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COVER ARTIST TOM CRAMER

The lifelong Portland painter shows us around his boldly painted home and talks candidly about everything: art theory, politics, grief, and even Kubrick movies.

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China Forbes by Will Nielsen.

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WHAT’S YOUR DAY JOB?

Do you ever wonder what our city’s performing artists do during their time offstage?

Artslandia reveals a few surprising “real world” careers.

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BARD & FRIENDS

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FESTS OF THE WEST

Oregon Shakespeare Festival is just one of many enticements to head south. Others include the Britt Festival, superb wines, gold rush sightseeing, and (a biggie) relaxation.

The Oregon Coast is the most festive destination in the state. We chose the best fêtes for digging your toes into the sand while listening to great music.

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13 From the Publisher 17 Contributors 131 Venues 146 #artslandia

United Faces of Artslandia

We ask 50 of our favorite artists to name their favorite spots in Portland. Find out a bit more about the artists that call our city home.

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VOLUME SIX • 2016–2017

MUSIC

45 Parallel..............................................45 Britt Music & Arts Festival......................134 Cappella Romana.....................................46 Chamber Music Northwest.......................48 fEARnoMUSIC.........................................49 Friends of Chamber Music........................50 Metropolitan Youth Symphony.................. 51 Oregon Repertory Singers.........................52 Oregon Symphony....................................53 Pacific Youth Choir...................................54 PDX Jazz..................................................55 Portland Baroque Orchestra.....................56 Portland Chamber Orchestra....................58 Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra...59 Portland Gay Men’s Chorus......................60 Portland Opera.........................................62 Portland Piano International......................64 Portland Revels........................................65 Portland State Chamber Choir...................66 Portland Symphonic Girlchoir...................68 Portland Youth Philharmonic....................69 Third Angle New Music............................70 Walters Cultural Arts Center......................71 th

DANCE

BodyVox..................................................89 Classical Ballet Academy..........................90 Jefferson Dancers....................................92 NW Dance Project....................................95 Northwest Dance Theatre.........................96 Oregon Ballet Theatre...............................98 The Portland Ballet.................................100 White Bird Dance...................................103

THEATER

WELCOME TO THE ARTSLANDIA ANNUAL PERFORMING ARTS GUIDE. Kristina Wong. Photo courtesy of the artist and Boom Arts.

It’s a very good thing to have! You’ll want to hang onto it for at least a year.

Artslandia is Portland’s most comprehensive printed reference of the 2016–2017 season of music, dance, and theater. In these pages, you’ll find the dates and details of 46 arts groups’ performances, easily searchable by category and group name. By skimming these pages, you can plan your special nights out for the whole year.

If you choose to dive in and read more, you’ll be on your way to becoming a Portland performing arts expert. You’ll identify venues as you pass them on the street. You’ll know which types of shows are offered by which groups.

You’ll even get a sense of different arts groups’ histories and intentions. Be in the know!

Artists Repertory Theatre........................104 Bag&Baggage........................................106 Boom Arts.............................................108 Broadway in Portland.............................109 Broadway Rose Theatre Company.......... 111 Imago Theatre........................................ 112 Lakewood Theatre Company................... 113 Milagro.................................................. 115 Northwest Film Center............................ 116 NW Children’s Theater............................ 118 Oregon Cabaret Theatre.........................138 Oregon Children’s Theatre......................120 Oregon Shakespeare Festival..................139 Portland Center Stage............................122 Portland Playhouse................................ 124 Profile Theatre........................................126 Staged!..................................................127 Third Rail Repertory Theatre...................128

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

“PORTLAND IS CHANGING.” I swear that’s the one phrase that’s come up in every single conversation I’ve had this season with Artslandia’s arts partners. It seems like we’ve reached the threshold. We’re all feeling it, all over the city, every day. You go down a street you went down last week, and suddenly, there’s a brandnew building there. Traffic is abominable. Everything is more crowded.

This is our reality, Portland. So why are we here?

Photo by Will Nielsen.

We are here because there is no better city to live in—to call home. I have called Portland home for 20 years now, so I have earned my bumper sticker. My husband and I came to Portland from Illinois the summer of ‘96. We arrived in our ‘94 Honda Civic with a suitcase of clothes, a television, and two road weary cats. We didn’t have jobs, an address, or a single familiar face to greet us. I will never forget the moment when I first saw the city; you know, that unveiling spot on the Terwilliger Curves. There she was! Just as she looked in the Step One to Portland video. Portland was beautiful. Portland is beautiful, inside and out.

The outside needs no trumpeting. The natural setting is a tourist postcard.

But, what of Portland’s inside? Her guts? Her personality? The truth is, even if you arrive for her natural beauty, you stay—and others continue arriving—for her heart. And the heart of Portland is art and those who make it. The spirit of creatives and creative thinkers crafted the personality that Portland is known for: independent, forward thinking, inventive, and brilliant. This personality is positively responsible for the growth and national profile we have achieved. Artslandia trumpets our city’s inside—her spirit and her heart—and proclaims our gratitude to our artists.

This magazine has always been about celebrating, and we won’t have that lost this year. Let us Portlanders unite behind the positive. On our pages are reminders of the reasons we all love Portland; old and new. And to the newcomers, you will find on these pages the faces of those responsible for bringing you here, though you might not even know it. Yet. .

MISTY TOMPOLES

Publisher + Founder Favorite Place: Driftwood Room Arrived in Portland: 1996

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andy warhol likes mick jagger ANDY WARHOL: PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JORDAN D. SCHNITZER AND HIS FAMILY FOUNDATION OCTOBER 8 2016 – JANUARY 1 2017 portlandartmuseum.org Andy Warhol (American (1928-1987)), Mick Jagger (II.143), edition 25/250, 1975, screenprint; © 2016 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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of our favorite artists in their favorite places

Talented Portland artists have come here from all over the country (and world), united by their dreams and determination to seek out and contribute to a creative utopia. They have changed the way we experience and imagine our city. Here they are in their favorite Portland spaces.

Want to know more about these artists? Visit Artslandia.com.

Photographs by Will Nielsen & David Rollins

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NIKKI WEAVER & BRIAN WEAVER Portland Playhouse’s visionary founders are known for creative risk-taking and community engagement in Northeast Portland Favorite Place: Peninsula Park Arrived in Portland: 2008

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Portland is a great place to come and chase your dreams.

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K YMBERLI COLBOURNE Velvety voiceover actor also known for her brassy stage performances; You have heard her The MAX 2014

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SHELLEY MCLENDON Comedy hero; Runs Bad Reputation Productions and Siren Theater Fabric Depot 1999

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Portland is a little city that’s getting bigger. Like, a city that wasn’t a city? Almost like we didn’t know we were a city? It was always okay to have a little house, little car, and little life. No keeping up with the Joneses.

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SARAH SLIPPER A fittingly named, bold choreographer directing the sensation that is Northwest Dance Project Veritable Quandary 1997

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CHRIS MURRAY Portland actor and educator who crackles with charisma Wunderland Arcade 1992

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AARON JAMES DRAPLIN Field Notes founder and graphic designer whose artisan blank books inspire writerly impulses Field Notes studio 2002

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Portland is home to an arts community that is much bigger than it has any business being, given the size of the city.

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SUZANNE NANCE All Classical Radio’s celebrity programming director and soprano singer is the performing “Queen of Classical” All Classical observatory 2015

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ANNIE MEYER Longtime landscape painter who creates minimalist and open-ended pieces while creating a legacy of art as business in Portland SE Clinton & SE 26 th 1980

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JOHN SAN NICOLAS An outspoken and risk-taking actor who feels at home sliding into dexterous roles Berkeley Park 2005

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Portland is in me, around me, and I hope it claims me as proudly as I do it, you know? I was born here, and I feel deep pride in the hub it has turned into: fantastic music, food, arts, events...

It is a special place, with growing pains and follies all its own, but at the end of each day, I am so thankful for the green, the light, the water. Doing the work I do, with the people and companies I’m lucky enough to work with, I think the arts in Portland and surrounding communities have always been something people in this city are ready to fight for.

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NIEL DEPONTE Powerful percussionist who also wields the baton for Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Orchestra Bluehour 1977

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JESSI WALTERS Dynamic actress who attacks gritty and historically male roles Common Ground Wellness Center 2011

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SARAH KWAK Oregon Symphony concertmaster and world-class violinist who also brings "Classical Up Close" in our community Rose Garden 2012

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Portland is struggling for the first time with big city problems, and I’m hoping that the creativity that has taken root here will be sufficient to develop solutions that will be fair, practical, and satisfying.

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JOHN ZAJAC Isinglass’ cofounder who champions arts in schools Clinton Market 2012

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ANNE MUELLER The Portland Ballet’s brilliant and inspired, choreographing, dancing co-artistic director Hollywood Theatre 1996

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TAHNI HOLT Intuitive and improvisational dancer and choreographer invested in the ecology of her community Bike commute to her Kenton neighborhood studio Native

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K ATIE TAYLOR Opera Theatre Oregon’s artistic visionary behind making opera accessible and playful Hoyt Arboretum Native

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BRIAN SIMCOE Romeo, Prince Siegfried, or Cavalier—this Oregon Ballet Theatre principal has danced them all Tryon Creek 2003

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MAUREEN PORTER Third Rail Rep's leading lady and irresistible force Nostrana Native

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SCOTT PALMER The main brain (and heart) behind Hillsboro’s beloved theater company Bag&Baggage Hillsboro Tuesday Marketplace 1969

Portland is a city that seems to challenge its residents to be their best selves. Even in times with a dizzying pace of change like now, people who live here are, by and large, willing to wrestle with the tough issues that will keep Portland evolving in a positive direction.

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HAROLD GOLDSTEIN Fundraising-minded big supporter of the arts and savior to many His home 2008

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EMILY RUNNING Dancer, author, and founder of DanceWire committed to giving the dance community a leg up in Portland Tillikum Crossing 2008

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DARIUS PIERCE A pensiveyet-affable character on our theater scene Rose Garden Children’s Park 2002

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STAN FOOTE Oregon Children’s Theatre’s devoted artistic director and curious explorer Ray’s Ragtime Hollywood 1978

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Portland is still a place where you can come with an idea or a dream and, with hard work and perseverance, make it come true.

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BETH HARPER Portland’s tenured actress and educator at Portland Actors Conservatory who teaches a masterclass with every performance Higgins Restaurant Early 1970s

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DAN MURPHY Co-founder of Broadway Rose Theatre bringing frisky nights to a Portland bedroom community Portland Spirit 1992

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NANCY IVES Poetic and pre-eminent cellist at home with the classics and new music who elevates the lofty concert stages of Portland Shemanski Park 1997

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Portland is neighborly and inspiring. I have written many songs here and found a creative community of wonderful friends.

OChina Forbes

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45th Parallel AROUND THE WORLD IN CHAMBER MUSIC

MAGIC OF VENICE NOVEMBER 15, 2016

CLASSICAL CROSSROADS MARCH 29, 2017

VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: Artists Repertory Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

VOICES OF INNOVATION FEBRUARY 16, 2017

QUARTETS WITH GUTS MAY 12, 2017

VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: Grace Memorial Episcopal Church TIME: 7:30pm

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th Parallel is named for the halfway line between the equator and the North Pole that passes through Oregon, France, and China—and like that famed latitude line, these chamber presenters embrace a whole world’s worth of music!

Jazz, folk, gospel, swing, bluegrass, Irish, and Persian are all styles that this broad-minded company has given a fair shake in their quest for the “magically eclectic.” When 45th Parallel pulls together a program, they often start by picking a classical chamber piece and rounding it out with an unexpected selection that’s surprisingly complementary.

Often, the works they choose are aligned under a broad theme. Forbidden Music, for instance, featured works that had been banned by their respective church or state.

This year, 45th Parallel will present two world premieres by local composers, including a newly commissioned piece by their Composerin-Residence, Kenji Bunch, and they’ll go baroque with some period instruments. After all, it’s a big world—and there are always more styles, ideas, and sounds to explore. .

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

WEB 45THPARALLELPDX.ORG TEL. 503.341.0606 TICKETS GENERAL $25; SENIORS $20; STUDENTS $10 45TH PARALLEL @45THPARALLELPDX TOP: Forbidden Music. Greg Ewer, violin; Jeffrey Zeigler, cello. Photo by Joe Cantrtell.

RIGHT: Greg Ewer. Photo by Becky Ewer.

45th Parallel’s openminded, enthusiastic approach to all kinds of music—chamber music included. .

“Some of the most joyous and heartfelt music-making I have ever heard!”

—Ronni Lacroute, 45th Parallel Patron

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MUSIC | CAPPELLA ROMANA

Cappella Romana GIVING CHANT A CHANCE

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appella Romana specializes in early music. How early, you ask? Medieval, and more.

This professional choir exclusively performs Byzantine chants and related repertories—including some pieces so obscure that their founder, esteemed musicologist Dr. Alexander Lingas, translated them himself from ancient manuscripts into modern staff notation for the fi rst time. (You can’t get more “old school” than that!) For their thorough mastery and preservation of these unique musical forms, Cappella Romana has risen to world renown. They’ve performed at venerated institutions, such as Oxford, Yale, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; they’ve sung on BBC and NPR broadcasts; and they’ve released 23 recordings, earning a Gramophone Record of the Year and praise from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

The choir’s 25th anniversary season is their biggest yet, with doubled Portland show dates and an all-time high of six programs, three special presentations (including a four-day festival honoring Arvo Pärt), and three offerings in their Guest Artist Series, including The Tallis Scholars.

To celebrate the milestone, they’re even reprising the first concert they ever performed back in 1991.

There’s nothing quite like the reverent choral soundscapes of ancient East and West Christendom. And no choir’s better suited than Cappella Romana to infuse that terra incognita with new life. .

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: how

WEB CAPPELLAROMANA.ORG TEL. 503.236.8202 TICKETS $22–$65; DISCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS & $5 ARTS FOR ALL

CAPPELLA ROMANA @CAPPELLAROMANA LEFT: Dr. Alexander Lingas, founder & artistic director.

RIGHT: Cyprus: Between Greek East & Latin West.

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this ensemble’s deep commitment to reviving long lost music is reaping rewards. This season has more shows than ever to meet growing demand! .

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ORTHODOX MUSIC: ANCIENT & MODERN SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 VENUE: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral TIME: 4:00pm

A reprise of Cappella Romana’s 1991 debut performance

ICONS OF SOUND: BYZANTINE CHANT FROM HAGIA SOPHIA OCTOBER 29 & 30, 2016 Sat St. Mary’s Cathedral; Sun St. Stephen Catholic Church TIME: Sat 8:00pm; Sun 3:00pm VENUE:

Ecstatic Byzantine chants from Constantinople’s Cathedral of Hagia Sophia

A BYZANTINE CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 17, 2016 VENUE: Holy Trinity Greek

Orthodox Cathedral 8:00pm

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Byzantine chant and traditional Greek carols (kálanda) for the Christmas season

ALL-NIGHT VIGIL

BY RAUTAVAARA JANUARY 28 & 29, 2017 Sat St. Mary’s Cathedral; Sun St. Stephen Catholic Church TIME: Sat 8:00pm; Sun 3:00pm VENUE:

Finnish conductor Timo Nuoranne returns to conduct Einojuhani Rautavaara’s All-Night Vigil

ARVO PÄRT FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 9–12, 2017 See cappellaromana.org/festival for details

VENUE:

An exciting weekend festival celebrating the music of Estonian Orthodox composer Arvo Pärt

RUSSIAN CHANT REVIVAL APRIL 2, 2017 VENUE: Holy Trinity Greek

Orthodox Cathedral 3:00pm

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The men of Cappella Romana perform powerful chants and choral works in Slavonic

CR PRESENTS: THE TALLIS SCHOLARS APRIL 4, 2017 VENUE: St. Mary’s Cathedral TIME: 8:00pm

Grammy Award-winning Tallis Scholars perform the program METAMORPHOSIS

The Dancers of OREGON BALLET THEATRE, with Artistic Director Kevin Irving, let this yellow steel ribbon encompass their multifaceted aesthetic—beautiful, yet sharp; colorful, yet strong; flashy, but with space for contemplation. And like the company’s new home, it’s right on the banks of the Willamette!

“I am so amazed by the [group’s] ability to perform the complex music and harmonies, and convey the spiritual essence of the music as well.”

Rational Exuberance, Ivan McLean, 2009

VENICE IN THE NORTH APRIL 29 & 30, 2017 Sat St. Mary’s Cathedral; Sun St. Stephen Catholic Church TIME: Sat 8:00pm; Sun 3:00pm VENUE:

An exploration of Russian Orthodox choral works by the Venetian classical masters

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Chamber Music Northwest ECLECTIC CHAMBER MUSIC EXCELLENCE, ALL YEAR LONG EMERSON STRING QUARTET SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU Performing Ravel, Grieg, and Debussy

EMERSON STRING QUARTET OCTOBER 1, 2016 VENUE: Newmark Theatre

Performing Dvorák, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky

AKROPOLIS REED QUINTET OCTOBER 8, 2016 VENUE: Winningstad Theatre

Performing Gershwin, Ton Ter Doest, Ellington, Rameau, and Biedenbender

EDGAR MEYER WITH DOVER QUARTET OCTOBER 28, 2016 VENUE: Newmark Theatre

Performing Mozart, Rossini, Dvorák, and String Quintet by Edgar Meyer

CALIDORE QUARTET NOVEMBER 10, 2016 VENUE: Winningstad Theatre

Performing Haydn, Caroline Shaw, and Mendelssohn

WINTER FESTIVAL JANUARY 26–31, 2017 VENUE: Portland State University & Reed College TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 4:00pm Fourth annual Winter Festival featuring works ranging from Bach and Brahms to Shostakovich and Chopin

DOVER QUARTET WITH AVI AVITAL FEBRUARY 15, 2017 VENUE: Newmark Theatre Performing Tsintsadze, Smetana, Bach, and David Bruce

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

how CMNW’s astute and adventurous chamber music programming both maintains and expands the genre. .

BLACK VIOLIN APRIL 3–4, 2017 VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

One public concert and three student concerts

EMERSON STRING QUARTET APRIL 19, 2017 VENUE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

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hamber Music Northwest’s concerts aren’t just for show; they’re equally exciting for musicians to play. Not shackled to the classics, CMNW covers a wide range of genres, including baroque, jazz, and many world premieres from emerging artists and living composers. They also invite world-class ensembles and soloists to “mix it up” with new collaborations, lending CMNW festivals and concerts a freshness that’s all too rare among chamber music experiences. Listeners and players alike perk up at the chance to partake.

Having flourished under the consistent leadership of internationally renowned clarinetist David Shifrin for the past 36 years, CMNW enters their 2016–17 season boasting some truly impressive numbers: They’ll present roughly 200 chamber music works, including seven world premieres, over the course of more than 100 events—50 of which will be free. They’ll feature as many as 150 of the world’s finest musicians, including a handful of Grammy winners, 16 emerging young musicians (in their signature Protégé Project), and eight tango-playing luminaries from Buenos Aires.

From their Winter Festival to their Summer Festival, these chamber music afficionados continue a commitment to fill Portland with thrilling tones from around the world and throughout history. .

Performing Bartók, Berg, and Shostakovich

EMERSON STRING QUARTET WITH DAVID SHIFRIN APRIL 20, 2017 VENUE: TBA Performing Mozart

SUMMER FESTIVAL JUNE 26–JULY 30, 2017 TIME: Mon–Sat 8:00pm; Sun 4:00pm

Featuring more than 100 concerts, community activities, and educational events TIME (ALL): 7:30pm,

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WEB CMNW.ORG TEL. 503.223.3202 TICKETS $5–$60 CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST @CHAMBERMUSICNW TOP: Miró Quartet. Photo by Tom Emerson.

BOTTOM: Emerson String Quartet. Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco.

“We drive from eastern Washington every year.

The Emerson concert last night [on 7/12/15]... that’s the best quartet music I’ve ever heard!”

—CMNW Patron

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the 25-year milestone for a Northwest group that keeps new music performance accessibly low key. .

f EARnoMUSIC GET COMFORTABLE WITH NEW MUSIC COMPOSERS

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EARnoMUSIC has a simple mission: to bring formally composed instrumental music back in style. Too often seen as “classical” or academic, this music can actually be just as brand new and vibrant as the latest radio hits. Can it be as popular? It’s getting there, thanks to efforts like fEARnoMUSIC. Founded by pianist Jeff Payne and percussionist Joel Bluestone in 1992, the group straddled Portland and Seattle before settling down here. Their signature concerts in bars, rather than more formal halls, offered their audience an accessible first listen to brand-new compositions presented by Northwest artists—with a drink in hand and casual conversation between songs.

WEB FEARNOMUSIC.ORG TEL. 503.957.0055 TICKETS $10–$30 FEARNOMUSIC @FEARNOMUSIC TOP: Photo by Linderman Photography.

Now in their 25th season, fEARnoMUSIC plans to double down on their commitment to local composers. In the fall, they’ll celebrate Bluestone’s music career, and in the spring, they’ll have Ryan Francis guest curate a show. In between, their Young Composers project will continue to hook the next generation on music creation; their third installment of Locally Sourced Sounds will incorporate local indie rock, folk, jazz, metal, and experimental music; and their collaboration with Cascade Composers will present new works by Cuban composers to Portland audiences.

“What about music is left to fear?” they ask. The question is rhetorical, but the answer is, “Nothing!” .

