Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) hosts their in-person and online 51st annual Summer Festival this month featuring four weeks showcasing performances by renowned artists. There are 17 live, limited seating, concerts […]
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Ruth Ross’ new show, Self/Conscious and guest Kathryn Cellerini Moore’s Matter Splatter Spectrum Scatter is up on the walls at Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St., through July 31. Ross’
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Portland’s own innovative bassist, four time Grammy-winning jazz and R&B musician extrordinaire, Esperanza Spalding, has launched a GoFundMe to build the Prismid Sanctuary here in the city where she grew
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Milagro Theatre is in search of passionate, bike-loving extras for their project in-development, La Bici. The episodic video play brings together ideas of bike safety and how it relates to
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Portland artist Connie Cohen painted these three views of Amaryllis. She writes, “I had a love affair with these Amaryllis that bloomed in my bay windows every year. I like
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Live indoor theatre returns this month as triangle productions! presents High Dive by Leslie Ayvazian, a one-act play with no intermission. The comic play portrays a small, pivotal moment in
Summer’s nearly here and the time is right for dancing in the streets. There’s a new season of the Driveway Jazz series to celebrate and it looks like a good
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Portland Storytellers Guild (PSG) present a performance by its own Eric Foxman called Yes, It Really Happened!, Saturday, June 5, 5 pm as a benefit to support PSG storytellers. Foxman’s
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The Northwest Film Center’s (NWFC) new Co:Laboratory offers online and in-person classes in media arts. Saturday, June 5, 1 pm; Capturing an Oneiric State: Dreams and Film – Critics and
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James Clem is June’s featured musician on the Artichoke Music livestream of the Cascade Blues Association Monthly Meeting, Wednesday, June 2, 7 pm on the Artichoke Facebook page. With over
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Music Together offers new outdoor classes for summer. After more than a year of exclusively online classes, they are taking Music Together outside again. Classes in SE are at Sellwood
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Kathy Brock and Alicia Justus have long been friends and now they’ve decided to pair up for June’s featured show at Sidestreet Arts named, appropriately, A Collaboration Between Friends. The
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See and hear a real, honest to goodness, in person album release party live at StrumPDX Guitars, 1415 SE Stark St., Sunday, June 6, 3 pm. Tickets are $15. TWANS
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SE Portland residents Tavé Fascé Drake and Nikki Jardin have developed an online and print publication for those experiencing dementia, brain trauma, other cognitive impairment and their extended communities. The
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The Waterfront Blues Festival returns July 2-5, to a new location, less than a mile upriver, at The Lot at Zidell Yards. The 2021 Festival is an in person, distanced
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Memories Of My Mother + Recent Works By Jennifer Brommer opens at Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Ave.#104 (in the Ford Building), Friday, June 4, 6-8 pm with limited number
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The Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Ave., has reopened its exhibit galleries to the public. Their new exhibit, South Portland and the Long Shadow of Urban Renewal, examines the
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3 Leg Torso and Lakewood Center for the Arts present a new film, M is for Mischief, a warm-hearted musical comedy premiering Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 9, 7 pm. Filmed
Milagro hosts a virtual reading of the play City Without Altar by Jasminne Mendez. The performance is a collaboration with Teatro Luna West (Los Angeles), UrbanTheatre Company (Chicago) and fellow
Metropolitan Youth Symphony’s (MYS) season finale is Saturday, May 29, 7 pm, and features world premieres by award-winning composer Giancarlo Castro D’Addona’s Portland Beauty, performed by the Symphony Orchestra and
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The Cascade Blues Association in partnership with Artichoke Music presents Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s Louis “King Louie” Pain on Hammond B-3 organ with Muddy Award Hall of Fame saxophonist,
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PWNW’s May Happy Hour is Thursday, May 20, 5 pm with duo collaborations by artists Wendy Hambidge + Jorge Samuel Faria, and Rachel Kessler + Matt Fielder. ASL interpretation by
May art at Sidestreet Arts is for the birds with the carved books of Melody Bush and the painted feathered denizens of Jackie McIntyre. Both find aviary inspiration and flowering
Chamber Music Northwest’s season finale presents classical guitarist Jason Vieaux, Saturday, May 15 at 7 pm. Vieaux is highly regarded for his versatility, lyricism and virtuosity. A passionate advocate of
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Portland Lesbian Choir (PLC) presents its Spring concert, A Roof and a Bed, Saturday, June 5, 7:30 pm via their channel, youTube.com/PortlandLesbianChoir. The concert’s music is presented to amplify the
Folk musicians Annie Patterson and Peter Blood, creators of the popular Rise Up Singing and Rise Up Again songbooks, have created a “tour” of virtual singalong benefit concerts. Repairing the
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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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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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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
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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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
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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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 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
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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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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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
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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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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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
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
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, 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.
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
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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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
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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, 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 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
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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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! 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
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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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 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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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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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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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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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
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
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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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 (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, 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
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 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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