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

features pieces by Eric Leonard, Gila Lane, Carol Bietsch, Karen Lewis, Susan Schenk, Kerri Evonuk, Joanne Kollman, Jo Lundberg, Joanne Licardo, Whitne…

• June 6, 2013

Latcho Drom, (“Safe Journey”)  a musical documentary which takes viewers on a lyrical, thought-provoking, visually stunning journey along the paths of …

• June 6, 2013

June 15 • Bossanova Ballroom • 722 East Burnside 21+ Classical and World Fusion Music, Dance and Song Workshops, Ceremonial Circles, Community Yoga,…

• June 6, 2013

Saturday, June 29th 7pm at Performance Works Northwest, 4625 SE 67th Ave. French-bred and San Francisco-based Choreographer Christine Bonansea will …

• June 6, 2013

Will feature the work of Portland artists Darla Murray, Michael Rausch, and Tucker Leverton. The event opener will be from 6 to 9 pm, and will run …

• June 6, 2013

James McMurtry will be premiering new material on this road trip giving a preview of the songs for his new album scheduled to come out later in the yea…

• June 6, 2013

… will perform at ARTICHOKE MUSIC, 3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd.,   Saturday, June 30, at 7 pm Two stellar Portland songwriters, LJ Booth and Chris Kok…

• June 6, 2013

ROLLING STONES SOME GIRLS at the Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St., Thursday, June 6 @ 7 pm, 503.897.0744. The Rolling Stones: Some Girls, Li…

• June 6, 2013

gallery 6 pdx 131 NE 6th Avenue First Friday Reception • June 7 5pm-8pm Audrey Smith from Towson, Maryland is a collage artist who began ex…

• June 6, 2013

In her projects the medium matters only as a vehicle for meaning, whether it be the written word, drawings, oil paint, or books. “In the myth of so…

• June 6, 2013

June 20 • 7:30 pm The Foundation • 4831 SE Division   Nikki Schulak will read from her literary adventure, “My Mid-life Thong Crisi…

• June 5, 2013

The fourlegged companions in our lives are celebrated at the May show Reigning Cats And Dogs at Lane Gallery. Featuring works by Pat Berman (pictured),…

• May 6, 2013

Eric Von Beck, seen here creating new wooden bowls, is one of the more than 40 artists who will open their studios to display their work during the 8th…

• May 6, 2013

Mary Flower, John Standefer, Brooks Robertson – three award-winning, hard-working and unforgettable guitarists and ALL on the same stage at once! Guita…

• May 6, 2013

Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls by Naomi Iizuka is presented May 10 through June 8 by Theatre Vertigo at Theatre Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St. This elas…

• May 6, 2013

The Everything But Havah Negilah Concert is the debut of 106 Keys; the duo of pianist Beth Karp and flutist/Fulbright fellow Amalia Etedgee. With a …

• May 6, 2013

Robin Bacior’s songs are startling pieces of music theatre. Her percussive impressionistic piano sounds ancient and her voice is a majestic river of me…

• May 6, 2013

contains Dr. Bob Pliny’s piece Water, pictured here from his latest collection. His recycled painted book pages and painting, collage are featured alon…

• May 6, 2013

John Densmore is a founder and drummer of The Doors and author of Riders On the Storm, his acclaimed tale told from his time in this still-influential …

• May 6, 2013

It’s a Misty Mama Mother’s Day Early Evening Concert at TaborSpace on Saturday, May 11. At 7 pm, the Mamas will fill the air with harmonious song and s…

• May 6, 2013

23 Sandy Gallery presents FEAST! Celebrating Food and Book Art May 10 through June 15. Mix up generous servings of food and art and you have a sumptuou…

• May 6, 2013

Sunnyside Holistic Group hosts their third annual open house, Art and the Art of Healing, May 17 from 5 to 8 pm, 2450 SE Belmont St. A showcase …

• May 6, 2013

CHEATERS, SCOUNDRELS, HEROES & ORDINARY PEOPLE at the monthly Portland Storytellers Guild show, Friday, May 10 at Hipbone Studio, 1847 E. Burnside,…

• May 6, 2013

Clinton Street Theater screens a new series from Gathr Previews including the Portland premiere of Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm. …