“Since its founding in 1992, fEARnoMUSIC has led audiences on a journey of discovery through the vast terrain of contemporary chamber music, from 20th-century masters to works by composers active today, including many who call Oregon or the Pacific Northwest home. Thanks to world-class instrumentalists serving as expert “guides” for these musical explorations and concerts presented in intimate and informal settings, fEARnoMUSIC programs provide listeners with ample opportunities to engage with the repertoire on a variety of personal and artistic levels, making for a truly unique performance experience.”

JOEL’S GREATEST HITS SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 VENUE: Portland State University TIME: 7:30pm

HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA OCTOBER 30, 2016 VENUE: Mississippi Studios TIME: 1:00pm

LOCALLY SOURCED SOUNDS JANUARY 22, 2017 VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

THROUGH THE EARS OF RYAN FRANCIS APRIL 14, 2017 VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

—Bob Kingston, FNM Board President

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Friends of Chamber Music CHAMBER MUSIC’S LONG-STANDING COMPANIONS

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: that these presenters both uphold and expand the chamber genre, and also that they’ve fully embraced the voice as an instrument. .

DANISH STRING QUARTET OCTOBER 17 & 18, 2016 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

CLASSIC SERIES

COLLECTIF9 NOVEMBER 10, 2016 VENUE: Alberta Rose Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

NOT SO CLASSIC SERIES

TAKÁCS QUARTET DECEMBER 5 & 6, 2016 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

CLASSIC SERIES

CHRISTIAN GERHAHER, BARITONE DECEMBER 11, 2016

TRIO CON BRIO COPENHAGEN MARCH 13 & 14, 2017 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

CLASSIC SERIES

QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO MARCH 26, 2017 VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

NOT SO CLASSIC SERIES

CHANTICLEER MARCH 29, 2017 VENUE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College TIME: 7:30pm

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riends of Chamber Music haven’t just befriended chamber music— they’ve championed it, staying loyal and supportive to the art form for a long time! The ongoing series, which turns 77 this year, has staged more than 500 concerts, all with the same goal: presenting the highest quality chamber ensembles and promoting chamber music to the community.

Acting as chamber music presenters, these Friends help arrange for world-class groups to play in Portland. Since their formation, they’ve brought more than 250 different ensembles through town, including groups from Israel, South America, and countries throughout Europe.

Though their Classic Series is their longest-running offering, they also present a Not So Classic Series, which crosses over into jazz and other genres, and a Vocal Series—a real rarity for chamber presenters.

They also have something of a booster club: to fundraise and whet patrons’ appetites for upcoming shows, they serve 25 “Dinners with Friends” each season, often at patrons’ lovely homes. So, what’s on the Friends’ music menu this season? The perfect mix of old favorites and new flavors. .

VOCAL ARTS SERIES

PAVEL HAAS QUARTET APRIL 3 & 4, 2017

VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 3:00pm

VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

VOCAL ARTS SERIES

CLASSIC SERIES

PACIFICA QUARTET JANUARY 9 & 10, 2017

SUSAN GRAHAM, MEZZO-SOPRANO APRIL 9, 2017

“Immersive, educational, and unique. The music was sublime, and the chance to learn was wonderful.”

—Friends of Chamber Music Patron

VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

CLASSIC SERIES

ANDERSON & ROE FEBRUARY 2, 2017 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

NOT SO CLASSIC SERIES

VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 3:00pm

VOCAL ARTS SERIES

CALMUS APRIL 30, 2017 VENUE: St. Philip Neri Church TIME: 3:00pm

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WEB FOCM.ORG TEL. 503.224.9842 TICKETS $30–$52; $5 STUDENT RUSH & ARTS FOR ALL TICKETS

FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC @FOCM_PDX TOP: The Danish Quartet. Photo by Caroline Bittencourt.

BOTTOM: Trio con Brio Copenhagen. Photo by Nikolaj Lund.

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mature music selections and bold new leadership that promise these young musicians an epic performance season and a jazz-infused future. .

Metropolitan Youth Symphony LONG-STANDING AND INCLUSIVE KIDS ORCHESTRAS, BANDS, AND JAZZ

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ith over 500 students in 12 different ensembles, Metropolitan Youth Symphony is one of the larger youth orchestra programs in the nation and one of a few to offer a jazz program. MYS is open to kids of all skill levels who have at least one year of experience on their instrument. “At MYS, we always have a place for you,” MYS explains, “students are auditioned to find their best fit, and our strong financial aid program ensures everyone can be part of MYS.” While the musicians who play in MYS range in age from 6–18, the symphony itself turns an impressive 43 this year.

This season, MYS welcomes a new music director: YOA Orchestra of the Americas’ Raúl GómezRojas, an inspiring conductor who’s worked with various professional and youth orchestras in the U.S. and Latin America. They’re also thrilled that jazz great Thara

Memory, who mentored Esperanza Spalding, will join MYS this season to direct the advanced jazz band and guide students throughout MYS in their exploration of improvisation.

CONCERT #1 NOVEMBER 13, 2016

MYS performs eight concerts this year throughout the community and three major Symphony Orchestra performances: Tchaikovsky’s buoyant Symphony #5, Holst’s epic The Planets, and Berlioz’s revelatory Symphonie Fantastique. Fantastic! .

Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5

VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:30pm

CONCERT #2 MARCH 5, 2017 VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:30pm

Holst, The Planets

CONCERT #3 JUNE 4, 2017 VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:30pm

Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique WEB PLAYMYS.ORG TEL. 503.239.4566 TICKETS $10–$37 METROPLITAN YOUTH SYMPHONY TOP: Photo by Sheepscot Creative. BOTTOM: Music Director Raúl Gómez-Rojas. Photo by R.L. Smith.

More opportunities to hear MYS play at eight community-based concerts; Find out more at playmys.org

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Oregon Repertory Singers A GRASSROOTS GROUP OF VARIED VOICES

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

ORS’s amazing longevity, impressive membership, and adventurous approach to new composers. .

THE ARMED MAN OCTOBER 8 & 9, 2016 VENUE: First United Methodist Church TIME: 3:00pm

With the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

GLORY OF CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 4, 9 & 11, 2016 VENUE: First United Methodist Church TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sun 4:00pm

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regon Repertory Singers is a 90-plus member, all-volunteer choir that’s been singing strong in Portland since 1974! Dr. Ethan Sperry, Director of Choral Activities for PSU and conductor of PSU’s award-winning Chamber Choir, has directed the singers since 2011.

Unlike many large choirs, which favor well-known classical pieces, ORS has a penchant for new and lesser-known works and pieces by living—and even local—composers. What else makes ORS special?

Their blend of “singers from all walks of life: Parents,

LOVE AND FIRE APRIL 22 & 23, 2017 VENUE: First United Methodist Church TIME: 3:00pm

“An ORS concert allows me to feel more like a participant with the music, not a spectator. The emotional highs and lows, the tingly feelings followed by a lump in my throat. I don’t want to watch, I want to feel...

ORS, thank you for sharing your passion...It was contagious.

I will be back.”

—Rich, ORS Patron

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WEB ORSINGERS.ORG TEL. 503.230.0652 TICKETS $15–$40 OREGON REPERTORY SINGERS @ORSINGERS TOP: Dvorák’s Stabat Mater. ORS with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Allison Silverberg.

BOTTOM: The British Invasion. Annual fundraising event with the Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choirs.

Photo by David Fuller.

professionals, music educators, and students of varied ages, backgrounds, and neighborhoods.”

In 1994, ORS added a youth choir, The Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choirs (or ORSYC). Led by Hazeldale Elementary School teacher Kimberly Putnam, students ages 4 to 18 learn to sing, read, and transcribe music, and they perform twice a year.

The Singers will usher in their 43rd season with The Armed Man, celebrate the Glory of Christmas, and finish with the cross-cultural bill they plan to present on their upcoming tour in Spain. Catch them before they fly away! .

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Oregon Symphony OUR FOREMOST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

VENUE: All concerts held at the

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall CLASSICAL SERIES

BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE SEPTEMBER 24–26, 2016 TIME: Sat–Mon 7:30pm RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 OCTOBER 8–10, 2016 TIME: Sat & Mon 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

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regon Symphony is one of Portland’s most august and long-standing institutions, founded in 1896—which makes them 120 years young in 2016! They’re the gold standard for symphony performance in Oregon, garnering three Grammy nominations in the last four years alone.

Like any great modern symphony, Oregon Symphony finds ways to cater to the tastes of a large, diverse community. They uphold tradition, offering 48 Classical Series concerts this season. They also premiere new pieces—this year, by commissioning works from composers Kenji Bunch and Chris Rogerson. And they seek to enrich the sensory experience of symphony, currently by unveiling a new SoundSights Series, wherein animators and stage technicians will craft dynamic visual displays to accompany live concerts.

Giving back to the community is also a top priority. Oregon Symphony reaches out to youth through 12 Symphony Storytimes, 36 Kinderkonzerts, and six Young People’s Concerts, as well as by mentoring local youth orchestras. They also comfort struggling populations with an ongoing MusicNOW program for seniors with dementia and holiday visits to correctional facilities.

“This is the most exciting season in my tenure,” says Music Director Carlos Kalmar. “We’re doing exactly what we should be doing—providing new musical experiences for our [many] audiences.” .

“I can’t remember leaving a concert feeling so exhilarated!”

—Oregon Symphony Patron

WEB ORSYMPHONY.ORG TEL. 503.228.1353 TICKETS $23 & UP; KIDS CONCERTS $10 & UP OREGON SYMPHONY @OREGONSYMPHONY TOP: The Planets. Photo by Jacob Wade.

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volume, variation, and quality of the Symphony’s offerings this season, which play up their core strength— sophistication. .

PERSÉPHONE MAY 13–15, 2017 TIME: Sat–Mon 7:30pm MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 2 MAY 20–22, 2017 TIME: Sat & Mon 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm POPS SERIES JASON ALEXANDER SINGS BROADWAY OCTOBER 15 & 16, 2016 TIME: Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm

COLIN CURRIE OCTOBER 22–24, 2016 TIME: Sat & Mon 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

HOLIDAY POPS NOVEMBER 26 & 27, 2016 TIME: Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm

BARBER’S VIOLIN CONCERTO OCTOBER 29–21, 2016 TIME: Sat–Mon 7:30pm

TANGO CALIENTE FEBRUARY 18 & 19, 2017 TIME: Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm

BEETHOVEN’S PASTORAL SYMPHONY NOVEMBER 5–7, 2016 TIME: Sat & Mon 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

PATTI AUSTIN’S HOMAGE TO ELLA FITZGERALD APRIL 29 & 30, 2017 TIME: Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm

STEPHEN HOUGH PLAYS SAINT-SAËNS OCTOBER 19–21, 2016 TIME: Sat–Mon 7:30pm TURANGALÎLA DECEMBER 3–5, 2016 TIME: Sat & Mon 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm THE PINES OF ROME JANUARY 14–16, 2017 TIME: Sat & Mon 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm TCHAIKOVSKY’S ROMEO AND JULIET JANUARY 28–30, 2017 TIME: Sat–Mon 7:30pm DVORÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY FEBRUARY 4–6, 2017 TIME: Sat & Mon 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm ELGAR’S ENIGMA VARIATIONS FEBRUARY 25–27, 2017 TIME: Sat–Mon 7:30pm DVORÁK’S CELLO CONCERTO MARCH 11–13, 2017 TIME: Sat–Mon 7:30pm MOZART’S REQUIEM APRIL 8–10, 2017 TIME: Sat–Mon 7:30pm DEBUSSY’S LA MER APRIL 22–24, 2017 TIME: Sat & Mon 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

KIDS SERIES: SUNDAY 2:00PM FROZEN FAIRY TALES NOVEMBER 13, 2016 PIED PIPER OF PORTLANDIA FEBRUARY 12, 2017 CASTLES AND WIZARDS MARCH 19, 2017 SPECIAL CONCERTS RENÉE FLEMING SEPTEMBER 10, 2016 TIME: Sat 7:30pm IL DIVO: AMOR & PASIÓN NOVEMBER 11, 2016 TIME: Fri 7:30pm GOSPEL CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 9–11, 2016 TIME: Fri & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 4:00pm NADJA AND THE FOUR SEASONS JANUARY 7, 2017 TIME: Sat 7:30pm GIL SHAHAM APRIL 2, 2017 TIME: Sun 2:00pm Complete list of Special Concerts at orsymphony.org/specials ARTSLANDIA 2016–2017

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Pacific Youth Choir YOUNG SINGERS WHO MEET SYMPHONY STANDARDS

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: A stratified kids’ choir that’s unified by

musical excellence and sophisticated performing opportunities. .

MUSIC WITH FRIENDS OCTOBER 30, 2016 TIME:

6:30pm

Special guest Dr. Rollo Dilworth

CANDLELIGHT CAROL DECEMBER 18, 2016 TIME:

2:00pm & 5:00pm

PYC ALUMNI CONCERT JANUARY 3, 2017 TIME:

4:00pm

MUSIC WITH FRIENDS MARCH 12, 2017 TIME:

2:00pm

SONGS OF SPRING: HIGH SCHOOL MAY 21, 2017 TIME:

2:00pm

VENUE (ALL): Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th Ave.

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They’ve sung regularly with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra and various other high-class acts such as Oregon Ballet Theatre, White Bird, and the Eugene Symphony, and are often featured on All Classical Portland’s live radio broadcast Thursdays @ Three.

They’ve even wowed the cocktail crowd: Bandleader Thomas Lauderdale of globetrotting jazz group Pink Martini has praised PYC’s contribution to his recordings as “a lifesaver.”

Like many youth music organizations, the PYC is made up of several smaller groups (10 total) divided by age and other criteria. Musicmakers is their kindergarten choir; Nova I and Nova II handle grades 1–4; there’s a Boychoir and Girlchoir for 5th –8th grades

2:00pm

SONGS OF SPRING: MIDDLE & ELEMENTARY JUNE 4, 2017 TIME:

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acific Youth Choir brings kids from over 20 Oregon and Washington cities together to make music at a professional level that’s mature beyond their years.

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WEB PACIFICYOUTHCHOIR.ORG TEL. 503.780.1675 TICKETS $12–$30 PACIFIC YOUTH CHOIR @PYCHOIR

TOP: Candlelight Carol, 2015. Eight of PYC’s choirs, 1st –12 th grade.

BOTTOM: Candlelight Carol, 2015. David Chen.

Photos by Samantha Schmiedeskamp.

and a treble-voiced choir, Cascadia, for 6th –8th . From there, PYC singers in 9th–12th grade, who compare well with college-age and adult ensembles, branch into Tsunami (men), Pacifica (women), Chamber Choir (a small, select group), and Pacific (a full choir in all four parts—soprano, alto, tenor, and bass). Altogether, PYC gives voice to more than 280 young singers, with the goal of inspiring and impressing all who hear.

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PDX Jazz 10-DAY FESTIVAL, YEAR-ROUND GROOVE

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: that our town’s most

thorough, knowledgeable, and connected jazz presenters continue to keep their ears open to new talents in Portland and around the world. .

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DX Jazz is best known for throwing the annual PDX Jazz Festival each February. That’s a big deal—a 10-day lineup of world-class legends and luminaries—but that’s not all they do! They also keep an ear to the ground to discover and present the best jazz talents the Pacific Northwest is brewing. Don’t be lulled by Portland’s low-key demeanor; it’s a pretty happening jazz town year-round.

PDX Jazz’s For Portland Only series has connected with such acclaimed artists as Esperanza Spalding, Ravi Coltrane, and Pharoah Sanders. They’ve also presented many NEA Jazz Masters, including Randy Weston, Sonny Rollins, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Chick Corea.

Eager to mix it up, the nonprofit sometimes challenges Portland artists to recast the music of their heroes by way of tribute shows.

This year (their 13th), thanks to a Chamber Music America grant, PDX Jazz will present two award-winning saxophonists—the South Indian-inspired stylings of Rudresh Mahanthappa and Steve Lehman, whom the Los Angeles Times stated is a dazzling talent. PDX Jazz will also honor Chet Baker and present a robust fall program with Bill Frisell performing classic film and television music.

You don’t have to wait until their festival; PDX Jazz can get you grooving right away. . “[The Portland Jazz Festival] is a magnificent festival that treats jazz musicians like royalty and whose tremendous fan reception and appreciation of jazz is spectacular!” —Lou Donaldson

WEB PDXJAZZ.COM TEL. 503.228.5299 TICKETS $15–$75 PDX JAZZ PORTLAND @PDXJAZZ TOP: Charles Lloyd Quartet. Charles Lloyd on saxophone, Joe Sanders on bass, Eric Harland on drums.

BOTTOM: Universal Consciousness, A Tribute to Alice Coltrane. Ravi Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders on saxophone, Brandee Younger on harp. Photos by Mark Sheldon.

CHICO FREEMAN PLUS +TET AUGUST 12, 2016

RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA OCTOBER 20, 2016

With Luke Carlos O’Reilly, Kenny Davis, and Marvin “Smitty” Smith

With Adam O’Farrill, Joshua White, Thomson Kneeland, and Dan Weiss (CMA Consortium Grant)

VENUE: Jimmy Mak’s TIME: 7:30pm & 9:30pm

RAUL MIDÓN SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 VENUE: Jimmy Mak’s TIME: 7:30pm & 9:30pm

STANLEY COWELL TRIO SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 8:00pm

With Jay Anderson and Billy Drummond

BEN WENDEL QUARTET SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

DAVE DOUGLAS & THE WESTERLIES OCTOBER 28, 2016 VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 8:00pm

BILL FRISELL: WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR NOVEMBER 4, 2016 VENUE: Aladdin Theater TIME: 8:00pm

With Thomas Morgan, Rudy Royston, and Petra Haden

STEVE LEHMAN TRIO OCTOBER 9, 2016

DMITRI MATHENY: COOL BURNIN A TRIBUTE TO CHET BAKER DECEMBER 1, 2016

With Matt Brewer and Damion Reid (CMA Consortium Grant)

With Charles McNeal, Dan Gaynor, Chris Higgins, Todd Strait, and Steve Baker

CATHERINE RUSSELL OCTOBER 11, 2016

CAMILA MEZA: CHILEAN GUITARIST & VOCALIST DECEMBER 5, 2016

With Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, and Henry Cole

VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:00pm

VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

With Matt Munisteri, Mark Shane, and Tal Ronen

MCCOY TYNER OCTOBER 18, 2016 VENUE: Revolution Hall TIME: 7:30pm

With Gary Bartz, Gerald Cannon, and Francisco Mela; First PDX appearance since 2006 by NEA Jazz Master and John Coltrane pianist

VENUE: Alberta Abbey TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 7:30pm

With James Francies, Rick Rosado, and Jeremy Dutton

2017 BIAMP PDX JAZZ FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 16–26, 2017

100+ events, a dozen venues

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Portland Baroque Orchestra MUSIC THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED

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ortland Baroque Orchestra was formed in 1983 by musicians who realized something you may not: Bach, Handel, and their contemporaries wrote their works to be played on different instruments than we normally hear today! Prepiano, there was the harpsichord; before the guitar, the lute; and before the trombone came, the amusingly named “sackbut.” Each of these antique instruments sings in a unique voice that—without the efforts of preservationists like PBO—might be lost to time.

Hence, PBO performs “historically informed” baroque and classical concerts, using antiques or meticulous reproductions of original instruments (and where appropriate, current ones) to re-create the sounds composers intended. Led by internationally renowned violinist Monica Huggett, PBO has grown into a world-class ensemble, producing critically acclaimed recordings and attracting international guest artists. In October, the orchestra will celebrate its 33rd season.

This year, PBO shows will get intimate, performing chamber and small group compositions from the 17th and 18th centuries that are rarely heard in Oregon. And you can bet that if a score calls for a harpsichord, they’ll play a harpsichord—not a piano. .

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: GREAT MUSIC. PERIOD.

WEB PBO.ORG TEL. 503.222.6000 TICKETS $27 & UP; STUDENTS AND SENIORS $22 & UP PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA @PORTLANDBAROQUE LEFT: PBO Artistic Director Monica Huggett plays an 18th century Milanese violin. RIGHT: PBO in performance. Photos by Tori Ava Photography.

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a 33rd season that hits the high notes—Handel’s Messiah, Bach, Vivaldi— and also spotlights undersung instruments like the cornetto and bassoon. .

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“Excellent, beautiful, so intimate.”

“The period instruments were amazing.”

—PBO Patrons

MOZART & MENDELSSOHN OCTOBER 14–16, 2016 VENUE: Fri & Sat First Baptist Church; Sun Kaul Auditorium, Reed College TIME: Fri & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm BREATHTAKING OCTOBER 28 & 29, 2016 VENUE: First Baptist Church TIME: 7:30pm

A VOICE AND CORNETTO ENTWINED PBO CHAMBER SERIES

HANDEL ORGAN CONCERTOS NOVEMBER 18–20, 2016 VENUE: Fri & Sat First Baptist Church; Sun Kaul Auditorium, Reed College TIME: Fri & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT — HANDEL ORGAN CONCERTOS NOVEMBER 19, 2016 VENUE: First Baptist Church TIME: 3:00pm HANDEL’S MESSIAH DECEMBER 9–12, 2016 VENUE: First Baptist Church FULL CONCERT TIMES:

Fri & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm (3 hours) “HIGHLIGHTS” CONCERT TIME:

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BACH MAGNIFICAT & FESTIVE CANTATAS DECEMBER 15, 2016 VENUE: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral TIME: 7:30pm A NORTHWEST BAROQUE MASTERWORKS PROJECT

BLACK MOZART: CHEVALIER SAINT-GEORGES FEBRUARY 2, 2017 VENUE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College TIME: 7:30pm A NORTHWEST BAROQUE MASTERWORKS PROJECT

BACH ORCHESTRAL SUITES FEBRUARY 17–19, 2017 VENUE: Fri & Sat First Baptist Church; Sun Kaul Auditorium, Reed College TIME: Fri & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm PURCELL & SHAKESPEARE MARCH 10–12, 2017 VENUE: Fri & Sat First Baptist Church; Sun Kaul Auditorium, Reed College TIME: Fri & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm SPOTLIGHT ON BASSOON APRIL 29, 2017 VENUE: First Baptist Church TIME: 7:30pm PBO CHAMBER SERIES

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Portland Chamber Orchestra

PCO’s longevity and distinction within the chamber genre, and their continued vision that combines new elements to enhance the concert experience. .

