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
May - October
Twice a month, November - April
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
Join the independent producers that represent the heart and soul of Oregon’s world-class wine industry as they take over an entire city block in Portland’s Pearl District neighborhood during the first weekend in May. The Portland Indie Wine Festival is not only an opportunity to meet the next generation of winemakers from emerging cellars from all across the state, the PIWF also provides a forum to explore topics relevant to winemaking today.
$60 for a one day ticket (Saturday OR Sunday) $100 for a two day ticket (both Saturday and Sunday.
May 22 - June 7
Waterfront Village
Our NEW Opening Day (May 22)
Remembrance (May 22 – May 25)
Presented by TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Revelry (May 28 – May 31)
Roses (June 3 – June 7)
May 22
Fireworks Spectacular
May 30
Starlight Run
May 30
Portland General Electric/SOLV Starlight Parade
June 3
Fred Meyer Junior Parade
June 3 - 7
Fleet Week
June 4 - 5
Lloyd Center/Portland Rose Society 121st Annual Spring Rose Show
June 5
BandFest
June 6
Queen's Coronation Presented By Pacific Power
June 6
Regence Grand Floral Walk
June 6
KeyBank Grand Floral Parade
June 6
"From One Rose" Motion Picture Screening
June 6 - 7
Grand Floral Parade Float Viewing
June 6 - 7
Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race
June 12 - 14
Rose Cup Races presented by Temp-Control Mechanical Corp.
Our favorite time of year is when the tulips bloom! There is nothing like the colors of our tulip fields in the spring. Every year the varieties are arranged differently in a new pattern of color as we rotate our tulip fields to a new location.
$5.00 per vehicle Saturdays & Sundays. FREE Monday through Friday.
This 10th annual Art on the Town event features over 100 visual, literary and performing arts. In honor of Oregon's 150th birthday, watch a historical parade on Saturday, listen to folk music and view quilts. Poetry and dance, art pavilion for kids, delicious food and beverages. Oregon 150 birthday event includes a beard and bonnet contest. For more information, contact 503-682-3314.
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.”
Admission is free
March-October 8:30-2
November-December 9:30-2
A collection of four urban green markets April through December, serving up to 22,000 shoppers per week. We provide a direct connection to over 250 vendors with deep roots in Oregon and Washington, including farms, nurseries, bakeries, meat and seafood providers, cheese makers, specialty foods producers. The markets offer a vibrant gathering place where friends meet and shop A resource for learning about food, agriculture and nutrition A showplace for Northwest agriculture.
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
Wednesday April 01
An evening of winsome folk from Ontario, CA
Great Lake Swimmers
Kate Maki
Super XX Man
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Thursday April 02
A log love celebration with Seattle popsters
Hotels
Iretsu
The Animals at Night
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$6 at the door
Friday April 03
The return of All-Star PDX combo
Blue Giant
Blue Skies For Black Hearts
Blue Horns
Doors 8pm, Show 9m
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Saturday April 04
The return of Scottish-bred swooner
Alexi Murdoch
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$15 advance, $15 day of show
Sunday April 05
A co-headline night of compelling Americana
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
Justin Townes Earle
ON SALE 1/30
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$14 advance, $14 day of show
Wednesday April 08
Infectious indie pop from Illinois quartet
Headlights
The Love Language
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $10 day of show
Thursday April 09
Buzzy post-rock from UK combo
White Lies
Friendly Fires
The Soft Pack
ON SALE 1/30 AT 10 AM
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $14 day of show
Friday April 10
Alt-country faves from Nashville, TN
Clem Snide
The Heligoats
Scotland Barr & the Slow Drags
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Saturday April 11
The return of country-rock cowboys from Austin, TX
Reckless Kelly
Micky and the Motorcars
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$15 advance, $15 day of show
Sunday April 12
An evening with Bostonian songstress
Marissa Nadler
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $10 day of show
Monday April 13
The long awaited play from UK buzzsters
The Ting Tings
HOTTUB
Doors 8pm, Show 9m
$13 advance, $14 day of show
Tuesday April 14
Suave neuvo disco from Canadian Domino recording artists
Junior Boys
Max Tundra
Doors 8pm, Show 9m
$15 advance, $15 day of show
Wednesday April 15
Modern pop psychedelia from French multi-instrumentalist
Sebastian Tellier
Chairlift
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$14 advance, $14 day of show
Friday April 17
Lullingly pleasant folk rock from SF combo
Vetiver
Richard Swift
Mbilly
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $14 day of show
