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…

• March 1, 2020

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, dex…

• March 1, 2020

Sidestreet Arts features fiber artist Karen Thurman and Her Whimsical Felt Objects for March. Her sculptures and hanging mobiles are other-worldly, ful…

• March 1, 2020

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 C…

• February 29, 2020

Kendall Concerts’ Music Under the Dome is OMSI’s monthly planetarium music series combining live performance with stunning spacial visual adventures fo…

• February 29, 2020

The ever informative and entertaining writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit appears live in a conversation about her life and new book Wednesda…

• February 29, 2020

Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer are in a rare concert this month at Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd. Think superb harmonies and instrumental virtuos…

• February 29, 2020

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 chil…

• February 29, 2020

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 …

• February 29, 2020

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 colle…

• February 2, 2020

OREGON MUSIC HALL OF FAME COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP applications are available and the deadline is March 1, 2020. Each applicant should be a student studying…

• February 2, 2020

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…

• February 2, 2020

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 Winnings…

• February 2, 2020

HIDDEN RIVER SONGWRITING CAMP REGISTRATION – Four days of songwriting, music and nature on the shore of Willapa Bay near Long Beach, Washington July 22…

• February 2, 2020

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 H…

• February 2, 2020

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 f…

• February 2, 2020

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 …

• February 2, 2020

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 wom…

• February 2, 2020

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 narra…

• February 2, 2020

Imago Theatre presents Jerry Mouawad’s new play, Special K, mashing up playwright Luigi Pirandello’s reality puzzles with vaudeville, tragedy and time-…

• February 2, 2020

Eugene artist Christopher St. John’s one-man show, SHINE, opens at Sidestreet Arts in February, featuring not only his whimsical ceramic creatures, but…

• February 2, 2020

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.  …

• February 2, 2020

Don Julin and Tim Connell are presenting a unique twin mandolin musical experience live at Artichoke Music. Mixing jazz, fiddle tunes, Brazilian and or…

• February 2, 2020

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 Berl…

• February 2, 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…

• February 2, 2020

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 …

• February 2, 2020

Sam Reider and the Human Hands perform live for Portland FolkMusic Society’s February concert at the Reedwood Friends Church.  A jazz pianist by tra…

• February 2, 2020

Written by Canadian-Chilean playwright Marilo Nuñez and inspired by true events, Milagro Theatre’s Huinca tells the tale of Manuel Huillipan of the Chi…

• December 28, 2019

Music Millennium hosts a book signing and reading for This Old Building: The Closing Of  Winterland, a photo book By Jarid Scott Johnson Saturday, Janu…

• December 28, 2019

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. …

• December 28, 2019

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 int…

• December 28, 2019

The Mount Tabor Park 2020 Calendar with photographs by Andrew Haliburton, celebrates the beauty of this beloved park and its historic structures. For m…

• December 28, 2019

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 zi…

• December 28, 2019

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 …

• December 28, 2019

The Ford Gallery’s new show, Deep Down, invites viewers to dip into the playful exploration of the emotional, mythical, morbid and psychedelic waters o…

• December 28, 2019

Triangle productions! opens 2020 with the lighthearted Life According to Morty and Ruth. The comedy stars Wendy Westerwelle, Jay Randall Horenstein and…

• December 28, 2019

A group show of Pacific Northwest Printmakers, curated by Gail Owen. Diverse print mediums including intaglio, mezzotint, linoleum relief, woodblock, s…

• December 28, 2019

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 re…

• December 28, 2019

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…

• December 28, 2019

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 st…

• December 28, 2019

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 …

• December 28, 2019

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, whi…

• December 28, 2019

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 qua…

• December 28, 2019

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…

• December 28, 2019

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…

• December 27, 2019

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. …

• December 3, 2019

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 fea…

• December 3, 2019

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 c…

• December 3, 2019

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…

• December 3, 2019

Confluence Willamette Valley LGBT Chorus presents Winter Lights, seasonal music old and new, Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 pm. at Colonial Heights Pres…

• December 3, 2019

Milagro Xmas Cuento Remix continues through December 22. A modern-day, Latinx take on Dickens’ classic Christmas Carol, this adaptation features strong…