COLLEGIATELY CREATIVE CHAMBER CONCERTS

THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2016 Sat Nordia House; Sun Lewis and Clark College TIME: Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm VENUE:

Music of Frid and Shostakovich

HOLIDAY POSTCARD DECEMBER 14–18, 2016 Wed St. Henry’s, Gresham; Fri St. Andrew Catholic Church; Sat Nordia House; Sun Lewis and Clark College

VENUE:

Music of Avnar Dorman and Handel’s Messiah

IRVING BERLIN SHOWCASE FEBRUARY 11 & 12, 2017

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ortland Chamber Orchestra is our city’s only “fullsize chamber orchestra”—smaller than a symphony, bigger than a quartet, with 35 professional musicians. They’re also a long-standing institution, the oldest chamber orchestra in the U.S., currently turning 70! They’ve collaborated with many local arts groups over those years, including the Portland Symphonic Choir, Oregon Repertory Singers, Portland Festival Ballet, local visual artists, actors, and many youth performing organizations.

Founded by a Lewis and Clark College faculty member, imminent violinist and composer Boris Sirpo, and still regularly performing on that campus, PCO retains a yen for artistic fusion. They often pair their musical

Mon Audi Beaverton Gala Benefit; Tue Nordia House

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Music from Irving Berlin’s great American songbook

MUSICAL TELL FEBRUARY 18 & 19, 2017 Sat Nordia House; Sun Lewis and Clark College TIME: Sat 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm

“THE INTIMATE SYMPHONY WITH INFINITE IMAGINATION”

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Music of Schubert, Ravel, and Barber

GLOBAL HARMONIES APRIL 22 & 23, 2017 VENUE: Lewis and Clark College TIME: 3:00pm Music of Varral and Beethoven

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WEB PORTLAND CHAMBERORCHESTRA.ORG TEL. 503.771.3250 TICKETS $15-$30; CHILDREN UNDER 12 ARE FREE

PORTLAND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA TOP: Messiah. Photo by Robert Kingdom.

BOTTOM: Music Director Yaacov Bergman.

Photo by Robert Kingdom.

performances with multiple arts concepts, scintillating scholarly presentations, lively science lectures, reverent readings of poetry and prose, striking displays of visual art, and more. This season, one such offering will combine Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Chief Joseph Legend oratorio based on the chief’s Nez Perce surrender speech, “We will fight no more forever.”

Yaacov Bergman, a protégé of Leonard Bernstein, conducts PCO, holding the group to his world-class, timeless standard of musical excellence. Members of PCO also play in the orchestras of Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theatre—but the Chamber Orchestra, a smaller group unconfined by an orchestra pit, gives audiences a closer listen to the city’s greatest players. .

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Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra FRIENDLY, ACCESSIBLE, PROFESSIONAL SYMPHONY

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS SEPTEMBER 23 & 25, 2016 Fri First United Methodist Church; Sun Mt. Hood Community College Theater TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm VENUE:

SYMPHONIC SAFARI GOES HALLOWEEN OCTOBER 23, 2016 VENUE: Parkrose High School TIME: 3:00pm

Peter and the Wolf and other spooktacular music; With the Portland Symphonic Girlchoir

AMERICAN CLASSICS: TRAIL OF TEARS NOVEMBER 18 & 20, 2016 Fri First United Methodist Church; Sun Reynolds High School Performing Arts Center TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm VENUE:

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a symphony that grew beautifully from grassroots into a distinguished professional ensemble. .

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ortland Columbia Symphony’s 35-year history has roots set deep in the Portland community. Founded in 1982 by Lewis & Clark College’s Jerry Luedders and later developed into a larger ensemble

by PSU’s John Trudeau, PCSO now boasts more than 70 musicians, 90 percent of whom are dedicated professionals.

Their performances include both standard and new works, and their specialty is presenting “worthy but rarely performed” musical gems.

PCSO’s concerts are friendly, affordable, and accessible—not to mention novel and fun! The 2016–17 season, guided by Music Director Steven Byess, is filled with works by proven groundbreakers in music—true originators, innovators, and pioneers. Highlights include an ode to cinema, a Halloween “safari,” a sparkling Mardi Gras gala, and more. .

Flute concerto by Michael Daugherty; Soloist Molly Barth, flute

MARDI GRAS GALA! JANUARY 21, 2017 Downtown Portland Marriott on the Waterfront TIME: See website for details VENUE:

Special ticketed event

TCHAIKOVSKY: VIOLIN CONCERTO MARCH 17 & 19, 2017 Fri First United Methodist Church; Sun Mt. Hood Community College Theater TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm VENUE:

Soloist Alexander Markov, violin; Plus PCSO/Cascadia Composers Competition winner

WEB COLUMBIASYMPHONY.ORG TEL. 503.234.4077 TICKETS $5–$35 PORTLAND COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA @COLUMBIASYMORCH TOP: Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Josh Romberg. BOTTOM: Music Director Steven Byess.

Photo by Hunter Lea.

“The orchestra ‘hit it out of the ballpark’ this afternoon... The phrasing, accents, and dynamics were perfect. I could hear every note, which is something you seldom hear in a live performance.”

—PCSO Patron

MONUMENTAL CLASSICS: CONCERTO FOR SIMPLY GRAND PIANO MAY 12 & 14, 2017 Fri First United Methodist Church; Sun Mt. Hood Community College Theater TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sun 3:00pm VENUE:

The music of Peter Schickele (aka PDQ Bach); Soloist Jeffrey Biegel, piano

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Portland Gay Men’s Chorus SINGING OUT PROUDLY, AND OPEN TO ALL GENRES

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ortland Gay Men’s Chorus members are not all gay, not all men, and not all from Portland, but they are all united in their commitment to choral perfection and community pride! As Artistic Director Bob Mensel puts it, they’re “a men’s chorus, but not a boy’s club.”

The Chorus, which turns 37 this year and is 150 members strong, was originally founded in solidarity with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus with a mission of fostering LGBTQ acceptance.

As that movement has taken hold, they’ve felt free to broaden their musical focus, mastering and celebrating an eclectic range of genres.

Last season alone, they performed blues, rock, classical, Broadway, and American folk.

The Chorus also nurtures the unique gifts of their individual members. They highlight single voices in a soloist concert each winter, and they frequently perform original music their members have composed. In addition to singing, they encourage members to dance, design lighting, decorate sets, and create costumes. The result is a finely tuned group of versatile showmen, full of spark and surprise. .

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how PGMC makes every concert a complete performance, using lighting, costumes, and guest stars to heighten the mood of whatever music they choose.

“There are VERY few things that make me as proud and happy as seeing the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus perform.

We are SO lucky!”

—Maggie H., PGMC Patron

SHAMELESS: AN ADULTS-ONLY CABARET OCTOBER 15, 2016 VENUE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College TIME: 8:00pm

THE MOST WONDERFUL SEASON DECEMBER 2 & 3, 2016 VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: Fri 8:00pm;

Sat 3:00pm & 8:00pm

LOVESTRUCK: A SOLOIST CONCERT FEBRUARY 12, 2017 VENUE: The Old Church TIME: 3:00pm & 6:00pm

PEACE, LOVE, AND MISUNDERSTANDING MARCH 18 & 19, 2017 VENUE: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College TIME: Sat 8:00pm; Sun 3:00pm

THE DIVOS JUNE 17, 2017 VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:00pm

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WEB PDXGMC.ORG TEL. 503.226.2588 TICKETS $16–$52 PDXGMC @PDXGMC LEFT: The Most Wonderful Season, 2015.

RIGHT: ABBAQueen: A Royal Celebration, 2015.

Photos by Bill Barry, BarryFoto.

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“A wonderful source of encouragement for LGBT young people...I never feel so proud of being gay as when I hear the Chorus sing!”

—Edward Segel, PGMC Supporter

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Portland Piano International BRINGING WORLD-CLASS PIANISTS TO PORTLAND

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: Portland’s leading

presenter of piano concerts for consistently curating and delivering great talents. .

DENIS KOZHUKHIN OCTOBER 8 & 9, 2016 NELSON GOERNER DECEMBER 3 & 4, 2016 NATASHA PAREMSKI JANUARY 14 & 15, 2017 GEORGE LI FEBRUARY 11 & 12, 2017 LLYR WILLIAMS APRIL 1 & 2, 2017

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ortland Piano International has a singular mission: to showcase world-class piano soloists. They’ve done it for a long time—38 years—and they do it well, ushering Grammy Award winners, international concert hall luminaries, promising prodigies, and their ilk into Portland to each play a sort of two-night mini-tour. For their SOLO Series, featured pianists must present two wholly different programs on each of their two nights in town, making this gig “one of the most challenging recital series in the world.”

Though presenting a double repertoire may be demanding for touring musicians, it’s a boon to Portland’s piano audience. It means they can choose the program they most prefer or opt to see both performances—a double dose of an adored performer.

Those options are more than most piano series offer, making Portland particularly fortunate.

Highlights of Portland Piano’s forthcoming season will include a contemporary music festival in November. PPI also plans to commemorate Beethoven’s death by presenting no fewer than 10 of his sonatas by the end of the 2016–2017 SOLO Series. .

PAAVALI JUMPPANEN MAY 13 & 14, 2017 VENUE (ALL): Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME (ALL): 4:00pm

WEB PORTLANDPIANO.ORG TEL. 503.228.1388 TICKETS $45–$55; UP TO 20% OFF WITH SUBSCRIPTION

PORTLAND PIANO INTERNATIONAL @PORTLANDPIANO TOP: Nelson Goerner. Photo by Marco Borggreve.

LEFT: Denis Kozhukhin. Photo by Felix Broede.

RIGHT: Natasha Paremski. Photo by Andrea Joynt.

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Portland Revels

Revels’ enthusiastic revival of far-flung holiday traditions! Each year, we learn something new from the days of “auld.” .

HOLIDAY MERRIMENT MEETS HISTORICAL PAGEANTRY

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ortland Revels are our city’s most beloved holiday historians. Each December, they put on a show that revives a particular holiday or winter solstice tradition from somewhere around the globe. The mostly volunteer, all-ages cast has thus far recreated the traditions of medieval Spain, 19th century Ireland,

and rural Appalachia. Despite the wide variety of themes, Revels’ imaginative, family friendly shows always include the same essentials: song, dance, storytelling, celebration, and audience participation.

When founded in 1995, Revels only show was Christmas Revels. Since then, they have filled their calendar with other events to—if “yule” forgive a pun—“tide” their audience over. In September, they host an Autumn Equinox Pub Sing; in October, they’ll hold a Venetian Masquerade Ball; and in January, they bask in the afterglow of their big December pageant with music from around the world by ViVoce, Revels Women’s Chorus.

Though Revels may stoke their fires highest around the holidays, they now carry a torch for tradition year-round. .

AUTUMN EQUINOX PUB SING SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2016 VENUE: See website TIME: 6:00pm

VENETIAN MASQUERADE BALL OCTOBER 15TH, 2016 VENUE: Artists Repertory Theatre TIME: 7:00pm

CHRISTMAS REVELS: COMMEDIA ITALIANA DECEMBER 16–21, 2016 VENUE: St. Mary’s Academy

VIVOCE WOMEN’S CHORUS CONCERTS JANUARY 2017 VENUE: See website

WEB PORTLANDREVELS.ORG TEL. 503.274.4654 TICKETS $9–$42 PORTLAND REVELS @PORTLANDREVELS TOP: Appalachian Christmas Celebration, 2012. Ithica Tell and Children’s Chorus. BOTTOM: The Christmas Revels Keep Magic, 2014. Steve Black and Ed Stevens (Dragon).

Photos by Kinderpics.

“It was a perfect mix of song, dance, comedy, and acting to capture the attention of children and adults alike.”

—Portland Revels Patron

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Portland State Chamber Choir PSU’S ELITE AND ACCLAIMED CHOIR

NEW MUSES NOVEMBER 11 & 13, 2016 VENUE: First United Methodist Church TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sun 4:00pm

Songs by and about women

STRAVINSKY’S PERSEPHONE MAY 13–15, 2017 VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:30pm

With the Oregon Symphony

FERN HILL MARCH 3 & 5, 2017 VENUE: First United Methodist Church TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sun 4:00pm

Corigliano’s take on Dylan Thomas, with other American masterworks

GLOBAL RHYTHMS VI JUNE 2 & 4, 2017 VENUE: First United Methodist Church TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sun 4:00pm

a stylistically versatile college choir that competes on the world stage. .

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ortland State Chamber Choir is Portland State University’s top choral ensemble. They regularly tour and compete internationally, and since their founding in 1976, they’ve won more than 25 medals and awards—including becoming the first American group to ever win Italy’s prestigious Seghizzi International Competition for Choral Singing in 2013.

And that trailblazing spirit goes way back: “PSU was at the forefront of a movement!” explains conductor Ethan Sperry. “Chamber choirs are a relatively new genre, with elite groups starting to form in Europe in the 1950s and not reaching the U.S. until the 1970s”—making Portland State Chamber Choir’s 1976 founding cutting-edge for its time.

Though initially formed to sing avant-garde music, the Chamber Choir now performs many types of music, including classical, world music, and even pop. Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and a Bollywood film theme are current crowd favorites.

For their 41st season, the Chamber Choir looks forward to singing Stravinsky and Mahler along with the Oregon Symphony, and plans to take their first tour of Asia next summer, aiming for another American “first” at the Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Competition in Manila. To hear their new repertoire before they go overseas, catch their Take Flight concert in March. .

Folk songs from around the world

TAKE FLIGHT MARCH 17, 2017 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

International tour kickoff

“The Portland State Chamber Choir sings way above its weight class.”

—Aaron Scott, OPB’s State of Wonder

“PSU singers go straight for the heart, with passionate, powerful performances that enrapture classical and pop fans alike.”

—Brett Campbell, Oregon ArtsWatch

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WEB PDX.EDU/MUSIC/CHAMBER-CHOIR TEL. 503.725.3307 TICKETS $7–$25 PSU CHAMBER CHOIR @PSUCHAMBERCHOIR TOP: The Portland State Chamber Choir.

BOTTOM: Conductor Ethan Sperry. Photos by Brian Lee.

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Portland Symphonic Girlchoir GIVING GIRLS’ VOICES GREATER RANGE

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P SYMPHONIC SAFARI GOES HALLOWEEN OCTOBER 23, 2016 VENUE: Parkrose High School TIME: 4:00pm

With Portland’s Columbia Symphony Orchestra

JINGLE BEAR FAMILY CONCERT DECEMBER 3, 2016 VENUE: Zion Lutheran Church TIME: 3:00pm

HOLIDAY CONCERT DECEMBER 17, 2016 VENUE: Zion Lutheran Church TIME: 3:00pm

BERNSTEIN MASS MARCH 5, 2017 VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 7:00pm

With Marylhurst University Choirs

SPRING GALA CONCERT MARCH 18, 2017 VENUE: Zion Lutheran Church TIME: 2:00pm

MUSIC IN THE MAKING CONCERT APRIL 23, 2017 VENUE: Zion Lutheran Church TIME: 4:00pm

Paul Caldwell, Composer-in-Residence

SHOWCASE CONCERT MAY 13, 2017 VENUE: Zion Lutheran Church TIME: 2:00pm

WEB GIRLCHOIR.COM TEL. 503.226.6162 TICKETS $17–$22 PORTLAND SYMPHONIC GIRLCHOIR @PSGIRLCHOIR TOP: Premier Choir, 2015. BOTTOM: Debut Choir, 2015.

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“The Portland Symphonic Girlchoir helps provide a foundation for its graduating members to go on and meet with success in collegiate and career endeavors because it fosters the development of young women who are strong, caring, talented, worldly, and, quite simply, enriched by their Girlchoir experience.”

—PSG 2002 Alum

ortland Symphonic Girlchoir is actually five choirs—Prelude, Debut, Intermezzo, Premier, and Encore—each grouped by age and coconducted by Roberta Q. Jackson and Debra D. Burgess. Girlchoir auditions and accepts girls ages 5–18 in the Portland metro and southwest Washington areas who love to sing and sing well.

Their territory, however, extends far beyond those bounds: Over the last 27 years, Girlchoir’s traveled abroad to Canada, China, various European countries, and Australia. Nationally, they’ve toured New Orleans, Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Hawaii. And this season, they’ll tour New Orleans, Scotland, and Ireland. Artistically, they’re equally wide-ranging, having commissioned 35 new choral works, earned the 2015 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, and put out nine albums.

For their 28th season, Girlchoir has commissioned work from Temple University’s Dr. Rollo Dilworth, and they’ve declared an optimistic, forward-looking theme: “Living Today, Dreaming Tomorrow.” We’re guessing their dreams include more learning and teaching, more touring, and evermore beautiful music. .

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Portland Youth Philharmonic AMERICA’S FIRST YOUTH ORCHESTRA

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ortland Youth Philharmonic claims an amazing distinction: they’re America’s first youth orchestra, founded in 1924! Now comprising two full symphony orchestras, a chamber orchestra, a wind ensemble, and a string orchestra, PYP remains at the forefront of the youth music field.

Each year, PYP performs four free 45-minute interactive Children’s Concerts, giving more than 10,000 local students an early taste of classical music in the grand environs of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

PYP also offers free classes, workshops, and conductor visits in districts from Camas to Salem.

While many youth orchestras divide musicians by age, PYP evaluates and places young musicians solely on ability. Musicians ages 7–23 from northwest Oregon and southwest Washington may audition, and PYP’s accepted kids from 100 different schools with a few key traits in common: dedication, discipline, and cooperation.

PYP’s 93rd season offerings range from the works of Debussy to selections from the score of the movie E.T. They’ll bring three concerts to Vancouver, Washington, and they’ll continue their popular Cushion Concerts— family friendly shows where kids perch on pillows.

Whether Portland’s kids are playing symphonic music or hearing it for the first time, America’s first youth orchestra is a boon to our young community. .

FALL CONCERT NOVEMBER 12, 2016 TIME:

7:30pm

Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger Soloist Competition winner Tomas Svoboda: Symphony No. 2 WORLD PREMIERE

CONCERT-AT-CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 26, 2016 TIME:

7:30pm

John Williams: Adventures on Earth from E.T. Wallingford Riegger: Dance Rhythms Aram Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus Richard Rodgers: Carousel Waltz

WINTER CONCERT MARCH 4, 2017 TIME:

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PORTLAND YOUTH PHILHARMONIC PORTLANDYOUTHPHILTV @PDXYOUTHPHIL TOP: Season 92 Spring Concert. Portland Youth Philharmonic. BOTTOM: Season 92 Spring Concert. 2016 Soloist Competition winners, violinists Fumika Mizuno and Haeun Jung. Photos by Kimmie Fadem.

century of success from an organization that takes both classical music and youth engagement seriously. .

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Samuel Barber: Essay No. 1 for Orchestra Claude Debussy: Nuages and Fêtes from Nocturnes Peter Schickele: Pentangle for Horn and Orchestra with Roger Kaza

SPRING CONCERT MAY 7, 2017 TIME:

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Debra Kaye: Ikarus Concerto Competition winner Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 VENUE (ALL): Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

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Third Angle New Music MIND-ALTERING MUSIC IN SURPRISING SETTINGS

DIFFERENT TRAINS SEPTEMBER 30 & OCTOBER 1, 2016 VENUE: Oregon Rail Heritage Center TIME: 7:30pm

CONCERT SERIES

PÄRT & PÄRCEL: MUSIC OF ARVO PÄRT AND THE NEW ESTONIA FEBRUARY 9 & 10, 2017 VENUE: Studio 2 at N.E.W. TIME: 7:30pm

STUDIO SERIES

WORLD OF IDEAS: MODERN WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO NOVEMBER 3 & 4, 2016

IN THE DARK 2.0 MARCH 3 & 4, 2017

VENUE: Studio 2 at N.E.W. TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: Planetarium at OMSI TIME: 7:30pm

STUDIO SERIES

CONCERT SERIES

HOLOGRAPHIC JANUARY 20, 2017

SOLO HIKES: SHARED SOLITUDE APRIL 6 & 7, 2017

VENUE: Alberta Rose Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

CONCERT SERIES

VENUE: Studio 2 at N.E.W. TIME: 7:30pm

STUDIO SERIES

“These concerts and events engage the community and offer us experiences that aren’t available anywhere else.

I’m so happy to have found Third Angle.”

—Third Angle New Music Patron

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Third Angle’s continuing initiative to enrich our musical landscape with outsidethe-box contemporary concerts. .

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eeking something beyond the “usual” classical music experience?

Third Angle New Music delivers that vision twofold—by playing new works by living composers and by performing outside “expected” venues in settings throughout the city that complement each program. As they put it, “Contemporary music should be an adventure, and Third Angle is your guide!”

Sometimes that means setting up concerts in experimental environs, such as libraries, museums, or banks. Often it involves collaborating with other Portland arts institutions, musical and otherwise. And frequently it means commissioning a brand-new piece from a local composer that they can be first to perform and record. With an aim to create one of a kind audience experiences, Third Angle enjoys the thrill of creative risk, wryly promising that “experiences may vary.”

