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Lan Su Chinese Garden turns ten. To commemorate this exciting milestone and honor our special relationship with our sister city Suzhou, we’re hosting a yearlong celebration--and everyone is invited. Beginning with ten free admission days and continuing throughout the year, we’re filling the calendar with events and surprises not to be missed.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/02/10 - 01/11/10
LOCATION:
Portland Classical Chinese Garden (Lan Su Chinese Garden)
239 NW Everett St
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
November 1 - March 31
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
PHONE:
503.228.8131
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
OMSI presents SAMSON: The Colossal T. rex Discovery - OMSI
A magnificent 39-foot fossil of one of Earth's most fearsome carnivores will soon be on display in the Earth Science Hall. The 66-million-year-old skeleton known as SAMSON* is one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons in existence. 56% of SAMSON's original bones, including the nearly complete skull, will be displayed. SAMSON is smaller but close in weight to the T. rex known as Sue, long considered the largest T. rex yet discovered.
EVENT DAY(S):
12/17/09 - 08/31/10
LOCATION:
OMSI
1945 SE Water Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
HOURS:
Tuesday through Sunday 9:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m.
Closed Mondays that Portland Public Schools are in session.
PHONE:
503.797.4000
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Adult: $11 • Youth: $9 • Senior (63+): $9 • Members: Free
OMSI presents SCREAM! - OMSI
Why do our hearts race, our knees shake, and our bodies sweat when we are scared? Do crawling cockroaches give you the creeps? Are you brave enough to put your head in a guillotine, pet a tarantula, or take a free fall? Get your heart pumping and your palms sweaty as you examine the physiological, neurobiological, and sociological aspects of fear in the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s (OMSI) new exhibit, SCREAM! Featuring Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear opening Oct. 10, 2009.
EVENT DAY(S):
10/10/09 - 01/03/10
LOCATION:
OMSI
1945 SE Water Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
HOURS:
9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
PHONE:
503.797.4000
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.omsi.edu
Reel Music Festival - NW Film Center
Reel Music is the Film Center’s annual showcase exploring the lively interplay between sound and image and music and culture. Featuring everything from collections of vintage performance clips to new documentary and dramatic films, to cutting edge music videos and animation, Reel Music mixes everything from jazz, blues, and rock to classical, opera, and avant-garde music related works into a unique cinematic celebration.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/09/04 - 01/31/10
LOCATION:
Various locations
See website
Portland, OR
PHONE:
503-221-1156
World Forestry Center presents Museum by Moonlight - World Forestry Center Discovery Museum
This special after-hours event for those 21+ is designed with the coffee lover in mind. But there will be plenty of food, wine, and beer too!
After you've got your caffeine buzz, you can try out all the fun, hands-on interactive exhibits our museum has to offer. Test your smoke jumping skills with our Virtual Smoke-jumper, and grab your friends as you take a ride on Class IV rapids with the River Raft Adventure. Think you're good at video games? Think again as you take the controls of a Timberjack Harvester and try your hand at being a modern day Lumberjack.
EVENT DAY(S):
12/10/09 - 01/07/10
LOCATION:
World Forestry Center
4033 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
HOURS:
6:00pm - 9:30pm
PHONE:
503.228.1367
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$8 adults
Portland Japanese Garden Hosts O-Shogatsu (New Year’s) Celebration - Japanese Garden
This year the Portland Japanese Garden will celebrate O-Shogatsu (New Year’s) with a special Family Day on Sunday, January 10 from Noon-3pm. The event will be held in the Garden’s Pavilion and will include tea and light refreshments, traditional New Year’s activities for kids, and calligraphy writing.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/10/10
LOCATION:
Japanese Garden
611 S.W. Kingston Ave.
Portland, OR 97201
HOURS:
Noon-3pm.
PHONE:
(503) 223-1321
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$8.00 Adult $6.75 Senior (62+) $6.75 College Student (w/ID) $5.25 Youth (6-17) Children 5 and under free
Rose Quarter presents FMX Gravity Slashers - Rose Quarter
Feld Motor Sports℠ announced the inaugural Gravity Slashers Freestyle Motocross tour, appearing at the Rose Garden Saturday, January 16th. The 15-stop tour will feature some of the world’s best freestyle motocross pros as they attempt to one-up each other with gravity-defying tricks.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/16/10
LOCATION:
Rose Garden Arena
One Center Court
Portland, OR 97227
HOURS:
7:30 PM
PHONE:
877.789.ROSE (7673)
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$30, $25, & $20
Rose City Collector's Market - Rose City Collectors Market
Shop Approx. 200 Tables of Antiques & Collectibles
from Past to Present, and Collectors from miles around.
Some sellers specialize, while others offer a variety of collectibles.