Saturday April 18
A co-headline night of brooding indie rock
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
War On Drugs
Patterns
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $10 day of show
Monday April 20
The return of reckless UK folk pop combo
Noah & the Whale
Ferraby Lionheart
Anni Rossi
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Tuesday April 21
An intimate evening with legendary Texas songbird
Michelle Shocked
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$20 advance, $22 day of show
Wednesday April 22
Raw rock and roll from New Jersey revisionists
Parlor Mob
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $10 day of show
Thursday April 23
Epic Indie rock from California blog-buzzsters
Cold War Kids
Crystal Antlers
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$20 Advance, $22 Day of Show
Saturday April 25
Tender Loving Empire presents another stellar showcase
Jared Mees & The Grown Children
Dirty Mittens
Nurses
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$8 advance, $8 day of show
Wednesday April 29
Graceful indie folk from pillow-voiced songstress
Maria Taylor
The Whispertown 2000
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $12 day of show
Thursday April 30
Other worldly post-psyche-folk from Japanese greats
Ghost
Six Organs of Admittance
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $12 day of show
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
Join staff and volunteers for a fun and informative tour of the Magness property. You'll learn the history of Magness, some tree identification, as well as why sustainable forestry is so important. No reservations are necessary. They go rain or shine. Wear comfortable shoes and meet in the parking lot.
The insiders view of Portland. This award-winning walk clarifies why Portland is regularly recognized as one of the best places to live. You’ll be smiling and laughing as you hear about early and modern Portland as you experience an enlightened city rich with artwork, parks, bridges, fountains, countless coffee shops, brewpubs, and friendly people. Find out how this area grew from "stumptown" to a modern yet livable city.
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.
Luan Schooler and Tim Wilson lead an informal culinary book group in the store each quarter featuring the best in food literature. The March discussion will feature The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation by David Kamp. The Foster & Dobbs Book Group meets quarterly on the first Monday of the month.
The works of local photographers inspired by Oregon architectural subjects will be the focus of the Pittock Mansion’s spring exhibit. Photographers will submit their best choices of significant sites that represent the last 150 years of Oregon architecture. Dramatic imagery will allow visitors to discover some well-known and not-so-well-known structures throughout the state. Structures created and preserved for beauty, utility or ingenuity will be selected for the juried exhibit of more than 30 works, which will hang in the historic Mansion’s 23 rooms.
$7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for children 6-18, free for Pittock Mansion members
The Cinco de Mayo Fiesta is a four-day celebration that attracts 300,000 people to Waterfront Park each year. The Fiesta brings to Portland and all Oregonians the beautiful colors, cuisine, arts, music and folklore of Mexico and specifically, Guadalajara, Portland’s sister city.
Everyone's favorite springtime ride is open for registration. With incredibly gorgeous routes, top-notch support at every mile, delicious food and a beach party finish line, Reach the Beach is the perfect way to tour Oregon by bike.
Browse herb plants for your garden. Pick up herb gifts and treats for your home and any occasion.
Treat Mom to a special meal in the historic Foster House, home of Oregon's oldest lilac. By reservation only.
10:00, 11:30 and 1:00 seatings
Join us in beautiful Canby, Oregon June 5-7, 2009 for the 17th annual Canby Wine & Art Festival -- a celebration of art, food, wine, and music. You'll find artwork from various mediums, from painting to sculpture. Sample fabulous culinary creations from local chefs and sip the best of local wines as you relax, or dance, to great music. Check out our event extras: lunch winery tour and special lodging and enterainment packages. More info. TBA on our website!
Friday 5 PM-9 PM, Saturday 11 AM-8 PM, Sunday 11 AM to 5 PM
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.
Members: FREE Nonmembers: $16 for adults and $12 for children/seniors.
Da Vinci: The Genius brings to life da Vinci’s amazing contributions to the worlds of art and science. See on display oversized reproductions of his most famous art and full-scale displays of his machine inventions including a glider, parachute, helicopter, tank, and more. Discover 25 startling revelations about the Mona Lisa in the Secrets of Mona Lisa gallery.
$22 general admission
$18 students and seniors
May 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, and 23 at 8:00pm
May 10, 17 and 24 at 2:00pm
Mon 25 7:30 p.m.
Tue 26 2 p.m.
