Hey Jazz heads! I’ve got an awesome treat for you – for one night only – on the 22nd of February, jazz and dance will be combined with some of the biggest names in the industry. White Bird and the Portland Jazz Festival are teaming up to bring Garth Fagan Dance to the area and are also bringing in jazz legend, Wynton Marsalis.
New York has The Moth, San Francisco has Porch Light, and here in good ol’ Stumptown, we too have our own rich, vibrant storytelling culture, displayed in the well established and oft dazzling fun of Back Fence PDX.
A bare stage and 4 people, 2 men and 2 women – greeted us crawling around on the floor, the men with microphones in their teeth. The women quietly giggling, laughing. I’m not gonna lie, I couldn’t tell within the first few minutes whether or not this was supposed to evoke contagious laughter or just make me feel completely creeped out.
CHOREOGRAPHY IN FOCUS: Anne Mueller’s Carnival of the Animals at Fertile Ground Peek inside the choreographic process with Oregon Ballet Theatre as retired principal dancer and emerging choreographer Anne Mueller workshops her world premiere children’s ballet set to Saint Säen’s Carnival of the Animals. Event includes a preview of the work in progress and a [...]
It’s amazing how time flies by. It seems like yesterday that I was sitting in the Keller waiting to watch two holiday shows by Oregon Ballet Theatre, A Holiday Revue and The Nutcracker. In a little less than a month, I’ll be back. Opening on February 25th I’ll most likely be bawling my head off [...]
Get ready for something awesome! There are two events coming up for this Portland Puppet Theatre – Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre and I don’t want you or your families to miss out on them. First, from their ongoing Family Series, Baba Yaga On February 3rd, join Tears of Joy on an enchanted outing to [...]
BroadArts Theatre Presents: Bunkin’ With You in the Afterlife an ecumenical lesbian cowgirl musical by award-winning author Jody Seay. From it’s beginnings as a reading at last year’s Fertile Ground Festival, BroadArts is kickin’ up our delighted collective heels to bring the full musical production to stage! Full of rambunctious fun, this comedy musical play [...]
PHAME’s “H is for Honored Tour” Blasts Off With March 14th Kick-off Performance + Party at St. Johns Community Center. Mark your calendars – PHAME announced the venue and date for its Wednesday, March 14, 2012 kick-off performance and party for “PHAME: the H is for Honored Tour,” the nonprofit arts academy’s regional tour starring [...]
PORTLAND OPERA is pleased to announce Puccini’s masterpiece MADAME BUTTERFLY. Keller Auditorium | February 3, 5, 9, 11, 2012 Portland Opera is pleased to announce Puccini’s goldmine of unforgettable musical moments, Madame Butterfly, opening February 3 at Keller Auditorium with additional performances on February 5th, 9th and 11th, 2012. Tickets, beginning at $20 can be [...]
PORTLAND OPERA is very pleased to announce its 2012/13 Season — LARGER THAN LIFE BIG NIGHT Gala Concert, Simulcast & Street Fair | September 22, 2012 Mozart DON GIOVANNI | Nov. 2, 4m, 8, 19, 2012 Puccini TOSCA | Feb. 1, 3m, 7, 9, 2013 Handel RINALDO | Mar. 15, 17m, 19, 21, 23, 2013 [...]