The Strange Case of Nick M
Time for real radio! Imago Theatre and KBOO Community Radio present an original radio theater drama, The Strange Case of Nick M., Monday, May 3, 10 pm via the KBOO …
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Arts & Entertainment
Juried Show at Gallery 114
These Truths – Gallery 114’s juried show for May has artists from across the country presenting work prompted by the idea that truth can be interpreted to mean something different …
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Smokus Pocus
Tokes, jokes and magic tricks aplenty are presented in a show called Smokus Pocus, a cannabis-themed magic and comedy show. The THC-induced extravaganza features caricatures coming to life, phones vanishing …
Reel Life Returns to Clinton Street
Films and fun return to Clinton Street Theater May 6, 7 & 9 with the in-person screening of the Japanese horror cult classic, Tetsuo The Iron Man where a “metal …
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Clever Little Lies
Live theatre returns in person May 6-22 as triangle productions! presents a new story of long-term love and marriage. Clever Little Lies is a one-act play with no intermission written …
Grumpy Porcupine Art
Lezlie Amara Piper has been a Portland resident for many years. Originally hailing from Idaho, she spent her childhood hours listening to wind, drawing plants, following animals and birds, and …
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Catherine Lee’s “Remote Together”
Oboist and renowned improviser Catherine Lee releases her second album, Remote Together, this month. On this recording, Lee’s pure, clear oboe sound is recorded so well, the breath is a …
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May Flowers at Radius Annex Gallery
Radius Annex Gallery presents May Flowers, a collection of floral studies by Portland painter Jolyn Fry. The show opens to the public First Friday, May 7, continuing through May 30. …
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La Bici
Teatro Milagro announces La Bici, an episodic video play series focusing on bike safety as it relates to technology, community, infrastructure, accessibility, environmentalism, art, camping, road tripping, altars and ghost …
Artichoke Live Music Returns with Sonny Hess and RCF
This month, Artichoke Music heralds its return to live music (at 50 percent capacity in accordance with the statewide mandate). Livestreams will continue as well. All event info and tickets …
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NACUSA 2021: New Music Festival
Cascadia Composers, the Northwest chapter of the National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA), hosts the Association’s biennial six day conference in partnership with Lewis & Clark College held virtually for …
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Toward Space+ Wonder
Jeannine Shinoda is a Portland artist, architect, chef and the owner of Omakase-Ya, a food project inspired by delight, her mixed Asian heritage, memories, foraging and travel. Agenda Gallery, 4505 …
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Working Women Sing!
Local musicians are honoring women’s activism past and present with exuberant songs on May Day, May 1, begining at 2 pm where, this last year, a group of women have …
Visions of Beauty
Visions of Beauty is the final concert of the season for In Mulieribus, the acclaimed women’s vocal ensemble. Flowers and gardens symbolize resurgence, rebirth and beauty in the poetry …
PWNW April Happy Hour
Performance Works Northwest Happy Hour returns Thursday, April 15, 5 pm featuring work by Stephanie Lavon Trotter and IXNAY. Trotter is an electro-acoustic vocal-instrument, composer, improviser performer who has been …
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Oregon Symphony Gala 2021
The Oregon Symphony Gala 2021: The Music Plays On is a live concert event hosted by Scott Showalter and the Oregon Symphony musicians, to honor Carlos Kalmar in his 18th and …
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The Soldier’s Tale
Portland Columbia Symphony presents a livestream of Igor Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale, Saturday, April 17, 7 pm. The concert features local musicians in innovative, COVID-safe environments and is a ticketed online …
Free Imago Mime Lessons Online
Imago Theatre is offering families and schools free online short theatre games. Designed for K-6th students, these two to three minute short videos give viewers the chance to have fun …
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Dyad: Dance & Music Duos
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble’s (PJCE) livestream series continues in April with Dyad: Dance and Music Improvisations, curated in partnership with Performance Works Northwest, and additional support from the Creative Music …
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Relative Fiction
OPB’s new podcast, Relative Fiction, by Portland author and artist, Nicole Georges is a six-part series based on Georges’ award-winning 2013 graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura. When Georges was two …
Sacred Nature
Pushdot Gallery hosts a show of Holly Wilmeth’s new works called Sacred Nature. It is a visual and written journey about plants, rooted in her belief that healing ourselves and …