$25.00 - $99.50
The Oregon Symphony's Laureate Associate Conductor returns to lead the kind of Pops program that has made him a Portland legend. Join us for a full evening of more all-time Pops favorites presented in Norman's matchless style.
MAY
Sun 31 7:30 p.m.
JUNE
Mon 1 7:30 p.m.
$30.75 - $125.50
Portland's internationally renowned "little orchestra" comes home to share the stage with Music Director Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony in two extraordinary performances that will be recorded.
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.”
Saturdays 10 - 5pm
Sundays 11 - 4:30pm
Admission is free
Stroll down row upon row of local handcrafted items and homemade foods. The Portland Saturday Market—open Sundays too—is the nation’s largest open-air crafts market. Talk directly to the artists and learn about their creative styles and products.
Forty-five Northwest metal artists and jewelry makers – many of whom are nationally acclaimed – will showcase and sell their creations. They are all members of Creative Metal Arts Guild, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Pacific Northwest metal artists.
Fri-Sat 10-9
Sun 10-5
Admission is Free
Join us on April 27, 2009 for another fabulous evening of live music, silent auction packages, and the best food and beverages from around Oregon. Taste of the Nation Portland is an age 21 and over only event.
Portlands Cheers to Belgian Beers started two years ago to help introduce Oregonians to the breadth of style and flavors of beers brewed in Belgium. The first year had 10 brewers pouring 10 beers at the Rock Bottom Brewery on April 10th, 2007.
In 2008, 18 Brewers made 20 different beers for an event held on April 5th, 2008 at Roots Organic Brewing Co. in Portland.
Portlands Cheers to Belgian Beers is much like your standard beer festival, but all the beers are brewed by Oregon breweries in a Belgian inspired manner. In the past two years, all of the breweries were from the Portland Metropolitan area. New for 2009, the Festival will be open to all Oregon Brewers Guild Members
Admission is Free
Peripheral Produce was founded in Portland, Oregon by filmmaker Matt McCormick with the intention of creating an outlet for experimental film and video to be purchased and collected by the general public. With small independent record labels serving as a model, Peripheral Produce compiles the work of selected artists and packages it for easy consumption.
A breathtaking presentation of Medieval Byzantine Chant sung from manuscripts produced at the Abbey of Grottaferrata in the suburban hills of Rome, which has operated continuously in the Byzantine rite since its founding in 1004, fifty years before the Great Schism. This presentation also bears unique witness to music sung in Constantinople before the Crusader sack of 1204.
MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro • HAYDN Symphony No. 60 “Il Distratto” • BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio • GRIEG Suite No. 2 from Peer Gynt • LUTOSLAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra.
A celebration of PBO's 25th Anniversary with Monica Huggett and Richard Egarr together on stage for the first time--only in Portland and only with PBO. The concert of music by Mozart includes Monica's vivacious interpretation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Richard's dazzling fortepiano work, and his professional debut on timpani (!) for the unique Serenata Notturna.
Tickets $18-$43
The edge is a tightrope for Rigoletto. And he treads it very carefully.
In court, the famous hunchback does the lecherous Duke’s dirty work, helping him seduce one innocent woman after another. A monster, some might say. But at home, his love for his daughter—and his desire to protect her from all danger—distinguish him as something else entirely.
Evenings 7:30pm
Matinee 2pm
This is the concert Music Director Carlos Kalmar has called “one of my favorite programs” of the season: “Somewhat quiet, touching, very rewarding.” And Kalmar makes a special point of adding: “Karina Gauvin, the creamy soprano from Canada … is phenomenal.
May 9 & 10 7:30pm
May 11 8pm
Ticket Prices: $70 & $45
The international sensation Celtic Woman returns to the Rose Garden May 9, 2009 with their brand new tour, Isle of Hope! Following the smash success of four chart topping albums and PBS televisions specials, the Isle of Hope Tour features many brand new heart stirring songs, plus all the classics you know and love.
A celebration of PBO's 25th Anniversary with Monica Huggett and Richard Egarr together on stage for the first time--only in Portland and only with PBO. The concert of music by Mozart includes Monica's vivacious interpretation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Richard's dazzling fortepiano work, and his professional debut on timpani (!) for the unique Serenata Notturna.
Tickets $18-$43
In this not-to-be missed season finale, we welcome Lincoln Center’s renowned bandleader Arturo O’Farrill to Portland for a spectacular evening of sizzling Afro-Cuban jazz! Enjoy the flavorful and exhilarating sounds of this popular genre as we perform with one of the world’s great Afro-Latin authorities.
