Arts & Entertainment

When My Bluebird Sings is Mary Flower’s 10th recording, the first released on her own label, Bluesette Records and this time out, it’s a solo project. The press release says […]

CREACIÓN DEL PERSONAJE – Acting techniques workshop; 8-sessions over 2-week with Nelda Reyes, for aspiring and experienced actors. Mon-Thurs. Aug. 4 – 15, 6 to 9 pm. Designed for adults,

The Attic’s Summer Writing Workshop series begins in July held at the Attic Institute, 4232 SE Hawthorne Blvd. • July 16 – Aug 13: Dao Strom’s Writing Fiction Workshop Writing

Every month, Clinton Street Theatre presents movies you may never get to see on a big screen. The theatre opened with The Exploits of Elaine in 1915 and, built in

Life.Art.Being is an integrative arts festival celebrating expressive and contemplative practices. The festival runs July 7 through 12 and is co-hosted by Be Space: movement arts studio and Shambhala Meditation

Milepost 5’s all-resident show runs July 9 – 26, opening one week later than usual Friday, July 11, 6 pm to 9 pm in the Denizen Room, Lofts Gallery and

The Portland chapter of Soldier Songs and Voices is part of a national group whose mission is to provide Veterans with free music lessons and songwriting workshops. SSV is an

Revival Drum Shop is dedicated to vintage and custom drums. The store, originally on NE Prescott St., was founded in 2009 by Jose Medeles, who has toured the world as

  includes cast bronze sculptures from Jennifer Lanphier, resin and photography work from artist Julia Gardner, and paintings and cast iron sculptures from Matt Weiers of Columbia Foundry. The exhibit

An adult summer camp and hands-on summer creative workshop program for adults? Led by Milagro and guest artists? Yep and it’s happening Tuesday through Saturday July 8 – 17 at

Yamhill Press, at Powell’s Books, 3723 SE Hawthorne, Thursday, June 12th at 7:30 p.m. This is the fourth Sage Adair historical mystery, set in the Pacific Northwest in 1903. Sage

Saturday June 28 • 8 pm Artichoke  Music 3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $10 – All ages welcome   Colorado instrumentalist, music legend and songwriter Dick Weissman began his career with

With the theme of animals ranging from realistic to fantastic, this group show is a yearly favorite of all Portland artists and art lovers.   The artwork featured, “ Small

Celebrate 100 years of the Clinton Street Theater and 100 Years of “The Little Tramp” when Dan Kamin, who trained Robert Downey Jr. for his Oscar-nominated performance as Chaplin, joins

Adapted From The Novel by Daniel Defoe May 29 – June 22, Thursday* – Sunday at 8 pm Action/Adventure Theater  • 1050 SE Clinton St. Tickets: $10 online, $15 at

An Exhibition curated by  Gathering Crows Opening Reception June 6 6 pm to 9 pm Milepost 5 Denizen Gallery 850 NE 81st Ave Gallery Hours: 8 – 3 pm Tuesday

First Friday opening reception June 6th, 5-8pm Puls creates non-representational art – paintings, drawings and objects. She uses a provisional approach and expressive combinations of repurposed materials and substrates – pencil, paints

… the thinking mammal’s avant-variety talk show. Saturday, June 14, live at Vie de Bohème,1530 SE 7th Ave., 7:30 pm opening set by Three For Silver, 8 pm showtime, $10-20.

23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition titled Book Power Redux, an international juried exhibition of book art focusing on social and political issues. This show focuses on the

TUE, June 24, 7 pm doors Aladdin Theatre 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, (503) 234-9694; $30 www.aladdin-theater.com   Eliza Gilkyson is a politically minded, poetically gifted singer-songwriter who has become one

…located at 2615 SE Clinton, featuring local art, jewelry, vintage/home decor, will have a First Friday reception on June 6 at 6 pm. Featuring internationally known artist, Oscar Fior Flores.

will perform Friday, June 20, for the PFS concert series. At St. David of Wales Episcopal Church, 2800 SE Harrison. $15 PFS members, $18 non-members, $9 ages 12-18 (under 12

is the name of local writer Estela Bernal’s new novel.      There will be a book  launch Monday, June 30, 7 pm at Powell’s Books, 3415 SW Cedar Hills

Tabor Space (SE Belmont & 55th) Saturday, June 21 at 7:30 pm.   The Trio is noted for its mix of styles, which includes modern, Latin, classical, klezmer, tango, jazz

Two different plays performed alternately at Back Door Theater, 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. by Defunkt Theatre May 9 – June 14. Fewer Emergencies by Martin Crimp is a trilogy of

The 3rd annual Improvisational Summit of Portland brings the city’s musicians, dancers and film organizations together with touring musicians excelling in spontaneous musical improvisation. This year a vast number of

paints acrylic paintings of various forms of the human figure. This one is called “Spilt” from May’s show at Milepost 5’s Gallery 5. Also opening in the Denizen Gallery is

