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LOVELY TOUR OF NW PORTLAND 7 AWeekend Script Follow facial-care maven and mogul Lovely Laban through her neighborhood for the perfect mix of art, exercise, and self-care.
ARIAS 8 EVOLVING Ladies Leading Eavesdrop on a fascinating conversation between two of the women bringing opera and female leadership into the next century: Portland Opera’s Laura Hassell and Christine A. Richardson.
CALENDAR 13 JANUARY Artslandia Portland Arts Guide Resolve to start 2019 by catching a new genre of art from the fabulous selection of music, dance, theater, and visual arts on offer this month.
CALENDAR 20 FEBRUARY Artslandia Portland Arts Guide Brrrrr! You know where it’s nice and warm this time of year? Theaters! Concert halls! Art museums!
ON THE SCENE 29 SEEN Catch a glimpse of who’s who at fabulous arts events. Portland Opera’s Laura Hassell and Christine A. Richardson. Photo by Gia Goodrich. Special thanks to our partner, Pro Photo Supply, and Photographer’s Assistants Christian Rudman and Jaclyn Robyn.
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FIND YOUR ART: 45th Parallel Universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Artists Repertory Theatre. . . 15, 17, 25, 26 Bag&Baggage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 BodyVox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 15, 23 Boom Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Broadway Across America. . . . . . . . . 15, 28 Broadway Rose Theatre. . . . . . . . 16–17, 26 Cappella Romana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 23
Corrib Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Friends of Chamber Music. . . . . . . . . 13, 15 Lakewood Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 25, 27 Literary Arts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 28 Metropolitan Youth Symphony. . . . . . . . . 13 Milagro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 27 Northwest Children’s Theater. . . . . . 26–27 NW Film Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 28
Oregon Ballet Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Oregon Children’s Theatre. . . . . . . . . 16, 26 Oregon Repertory Singers . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Oregon Symphony. . . . . . . . . 13, 20–21, 23 Portland Art Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 28 Portland Baroque Orchestra . . . . . . . 20, 23 Portland Center Stage at The Armory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 25, 28
Portland Piano International. . . . . . . . . . 13 Portland Playhouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 26 Portland Story Theater. . . . . . 14, 17, 26–27 Portland State University Opera. . . . . . . 20 Shaking The Tree Theatre . . . . . . . . . 22, 27 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 19–20, 23 White Bird Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 23–25
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Wondering about the resolutions of others in our prolific arts community? Here are some of our favorites:
Portland Opera Costume Director My main New Years resolution this year is to get rid of things I don’t need. Mostly “stuff” in my house I don’t use or wear or that totally forgot I had! I moved three years ago from Minneapolis and still have boxes. I want to lighten up my home life and find more space, both physically and emotionally, to just be me.
RONNI LACROUTE Arts Donor Angel My New Year’s resolution is to visit some of the many beautiful places in Oregon I have never seen. I was too busy building a wine business before I retired, and now I have meetings every day and am still busy, so I need to set some time aside to discover Oregon.
NIEL DEPONTE Oregon Symphony Percussion & Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra Conductor I resolve that my nonprofit, MetroArts Inc., will provide even more children with access to the arts and “creativity education” through its new The Arts Backstage program and 27th summer camp.
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LAURA HASSELL & CHRISTINE A. RICHARDSON By Emilly Prado. Photos by Gia Goodrich.
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he world of opera has grown tremendously from its spectacular Renaissance beginnings in Italy over four centuries ago. From the emergence of amusing comédie en vaudeville in the 17th century to the snappier operetten of Eastern Europe and entirely-audio based radio operas of the 20th century, the spread and evolution of professional and amateur operatic communities across the globe have been profound. In the City of Roses, the Portland Opera has provided a main stage for the art form since the mid-1960s—first in East Portland’s own Madison High School, and a short while later, at the Keller Auditorium in Downtown Portland. Today, the nonprofit is still thriving, and many of their productions continue to take place at the venue, thanks in large part to their staff and two vital leaders who 8
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are experts in the industry—and at wrangling the multifaceted aspects of any successful production. Laura Hassell, Director of Production, is in her 25th season working with the Portland Opera and completed her very first gig with the institution in 1988. Christine A. Richardson, Costume Director, grew up in the area and returned to the organization after 17 years developing her career outside of the city. Hassell oversees hundreds of moving parts months ahead of each production, including lights, props, scenery and the work of Richardson’s costumer department, which engineers over 2,000 garments for more than 150 cast members. And while the fruits of their labor transpire in the form of a successful production, it’s the technical facets of their roles that most often remain backstage. Both, however, are excited to
witness, contribute, and advocate for an increasingly inclusive and representative opera community, one spreadsheet or scenery build at a time. Their conversation has been edited and condensed for print, but you can see the interview in its entirety at artslandia.com. CHRISTINE A. RICHARDSON: Laura, how'd you get here? LAURA HASSELL: I started doing backstage theater when I was a teenager and found it fascinating. My brothers were both performers, but I enjoyed being backstage. I stage-managed my first show when I was 15. During the middle of technical rehearsals for that production, I said, “I want to do this for the rest of my life.” I spent a brief time in college trying to find a real career before I gave up on that
t i t l e category and went back into theater. I was doing primarily theater and musical theater, and then I kind of fell into opera because there were more jobs available. Portland Opera was actually one my first big opera gigs in 1988. How about you?
