When: March 1st and 2nd, 2014 between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm Where: The ARTWalk map area includes the boundaries of SE 9th Ave to SE 41st and …

• February 5, 2014

New paintings from Georgette Jones and works by the late Madeline Meza Janovec fill the February show at 12x16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5. …

• February 2, 2014

Like the blossoming cherry trees, February brings the annual Portland International Film Festival. This year is its 37th and there will be screenings i…

• February 2, 2014

Actress comedian Wendy Westerwelle wakes up every day feeling“Medicare-fully Fabulous”. Appropriately, that’s the name of her new show at Sanctuary The…

• February 2, 2014

- a photographic journey along the Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery Expedition has a distinctively modern angle. Chris Bennett explains: …

• February 2, 2014

Roy Zimmerman, sings very original rabble-rousing songs about class warfare, creationism, same-sex marriage, guns, marijuana, abstinence, ignorance, wa…

• February 2, 2014

AFRICAN MARIMBA CONCERT Eight marimba bands play high-energy music from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana, Saturday March 1, noon to 4:30 pm at Portl…

• February 2, 2014

by Gila Lane is part of Lane Gallery’s February’s First Friday Mid - Winter opening party Feb. 7, 6 pm at 2627 SE Clinton St, www.gilalanestudio.com 50…

• February 2, 2014

Ardiente Paciencia (Burning Patience) by Antonio Skármeta has captivated imaginations around the world since it was first published in 1983. Now it is …

• February 2, 2014

The Foundation, a “glamour-era lingerie boutique for girdles, garters, stockings, corsets and etc.” at 4831 SE Division St., presents an evening of son…

• February 2, 2014

Joel Roth has always loved ghost towns, stories about trains, murders by the river, outcasts and other extended narratives of an earlier western Americ…

• February 2, 2014

Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom, the award-winning play by David Zellnik is the new Defunkt Theatre production at Back Door Theater, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd…

• February 2, 2014

Hoopla streaming service to replace Freegal single-item downloads   PORTLAND, Ore. — Jan. 7, 2014 — Multnomah County Library has made a new stre…

• February 1, 2014

For the sixth year, the Fertile Ground festival of new performance brings new works presented all over town for 11 days from Thursday, January 23 to Su…

• January 5, 2014

    Artichoke Music’s winter classes begin January 6 for kids and adults. There are instructors for ukelele, blues ukelele, banjo, mandolin,…

• January 1, 2014

Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside, hosts a heapin helpin of New Ears In-Store events in January. Here are a few. See musicmillennium.com for more. &…

• January 1, 2014

Alice Stuart spent the mid-60’s and 70’s making music with the greatest artists of the time. Her first album, All the Good Times was released in 1964 o…

• January 1, 2014

Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St, celebrates the dark of winter with movies to stimulate the senses and warm a chilly evening. January’s cale…

• January 1, 2014

Winterfolk is the annual benefit concert for Sisters of the Road Café. For the 26th year, founder producer Tom May has assembled an evening of acoustic…

• January 1, 2014

is a 5-year personal project of photographer Andrew Haliburton celebrating Portland’s beloved park and reservoirs knowing the inevitable would arrive. …

• January 1, 2014

Cuéntame Coyote is the tale of two cousins ready to risk everything they have to make their dreams come true, to venture beyond the iron fence that mar…

• January 1, 2014

In Mulieribus is the eight-member female vocal ensemble dedicated to music written primarily before 1750. With Anna Song conducting, the group presents…

• December 1, 2013

...a show of colorful collages by Seattle’s Marty Gordon and New Zealand’s Peter Lewis is up December 6 to 29 at Gallery 6 PDX, 131 NE 6th Ave. Artist …

• December 1, 2013

This New Year’s Eve, a live Afro Beat, Salsa and Latin Jazz dance party with music from Jujuba and Pa’lante will benefit Mercy Corps’ work in the Phili…

• December 1, 2013

World-renowned, virtuosic autoharp master Bryan Bowers performs live in concert December 13 at St. David of Wales Episcopal Church; 2800 SE Harrison St…

• December 1, 2013

Echo Theater Company, the non-profit organization operating Do Jump School and Echo Theater presents its first live show, Tess on an Alien Planet Decem…