Reserved Seating, $26 – $20
Our spectacular classical season ends with a real bang: Superstar Joshua Bell is the soloist in the glittering Mendelssohn Violin Concerto before Music Director Carlos Kalmar leads the orchestra in a work he’s waited years to perform with the Oregon Symphony, the monumental Bruckner Seventh.
May 16 & 17 7:30pm
May 18 8pm
The Oregon Symphony’s Laureate Associate Conductor returns once more with the kind of Pops program that has made him a Portland legend. Join us for a full evening of more all-time Pops favorites presented in Norman’s matchless style.
May 25 7:30pm
May 26 2pm
Portland’s world-famous touring band comes home to share the stage with Music Director Carlos Kalmar and the Oregon Symphony in two not-to-be-missed performances for the band’s first live recording with orchestra.
Since coming together in 2004, four of the greatest voices in the world, David Miller, Carlos Marín, Urs Buhler & Sébastien Izambard have spearheaded an entire musical genre by bringing the sound of opera to the world of popular music.
Ticket Prices: $126.60, $86.60 & $56.60
Plan now to bring the entire family to this musical event! One of our newest events will celebrate one of our oldest traditions—great band music.
General Admission: $10 Reserved Seating: $12 Day of show General Admission: $13 Reserved Seating: $15
“I gave ‘em a sword. and they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I’d have done the same thing.” - Richard Nixon
Can a lightweight, has-been talk show host lead the most infamous political figure of his time to publicly acknowledge his guilt? That is the central question raised in Peter Morgan’s delicious drama about a series of televised interviews that former president Richard Nixon granted British journalist David Frost in 1977.
Tuesday-Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2pm & 7:30pm
Sunday at 1pm & 6:30pm
The one that you want is back! GREASE, Time magazine’s 2007 pick for “#1 musical of the year,” is rockin’ across the country in this new production direct from Broadway. Take a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds. “Bad boy” Danny and “the girl next door” Sandy fall in love all over again to the tune of your favorite songs.
I am looking for someone to
share in an adventure…
Between the dawn of Faerie and the Dominion of Men, this unlikely hero’s journey is full of magic and mystery! Travel there and back again with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey in this epic adventure to reclaim a stolen treasure from a fearsome dragon.
Thurs 7:30pm
Fri-Sat 8pm
Sun- 2pm
From the earliest days of Chicano theatre comes this satire of California farm-worker family life, in which the drunken father’s a sonavaviche and the long-suffering mother’s a saint. Of their four children, Mingo’s a sell-out, Joaquin a rebellious pachuco, and Lupe a whining teenager who envisions pregnancy as her only salvation. And the eldest? Just an enormous head who believes he’s Pancho Villa. To this hilariously disintegrating household, Mingo announces his intention to move his family out of the barrio and into the American dream. But will a seductive nostalgia for Mexico’s revolutionary past overwhelm his efforts? It’s the Chicano dilemma: Are we Mexican or American?
Once upon a time, a Baker and his Wife journey into the woods on a quest to lift a witch's curse. On the way they cross paths with Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and a menagerie of other fairy tale characters to reveal what happens after "happily ever after."
Single ticket prices range from $26 -30 dollars
Teddy's life has lost all meaning, and his wife has lost all patience. But when Arthur (equal parts Liberace, Casanova and George Plimpton, with a soupçon of Michael Jackson) arrives in the middle of the night, Teddy might just give everything to return to his life of boredom. A feel-good, heartfelt, life-affirming production from Third Rail. No, seriously.
Neil Simon's comedic tribute to vaudeville centers around the feuding legendary act known as Lewis and Clark. Having not spoken to one another for 11 years (since Al Lewis walked out on Willie Clark after a successful 43 year career), the two are now being asked to reunite and perform their most famous sketch for a TV special on the history of comedy.
Prices ranges from $12 (student previews) to $28 (adult Friday/Saturday evenings.
“If you can’t get a man to propose to you, you might as well be dead.” - “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale
Fresh from Broadway where it was nominated for ten Tony Awards in 2007, this new musical from Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife) tells the hilarious and heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter “Little Edie,” the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names on the social register, these two women became East Hampton’s most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion with their 52 cats.