So, where will Third Angle turn up next? Among other places: in the OMSI Planetarium, in the pitch dark for an encore of Georg Friedrich Haas’ String Quartet No. 3, and at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center playing Steve Reich’s Different Trains to celebrate the composer’s 80th birthday. Don’t be a square: discover Third Angle! .

WEB THIRDANGLE.ORG TEL. 503.331.0301 TICKETS $5–$35 THIRD ANGLE NEW MUSIC THIRD ANGLE @THIRDANGLENEWMUSIC @THIRDANGLE INSTANTENCORE.COM: THIRD ANGLE NEW MUSIC TOP: City Dance. Photo by Alicia Rose.

BOTTOM: Radio Happenings. Photo by Jacob Wade.

MUSIC

Walters Cultural Arts Center CONCERTS AND CREATIVITY ON THE WEST SIDE

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the multiplicity of folk roots represented in Walters’ 2016–17 performing arts season, including Americana, Latino, and Indian. .

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alters Cultural Arts Center, in the heart of historic downtown Hillsboro, curates a full, eclectic season of top-notch performers, from emerging regional talents to Grammy winners. Their intimate 200-seat theater is known for its red stone walls, excellent acoustics, and the connection that audiences feel to the performers in the space.

In 2000, benefactors Glenn and Viola Walters supported the city of Hillsboro’s vision to create a vibrant, community epicenter for arts and culture for generations to come. Today, the Walters is a regional home for creativity, “dedicated to providing diverse, innovative, and exceptional cultural and educational opportunities,” for patrons and audiences throughout the metro area.

In addition to concerts and performances, the Walters hosts gallery exhibits, lectures, storytelling, and art, music, and creative classes and camps for all ages in their fine art and clay studios.

This season, the Walters welcomes several acts who are first-timers on their stage, including legendary folk musician Robbie Fulks, altcountry singer Annalisa Tornfelt, and modern Latin duo Correo Aero.

Their all-ages-friendly programming also includes opera, hip-hop, and Indian dance. .

SKYBOUND BLUE SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

ANNALISA TORNFELT FEBRUARY 10, 2017

ACOUSTIC GUITAR SUMMIT OCTOBER 7, 2016

THE ROOTS OF HIP HOP: RAINBOW DANCE THEATRE FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Americana

Fingerstyle guitar

CARRIE NEWCOMER OCTOBER 21, 2016 Singer and songwriter; With pianist Gary Walters

ROBBIE FULKS NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Folk, bluegrass, vintage country

CORREO AEREO NOVEMBER 18, 2016 Traditional and modern Latin

QUEBE SISTERS MARCH 17, 2017 Americana, Texas fiddle

PACIFIC CREST JAZZ COMBO APRIL 7, 2017 Jazz

ALASDAIR FRASER & NATALIE HAAS APRIL 21, 2017 Celtic

THE SOJOURNERS DECEMBER 9, 2016

MATINEE Indian dance

Roots gospel

TOP: Joaquin Lopez at the Walters. Photo by Bridie Harrington. BOTTOM: Singer Edna Vasquez to close the Walters concert season 5/19/17. Photo by Tania Gomezdaza.

Dance, hip-hop

HANSEL AND GRETEL: PORTLAND OPERA DECEMBER 3, 2016 MATINEE Family-friendly opera

WEB WWW.HILLSBORO-OREGON. GOV/WALTERSCONCERTS TEL. 503.615.3485 BOX OFFICE BROWNPAPER TICKETS.COM TICKETS $5–$34 WCAC HILLSBORO @WALTERSCAC

Vintage country, folk

OREGON MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA DECEMBER 16, 2016 Classical, bluegrass

CRAIG CAROTHERS JANUARY 27, 2017

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: ANJALI SCHOOL OF DANCE MAY 13, 2017 EDNA VAZQUEZ MAY 19, 2017 Acoustic folklorico, Latin

VENUE (ALL): Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro TIME (ALL): 7:30pm & 2:00pm

Acoustic singer and songwriter

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Cramer sifting through mixed-media sketches dating back to 1973.

ALL OVER THE PLACE Tom Cramer’s style is emblematic of a broader philosophy of life.

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om Cramer just offered to paint my car. We could barter, he suggests, for some computer help. And anyway, it’s the kind of car he most prefers to paint: an old white sedan of an indestructible make. My car has nothing to lose. With a wild paint job, it can only be improved.

Cramer, the well-known Portland painter and sculptor who’s graciously supplied our cover art, has never confi ned his vision to canvas and, he confesses, has never drawn a firm line between “high and low art.” His contributions to our city over the years include creating the iconic mural Machine on North Williams Avenue, designing bus stations for

TriMet, and stage designing for Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Jungle. More recently, as a resident artist of Augen Gallery, he’s gravitated toward the medium of woodcarved relief sculpture, converting his impulsive cubist linework into raised, faceted topography.

Since the ’80s, between these more mainstream gigs, he’s painted a fleet of at least 30 cars — mostly low-Blue Book beauts like mine whose newfound visibility was mutually beneficial. Painted cars, he says, are less likely to get hit, and having his artwork roving randomly around town has reaped him a lot of other business. I concede his first point; my car was recently hit. “People are a--holes, aren’t they?” he blurts.

This conversation, Cramer’s artwork, and the artist’s entire home encapsulate a distinct value system increasingly being dubbed “old Portland,” a philosophy that’s preserved in pockets of our city even as “infill” seals its edges.

On North Williams Avenue (where his mural lives, for now), an ever-constricting cluster of fresh-built midrises and shiny new cars crowd a once-calm street. Cramer’s home, just a couple blocks off, stands in contrast—a spacious Craftsman painted a trend-offending shade of purple. The artist has liberally painted the inside, too: multicolored patterns climb jag-

gedly across his kitchen and living room ceilings; his studio walls are dashed with streaks where he may have cleaned paintbrushes. His front yard hosts a jumble of potted veggies while the back garage holds his sculptures still under construction. As he shows me around, he asks if I like cats. I say of course, and he says that’s the right answer. But a cat never emerges.

When you’re used to having more space than money, you barter as well as sell. You collect liberally without having to curate. You can endlessly expound rather than striving to simplify.

You check things out from the library and hang out at home a lot, making your own art for your own entertainment. All this to say: Cramer’s high art-world status may never curb his boho habits.

Old Portland’s rambling bohemian aesthetic seems to have been shaped through the final quarter of the 20th century by the region’s relative wealth of life-enriching resources such as housing, garden produce, low-stress day jobs, and community connections … and its relative scarcity of mainstream commerce and cash.

Cramer was born into the family that named PSU’s Cramer Hall, and raised and educated in Portland (“One of the only ones left,” he says).

He played the French horn in Portland Youth Philharmonic as a kid, then kickstarted his art training at PNCA before finishing up in New York. The way he tells it, he has always been granted sufficient space in which to expand his talents. For about eight years in the ‘80s, he says, he lived virtually rent-free under a “really cool landlord,” sustaining his art by working part time. He was a gypsy moth trapper for the state of Oregon, and he worked security at the Portland Art Museum.

He calls himself hyperactive. Lately, he’s been woodcarving so much that his shoulder needs a rest. In general, he says, “I need more brakes and less gas.” His paint-streaked studio

Machine, 1989.

4018 N. Williams Avenue.

“IT’S HEALTHIER TO ADMIT THAT YOU’RE KIND OF MESSED UP THAN TO TRY TO HIDE IT.” certainly shows ample evidence of forty-some years of busy, dizzy aesthetic exploration. Mixedmedia sketches dated back as far as 1973 were lying in piles until he recently reorganized them into boxes for a curator from Portland Art Museum to peruse. He pulls out a stack of

drawings and begins pointing out patterns.

Cubism may be his primary influence; his mom used to check out Picasso prints from the library when he was a kid. “Growing up around it, that style just seemed normal,” he says, quickly adding, “ but I can draw straight, too.”

From the ’70s to the 2000s, Cramer’s drawings seem to chart a progression from 2-D to 3-D that culminates in his current series of relief sculptures. His older pictures often feel geometric and flat, wrought in lines of even thickness throughout. In later works, the lines widen and narrow, forming ribbonlike calligraphy that seems to twist around and frame the icons that anchor the page. Woodblock prints (an earlier foray into carving) also fatten the stack. After his ribbon period, Cramer’s lines hollow out but maintain their dimensional quality, sometimes letting mitered corners suggest nonorientable architecture and depth.

The icons, too, seem to have taken on more facets that make their shapes pop.

What are Tom Cramer’s signature themes?

Classic Freudian “sublimation,” he says, pointing out how penises and breasts are sometimes hidden amid patterns and sometimes attached to figures. He pauses on a picture of three people, remarking fi rst on their gonads, and then

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noting that even though they’re standing close together, they’re staring past each other in different directions. He admits a certain quality of alienation among his figures, but he’s fine with it: “It’s healthier to admit that you’re kind of messed up than to try to hide it.” Spontaneity is the key. He’ll render any shape or character that occurs to him in the moment of creating, whether it turns out pleasing or grotesque, cubist or abstract or folk, 2- or 3-D. For those attuned, there’s a broader countercultural context here, of regional and national, verbal and visual “beat poet” types.

Cramer cites One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest author, Merry Prankster, and LSD-proponent, Ken Kesey, as an inspiration; he counts Portland’s unofficial poet laureate and Mala Noche author, Walt Curtis, among his friends. He adores Gary Snyder. He digs the poetry of Blake and Wordsworth. In film, he lauds the “disturbing, nightmarish” visions of Hitchcock, Kubrick, and David Lynch. He suggests a few titles I should check out from the library.

Cramer in his kitchen.

When politics come up, Cramer mentions gonzo author Hunter S. Thompson’s low opinion

of the Bush dynasty. And after admitting he’s rooting for Bernie Sanders, he takes a pause on Trump: “I don’t like him, but I understand why people do.”

Why? Impulse?

“Yes! That’s the right word for it.” On some level, his punk side that loved bands like the Sex Pistols can’t help but be drawn to rebellious candor, however appalling. “People should be able to say outrageous stuff.” Impulse may polarize politics, but it drives artists like Cramer.

He’s unable to say why he chose a given subject or shape; it’s just what occurred to him as he went along. Sometimes he enjoys combining his own improvisation with a bit of guidance from a client and seeing what comes out of the collaboration … which brings the conversation to our original point of connection: this magazine’s cover.

“I definitely want to say it was a collaboration with Misty [Tompoles, Artslandia’s publisher.]

She had some clear ideas of what she wanted, and that she wanted the color scheme to be red, white, and blue for a political theme.” From

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there, Cramer contemplated symbols of the arts and Portland. He synthesized his own favorite form of performance art (music) and general impressions of the city (skyscrapers, roses) into an explosive bouquet where you, the viewer, will see “whatever you want to see.” For instance, you might perceive the general shape of a human heart … or you might note that what first appear to be roses could actually also be poppies.

That’s intended, says Cramer. If you’ll follow: Karl Marx called religion “the opium of the people,” and Nietzsche declared art the new religion. By the transitive property, “art is the opium of the masses” — which,

Cramer clarifies, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Having just lost his life partner, photographer Shannon Kraft, to cancer last year, he observed that near the end opiates were the only thing that soothed her pain.

“The poppy became like a god,” he recalls.

And so emerge a painting’s darker tones.

Backstory aside, the piece grabs your eye.

“There’s an immediate impact, and then there’s a sustained impact,” Cramer says of his design. “I like how Willem de Kooning puts it: ‘Content is a glimpse.’”

In this case, a glimpse reveals spontaneity, celebration, and an artistic spirit with an intrinsic sense of place — the same things I found on my visit to the purple house of a Portland artist with nothing to prove.

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RODOLFO ORTEGA

BY DAY

Airline pilot for Horizon Air

BY NIGHT

You’d expect to hear your captain speaking while sitting in seat 25C en route to Vegas, but you probably don’t expect to hear his musical score while watching Shakespeare in Ashland. Rodolfo is a prolific theater composer whose work has been heard not only at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, but in productions of the Bard nationwide, as well as countless other productions around Portland.

In both jobs, I get to see the world from a different view.

The biggest difference?

The price I pay if I make a mistake.

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BERNADETTE LAMARSH

BY DAY

Goatherder for her flock of Nigerian Dwarf goats

BY NIGHT

Bernadette dances and teaches at The Portland Ballet, and recently worked alongside fellow dancer/ educator Anne Mueller on the choreography of Day by Day and Hold, Sway

Every day I start with a pair of muck boots, then exchange them for pointe shoes!

It’s all about discipline and perseverance.

Showmanship is something we talk about in showing goats that you also need as a dancer.

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DAMON KUPPER

BY DAY

Walking tour guide, or “Resident Expert,” in downtown Portland

BY NIGHT

A man who considers himself “lucky enough” to be a working actor in our fair city, Damon has appeared in Great Expectations at Portland Center Stage and Peter and the Starcatcher at Portland Playhouse, along with so many other lauded productions that you’d need a map to keep track of them all.

All the town’s a stage!

It was street theater that first got me excited about performance. Outdoor theater will often be cancelled for inclement weather— but tours, not so much!

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MEGAN WILKERSON

BY DAY

Owner and operator of Pairing Portland Wine Shop & Bar

BY NIGHT

Megan designs set and stage elements for the theater, particularly Artists Repertory Theatre and Bag&Baggage, where she is a resident artist.

In the theater, I’m always researching different time periods, art, or historical events. In the shop, I’m learning wines or new ways to help our business grow and prosper. It’s all about learning new things.

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BodyVox VISIONARY DANCE WITH SOMETHING TO SAY

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: BodyVox’s

consistent ability to deliver the element of surprise, all while moving with the precision and perfection of a well-oiled machine. .

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odyVox, Latin for “voice of the body,” is an internationally renowned dance company that always has something specific to say. “Each piece of our choreography has relationships, tension, and support.

Even if a dance is somewhat abstract, every dance we do has an underlying theme,” says Jamey Hampton, who co-founded BodyVox in 1997 with partner and fellow Emmy Award-winning choreographer, Ashley Roland.

From their creative home in a century-old carriage house in the Pearl District, Roland and Hampton and a small cadre of dedicated dancers draw from a bottomless bag of theater tricks to tell stories (and sometimes even jokes) through movement. Novel lighting and costumes, nontraditional venues, and evolving technologies, such as film projection and motion capture, have all been played to great effect by these mad scientists of movement. The result? A repertoire of original works that they rotate and

reprise by popular demand. BloodyVox, for example, has become a Halloween staple.

2017 will bring BodyVox’s 20-year anniversary, and the company will celebrate by highlighting their partnership with NW Film Center and touring five different countries on three continents. From there, who knows what they’ll get up to? We’re betting they keep adding new bells and whistles that amplify the voice of the body. .

BLOODYVOX OCTOBER 20–29, 2016 VENUE: BodyVox Dance Center TIME: 2:00pm, 7:00pm & 9:00pm

BODYVOX PRESENTS: ARCANE COLLECTIVE DECEMBER 8–10, 2016 VENUE: BodyVox Dance Center TIME: 2:00pm & 7:30pm

URBAN MEADOW JANUARY 19–21, 2017 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 2:00pm & 7:30pm

BODYVOX PRESENTS: SKINNER/KIRK DANCE ENSEMBLE MARCH 23–APRIL 1, 2017 VENUE: BodyVox Dance Center TIME: 2:00pm & 7:30pm

CONTACT DANCE FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 27–29, 2017 VENUE: WEB BODYVOX.COM TEL. 503.229.0627 TICKETS $25 & UP BODYVOX DANCE @BODYVOX BODYVOX TOP: BodyVox. Photo by Basil Childers.

BOTTOM: Urban Meadow. Anna Marra, Brent Luebbert, and Scott Stampone.

Photo by Derrin Battles, Polara Studio.

BodyVox Dance Center

“BodyVox, based in Portland, Ore., approaches dance with a breezy freshness and simplicity that is all its own.”

—The New York Times

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DANCE | CLASSICAL BALLET ACADEMY

Classical Ballet Academy BALLET GREATNESS, NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS

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lassical Ballet Academy, a ballet school in the Sellwood neighborhood, is “welcoming to all dancers, but also intense, professional, and elite,” training a diverse range of dancers in a wide variety of classes. The age span they cover is 2 through adult; the ability spectrum, beginner to pre-professional. Some student dancers have even springboarded from CBA into the most selective programs in the world, including The Alvin Ailey School and the Marymount Manhattan in New York, Ballet West in Utah, Houston Ballet in Texas, and The Bolshoi Ballet in Russia.

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: that

CBA grooms young dancers for grander stages, while creating community among mature learners and dance fans; Annual programming you can set your clock to, that’s brilliant enough to celebrate every time. .

For those of us who’d rather watch ballet than dance it, CBA also puts on a few shows each season: two entirely student-performed holiday ballets, The Nutcracker and a new contemporary ballet classic A Christmas Carol; a contemporary and classical showcase called Dance Collaborations that fundraises for charity; and each May, a full-length classical story ballet (along the lines of Sleeping Beauty or Swan Lake). “CBA productions are never amateurish,” assures Artistic Director Sarah Rigles. “We offer breathtaking dance, exciting choreography, and a first glimpse of the dancers who will command the professional stages of the future!” .

THE NUTCRACKER & CBA CONTEMPORARY PRODUCTION A CHRISTMAS CAROL DECEMBER 21–24, 2016 VENUE:

Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU

DANCE COLLABORATIONS MARCH 18, 2017 VENUE:

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CBA ADJUDICATED SHOWCASE MARCH 19, 2017 VENUE: St. Mary’s Academy

CBA SPRING FULL LENGTH STORY BALLETS MAY 18–21, 2017 VENUE:

Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU

WEB CLASSICALBALLET.NET TEL. 503.890.6101 TICKETS $10–$24 CLASSICAL BALLET ACADEMY @CLASSICALBALLETACADEMYPDX LEFT: The Nutcracker. Photo by Anna Rigles.

RIGHT: Firebird Ballet. Fiona Staczek and Merlin Benneth.

Photo by Reijean Herlinglake.

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CLASSICAL BALLET ACADEMY | DANCE

“Classical Ballet Academy is an environment that nourishes the dancer and forms the person.”

—Jennifer Wilber, CBA Parent

The Dancers of OREGON BALLET THEATRE, with Artistic Director Kevin Irving, let this yellow steel ribbon encompass their multifaceted aesthetic— beautiful, yet sharp; colorful, yet strong; flashy, but with space for contemplation. And like the company’s new home, it’s right on the banks of the Willamette!

Rational Exuberance, Ivan McLean, 2009

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DANCE | JEFFERSON DANCERS

Jefferson Dancers TEEN DANCERS WHO ARE GOING PLACES

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efferson Dancers are not your average high school dance troupe; they’re an elite company of highly skilled pre-professionals—and also, believe it or not, they’re the longest-running dance company in Portland, turning 40 last season!

Unlike most dance companies, which train primarily or exclusively in one form of dance, the Jefferson Dancers learn and perform many dance styles. Their company repertoire includes over 200 works of modern, tap, ballet, jazz, African, ethnic, hip-hop, aerial, and musical theater dance. They perform throughout the year in many settings and have toured nationally and internationally.

Former “J.D.s” (as they’re affectionately called) have springboarded into top-tier dance programs at renowned arts colleges such as Tisch, Juilliard, Cornish, and too many more to name. They’ve joined worldclass dance companies such as MOMIX, Merce Cunningham, Batsheva, and more. And they’ve performed in Broadway productions including Guys and Dolls, Movin’ Out, and Chicago. One program alum, Steve Gonzales, even serves as the company’s artistic director.

Dance fans will marvel at the precision and versatility of this company that elevates high school dance to new heights. .

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JEFFERSON DANCERS | DANCE

FALL GALA NOVEMBER 19, 2016 VENUE: Alberta Abbey TIME: Doors open at 6:30pm

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST DECEMBER 9–24, 2016 VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Collaboration with Pixie Dust Productions

WINTER DANCE RECITAL JANUARY 19, 2017 VENUE: Jefferson High School TIME: 7:00pm

Presented by the Jefferson High School Dance Program

SPRING CONCERT APRIL 27–29, 2017 VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 2:00pm & 7:30pm

SPRING DANCE RECITAL MAY 25, 2017 VENUE: Jefferson High School TIME: 7:00pm

Presented by the Jefferson High School Dance Program

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

that the “J.D.s” aren’t just the pride of Jefferson High, they’re also a highlight of Portland dance overall. .

WEB JEFFERSONDANCERS.ORG TEL. 503.916.5180 TICKETS $18–$28 JEFFERSON DANCERS @JEFFERSONDANCE1 @JEFFERSONDANCERSPDX LEFT: Parallel. Choreography by Lillian Larson.

RIGHT: Remembrance. Choreography by Cynthia Tosh.

Photos by Blaine Covert.

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IN THE HEART OF PORTLAND’S WEST END DISTRICT

p o rt land’s land s ho te l to the ar a ts # STAY L I K E A L O CA L

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NW Dance Project INTREPID INVENTORS OF NEW MANEUVERS

BOLERO + OCTOBER 13–15, 2016

CARMEN + MARCH 16–18, 2017

VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

IN GOOD COMPANY DECEMBER 8–10, 2016

SUMMER SPLENDORS JUNE 8–10, 2017

VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 7:30pm

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W Dance Project’s distinct approach to contemporary dance is crystallized, in a way, by their contemporaries: While other dance companies are named after and guided by a single founding choreographer, NW Dance Project’s Artistic Director, Sarah Slipper, invites many choreographers and gives them free rein to create for the company of classically trained, yet daring and highly physical dancers.

