Taking place on the first Thursday evening of each month, First Thursday offers a chance to view new work in area galleries while enjoying free appetizers and wine and other beverages. Exhibiting artists are often on hand to answer questions about their work.
The First Thursday website includes information on participating galleries located in the Pearl District. For more information on other participating galleries visit the Downtown Art Gallery Association
LOCATION: Portland area, OR
HOURS: Most galleries are open from 6-9 p.m. Check individual websites for times.
ADMISSION/TICKETS: Free
Monthly event highlighting the local retail, service and healthcare providers. Stroll down the sidewalks and listen to live music, peruse the local artistry and craft shops, hop on the trolley, enjoy dinner, or relax with a massage or free consultations.
Willamette Falls Drive
West Linn
503-655-6744
On-going, by appointment
Cost: $2 per student
Email education@MuseumofContemporaryCraft.org or call 503.223.2654 x120.
CraftKids asks students to explore the interplay between form and function in craft through carefully looking at the Museum’s collection and temporary exhibitions. Through a 60-minute session, students are introduced to craft by
considering the role it plays in their daily lives. Tours are inquiry- and discussion-based, guiding students as they learn to look at objects in new and meaningful ways. Thematic tours focus on materials, process, identity in craft, positive and negative space, and more.
Reservations are required a minimum of two weeks in advance. Please provide the requested date and time, contact name, contact information, as well as the number and grade level of students.
lululemon athletica, a yoga-inspired athletic apparel company, and EQ Swimwear, a Portland-based company, and West Hills Racquet & Fitness Club, together are offering the public a unique event. On Saturday, August 18 th, a complimentary swim clinic, yoga class and trunk show will be held in the outdoor pool and lawn of the West Hills Club.
This event aims to expose people to the benefits of cross-training with yoga and swimming through experience. In addition a light breakfast is included and sport-specific apparel available to shop. The instructor line-up is exceptional.
Lauren Theis – 2 time NCAA Champion, US National Champion 1995, 2007, and member of the USA Pan American Team, 2007
Dan Cole – Former University of Oregon Swim Coach
Amy Stone – lululemon Community Coordinator, former instructor at Yoga Journal Magazine
Jolene Spear- West Hills Fitness Director
President of EQ Swimwear and former All-American swimmer at UCLA, Ellen Ferguson notes that
“Elite athletes, fitness enthusiasts and aging baby boomers alike have discovered the combination of yoga and swimming to be the perfect compliment for strength, balance and flexibility.”
Monday nights year round except September 1, 2008. 7-9pm
Yeates Studio in the Arciform Building, 4231 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, Oregon
13 & older, drop-in fee $3. Contact Irish Club 503.286.4812
Thursday nights, year round except November 27, December 25, 2008 and January 1, 2009
13 & older, drop-in fee $5. Contact Sam Keator 503.691.2078
There has been a "Last Thursday" on Alberta Street since 1997. Art on Alberta sponsors the event, which is held every month year round. The galleries, studios, restaurants and other art venues on the street open their doors for a celebratory evening of art. Generally the galleries are open between 5 to 9:30 p.m.
Every first Wednesday of the month from 5-8 p.m., downtown Forest Grove is hopping with residents and visitors. Come to taste local wines, enjoy local crafters and artisans and take advantage of the snacks and special deals offered by as many as 30 local merchants on Main Street between Pacific and 21st Avenue. There are various entertainers including magicians, dancers, and stilt walkers.
Sunday, April 20th -
Sunday, April 27th
$20.50 - $28.75
Swaggerin’ scallywags, boisterous buccaneers, it’s Long John Silver and the gang in a wild and wacky eye-patched musical starring Portland’s own Captain Bogg & Salty. Sure to be Portland’s family hit of spring 2008–the best way to guarantee seats is to subscribe now!
Sign-interpreted: April 26, 2 p.m.
Adapted by Eric Schmiedl from the book by Robert Lewis Stevenson.
Music composed and performed by Captain Bogg & Salty.
Directed by Greg Tamblyn.
Children's tickets: $16.75 - $24.75
Recommended for ages 4 and above. Anyone over the age of 1 must have a ticket.
And the best of all, it’s FREE!!! No Cover.
Every week, this live, 70’s style, late-night talk show, hosted by the energetic, overzealous, oversexed motivational speaker known as Ed Forman, performs brand-new comedy material designed to inspire the audience to Laugh, Love, and Live. Ed and his “Success Team” are armed each week with a new house-band, stand-up comedian/co-host, and a local celebrity that is interviewed by the self proclaimed “Big Dukearoo.”