• December 1, 2013

The Stubborn Lovers is a six-piece all original alt-country band with three golden-voices and guitars, pedal steel, bass, drums, and dobros aplenty. On…

• December 1, 2013

TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY is the Christmas - New Year Concert by The Oregon Renaissance Band, directed by Philip and Gayle Neuman. Music from England, Ir…

• December 1, 2013

Portland yoga teacher and artist Niema Lightseed’s new book of poems is Cosmonautica: Broken-Open Heart Songs that explores mercurial reflections on th…

• December 1, 2013

BELTAINE, NORTHWEST’S CELTIC FUSION BAND features hammered dulcimer, guitar, accordion, marimbula, flute, and more. The quintet offers a blend of Scott…

• December 1, 2013

Stark Street Studios, 2809 SE Stark St., the oldest working clay studio in Portland opens the doors for their annual Holiday Show and Sale Dec. 7 and 8…

• December 1, 2013

TapWater, Portland’s World Twang Orchestra, consists of Steve Moore, Timmy Jones, Rudy Slizewski, Ravi Laird, Arcellus Sykes and Simon Lucas – musician…

• December 1, 2013

Portland’s CJ Hurley has spent this year in his small studio creating paintings. His primary theme is balance. Spiritual traditions speak of balance as…

• December 1, 2013

Posada Milagro is a Christmas celebration with theatre, music, dance and traditional foods for the whole family. On Sunday December 15, El Zócalo of Mi…

• December 1, 2013

By Nancy Tannler   Hawthorne artist David Delamare has produced ten books with traditional publishers (including a collaboration with Carly …

• December 1, 2013

This coming year's annual Mt. Tabor Art Walk will be held May 17 and 18,  2014. This juried event showcases the many artists who live in the Mt. Tabor …

• November 3, 2013

Structure, the Portland Photographers’ Forum fall group show is on display at The Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Ave. featuring work by 25…

• November 2, 2013

Ornaments can commemorate places, events, ideas, moments in time, and memories. Not just for Christmas anymore, they are fun and functional year round.…

• November 2, 2013

Richard Enger’s Stark Noir: Murder & Mayhem and Richard Thompson’s Fog/ Rain/ Snow & Night are the November exhibit at  12x16 Gallery, 8235 SE …

• November 2, 2013

Steven Tomlinson’s 2004 play American Fiesta premieres in the Northwest Wednesday November 27, presented by Triangle Productions. Gary Wayne Cash portr…

• November 2, 2013

Rootsy singer/songwriter Thad Beckman has been recording, entertaining and traveling for more than 30 years. His originals ring with the blues of the S…

• November 2, 2013

Authors Natalie Serber and Stevan Allred  read from their linked short story collections Thursday, Nov. 7, at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway beginnin…

• November 2, 2013

Portland’s singing and songwriting wonder Diane Birch traveled the globe touring her first CD, Bible Belt from 2009. The just released follow-up album …

• November 2, 2013

This painting by TJ Ravenwolf is part of Gathering Crows November exhibit, Unnatural Acts: Crimes Against Mother Nature in the Denizen Gallery at Milep…

• November 2, 2013

I Ain’t Got No Home is a play about the Great Depression presented by the students and staff at daVinci Arts Middle School, 2508 NE Everett and written…

• November 2, 2013

Founding member of 60s group The Hollies and best-known for his musical activism with Crosby, Stills and Nash (and Young), Graham Nash appears live spe…

• November 2, 2013

Oregon Children’s Theatre’s Young Professionals Company presents a new version of A World War II Radio Christmas: 1943 Edition. Join the audience of a …

• November 2, 2013

  KRIS DEELANE AND MARK BOWDEN perform rocking duo-licious tunes of energy, observation and combustion at Eugenios, 3584 SE Division St. Thursd…

• November 2, 2013

For the third year. The Next Waltz will recreate The Band’s legendary farewell concert originally held at the Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving weeke…

• November 2, 2013

The Pacific Northwest propagates creative people who make the time to express themselves for personal or public enjoyment as well as for scrutiny. Most…

• November 2, 2013

Ghostlight, a new film by Seattle’s Jeff Ferrell, screens at Clinton Street Theater for two nights October 24 and 25, as part of CST’s October Surprise…