• May 6, 2013

‘Urban Walls’ Joyce Hill’s mixed media paintings are featured at Gallery 6 PDX, 131 NE 6th Ave. through June 2 Hill’s collages are layered with phot…

• May 6, 2013

To mark the Centennial of the Broadway Bridge, artist Tyler Mackie has initiated Bridge for Blankets, the largest yarn installation ever in Portland an…

• May 6, 2013

A new musical radio play written by Dennis Nyback, Ten Cents A Dance, will be performed live onstage Thursday, April 11 at the Clinton Street Theater a…

• April 1, 2013

Kris Deelane (of Sweetjuice, Berthaline, Adam + Kris and Jesus Presley) brings two other groups to the stage for her Laurelthirst Sundays series in Apr…

• April 1, 2013

The Roman (ro-MAHN) are the Gypsy people of Trakya in Northern Turkey, Eastern Greece and Southern Bulgaria. Live Roman presents authentic Gypsy cultur…

• April 1, 2013

Loveness Wesa grew up listening to Thomas Mapfumo, Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and Ladysmith Black Mambazo to name a few. Friday, April 5, Wesa’s energet…

• April 1, 2013

Elizabeth Nicholson (harp, vocals, guitar) and Bob Soper (fiddle, vocals, bouzouki) will be featured musicians at Portland Ceili Society’s gathering, F…

• April 1, 2013

“Wild Geese:  A Celebration of the Return of Spring” is a concert featuring Dan Weber, Avery Hill and Rich Waggoner, Saturday April 20 at Artichoke Mus…

• April 1, 2013

Tomorrow!  Action Adventure Theatre’s April presentation by Ashley Hollingshead asks  crucial questions: Do you know where you’ll be in five years? Ten…

• April 1, 2013

  ...assemblage by Jenifer Renzel Friday April 5 at Gallery6PDX, 131 NE 6th Ave., with a 5 pm opening. See it on the walls through the end of t…

• April 1, 2013

...through April at 12x16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5. Rose’s cartoon drawings are sharp and crisp-edged and Redman’s painted surfaces swim and pu…

• April 1, 2013

Claudia Schmidt returns to the Rose City for a much-anticipated musical spin on the hundred year old stage of the Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clint…

• April 1, 2013

  California’s psychedelic-folk-revivalist songwriter Joanne Rand celebrates the release of her 13th CD, “Stories from the Inside Out, The Na…

• April 1, 2013

The Arabian Nights continues through April at the new Post5 Black Box Theatre inside Milepost5, 850 NE Oregon St. In this eternal tale, (this versio…

• April 1, 2013

The Possessions of la boîte is an ensemble-devised work taken from actual family letters and group improvisation. Presented by The Reformers Collective…

• April 1, 2013

March Music Moderne 32 events all across the PDX global village multiverse to celebrate the gloriousity of tactile, experimental, classsical and creati…

• March 5, 2013

The Brothers of the Baladi, are performing on the downstairs stage of The Blue Monk on Belmont St. in a special evening of Middle Eastern, World Music …

• March 4, 2013

Bluesman Doug MacLeod lands in Portland with a new CD and a concert Thursday March 14 at  Duff’s Garage, 1635 SE 7th Ave. at 9 pm. The new disc, There’…

• March 4, 2013

If you don’t get out and catch Dick Weissman’s Goodbye Portland CD Release show at Café Artichoke, Saturday, March 23, it may be awhile before his boot…

• March 3, 2013

Milagro Theatre presents the world premiere of Guapa, written by Caridad Svich and directed by Olga Sanchez. The story involves Roly, a single-mom in a…

• March 3, 2013

...an event focused on bringing together the Portland Photographic Community brought together 49 photographers each documenting their portion of a squa…

• March 3, 2013

Bruce Molsky of Washington, DC is a master of old-time music, a walking encyclopedia of the roots of storytelling folk. He performs live in concert Fri…

• March 3, 2013

HARDLY STRICTLY IRISH is a St. Patrick’s concert at Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont, and an intimate evening of songs, stories, tunes and blarney with Lau…

• March 2, 2013

The Velvet Sky by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, is at Theatre Vertigo, 3430 SE Belmont St. through March 16. In this somnambulent tale (not recommended for c…