Some of the items you will see at the show include:Vintage clothing, jewelry, glassware, collectible toys, militaria, automobilia, vintage books and paper items, collectible coins, postcards and ephemera, vintage kitchenware, antique paintings, collectible diecast cars & hot wheels, sports cards and sports collectibles, guns, advertising collectibles, comic books, vintage cameras and accessories and much, much more.
EVENT DAY(S):
11/22/09 - 01/24/10
LOCATION:
Holiday Inn Airport - Columbia Conference Center
8439 NE Columbia Blvd
Portland, OR 97220
HOURS:
9AM-3PM
PHONE:
503-238-0222
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$2 Admission - Early Admission: 7 am $6
World Forestry Center presents ChocolateFest 2010 - World Forestry Center Discovery Museum
Join us for the 5th annual ChocolateFest and make all your chocolate dreams come true. We'll have over 45 vendors along with demonstrations and presentations so you can taste, smell, feel and see some of the finest chocolate in the Pacific Northwest.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/30/10 - 01/31/10
LOCATION:
World Forestry Center
4033 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
HOURS:
10am - 5pm
PHONE:
503.228.1367
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$8 adults, $7 seniors (62+), $5 children. Under 3 and members are free.
IN CONCERT
Cappella Romana: A Byzantine Christmas - Cappella Romana
The virtuoso Byzantine cantor from Athens Achilleas Chaldeakis makes his Cappella Romana directing debut in a program of Byzantine chants for the Christmas season, including ecstatic verses from the Polyeleos for Christmas.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/08/10
LOCATION:
St. Mary's Cathedral
1716 NW Davis Street
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
8:00pm
PHONE:
866/822-7735
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.cappellaromana.org
Oregon Symphony presents Schumann and Shostakovich - Oregon Symphony
Our Classical Season is led by Music Director Carlos Kalmar, with guest artists and conductors from Portland and around the world. You'll hear some of the greatest music in the symphonic repertoire.
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Benedetto Lupo , piano
Ginastera: Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
EVENT DAY(S):
01/09/10 - 01/11/10
HOURS:
Jan 9,10 7:30pm
Jan 11 8pm
PHONE:
503-228-1353
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.oregonsymphony.org
Third Angle New Music Ensemble presents: Hearing Voices - Third Angle New Music Ensemble
Words and music combine in stories that delight, taking us on magical journeys into troll infested woods, to planets where mechanical beings communicate in musical tones, to Italo Calvino’s magically realist Italy, or even back to ‘1984’, Orwell’s epic romantic comedy (seriously…)
We introduce the premiere of “Voyage to FaReMiDo” by Oregon Symphony resident conductor Gregory Vajda, “King of the Animals” by Robert Kyr, “Greetings from 1984” by Jon Deak, and special guest Ursula K. Le Guin, narrating her “A Ride on the Red Mare”, accompanied by Bryan Johanson’s lovely score.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/22/10
LOCATION:
Kaul Auditorium
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock
Portland, OR 97202
HOURS:
7:30 PM
PHONE:
503.331.0301
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Adult $30.00 65+Senior $25.00 Student $25.00
Oregon Symphony presents Dvorak's Violin Concerto - Oregon Symphony
Our Classical Season is led by Music Director Carlos Kalmar, with guest artists and conductors from Portland and around the world. You'll hear some of the greatest music in the symphonic repertoire.
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Martinu: Thunderbolt P-47
Dvorák: Violin Concerto
Respighi: boutique fantasque, ballet after Rossini
EVENT DAY(S):
01/23/10 - 01/25/10
HOURS:
Jan 23,24 7:30pm
Jan 25 8pm
PHONE:
503-228-1353
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.oregonsymphony.org
Oregon Symphony Special Concerts: Garrison Keillor - Oregon Symphony
Garrison Keillor, performing artist
The host of the weekly radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor walks and talks the best of Americana. His masterful storytelling about life in the Midwest paints pictures that range from grade-school crushes, growing up in a low thermostat household to the wonderful cast of folks populating his beloved Lake Wobegon. Please note: The Oregon Symphony does not perform.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/26/10 - 01/27/10
HOURS:
7:30pm
PHONE:
503-228-1353
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.orsymphony.org
Oregon Symphony presents Ravel's Concerto for Left Hand - Oregon Symphony
Our Classical Season is led by Music Director Carlos Kalmar, with guest artists and conductors from Portland and around the world. You'll hear some of the greatest music in the symphonic repertoire.
