Arts & Entertainment

Portland piano songwriter Michael Allen Harrison performs in concert accompanied by the voice of Julianne Johnson, November 30 at St. Philip Neri Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave. Music begins at

is among the great songwriting voices in bluegrass, the winner of a Grammy and two IBMA Awards and cofounder of the Good Old Persons band, Kallick has written over 150

Ernest Whaley presents the weekly “3 Chords and the Truth Songwriters Showcase” most Thursdays at Art Haus Theater, 850 NE 81st Ave. Each week three sets of songwriters present their

The Audubon Society of Portland 35th Annual Wild Arts Festival celebrates the work of regional and national artists and authors Saturday, November 21, from 10 am to 6 pm and

Oregon Koto-kai (Japanese Koto Society of Oregon) presents their 4th annual concert Sunday November 15, at Epworth United Methodist Church, 1333 SE 28th St. Instructor Mitsuki Dazai leads this group

begins a monthly residency at The Landmark Saloon, 4847 SE Division St. November 2 and continuing each first Monday of the month at 6 pm. Miller plays guitar and slide

The elegant black and white mural called “Other Hand”at the corner of SE 78th and Stark (by Flying Pie Pizza) was created by Seattle artist Olivia Knapp and sponsored by

The Haunted House presented by The Reformers is a new take on a scary, old school thrill. The house is open Thursdays through Saturdays, October 22 – 31 from 7:30

Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St. continues its long tradition of Día de los Muertos celebrations, with an original production: LA MUERTE BAILA. The play blends traditional dance, song and

Portland radio hero Per Fagereng’s first book, Jack Moloney’s Century has just been published. It’s the story of young Moloney beginning at the turn of the 21st century and following

The first Eastside Music Showcase is at the Clinton Street Theater is Friday, October 16 and the musical line up is exciting withAlexander’s Real Time Band, Hunter Paye and the

Portland Folkmusic Society presents folk legend Bill Staines in an October 16 concert at St. David of Wales, 2800 SE Harrison. Staines is an intimate performer, blending story and song

Jenny Conlee, (keyboard and accordionist for The Decemberists, Black Prairie and many others) has released her first full-length album of instrumental music. It’s a collaboration with her producer/husband Steve Drizos.

Oregon author D. Wallace Peach set her new fantasy novel, The Sorcerer’s Garden, in the west hills of Portland. It’s a tangled tale where urban and medieval fantasy collide stretches

with MARS TWO, directed by Nick Fenster and the opener of their new season. A sci-fi serial comedy, and the 2nd of four episodes presented this season, the story follows the

The Clinton Street Stomp is an evening of unamplified performances presented on 3rd Saturdays of each month through December. The Stomp is a variety show of sorts featuring top roots

Yep! The Zymoglyphic Museum and Bathtub Art Museum are two different museums together at the same location: 211 SE Madison St. #20. Each First Friday is a different theme. The

The 9th annual Oregon Music Hall Of Fame Induction concert rocks the Aladdin Theater, October 10 at 7 pm. Nine Oregonians who’ve influenced the music world will be honored in

OCTOBER READINGS AT MILEPOST 5 feature three writers and an Open Mic. Writers are Brittney Corrigan, Eleanor Berry, Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo, Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30 pm in the Art Haus

Milagro Theatre presents their 7th La Luna Nueva, the festival of Hispanic arts and culture in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. This year, the diversity of this region is illuminated

Portland’s weirdness is celebrated and examined in Pieces of Portland: An Inside Look at America’s Weirdest City. The 250 page book is authored by native Oregonian and 40 yer Buckman

Mary Garvey is featured artist in the September exhibit, Conjuring Peace, at Karuna Contemplative Living, 1725 SE Hawthorne Blvd. The new show opens Wednesday, September 2 at 6:30 pm and

20-year old photographer Andrew Studer creates time-lapse videos. His latest, Restless, is a backpacker’s vicarious dream. The Oregon native, inspired by the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest throughout his life.created

A local fundraiser for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign takes place Monday, September 7, at Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St. The thought-provoking 2003 film The Corporation will be screened