Where other companies license and present previously proven dance pieces, NW Dance Project insists on commissioning, crafting, and premiering only original new works—about 190 since their founding in 2004. “We will not license existing works, ever,” Slipper declares.

“Newness” is a guiding light for NW Dance Project, which always makes quality creative choices with fresh eyes—whether choosing choreographers, dancers, or teachers. “We don’t come into anything with preconceived ideas. We don’t have an ideal body type for dancers or sought after content from choreographers,” Slipper explains. “We try to just help artists be better artists.”

Their other inspiration? The world stage. NW Dance Project has toured the U.S., Canada, Europe, and even Mongolia to broad acclaim.

Four dancers have earned prestigious Princess Grace Awards while with the company. Though all their works are created and premiered in Portland, certainly their happy home, NW Dance Project is unabashedly world-class. .

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ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

that NWDP is a physically, emotionally, and artistically flexible company of dancers with an ever-expanding body of new work. .

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DANCE | NORTHWEST DANCE THEATRE

Northwest Dance Theatre TUALATIN’S PRE-PROFESSIONAL BALLET COMPANY

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orthwest Dance Theatre is a youth ballet company based in Tualatin, Oregon. They present two productions in Portland each season: a Spring Showcase, featuring classical and contemporary works, and a family-oriented Christmas Nutcracker traditionally known as A Nutcracker Tea. Led by founding Artistic Director June TaylorDixon, who also owns and directs June Taylor’s School of Dance, NWDT accepts dancers ages 12 to 18. It serves as a training ground for talented and versatile young artists on their way to becoming professionals. These exceptional dancers leap at the chance to gain more experience onstage, mastering classical and modern works. They also enjoy enriching their community by appearing in NWDT outreach performances at public libraries, local schools, and retirement homes.

In their 28th season, NWDT will reprise their popular A Nutcracker Tea and present a mixed-bill program later in the spring featuring new works plus selections from their impressive repertoire, which includes Peter and the Wolf, Dennis Spaight’s Gloria, Giselle, Paquita, La Bayadere, Les Sylphides, and more. Come celebrate these powerful and compelling dancers in motion! .

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

that NWDT gracefully bridges the gap between beginning and professional dance with family and community-friendly performance. .

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“Absolutely Incredible! Dancing with NWDT has been a dream come true for my daughter.

We love it!”

—NWDT Parent

“The best rendition and performance of The Nutcracker I have ever seen. Congratulations to the performers and everyone involved. Truly a magical event.”

—NWDT Patron

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by James McGrew. RIGHT: A Nutcracker Tea. Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin (guest dancer from Ballet Idaho) and Mia Kimura. Photo by Carrigg Photography & Design.

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NORTHWEST DANCE THEATRE | DANCE

“There is something very special about a younger, amateuraged group of dancers performing close to a professional level.”

—NWDT Patron

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ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: the deft balance OBT strikes by programming both time-honored classical works and boundary-breaking contemporary premieres. .

Oregon Ballet Theatre YOUR LOCAL, WORLD-CLASS DANCERS

GIANTS OCTOBER 8–15, 2016

SWAN LAKE FEBRUARY 18–25, 2017

VENUE: Keller Auditorium TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

VENUE: Keller Auditorium TIME: Thu–Fri 7:30pm;

SERENADE George Balanchine/Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky IN THE MIDDLE, SOMEWHAT ELEVATED COMPANY PREMIERE William Forsythe/Thom Willems GIANTS – WORLD PREMIERE Nicolo Fonte/Franz Liszt Featuring the OBT Orchestra and pianist Hunter Noack for all performances

GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER DECEMBER 10–26, 2016 VENUE: Keller Auditorium TIME: Sat & Sun 2:00pm & 7:30pm;

Select weekdays 2:00pm and/or 7:30pm; Christmas Eve 12:00pm

George Balanchine/Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Featuring the OBT Orchestra for eight performances

Sat–Sun 2:00pm and/or 7:30pm Kevin Irving (after Petipa/Ivanov)/ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Featuring the OBT Orchestra for all performances

TERRA APRIL 13–22, 2017 VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: Thu–Fri 7:30pm;

regon Ballet Theatre stands at the epicenter of Portland’s dance world, with a 27-member professional company that performs both traditional and contemporary ballet, plus a multilevel ballet school that trains dancers in pure classical technique. They’re considered a gold standard for dance in our region, known for articulate, dynamic, and expressive work.

Since their founding in 1989, OBT has had three artistic directors: James Canfield, Christopher Stowell, and now Kevin Irving. Canfield founded the company with a unique, groundbreaking vision, and Stowell expanded its repertoire with notable works by George Balanchine and other ballet greats. Now Irving upholds OBT’s classical legacy while introducing programming that reflects the vigor of the art form, with Portland premieres from internationally acclaimed contemporary choreographers such as resident choreographer Nicolo Fonte, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, and Darrell Grand Moultrie.

The company’s 2016–2017 “Season of Giants” will trace the evolution of dance from czarist Russia to right here and right now, through iconic works by the “giants” of ballet: Petipa’s Swan Lake, Balanchine’s Serenade, Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Duato’s Jardi Tancat. And world premieres by current luminaries Nicolo Fonte and Helen Pickett will explore the future of the art form. Who better than “your local, world-class dancers” to lead the way? .

Sat–Sun 2:00pm and/or 7:30pm PETAL Helen Pickett/Philip Glass and Thomas Montgomery Newman EL NARANJO – COMPANY PREMIERE Nacho Duato/Juan Arteche and Javier Paxario JARDI TANCAT – COMPANY PREMIERE Nacho Duato/Maria del Mar Bonet WORLD PREMIERE Helen Pickett/Jeff Beal

“The performance was a stunning blend of modern and classical dance. I had to remind myself to breathe; I was so caught up in it at all times.” —OBT Patron 98

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WEB OBT.ORG TEL. 503.222.5538 TICKETS $29–$146 OREGON BALLET THEATRE OREGON BALLET @OREGONBALLETTHEATRE1 @OREGONBALLET TOP: Beautiful Decay. Photo by Jingzi Zhao.

BOTTOM: Romeo & Juliet. Peter Franc. Photo by Yi Yin.

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DANCE | THE PORTLAND BALLET

The Portland Ballet YOUTH COMPANY WITH PROFESSIONAL REPERTORY

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he Portland Ballet is an academy and youth company with unique advantages: their teaching staff “provides professionally focused instruction in a warm and nurturing environment”; they offer the area’s only men’s training program led by male instructors; and their close ties to the Balanchine Trust provide students with rare access to dancing masterworks. On a mission to “impart the lineage of ballet to young dancers,” they teach from a foundation of Russian technique. At the same time, they cultivate a learning environment that’s safe, healthy, and creative, believing that “professionally focused training not only prepares students for careers in dance, but provides life skills that launch students towards success in any endeavor.” TPB also actively engages in the community by collaborating with other schools and nonprofits, and by performing at senior centers, libraries, and schools.

This season, the company presents three professionally produced performance series: a holiday program featuring live music, a March series performed by the young artists of the Career Track program dancing to the beloved music of Patsy Cline, and a Tribute to the Ballet Russes in May commemorating the Ballet Russes’ historic 1917 tour to Portland. .

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: TPB’s unparalleled ability to connect young dancers to iconic choreography, to their community, and to appreciative audiences. .

LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE

BY JOHN CLIFFORD NOVEMBER 25–27, 2016 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: TBA

HEARTACHES

BY ANNE MUELLER MARCH 10–12, 2017 VENUE: TPB Studio Theater TIME: TBA

TRIBUTE TO THE BALLET RUSSES MAY 26–27, 2017 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: TBA

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WEB THEPORTLANDBALLET.ORG TEL. 503.452.8448 BOX OFFICE 503.750.3157 TICKETS $5–$35 THE PORTLAND BALLET @THEPDXBALLET @THEPORTLANDBALLET LEFT: Mercury Half-Life (excerpts). Evan Lindsay.

RIGHT: Raymonda Suite. Ethan Myers and Medea Cullumbine-Robertson. Photos by Blaine Truit Covert.

“Glad to see a non-Nutcracker holiday-timed ballet. Took granddaughters (one of whom lives and breathes ballet), and they were delighted, especially seeing dancers afterward in the lobby.”

—TPB Patron

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THE PORTLAND BALLET | DANCE

“Young, gifted, and ready for more.” “...[the dancers] announced with every grand jeté and pas de chat that onstage, dancing, is where and how these young performers live.”

—Martha Ullman West, Oregon ArtsWatch

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EXPERIENCE PORTLAND’S THRIVING PERFORMING ARTS SCENE

BROADWAY

STUMPTOWN

OREGON

CHILDREN’S

IN PORTLAND STAGES THEATRE

OREGON BALLET BIRD

OREGON WHITE

THEATRE DANCE PDX JAZZ

FESTIVAL

SYMPHONY

METROPOLITAN PORTLAND YOUTH SYMPHONY

JEFFERSON

OPERA DANCERS

LITERARY PORTLAND YOUTH

ARTS PHILHARMONIC

PICA

PORTL AND5 .COM

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White Bird Dance PORTLAND’S LINK TO THE WHOLE DANCE WORLD

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: White Bird’s

dual focus on nurturing a close local community while curating dance brilliance from all over the world. .

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hite Bird Dance is Portland’s premiere contemporary dance presenting organization—meaning they curate the best contemporary dance companies in the world and facilitate their performances in Portland. Founded 19 years ago by partners Walter Jaffe and Paul King (and their charismatic cockatoo Barney), White Bird has enticed more than 230 of dance’s biggest names to perform in our humble city, from Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1999 and 2009 to the Martha Graham Company this coming May. Equally prolific in educational outreach, White Bird works each year with Portland Public Schools to deliver a multidisciplinary curriculum inspired by a dance company they’re presenting, which culminates in a free student performance at the Schnitzer for 2,700 students and teachers. They also encourage all visiting companies to offer dance workshops for students and the professional dance community. To further support their season, White Bird deploys a virtual army of grassroots volunteers that they reward with special perks and think of as “an extended family.”

Along with their perennial quest for excellence, a continuing goal has been diversity—both onstage and in the theater seats. This season, White Bird will feature three prominent African American choreographers, and their Power of Gender series will highlight all-male and all-female groups. .

DIAVOLO OCTOBER 6–8, 2016

BALLET DE LORRAINE FEBRUARY 22, 2017

VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:30pm

DANCE SERIES

DANCE SERIES

CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS OCTOBER 13–15, 2016

CUISINE & CONFESSIONS MARCH 2–4, 2017

VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

DANCE SERIES

INBAL PINTO & AVSHALOM POLLAK DANCE CO. OCTOBER 20–22, 2016 VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 8:00pm

UNCAGED

TOP: Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels.

Xin Ying. Photo by Hibbard Nash Photography.

BOTTOM: Life. BalletBoyz. Photo by Hugo Glendinning.

EXCLUSIVE EVENT

COMPANHIA URBANA DE DANÇA MARCH 9–11, 2017 VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 8:00pm

UNCAGED

REGGIE WILSON NOVEMBER 17–19, 2016

RONALD K. BROWN/ EVIDENCE APRIL 6–8, 2017

VENUE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU TIME: 8:00pm

VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

UNCAGED

DANCE SERIES

TAHNI HOLT JANUARY 18–22, 2017

CHE MALAMBO APRIL 25–26, 2017

VENUE: Diver Studio, Reed College TIME: Wed & Thu 8:00pm;

VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:30pm

Fri & Sat 7:00pm & 9:00pm; Sun 7:00pm WEB WHITEBIRD.ORG TEL. 503.245.1600 TICKETS $25 & UP WHITE BIRD DANCE @WHITEBIRDDANCE

VENUE: Newmark Theatre TIME: 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm

UNCAGED

BALLETBOYZ JANUARY 24–25, 2017 VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:30pm

DANCE SERIES

EXCLUSIVE EVENT

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY MAY 10, 2017 VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: 7:30pm

DANCE SERIES

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THEATER | ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE

Artists Repertory Theatre PROVOCATIVE PLAYS ON THE EDGE OF EPIPHANY

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rtists Repertory Theatre is the longest-running professional theater company in Portland. Over their 34 years in operation, they’ve developed serious “rep” in all senses of the term: Repertory, regularly breaking world and regional premieres (six this season). Reputation, for high-quality work with fresh, politically resonant themes. And representation, thanks to a diverse cadre of resident artists and culturally eclectic season curation.

When you attend an event in the big red Artists Repertory Theatre building, don’t assume it’s put on by the Artists Rep company itself.

Because the company shares their building with several other arts groups, collectively known as the “ArtsHub,” you may want to doublecheck your program to find out which company’s show you’re seeing.

The good news is, with several companies sharing this city block-sized building, there’s always something going on!

Artists Rep’s two stages are each relatively small, just a few hundred seats, while their vision, quality, and scope of storytelling is far larger. Hence, Artists Rep’s delivery of theater is particularly intimate and direct. That’s no accident. Challenge, risk, and provocation are part of their rep. .

TREVOR SEPTEMBER 6– OCTOBER 2,2016 VENUE:

Morrison Stage

By Nick Jones

AMERICAN HERO OCTOBER 4–30,2016 VENUE:

Alder Stage

By Bess Wohl

A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL CELEBRATION NOVEMBER 22– DECEMBER 23,2016 VENUE: Alder Stage

By Paula Vogel; A collaboration with Staged!

MARJORIE PRIME FEBRUARY 7–MARCH 5,2017 VENUE:

Alder Stage

By Jordan Harrison

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American Hero and A Civil War Christmas, both of which stare down the election with frank examinations of America’s past and present. .

“I have always loved [Artists Rep] for their sense of intimacy and playing to the heart.”

—Artists Repertory Theatre Patron

FEATHERS AND TEETH MARCH 7–APRIL 2,2017 VENUE:

Morrison Stage

By Charise Castro Smith

THE TALENTED ONES APRIL 25–MAY 21,2017 VENUE:

Morrison Stage

By Yussef El Guindi

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST MAY 16–JUNE 11,2017 VENUE:

Morrison Stage

By Oscar Wilde

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WEB ARTISTSREP.ORG TEL. 503.241.1278 TICKETS $25–$60 ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE @ARTISTSREP LEFT: We Are Proud To Present A Presentation About The Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known As South West Africa, From The German Sudwestafrika, Between The Years 1884-1915. Chantal DeGroat, Vin Shambry, Joseph Gibson, Joshua J. Weinstein,Rebecca Ridenour. RIGHT: Cuba Libre. German Alexander, Oscar Trujillo, Nican Robinson, Penelope Armstead-Williams, Poundo Gomis, Sun-Tzu Dunmore, Julana Torres. Photos by Owen Carey.

ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE | THEATER

“We love that Artists Rep does plays that are relevant, complex, and thoughtprovoking.”

—Artists Repertory Theatre Patron

The Dancers of OREGON BALLET THEATRE, with Artistic Director Kevin Irving, let this yellow steel ribbon encompass their multifaceted aesthetic— beautiful, yet sharp; colorful, yet strong; flashy, but with space for contemplation. And like the company’s new home, it’s right on the banks of the Willamette!

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THEATER | BAG&BAGGAGE

Bag&Baggage VIVACIOUS CLASSICS AND AUDACIOUS DRAMA

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ag&Baggage Productions, as their name suggests, used to take their shows on the road.

Before settling in Hillsboro, this bold and hearty theater company traveled all over Oregon delivering their own unique interpretations of classic English and American plays. In fact, you might recognize the phrase “bag and baggage” straight from Shakespeare.

In 2008, B&B hung their hats at Hillsboro’s historic Venetian Theatre, and they’ve been regaling audiences ever since with their reliably witty, irreverent, and stylish plays. They love to test how far the classics can stretch. They often re-cast Shakespeare’s most commanding male characters as women; they sometimes adapt— and twist—classic literature into plays; “...and we do over-the-top farce comedies!” adds Artistic Director Scott Palmer. “People know us for that.”

This season, Bag&Baggage will rewrite history again, undertaking The Drowning Girls (a reframing of real life, mid-20th century murders) and Brontë (an intimate portrait of literary sisters). All six of the season’s plays will expound on themes of evolution and adaptation—a mood the company’s feeling as they prepare to move out of the Venetian and into a nearby, newly designed Hillsboro theater home of their dreams. .

“Imaginative. Fun. Top talent. Never dull.

We’ve subscribed for six seasons and have loved every show!”

WEB BAGNBAGGAGE.ORG BOX OFFICE 503.345.9590 TICKETS $16–$32 BAGNBAGGAGE @BAG_N_BAGGAGE LEFT: Moby Dick, Rehearsed. Kymberli Colbourne as Captain Ahab. Photo by Casey Campbell Photography. RIGHT: Miracle On 43rd Street. Chase Fulton as Donald, Clara Hillier as Felicity, Jessica Geffen as Lana, and Gary Strong as Winston. Photo

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—Winston Saunders, B&B Patron

“Bag&Baggage is my favorite theater company in Portland, even if they aren't really in Portland...you know what I mean.”

—Noel Arnold, B&B Patron

BAG&BAGGAGE | THEATER

“B&B shows are the definition of not to be missed. Always great, thought-provoking entertainment.”

— Sonya Hoatson, B&B Patron

CORIOLANUS, OR THE ROMAN MATRON JULY 7–23, 2016 VENUE: Tom Hughes Civic Center Plaza TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm

Adapted by Thomas Sheridan from William Shakespeare

THE GRADUATE SEPTEMBER 8– OCTOBER 2, 2016 VENUE: The Venetian Theatre TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

By Buck Henry, Terry Johnson, Charles Webb, and Calder Willingham; Adapted from the novel The Graduate by Charles Webb and the 1967 film The Graduate

THE DROWNING GIRLS OCTOBER 13–31, 2016 VENUE: The Venetian Theatre TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

By Beth Graham, Daniela Vlaskalic, and Charlie Thomlinson

PARFUMERIE NOVEMBER 25– DECEMBER 23, 2016 VENUE: The Venetian Theatre TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

By Miklos Laszlo, adapted by EP Dowdall

BRONTË MARCH 2–19, 2017 VENUE: The Venetian Theatre TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

By Polly Teale

NOISES OFF MAY 4–21, 2017 VENUE: The Venetian Theatre TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

By Michael Frayn

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

The Dancers of OREGON BALLET THEATRE, with Artistic Director Kevin Irving, let this yellow steel ribbon encompass their multifaceted aesthetic—beautiful, yet sharp; colorful, yet strong; flashy, but with space for contemplation. And like the company’s new home, it’s right on the banks of the Willamette!

Noises Off, a clever farce full of backstage action that will suit B&B's sensibilities to a tee. .

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THEATER

Boom Arts A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE TAKES CENTER STAGE

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

Boom Arts’ full seasons of the kind of fearless, original performances we’re more used to seeing at international festivals, offering a rare chance to engage more deeply. .

THE WONG STREET JOURNAL OCTOBER 13–23, 2016 VENUE: The Headwaters Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

Created and performed by Kristina Wong

ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT: TWO WORKS DECEMBER 8–11, 2016 VENUE: The Headwaters Theatre TIME: 7:30pm

Asking for It and One-Trick Pony

GLOBAL VOICES LAB: INTERNATIONAL PLAYS IN TRANSLATION FEBRUARY 3–11, 2017

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oom Arts is one of Portland’s most thoughtprovoking live performance presenters. Guided by imaginative curator Ruth Wikler-Luker—a multilingual, world-traveling former contemporary circus director who counts Bertolt Brecht and Charlie Chaplin among her many influences—Boom Arts’ programming seeks to demonstrate “the power of the artist-audience encounter to change our perspectives, enrich our lives, and even catalyze social change.”

Asking for It, and her newest provocation, One-Trick Pony. The new Global Voices Lab will feature readings and workshops of new plays from Turkey, Peru, and other countries. Chilean puppet troupe Silencio Blanco (“White Silence”) performs a spellbinding fable about a Chilean miner and his wife. And Spiritrials, by Def Poetry Jam alum Dahlak Brathwaite, is a hip-hop theater meditation on faith, drug policy, the criminal justice system, and human imperfection.

And Boom Arts’ fifth season certainly packs a punch: Kristina Wong’s Wong Street Journal is a comically irreverent and self-deprecating look at how Americans handle being on the winning side of global inequality.

Critically acclaimed performer Adrienne Truscott returns by popular demand with both her comedic skewering of rape culture,

“Our programming’s provocative, global, and relevant,” says Wikler-Luker. “We’re proud of our social conscience and our global view.” .

VENUE: Lincoln Hall Studio Theatre, PSU

& Cascade Campus, PCC TBA

TIME:

Featuring plays from Austria, Peru, Turkey, and more

CHIFLÓN: EL SILENCIO DEL CARBÓN (THE SILENCE OF COAL) MARCH 8 & 9, 2017 Reed College Performing Arts Building TIME: 7:30pm VENUE:

Created and performed by Silencio Blanco (Chile)

SPIRITRIALS APRIL 21–30, 2017 VENUE: Disjecta Contemporary Art Center TIME: 7:30pm

Created and performed by Dahlak Brathwaite

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WEB BOOMARTS.ORG TEL. 503.567.1644 BOX OFFICE 866.811.4111 TICKETS $12–$30 BOOM ARTS PDX @BOOMARTSPDX TOP: Kristina Wong. Photo courtesy of the artist.

BOTTOM: Silencio Blanco. Photo by Lorenzo Mella.

THEATER

U.S. Bank Broadway in Portland “WILLKOMMEN, BIENVENUE, WELCOME!”

BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL NOVEMBER 1–6, 2016 TIME: Tue–Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE DECEMBER 22–24, 2016 VENUE: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall TIME: Thu & Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm

FINDING NEVERLAND JANUARY 3–8, 2017 TIME: Tue–Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

RENT JANUARY 20–22, 2017 TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: the one

organization that makes it possible to see full-scale Broadway shows in Portland! World-class offerings like these keep Portland on the cultural map. .

WEB BROADWAYINPORTLAND.COM TEL. 503.241.1802 BROADWAY IN PORTLAND @BROADWAYINPORTLAND @BROADWAYPDX TOP: Beautiful. 1650 Broadway. From left: Curt Bouril (“Don Kirshner”), Liam Tobin (“Gerry Goffin”), Abby Mueller (“Carole King”), Ben Fankhauser (“Barry Mann”), Becky Gulsvig (“Cynthia Weil”), and the company of Beautiful.

Photo by Joan Marcus. BOTTOM: Matilda. “Revolting Children.” Evan Gray (“Bruce”) and the company of Matilda The Musical. National tour. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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THE ILLUSIONISTS JANUARY 31– FEBRUARY 5, 2017

.S. Bank Broadway in Portland brings hit shows direct from Broadway right into the heart of Portland for us to enjoy, curating each season with “something for everyone,” including revived classics, brand-new musicals, comedies, and family favorites. Most of their shows take place at the Keller Auditorium, one of our city’s grandest and most centrally located venues.

TIME: Tue–Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

Broadway in Portland is thrilled to present their 2016–2017 season, promising Broadway’s signature magic. “See how a teenage girl became one of the music industry’s most legendary songwriters in Beautiful - The Carole King Musical. Watch acrobats soar through a winter wonderland in Cirque Dreams Holidaze. Never grow up with a little pixie dust and the incredible story behind Peter Pan in Finding Neverland. Celebrate life, love, and the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking musical Rent. Let seven of the most extraordinary illusionists on earth blow your mind with The Illusionists. Meet the most miraculous kid imaginable in Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical.

Relive the thrill of the ulitmate feel good musical Mamma Mia! Get the backstory of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons in Jersey Boys.

Experience an American soldier’s postwar romance in the city of lights in An American in Paris.

And finally, you’re invited to an evening at the infamous Kit Kat Klub with Broadway’s definitive Tony®winning masterpiece, Cabaret.” .

TIME: Tue–Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

MATILDA THE MUSICAL FEBRUARY 28– MARCH 5, 2017 MAMMA MIA! MARCH 24–26, 2017 TIME: Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

JERSEY BOYS APRIL 18–23, 2017 TIME: Tue–Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS MAY 16–21, 2017 TIME: Tue–Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm

CABARET JUNE 27–JULY 2, 2017 TIME: Tue–Fri 7:30pm; Sat 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sun 1:00pm & 6:30pm VENUE (ALL): Keller Auditorium, unless otherwise noted

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Broadway Rose Theatre Company JUST A HOP, SKIP, AND A SONG OFF-BROADWAY

FLY BY NIGHT SEPTEMBER 22– OCTOBER 23, 2016 VENUE: New Stage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

A VERY MERRY PDX-MAS NOVEMBER 23– DECEMBER 22, 2016 VENUE: New Stage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

COMPANY JANUARY 26– FEBRUARY 26, 2017 VENUE: New Stage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

BEEHIVE APRIL 13–MAY 14, 2017 ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

Broadway Rose’s tippy-toe balance between perfectionism and playfulness. .

“Broadway Rose is a real gem in the Portland suburban area… if you are interested in both unique productions as well as well-known Broadway standards, Broadway Rose is the place to be!”

—Broadway Rose Patron

VENUE: New Stage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

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roadway Rose Theatre is a thriving musical theater in a suburban pocket of Portland: Tigard, Oregon. True to their name, they uphold the heightened performance standards of traditional Broadway with glossy costumes, kooky humor, strong singing, and nimble choreography. Beloved by their Tigard community and sought out by Portland crowds, Broadway Rose has long since put down roots and is now sitting pretty.

Since the company was founded 25 years ago by two actor couples— including one Tigard native—they’ve grown into a thriving, wellfunded nonprofit, raising an annual budget of about $2 million and engaging more than 250 volunteers. Meanwhile, partnerships with community groups like the Tigard-Tualatin School District, the local Chamber of Commerce, and the Tigard Rotary have helped Broadway Rose maintain a stable presence in their city over the years: To this day, they still perform each summer at the same local high school venue they started in (the Deb Fennell Auditorium), and co-founder Dan Murphy still delivers pre-show curtain speeches.

For consistency, community, and reliable razzle dazzle for years to come, look no further than Broadway Rose. .

WEB BROADWAYROSE.ORG BOX OFFICE 503.620.5262 TICKETS $20–$50; ALL CHILDREN’S MUSICALS $10

THE ADDAMS FAMILY JUNE 29–JULY 23, 2017 VENUE: Deb Fennell Auditorium TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

GYPSY AUGUST 3–20, 2017 VENUE: Deb Fennell Auditorium TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

TRAILS SEPTEMBER 21– OCTOBER 22, 2017 VENUE: New Stage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

YOUR HOLIDAY HIT PARADE NOVEMBER 22– DECEMBER 21, 2017 VENUE: New Stage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

BROADWAY ROSE THEATRE COMPANY @BROADWAY_ROSE BROADWAYROSETHEATRE TOP: Thoroughly Modern Millie. Claire Avakian and Company. Photo by Craig Mitchelldyer.

BOTTOM: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Center: Troy Pennington. Surrounding, clockwise from left: Alexander Salazar, Brian Demar Jones, David Swadis, Catherine Olson, Danielle Purdy, and Audrey Voon. Photo by Craig Mitchelldyer.

“I walk away with a big smile on my face after every performance!”

—Broadway Rose Patron

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Imago Theatre ADULT ABSURDISM AND KID-FRIENDLY PUPPETRY

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

that Imago presents challenging absurdism for adult audiences, yet also creates splendidly engaging puppetry and mime for all ages. .

HUGHIE SEPTEMBER 2–18, 2016

By Eugene O’Neill

LA BELLE DECEMBER 9, 2016– JANUARY 2, 2017

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asks, movement, puppetry, and clowning...and dare we add “mime?” These are Imago Theatre’s performance specialties. Trained in the European Jacques Lecoq method of performance (think Cirque du Soleil), partners Jerry Mouawad and Carol Triffle have spent 35-odd years creating shows that are at turns whimsical, witty, suspenseful, and sophisticated. And each winter, they present a show to delight all ages.

From their cornerstone theater in Southeast Portland, Imago has conceived of everything from brooding “operas without words” to edgy “anti-theater” pieces, attracting theater arts connoisseurs. But their highest profi le creations to date have been a kidfriendly series of animal-costumed vignettes called

By Carol Triffle and Jerry Mouawad

MEDEA APRIL 28–MAY 28, 2017

By Euripides; in a new version by Ben Power of the National Theatre, London

BYE BYE CLARA JUNE 9–JULY 2, 2017 WORLD PREMIERE

By Carol Triffle VENUE (ALL): Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave. TIME (ALL): See website

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WEB IMAGOTHEATRE.COM TEL. 503.231.9581 TICKETS $15–$39 IMAGO THEATRE @IMAGOTHEATRE TOP: La Belle. Jim Vadala. Photo by Kyle Delamarter.

BOTTOM: Medea. Photo by Jerry Mouawad.

Biglittlethings, ZooZoo, and Frogz (with a “z”). After 30-plus years of world touring and packing houses in Portland, those shows were finally retired to make room for new projects.

So what’s next for these mad imaginers? Well, they’ve spent three years perfecting a new puppetry masterpiece based on Beauty and the Beast— La Belle—that’s set to debut this winter. Mouawad calls it “a spectacle using thousands of gears in the world of the automaton”—to the layman, a clockwork/ steampunk aesthetic. As for the rest of the season, look for “A ‘night-chamberlike’ staging of an O’Neill classic (Hughie); Greek tragedy on a tipping stage (Medea); and lots of spaghetti (Bye Bye Clara)!” .

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Lakewood Theatre Company LAKE OSWEGO’S BEST SOURCE OF DRAMA

1776 SEPTEMBER 9– OCTOBER 16, 2016

VENUE: Headlee Mainstage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm;

Sun 2:00pm & 7:00pm Directed by Kurt Raimer

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akewood Theatre Company began in 1952, when residents of Lake Oswego decided their Portland-proximal town needed more than their namesake lake...they needed a theater company to be complete!

The resultant “Oswego Players” spent their first nine years performing on middle and high school stages until they acquired a vacated church building in 1961. By 1979, they’d dramatically outgrown that space and established a more permanent home.

Lakewood Center for the Arts—a regional facility with two theaters, an art gallery, an arts preschool, dance studios, and gathering rooms— now accommodates the longest continuously running theater company in the Portland metro area and the largest arts provider in Clackamas County. They host over 200 performances a year, including plays, musicals, and youth productions. Lakewood also organizes, creates, and produces an annual three-day arts education event, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts.

This year (Lakewood’s 64th) the company presents a balance of surefire favorites and adventurous forays. They’ll mount three TonyAwarded Best Musicals; they’ll give two shows, Nine and 1776, a Portland-area debut; and they’ll plunge into one dark comedy of manners, God of Carnage.

Those founders were right: you can’t create a community without a little drama. .

TENDERLOIN OCTOBER 21 & 22, 2016

VENUE: Side Door Stage TIME: Fri 7:00pm; Sat 2:00 & 7:00pm

LOST TREASURES COLLECTION Curated by Ron Daum

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS NOVEMBER 4– DECEMBER 11, 2016 VENUE: Headlee Mainstage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm;

Sun 2:00pm & 7:00pm Directed by Don Alder

LAKEWOOD IN CITY LIGHTS NOVEMBER 19, 2016 VENUE:

Sentinel Hotel, Portland

Performances, dinner, and auctions to fundraise for Rising Stars and our education programs

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER ON THE NILE JANUARY 6– FEBRUARY 12, 2017

SEESAW FEBRUARY 17 & 18, 2017

VENUE: Side Door Stage TIME: Fri 7:00pm; Sat 2:00 & 7:00pm

LOST TREASURES COLLECTION Curated by Ron Daum

GOD OF CARNAGE MARCH 3–APRIL 9, 2017 VENUE: Headlee Mainstage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm;

Sun 2:00pm & 7:00pm Directed by Antonio Sonera

HOW NOW DOW JONES APRIL 14 & 15, 2017

VENUE: Side Door Stage TIME: Fri 7:00pm; Sat 2:00 & 7:00pm

LOST TREASURES COLLECTION Curated by Ron Daum

GODSPELL APRIL 28–JUNE 11, 2017 VENUE: Headlee Mainstage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm;

Sun 2:00pm & 7:00pm Directed by Michael Snider

VENUE (ALL PERFORMANCES):

Lakewood Center for the Arts 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego

VENUE: Headlee Mainstage TIME: Thu–Sat 7:30pm;

Sun 2:00pm & 7:00pm

Directed by Nancy McDonald

WEB LAKEWOOD-CENTER.ORG BOX OFFICE 503.635.3901 TICKETS $20–$37; STUDENT DISCOUNT OF $20 WITH A VALID HIGH SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY ID LAKEWOOD CENTER FOR THE ARTS @LAKEWOODTHEATRE

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

Lakewood’s firm finger on the city’s pulse.

From family dynamics to financial industry investments, these themes are timeless, timely...or both? .

TOP: Anything Goes. Amy Jo Halliday, Brian Demar Jones, Shawn Rogers. BOTTOM: Golden Boy. Ty Boice and Tabitha Trosen. Photos by Triumph Photography.

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ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

Milagro’s commitment to new theater and dynamic voices which often speak passionately to real life issues in both English and Spanish! .

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ilagro—or in English, “Miracle”—is Portland’s go-to for Latino theater and arts, building community and cross-cultural connections since José González and Dañel Malán founded the company 1985. As Milagro puts it, “Diversity and inclusion are core to Milagro’s vision; our work reaches young and old, contemporary and classic, and branches into every corner of human experience, exploring ageold themes and modern dilemmas.” They also favor new works, from regional debuts to world premieres.

Every fall, Milagro unveils a new celebration of Día de Muertos, filling their community space, El Zócalo, with a curated collection of altars and putting on a special play to honor the departed. This annual celebration—a rotating pageant of skeletal spirits, soulful ballads, and tokens of remembrance—has become a jewel of Milagro’s season, marking the sacred holiday while educating the broader Portland community about pre-Hispanic traditions.

Meanwhile, education is the main focus of Teatro Milagro, a program that takes the theater’s original bilingual plays on tour and coordinates school residencies in diverse and underserved communities across the nation.

Season 33 will explore an achingly relevant theme, “home,” from many angles and will culminate with a brand-new musical inspired by the Cuban zarzuela. In summary: “We entertain our audiences. We give them pause to think, feel, and imagine; and through the cultural lens of Latinidad, we reflect the full spectrum of humanity.” .

Milagro A GIFT FROM LATINO THEATER TO OUR COMMUNITY

VENUE: All performances held at Milagro’s home theater, 525 SE Stark St.

EL MUERTO VAGABUNDO: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS OCTOBER 13– NOVEMBER 6, 2016 TIME:

Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

WORLD PREMIERE Conceived and directed by Georgina Escobar

POSADA MILAGRO DECEMBER 18, 2016 COMMUNITY EVENT Annual Christmas celebration

EL PAYASO JANUARY 12–21, 2017 TIME:

Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

WORLD PREMIERE

By Emilio Rodriguez

WEB MILAGRO.ORG TEL. 503.236.7253 TICKETS $27–$32 MILAGROPDX @MILAGROTHEATRE TOP: Contigo Pan y Cebolla. Roberto Astorga, Freila Merencio, Amalia Morris. Photo by Russell J. Young. BOTTOM: Searching for Aztlán. Photo by Sylvia Malan-Gonzalez.

SWIMMING WHILE DROWNING FEBRUARY 9–25, 2017 TIME:

Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

WORLD PREMIERE

By Emilio Rodriguez

LYDIA MARCH 16–APRIL 8, 2017 TIME:

Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

By Octavio Solis

ÓYE OYÁ APRIL 27–MAY 27 TIME:

Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

WORLD PREMIERE

By Rodolfo Ortega and Rebecca Martinez

“I’ve been attending plays at [Milagro] for several years, and I’m consistently impressed with the performances. The plays tend to explore interesting and complex issues.”

—Beth D., Milagro Patron

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Northwest Film Center PROJECTING A LONG-TERM LOVE OF FILM IN OREGON

24TH PORTLAND JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL JUNE 15–29, 2016 TOP DOWN: ROOFTOP CINEMA JULY 14–AUGUST 25, 2016 VENUE: Hotel deLuxe Rooftop TIME: Doors 7:00pm; Music 8:00pm;

Screening 9:00pm

NEW SCANDINAVIAN CINEMA OCTOBER 21–30, 2016 NORTHWEST FILMMAKERS’ FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 10–18, 2016 34TH REEL MUSIC FESTIVAL JANUARY 13– FEBRUARY 5, 2017 THE 40TH PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 9–26, 2017 CONTACT DANCE APRIL 27–29, 2017 NORTHWEST TRACKING PROGRAMS ONGOING

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: how

NW Film Center’s mainstay festivals accommodate such a great range of intriguing cinema, from animated shorts to international masterpieces. .

VENUES/TIMES: For specific film and venue information, see nwfilm.org

“I am really grateful to the Northwest Film Center for showing such a thoughtful and diverse selection of films, not only during PIFF but also throughout the year. Its selections are truly world class, and it really makes me feel lucky to live in Portland.”

—NW Film Center Patron

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WEB NWFILM.ORG TEL. 503.221.1156 TICKETS $6–$9; SPECIAL PRICING FOR

PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND OUTDOOR CINEMA PROGRAMS

NW FILM CENTER @NWFILMCENTER TOP: Top Down: Rooftop Cinema. Photo by Nick Bruno.

BOTTOM: Director Gus Van Sant during the 2015 series Essential Gus Van Sant. Photo by Nicole Weinstock.

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orthwest Film Center is Portland’s foremost institution for film study and appreciation. For 45 years and counting, they’ve been offering workshops and classes in a variety of film media, supporting film artists regionwide, and curating a wealth of film festivals: The Portland International Film Festival, the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, and many more!

While other art house theaters often show rare, vintage, and indie films as one-offs, Northwest Film Center groups nearly all of their selections by theme. A fleet of films may spotlight a region, an era, an artistic movement, or even one artist—but regardless, says Nick Bruno, “we connect the dots.”

This year, Northwest Film Center looks forward to presenting their traditional roster of festivals, many of which are celebrating big birthdays. The Portland International Film Festival turns 40; the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival is 43; Reel Music, a showcase of music films, is 34; and the Portland Jewish Film Fest is 24. A fresh addition to the lineup is New Scandanavian Cinema, a showcase of uniquely “Nordic treasures.” If you’re serious about studying film, or you just love watching nonblockbusters to get a fresh perspective, Northwest Film Center should be your focus. .

Strengthening the Portland theatre community for MORE THAN 25 YEARS! www.portlandtheatre.com

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THEATER | NW CHILDREN’S THEATER

NW Children’s Theater THEATER THAT'S AS PLAYFUL AS KIDS ARE

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orthwest Children’s Theater creates playful shows for very young audiences (such as their adaptation of popular Elephant & Piggie books), puts on a top quality musical each holiday season (last year, Mary Poppins; this year, The Wizard of Oz), and debuts original productions with multicultural inf luences (Bollywood-dancing The Jungle Book, trilingual fable The Sun Serpent). Their space is a repurposed century-old Christian Science church, a unique and welcoming venue that still has its original wooden pews.

In addition to staging five plays each year, NWCT also runs a robust educational program and teaches more than 100 classes in Portlandarea schools, making them the largest kids theater school in Oregon.

NWCT knows that child audiences prefer to be shown, not told—so their stage creations tend to be cartoonishly colorful and larger than life. This season, they look forward to trying something particularly novel: a version of Sleeping Beauty with puppets “acting” right alongside people. Sounds like a young audience’s dream come true! .

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

NW Children's Theater's lighthearted, colorful style! Kids are easily swept up in the excitement of a NWCT show. .

“My son’s experiences at NWCT have been nothing short of wonderful. This warm, embracing theater community lights him up like nothing else.”

—NWCT Parent

DR. SEUSS’S THE CAT IN THE HAT SEPTEMBER 24– OCTOBER 23, 2016 TIME:

Sat & Sun 10:00am & 1:00pm

THE TAIL OF SLEEPING BEAUTY...

WITH PUPPETS! JANUARY 28– FEBRUARY 26, 2017 TIME:

ROCK THE PRESIDENTS SEPTEMBER 30– OCTOBER 22, 2016

ROBIN HOOD APRIL 22–MAY 21, 2017

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Fri, Sat & Sun 6:00pm

THE WIZARD OF OZ DECEMBER 3, 2016– JANUARY 2, 2017

TIME: Sat, Sun & Special holiday weekdays 12:00pm & 4:30pm

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Sat & Sun 12:00pm & 4:00pm

VENUE (ALL): NWCT’s Theater, 1819 NW Everett St.

WEB NWCTS.ORG BOX OFFICE 503.222.4480 REGISTRATION 503.222.2190 TICKETS $13–$25 NORTHWEST CHILDRENS THEATER @NWCHILDRENSTHEATER @NWCTWEETS LEFT: Elephant & Piggie. John Ellingson and Joellen Sweeney. RIGHT: The Little Mermaid. Katie McClanan, Brendan Long, and Kaylee Bair. Photos by David Kinder.

NW CHILDREN’S THEATER | THEATER

“NWCT has tremendous respect for the intelligence of children, and that respect is evident in the experiences with the arts they provide.”

—The Mackays, NWCT Parents

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THEATER | OREGON CHILDREN'S THEATRE

Oregon Children’s Theatre THEATER THAT TREATS KIDS LIKE PEOPLE

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regon Children’s Theatre may put on kids plays, but don’t expect them to recite you any nursery rhymes. This contemporary company commissions at least one world-premiere script each year— this year, three: Goosebumps the Musical, Fly Guy: The Musical, and Flora & Ulysses—based on the books that kids are reading right now and the lives that young people lead.

OCT also educates and transforms lives, running an Acting Academy that helps young thespians gain skills and confidence, encouraging reading through their “Ticket to Read” program, and delivering performances and residencies in Oregon schools and communities.

Because OCT casts age appropriate actors—kids in kid roles; adults as adults—many of the Academy’s acting students are able to bring their new found skills straight to the OCT stage.

Each year, OCT also accepts 60 kids into their in-house teen company, Young Professionals, where adolescent performers get to work on advanced skills like improv and cut their teeth on more mature dramatic themes.

Armed with this pre-professional savvy, many YP alumni have gone on to prestigious college theater programs nationwide.

With a mission “to create exceptional theater experiences that transform lives,” it’s clear that OCT wants to leave a lasting impression— on actors and audiences alike. .

GOOSEBUMPS THE MUSICAL: PHANTOM OF THE AUDITORIUM OCTOBER 22– NOVEMBER 20, 2016 VENUE:

Newmark Theatre

FLY GUY: THE MUSICAL JANUARY 14– FEBRUARY 12, 2017 VENUE:

Newmark Theatre

FLORA & ULYSSES FEBRUARY 25– MARCH 26, 2017 VENUE:

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TOMÁS & THE LIBRARY LADY APRIL 1–23, 2017 VENUE:

Winningstad Theatre

PINKALICIOUS: THE MUSICAL MAY 6–JUNE 4, 2017 VENUE:

Newmark Theatre

Please visit octc.org for showtimes.