• October 1, 2013

is a collection celebrating the imagery of Halloween and the Day of the Dead‭, ‬featuring work by Thomas Webb‭, ‬Reta Larson‭, ‬Michael Pratt‭, ‬Am…

• October 1, 2013

The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde are being staged in a live presentation October 11 through November 9 at Shaking The Tree Theatre, 1407 SE Stark St. …

• October 1, 2013

River Without End is an exhibit of Sarah Hall and Gesine Krätzner’s latest works, on the walls of Albina Press, 5012 SE Hawthorne Blvd throughout Octob…

• October 1, 2013

The turn of the season brings the singing of the annual Sacred Harp Festival, October 19 and 20 Laurelhurst Club, 3721 SE Ankeny. The walls will ring a…

• October 1, 2013

A narrative stage performance with acoustic music is the tale of two roommates, Wesley K. Andrews and Ilvs Strauss (pronounced “Elvis”), whose shared p…

• October 1, 2013

Milagro Theatre’s bilingual celebration of the Day of the Dead celebrates another year at 525 SE Stark St. Thursday through Sunday October 18 to Novemb…

• October 1, 2013

The Blue Monk is hosting a Mixed Bag Benefit to raise money for a sound-system upgrade and they are hosting a rollicking all day benefit show. There wi…

• October 1, 2013

Dance pioneer Simone Forti presents a rare workshop, lecture, and performance of News Animations, a form she first developed in the 1980s. All presenta…

• October 1, 2013

MUSIC MILLENNIUM OCTOBER IN-STORES features Community Day/Songwriters Circle, Mon.Oct. 7, 7 pm with Ezza Rose, Dan Haley and Jack McMahon; Weds, Oct. 2…

• October 1, 2013

The Original 1925 Phantom of The Opera stars Lon Chaney and screens with live organ accompaniment by Donna Parker, First Lady of the Theatre Organ, Sat…

• October 1, 2013

The new CD from Ron Rogers and the Wailing Wind is familiar even on first listen. It’s not that the band sounds like anyone else, it’s more that they a…

• October 1, 2013

Destination DIY is an locally-produced radio show with stories about creativity. It returns to the airwaves Oct. 19 and 26 on OPB radio at noon. Hos…

• October 1, 2013

a collection of ocean and beach-scapes by Judith Babbit is showing in two locations during October. Muse Art + Design, 4220 Hawthorne Ave. will host he…

• October 1, 2013

Sara Grey is a folksinger and balladeer with a powerful voice and sweet distinctive tremolo well-suited to Native American ballads as well as ballads o…

• October 1, 2013

    October theme: Masks &/or Dia de los Muertos art due: Sunday, SEPTEMBER 29th art pick up:  NOVEMBER 2nd - 3rd November…

• September 16, 2013

COMMUNITY DAY/SONGWRITERS CIRCLE LEW JONES, DAN ROSS, JACK MCMAHON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 7 PM THE NOTED SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 3 PM   AMANDA SHI…

• September 3, 2013

Sidestreet Gallery‭, ‬140‭ ‬SE 28th Ave‭. ‬presents the work of‭ ‬Dennis Biasi‭.‬‭ ‬Biasi travels the world with his wife Nancy as employees of the US …

• September 1, 2013

River City Folk is a nationally-syndicated radio show that explores the connection between songwriters and their musical influences through interview a…

• September 1, 2013

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each September and for the fifth year in a row, Milagro Theatre celebrates with La Luna Nueva arts festi…

• September 1, 2013

The Early Music Guild of Oregon and Musica Maestrale present The Consort of Six: A Concert of Music of Elizabethan England, Saturday, September 14 at C…

• September 1, 2013

In 1963, five young Portland men went into a studio at 13th and Burnside and recorded their version of Richard Berry’s Louie Louie in two hours for $50…

• September 1, 2013

Tillers Folly is an internationally-appreciated musical trio with extreme guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass and banjo tendencies. Hailing from British Col…

• September 1, 2013

JD’S BLUES/GRASS SESSIONS are the third Saturday of each month at Jade Lounge, 2342 SE Ankeny St., 5:30 to 10 pm. A family-friendly event hosted by gui…

• September 1, 2013

Fine arts street photographer Lee Ann Slawson’s current body of work is the result of a year’s worth of observation. Pictures rich in texture seek the …

