Events for this Week
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10
Music
Sound Rhythm Orchestra's Valentine's Ball
They're playing classical instruments, but that's not classical music! Check out how the Sound Rhythm Orchestra brings full symphony sound to The Beatles, Spencer Davis, Santana and many ... >>
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Music
Bobby Torres 18th Anniversary Celebration
Bobby Torres, the king of the Portland Afro-Cuban Jazz scene, celebrates his 18th anniversary with a hip-shaking dance-a-thon at Jimmy Maks. The 12-piece rhythm machine will not leave much time ... >>
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Music
Vancouver Chorale: Bernstein's Mass
Celebrate Leonard Bernstein with Vancouver Chorale's presentation of Mass, the piece commissioned by Jaqueline Kenney in 1971 for the opening of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway ... >>
Music
Paul Roberts Piano Recital
Portland Piano International brings English master Paul Roberts to the Portland State campus. Roberts, who has been a guest lecturer at the Juliard School in New York, as well as ... >>
ONGOING EVENTS
Arts
Native American Basketry From Oregon's South Coast
The Coos Art Museum will have a free public reception for its American Basketry Exhibit on Friday, December 9. Experts will discuss how basketry served many functions in the daily ... >>
Visual Arts
Artists at the Forefront of Painterly Glass
Bullseye Gallery presents a group exhibition that surveys the current landscape of painting with glass, featuring Michael Janis, Kari Minnick, Martha Pfanschmidt, Ted Sawyer, Abi Spring and Jeff Wallin. Opening ... >>
Visual Arts
Inside Out: Oils by June O. Underwood
These fractured landscapes are part of Underwood's series of hamlet-scapes or city-scapes which are done on-site because she needs to know how human visual perception differs from commonly held ... >>
Visual Arts
The Art Gym: Anonymous
The Art Gym opens its' Winter Season with six anonymous artists presenting paintings, drawings, sculpture and video. Preview Reception: Sunday Jan 8, 3-5 p.m. Gallery Talik: Thursday January 12 ... >>
Theater
Artists Rep: (I Am Still) The Duchess of Malfi
Edgy and visceral, this contemporary adaptation of Webster’s classic Jacobean revenge tragedy is a world-premiere production. In this re-imagined classic, the Duchess of Malfi defies her brother’s chess ... >>
Visual Arts
Paperworks: Manuel Izauierdo
Don't miss a showing of Art Museum School Alumnus Manuel Izquierdo's early prints and drawings that put him on the path to the forefront of Oregon sculpture. This ... >>
Visual Arts
Transport: Works by Henk Pander and Esther Podemski
The Oregon Jewish Museum presents 'Transport,' a retrospective of life during World War II detailed through the brushes of Dutchman Henk Pander and Polish immigrant Esther Podemski. The artists tell ... >>
Visual Arts
Peter Halley at Disjecta
Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center is pleased to present Peter Halley as the final exhibiting artist in Jenene Nagy's 2011-2012 Curator-in-Residence season. Halley will create a site-specific installation at Disjecta ... >>
Arts
Hidden Gems: Oregon State Hospital Museum
The exhibit features selected items from over 14 different heritage and cultural organizations in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties. Participating organizations include Antique Powerland Museum Association, Aurora Colony Historical Society ... >>
Visual Arts
Dorothea Lange in Oregon, 1939 Photo Exhibit
Depression-Era photographer Dorothea Lange's works are on exhibit at the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. Lange is widely credited as being one of the key figures in ... >>
Visual Arts
Froelick Gallery Large Inventory Show
Bigger is not always better, but the Froelick Gallery is going to make an argument with their Large Inventory Show in the Pearl. Oversized pieces are the flavor of the ... >>
Theater
Portland Center Stage: Shakespeare's Amazing Cymbeline
Portland Center Stage tackles The Bard's witty take on Celtic kings and ancient mystery. Tales of jealousy and deception are told though the eyes of a piano player who ... >>
Books
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Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads: 'The Girl Who Fell From the Sky'
OPB is pleased to support Multnomah County Library’s 2012 Everybody Reads program, made possible by the Library Foundation. Join the conversation by reading this year’s selection, The Girl ... >>
Visual Arts
Basch & Dolkas at 12x16 gallery