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I grew up making things. I loved not just sewing but gluing, pounding, nailing, creating things. I began sewing and making my own clothing as a form of self-expression—the idea that what we wear presents ourselves to the world as who we are. When I realized that theater was an option, it was a continuation of that storytelling. The idea of putting clothing on people who are characters within a theater or opera piece—that was the throughline. In the mid to late 90s, I worked for Portland Opera. At the time, if I wanted to work in management and get more design work, I needed to go someplace else. I moved away and was gone for 17 years. I just moved back here three years ago. Tell me about the expectations and stereotypes. Typically, my position and costume staff are mostly female. I’ve worked with a lot of great men in costume shops, but pretty much in leadership and workroom roles, there are predominantly women. What has come of that, over the years, is the perception that doing costumes is [air quote] women’s work; that it’s just laundry; it's just clothing. It’s either that people think it’s amazing and magical, and they don’t know how you did it, or they say, “Oh, I did that in college.” Or, “My mom used to do that.” Right... “Mom used to do that,” or “I do laundry.” What’s the difference? There’s a perception, a misunderstanding, or just a lack of knowledge on the audience's part or the public's part about how much technically goes into what we do. How much logistics there are; how much computer work I do; how much organizing I do, whether it's labor or materials. And that it's not just about making pretty things. It's a much more complicated and dimensional process. >>>>
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>>>> Even when I say, “We're building costumes,” people always have an issue with the term “build.” But, you know, it's just like building a house. Somebody designs it; somebody does a sketch of it, and then you do detailed plans of it, and then you order the materials and do the construction methods. And people don't associate that with, “I used to make clothes.” Lots of people sew, and so they feel a connection with us. That's why we use the term “building,” because there is a well-thought-out plan behind the infrastructure that is not just about putting pieces of fabric together. It's about creating a shape. It's about creating an understructure, which will support the outer structure. I use the term engineering. I've got an engineering mind. That's how I come to it; that's the creative problem-solving part of it. It's building, but it's couture. This is custom couture work.
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Tailors use the term engineering as well. They talk about how they engineer a suit. Yes. There's a lot of math. And that's part of the leadership of your role—determining those engineering techniques, determining which techniques work for which garment, and how to assemble that all. Absolutely. There's the big picture management part of it—if there's a better route to go, whether it's an assembly line, whether it's a one-off, whether we're going to remake something. That logistical part of it is huge. And I love that part. It makes my synapses crackle! And it's managing your resources, too, especially your personnel resources, in terms of how you're going to construct something with the personnel you have. Sure. People get sick; fabric comes in late; designers change their minds, but I keep the focus on the endpoint. I balance fiscal responsibility, time management, all of that. That's a 10
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challenge, but again [conspiratorially whispers] I love that part! You're good at that part! Thank you very much! What about you? I came up through the business as a stage manager, and stage management is pretty much evenly male/female or maybe slightly more female-dominated. It's a lot about organization, and it is a leadership role. But it's also kind of a serving role; it's very much a facilitator role. Then I moved into the Director of Production role, which is very male-dominated. And I think the reason is that it's more technically based. It's more people who know carpentry and engineering and rigging and all that. But when I started as a teenager, I did a lot of everything. I built a lot of scenery; I hung a lot of lights; I designed sound and ran the light board and did all that, so I have a good smattering of information. I'm not an expert rigger, and I couldn't be the Techni-
cal Director, necessarily, but I understand enough about it. I can speak it and understand the issues, and that allows me to gain people's respect pretty quickly. I can point out things, and they're like, “Oh, you know about that?” And that immediately raises me into the conversation. I've also had good mentors along the way. Starting with when I was a teenager, there was a female director who empowered me to become a stage manager, who taught me how to stage-manage and said, “You can do this.” And then I've had a lot of male mentors and Directors of Production who taught me how to pursue the job. There are more female Directors of Production now. I think that in production in general, there are a lot more. Even in admin, it’s just great to see; it's a different vibe; it's a different conversation. I think in opera, in general, the top positions still tend to be male dominated, but there are more women in a lot of the other positions. I mean, Port-
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show on. My job is to keep everybody and everything moving toward that goal. It's not a “power” position; it's more just a collaborative leading position, guiding everybody toward the goal: success. How about you?
land Opera is an example. Three of the four senior directors are female. That's becoming more commonplace, and we're seeing more female directors and conductors as well. It's still a minority, but it's definitely growing. You were talking about working your way up, and you know, I have always said that a big part of my success is that I was a stitcher for years and a design assistant, worked into draping and then combined that with other mediums like TV, film, and dance. It was a circuitous route to where I ended up, but I know that it's right because I can do all of these things. I may not be the best at this and that, but I know how it’s done. Having worked with some incredibly successful and brilliant drapers and designers over the last 30 years, I know what I’m seeing. I don't need to do their jobs, but I can speak the speak and understand everything they're talking about. That's an important quality of being a leader, to have an understand-
ing of what those you lead are doing and how to help them achieve the greatest things they can. That's part of leading. You're both in positions of leadership, and you're both coming from a place of having the experience of being a woman. So how does that factor into your leadership style, and what are some experiences that have helped shape that? I have difficulty with that question because I don't know what it's like to be a non-female leader. I don't know how much my gender has to do with my leadership style, but my path probably influenced my leadership style. As I said earlier, the stage manager is the facilitator. A lot of my style is leading by example—creating a team and getting everybody on the same page focusing on common goals. That's pretty easy to do in a theatrical setting because it's a very collaborative atmosphere. There's not a lot of sabotage or backbiting because everybody has the same goal: to get the
I'm not sure how to answer that question other than to say that I am aware that I am a woman in a role of leadership. I approach younger women who are coming up by continuing to be an advocate for them and whatever it is that they're doing, encouraging them to continue working in the arts. Nobody chooses to work in nonprofit arts because they think they're going to make a lot of money. We choose these things, or they choose us. So I reinforce with young women, and women in general, to be persistent about what it is that they want to be doing. I try to be that sounding board, that other woman to say, "You've got this. What do you need?” It makes me want to be a great leader, the best leader. I want to be that example for them. I want to be that strong woman. I came to management not because I really want to be in charge of people. I came up through the facilitating and advocating aspect of it. I'm good at what I do, so let me be in charge so that I can help you get what you need to get done. It all goes back to making sure that people have the resources and the support they need. I'm aware, in a situation with other leaders, that I want to be a great role model. And that's when I'm most aware of the fact that I'm a woman. Well, what do you think the future holds? I'm encouraged! New pieces are being created by women, and there’s the idea of broadening the scope of opera to include new stories that will include a larger portion of our community, especially here in Portland. That is the future. I think so too. The future will continue to grow brighter and brighter, and the world of opera will evolve. There are new operas written every year, so we'll see how they take hold and change the world! . ARTSLANDIA.COM
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THE CUTTING ROOM BodyVox
THE CUTTING ROOM BodyVox returns to The Cutting Room, a theatrical journey celebrating BodyVox’s love of film. Blending action, comedy, sci-fi and drama, The Cutting Room reimagines movie genres into movement motifs, blurring the line between live theater and film. The Cutting Room promises to be an exciting journey to the intersection of nostalgia, performance, animation, and innovation, where we find movies and memories at the heart of our shared experiences.