• September 1, 2013

John Reynolds is a musician, producer, mixer, composer and behind-the-scene sound artists who makes live and recorded music listenable. Since 1990 he h…

• September 1, 2013

The Late Now begins its new monthly show Thursday September 5 at Din Din Supper Club, 920 NE Glisan St. The evening’s festivities begin at 8:30 pm. Thi…

• August 31, 2013

Festival Romani is an exuberant event designed to circumnavigate the globe with Gypsy music and dance. It’s a one of a kind glimpse into an often misun…

• August 4, 2013

Artists Tamara Angeney and John Kime live in Independence, Oregon. Their new work is on display through the summer at Importland, 3135 SE Hawthorne  Bl…

• August 4, 2013

...is the story of a river and a community coming together and refocusing. This forty-foot long quilted fiber masterpiece is made of seventeen quilt pa…

• August 4, 2013

MUSIC MILLENNIUM’s CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BARBECUE is Saturday, August 10, from 11 am – 6 pm. Free food, the Millennium Magic Wheel and live music all d…

• August 4, 2013

are featured in a joint exhibit at 12x16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5. through the end of the month. Nechak’s residency in Caylus, France and the W…

• August 3, 2013

 is the watchword at Lane Gallery through September 1 as five artists contemplate the songmoodhue and flatted third of the tried and true medicinal and…

• August 3, 2013

 is Sidestreet Gallery’s August show through September 1 and features the smallest works of a group of Portland artists. Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 12 to 5…

• August 3, 2013

...a mail art collaboration by over 230 artists joining forces  making 2000 playing cards into small works of art – that’s this month’s Gallery 6 PDX s…

• August 3, 2013

Imagine singing in a beautiful setting with women of all generations, surrounded by towering trees along the Sandy River. Imagine lodging in clean, hea…

• August 3, 2013

If you love music and want to do something constructive and fun to help clean up cemetery vandalism, you can dance to the live music of DJ HWY7, Sean C…

• August 3, 2013

Koto musician Mitsuki Dazai moved to Oregon in 2002 bringing along her reknowned skill on koto and 17 string bass koto. A graduate of Kunitachi College…

• August 3, 2013

is a new photography studio drawing inspiration from images and stories of past famous pinups. They open for First Friday Artwalk, July 5, at their new…

• July 4, 2013

The White Salmon Jazz Ensemble performs in concert Sunday, July 21, 4 pm, a part of Tabor Heights Concert Series. The 17-piece big band plays a mix of …

• July 4, 2013

First Friday at Milepost 5 features multiple exhibits and live music too. Festivities begin at 6 pm Friday, July 5. Gallery 5 presents the current work…

• July 4, 2013

Hot Stuff is the summery July show at Lane Gallery, 2627 SE Clinton St. Fireworks, spice and summer: Hot Stuff brings us peppery still-lifes by Susan T…

• July 4, 2013

Powell’s Books is calling all aspiring and established artists to show off their skills for the 2013 Powell’s First Ever Design Contest. Three winning …

• July 4, 2013

The Grandmothers of Invention consists of Mothers of Invention and Zappa alumni including keyboardist Don Preston (1967 through 1971), bassist Tom Fowl…

• July 4, 2013

are live at the Landmark Saloon, 4847 SE Division St. Friday July 5 and each First Friday of the month from 6 pm to 8 pm, The band will also  be featur…

• July 4, 2013

Gallery 6 PDX, 131 NE 6th Ave., presents Night Lands, an exhibit of drawings by Wilder Schmaltz. The show‘s opening reception is First Friday, July …

• July 4, 2013

Reel Relics at Clinton Street Theatre screens Can You See The Real Me?, a BBC documentary on The Who’s Quadrophenia for two nights Friday and Saturday,…

• July 4, 2013

Friday July 5 Baby Gramps is a high energy performance conduit of humorous and comprehensive musical history equipped with an endless repertoire of …

• July 4, 2013

LATCHO DROM, the unforgettable film by Tony Gatlif tells of the migration of the Rom people westward across Europe with music, dance and virtually no d…

• July 4, 2013

By Kristin Schuchman “We very much wanted to honor the history and unique style of this building by creating a 1940s feel, but we also wanted the …

• July 1, 2013