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ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

Oregon Children's Theatre willingness to take risks on new work to keep children's theater relevant to the kids of today. .

“I appreciate the care, concern, and professionalism the staff has in growing our kids! Thank you!”

“I loved the environment in the class. I made so many great friends that I know will be there for me.”

—OCT Parent

—OCT Student

WEB OCTC.ORG TEL. 503.228.9571 TICKETS $14–$32 OREGON CHILDRENS THEATRE @OCTPORTLAND LEFT: James and the Giant Peach. Featured actress: Aida Valentine. Photo by Owen Carey. RIGHT: Junie B. Jones. Kai Tomizawa as Junie. Photo by Owen Carey.

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“Delighted to see OCT doing original, world-premiere work.

My kids were thrilled to see their favorite book character come to life onstage!”

—OCT Patron ARTSLANDIA 2016–2017

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THEATER | PORTLAND CENTER STAGE

Portland Center Stage PORTLAND THEATER’S MOST MAJOR PLAYER

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: Portland Center Stage’s bold commitment to Northwest Stories this season. We can hardly wait to celebrate our region by retracing the Oregon Trail, exploring Astoria, and rocking out with Oregon-born band Blitzen Trapper! .

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ortland Center Stage is, by all measures, a major player. They’re the largest professional producing theater company in the city, and they literally “hold the fort” downtown, operating for the past 10 years out of the Pearl District’s gorgeously restored Armory building.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS SEPTEMBER 10– OCTOBER 16, 2016

By Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

HOLD THESE TRUTHS OCTOBER 1– NOVEMBER 13, 2016 VENUE: Ellyn Bye Studio

NORTHWEST STORIES

By Jeanne Sakata

THE OREGON TRAIL OCTOBER 29– NOVEMBER 20, 2016 NORTHWEST STORIES

By Bekah Brunstetter

THE SANTALAND DIARIES NOVEMBER 26– DECEMBER 24, 2016 VENUE: Ellyn Bye Studio

By David Sedaris; Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello

HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN NOVEMBER 30– DECEMBER 30, 2016

By Hershey Felder

ASTORIA: PART ONE JANUARY 14– FEBRUARY 12, 2017 NORTHWEST STORIES WORLD PREMIERE

By Chris Coleman; Based on the book by Peter Stark

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HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW FEBRUARY 4– MARCH 19, 2017 VENUE: Ellyn Bye Studio

By Larry Parr; A musical biography of Ethel Waters

WILD AND RECKLESS: A NEW MUSICAL EVENT FROM BLITZEN TRAPPER MARCH 16–APRIL 30, 2017 NORTHWEST STORIES WORLD PREMIERE

Started in 1988 as an offshoot of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the company made a clean break in 1994—but they retained their penchant for the classics as they gradually introduced new works. These days, PCS puts on a range of shows, from classics, to musicals, to contemporary scripts—many of which they workshop in-house via their annual summer staged-reading series, the JAW Festival. More than 55 plays developed at PCS have since spun out into about 175 productions worldwide. This season, PCS will focus on the homefront, launching a Northwest Stories series of four plays with strong local roots, two of which are brand-new commissions.

Beyond the stage, PCS offers community labs, workshops, and free fun events all season long. They also work with other arts, civic, and social service groups to connect the stories they tell onstage to the broader issues in society. The result? A theater community stronghold that continues to grow.

LAUREN WEEDMAN DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE MARCH 17–APRIL 30, 2017 WORLD PREMIERE

By Lauren Weedman

“They go above and beyond again and again, both in the quality of their productions and in their customer service.”

MARY’S WEDDING APRIL 15–MAY 28, 2017 VENUE: Ellyn Bye Studio

By Stephen Massicotte

CONSTELLATIONS MAY 13–JUNE 18, 2017

By Nick Payne; Starring Silas Weir Mitchell and Bree Turner (Monroe and Rosalee on NBC’s Grimm)

JAW: A PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL JULY 27–29, 2017 Portland Center Stage’s annual festival of new works offers staged readings that are free and open to the public

WEB PCS.ORG TEL. 503.445.3700 TICKETS $25–$75; $20 RUSH PORTLAND CENTER STAGE @PCS_ARMORY LEFT: Stupid F-ing Bird. Katie deBuys.

RIGHT: Ain’t Misbehavin’. David Jennings, Olivia Phillip, André Ward, Maiesha McQueen, DeMone.

Photos by Patrick Weishampel/blankeye.tv

—Portland Center Stage Patron

“The shows are always stellar; the building is beautiful and eco-friendly; the volunteers and staff are super helpful.”

—Portland Center Stage Patron

Gerding Theater at the Armory; U.S. Bank Main Stage, unless otherwise noted TIME (ALL): Tue–Sun 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm; Thu matinees noon

VENUE (ALL):

Date ranges include preview performances

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“Every show is thought-provoking, as well as entertaining.”

—Portland Center Stage Patron

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THEATER | PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE

Portland Playhouse A SMALL THEATER WITH VAST REACH AND HEART

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ortland Playhouse may inhabit a small theater space—a mere 100 seats—but they’ve grown a loyal audience from 850 when they started to a current high of 12,000 thanks to two major strengths: a welcoming spirit toward their surrounding community and a huge creative range. “We tackle large, complex plays and education programs with a refreshing ignorance to all reasons why we should fail,” they half-joke.

In 2008, Portland Playhouse set up shop in the former Mt. Sinai Baptist Church building in the King neighborhood, a historically Black neighborhood currently battling the damaging effects of gentrification.

In 2011, they almost lost their zoning, until neighbors vouched for the theater’s cultural value in providing an all too rare platform for diverse playwrights and actors. To this day, a strong sense of mutual support remains between the theater and neighbors.

Reconfiguring their space for each show, the Playhouse has proven equally visionary at staging classics, such as A Christmas Carol, American stories from culturally specific perspectives, and politically potent modern morality plays from around the world.

AUGUST WILSON’S HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED SEPTEMBER 21– OCTOBER 23, 2016 Co-conceived by Todd Kreidler; Directed by Kevin Jones; In partnership with

VENUE: Portland Playhouse TIME: Wed–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

A CHRISTMAS CAROL NOVEMBER 30– DECEMBER 30, 2016

By Charles Dickens; Adaptation and original lyrics by Rick Lombardo; Original Music by Anna Lackaff and Rick Lombardo; Music Arrangements by Anna Lackaff; Directed by Brian Weaver and Cristi Miles VENUE: Portland Playhouse TIME: Wed–Sat 7:00pm; Sun 2:00pm;

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In the 2016–17 season, look forward to more intimate, immersive, and thought-provoking theater from a multiplicity of inspirations. .

PEN/MAN/SHIP FEBRUARY 8– MARCH 5, 2017

By Christina Anderson; Directed by Lucie Tiberghien VENUE: Portland Playhouse TIME: Wed–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE MAY 17–JUNE 11, 2017

WEB PORTLANDPLAYHOUSE.ORG TEL. 503.488.5822 TICKETS $5–$36 PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE

VENUE: CoHo Theatre TIME: Wed–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

LEFT: The Brother / Sister Plays. From left: Brian Demar Jones, Damian Thompson, Ramona Lisa. Photo by Laura Domela. RIGHT: Peter and the Starcatcher. From left: Doren Elias, Duffy Epstein, Nick Ferrucci, Chip Sherman, Andrea Whittle. Photo by Brud Giles.

By Julia Cho; Directed by Adriana Baer

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

Portland Playhouse’s idealistic tenacity in all things—holding a unique space, choosing challenging material, and staying in conversation with the community. .

PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE | THEATER

“Thank you for sharing your incredible talent and for blowing us away with an amazing performance. Thanks, also, for stepping into my daughter’s world tonight and giving her a glimpse of what she could become.”

—Portland Playhouse Patron ARTSLANDIA 2016–2017

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Profile Theatre MAKING THE PLAYWRIGHT THE STAR ATTRACTION

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rofile Theatre has a unique approach: making playwrights the star attraction. They’re the only professional theater company in the U.S. that devotes each season to a single contemporary playwright. The method has some advantages. Each series Profile presents has a natural cohesion from a singular voice. And loyal season subscribers learn to consider more deeply an undersung theater player—namely, the mind behind the action.

Unlike the typical fall-to-spring theater season, Profile sets their season from January to December. Their featured playwright for 2016 continues to be Tanya Barfield, a critically acclaimed Portland native playwright whose unique voice conveys her experience as a biracial gay woman, as well as her interrogation of historical racial politics. In 2017, they’ll feature Pulitzer Prize-winner Quiara Alegría Hudes. “We’re embarking on a three-year ‘Initiative for Inclusion and Diversity’” says Interim Artistic Director Lauren Bloom Hanover, “Through this initiative, we’re intentionally considering playwrights whom, traditionally, our industry has not supported...female playwrights and/or playwrights of color.”

2016 SEASON: TANYA BARFIELD FALL FESTIVAL: ANTIGONE PROJECT SEPTEMBER 7–11, 2016 VENUE:

Alder Stage

By Tanya Barfield, Karen Hartman, Chiori Miyagawa, Lynn Nottage, and Caridad Svich

2017 SEASON: QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES TITLES AND DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED STAY TUNED!

BRIGHT HALF LIFE OCTOBER 27– NOVEMBER 13, 2016 VENUE:

“Profile places itself not only at the center of a current conversation, but also on the leading edge of change.” .

Morrison Stage

By Tanya Barfield

Performances held at Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St.

VENUE (ALL):

TIME (ALL):

Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm; First Wed 11:00am; Last Wed 7:30pm

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: WEB PROFILETHEATRE.ORG TEL. 503.242.0080 TICKETS $20–$38 PROFILE THEATRE @PROFILETHEATRE TOP: BlueDoor. Seth Rue. BOTTOM: Orlando. Ben Newman, Crystal Muñoz, Beth Thompson, Ted Rooney, and Elizabeth Rothan.

Photos by David Kinder.

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Profile’s decision to draw our attention to playwrights from backgrounds that theater has too long ignored. .

THEATER

Staged!

GROWING ARTISTS IN GROWN-UP MUSICALS

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n exclamation point in their name is just one hallmark that sets Staged! apart from other contemporary musical theater companies—but there are many more: Their musicians always share the stage with actors rather than being “put in a pit”; their shows always have a sparse, simplified set; and most notably, they feature teen performers playing sophisticated characters that are the actors’ own age. These distinctive traits together create such a signature mood that you always know when you’re at a Staged! show.

In addition to putting on musicals, Staged! runs a yearlong pre-professional theater training program,

the S! Conservatory, where teens ages 15–19 learn the skills they need to be onstage, plus a tech/design mentoring program for kids who prefer to learn the ropes of theater’s many unseen roles.

This year, highlights for Staged! include their first collaboration with Artists Repertory Theatre in Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas, S! Conservatory students debuting a new musical at Fertile Ground Festival that was written for them by two professional composers, and a trip to New York over spring break—in short, enough excitement for an exclamation point! .

A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS NOVEMBER 22– DECEMBER 23, 2016 VENUE: Artists Repertory Theatre TIME: Wed–Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2:00pm

Collaboration with Artists Repertory Theatre

WINTER GALA DECEMBER 29, 2016 VENUE: Artists Repertory Theatre TIME: 6:00pm

Featuring Staged! alumni

FERTILE GROUND JANUARY 2017 ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

WEB STAGEDPDX.ORG TEL. 971.803.7713 TICKETS $12–$50 STAGED! STAGEDPDX @STAGEDMUSICALS

Portland’s only teen-focused musical theater company for forging new collaborations and creating original works. .

VENUE: Artists Repertory Theatre TIME: TBA

WORLD PREMIERE An original teen musical by Eric Nordin and Mark LaPierre

S! CONSERVATORY STUDENT SHOWCASE MAY 22, 2017 VENUE: Artists Repertory Theatre TIME: 7:00pm

TOP: Heathers: the Musical. Drammy Award-winner Malia Tippets as “Veronica” and cast.

BOTTOM: Ablaze: an a capella musical thriller.

Ashlee Waldbauer. Photos by David Kinder.

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ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

a season of very contemporary plays, each less than three years old, that should invoke au-courant themes and conversation. .

Third Rail Repertory Theatre ACTING THAT TAKES RISK, RANGE, AND GUTS

ANNAPURNA AUGUST 5–27, 2016

By Sharr White

THE NETHER SEPTEMBER 30– OCTOBER 22, 2016

By Jennifer Haley

THE FLICK JANUARY 20– FEBRUARY 11, 2017

By Annie Baker

SPRING PRODUCTION TO BE ANNOUNCED MARCH 24– APRIL 15, 2017 VENUE (ALL): Third Rail at Imago,17 SE 8th Ave. TIME (ALL): Thu–Sat 7:30pm; Sat & Sun 2:00pm

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hird Rail Repertory Theatre is a relative rarity: a theater company that’s run by its own artists, who create their work from what they call “the zone of the tickle, the chuckle, the gasp, the ache”...or in other words, the gut.

Center, to their current home, Imago) and choosing bold, provocative shows that contain many flavors (from gritty drama, to absurd comedy, to painstakingly relevant kitchen sink realism). But such versatility comes naturally to masters of the theater craft.

Established in 2003 as a “permanent ensemble” (the same style of company as Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf Theatre), the longterm-committed artists of Third Rail have otherwise experimented with every aspect of their performance, inhabiting various venues (from the Winningstad, to the World Trade

This year—the company’s 11th season—Third Rail will visit new realms, from a rustic trailer park (Annapurna), to the futuristic online frontier (The Nether), to a quirky movie theater (The Flick), all to “explore the human condition in provocative, hilarious, and at times heartbreaking ways.” .

“Third Rail chooses plays that will challenge me artistically and intellectually. Third Rail and I seem to have a common sense of drama, pathos and humor.”

—Ellen Fader, Third Rail Patron

WEB THIRDRAILREP.ORG TEL. 503.235.1101 TICKETS $25–$42.50 THIRD RAIL REPERTORY THEATRE @THIRDRAILREP TOP: The Realistic Joneses. Company members Michael O’Connell, Darius Pierce, Kerry Ryan, and guest artist Dana Green. BOTTOM: Mr. Kolpert. Company member Rolland Walsh and guest artist Chip Sherman. Photos by Owen Carey.

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VENUES

KAUL AUDITORIUM [AT REED COLLEGE] FIND YOUR ART

3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.

Portland, OR 97202 503.777.7522

ALADDIN THEATRE 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Portland, OR 97202 503.234.9694

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 909 SW 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97205 503.228.7465

KELLER AUDITORIUM 222 SW Clay St. Portland, OR 97201 503.248.4335

ALBERTA ABBEY 126 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR 97211 503.897.7037

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1838 SW Jefferson St. Portland, OR 97201 503.228.3195

LAKEWOOD CENTER FOR THE ARTS

ALBERTA ROSE THEATRE 3000 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR 97211 503.719.6055 ALLEN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE & THOMAS THEATRE 15 S. Pioneer St. Ashland, OR 97520 800.219.8161 ANGUS BOWMER THEATRE 68 E. Main St. Ashland, OR 97520 541.482.2111 ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL 1037 SW Broadway Ave. Portland, OR 97205 503.248.4335 ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE

[MORRISON STAGE AND ALDER STAGE]

GERDING THEATER AT THE ARMORY 128 NW 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97209 503.445.3700 GRACE MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1535 NE 17th Ave. Portland, OR 97232 503.287.0418 THE HAMPTON OPERA CENTER 211 SE Caruthers St. Portland, OR 97214 503.241.1407 THE HEADWATERS THEATRE 55 NE Farragut St. #9 Portland, OR 97211 503.289.3499

1515 SW Morrison St. Portland, OR 97205 503.241.1278

HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL 3131 NE Glisan St. Portland, OR 97232 503.234.0468

BODYVOX DANCE CENTER 1201 NW 17th Ave. Portland, OR 97209 503.229.0627

HOTEL DELUXE 729 SW 15th Ave. Portland, OR 97205 503.219.2094

DEB FENNELL AUDITORIUM 9000 SW Durham Road Tigard, OR 97224 503.620.5262

IMAGO THEATRE 17 SE Eighth Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503.231.9581

DISJECTA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 8371 N. Interstate Ave. Portland, OR 97217 503.286.9449

JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL 5210 N. Kerby Ave. Portland, OR 97217 503.916.5180

ELLYN BYE STUDIO AT THE ARMORY

[SEE GERDING THEATER AT THE ARMORY]

JIMMY MAK’S 221 NW 10th Ave. Portland, OR 97209 503.295.6542

[HEADLEE MAIN STAGE AND SIDE DOOR STAGE]

368 S. State St. Lake Oswego, OR 97034 503.635.3901 LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road Portland, OR 97219 LINCOLN PERFORMANCE HALL [AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY]

1620 SW Park Ave. Portland, OR 97201 503.725.3222 MILAGRO THEATRE 425 SE Sixth Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503.236.7253 MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS 3939 N. Mississippi Ave. Portland, OR 97227 503.288.3895 MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE 26000 SE Stark St. Gresham, OR 97030 503.491.6422 NEWMARK THEATRE [SEE PORTLAND’5]

NEW STAGE AT BROADWAY ROSE 12850 SW Grant Ave. Tigard, OR 97223 503.620.5262 NORDIA HOUSE 8800 SW Oleson Road Portland, OR 97223 503.977.0275 NORTHWEST CHILDREN’S THEATER 1819 NW Everett St. Portland, OR 97209 503.222.2190

THE OLD CHURCH 1422 SW 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97201 503.222.2031 OREGON CABARET THEATRE 241 Hargadine St. Ashland, OR 97520 541.488.2902 OREGON RAIL HERITAGE CENTER 2250 SE Water Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503.233.1156

ST. HENRY CATHOLIC CHURCH 346 NW First St. Gresham, OR 97030 503.665.9129 ST. MARY’S ACADEMY 1615 SW Fifth Ave. Portland, OR 97201 503.228.8306 ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL 1716 NW Davis St. Portland, OR 97209 503.228.4397

PARKROSE HIGH SCHOOL 12003 NE Shaver St. Portland, OR 97220 503.408.2600

ST. PHILIP NERI CHURCH 2408 SE 16th Ave. Portland, OR 92714 503.231.4955

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, PCC SYLVANIA 12000 SW 49th Ave. Portland, OR 97219 971.722.4323

ST STEPHEN CATHOLIC CHURCH 1112 SE 41st Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503.234.5019

PLANETARIUM AT OMSI 1945 SE Water Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503.797.4000

STUDIO 2 AT N.E.W 810 SE Belmont St. Portland, OR 97214 503.928.4223

PORTLAND’5 CENTER FOR THE ARTS 1111 SW Broadway Ave. Portland, OR 97205 503.248.4335 THE PORTLAND BALLET STUDIO THEATRE 6250 SW Capitol Highway Portland, OR 97239 503.452.8448 PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE 602 NE Prescott St. Portland, OR 97211 503.488.5822 REED COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.

Portland, OR 97202 503.771.1112 REVOLUTION HALL 1300 SE Stark St. #110 Portland, OR 97214 971.808.5094 ST ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH 806 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR 97211 503.281.4429

THOMAS THEATRE

[SEE ALLEN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE]

THE TOM HUGHES CIVIC CENTER PLAZA 150 E. Main St. Hillsboro, OR 97124 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL 147 NW 19th Ave. Portland, OR 97209 503.222.9811 THE VENETIAN THEATRE 253 E. Main St. Hillsboro, OR 97123 503.693.3953 WALTERS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 527 E. Main St. Hillsboro, OR 97123 503.615.3485 WINNINGSTAD THEATRE

[SEE PORTLAND’5]

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH 1015 SW 18th Ave. Portland, OR 97205 503.221.1343

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Ah, southern Oregon: spacious, sunny, slowerpaced, and steeped in wonderful wine.

“But wait,” you ask. “Minus the sunshine, doesn’t that describe Portland?” To an extent, Friends—though maybe less so lately. Isn’t it funny how both tranquility and adventure tend to hang on the distant horizon rather than reclining right in your backyard? Let’s head south, find some more wine, and ponder that. And while we’re at it, let’s find a few things to do in each town.

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Britt’s range and scope.

It’s impressive by the standard of any concert series—and jaw-droppingly epic for a nonprofit. .

STEVE MILLER BAND / CURTIS SALGADO SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 TIME: 7:00pm

MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD / SPECIAL GUEST TBA SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 TIME: 7:00pm

SHAWN COLVIN & STEVE EARLE SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 TIME: 8:00pm

FOGLINE / BLOWIN SMOKE SEPTEMBER 10, 2016 VENUE: Britt Performance Garden TIME: 7:00pm

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND / NICKI BLUHM AND THE GRAMBLERS SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 TIME: 7:00pm

LEE BRICE / BRODIE STEWART BAND SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 TIME: 7:30pm

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (50 YEARS OF DIRT) SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 TIME: 7:30pm

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AN EVENING WITH GET THE LED OUT (THE AMERICAN LED ZEPPELIN) SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 TIME: 8:00pm

NICK OFFERMAN & MEGAN MULLALLY SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 TIME: 7:30pm

GAVIN DEGRAW & ANDY GRAMMER SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 TIME: 6:30pm

T SISTERS / HOLLIS PEACH SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 VENUE: Britt Performance Garden TIME: 7:30pm

A VALENTINE GALA BENEFITTING THE BRITT ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 11, 2017

VENUE: Inn at the Commons, Medford

Plus: Britt Orchestra 2017 season announcement; Featuring Morgan James

Britt Music & Arts Festival JACKSONVILLE’S SUMMERLONG CONCERT JUGGERNAUT

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ritt Music & Arts Festival, which began humbly enough in 1963 as a two-week chamber music festival, has since burgeoned into a summerlong, multigenre nonprofit festival featuring major marquee names.

