Arts & Entertainment

    October theme: Masks &/or Dia de los Muertos art due: Sunday, SEPTEMBER 29th art pick up:  NOVEMBER 2nd – 3rd November / December theme: ‘The Holidays’ … Tree […]

Sidestreet Gallery‭, ‬140‭ ‬SE 28th Ave‭. ‬presents the work of‭ ‬Dennis Biasi‭.‬‭ ‬Biasi travels the world with his wife Nancy as employees of the US State Department‭. ‬Working in small

River City Folk is a nationally-syndicated radio show that explores the connection between songwriters and their musical influences through interview and live performance. Hosted by songwriter Tom May for the

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each September and for the fifth year in a row, Milagro Theatre celebrates with La Luna Nueva arts festival. Presenting more than two weeks

The Early Music Guild of Oregon and Musica Maestrale present The Consort of Six: A Concert of Music of Elizabethan England, Saturday, September 14 at Community Music Center, 3350 SE

In 1963, five young Portland men went into a studio at 13th and Burnside and recorded their version of Richard Berry’s Louie Louie in two hours for $50. The City

Tillers Folly is an internationally-appreciated musical trio with extreme guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass and banjo tendencies. Hailing from British Columbia, the band plays Portland, Friday September 20 opening the 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 guitarist/songwriter Jeff Dawson, with

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 overlooked, discovering hidden and

John Reynolds is a musician, producer, mixer, composer and behind-the-scene sound artists who makes live and recorded music listenable. Since 1990 he has operated Reynolds Audio Production. Recently diagnosed with

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. This variety-talk vehicle

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 misunderstood and stereotyped culture

…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 panels. It’s on exhibit through September

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 day:  Shoebox Letters –11 am;

are featured in a joint exhibit at 12×16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5. through the end of the month. Nechak’s residency in Caylus, France and the Whiteley Center

 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 very human expression of these

 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 pm, Fridays until 6. Address

…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 show at 131 NE

Imagine singing in a beautiful setting with women of all generations, surrounded by towering trees along the Sandy River. Imagine lodging in clean, heated camp cabins with half baths, bunk

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 Croghan,

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 of Music in Tokyo,

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 location, 211 SE Madison

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 swing tunes,

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 of ODIR (pictured right).

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 Thomas, sculptural glass vessels

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 designs will be selected and featured

The Grandmothers of Invention consists of Mothers of Invention and Zappa alumni including keyboardist Don Preston (1967 through 1971), bassist Tom Fowler (1973 to 1976), vocalist Napoleon Murphy Brock (1974

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 

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 5 at 5 pm. Schmaltz

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 12  and 13

Friday July 5 Baby Gramps is a high energy performance conduit of humorous and comprehensive musical history equipped with an endless repertoire of sounds and styles. His acoustic antique resonator

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 dialogue. It screens Wed. July

features pieces by Eric Leonard, Gila Lane, Carol Bietsch, Karen Lewis, Susan Schenk, Kerri Evonuk, Joanne Kollman, Jo Lundberg, Joanne Licardo, Whitney Hall, Terri Axness, Bhavani Krishnan, Sarah Fagan and

Latcho Drom, (“Safe Journey”)  a musical documentary which takes viewers on a lyrical, thought-provoking, visually stunning journey along the paths of the Romani (Gypsy) diaspora, told through musicians and dancers

June 15 • Bossanova Ballroom • 722 East Burnside 21+ Classical and World Fusion Music, Dance and Song Workshops, Ceremonial Circles, Community Yoga, Conscious Vending, Healing Practitioners; Showcase This transformational

Saturday, June 29th 7pm at Performance Works Northwest, 4625 SE 67th Ave. French-bred and San Francisco-based Choreographer Christine Bonansea will be bringing her latest work, No Exit, to Portland as

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 through the month

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 year. His

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

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, Live in Texas is a

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 experimenting with collage in 1990 after discovering the

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 sorting the seeds,

June 20 • 7:30 pm The Foundation • 4831 SE Division   Nikki Schulak will read from her literary adventure, “My Mid-life Thong Crisis”. Also featuring comedy from Bri Pruett

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), Joanne Kollman, Carol Bietsch, Gila

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 annual

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 spirited repertoire of classical, jazz,

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 elasticated, dizzying and less