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FAVORITE LIGHT CLASSICS Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Join the Symphony for this lighthearted tour of classical music’s most popular hits, including The Ride of the Valkyries, William Tell Overture, and select movements from Beethoven’s beloved symphonies. orsymphony.org JANUARY 6
CANTANDO Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Newmark Theatre The MYS presents works for chorus, orchestra, and combined ensembles by Latin American composers, including Moncayo’s Sinfonietta, Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 8, Juan David Osorio’s Suite de Villancicos Latinoamericanos, and Carlos Guzmán’s Cantos de Guanacaste. playmys.org JANUARY 12–14
ROSSINI AND RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Two brilliant miniatures— Rossini’s Tancredi Overture and Rimsky-Korsakov’s depiction of a lively Russian cathedral on the “Bright Holiday”—bookend Shostakovich’s fiery First Cello Concerto, performed by Artistin-Residence Johannes Moser. orsymphony.org
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Mentored by Dietrich FischerDieskau, the German baritone Benjamin Appl was a BBC New Generation Artist and an ECHO Rising Star Artist for the 2015–16 season. He became an exclusive Sony Classical recording artist in May 2016 and won the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Award in 2016. focm.org
Don’t miss this exhilarating evening of jazz standards and Broadway hits from Grammy Award-winner Leslie Odom, Jr., who originated the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton. orsymphony.org
Presenting beloved musical numbers from Hello Dolly, West Side Story, A Chorus Line, and more with one of the region’s favorite performers—Susannah Mars—the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Vancouver School of Arts & Academics Choir, all under the baton of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Maestro Salvador Brotons. This concert is generously sponsored by Bill Dickey and Morel Ink. vancouversymphony.org
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AMERICANA WITH EDGAR MEYER Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Adding virtuosity to his unique, personal blend of classicalbluegrass, Edgar Meyer makes music that’s equal parts irresistible and astonishing. Join the MacArthur “Genius Grant” winner and the Oregon Symphony for an unparalleled evening of Americana, including Copland’s idyllic Appalachian Spring. orsymphony.org JANUARY 19 & 20
LOST TREASURES OF ARMENIA Cappella Romana, St. Mary’s Cathedral & St. Stephen’s Catholic Church Discover the ageless beauty of forgotten Armenian Orthodox music. Directed by Haig Utidjian and Alexander Lingas, Cappella Romana leads an exploration of traditional Armenian chants and arrangements of them by Komitas and Ekmalian. cappellaromana.org
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ESCHER QUARTET Friends of Chamber Music, Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its expressive, nuanced performances that combine unusual textural clarity with a rich, blended sound. A former BBC New Generation Artist, in 2013 the quartet also became one of the very few chamber ensembles to be awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. focm.org
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SCHUMANN’S “RHENISH” Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Beethoven’s Symphony No.1 is exquisitely rooted in the classical Viennese tradition. His later symphonies would directly inspire Schumann’s majestic Symphony No. 3, an homage to the Rhineland. orsymphony.org
JANUARY 26 & 27
BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV Portland Piano International, Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU Behzod Abduraimov has worked with leading orchestras worldwide. These include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony, and Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestras, and prestigious conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Manfred Honeck, Vasily Petrenko, James Gaffigan, Jakub Hruša, and Vladimir Jurowski. portlandpiano.org
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SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC NIGHTMARE Portland Story Theater
SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC NIGHTMARE Shackleton’s Antarctic Nightmare returns as part of the Fertile Ground Festival in an amazing collaboration between storyteller Lawrence Howard, multimedia artist Michael Hill, and classically trained cellist Laurent Nickel. Together, they’ve created an immersive visual and audio experience. This is the story of how Ernest Shackleton and the 27 men of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 survived on the ice and eventually came to safety. It is a heroic tale of hardship and suffering, courage, determination, and fortitude.
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The Dalí Quartet’s passionate energy is poured into everything they do, generating critical and audience acclaim. Trained by world-renowned artists, members of the Dalí Quartet are from Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Their captivating performances of Latin American repertoire create an extraordinary concert experience that takes listeners on an eclectic journey of rhythm and sound. focm.org
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THE CUTTING ROOM BodyVox, BodyVox Dance Center BodyVox returns to The Cutting Room, a theatrical journey celebrating BodyVox’s love of film. Blending action, comedy, sci-fi and drama, The Cutting Room reimagines movie genres into movement motifs, blurring the line between live theater and film. The Cutting Room promises to be an exciting journey to the intersection of nostalgia, performance, animation, and innovation, where we find movies and memories at the heart of our shared experiences. bodyvox.com JANUARY 31–FEBRUARY 2
SHAY KUEBLER/RADICAL SYSTEM ART––TELEMETRY White Bird Dance, Newmark Theatre With a foundation in martial arts, Shay Kuebler, from Vancouver, British Columbia, creates crossdisciplinary works spanning hip-hop, contemporary, ballet, tap, and modern dance. Telemetry illustrates how the human body is an antenna and satellite for sound, energy, and memory. whitebird.org
DIAL M FOR MURDER Tony Wendice, a professional tennis player, plans to have his socialite wife, Margot, murdered to inherit her fortune. He comes up with the perfect plan to kill her—now all he has to do is make sure she dies. lakewood-center.org JANUARY 6–FEBRUARY 3
TEENAGE DICK Artists Repertory Theatre, Morrison Stage High school is hard enough, but when you have a power hungry 17-year-old threatening to overthrow anyone in his way to becoming junior class president, it can be downright murderous. Richard is the king of insults, and after alienating the only friend he has, he relies on himself to snatch the crown while securing the heart of the ex-girlfriend of the popular high school quarterback. As Richard struggles to keep all of his plots from going awry, he gains an ally in the most unlikely of suspects. Touchingly hilarious, Teenage Dick is the modern comedic retelling of Shakespeare’s Richard III, which ponders if it is better to be loved or feared. artistsrep.org JANUARY 8–13
THE KING AND I Broadway Across America, Keller Auditorium Two worlds collide in this “breathtaking and exquisite” (The New York Times) musical, based on the 2015 Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production. One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, The King and I boasts a score that features such beloved classics as Getting To Know You, I Whistle A Happy Tune, Hello Young Lovers, Shall We Dance, and Something Wonderful. portland.broadway.com
Laugh along with The Starlings Present: Dinosaurs!, February 2–24, at the NW Children’s Theater. Photo by David Kinder.