Tracy Grammer returns to her Portland stomping grounds for a late summer concert, Saturday, September 5, at Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St. Grammer lived in Portland for many

…a new large scale public art project in the SE Industrial District this month. RACC sponsored the installation that features 20 custom audio players emitting wild animal sounds. The public

Film archivist and historian Dennis Nyback continues his third Monday of the month screenings at the Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. and September’s offering is The Birth of Betty

This is Bishop’s House from Gary Buhler’s September exhibit at the Architectural Heritage Center. The show is called Urban PDX, and is an all-Buhler exhibit up  through September 29 Buhler’s

Triangle Theatre kicks off its new season with Looped!, the story of a recording session with diva Tallulah Bankhead that took place in the mid 60’s when everyone already knew

drawn and painted by distinguished cartoonist Bill Papas whose work was once syndicated worldwide and internationally known. My Passport to People at NE Portland’s Hellenic-American Cultural Center Museum presents a

CASEY NEILL & THE NORWAY RATS WITH SASSPARILLA Saturday, September 11 at Doug Fir Lounge, 10 E. Burnside. $12. Hearts of Oak opens at 9 pm The Norway Rats’ newest

Vacilando began as a solo vehicle for guitarist John Shepski. He wanted to create an environment where a song could live and breathe in a space of its own, expanding

 is from her “Water Garden”series. She and Linda Olson-Osterlund show their new work at the 12×16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5 through August 30. First Friday reception is

Astromusik is a new book exploring the mystery of musical communication itself. SE author  Ezra Sandzer-Bell attempts to name and describe a psychic technology operating beneath the threshold of awareness,

1725 SE Hawthorne Blvd.  hosts a monthly art exhibit featuring the works of Portland’s meditation and yoga practitioners. The work of Jay Stewart opens August 6 with an opening reception

is a-rambling around the wild west this summer, writing a song a week along the way. Home schooled on a farm, young Daisy O’Connor saved money to buy her first

(the Amplified Repertory Chamber Orchestra of Portland), presents classical orchestral and chamber music with a 21st century attitude Sunday, August 9 at Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St. The show is

Saturday August 8 11 am  to 6 pm That means live music from JT Wise, The Earnest Lovers, The Cool Whips, The Dischords, Hilldogs and the Mc Fadden Project. Listen

Buzz Holland began a professional musician life forty years ago as Frank Goodman of The Goodman Brothers; a 70’s Philly quintet with his brother Billy Goodman of Berlin, and guitarist

Ever wanted to design and make your own books? You need a unique Book-making Workshop to show you how and conveniently, there’s a two-day course offered September 11 and 18,

Get an advance preview of the fall season’s Portland Open Studios event at Muse Art and Design, 4220 SE Hawthorne Blvd. every Saturday and Sunday in August between noon and

There’s always plenty going on each First Friday at Milepost 5 Open Studios. The public is invited to visit dozens of artists’ studios for an interactive experience throughout the Milepost

By Michelle Frost Inside the busy theater office, Don Horn, Executive Director of Triangle Productions, answers calls, sells season tickets, checks the internet, and talks briefly with an attorney from

1000 Canaries Intergenerational Women’s Singing and Creativity Camp takes place at Camp Collins in Gresham, September 18 – 20. This is the third year for this gathering of women and

LOUIS ARMSTRONG NIGHT IN HOLLADAY PARK is Saturday, August 15 5:30 – 9:30 pm The one and only Louis Armstrong performed at Lloyd Center 50 years ago. This tribute evening

Exhibition of the Buddha’s Ancient & Sacred Relics Comes to Portland July 24-26, 2015 (Portland) Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour, a free to attend public exhibition of ancient and sacred relics

There’s hot fun in the summertime at Clinton Street Theatre this month. Here are just a few of the films screening in the newly-cooled space at 2522 SE Clinton St.

