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Pink Martini on stage
Da Vinci Days
P
INK MARTINI, FEAturing lead singer Storm Large, will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 30 to raise funds for da Vinci Days, Oregon’s premier summer festival for science, technology and the arts. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. at the LaSells Stewart Center on the Oregon State University campus. Hailed as a “rollicking, around-the-world musical adventure,” this 12-member orchestra transcends national and musical boundaries. Their captivating sound blends Americana with music from all over the world, thrilling audiences from Sydney to London to Cannes to Cleveland. Crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop, Thomas Lauderdale founded Pink Martini in 1994 in Portland. He wanted to provide more beautiful and
inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers supporting causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education and parks. Twenty-five years later, Pink Martini still tours the world, singing in 25 languages at opera houses, concert halls, film festivals, museums and fashion shows. In 2014, Pink Martini was inducted into both the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Tickets are $55 to $80 and are available at tickettomato. com. Refreshments will be available for purchase from Block 15 Brewing Company, 2 Towns Ciderhouse and Lumos Wine Company. Ticketholders must be 21 or older. The summer da Vinci Days festival is scheduled for July 18 at the Benton County Fairgrounds. ◊
April 3–26
Cottage Theatre presents
The seductively fun musical sensation Music and Lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
And some songs with Stig Anderson. Book by Catherine
Johnson, Originally Conceived by Judy Craymer
700 Village Drive, Cottage Grove 541-942-8001
www.cottagetheatre.org SOUTH VALLEY | MARCH 2020 NORTHWEST 50 PLUS 9