St. Andrews Chapel has two events planned for this year’s Spring Concert Series. • Wednesday, May 13 – Music from the 4th and 5th grade choirs from Beverly Cleary School

What would you do if you were told that you need to stop being what you are, looking how you like to look, loving how you love? That your style

Healing Art, a new gallery housed in the historic Peterson building at 3530 SE Hawthorne Blvd., is a 100-year-old apartment. The gallery opens May 10, with an artist reception for

The Western Hummingbird, Lorna Miller presents a special Mother’s Day edition of the Little Kids’ Jamboree at The Landmark Saloon at SE 40th and Division St. Sunday May 11th and

Songwriter Chris Kokesh returns to town with a very full spinning performance plate in early May. The fiddle-swinging songwriting storyteller and Misty River alumni hosts two workshops and two concerts

REVOLUTION EMPATHIQUE STORYTELLING, follows in the footsteps of the Salons of Paris where the private met the public in a Theatre of Conversation. Comfortable seating, champagne and noshes set an

Portland Peace Choir celebrates its fifth anniversary with “Be the Light: Five Years of Music for Peace”, an evening concert of favorites from its first four years. The Choir will

first solo show is at Yale Union, 1010 SE Morrison St. through June 29. Agematsu was born in Japan in 1956. He collects small discarded objects from the streets, pinning

This foxy picture is “Je Ne Sais Quoi” and it certainly does exude that certain elusive something. Featured this month at Sidestreet Gallery along with other works from Jahna Vashti, whose paintings are populated by

is an all-new original theatre story honoring Oregon’s own expressive and innovative saxophonist who brought together Native American chants and tales from his family into jazz music. A multimedia melding

The ninth Annual Mt Tabor Art Walk returns May 17-18. This juried event showcases 40 diverse artists at 25 sites. This is an exciting opportunity to see high-quality visual art

is a semi-improvised comedy about less-than-super heroes in an ongoing comic book version of Portland. When the world is in peril, Sidekicks are the ones that get the coffee and

FILMED BY BIKE, returns to Clinton Street Theater, 2516 SE Clinton St. April 19-22. 45 very short films in documentary, animation, drama and comedy. Saturday, April 19 is New Belgium

Minnesota’s Claudia Schmidt returns to Portland’s hallowed Clinton Street Theatre, 2522 SE Clinton St. Saturday April 12 beginning at 7 pm. Her just released album, New Whirled Order, reunites Schmidt

Because She Cares is a new art exhibit portraying twenty-four Oregon Non-Profits and their leaders. Portland artist Theresa Weil’s twenty-four cut-paper portraits are intriguing and informative. Her collages of textures,

is a semi-improvised comedy about less-than-super heroes in an ongoing comic book version of Portland. When the world is in peril, Sidekicks are the ones that get the coffee and

An intimate evening of expansive music is planned for Saturday, April 5 at  the Information Warehouse, 411 SE Sixth Ave. beginning at 8:30 pm. The concert features “Downtown” NYC Clarinetist,

is one of the pictures on the wall at Lane Gallery, 2627 SE Clinton St. and part of the SE First Friday Artwalk, April 4, 6 pm. www.gilalanestudio.com

Brian Oberlin, internationally-acclaimed mandolinist, has performed with award-winning bands throughout the US. He’s founder/director of River of the West Mandolin Camp and the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra. Oberlin plays ragtime and

Myron Filene, Palouse Spring Rising, is the April/May exhibit at Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Ave. Suite 104. Filene has photographed The Palouse, an area encompassing parts of southeastern Washington

Small Sculptures is the new group show at Gallery 6 PDX and this one at right was created by Judy Vogland.Also featured are Jason Berlin, Liz Cohn, Bill Dean, Greg

The annual Inner City Blues Festival is Healing the Healthcare Blues, Saturday, April 5 with a superb lineup of All Stars including The Norman Sylvester Band (pictured) with LaRhonda Steele

Joanne Rand and Jim Page team up for a concert Tuesday Apr 8, at The Alberta Rose Theatre: 3000 NE Alberta St. These two stalwarts of the Cascadia folk movement

Anna Fritz (Portland Cello Project) is a dynamic cellist and thoughtful folksinger. Justice, human spirit, gender and the natural world are her musical and lyrical themes. She accompanies her songwriting

The 24th Buckman Art Show and Sell is March 8 and 9 and held at 320 SE 16th Ave. 140 artists benefit Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School which includes a

is part of Lane Gallery’s March show at 2627 SE Clinton St. There’s a party going on First Friday March 7 beginning at 6 pm and all are invited. 503.232.3526

Independent Women is a “devised” play mashing up ideas and images of Rosie the Riveter with Beyonce; a contemplation of women entering the work force in WWII with what it

For its fourth year, March Music Moderne has assembled a most inspired calendar of events musical and otherwise presented all over town in one ten day period, March 6 –

Jim O’Neal has published his first book, Farewell to Hot Water, with The People’s Ink independent writers’ community here. The book is a wild jaunt featuring Seth, local family man,