One of the Portland art scene's hidden jewels, the 12x16 gallery in Sellwood, features new artists monthly. The February show features abstract painters Carol Basch and Luke Dolkas >>
NW Life
Open Pavilion: The Garden as Healing Space
As part of the Portland Japanese Garden’s Healing Garden theme for 2012, during the cold month of February, its Pavilion will be open from 12– 3 p.m. each ... >>
Performing Arts
Bodyvox Presents skinner/kirk Dance Ensemble
Portland choreographer Josie Mosele teams up with the athletic dance pair Eric Skinner and Daniel Kirk to create an explosive performance of Joseph Canteloube's 'Songs of the Auvergne.' The ... >>
Visual Arts
I Heart Oregon at High Desert Gallery
This year's group show at the High Desert Gallery features some of Central Oregon's finest artists exhibiting a wide range of materials and styles. First Friday reception February ... >>
Visual Arts
Attic Gallery February Show
The gallery that began in the attic of Diana Faville's home in 1973 has now become an institution in the Portland art scene. Tommer Gonser's oils and Tamara ... >>
Visual Arts
Blue Sky Photo: Rochkind & Stillings
The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts presents David Rochkind & Jamey Stillings. Rochkind has been documenting the Mexican drug war and Stallings shows a two-year retrospective of the Mike O ... >>
Visual Arts
High School Art Northwest
Since 1992 this juried show features the best young artists from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Recent additions include digital and 3-D art. >>
Visual Arts
Yaquina Art Association Member Show
The 65-year-old Yaquina Art Association holds its annual Member Show at the Runyon Gallery in Newport. Each artist is invited to show one fine art piece in many mediums including ... >>
Music
Portland Opera: Madame Butterfly
The Portland Opera Company performs Puccini's tale of an American naval officer and Cio-Cio-San, known as Madame Butterfly, in early 20th-century Japan. Sung in Italian with English translations projected ... >>
Visual Arts
Cannon Beach Gallery: Playing Cards
Two years ago, Cannon Beach artist Liz Cohn began sending out playing cards to more than 150 artists from all over the world. The response is an eclectic collection of ... >>
Visual Arts
Marie Watt: Mixed Media Artist
Willamette University's Hallie Ford Museum of Art will show Portland mixed media artist Marie Watt's 'Lodge' in the Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery. The exposition will feature pieces from the ... >>
Speakers & Lectures
Lecture: Hollis Watkins, Civil Rights Leader
Hollis Watkins, who participated in the Woolworth counter sit-ins and filmed voter registration abuses in Mississippi, will speak at three Portland Community College campuses. Watkins, who was incarcerated at a ... >>
Theater
Boleros for the Disenchanted
Puerto Rican playwrite José Rivera (Motorcycle Diaries) takes the audience with him as his family moves from the warm comfoting environs of his native land to the harsh realities of ... >>
Film
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NW Film Center presents 35th annual Portland International Film Festival
Festival runs February 9–25. Drawing an audience of over 35,000, the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is the biggest film event in Oregon. Audiences can enjoy more than ... >>
Music
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PDX Jazz Festival 2012
Performing Arts
Sean-nós Irish Dance Festival
Sean-nós North West celebrates the sean-nós or “old-style” of percussive dance and unaccompanied song. Emanating from the Gaelic districts of Ireland, sean-nós is much closer to traditional ... >>
Theater
The Woman Who Fell From the Sky
The Mettawee River Theatre Company brings the ancient Iroquois creation story to life through narration, action, poetry, and music. >>
Visual Arts
John Frame at Portland Art Museum
Five years have gone into this multi-medium production that still has many more steps to go before completion. Frame combines art, sculpture, poetry and music into a piece that he ... >>
Music
Rogue Valley Chorale: Brahm's Requiem
The Brahm's Requiem was orginally performed in 1868 and its brightness and vitality have brought it all the way to the Rogue Valley nearly 150 years later. Featured along ... >>
Visual Arts
Southeast Area Artwalk
More than 100 artists will be on display in the inner Southeast. Galleries between Powell and Hawthorne from SE 9th to SE 41st will be open with artists on hand ... >>
Theater
Artists Rep. Presents: Next to Normal
It's hard to imagine subjects like drug abuse and a mother's mental illness coming together to create a story of inspiration and hope, but that's the goal ... >>
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