Last summer alone, they hosted Diana Ross, Lyle Lovett, Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and TV sitcom stars Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, along with dozens of other impressive national and local artists. What’s more, their 90-member-strong Britt Orchestra celebrated Crater Lake National Park’s centennial by performing the world premiere of Michael Gordon’s Natural History in the majestic park. Britt has put the small southern Oregon town of Jacksonville on the cultural map.

In case you’re wondering, the name “Britt” has nothing to do with Great Britain; rather, it pays tribute to Peter Britt, whose former hillside estate now serves as the festival’s main concert site. Sweeping views of the Rogue Valley and casual seating enhance the experience for crowds of as many as 2,200 concertgoers per show. Britt also serves their community with summer camps, family programming, workshops, and internships.

Still putting together their 2017 lineup at press time, Britt can already confirm “The combination of quality music, high-caliber artists, and an intimate, casual, gorgeous outdoor setting.” Sounds amazing already. .

“We support Britt because it provides world-class music of all types in a unique, beautiful setting. The staff and volunteers work hard and provide a five-star experience every time.”

—Dave & Rosie Donnelly, Britt Members

2017 SEASON

Watch for full Britt 2017 season announcement in April 2017 VENUE (ALL): Britt Pavilion,

Jacksonville, unless otherwise noted

WEB BRITTFEST.ORG TEL. 1.800.882.7488 TICKETS LAWN $30–$40; CHILD/STUDENT LAWN $10; RESERVED $39–$100

BRITT FESTIVALS @BRITTFESTIVALS @BRITTFESTIVAL TOP: Britt Pavilioin. Photo by Josh Morell.

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JACKSONVILLE 273 miles South from Portland

WHAT BRINGS YOU TO TOWN

It’s hard to overstate the magnitude of Jacksonville’s summerlong, multigenre BRITT FESTIVAL, but a quick flip through last year’s lineup says it all. The BRITT ORCHESTRA alone held 10 concerts, including a scenic weekend at Crater Lake National Park, and the festival’s pop-cultural offerings were double that. Last year’s marquee acts included Diana Ross, Lyle Lovett, K.D. Lang, Johnny Depp (in a band), Alice Cooper, and Sean Lennon. As of press time, it’s too early to guess what acts Britt 2017 will bring, but rest assured they’ll be major. Might as well plan your trip today.

The APPLEGATE VALLEY WINE TRAIL’S “UNCORKED” is a regularly recurring self-guided tour of the trail’s 16 participating wineries. For a flat ticket price, make the rounds to each and sample a wine with an appetizer pairing.

Each summer, five participating lavender farms co-host the SOUTHERN OREGON LAVENDER FESTIVAL, offering visitors food, drinks, events, and crafts to enhance their enjoyment of the purple, fragrant fields. .

WHERE TO EAT You can’t go wrong with a lunch or dinner at C STREET BISTRO, where chef Paul Becking’s skilled seasoning awakens the palate. The BACKPORCH BAR & GRILL does delicious barbecue and fish tacos, and FRAU KREMMLING SCHOOLHAUS BREWHAUS serves succulent döner kebab paired perfectly German bier. Vegetable lovers may favor GOGI’S , a Jacksonville dining destination where brothers Gabriel (chef) and Jonoah (manager) grow nearly all of the produce for their restaurant.

TOP: TK Photo Credits. MIDDLE: Photo courtesy of Frau Kemmling Schoolhaus Brewhaus. BOTTOM: TK Photo Credits

WHERE TO DRINK There are five wine tasting rooms within a mile of town—QUADY NORTH, UMPQUA VALLEY, SOUTH STAGE CELLARS, CAPRICE, and DANCIN VINEYARDS—and the nearby Applegate Valley Wine Trail offers 17 more destinations. Jacksonville is also home to COWHORN, the Applegate’s only biodynamic winemakers.

If you’re looking for a laid-back patio atmosphere, your best bets are DANCIN VINEYARDS that complements their award-winning wines with artisan pizza or mac and cheese, SOUTH STAGE CELLARS that has a secluded back deck, and RED LILY WINERY that lets you relax riverside in a comfy lounger. The back patio at BELLA UNION SALOON is canopied by the biggest Wisteria vine you’ve ever seen.

WHERE TO SHOP ART PRESENCE ART CENTER is a cooperative of local artists who work in a variety of media, from pottery and pressed glass, to oil and watercolor painting, to collage and jewelry making.

WILLOWCREEK GIFTS, CROWN JEWEL , and CAREFREE BUFFALO also carry locally made items. The diversity of offerings is stunning when you consider that this is a town of only 2,800 people!

WHERE TO STAY JACKSONVILLE INN , an institution in the town, offers historic rooms and cottages. Craftsman-style TOUVELLE HOUSE B&B has a pool, and owner Jamie Kerr prepares fresh and fantastic full breakfasts. ELAN GUEST SUITES has a more upscale, contemporary feel. COUNTRY HOUSE INNSJACKSONVILLE provides diverse offerings, from the WINE COUNTRY LODGE to the MCCULLY HOUSE INN.

SIGHTS TO SEE With more than 100 HISTORIC BUILDINGS on the national register, simply strolling around the town of Jacksonville feels like visiting an open-air museum. To find out what you’re looking at, download audio narration and maps from jacksonvilleoregon.com. For a (slightly) faster pace, opt for a guided TOUR ON A SEGWAY SCOOTER, or get aboard the 45-minute TROLLEY TOUR to learn all about the region’s 19th-century gold rush. Once a month during summer, historical re-enactors stage a 1932 LIVING HISTORY event at the historic home of Jacksonville’s founders, The Beekman House.

FURTHER ADVENTURES

BRITT FESTIVAL

FRAU KEMMLING SCHOOLHAUS BREWHAUS

According to our sources, Jacksonville’s slowed-down atmosphere allows for exploration at a leisurely pace. You might enjoy a nature walk on the WOODLAND TRAILS or FOREST PARK TRAILS—or for sport, play a few rounds of mini-golf or disc golf at FRAU KEMMLING SCHOOLHAUS BREWHAUS at Bigham Knoll. And if you really need to sink down into a state of pure serenity, visit SPA JACKSONVILLE for a full range of massage therapies and treatments. .

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ASHLAND 287 miles South from Portland

WHAT BRINGS YOU TO TOWN

The hottest ticket in Ashland has to be the OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, a year-round series of (you guessed it!) Shakespeare plays, plus (surprise!) additional shows by contemporary playwrights. Chances are, if you’re in Ashland, your plans include one or more OSF plays. What’s more, from June to October, OSF also curates the OSF GREEN SHOW, a series of more than 100 outdoor performances of world music, dance, and theater, from flamenco dance to folk singing.

Ashland’s status as a “theater town” helps strengthen other theater offerings beyond OSF. OREGON CABARET THEATRE, Ashland’s premiere dinner theater, finds no shortage of top-notch talents to sing and dance on their stage. ASHLAND NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL finds a refined audience for their dramatic readings of four hand-picked, brand-new plays each October. ASHLAND CONTEMPORARY THEATRE fills a specific niche, casting retired professionals, college theater students, and avocational actors in contemporary shows and local playwrights’ premieres.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES THEATRE, which turns 3 this season, crowdfunds their community-based productions.

WHERE TO EAT

Ashland’s schools have their own arts and culture to offer. SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY puts on plays in the CENTER SQUARE THEATRE, hosts fine art exhibitions in the SCHNEIDER MUSEUM OF ART, and presents concerts by both student groups such as the SOU Percussion Ensemble and community classical groups in the MUSIC RECITAL HALL. ASHLAND DANCEWORKS and DANCING PEOPLE COMPANY each present student recitals in the spring.

LEFT: Oregon Shakespeare Festival at Elizabethan Theatre, 2014. Photo courtesy of OSF. RIGHT: Standing Stone Brewing.

BOTTOM: Ashland Independent Film Festival at Historic Ashland Armory. Film: Buddy Moon. Photo by Al Casej.

The first stop for hungry culturephiles is obvious: OREGON CABARET THEATRE is as serious about its delicious dinners as its great shows. More theater-adjacent eateries include MARTINO’S and MACARONI’S, with space that opens into the courtyard of the Angus Bowmer Theatre, and PEERLESS, offering indoor or alfresco dining in Ashland’s historic Railroad District.

Many Ashland chefs source ingredients straight from the surrounding Rogue Valley. STANDING STONE BREWERY, for instance, is so committed to “farmto-table” dining that it has its own farm just one mile from the restaurant. LARKS at ASHLAND SPRINGS HOTEL also sources from a network of nearby farms, orchards, creameries, and wineries.

WHERE TO DRINK In addition to the aforementioned STANDING STONE BREWERY, there are a wealth of artisans producing beer, wine, and spirits in Ashland. CALDERA BREWING COMPANY is one of the West Coast’s most longstanding breweries. SWING TREE BREWING specializes in artisan ales and lagers. The ORGANIC ALCOHOL COMPANY sources straight from wheat, corn, and cane farms and infuses some of their denatured alcohol with rich herbs such as lavender and bergamot. And for wine, the wealth of this region is virtually unparalleled. The ROGUE VALLEY AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREA encompasses a host of wineries worth exploring—and thanks to the region’s unusual variety of grape-growing conditions, each winery’s grapes and flavors are distinct.

WHERE TO SHOP

Ashland has too many art galleries and artist studios to list, but the best place to survey them all may be ASHLAND GALLERY ASSOCIATION. Plan your trip around the First Friday of the month to participate in the ART WALK, or visit on the weekend to sample the town’s “Saturday Market”: the LITHIA ARTISANS MARKET. Check out JUPITER ROW for a boutique selection of artisan goods. And any day of the week, you can visit the ASHLAND ART CENTER to check out working artist studios and buy directly from artists.

WHERE TO STAY ASHLAND SPRINGS HOTEL, built in 1925, is a fi xture in the heart of downtown and offers topnotch amenities. Head for the hills to the ASHLAND HILLS HOTEL AND SUITES, which boasts mountain views, tennis courts, and an outdoor pool and jacuzzi. Or choose the best fit between a bungalow, suite, studio, or room at the variety-rich LITHIA SPRINGS RESORT.

FURTHER ADVENTURES Though Ashland is primarily an arts and culture town, there are a few wild activities to explore on its outskirts. OUT ’N’ ABOUT TREESORT in (relatively) nearby Cave Junction, Oregon, is a tree-hugger’s dream, with treehouses, zip lines, and friendly, relaxed staff. .

In the glow of all the rest of Ashland’s creativity, you may not be surprised to find that it’s also got a thriving film scene. MovieMaker Magazine has named Ashland a “Best Place to Live and Work as a Moviemaker” for the last three years straight, and the region even has its own film resource network, SOUTHERN OREGON FILM AND MEDIA. The best draws for movie buffs are the ASHLAND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL in April, which shows nearly 100 films in a fiveday timespan, and WORLD VARSITY FILM WEEK, a series of a dozen international films shown in October.

And of course, around every corner, there’s live music—from ASHLAND CITY BAND’s free Thursday night summer concerts at the BUTLER BANDSHELL, to touring rock and folk acts playing LIVE AT THE ARMORY, to the ROGUE VALLEY SYMPHONY or CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS fi lling the MUSIC RECITAL HALL with classical music.

A TASTE OF ASHLAND fills each April with local food and wine flavors, and the OREGON HONEY FESTIVAL makes midAugust all the sweeter. .

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Oregon Cabaret Theatre ASHLAND’S MOST DELICIOUS DINNER THEATER

ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS: how this Cabaret

keeps raising the steaks—ahem, stakes. .

BAT BOY/ROCKY HORROR SHOW DOUBLE FEATURE SEPTEMBER 22– NOVEMBER 6, 2016 PINE MOUNTAIN LODGE NOVEMBER 17– DECEMBER 31, 2016 WORLD PREMIERE

NOISES OFF FEBRUARY 9–APRIL 9, 2017 ALL NIGHT STRUT APRIL 20–JUNE 25, 2017 DROWSY CHAPERONE JULY 6–SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

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regon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland sits alluringly close to the center of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, “oozing jazz-era charm” and serving up delectable dinner theater year-round. Steak and cake are among the many toothsome menu standards, and the specials have included all manner of characters, from the sassy secretaries of 9 to 5, to the sultry murderesses of Chicago, to the “sweet transvestites” of The Rocky Horror Show.

val. Over the years, they’ve raised their own bar—and now, at 30, they’re officially upping their shows’ scale and production value, bursting at the boundaries of their small stage.

The Cabaret started in 1986 with a focus on smallscale song and dance acts that matched the talent caliber of the larger surrounding Shakespeare Festi-

For maximum laughter, music, food, and fun per square foot, look no further than Oregon Cabaret Theatre. .

“We LOVE this place! This is one of our premier date night, get-dressed-up places to go!

We love the shows, which are all professional, and the food is outstanding.”

—Oregon Cabaret Theatre Patron

BASKERVILLE SEPTEMBER 14– NOVEMBER 5, 2017 SHE LOVES ME NOVEMBER 16– DECEMBER 31, 2017 VENUE (ALL): Oregon Cabaret Theatre, 241 Hargadine St., Ashland TIME (ALL): See website

WEB OREGONCABARET.COM TEL. 541.488.2902 TICKETS $21–$39 OREGON CABARET THEATRE @OREGONCABARET TOP: Cabaret. From left: Jillian Van Niel, Layli Kayhani, Sierra Wells, Leah Kolb, Kerry Lambert, Galloway Stevens.

BOTTOM: The Musical of Musicals (the Musical!). From left: Tony Carter, Philip David Black, Laura Derocher.

Photos by Tom Lavine.

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2017 will be the Cabaret’s most technically challenging year yet: Noises Off requires a full rotating set, and The Drowsy Chaperone requires distinct, lavish locations and a set that accommodates 13 actors, the most they’ve ever had to date.

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival YEAR-ROUND TRIBUTE TO THE BARD...AND BEYOND

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regon Shakespeare Festival may sound like a few weeks of the Bard, but it’s actually a nine-month rotation of Shakespeare’s plays—interspersed with other, newer plays with more contemporary themes. Headquartered in the southern Oregon hamlet of Ashland, OSF is a well-established dramatic destination that draws theater lovers from all over the region. And it’s well worth the trek: during one visit at peak season, you can catch up to nine plays!

William Shakespeare wrote a total of 37 plays, and OSF plans to fit them all into a 10-year period they call “Canon in a Decade,” beginning in 2015 and continuing through 2024. But for OSF, the spirit of Shakespeare doesn’t stop at the end of his pen—it extends to include a broader body of thoughtful work that “reveals our collective humanity” the way Shakespeare did. With that in mind, OSF’s just wrapping up the final round of commissions for another 10-year series of 37 plays: world premieres called “American Revolutions: The United States History Cycle.”

That’s right: this season in Ashland, contemporary U.S. history will cross paths with Elizabethan-era wisdom. Undoubtedly, drama will ensue. .

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TWELFTH NIGHT FEBRUARY 19–OCTOBER 30

JULIUS CAESAR FEBRUARY 17–OCTOBER 29

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS FEBRUARY 20–OCTOBER 30

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE FEBRUARY 18–OCTOBER 29

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WEB OSFASHLAND.ORG TEL. 1.800.219.8161 TICKETS $30–$128 SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL @OSFASHLAND ORSHAKES TOP: Twelfth Night. Gina Daniels. Photo by Jenny Graham.

that OSF’s steady stream of engaging shows makes every visit a fresh adventure. .

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WEST COAST PREMIERE

THE RIVER BRIDE FEBRUARY 21–JULY 7

MOJADA FEBRUARY 19–JULY 6

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THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD FEBRUARY 24–OCTOBER 30 VENUE:

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VIETGONE MARCH 30–OCTOBER 29 VENUE:

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HAMLET JUNE 7–OCTOBER 14 VENUE:

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THE WIZ JUNE 8–OCTOBER 15 VENUE:

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THE WINTER’S TALE JUNE 9–OCTOBER 16 ARTSLANDIA APPLAUDS:

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RICHARD II JULY 5–OCTOBER 30 VENUE:

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TIMON OF ATHENS JULY 27–OCTOBER 29 VENUE:

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HENRY IV, PART ONE FEBRUARY 23–OCTOBER 28 VENUE:

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HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO MARCH 29–OCTOBER 28 VENUE:

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UNISON APRIL 19–OCTOBER 28 VENUE:

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THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR JUNE 6–OCTOBER 13 VENUE:

Allen Elizabethan Theatre

DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JUNE 7–OCTOBER 14 VENUE:

Allen Elizabethan Theatre

THE ODYSSEY JUNE 8–OCTOBER 15 VENUE:

Allen Elizabethan Theatre

HENRY IV, PART TWO JULY 4–OCTOBER 29 VENUE:

Thomas Theatre

OFF THE RAILS JULY 27–OCTOBER 28 VENUE:

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FESTS OF THE WEST

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A SAMPLING OF ARTS FESTIVALS ON THE OREGON COAST A great time to visit Oregon’s small coastal towns is during a local festival, when even the sleepiest beach communities wake up for the excitement.

SILETZ BAY

Here’s Artslandia’s itinerary of coastal events that draw a crowd and offer a welcome break from the city.

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SEASIDE

97 MFP

ASTORIA WARRENTON CRAB, SEAFOOD & WINE FESTIVAL 3 DAYS, LATE APRIL

SEASIDE JAZZ FESTIVAL 4 DAYS, LATE FEBRUARY

Crack into some crustaceans and uncork a bottle of wine! This foodie event caters to the seafood lover, keeping both drink and entertainment flowing throughout. Two live music stages, an exhibit hall, and a food tent form a comfortable environment to sample West Coast wares.

With five featured venues and convenient shuttle service between them, prepare to paint the town and take over various dance floors at the Seaside Jazz Festival. This 34-year-old institution, formerly known as the Dixieland Jazz Festival, focuses on traditional forms of jazz, including ragtime, Dixieland, and swing. It’s the passion project of the Lighthouse Jazz Society and an annual celebration of the “True American” genre.

ASTORIA SCANDINAVIAN MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL 3 DAYS, MID-JUNE Celebrate the great Danes, the noble Norwegians, and the stalwart Swedes during this three-day festival of all things Scandinavian, including traditional food and drink, folk music and dancing, and handcrafts. The crowning of Miss Scandinavia and The Running of The Trolls fundraiser bring a lot of character to the festivities.

ASTORIA FISHER POETS GATHERING 3 DAYS, LATE-FEBRUARY Few professions are as poetic as fishing. Its themes are as timeless as Hemingway: humans versus nature, the sparkling-yet-tempestuous water, the fish that fight you and only sometimes surrender...and the ones that get away. Astoria’s annual Fisher Poets Gathering celebrates the maritime mystique for the whole latter half of June—just long enough for the fisherfolk to get their land legs—luring around 70 artists and hundreds of appreciators with poems, songs, and fish stories.

ASTORIA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2+ WEEKS, MID-JUNE–EARLY JULY Each summer, Astoria is graced with a 17-day season of operatic, symphonic, and chamber music concerts from the Astoria Symphony Orchestra, the North Coast Symphonic Band, and top-caliber touring musicians. The Festival also includes free “Music Around Town” concerts with local partnering organizations and two offerings for musicians-in-training: a youth Apprentice Program that mentors student musicians and features them in free noontime concerts, and a four-daylong adult Chamber Music Workshop.

CANNON BEACH

80 MFP

SPRING UNVEILING ARTS FESTIVAL 2 DAYS, EARLY MAY Twice a year, Cannon Beach Gallery Group makes a little extra fuss over the wonderful artists they represent, presenting a set of unveilings, demos, and artist receptions while encouraging local businesses to offer local art-inspired menu items and specials. The spring installment promises all manner of art, “from the playful to the sublime.”

STORMY WEATHER ARTS FESTIVAL 2 DAYS, EARLY NOVEMBER For their fall offering, Cannon Beach Gallery Group augments a profusion of gallery receptions with more formal affairs, such as the Art in Action Dinner and Auction, the Stormy Weather Fashion Show, and a spotlight concert.

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MANZANITA

93 MFP

MANZANITA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2 DAYS, LATE JULY

This new festival showcases a multigenre collection of local, regional, and national musicians, no doubt hoping to attract and hold the interest of participants in the just-prior Manzanita Beach Walk and Run. Promising several stages and plenty of craft beer, wine, and food, it sounds like a great place to take a load off after a 5 or 10k near Nehalem Bay.

SILETZ BAY

99 MFP

SILETZ BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2 WEEKS, LATE JUNE–EARLY JULY Classical music, jazz, and pops are all in play at this lively summer festival hosted by Lincoln City Cultural Center and Salishan Spa and Golf Resort. The brainchild of celebrated conductor Yaacov Bergman, the festival curates an appealing mix of chamber concerts, touring soloists, and musical revues. There’s even room for an intimate “Night at the Theatre,” such as 2016’s two-person play Dear Liar.

WINCHESTER BAY

201 MFP

FIDDLE ON THE BEACH OLD TIME MUSIC JAMBOREE 4 DAYS, MID-AUGUST In addition to fiddles, there are plenty of guitars, banjos, and mandolins on hand at this gathering of more than 80 acoustic musicians fluent in all kinds of old-timey jams. Perk up your ears for Cajun, swing, bluegrass, and folk styles; sit in during one of the allday open sessions; and see who’s playing at the Winchester Bay Community Center each evening. The Jamboree closes with gospel show on Sunday night.

503.468.0620 240 11th Street. Astoria, Oregon Daily 11AM to 5PM. Sundays 11AM to 4PM closed Wednesdays

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