Every Monday
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Every Thursday
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Every Sunday
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m
Portland Orchids and Bamboo Chinese Ensemble
Free, with order of tea service and Garden admission
Join the Garden’s horticulture staff as they lead you on a tour of the Garden’s blooming plants. A walking tour of the Garden, the Bloom Walk gives a detailed look at the “What’s Blooming” guide.
Download your copy of the “What’s Blooming” guide (PDF, 348 KB) for your next visit
Free with admission, no registration required.
Members of the Milepost 5 creative community, in Northeast Portland, are taking their work outside for the Montavilla And Milepost5 Arts (MAMA) market! So far we've had musicians, screen printers, yarn spinners, painters, cartoonists, sculptors, photographers and more practicing their craft and showing their work for sale. Please come join us for food, music, art and inspiration -- every Sunday at our 2-acre creative campus across from Montavilla Community Park. See you there!
This class is for the artistic explorer who like to lighten up and experiment while painting. In this fun-filled class, Claudia will show you how to add amazing texture to your watercolor paintings using table salt, rock salt, tooth pick bruising, sand, drinking straws, print transfer, spatter, and much more. A notebook of vignette paintings will be completed in class, for reference and "show and tell." Each participant will need two (10) 8 1/2" x 11 " pieces of 140 lb., cold press watercolor paper (must be Arches or Winsor Newton Artist brand). If you are unable to find this paper, arrangements can be made with the teacher to purchase it for you, but you will need to give two weeks advance notice. Each student will also need ten plastic sleeves in which to store their texture "experiment" paintings. The best ones (acid free) are found at Sports Cards collector shops. All other supplies will be furnished by the teacher on a loan basis.
STUDENT PROVIDED SUPPLIES:
1. Ten (10) sheets of 8 1/2" x 11" 140 lb., cold press watercolor paper (MUST be Arches or Winsor Newton Artist brand).
2. Ten plastic sleeves to store your texture "experiment" paintings in.
Class runs from 9:00 AM until 4:30 PM each day. Lunch and an afternoon snack is provided. Cost is $230 per person.
Bouand DanceCompany and Lyon-based contemporary company Ando Cie collaborate in performances June 1st, 2012 at 7:30PM, and June 2nd, 2012 at 2PM and 7:30PM.
Performances will be at BodyVox Studios in NW Portland. These performances represent the finale of Bouand DanceCompany's "French Project" and are supported by the RACC, MMT and the Autzen Foundation. This will be a 1 hour evening of contemporary dance with choreography by Davy Brun and Alexandrous Ballard.
Venue:
BodyVox Dance Center
1201 NW 17th Ave.
Portland, Or 97209
503.229.0627
info@bodyvox.com
Tickets:
$21.00 at the door or thru Brown Bag Tickets
Come by and have some fun with us! You can talk with our gifted practitioners for these services:
* Tarot Card Readings
* Rune Readings
* Psychic/Medium Readings
* Belief Work
* Chakra Clearing/Healing
* Energy Healing
* Sacred Geometry
* Divine Healing Hands Blessings
* ... and much more!!
~ Free admission. Mini-sessions for a small fee or donation ~
Many modalities will be represented, so share some tea, and plan to spend some time with us!
Love & Light!
free public talk by Christian Science Practitioner and Teacher, Martha Moffett. Discover a spiritual basis for financial security, employment and health not subject to economic cycles and downswings. Everyone welcome. Childcare provided. Free parking.
Saturday, June 2, 2012 8:00 pm
Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College
0615 Southwest Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR 97219
Sunday, June 3, 2012 3:00 pm
Vancouver First United Methodist Church, Vancouver, WA
401 East 33rd Street, Vancouver, WA 98663
Resonance welcomes Dr. Bruce Browne to conduct this French musical feast! Because our Artistic Director Katherine FitzGibbon is away on sabbatical from Lewis & Clark researching German requiems in the Third Reich in Berlin, we have the wonderful opportunity to work with Bruce Browne, retired from Portland State University, Portland Symphonic Choir, and Choral Cross-Ties. Dr. Browne will take us on a musical journey through exceptional French literature, designed to mirror an extravagant multi-course French meal. The main course will consist of movements from Poulenc's anti-war Figure Humaine and works from Janequin to Ravel, but we promise to have some fun "amuse-bouche" to tickle your musical palate: French folk music, music from Haiti, and even some French chansons by none other than Leonard Bernstein. In true Resonance style, we are pairing each musical course with visual art projections, selected by Lewis & Clark art professor Benjamin David.
To get you in the mood, we invite you to join us for our end-of-season French reception at an elegant nearby home prior to the June 2nd concert in Portland, with French wines, cheeses, and pastries. Assurément délicieux! Tickets for this special reception are $25 (ages 21 and over only, please). The reception begins at 6:00 p.m. and will include brief remarks by Benjamin David.
Our June 2nd performance is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and Work for Art.
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