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Milagro Theatre An immigrant. A dreamer. A survivor. This is the story of Xiomara Torres. This is the story of America. Milta Ortiz’s Judge Torres recounts the inspiring story of one of Oregon’s finest judges, woven together with magical realism and Mayan folktales from her home of El Salvador. Presented as Teatro Milagro’s 2019 National Touring Production. milagro.org JANUARY 12–FEBRUARY 10
SENSE & SENSIBILITY Portland Center Stage at The Armory, U.S. Bank Main Stage This exuberant, innovative staging of Jane Austen’s classic satire follows the adventures (and misadventures) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their sudden loss of fortune. Bursting with humor, emotion, and bold theatricality, Sense & Sensibility asks: When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart? Director Eric Tucker and adaptor Kate Hamill of the acclaimed New York theater company Bedlam revive their production in Portland after celebrated runs in New York and Boston. pcs.org JANUARY 14–FEBRUARY 10
NO CANDY Portland Playhouse
Don’t miss Leslie Odom, Jr. with the Oregon Symphony, January 20, at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Photo courtesy of Oregon Symphony.
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At the center of No Candy is a multigenerational community of Bosnian Muslim women who survived the Srebrenica genocide and open a gift shop years later for tourists who visit the Srebrenica memorial. While No Candy is very much about how trauma inhabits the body and shapes a community, it is also about the persistence of humor, art, and absurdity in an unimaginable time. portlandplayhouse.org
Oregon Children’s Theatre, Newmark Theatre Wilbur is not your average naked mole rat: He likes to wear clothes. He’s got a huge wardrobe full of cool clothes and even an astronaut costume. Wilbur just can’t resist the swag. But his au natural friends think he’s crazy and pressure him to give up his clothes-wearing ways. From three-time Caldecott Honoree Mo Willems, this cheeky musical shows that individualism can, and should, be worn proudly! octc.org JANUARY 19–MARCH 3
BUYER & CELLAR Portland Center Stage at The Armory, Ellyn Bye Studio Buyer & Cellar is an outrageous comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things, and the oddest of odd jobs. Alex, a struggling actor in Los Angeles, finds himself working in a shopping mall—but this isn’t your regular shopping center. In his most challenging role yet, Alex plays the shop boy bargaining with Barbra Streisand in her own private basement mall. With riotously sharp wit, Alex awaits a visit from the ultimate customer, the “Funny Girl” herself. Nick Cearley (Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors) returns to The Armory as Alex. pcs.org JANUARY 24–FEBRUARY 24
NUNSENSE Broadway Rose Theatre, Deb Fennell Auditorium Join the Sisters of Hoboken (well, what’s left of them, that is) for a hysterically haphazard variety show to raise emergency funds for the convent. After a bad batch of Sister Julia Child of God’s vichyssoise killed off all but five of the nuns, the survivors emptied the coffers to bury the deceased
j a n u a r y calendar but ran out of cash before the last few bodies could be laid to rest. (Don’t worry—they’re in the kitchen freezer.) Will their prayers be answered before the health department discovers their secret? With hilarious talent acts, tongue-in-cheek musical numbers, and help from the audience, Nunsense has blessed theatergoers worldwide for over 30 years and is the second longest-running off-Broadway show in history. broadwayrose.org JANUARY 25
5TH ANNUAL BURNS SUPPER Bag&Baggage Productions, The Vault Theater Join Bag&Baggage Productions as they host their fifth annual celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns with a traditional Burns Night Supper! The event will follow Scottish tradition by
featuring a bagpiper, drams of whiskey, and a traditional Scottish meal including scotch eggs, oatcakes and cheddar, salmon fishcakes, cranachan dessert, and—of course—haggis! This fifth annual event, hosted in their very own home, The Vault Theater and Event Space, will feature expanded silent and live auction packages with a decidedly Scots-flavor! Guests will be “piped in” to the event and entertained by B&B’s resident actors performing Burns’ poetry, contemporary Scottish poetry, and Scottish music and song. Come celebrate the Scottish Bard! Rabbie Burns Nicht! Och, Aye! (Last year’s event sold out fast, so book your tickets now!) bagnbaggage.org
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JANUARY 27–FEBRUARY 24
SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC NIGHTMARE
A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 Artists Repertory Theatre, Alder Stage
Portland Story Theater, The Old Church Shackleton’s Antarctic Nightmare returns as part of the Fertile Ground Festival in an amazing collaboration between storyteller Lawrence Howard, multimedia artist Michael Hill, and classically trained cellist Laurent Nickel. Together, they’ve created an immersive visual and audio experience. This is the story of how Ernest Shackleton and the 27 men of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 survived on the ice and eventually came to safety. It is a heroic tale of hardship and suffering, courage, determination, and fortitude. pdxstorytheater.org
WALKING TRAILBLAZING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND
BLANKETS FOR EVERYWHERE
Fifteen years after Norwegian housewife Nora Helmer walked out on Ibsen’s Torvald, she walks back in the front door in the sequel to the 1879 social drama. In the ensuing years of her departure, Nora has become an incendiary writer—which isn’t a profession that married women could perform without permission. Since her husband didn’t sign the divorce papers, Nora has returned to the house she desperately sought to vacate to gain her freedom. With a quick wit and razor-sharp tongue, A Doll’s House, Part 2 imagines the continuation of the house of Helmer as a deliciously gleeful trek through the complicated waters of relationships. artistsrep.org
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Portland Art Museum
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In conjunction with the Museum’s 125th anniversary, Picturing Oregon offers an extraordinary opportunity to reflect on the importance of place and to celebrate the incredible geographic diversity of Oregon, and the artists whose work it inspired. portlandartmuseum.org
NW Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium The Film Center’s Northwest Tracking program showcases the work of independent filmmakers living and working in the Northwest—Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington— whose work reflects the vibrant cinematic culture of the region. Northwest Tracking screenings always have the filmmaker in attendance. nwfilm.org
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TAYARI JONES: PORTLAND ARTS & LECTURES Literary Arts
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GENRIFIED! CULT & OTHER CURIOSITIES NW Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium Presenting both new and classic horror, sci-fi, cult, international action, and just plain weird cinema, Genrified! Cult & Other Curiosities picks up the thematic threads established in the popular PIFF After Dark sidebar at the Portland International Film Festival and runs with them for audiences unafraid of unconventional thrills. nwfilm.org ONGOING