• December 3, 2019

Game Changers: Remembering Moments That Matter, is the monthly Portland Storytellers Guild theme for December and it features a trio of transplanted Ne…

• December 3, 2019

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 Str…

• December 3, 2019

Stark Street Studios and Gallery, is Portland’s longest running ceramic studio collective, first opening in 1980. Their annual holiday show is December…

• December 3, 2019

The Welsh Society of Oregon (WSOR) presents Twelve Days of Christmas in Wales celebrating with vocal and instrumental music, readings and dramatic enac…

• December 3, 2019

The Creative Music Guild (CMG) welcomes Brooklyn’s experimental guitarist, Ava Mendoza to town for a two-day residency.  Mendoza knows and creates e…

• December 3, 2019

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 gif…

• December 3, 2019

Imago Theatre’s famous ZooZoo is back with all the bug eyes, insomniac hippos, arrogant anteaters, introverted frogs, polar bears, acrobatic worms and …

• December 3, 2019

Mosaic String Academy  Teaching Sound Art Though Strings, offers private lessons in violin, viola, cello and bass taught by warm and experienced facult…

• December 3, 2019

The Mount Tabor Park 2020 Calendar is an ongoing personal project of photographer Andrew Haliburton, celebrating the visual beauty of our beloved park …

• December 3, 2019

The month of November is a month of many thanks and the music at Café Artichoke is mindful and plentiful • Reggie Garrett and Joanne Rand Concert, S…

• November 18, 2019

Storyteller and naturalist Ingrid Nixon returns to perform at Multnomah Arts Center Saturday, November 16 and conduct a class and a workshop Friday, No…

• November 4, 2019

A concert of new music reflecting on humankind’s complex emotional landscape takes place Friday, November 15, 7:30 at PSU’s Lincoln Hall, Rm 75. Eight …

• November 4, 2019

Worries over costs of maintaining Theatre Vertigo’s Shoebox Theater alive at 2110 SE 10th Ave. have theatergoers and local artists concerned about losi…

• November 4, 2019

CALL TO ARTISTS: 15TH ANNUAL MT. TABOR ART WALK Details and online application available November 8, at mttaborartwalk.com. Application, fee and images…

• November 4, 2019

MICHAEL HURLEY AND THE CROAKERS play every third Friday at Laurelthirst Pub’s happy hour from 6-8 pm. Hurley is a true original and his songs, guitar p…

• November 4, 2019

An evening of powerful music by powerful performers at Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St. Sunday, November 10 at 7 pm. LaRhonda Steele, Bre Greg…

• November 4, 2019

A premiere of three new pieces by local choreographers Meshi Chavez, Subashini Ganesan and Unit Souzou for one weekend only, Friday, November 15 to Sun…

• November 4, 2019

Classical Revolution PDX celebrates the 100th birth-year of Liberace with an evening of classical music fun. The extravaganza is Saturday, November 23,…

• November 4, 2019

Back in the 90’s, alt-country band No Way Home was the darling of Portland’s indie music scene winning many awards and playing shows at the Pendleton R…

• November 4, 2019

My Summer as a Goth is a new made-in-Portland movie premiering Tuesday, November 19 at Clinton Street Theatre, 2522 SE Clinton St. beginning at 7 pm. …

• November 4, 2019

Artist Repertory Theatre presents the premiere of La Ruta by Isaac Gomez and directed by Dámaso Rodríguez at Portland Opera, 211 SE Caruthers St. In…

• November 4, 2019

Asylum Theatre’s sophomore production is Lanford Wilson’s Burn This.  Following the death of Robbie, her roommate, dancer-choreographer Anna confron…

• November 4, 2019

Gerle Haggard, the city’s own all-female Merle Haggard Tribute group, will showcase the more bluesy side of Haggard’s music Saturday November 16 at the…

• November 4, 2019

Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble (PJCE) begins a new season, by fusing its eight-piece horn section with Portland band Blue Cranes for a collaborative …

• November 4, 2019

Milagro Theatre presents A Xmas Cuento Remix, written by Milagro’s Maya Malán-González, directed by Alex Meda, premiering November 29 and onstage throu…