Do The Time Warp Again
One of the oldest continuously operating movie houses in the USA is right here in Portland. It’s the century old Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St., and it is …
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Present Tense
Present Tense, an installation by SE Portland sailor and artist Bruce Bateau, is on display at the Lincoln Street Kayak & Canoe Museum, 5340 SE Lincoln St. from April 3-31. …
April Art Alive
Shelly Fredenberg and Michele Sabatier are Sidestreet Arts’ featured artists for April. The show is up through May 2 and both artists are nature inspired – a perfect show for …
Parker Quartet in Concert
Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) presents the Grammy award-winning string ensemble, Parker Quartet, Saturday, April 24, 7 pm, and available for streaming through Saturday, May 1. The Quartet will perform Thomas …
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A Single Pink Cloud
Performance Works NorthWest presents Linda Austin and Allie Hankins in an offering phonetically expressed as /ə ˈsɪŋgəl pɪŋk klɑʊd/. It streams online Friday-Sunday, March 26-28 at 7:30 pm. Austin and …
Silver Linings & Blessings in Disguise
Spoken word meets the written word in Silver Linings and Blessings in Disguise, Portland Storytellers Guild’s monthly Saturday evening event streamed on Zoom, March 6 at 7 pm. The tellings …
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Metropolitan Youth Symphony Spring Concert
The Metropolitan Youth Symphony’s (MYS) Spring Concert features premiere pieces by the Youth Orchestra Commissioning Initiative (YOCI). The project, initiated by Portland Youth Philharmonic, New Jersey Youth Symphony and MYS …
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Pushdot Gallery Employee Show
Pushdot Gallery, 2505 SE 11th Ave., Suite 104 in the Ford Building, presents their Employee Group Show through March 26. Julio Cantu, Drew Cornwall and Lincoln Miller present individual works …
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Dawn Panttaja, Gia Whitlock & the Boing of Spring
When Portland turns the corner from Winter, floral pinks and bright cheerful blossoms burst out around the town. Sidestreet Arts is in full-bloom too featuring Gia Whitlock’s floral paintings and …
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March Livestreams at Artichoke
Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd., hosts two livestream events this month. See artichokemusic.org. Wednesday March 3, 7 pm: Karen Lovely and Ben Rice – Broadcast live on Artichoke Music’s …
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New Theoretical Planets Album
PJCE Records has released George Colligan’s new album, Long Term Goals, his second as drummer-leader of the group, Theoretical Planets. Known as an award winning pianist/keyboardist, Colligan is also a …
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Capitán Contra Covid PSAs
In Partnership with the Oregon LatinX Leadership Network (OLLN), Milagro is launching three COVID Public Service health videos through YouTube and social media. Accompanied by music as people are saved …
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3 Nights of Chris Smither at Alberta Rose
Alberta Rose Theatre partners with songwriter Chris Smither (smither.com) to bring you his Streaming Global Tour, presented for three big Saturday nights at 5:30 pm. See his beat-driven, finger-picking guitar, …
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Kerry Politzer Performance
Kerry Politzer, SE Portland resident and jazz pianist, performs with her Quintet, in a livestream from The 1905, Monday, March 29, 6-8 pm, online at facebook.com/The1905. The group features Noah …
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Delgani’s Pieces of America
Oregon’s Delgani String Quartet’s sixth season celebrates the coming of spring with Pieces of America, a kaleidoscopic look at 20th-century musical styles, presented in individual movements. In a concert of …
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Submit to Portland Book Fest 2021
Submissions to the 2021 Portland Book Festival are open now through June 4, 2021. The Fest features a diverse group of contemporary authors in conversations, panels and presentations and takes …
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My Life As I Want to Tell It – Gracie Hansen
Donnie Horn and triangle! productions present a new streaming presentation, My Life As I Want to Tell It – The Gracie Hansen Documentary, presented as a replacement for their previously-announced …
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A Lightness of Being, A Bursting of Joy
Adrienne Stacey’s work has graced our pages many times over the years and, in these days of solitude and distance, it is uplifting and inspiring news to hear of a …
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CMNW Presents Goldmund Quartet
Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) presents The Goldmund Quartet in an online premiere, Saturday, March 20, 7 pm. The show will be streamed at CMNW.org and available through Saturday, March 27. …
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Cascade Blues Presents Mary Flower