CASE OF THE MONDAYS NW Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium This revolving, ongoing series of classic films and cutting-edge new work will get you moving into the week. nwfilm.org THROUGH JANUARY 13
POETIC IMAGINATION IN JAPANESE ART Portland Art Museum Drawn from one of the finest private collections in North America, the paintings and calligraphy in Poetic Imagination span from the eighth through the 20 th century and represent courtly, Buddhist, and literati
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Catch Xuan Cheng in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Cinderella, February 16–23, at the Keller Auditorium. Photo by Tatiana Wills.
spheres of artistic activity. Most of them are unveiled to the public for the first time here. portlandartmuseum.org
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A selection of treasured artworks from the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Modern American Realism includes 70 paintings and sculptures from the 1910s to the 1980s that encompass the range of what can broadly be called modern realism, from sociopolitical to psychological, from satirical to surrealist. portlandartmuseum.org
APEX: AVANTIKA BAWA Portland Art Museum APEX presents a new body of work by Portland-based artist Avantika Bawa. Looking at a singular Portland architectural structure, she presents her ongoing series of drawings, prints, and large panel paintings of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. portlandartmuseum.org
MODERN AMERICAN REALISM Portland Art Museum
Tayari Jones is the author of An American Marriage, a 2018 Oprah’s Book Club selection; Leaving Atlanta; The Untelling; and Silver Sparrow. Her writing has appeared in Tin House, The Believer, The New York Times, and Callaloo. A member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, she has also been a recipient of the Hurston/ Wright Legacy Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, a United States Artist Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, and a Radcliffe Institute Bunting Fellowship. literary-arts.org JANUARY 18–FEBRUARY 17
REEL MUSIC 36 NW Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium Whether your passion is jazz, blues, folk, rock, electronic, hip-hop, world, classical—or anything between—you’ll find something to inspire in this eclectic mix of films that celebrate great artists, sound, and image, and connect music and culture. nwfilm.org
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VSO GOES TO BROADWAY!
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VSO GOES TO BROADWAY! Presenting beloved musical numbers from Hello Dolly, West Side Story, A Chorus Line, and more with one of the region’s favorite performers—Susannah Mars—the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Vancouver School of Arts & Academics Choir, all under the baton of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Maestro Salvador Brotons. This concert is generously sponsored by Bill Dickey and Morel Ink.
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HANSEL AND GRETEL Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall The Chicago-based Manual Cinema lights Humperdinck’s fairy-tale opera, set in the depths of the thick German forest, with the dazzling, phantasmal effects of shadow puppetry. orsymphony.org FEBRUARY 5
KODO Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall The Japanese taiko drumming troupe returns for a dramatic performance full of pulsing rhythms, athletic virtuosity, and stirring passion. orsymphony.org FEBRUARY 9–11
DVORÁK’S EIGHTH SYMPHONY Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall With its abundance of folk tunes and shimmering evocations of the Bohemian countryside, Dvorák’s bucolic Symphony No. 8 contains some of the Czech composer’s richest, most memorable melodies. orsymphony.org
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AUDREY LUNA RECITAL
VALENTINE’S DAY WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON
I SPAT IN THE EYE OF HATE AND LIVED
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
45th Parallel Universe, The Old Church
The Motown legend performs his greatest hits—The Tracks of My Tears, Ooo Baby Baby, You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me, and many more. What a way to thrill your sweetheart on the most romantic night of the year! orsymphony.org
The brutal assault last year on Portland’s MAX train sent shock waves across the country. This concert is an artistic response to this tragedy, featuring commissioned works by Oregon composers Kenji Bunch, Texu Kim, Bonnie Miksch, and Nicholas Yandell. Their music will accompany new poetry written and narrated by attack survivor, Micah Fletcher. 45thparallelpdx.org
Portland State University Opera, Lincoln Recital Hall, PSU Audrey Luna, opera star and PSU alumna, sings a recital of Strauss, Debussy, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915. Sought after for her “power and blazing coloratura facility that most lyric sopranos can only dream of,” (Opera News) soprano Luna regularly performs on the world’s greatest stages including the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden, Houston Grand Opera, Teatro La Fenice, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Luna recently set the record for singing the highest written note on the Metropolitan Opera stage. Her triumphant performance as Ariel in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of The Tempest was awarded a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. pdx.edu/music/opera FEBRUARY 10
VSO GOES BACK TO THE MOVIES
FEBRUARY 15
SONS OF THE SOIL— MOUSAI REMIX 45th Parallel Universe, The Old Church Overlooked but not forgotten, the composers on this concert deserve an audience, and 45th Parallel is here to deliver. The program features music by J. Bologne, Chevalier de SaintGeorges, Samuel ColeridgeTaylor, Florence Beatrice Price, and Daniel Bernard Roumain. Presented in celebration of Black History Month. 45thparallelpdx.org
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kiggins Theatre The VSO Goes Back to the Movies features a silent film and live chamber music accompaniment with Rodney Sauer. vancouversymphony.org
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FEBRUARY 15–17
BACH AND THE YOUNG PRINCE Portland Baroque Orchestra, First Baptist Church & Kaul Auditorium Pondering the impact of Bach’s influence on all of music, Beethoven once said, “His name shouldn’t be Brook, but Ocean.” Bach’s concerti from time spent in the court of Prince Leopold of Cöthen are one part of that nearly endless sea, and Monica Huggett leads a program highlighting PBO’s extraordinary concertmaster Carla Moore, principal second violin Rob Diggins, and principal oboist Gonzalo X. Ruiz. pbo.org
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VALENTINE’S DAY WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON Oregon Symphony
VALENTINE’S DAY WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON The Motown legend performs his greatest hits—The Tracks of My Tears, Ooo Baby Baby, You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me, and many more. What a way to thrill your sweetheart on the most romantic night of the year!
