwining
Special K
Imago Theatre presents Jerry Mouawad’s new play, Special K, mashing up playwright Luigi Pirandello’s reality puzzles with vaudeville, tragedy and time-hopping romps through the Black Plague of the Middle Ages
SHINE
Eugene artist Christopher St. John’s one-man show, SHINE, opens at Sidestreet Arts in February, featuring not only his whimsical ceramic creatures, but also an array of two-dimensional watercolors. This piece
The Magic Fish
The Magic Fish, a new puppet show by Leaven Dream Puppets, follows a boy who does not answer his mom’s call and his adventures, bring him home wiser. Informed by
Master Mandolin Duets
Don Julin and Tim Connell are presenting a unique twin mandolin musical experience live at Artichoke Music. Mixing jazz, fiddle tunes, Brazilian and originals, the duo’s seasoned and fresh approaches
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Tear Down This Wall
The Broken Planetarium and Resonate Choral Arts are teaming up to present an all female choir musical of star-crossed lovers on either side of the Berlin Wall, an event that’s
PDX Jazz Fest 2020
The 2020 PDX Jazz Festival returns with a bang Wednesday, February 19-Sunday, March 1 and this year’s list of artists is impressive. It’s the 17th year of this much anticipated
Really, Really? Really!
How to Really, Really? Really! Love a Woman is Eleanor O’Brien’s solo show; part storytelling, part stand-up, part TED Talk, part Vagina Monologue and a hilarious, empowering and educational tale.
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Sam Reider & The Human Hands
Sam Reider and the Human Hands perform live for Portland FolkMusic Society’s February concert at the Reedwood Friends Church. A jazz pianist by training, Reider has spent the last decade
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Hunica at Milagro
Written by Canadian-Chilean playwright Marilo Nuñez and inspired by true events, Milagro Theatre’s Huinca tells the tale of Manuel Huillipan of the Chilean community of Lof Rankilko. Wrongfully jailed, and
The Closing of Winterland
Music Millennium hosts a book signing and reading for This Old Building: The Closing Of Winterland, a photo book By Jarid Scott Johnson Saturday, January 11. Thousands of Deadheads gathered
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Tom May
A full time folk artist for almost 50 years, Tom May has shared stages with Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Alabama, Willie Nelson and many others. With story-songs about folks he’s
Leap Into the New
It’s the theme of the January Portland Storytellers Guild show, affirming the challenge of trying something new, even if it means a perilous chance into the unknown or a misstep
Mount Tabor Park 2020 Calendar
The Mount Tabor Park 2020 Calendar with photographs by Andrew Haliburton, celebrates the beauty of this beloved park and its historic structures. For more than a century, they were the
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Zines with Sara Mirk
What is a Zine anyway? Why, it’s a small-circulation self-published work of original texts and images. Writer Sarah Mirk is in the midst of making a zine every day for
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Open to Your Creative Nature
New nature studies by Jolyn Fry and Lunar Molar are shown at the Radius Annex Gallery this month. Fry is a painter. Molar is a ceramicist. The picture above is
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Rose and Swing Go “Deep Down”
The Ford Gallery’s new show, Deep Down, invites viewers to dip into the playful exploration of the emotional, mythical, morbid and psychedelic waters of the subconscious. The show features works
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Life According to Morty and Ruth
Triangle productions! opens 2020 with the lighthearted Life According to Morty and Ruth. The comedy stars Wendy Westerwelle, Jay Randall Horenstein and Alex Fox. In the story, Ruth is late,
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Sidestreet Arts Celebrates January Print Month
A group show of Pacific Northwest Printmakers, curated by Gail Owen. Diverse print mediums including intaglio, mezzotint, linoleum relief, woodblock, strappo, linoleum relief on clay and monotype are all featured.
