A monthly stand-up comedy showcase that highlights funny and unique voices from local and nationally touring comedians of color. Minority Retort is back! And we’d love for you to join us at Curious Comedy Theater on Friday, May 22nd at 9:30pm for this month’s lineup of amazing comedians. Hosted by Jeremy Eli. Tickets are $7 […]

Steven Zopfi conducts the Portland Symphonic Choir The Portland Symphonic Choir will conclude its 70th anniversary season with two performances of Shakespeare in Song, a program inspired by the writings of William Shakespeare. The program consists of 20th century compositions based on 16th century texts including the classic Serenade to Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with text from […]

“Le nozze di Figaro” is Mozart’s comic masterpiece and one of the most enduring and beloved operas of all time. Newcomers and aficionados alike will delight in the exquisite music, physical humor and romantic intrigue. In order to get married, sweethearts Figaro and Susanna must outwit the lecherous Count and reunite him with the Countess. […]

http://events.reed.edu/posts/2014-15/cooley-gallery-hoppe.html Emil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972) was one of the most important art and documentary photographers of the modern era, and his artistic accomplishments rivaled those of his peers, Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), Edward Steichen (1879–1973), and Walker Evans (1903–1975). The exhibition includes vintage prints that reveal the breadth of his interests and travels and his intimate […]

http://www.mississippistudios.com/event/761505-liz-longley-portland/ Female artist with beautiful vocals to perform at a Portland venue in the heart of Portland’s Historic Mississippi District. Built in 2003, Mississippi Studios is owned and operated by musicians. The venue offers show-goers incredible acoustics (with all-custom, non-parallel venue walls, and state-of-the art analog perfection in the booth) and ‘feels like you’re in […]

http://pittockmansion.org/ The Pittock Mansion was home to Portland pioneers Henry and Georgiana Pittock from 1914 to 1919. During the late 1800s and the early 1900s, their lives and work paralleled the growth of Portland from a small Northwest town site to a thriving city with a quarter million population. With its eclectic architectural design and […]

http://events.reed.edu/posts/2014-15/reed-theatre-two-by-ionesco.html   Reed Theatre presents two plays by Romanian-born Eugène Ionesco. Writing in French about a “typical” English couple, Ionesco brashly depicts what happens when the world goes awry but retains its veneer of normalcy in The Bald Soprano (1950).The Lesson, written in 1951, is a dark academic comedy. Both plays invite questions about time, language, and how we cope […]

http://obt.org/season_program4.html   IMPACT: “The effect or influence of one person, thing, or action, on another” – The New Oxford American Dictionary Oregon Ballet Theatre closes its 25th Anniversary Season with IMPACT – a program of four powerful ballets which reveal how the emotional, social, and artistic aspects of dance can create an experience that moves the audience and […]

http://urbantourgroup.org/ Urban Tour Group is a volunteer organization dedicated to giving young people a sampling of the history, culture, architecture and resources of Portland, Oregon. They also do tours for the public.

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