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MADE TO DANCE IN BURNING BUILDINGS Shaking the Tree Theatre
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MADE TO DANCE IN BURNING BUILDINGS Made to Dance in Burning Buildings by Anya Pearson is a fusion of poetry, theater, and violent and visceral contemporary dance that poses the question of how do we heal from trauma? It’s about Ava, a young black woman, who is raped by her boyfriend’s friends while he watches; she develops PTSD as a result. Metaphorically, she fractures into five different women who each represent a different facet of her personality (romance, despair, madness, perseverance, and missing you). Poetically, these women narrate her journey through PTSD while she, her first love, and her abusers explore through dance the trauma and the events leading up to it.
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HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN IN CONCERT
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Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Relive the magic of your favorite wizard in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert. Based on the third installment of J.K. Rowling’s classic saga, fans of all ages can now experience the thrilling tale accompanied by live music from the Oregon Symphony orchestra as Harry soars across the big screen. orsymphony.org FEBRUARY 22
LOVE, CHAOS, AND RESTORATION Portland Baroque Orchestra, First Baptist Church NPR Music calls John Blow the “consummate master of ceremonial music,” Henry Purcell “a composer who took extra care in matching words to music,” and Matthew Locke, “the man in charge of making the King of England musically happy.” Lutenist John Lenti leads this program of English chamber music alongside Monica Huggett, an intimate string ensemble, and Portland soprano Arwen Myers. pbo.org FEBRUARY 23
OREGON REPERTORY SINGERS GALA: 80s NIGHT Oregon Repertory Singers, The Tiffany Center The choirs of the Oregon Repertory Singers were born in the ’70s and ’90s, so for this year’s gala, they’ll meet in the middle for a totally radical ’80s night! Mark your calendar for a night of fresh music, righteous auctions, and an all-around kickin’ party as ORS raises funds to support the singers, music, and students you love! orsingers.org
Cappella Romana, St. Mary’s Cathedral & St. Stephen’s Catholic Church Blake Applegate, conductor of Cantores in Ecclesia and a director of the Byrd Festival, leads a program of Renaissance music in honor of the Mother of God. cappellaromana.org FEBRUARY 23 & 24
THE “BIG TWO” OF VIENNA Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Skyview Concert Hall Enjoy the compositions of the classical era headliners, starring piano extraordinaire Ignasi Cambra, firstplace recipient of some of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions. Delight in these symphonic musings of Beethoven and Mozart in what is sure to be an incredible performance. vancouversymphony.org
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RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Since its premiere, Rachmaninoff’s showpiece has thrilled audiences with resplendent bravura and a melody so enduring that even Sinatra couldn’t resist it. orsymphony.org D A NC E
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THE CUTTING ROOM BodyVox, BodyVox Dance Center SEE PAGE 15 for full description. bodyvox.com THROUGH FEBRUARY 2
SHAY KUEBLER/RADICAL SYSTEM ART––TELEMETRY White Bird Dance, Newmark Theatre SEE PAGE 15 for full description. whitebird.org
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LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO White Bird Dance, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Our favorite men in tutus are coming back! Performing the full range of classical ballet and some modern dance as well, these men dance all the parts––and they do it magnificently. Come fall in love with what The Seattle Times calls “the clown princes of ballet.” whitebird.org FEBRUARY 16–23
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Oregon Ballet Theatre, Keller Auditorium Everything starts with a wish in everyone’s favorite fairy tale. Against the backdrop of Prokofiev’s luscious score, Ben Stevenson’s ballet brings Cinderella to life with both slapstick humor and lush romanticism. Cinderella suffers cruelly at the hands of her stepmother and two stepsisters, and yet she is loving enough to offer a poor beggar woman some bread when she knocks at the door. Little does she know that the beggar woman is actually her Fairy Godmother, prepared to grant her most fervent wish––to go to the Prince’s ball. Cinderella’s magical night unfolds against the backdrop of gorgeous sets and spirited dancing. But when the clock strikes midnight, Cinderella must make a choice— to tell the Prince who she is or return to a life overshadowed by her stepmother’s cruelty. A triumphant tale of courage, hope, wishes…and magic. obt.org FEBRUARY 20
BEIJING DANCE THEATER White Bird Dance, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Led by Wang Yuanyuan and rooted in Chinese traditions, Beijing Dance Theater produces innovative, authentic, and thought-provoking contemporary dance for the world stage.