Mary Flower, John Standefer, Brooks Robertson – three award-winning, hard-working and unforgettable guitarists and ALL on the same stage at once! Guitars Galore! is presented Friday May 17 by PortlandFolkMusicSociety

Robin Bacior’s songs are startling pieces of music theatre. Her percussive impressionistic piano sounds ancient and her voice is a majestic river of melody keening with a rolling narrative of

contains Dr. Bob Pliny’s piece Water, pictured here from his latest collection. His recycled painted book pages and painting, collage are featured along with assemblages by Israel Hughes in the

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 sparkle. Collectively

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 rock group. Music

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 sumptuous feast called

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 for local

CHEATERS, SCOUNDRELS, HEROES & ORDINARY PEOPLE at the monthly Portland Storytellers Guild show, Friday, May 10 at Hipbone Studio, 1847 E. Burnside, beginning at 7:30 pm. Adults, $10, Members and

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. This portrait of The

‘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 photographs, texts, acrylic paint and

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 and simulcast by remote

Kris Deelane (of Sweetjuice, Berthaline, Adam + Kris and Jesus Presley) brings two other groups to the stage for her Laurelthirst Sundays series in April. Deelane’s songs are pointed, purposeful

The Roman (ro-MAHN) are the Gypsy people of Trakya in Northern Turkey, Eastern Greece and Southern Bulgaria. Live Roman presents authentic Gypsy culture in an engaging and educational way, Sunday

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 energetic Bantus Band. mixes Southern African

Elizabeth Nicholson (harp, vocals, guitar) and Bob Soper (fiddle, vocals, bouzouki) will be featured musicians at Portland Ceili Society’s gathering, Friday, April 26 at the Eagles Lodge, 4904 SE Hawthorne

“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 Music, 3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd.,

Tomorrow!  Action Adventure Theatre’s April presentation by Ashley Hollingshead asks  crucial questions: Do you know where you’ll be in five years? Ten? How about your friends? Family? What will the

  …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 the month.

…through April at 12×16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5. Rose’s cartoon drawings are sharp and crisp-edged and Redman’s painted surfaces swim and pulse. First Friday reception is April

  California’s psychedelic-folk-revivalist songwriter Joanne Rand celebrates the release of her 13th CD, “Stories from the Inside Out, The Nashville Sessions” with a Portland houseconcert, Friday, April 26 at 7:30

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 Clinton St. Friday April 26

The Arabian Nights continues through April at the new Post5 Black Box Theatre inside Milepost5, 850 NE Oregon St. In this eternal tale, (this version written by Mary Zimmerman and

The Possessions of la boîte is an ensemble-devised work taken from actual family letters and group improvisation. Presented by The Reformers Collective at Studio 2 at Zoomtopia, 810 SE Belmont

March Music Moderne 32 events all across the PDX global village multiverse to celebrate the gloriousity of tactile, experimental, classsical and creative music in too many forms and performances. This

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 and Dance. These

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’s

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 bootheels wander back this

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 Texas border town everyone longs

…an event focused on bringing together the Portland Photographic Community brought together 49 photographers each documenting their portion of a square mile of Portland centered on the Burnside Bridge. Participants

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 Friday, March 15, for the

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 Lauren Sheehan, Kate Power and 

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 children), Bethany Palmer hasn’t slept in

Daniel Bachman, 23-year-old guitarist born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, comes to town for two concerts of self-described, “psychedelic appalachian” guitar music at an in-store performance March 5 at 6

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 are a variety of

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 Valentine” is pictured. The

  …A multi media presentation by Kimberli Ransom concerning adoptive families, adopted children and how they adapt. Adoption is a complex experience that touches the lives of many. These portraits

La Celestina, February’s  onstage offering at Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St. is the tragic comedy with Calisto, the young, impulsive nobleman madly in love with Melibea, daughter of the

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 the

Who Bombed Judi Bari?, This documentary about Bari, deep ecology environmentalist screens Wednesday, February 13 at 7 and 9:15 pm. Darryl Cherney will be at both screenings for Q&A. The

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, Feb. 15 at Carvlin Hall

In Tehuantepec dress with eyebrows like the wings of a raven, Frida Kahlo is legendary for her numerous self-portraits, affairs, and an independence that still inspires generations around the world.

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, 2408 SE 16th Ave.

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 days, Thursday, January 24

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 many kinds,

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 songs as well as old blues,