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O’Connor Lee Music
Tennessee-based O’Connor Lee, the Americana duo of Forrest O’Connor and Kate Lee, open the 2019 PFS concert season. The duo have earned national recognition as singers, instrumentalists and songwriter/arrangers for
Winterfolk 32
Portland’s annual folk music fundraiser is Saturday, Feb. 1 at Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 7 pm. The show benefits JOIN, an organization helping transition people out of
Buck Meek
Big Thief’s remarkable and idiosyncratic guitarist plays the Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Burnside St. Thursday, Jan. 16. Meek’s songs are peculiar short stories for the lost dogs of honest mechanics,
Songwriting as Truth-Telling
The seven week workshop takes place Wednesdays Jan 8-Feb 19 in N. Portland and Tuesdays Jan 7-Feb 18 at Artichoke Music in SE. Write songs and explore ways of listening
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Creative Music Guild’s Extradition Series
The music night is devoted to guitarist Keith Rowe’s 1981-82 graphic score “Pollock #82.” Duos will present their own different takes on the piece, while visual artists create works inspired
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Dragons Love Tacos
Presented by Oregon Children’s Theatre by Ernie Nolan and directed by Jessica Wallenfels, it is the tale of a young boy and his dog who encounter a quartet of dancing
Young Professionals Company Present Impulse
The teen improv comedy troupe is back for another round of spontaneous performances. Directed by Blake Wales, a member of the group as a teen. He’s now Acting Academy Associate
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Portland Sings!
This community sing-along and casual, group-singing opportunity is for everyone wanting more music expression in their life. Sunday, January 19, 2-4 pm at Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd. Sliding
Celebrate the Season with Do Jump & 3 Leg Torso
CELEBRATE the SEASON AS DO JUMP & 3 LEG TORSO and friends team up again for a holiday celebration full of musical, acrobatic and theatrical glory. Be swept away by
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Star of Wonder
In Mulieribus Women’s Vocal Ensemble’s winter concert is performed Friday, December 20, 8 pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1739 NW Couch St. The concert features medieval carols, several from The
Portland Radio Project (99.1 FM) Holiday Bash
The non-profit community music station hosts its annual fundraiser Friday, December 6 at Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St. from 6 pm – 9:30 pm. The Bash celebrates Portland’s vibrant music
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Call to Artists
CALL TO ARTISTS: 15TH ANNUAL MT. TABOR ART WALK will be held May 16 -17, 2020. This juried event showcases artists living in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood and a limited
Confluence Willamette Valley LGBT Chorus presents Winter Lights
Confluence Willamette Valley LGBT Chorus presents Winter Lights, seasonal music old and new, Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 pm. at Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, 2828 SE Stephens St. Raymond Elliott,
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Xmas Cuento Remix
Milagro Xmas Cuento Remix continues through December 22. A modern-day, Latinx take on Dickens’ classic Christmas Carol, this adaptation features strong female leads, modern music and holiday cheer. Written by
Game Changers: Remembering Moments That Matter
Game Changers: Remembering Moments That Matter, is the monthly Portland Storytellers Guild theme for December and it features a trio of transplanted New Yorkers’ tales about life’s pivotal times. The
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Unfit: The Tale of One Pregnant Teen in the Bible Belt Before Women Had Choice
Unfit: The Tale of One Pregnant Teen in the Bible Belt Before Women Had Choice has its book release party and reading Sunday, December 8 at Clinton Street Theatre, 2522
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Stark Street Studio Holiday Show
Stark Street Studios and Gallery, is Portland’s longest running ceramic studio collective, first opening in 1980. Their annual holiday show is December 1 and their First Friday Show and Sale
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Twelve Days of Christmas in Wales
The Welsh Society of Oregon (WSOR) presents Twelve Days of Christmas in Wales celebrating with vocal and instrumental music, readings and dramatic enactments. The concert takes place Saturday, December 14,
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Ava Mendoza Guitar Languages
The Creative Music Guild (CMG) welcomes Brooklyn’s experimental guitarist, Ava Mendoza to town for a two-day residency. Mendoza knows and creates evolving languages of the guitar. Her compositions are journeys
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Very Merry Cash & Carry
Sidestreet Arts gallery is filled head to toe with gift-able art in their annual Very Merry Cash & Carry Show December 4-29. Fnd just the right gift for that special
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