• November 4, 2019

Dancers, performance-makers, musicians and rabble-rousers all converge for two nights of performance and merry-making Friday and Saturday, November 15-…

• November 4, 2019

Smokefall by Noah Haidle is the twentieth season opener for Defunkt Theatre, an unusual installment in the tradition of plays about the American Family…

• November 4, 2019

Sidestreet Arts showcases the ceramic sculpture of Kendall Jones and Katherine McDowell’s monotype prints for the month of November and you are invited…

• November 4, 2019

Portland independent dance company The Holding Project presents the evening length mekudeshet (תשדוקמ), a world premiere directed, performed and choreo…

• November 1, 2019

This is Jeni Lee’s Evening Pass. Lee is one of the artists who welcomes the public into her workspace during the 21st Portland Open Studios. This free …

• October 1, 2019

Opening their thirty-sixth season, Milagro Theatre premieres a bilingual Dia de Muertos tale, Amor Añejo, conceived and directed by Elizabeth Huffman. …

• October 1, 2019

The Young Professionals Company at Oregon Children’s Theatre present DNA, a psychological thriller by British playwright Dennis Kelly and directed by Y…

• October 1, 2019

No Think Time: New Paintings by Gary Hirsch and Vases from Outer Space: New Works by Scot Cameron-Bell illuminate the walls of Sidestreet Arts opening …

• October 1, 2019

The live music streams forth in thirds, fifths and minor sevenths at Café Artichoke this month and it’s not online – it’s onstage. There are two upc…

• October 1, 2019

After a long, slumber the Holy Goats! Sunday Afternoon Improvisations return for the first of a new quarterly series. It’s a day of dance and music by …

• October 1, 2019

Sail2Change and The Clinton Street Theater team up to screen Terry Gilliam’s cult classic Brazil, a film on many greatest-of-all-time movie lists. Brin…

• October 1, 2019

Portland FolkSong Society next two shows coming up are for discerning listeners of  fine acoustic music and songwriting. Both shows are presented at…

• October 1, 2019

MICHAEL HURLEY AND THE CROAKERS play every third Friday at Laurelthirst Pub’s happy hour from 6-8 pm. Hurley is a true original and his songs, guitar p…

• October 1, 2019

Creative Music Guild’s Improvisation Summit of Portland takes place for six big nights of live music at six different venues showcasing the many sides …

• October 1, 2019

Tis the season for Portland Sacred Harp’s Pacific NW Sacred Harp Singing Convention. This free event, is in its 28th year and open to all ages. A tw…

• October 1, 2019

Bluesy tunesmith and former local Del Goldfarb plays a rare set at the Montavilla Farmers Market October 27, from noon- 2 pm. Goldfarb is in Portlan…

• October 1, 2019

San Francisco comedian Nina G mashes up her standup with a reading from her new book, Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn’t Happen, Sat…

• October 1, 2019

Union PDX, presented by push/FOLD dance company, takes place September 26-29 at the Hampton Opera Center, 211 SE Caruthers St. each night at 7:30 pm. …

• September 1, 2019

Portland Folk Music Society presents venerable blues crooner Jim Kweskin with Meredith Axelrod for their season opener. Friday, September 27, live at t…

• September 1, 2019

Any intention can lead to unintended consequences, and Portland Storytellers Guild’s September show features members exploring what it is to find thems…

• September 1, 2019

Much Ado, new from Enso Theatre Ensemble, was adapted from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The new version is written by Helena Fisher-Welsh, Cai…

• September 1, 2019

Triangle Productions kicks off its big three-O Life Is A Ball season with the world premiere of That’s No Lady, a celebration of the life of Darcelle X…

• September 1, 2019

Sidestreet Arts features Flesh and Stone, a new collection of work by oil painter Brooke Walker-Knoblich and jewelry artist Kathleen Mistry through Sep…

• September 1, 2019

MOSAIC STRING ACADEMY, 5120 SE 28th Ave., has openings for a new season of private lessons in violin, viola, cello and bass for people of all ages. Mon…

• September 1, 2019