Theater

Portland Center Stage: The People's Republic of Portland

WHERE: Ellyn Bye Studio, Portland
WHEN: April 23-June 16, 2013

Former Daily Show faux-spondent Lauren Weedman wrote and performs this world premiere play about Portland. more »

Theater

The Left Hand of Darkness

WHERE: Portland Playhouse, Portland
WHEN: May 4-June 2, 2013

Portland Playhouse and Hand2Mouth Theatre team up to stage a new adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin’s 1969 gender-bending tale of love, jealousy, power and betrayal. more »

Arts | NW Life

Oregon Jewish Museum: Settling In

WHERE: Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland
WHEN: Through September 29, 2013

Settling In examines the experience and acculturation of immigrants to Oregon through the lens of Jewish experience. The exhibit focuses on two groups: Eastern European and Russian Jewish immigrants who were “Americanized” through the Neighborhood House, the settlement house founded in South Portland in 1905, and later immigrants served through the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO). more »