Tues-Sun 11-6
Thurs 11-8
Admission is free
Museum of Contemporary Craft presents Mandy Greer & Darrell Morris - Museum of Contemporary Craft
Museum of Contemporary Craft proudly presents two large-scale exhibitions merging tradition and concept: Mandy Greer: Dare alla Luce, a room-sized installation, and the nearly life-sized embroidery works of Darrel Morris: The Large Works 1999-2008.
Museum of Contemporary Craft features for the first time the 17 ceramic vessels granted to the Museum by internationally recognized artist Toshiko Takaezu. Former faculty member at Princeton University, Takaezu is widely considered the first person to close – or nearly close – a ceramic vessel. She combines technical mastery with spontaneous painterly glazes that have influenced decades of ceramists worldwide.
Tues-Sun 11-6
Thurs 11-8
Admission is free
Experience some of the most sumptuous paintings ever made when the Portland Art Museum and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, bring La volupté du goût: French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour to Portland for its exclusive U.S. presentation.
Adults $10 Seniors/Students $9 Children 17 and younger free
The annual Newmark Theatre performances include an emotionally charged OBT premiere by Nicolo Fonte, the choreographer of the company’s new Bolero, plus the whirlwind force of William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and Balanchine’s flirtatiously energetic Tarantella. The program’s exclamation point is a major world premiere by James Kudelka – the choreographer of Almost Mozart who in 2007, with “impeccable craftsmanship” and “inventive, technical twists,” left Portland audiences and critics alike “breathless in his wake.” (Willamette Week).
We close the season with four Portland performances of Rush, the Christopher Wheeldon masterpiece we took to Washington DC for our Kennedy Center debut. We also pay tribute to the memory of a true American icon in Jerome Robbins. From the lighthearted comic genius of The Concert to the dark and savage romanticism of The Cage, we display the full range of both the choreographer’s unsurpassed brilliance and our dancers’ versatility.
5-7:30pm
6-2&7:30pm
7-2pm
This film chronicles the story of twenty students who journey from Salt Lake City to the small village of Chamba located in the Himalayas of Northern India where they hope to make a difference in the lives of dozens of orphans eager to gain an education in a one-room government school. In the process, the teens are confronted with the magic and mystery of India, its people and its cultures as they journey from the Capital of New Delhi to the remote mountain towns and villages of Chamba, Melha, Kalsuni and Ranikot, and from the holy city of Rishikesh on the Ganges to Jaipur and Agra and the famed Taj Mahal. Filmed and Narrated by Steve McCurdy
2:30 & 7:30 pm
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$13.75
Learn about the grape-growing and production techniques that make France synonymous with the noblest of fruits. Wines are reason enough to visit France, but the regions which produce them also abound in history, art, architecture, cuisine and charming inns. Visit Paris, “City of Light”, and then travel to 10 different wine regions, including The Loire, Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champaign.
HOURS:
2:30 & 7:30 pm
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$13.75
Individuals who exist at the margins of society become the center of attention in Mira Nair’s visually stunning films. A native of India who was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University, Nair is particularly adept at telling stories that bridge the gap between cultures. Her rich cinematic storytelling provides a compelling medium for examining the challenging issues of race, class, sexuality, inter-generational strife and cultural appropriation.
If you want a bone-chilling good time, then you've come to the right place! Unexplained mysteries, ghostly adventures and spooky stories fill our “Beyond Bizarre” evening tour. If you like the paranormal, weird, or wacky, let us guide you on a dark evening. Believer or not - people of all faiths and backgrounds, including skeptics, are welcomed.
7pm & 10pm
Why let the Pearl have all the fun? Monthly event allows you to experience fun and enjoyment for the entire family. On the first Wednesday of each month, businesses stay open later to host you with specials, discounts, events, food and activities for the whole family. For more information, call 503-558-0156.
Event Hours: 5-8 p.m. and sometimes later.
Ride along the tree farm bus, making stops along the way for short walks to get a closer look at woodland, reforestation projects, thinning and pruning demonstrations, watershed protection, wildlife habitate enhancements and wildfire prevention. Join volunteers for lunch, bring pot luck, or enjoy a private picnic either before or after your tour. Group size is limited. Please call 503-632-2150 to make reservations or schedule a private tour for your group, family or friends.
90 minute guided tours begin at 2 p.m. Second Saturday of each month in 2009.