Guitarist and songwriter Mary Flower returns to the Artichoke stage in person for a livestream blues hour presented by the Cascade Blues Association, Wednesday, February 3. The show starts at …
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We Are A Part
Artists Kia Zora and Ila Rose have a unique relationship. Both are painters and both grew up in Eugene, Oregon; Kia as a triplet with two identical brothers and Ila …
Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End
Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, is triangle productions! new show, written by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel, and featuring AM NW Host, Helen Raptis as the legendary Bombeck. It’s a …
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PWNW Happy Hour
PWNW features experimental performance artists each month in their Zoom Happy Hour Series, Third Thursdays at 5 pm with two different artists, a chat, cocktails and a prize giveaway. February …
Kickstand Comedy Classes
Want to find your own unique voice in comedy? Kickstand offers Stand Up, Improv, Sketch Classes online with teachers from around the country and right here. A non-profit, all-inclusive space …
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How the Working Class Home Became Modern
It wasn’t really that long ago, but between 1900 and 1940, the average American home went from kerosene to electric lighting, outhouses to full indoor baths, and saw the rise …
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¡HUELGA!
¡HUELGA! by Maya Malan-Gonzalez and directed by Mandana Khoshnevisan in its virtual premiere online opens Saturday, February 6, 7 pm as a part of Teatro Milagro’s national tour. Tickets are …
Fertile Ground Continues
The 12th Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, a program of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA), continues through February 7. The festival presents pre-recorded shows online this year streamed …
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Jocularity from PSG
Portland Storyteller’s Guild (PSG) begins the new year with Jocularity as Trish Anderson, Patrick Gannon and Eric Foxman promise to put a smile on your face Saturday evening, February 6, …
TidalWave Comics New Titles
TidalWave Comics has two new titles to celebrate the Inauguration: President Joe Biden and Madam Vice President Kamala Harris. The first is the story of Biden’s emotional rollercoaster of family …
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THREE – Sidestreet’s Member Show
Sidestreet Arts celebrates three years of joyous gallery-hood that happens to coincide with their annual show featuring artwork by their members and the show runs February 3-28. The theme of …
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Fertile Ground Festival 12
For its 12th year, the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, a program of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA), is thrilled to offer 40 projects, virtual and free, streaming …
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Gesture and Journey – The Delgani String Quartet
The Delgani String Quartet continues their sixth season with Gesture and Journey, a concert of extremes, livestreaming Sunday, January 24, 3 pm and Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 pm. The concert …
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The Inked Image
Sidestreet Arts’ annual Fine-Art Print Show, The Inked Image, features work by more than 30 guest artists from across the US. All the works in the show are original hand-pulled …
Steve Drizos’ Axiom
Portland musician Steve Drizos celebrates the new year by popping the cork on his first solo release, Axiom – a stalwart collection of dreamy, moving, psychedelicized rock. Drizos, drummer for …
Kiazora
Born and raised in the PNW, Kiazora’s art explores interactions between life and death, form and the formless. Her paintings convey the interaction of humans and environment. Her creative process …
Reformers Augment Reality
The Reformers are an experimental performing arts collective with a simple goal: to tell stories not commonly seen on local stages. Now they’re fusing their immersive performance style with technology …
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Classical Revolution PDX
A special fundraising concert for Classical Revolution PDX livestreams from the Holocene stage, Saturday, January 16, 7:30 pm. The concert features Mike Hsu, Kyle Grant and Chauncey Canfield in an …
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The Portland Music Stream
Alberta Rose Theatre hosts their new season of the Portland Music Stream to ring in the “New Ear of 2021”. All shows begin at 7 pm. Saturday, January 9: The …
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Baez’ 80th Birthday Livestream
Celebrate Joan Baez’ birthday with her. In commemoration of the her 80th birthday, a reception will be streamed at 5:30 pm (PST) Saturday, January 9 that includes an interview with …
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Portland Old Time Music Gathering 2021
Square dancers, musicians and other fans of traditional Appalachian music have come together for the Portland Old Time Music Gathering for more than 20 years. This year’s gathering continues in …