Two shows celebrate new releases for Portland artists this month at Doug Fir, 830 E. Burnside. Jeremy Wilson and The Triangle perform Saturday March 8 and Casey Neill and The

Sunday new music at Blue Monk is still hot and happening! The series, curated by saxophonist Mary Sue Tobin features outstanding  new music from all over the country. This month

by Israel Hughes is part of a show of new work at 12×16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5 this month with Hughes and Luke Dolkas. Both artists are

On March 5th 2007, a car bomb exploded on Al Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. 30 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. The street is the historic center of

Music Millennium opened its doors on the Ides of March in 1969 at 3 pm. The Beatles’ “It’s All Too Much” was turned up loud on the store’s impressive stereo

Cita Oudijk,  acupuncturist at Portland’s Open Gate Clinic, E. Burnside and 10th for more than 10 years, has had a dream of volunteering for wildlife conservation work in South Africa

John Reischman and the Jaybirds perform in concert Friday, March 14 for Portland FolkMusic Society, the second bluegrass concert of the season at St. David of Wales Episcopal Church, 2800

New paintings from Georgette Jones and works by the late Madeline Meza Janovec fill the February show at 12×16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5. Janovec, born on Valentine’s

Like the blossoming cherry trees, February brings the annual Portland International Film Festival. This year is its 37th and there will be screenings in six locations in many parts of

Actress comedian Wendy Westerwelle wakes up every day feeling“Medicare-fully Fabulous”. Appropriately, that’s the name of her new show at Sanctuary Theater 1785 NE Sandy Blvd. February 6 through March 2.

– a photographic journey along the Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery Expedition has a distinctively modern angle. Chris Bennett explains: “In the summer of 2011, I followed the entire

Roy Zimmerman, sings very original rabble-rousing songs about class warfare, creationism, same-sex marriage, guns, marijuana, abstinence, ignorance, war and greed. No matter how that sounds, he’s also wry, outrageous, amply

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 Portland Foursquare Church, 2830 NE Flanders St.

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 503.232.3526.

Ardiente Paciencia (Burning Patience) by Antonio Skármeta has captivated imaginations around the world since it was first published in 1983. Now it is this month’s Valentine’s offering from Milagro Theater,

The Foundation, a “glamour-era lingerie boutique for girdles, garters, stockings, corsets and etc.” at 4831 SE Division St., presents an evening of songs and alluring stories about the comic, complicated

Joel Roth has always loved ghost towns, stories about trains, murders by the river, outcasts and other extended narratives of an earlier western America. With his strong melodic sense, vivid

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. Feb. 14 – March 22.

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 Sunday, February 2. Major

    Artichoke Music’s winter classes begin January 6 for kids and adults. There are instructors for ukelele, blues ukelele, banjo, mandolin, many guitar styles, Irish music, pennywhistle, hammered dulcimer,

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.   • SHARON JONES & THE

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 on Arhoolie Records.

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 calendar includes: SUMMER IN FEBRUARY, Monday,

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 storytelling music with a

is a 5-year personal project of photographer Andrew Haliburton celebrating Portland’s beloved park and reservoirs knowing the inevitable would arrive. This year brought us that sad milestone. The reservoirs are

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 marks la frontera

In Mulieribus is the eight-member female vocal ensemble dedicated to music written primarily before 1750. With Anna Song conducting, the group presents Nowell Syng We: Songs and Carols from Medieval

…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 reception

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 Philippines. The dance

World-renowned, virtuosic autoharp master Bryan Bowers performs live in concert December 13 at St. David of Wales Episcopal Church; 2800 SE Harrison St. It has been several years since he

Echo Theater Company, the non-profit organization operating Do Jump School and Echo Theater presents its first live show, Tess on an Alien Planet December 20-30 at 1515 SE 37th Ave.

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 Saturday, December 7 they play the Hawthorne

TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY is the Christmas – New Year Concert by The Oregon Renaissance Band, directed by Philip and Gayle Neuman. Music from England, Ireland, Transylvania, France, Germany, and

Portland yoga teacher and artist Niema Lightseed’s new book of poems is Cosmonautica: Broken-Open Heart Songs that explores mercurial reflections on the wisdom of her many teachers. Lightseed teaches weekly

BELTAINE, NORTHWEST’S CELTIC FUSION BAND features hammered dulcimer, guitar, accordion, marimbula, flute, and more. The quintet offers a blend of Scottish, Irish and originals with many musical influences and perform

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, 11 am

TapWater, Portland’s World Twang Orchestra, consists of Steve Moore, Timmy Jones, Rudy Slizewski, Ravi Laird, Arcellus Sykes and Simon Lucas – musicians curious about how different cultures produce music. They

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 the underlying principle of the universe.

Posada Milagro is a Christmas celebration with theatre, music, dance and traditional foods for the whole family. On Sunday December 15, El Zócalo of Milagro Theatre, 537 SE Stark St.,