Featuring Clackamas County and regional artists. Reception with artist Marie Gunton who specializes in the painting style photography of European landscapes. Kings Raven Winery will have wine tasting along with refreshments. Reception free to the public.
Event Hours: Reception March 20 from 6-9 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., closed Sunday.
This ongoing demonstration series features a variety of Victorian needlework and handwork techniques. Experience for yourself this important aspect of the lives of women in the 1800s! All programs are free of charge. Spinning (Feb 14), Hair Work (March 14), Shell Work (April 11), Antique Buttons (May 9), Quilling (June 13), Lucet Cord-Making (July 11), Ribbon Flowers (Aug 8), Potpourri (Sept 12), Teneriffe Lace (Oct 10), Ribbon Trims (Nov 14).
All classes are single day classes, one to two hours, held at the beautiful nursery. Pre-registration is requested. Building Ponds and Waterfalls (March 7,21, April 4,11,18 10 a.m.), "Pondless" Urns & Bubbling Rocks (March 14 10 a.m., Apirl 4,25 2 p.m.), "Pondless" Waterfalls & Creeks (March 28, April 25 10 a.m.), Spring Start up (March 21, April 11 2 p.m.), Aquatic Plants (March 28, April 18 2 p.m.), Watergardening in Containers (April 26 11 a.m.).
Jeni Foster weaves traditional and contemporary folk songs through her narrative to show how songwriters use the dynamic language of metaphor to express our shared humanity and relationship to nature.
Interactive murder mystery dinner theatre. They came from back East by wagon and ship, then fate brought them together at a Mayor's Ball in the early 1850s. But darker currents run through this frontier settlement, and when a mysterious man with more than one story is murdered, fingers of accusation point in every direction, even toward the legendary Dr. John McLoughlin. It takes the perseverance of Marshal Joe Meek to sort the guilty from the innocent and bring justice to the Oregon Territory.
Over 170 vendors of all types of plants and garden art. Mini-classes offered.
Enjoy a day at a wholesale lavender nursery, open to the public for the weekend at wholesale pricing on all lavender plants and products.
Once upon a time, a baker and his wife journey into the woods on a quest to lift a witch's curse. On the way, they cross paths with Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella and a menagerie of other fairy tale characters to reveal what happens after "happily ever after." Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning score weaves a magical spell. To charge your order by phone, call 503-635-3901. Box office hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-4 Saturdays.
Performances are Thurs-Sat at 8 p.m. Sundays at 7 p.m. and some Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
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
Monday May 04
A special evening with Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom
Spectrum
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $14 day of show
Tuesday May 05
Broke down-blues-punk from brilliant one-man band lawbreaker
Bob Log III
Willem Maker
Pure Country Gold
Doors 8pm, Show 9m
$12 advance, $12 day of show
Wednesday May 06
Upbeat piano pop from Washington, DC trio
Jukebox The Ghost
Jenny Owen Youngs
and guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Thursday May 07
Dark and gentle folk-rock from subtle Seattle troubadour
Damien Jurado
Laura Gibson
Leonard Mynx
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $12 day of show
Friday May 08
A co-headline CD release celebration with unique PDX talents
Copy
Sophe Lux
Sugar Shortwave
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$8 at the door
Saturday May 09
A Log Love evening of Movers & Shakers
The Prids
The Upsidedown
Catholic Comb
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$8 at the door
Sunday May 10
Royal Family Presents The Up Here Tour
Soulive featuring The Shady Hours
The Nigel Hall Band
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$18 advance, $18 day of show
Monday May 11
Juno Award winning Canadian troubadour
Patrick Watson
and guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$11 advance, $13 day of show
Thursday May 14
Soulful Indie Rock from Swedish mutli-instrumentalist
Loney, Dear
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $10 day of show
Saturday May 16
High energy rock 'n roll from NOLA veterans
Cowboy Mouth
Dusty Rhodes & The River Band
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$15 advance, $15 day of show
Sunday May 17
Buzz worthy rock from Brooklyn quartet
OBITS
The Lights
Lana Rebel and the Broken Promises
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Friday May 22
The return of America's funny man
Neil Hamburger
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Saturday May 23
A night of slamming grime with diminutive UK MC
Lady Sovereign
Chester French
Hollywood Holt
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$15 advance, $15 day of show
Monday June 01
The return of one-man broke down dirty blues band
Scott H. Biram
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Friday June 05
The triumphant return of Vancouver B.C jam-folk heroes
The Clumsy Lovers
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$15 advance, $17 day of show
Saturday June 06
Montreal indie rock featuring Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner
Handsome Furs
The Cinnamon Band
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $12 day of show
Thursday June 11
The return of UK visionary pop ingenue
Bat For Lashes
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show
Friday June 12
All-star combo featuring members of The Cardigans, Shudder To Think and Atomic Swing
A Camp
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $12 day of show
World Forestry Center Discovery Museum
Join our Education Forester for talks, walks, and crafts in our celebration of Arbor Day!