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Movies n Magic To Help Clinton Street
How can you help the Clinton Street Theater survive? Watch SHAZOOM!, an interactive eye-popping, mind-bending online magic show by Master Magician Dan Kamin. Kamin has performed one-man shows in theatres …
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Rubber Chicken Paintings by Dingo and Olive
Dingo Dizmal and Olive Rootbeer are well known clowns about town. Together, they collaborate in performance as well as in paint and have shared tunes, stories, comedy, bike rides, face …
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Music Together Online
Music gives us a way to express emotions and it naturally relieves stress. Music makes us feel human. It is multi-sensory and supports children’s learning and development. There’s nothing like …
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PenFelt Pandamic Pivot
Felting artist LeBrie Rich pivoted her business from teaching in-person workshops to creating needle felting kits and how-to videos. Her PenFelt Studio kits are whimsical, and come fully-loaded with everything …
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December at Artichoke Music
Artichoke Music is open during the freeze at 2007 SE Powell Blvd. They are a retail store, a live-stream studio and a virtual music school. All music classes, open mics, …
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Brazilian Piano Masters
Portland State University and jazz piano faculty member Kerry Politzer present The Music of Brazilian Piano Masters 2, streaming Friday, December 18, 5 pm. The prerecorded concert features the compositions …
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Portland Jazz Composers
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble’s PJCE Online Series presents songwriter and pianist Kathleen Hollingsworth with Mad Love, her trio that features drummer Brent Follis and bassist Tim Gilson. The group’s new …
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Very Merry Cash & Carry
One of SE’s annual art galas is Sidestreet Arts’ Very Merry Cash & Carry Show. This year it runs from December 2-January 3. Each year Sidestreet packs the gallery with …
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Confident Voice Studio
The Studio has innovative ways to celebrate students, no matter what instrument, age or skill level. All lessons are virtual to support the safety of students during the 2020 pandemic …
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In Mulieribus
In Mulieribus (Latin for amongst women) is Portland’s female vocal ensemble dedicated to the promotion and enrichment of community through the art of music, focusing on works written primarily before …
PSG Digs Deep
PSG, The Portland Storytellers’ Guild, streams a new show Saturday, December 5 via Zoom called Dig Deep, Stories of Hope and Perseverance. The evening’s tales explore the capacity to keep …
Portland Music Stream
Alberta Rose Theatre’s special December Portland Music Stream features music to warm the coldest nights. All shows begin at 7 pm. Thursday, December 10: Finehouse’s Tribute to Amy Winehouse – …
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Outside the Frame’s Quarantine PSAs
Outside the Frame trains homeless and marginalized youth to be directors of their own films and lives. The organization teaches our most underestimated citizens, homeless youth, to make films and …
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Stark Street Studios Holiday Ceramics Show
Stark Street Studios & Gallery, 2809 SE Stark St,. is Portland’s longest running ceramic studio collective comprised of a dozen accomplished local artisans. Each year, the Studio hosts their legendary …
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Sidestreet Arts Brings Out the Animal
Elizabeth Wocasek and Amelia Opie are featured artists for the November show at Sidestreet Arts, and the animal spirit is alive and well. The art is up through November 29. …
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To Thine Own Self Be True
In this suddenly shifted world, our prevailing life patterns have significantly altered and many transformations are at hand. How do we find our way in this challenging landscape and still …
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AHC’s Long Shadow of Urban Renewal
A new exhibit at the Architectural Heritage Center examines the rise, fall, redevelopment and future of South Portland looking at the logic and motivations of city leaders, beginning in the …
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Portland Book Festival
Every November, the Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of America, brings thousands of readers together to hear from more than 100 writers across all genres in an intergenerational celebration …
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Camp Crush’s Fangirl
Missing 1980s new wave synth-pop in these strangest of days? Need a buoyant new dance track with all the hallmarks of those early days of the Reagan era? Portland duo …
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Female Force: Kamala Komics
TidalWave Comics has added a new comic to its popular Female Force series focused on female empowerment. “Female Force: Kamala Harris” was released October 21 in time for the Vice …