• March 2, 2013

Daniel Bachman, 23-year-old guitarist born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, comes to town for two concerts of self-described, “psychedelic appal…

• March 2, 2013

Liz Cohn is a Portland collage artist displaying new mixed media assemblages in her first showing at Gallery 6 PDX, 131 NE 6th Ave. Cohn’s works…

• February 7, 2013

Heart of the Matter, the February show at Lane Gallery, 2627 SE Clinton St., is an art benefit for the American Heart Association. Kindra Crick’s “My V…

• February 7, 2013

  ...A multi media presentation by Kimberli Ransom concerning adoptive families, adopted children and how they adapt. Adoption is a complex…

• February 7, 2013

La Celestina, February’s  onstage offering at Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St. is the tragic comedy with Calisto, the young, impulsive nobleman ma…

• February 7, 2013

MACBETH at Post5 Theatre opens February 15 presented Fri. to Sun. through March 17 at 7 pm at the Black-box Space, 850 NE Oregon St., 4 blocks south of…

• February 7, 2013

Who Bombed Judi Bari?, This documentary about Bari, deep ecology environmentalist screens Wednesday, February 13 at 7 and 9:15 pm. Darryl Cherney will …

• February 7, 2013

February is musical duo month as the Portland FolkSong Society Concert series features Sky in the Road and Doug Smith and Judy Koch Smith, Friday, …

• February 7, 2013

By Don MacGillivray Today, more than 584,000 people live in Portland which is 200,000 more residents than were here in 1980. By 2035, Portland is …

• February 1, 2013

By Nancy Tannler  When you are driving down lower Stark St., a bold sign bearing the name of Carole Murphy might catch your eye. It is a sign for …

• February 1, 2013

In Tehuantepec dress with eyebrows like the wings of a raven, Frida Kahlo is legendary for her numerous self-portraits, affairs, and an independence th…

• January 11, 2013

from Edna Vasquez and Rio con Brio is Portland Folk Music Society’s Third Friday Concert January 18, at Carvlin Hall next to St Phillip Neri Church, 24…

• January 11, 2013

The Fertile Ground Festival of New Work brings 100+ new works from Portland’s endless array of artists to stages and galleries all over Portland for 10…

• January 11, 2013

Cosy Sheridan hails from the Western Utah desert these days and she’s coming to Portland for a rare concert Sat. Jan. 26 at Cafe Artichoke, 3130 SE Haw…

• January 11, 2013

is at Profile Theatre, Jan 9 – Feb 3, continuing their 2013 season celebrating the 80th year of South African playwright Athol Fugard. Directed by …

• January 11, 2013

The venerable Clinton St. Theater at 2522 SE Clinton St., has new owners, new programming and the new year brings a plethora of hard to find films of m…

• January 11, 2013

JD DAWSON HOSTS BLUESGRASS SESSIONS from 5 to 8 pm, Saturday January 12 at Jade Lounge, 2342 SE Ankeny St. featuring Dawson’s newest unforgettable song…

• January 11, 2013

A new performing arts program for youth taught by members of March Fourth Marching Band begins January 14 and is presented at St David of Wales Church,…

• January 11, 2013

By Terri Gautier Mount Tabor resident George Mitchell’s new CD, Dream Garden, is a collection of original songs and swing jazz standards performed b…

• January 1, 2013

...presented Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 pm, at St. Philip Neri Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave. In Mulieribus, is an eight member women’s vocal ensemble. With a re…

• December 1, 2012

One of Southeast Portland’s own, cellist Gideon Freudmann enjoys an international reputation for innovative compositions and style of playing. Inspired…

• December 1, 2012

CHRISTMAS CONCERTS AT ST. ANDREWS CHAPEL, 7617 SE Main St. Two evenings of music each an hour long and free. Ascension Catholic Choir Wednesday, Decemb…

• December 1, 2012

Patrick Ball’s Celtic Solstice presentation, The Christmas Rose, is an elegant and relaxing way to celebrate this year’s longest night with familiar an…

• December 1, 2012

The venerable Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St., hosts a new documentary, The Invisible Red Thread, Sunday Dec 9, at 5 pm. The screening is a…

• December 1, 2012