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The company will make their White Bird debut with a compelling mixed repertory program showcasing the unique collaborative nature of the company between choreographer, dramaturge, sound-score, and visual design. whitebird.org FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 2
COMPAGNIE HERVÉ KOUBI White Bird Dance, Newmark Theatre
Compagnie Hervé Koubi returns to White Bird after their soldout Uncaged debut in 2016 to perform Koubi’s latest work, The Barbarian Nights or The First Dawns of The World. Set against a musical background of Wagner, Mozart, and Fauré, and mixed with traditional Algerian melodies, the work evokes the humanity of the early barbarian of the Mediterranean basin. whitebird.org T H E AT E R
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TEENAGE DICK Artists Repertory Theatre, Morrison Stage SEE PAGE 15 for full description. artistsrep.org THROUGH FEBRUARY 10
DIAL M FOR MURDER Lakewood Theatre, Mainstage SEE PAGE 15 for full description. lakewood-center.org THROUGH FEBRUARY 10
SENSE & SENSIBILITY Portland Center Stage at The Armory, U.S. Bank Main Stage SEE PAGE 16 for full description. pcs.org
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calendar february man once again encounters the immensity of nature in pursuit of a trade that’s been nearly forgotten in the age of trawling and industrial fishery. In Silencio Blanco’s visually arresting trademark style, vaguely figurative, simple papier-mâché puppet figures coexist with actor-puppeteers, dancing their way through stormy seas. boomarts.org
APEX: Avantika Bawa exhibition, through February 10, at the Portland Art Museum.
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FOUR LAST THINGS Corrib Theatre, New Expressive Works Jane is dropping out of college, out of life. She is stuck on her family’s farm in rural Ireland with a father who cannot find the words to articulate his fears and a dog that intuitively grasps her state of mind but cannot reach her. Four Last Things by Lisa Tierney-Keogh is an emotionally charged journey through a young woman’s inner battles with depression as those who love her struggle to understand. corribtheatre.org FEBRUARY 2
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THIS GREAT THING Portland Story Theater, The Old Church
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NO CANDY
NUNSENSE
BUYER & CELLAR
Portland Playhouse
Broadway Rose Theatre, Deb Fennell Auditorium
Portland Center Stage at The Armory, Ellyn Bye Studio
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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2
PESCADOR (FISHERMAN)
NW Children’s Theater
Artists Repertory Theatre, Alder Stage
Boom Arts, Imago Theatre
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Our lives are fueled by expectation. Sometimes they are made for us. Sometimes we make them ourselves. In his very first one-person show, Warren McPherson will tell stories about his unrealistic hopes for the world and the yoke of assumption the world has placed upon him. This solo show is part of Fertile Ground. pdxstorytheater.org
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Chilean contemporary puppetry ensemble Silencio Blanco returns to Portland after their celebrated spring 2017 debut. In Pescador,
THE STARLINGS PRESENT: DINOSAURS! What does a Brachiosaurus eat for breakfast? How fast can a T-Rex run? With NWCT puppet troupe The Starlings as your guides, discover the prehistoric world of dinosaurs! This
f eb r u a r y calendar interactive, puppet-fueled extravaganza is perfect for first-time theatergoers and parents alike. nwcts.org FEBRUARY 7–MARCH 2
LA SEGUA Milagro Theatre The legend says that on his way home, a philandering man encounters a beautiful young woman. He offers to escort her home. But as he turns, her beauty decays into horror—fiery red eyes, a woman’s body, and a horse’s skull. La Segua’s terror warns men of their inconstant ways. It’s a story of superstition, jealousy, and witchcraft that tackles our societal obsession with youth and beauty. milagro.org
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PROMISES, PROMISES
Portland Story Theater, The Old Church
Lakewood Theatre, Side Door Stage
MADE TO DANCE IN BURNING BUILDINGS
Always a Valentine’s date to remember with stories of real love and romance woven together in a funny, sexy, and intimate evening of story theater. Kiss & Tell delivers on the promise of a romantic evening—young love, old love, true love, and love lost, all woven together in an intimate evening of story theater. Enjoy a photo booth, raffle prizes, and love note lottery with hosts Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard. pdxstorytheater.org
Chuck Baxter, an ambitious junior executive at an insurance company, tries to advance his career by offering his apartment to be used by his married superiors for trysts. The Lost Treasures Collection, now in its ninth season, is a series of obscure and rarely performed musicals presented in concert/ cabaret version for one weekend only on our Side Door Stage, with no sets or props (none of the usual trappings of a fully staged production). lakewood-center.org
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Made to Dance in Burning Buildings by Anya Pearson is a fusion of poetry, theater, and violent and visceral contemporary dance that poses the question of how do we heal from trauma? It’s about Ava, a young black woman, who is raped by her boyfriend’s friends while he watches; she develops PTSD as a result. Metaphorically, she fractures into five different women who each represent a different facet of her personality (romance, despair, madness, perseverance, and missing you). Poetically, these women narrate her journey through PTSD while she, her first love, and her abusers explore through dance the trauma and the events leading up to it. shaking-the-tree.com
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TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS
COME FROM AWAY
Portland Center Stage at The Armory, U.S. Bank Main Stage
Broadway Across America, Keller Auditorium
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MODERN AMERICAN REALISM
Broadway’s Come From Away has won Best Musical all across North America! The New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed, and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. Don’t miss this breathtaking new musical written by Tony nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein, and helmed by this year’s Tony Award-winning Best Director, Christopher Ashley. portland.broadway.com