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Songwriting as Truthtelling
How can songwriters listen for stories that want to be sung and stay true to the song’s heart? Artichoke Music presents Songwriting As Truthtelling, a live online workshop. The six …
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Milagro Theatre Events
¡Viva Milagro! is the festive annual event that brings together friends of Milagro, artists and supporters for an unforgettable evening to celebrate Día de los Muertos. This year’s celebration is …
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Artichoke Music Events
Artichoke Music hosts its first virtual meeting of the Cascade Blues Association (CBA) Thursday, November 4 at 8 pm. The livestream will be on Artichoke’s Facebook page and you don’t …
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Totally Under Control
The Northwest Film Center and Portland Art Museum continue to bring new films to audiences online. See the list of films at nwfilm.org/virtual-programming. It is updated often. This month PAM …
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COVID Spring
Portland artist Christa Grimm has a new series of small pandemic-inspired plein air studies of acrylics on wood. This painting is called “First Day of COVID Spring.” Grimm has a …
The Legendary Beyons Album – Finally Released
Special to the Southeast Examiner By Robert Ham & Bobby Smith The Albina Music Trust has released another album treasure from out of Portland’s past. This time around, it’s a …
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Portland Music Streams
Alberta Rose Theatre’s new season of Portland Music Stream live sets online are intimate, up-close performances featuring an array of artists in a variety of genres. Sunday, November 1: Tony …
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Confident Voice Studio
Confident Voice Studio and Portland Musical Theater Company have joined forces to offer online classes, workshops and private lessons for kids and adults in voice, piano, ukulele, musical theater, preschool …
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Spicer’s Sketchy October
Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave., presents a different sort of harvest show for October – A Sketchbook(ed) Life: by Bridgett Spicer as her sketchbooks and art fill the gallery …
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Virtual Saturday Song Circle
Portland Folksong Society still holds their Saturday Evening Song Circles. They are via Zoom and virtual like so many things these days. Typically 40-50 folks meet each week online to …
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GuignolFest Benefits Clinton Theater
GuignolFest presents the results of its 72-hour Horror Movie Contest, Sunday, October 25 online. The virtual screenfest is a benefit for the cash-strapped Clinton Street Theater, the Fest’s usual home. …
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Stranger & Str@ng3r
With the Clinton Street Theater still dark, Portland Storytellers Guild takes an answered prayer, a shape shifter seeking justice and two boys wandering in an ancient temple at night. It’s …
Portland Black Music Expo
The Portland Black Music Expo, a multi-day entertainment experience and cultural conversation which unifies and reflects the richness of Black people and their culture, takes place Saturday, October 17, 6 …
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A Milagro Double-Header
Teatro Milagro’s virtual touring begins this month with two bilingual plays, and both are presented free. Blast Off, about Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina Astronaut (spotlighted in these pages last …
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A Benefit for Hawthorne Theatre
The Hawthorne Theatre and Mike Thrasher Presents hosts the band, Hawthorne Heights for a virtual concert on their Stay Home Virtual Tour, Tuesday, October 6, 6:45 pm PST. An Emo …
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Applications for Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships Due
• The 2021 Oregon Book Awards submission deadline is Friday, October 23, 5 pm. Finalists will be announced in March 2021, and winners in May 2021 at the Oregon Book …
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Intellectual Property Law for Musicians
The More You Glow seminar series presents Business and Intellectual Property Law Basics for Singers and Musicians, Saturday, October 17, 10:30 am-1 pm. All musicians are invited to this conference …
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Delgani String Quartet – Live in your Home!
Oregon-based Delgani String Quartet begins their sixth season of concerts with Beethoven’s Legacy: celebrating a master on his 250th birthday. His quartets respected tradition as much as they influenced the …
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Tribute: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Tidal Wave Comics celebrates the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a new, just released comic book, Tribute: Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg once told an interviewer, “My mother told me …
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