The2015PDXPopNow!musicfestivalisinSEPortlandthisyearandtheannualfestrunsFridaythroughSundayJuly24–26atAudioCinema,226SEMadisonSt.undertheHawthorneBridge.Themusiccoversalotofgroundandincludeshiphop,jazz,metal,folkandpop,accessible,current,greatmusicandalllocally-sourced.Thisyear,PDXPoppartneredwiththeadvocacynon-profit,MusicinTheSchools,andhighschoolmusiciansincludingAmberMoon,Arbo,andDadRockarepartofthelineuptoo. There’s two stages, a record fair, street fair, food carts, and the annual band-on-band basketball tournament, Rigsketball. All PDX PopNow events are free, open to all ages and the

A life celebration of the centennial of the birth of poet, editor, publisher, labor activist, and playwright George Hitchcock (1914-2010) continues this year with the release of two new collections:

Post5 Theatre, 1666 SE Lambert St. presents their third and final Shakespearean comedy of the 2015 season, William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The play is presented at the theatre’s

TEAMSTERS AND TURTLES TOGETHER AT LAST! A POST OREGON COUNTRY FAIR CONCERT with a full plate of songwritin’ and social rabblerousin’. Longtime OCF performers Anne Feeney, the agent provocateur and

Caravan, Portland’s Tiny House Hotel, at 5009 NE 11th Ave., has already been featured on Portlandia and it’s a unique hotel idea: tiny houses instead of rooms on the busy

Weisenbloom Houseconcerts dishes up a full plate of live, real music, right up close and personal. A potluck at 6:30 pm warms up to music at 7 pm and there’s

Cranes Across the Water commemorates the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in honor of Sadako Sasaki, the Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb

Two big Saturday concerts are coming to Artichoke Music: California’s Joanne Rand on July 12 and Austin’s Better Halves and Michael Shay on July 25. Both nights begin at 8

Summer Reading multcolib.org/summer-reading Read for fun and prizes this summer. Babies, kids and teens are all welcome to play the Summer Reading game. Summer Reading is supported by gifts to

By J. Michael Kearsey On Sundays he may say mass at St. Philip Neri Catholic church, but on Wednesdays he leads a rousing sing-a-long version of the Beatles’ “Obla-di Obla-da,”

Sidestreet Gallery, 140 SE 28th,  is very pleased to present the work of sculptor and mixed media artist Allyson Clark.  Allyson studied at Southern Oregon University and now lives in

Echo Theater Company, adult professional ensemble including former Cirque du Soleil performer – Russ Stark. The first weekend will feature guest artists Trash Man and the Noise Band. just play

Learn the art of raga in this series of singing lessons with one of India’s outstanding classical vocalists, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan. Group Lessons: Friday June 12th, 7-8pm  &  Sun-Wed June

On Friday, June 19, 2015, Eugene’s Low Tide Drifters will bring their unique style of “underdog folk music” to Artichoke Music’s Friday Night Coffeehouse, followed by a house-concert performance on

Did you know that your body is home to trillions and trillions of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microbes? Zoo In You is a brand-new 2,000 square foot bilingual (English

Reed College Kaul Auditorium, Sunday, June 7 • 1:00 p.m. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. Free event parking in any of Reed’s three lots on campus. Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R)’s

June 26  • 7:30 pm • 5441 SE Belmont A Spring Music Evening at Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church, proceeds to benefit our blossoming music program. Tickets can be purchased in advance

The Denizen Yotam Zohar presents the Under­ground Series at Milepost 5. The opening reception is Open­ing Recep­tion, Fri­day, June 5th, 6 pm to 10 pm 850 NE 81st Ave. In autumn

By J. Michael Kearsey The Willamette Stone is a point of intersection where the Willamette Meridian and the Willamette Baseline meet. Located in Portland’s West Hills, the Stone was set

Third Rail Repertory Theatre presents the American Premiere of STATIC by Dan Rebellato at Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2 pm. You

Cygnet Productions presents selections from literature around the theme of identity.  The once-in-a-blue moon event is scheduled for Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 pm at Tabor Bread, 5051 SE Hawthorne

By Paula Manley The 10th Mt Tabor Art Walk is Saturday and Sunday, May 16 – 17. This juried art show and sale features 40 talented neighborhood artists at 25

from the Times Square: Cathedral & Choir,  is part of Myron Filene’s show. He’s the May artist at 12×16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5. Filene presents portfolios of

Artichoke Music, 3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd. features many live music offerings each month along with a full schedule of music classes during the day. The concert space in the back

David Tiller and Enion Pelta-Tiller are the musical creative couple behind the Lyons, Colorado band Taarka. They perform in concert Wednesday, May 6 at The Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark St.

Commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2010 and acclaimed nationwide, American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, directed by Elizabeth Huffman, follows a Mexican ex-policeman feverishly preparing to take

A bona fide Do Not Miss evening of acoustic music. It’s your chance to spend an up-close intimate evening with legendary bluegrass songwritin’ picker Peter Rowan, Friday May 8 at

The Incredibly Short Film Festival is a digital festival of looping animated GIF’s (graphic interchage format). Curated and commissioned from around the world, the fest will showcase and celebrate the

As a four year old, Jaime Leopold moved with his family to what is now in the middle of Portland’s I-405 interchange (what used to be SW 13th and Mill).

The inaugural concert of the Harrison Hill Chamber Players is Saturday, May 23 at 7:30 pm at St. David of Wales Episcopal Church, 2800 SE Harrison St. The evening program

A unique evening of unamplified acoustic performance by five of Portland’s roots music groups, all playing au naturel without a PA.  Even better: it’s taking place in one of Portland’s

Portland Peace Choir’s annual concert is Saturday, May 16 at Unity of Portland, 4525 SE Stark St. The concert begins at 7 pm and is a free, family-friendly event. The

Triangle Productions’ last show of the season is entitled Storefront Revue: The Babes are BACK! – a delightful look at a successful Portland theatre from another age, the Storefront Actors

Guitar whiz David Torn appears in concert on May 16, at Holocene. 1001 SE Morrison St. It’s his first Portland performance since 1986 when he last appeared with saxophonist Jan

The premiere of this new play by DC Copeland runs May 8 – June 20 at the Back Door Theater, 4321 SE Hawthorne Blvd. A trio of woven tales of

DOUBLE ALL-DAY SHAPENOTE SINGING is Saturday and Sunday, May 2 – 3, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at The Little Church, 5138 NE 23rd Ave. Sing Early American shape-note music.

Tears of Joy Theatre’s new puppet play pairs folktales from Mexico and Argentina for a new show, When Animals Were People and The Lazy Bee. To the right are Tortuga

Sing Portland! is a non-audition community choir with over a hundred members. Music is taught by ear, through call and response and weekly rehearsals are offered all over town. New

A new book, a history of SE Belmont St.’s Horse Brass Pub has recently been published and it’s appropriately titled The Brass. The pub is a bit of England where

Minnesota’s Claudia Schmidt has been writing wry, intelligent and very entertaining songs for nearly four decades. A powerhouse in concert, an evening of Schmidt is filled with a quirky amalgamation

is coming up again on Saturday April 18, the annual celebration of the stores that persevere and continue to make recordings of life-changing music available and special, all the while

Healing the Healthcare Blues is the fourth annual Inner City Blues Festival. Northwest blues stars return for a night of music to benefit the work of the state-wide coalition Health

Clinton Street Theatre celebrates April with  a vast assortment of informative films to ponder and enjoy. See cstpdx.com for more. • OCCUPY THE FARM – Wednesday and Thursday April 2,

Triangle Productions’ last show of the season is entitled Storefront Revue: The Babes are BACK! The backstory: In 1967, Portland State University sponsored a full-time Equity theatre; the American Theatre

Banjo instrumentalist extrordinaire and legendary musician/author Dick Weissman returns from the wilds of Denver to play a special Spring concert at Café Artichoke, 3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Saturday, April 18,

the April show at 12×16 Gallery features Winter Solstice on the Moon by Raymond Keller along with works by Lee Ann Slawson, Richard E. Enger and Carol Basch. First Friday

is virtually equivalent to a Las Vegas night of entertainment. They’re bringing Liberace back from the dead, his live music director, Liza (with a J), gambling and special guests. It

New York guitarist with more than fifty albums on his own label since the late 1970s. He appears live in a solo concert Friday April 10 at Yale Union, 800

is a workshop about “listening to your chakras via voices of the animals who show up in each one during a series of guided visualizations”. There’s two Saturdays of workshops,