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Renowned Portland author Cheryl Strayed (Wild) had a secret life as the anonymous online advice columnist for Dear Sugar. Over the years, thousands of people turned to Sugar for words of wisdom, honesty, and hope. At first unsure of herself, Sugar found a way to weave her own life experiences together with the deep yearning and heartrending problems of her readers. The beloved column ultimately became a celebration of the simple beauty and light at the heart of being human. Strayed captured this journey in her book Tiny Beautiful Things. Adapted for the stage by the Academy Award-nominated writer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos, and a hit at the Public Theater in New York last season, Tiny Beautiful Things is a funny and touching exploration of emotion, vulnerability, and human resilience. pcs.org
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GENRIFIED! CULT & OTHER CURIOSITIES NW Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium SEE PAGE 18 for full description. nwfilm.org
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PICTURING OREGON Portland Art Museum SEE PAGE 18 for full description. portlandartmuseum.org FEBRUARY 21
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JENNIFER EGAN: PORTLAND ARTS & LECTURES
CASE OF THE MONDAYS
Literary Arts
NW Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium SEE PAGE 18 for full description. nwfilm.org THROUGH FEBRUARY 10
APEX: AVANTIKA BAWA Portland Art Museum SEE PAGE 18 for full description. portlandartmuseum.org THROUGH FEBRUARY 17
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Jennifer Egan is the author of Manhattan Beach, the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit From the Goon Squad, The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus, and the story collection Emerald City. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, and Ploughshares, and her nonfiction frequently appears in The New York Times Magazine. literary-arts.org
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LITERARY ARTS PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL 2018 This year’s event, presented by Bank of America, featured 100+ authors who presented on 9 stages, pop-up readings throughout the Portland Art Museum galleries, and 13 writing workshops. (Photos 1–3) PORTLAND OPERA’S YOUNG PATRONS SOCIETY Artslandia spent a lovely evening at WeWork for a fabulous pre-season social for young arts lovers and theatergoers. (Photos 4 & 5)
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THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN CONCERT Artslandia and the Oregon Cultural Trust joined in the fun as Oregon Symphony brought Tim Burton’s fantastical holiday tale to life on the big screen. (Photos 6 & 7) View more photos at ARTSLANDIA.COM
LEFT & BOTTOM RIGHT: Portlanders showed up to pack the house at the Portland Book Festival. TOP RIGHT: Tom Hanks onstage with New York Times literary critic Parul Sehgal. Photos by Katrina Ketchum.
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LEFT: Lovely Laban and her husband, Jake. MIDDLE & RIGHT: Costumed audience members heeded the Symphony’s encouraged attire! Photos by Christopher Porras.
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PLACES TO TAKE FINE ARTS CLASSES MULTNOMAH ARTS CENTER
Metalworking, pottery, looming, songwriting, oh my! The opportunities are virtually endless at this bustling community art center with year-round offerings and instruction by working artists.
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7688 SW CAPITOL HWY, PORTLAND (503) 823-2787 // MULTNOMAHARTSCENTER.ORG
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VILLAGE GALLERY OF THE ARTS
Home to 150 artists, this nonprofit working and teaching gallery has been around for over 50 years and offers high-quality, affordable classes for all ages and abilities.
3614 SE DIVISION ST, PORTLAND THEDRAWINGSTUDIO.WILDAPRICOT.ORG
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12505 NW CORNELL RD, PORTLAND (503) 644-8001 // VILLAGEGALLERYARTS.ORG
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PORTLAND FINE ART STUDIO
This highly rated studio offers classes in drawing and painting, with specific offerings that include figure painting and drawing, portrait painting, and still-life painting. The studio also offers uninstructed drop-in classes for figure drawing with a live model!
THE LOADED BRUSH Channel Bob Ross
and sip wine while learning to paint your pet or following step-by-step instructions to create a pre-selected masterpiece. You could discover your new favorite hobby or vintage!
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space provides an inspired and supportive environment for aspiring and experienced painters with classes, workshops, and seminars geared to every level. Shared studio space and membership available for those working with oil, watercolor, or acrylic.
322 SE MORRISON ST, PORTLAND RADIUSSTUDIO.ORG 30
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and welcoming artist-run space hosts a bevy of drop-in class options, including uninstructed figure drawing that includes a live model and instructed sessions that focus on specific techniques.
100TH MONKEY STUDIO This studio
offers the expected classes, as well as a monthly workshop led by an art therapist, in which participants use the technique of mindfulness while creating art. Enjoy warmup meditations and then focus solely on the joy of the process.
1600 SE ANKENY ST, PORTLAND (503) 232-3457 // THE100THMONKEYSTUDIO.COM
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5538 SE 22ND AVE, PORTLAND (503) 468-5057 // LOADEDBRUSHPDX.COM RADIUS COMMUNITY ART STUDIOS This community art
HIGH LOW ART SPACE This relaxed
936 SE 34TH AVE, PORTLAND HIGHLOWARTSPACE.COM
2516 NW 29TH AVE #41, PORTLAND (510) 734-3818 // PORTLANDFINEARTSTUDIO.COM
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THE DRAWING STUDIO Instructor Phil Sylvester taught for ten years at Oregon School of Design before founding his own art school. His approach focuses on helping draw out each students’ artist within by addressing the assumptions and preconceptions that hold each of us back.
PORTLAND FINE ARTS GUILD
Art professionals, emerging artists, and amateurs come together at this nonprofit studio for affordable instruction in a community of supportive creatives. 3201 NE 148TH AVE, PORTLAND (888) 801-8241 // PORTLANDFINEARTSGUILD.ORG
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VINE GOGH ARTIST BAR AND STUDIO Art class with a side of
wine? Wine drinking with a side of art? Either way, it’s all good. All supplies are provided, and adult beverages are available for purchase. Be prepared to surprise yourself! 6802 SE MILWAUKIE AVE, PORTLAND (971) 266-8983 // VINEGOGH.COM
PHOTOS: 1: Aimé Kelly. 2: Lisa Manners. 3: Courtesy of Portland Fine Art Studio. 4: Aaron Ziobrowski. 5: Courtesy of Korin Schneider. 6: Alessandro De Leo. 7: Donatas1205. 8: Opas Chotiphantawanon. 9: Suchota. 10: Chantall.
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