Crafts: 11am - 12pm
Tree Lab: 1pm - 2pm
Guided Hike in Hoyt Arboretum: 2pm - 3pm
In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits is an exhibition consisting of 56 striking color and black-and-white portraits. From fascinating archival images of tribal leaders, fishermen and American workers, to riveting modern pictures of refugees, city dwellers and urban laborers, In Focus takes visitors around the globe and through the heights and depths of human emotion.
Photograph courtesy of Steve McCurry, 1985 & National Geographic
An exhibition created by National Geographic and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits is organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution for Traveling Exhibition Service.
A program flooded with repertoire celebrating Oregon’s most popular precipitation! All donations will benefit Ethos Music Center which is dedicated to the promotion of music and music-based education for youth in underserved communities.
A variety show of Broadway Hits performed by an all-star 55+ cast. Numbers from Fiddler On The Roof, Camelot, Hello Dolly, Gypsy, a tap dance from 42nd Street, a tango from Evita and much more. Also beautiful sets and costumes. You will be humming and toe tapping too. Great for the whole family.
Please join us on Saturday, May 9th for the Bouquet of Hope, a very special night benefiting Portland women’s center, Rose Haven. The evening will feature dinner by Artemis foods, a dance performance by The School of Oregon Ballet Theater, a feature concert by Internationally acclaimed violinist, Aaron Meyer. The event will feature breathtaking displays by competing floral artists in the Fete de la Fleur, a unique competition that will showcase Portland’s finest floral artists and their fresh-cut creations. The Bouquet of Hope is a benefit for Rose Haven, a community and intervention center for women and children in Portland, Oregon. Matching the beauty of hearth & home, Rose Haven provides a safe, compassionate environment for those afflicted with abuse and homelessness. Purposefully slated for Mother's Day weekend, this event celebrates Rose Haven, for offering mothers a bright bouquet of hope.
The Portland Japanese Garden will host the exhibition Parallel Worlds: Art of the Ainu of Hokkaido and Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest.
The cultures of the Ainu and of the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest have much in common—a deep love of nature, a belief in the spirit in all of creation, respect for plants, animals and other human beings—and much to be proud of in their traditional cultures—a rich artistic heritage and a harmonious environmental and social model that has much to teach the world today.
Like Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest—and most of the great indigenous peoples of the world—unfortunately, much of the art and culture of the Ainu of Japan has been lost with their forced assimilation into the broader mainstream societies and changing political fortune.
Fortunately, enough material culture remained in museum cabinets and private collections around the world to inspire a generation of newly awakened 20th-century descendants of Native people on both sides of the North Pacific, launching a revival of the traditions and techniques that inspired their ancestors centuries ago.
Parallel Worlds: Art of the Ainu of Hokkaido and to Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest looks at this and other historical and artistic resonances between the two distant but interestingly similar cultures in an exhibition of traditional textiles made by artists from both worlds.
The title of the exhibition, Parallel Worlds, refers to the Ainu concept that life consists of two parallel realities—that of the physical world and another unseen, but equally real spiritual world. In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association, this exhibition explores the parallels between our two regions that go back to ancient times—to the first people who inhabited these lands on both sides of the North Pacific.
Through this comparative exhibition of traditional textiles by Ainu and Native American artists, it is our hope to celebrate these centuries-old connections and rejoice in the parallel spirit that continues to bring these two places on earth together.
Imagine entering a crime scene and being the one responsible for noticing and collecting every trace of evidence. The pressure is on: you know the analysis of your evidence must be scientifically sound to crack the case.
You've seen the hit television crime drama, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS. Now, there's a forensic science exhibit related to the TV show, as well as a Web-based learning adventure.
CSI: The Experience is a completely immersive exhibit that invites visitors to enter "crime" scenes where they identify and record evidence.
$11 Adults $9 Youth (3-13) $9 Senior (63+) FREE for members
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