Arts & Entertainment

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,

A new performing arts program for youth taught by members of March Fourth Marching Band begins January 14 and is presented at St David of Wales Church, 2800 SE Harrison.

…presented Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 pm, at St. Philip Neri Church, 2408 SE 16th Ave. In Mulieribus, is an eight member women’s vocal ensemble. With a repertoire from Gregorian chant

CHRISTMAS CONCERTS AT ST. ANDREWS CHAPEL, 7617 SE Main St. Two evenings of music each an hour long and free. Ascension Catholic Choir Wednesday, December 12 at 7 pm, Traditional

One of Southeast Portland’s own, cellist Gideon Freudmann enjoys an international reputation for innovative compositions and style of playing. Inspired by the best of classical, modern, jazz, and blues his

Patrick Ball’s Celtic Solstice presentation, The Christmas Rose, is an elegant and relaxing way to celebrate this year’s longest night with familiar and original songs, storytelling and nods to WB Yeats,

The venerable Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St., hosts a new documentary, The Invisible Red Thread, Sunday Dec 9, at 5 pm. The screening is a fundraiser for the