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Ades: Overture, Waltz & Finale from Powder Her Face
Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand
Holst: Egdon Heath
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
EVENT DAY(S):
01/30/10 - 01/31/10
HOURS:
Jan 30 7:30pm
Jan 31 2pm
PHONE:
503-228-1353
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.oregonsymphony.org
ON STAGE
BroadArts Theatre presents A/Broad For All Seasons - BroadArts Theatre
BroadArts Theatre invites you to solve the mystery at A/BROAD FOR ALL SEASONS, our newest original theatre-comedy with music. If you saw WONDERBROADS, our musical that won the Oregon Book Award for Best Drama, then you are familiar with the energy and fun of our shows. In this sequel, A/BROAD overflows with BroadArts Theatre’s trademark funny, edgy, dangerous, factual, inspiring, sexy, interactive performance. BroadArts is proud to collaborate with our fellow members of the Portland theater Community as a participant in Fertile Ground: A city-wide festival of new work presented by the Portland Area Theater Alliance January 2010.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/02/10 - 01/23/10
LOCATION:
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
5340 N. Interstate Avenue
Portland, OR 97217
HOURS
Tues-Sat 8pm
Sun 2pm
PHONE:
(503) 288-5181
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$12 to $20 – discounts for early bird purchase
Do Jump! presents Tiger Lilly & Sunny Lu ‘Cirque de Chat’ - Do Jump
DO JUMP!'s new holiday show is based on the memoirs of Sunny Lu (a beautiful orange tabby) and Choreo-directed by Robin Lane. See the extraordinary human members of DO JUMP! create a one room feline circus. This show includes trampoline furniture, flying human cat toys and live music from rock and roll to classical. Artful athletic and hilarious, Sunny Lu and Tiger Lilly is great for audiences of all ages.
EVENT DAY(S):
11/28/09 - 01/03/10
LOCATION:
Echo Theatre
1515 SE 37th Ave.
Portland, OR 97214
HOURS:
12:00 PM Shows: 11/29, 12/20, 12/27
3:00 PM Shows: 11/28, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/19, 12/20, 12/23, 12/26, 12/30, 1/2, 1/3
7:30 PM Shows: 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/18, 12/19, 12/21, 12/22, 12/23, 12/26, 12/28, 12/29, 12/30, 1/1, 1/2
PHONE:
503.231.1232
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$20-$32
Fred Meyer Broadway Across America: Rain A Tribute to the Beatles - Fred Meyer Broadway Across America Portland
From Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road! They look like them and they sound just like them! "The next best thing to seeing The Beatles," raves the Denver Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live! RAIN covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days.
EVENT DAY(S):
12/29/09 - 01/03/10
LOCATION:
Keller Auditorium
SW 3rd & Clay
Portland, OR 97204
HOURS:
Tuesday-Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2pm & 7:30pm
Sunday at 1pm & 6:30pm
PHONE:
1.866.739.6737
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.portlandopera.org
Imago presents Biglittlethings - Imago
A holiday family spectacle for ages 3 to 103. 11 short pieces that mix mask theatre, illusionistic costumes, original music, special effect lighting and pure spectacle.
EVENT DAY(S):
12/11/09 - 01/03/10
LOCATION:
Imago Theatre
17 SE 8th
Portland, OR 97214
HOURS:
Dec 11,12,18,19,23,24,26,30,Jan 2 7pm
Dec 12,13,19,20,22,24,26,27,28,29,Jan 1,2,3 2pm
PHONE:
503.231.9581
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Prices are $18 kids, $28 youth/seniors (26 & under/65 & over), $31 adults
Northwest Children’s Theater and School presents Narnia - Northwest Childrens Theater
"There are many stories of Narnia. The first is about to be told."
Deep inside the wardrobe sleeps a land of never-ending winter ruled by a cruel witch. Led by the noble Aslan, four brave siblings are drawn into an epic battle between good and evil in this inspiring holiday adventure for the whole family!
Most enjoyed by ages 6 and up
EVENT DAY(S):
12/11/09 - 01/03/10
LOCATION:
Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center
1819 NW Everett
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
Fridays & Saturdays at 7pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm
PHONE:
(503) 222-4480
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Adult $22 Youth $18
Rose Quarter presents Tyler Perry’s “Laugh To Keep From Crying” - Rose Quarter
Amazingly, Tyler Perry has built a solid portfolio of stage productions over the past 12 years. Tyler Perry's "Laugh to Keep from Crying" will surely bring much needed laughter with all the challenges we face today. This 11th production touches the depths of our souls and has a lot of great poignant moments. It explores confusion versus an illustration of courage. A cast of veterans from former Tyler Perry productions will provide you with a clear perception to manage your own situations but on a lighter scale.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/10/10
LOCATION:
Rose Garden Arena
One Center Court
Portland, OR 97227
HOURS:
5:00 PM
PHONE:
877.789.ROSE (7673)
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$47.50, $42.50
Fred Meyer Broadway Across America: Xanadu - Fred Meyer Broadway Across America Portland
PUT A BUNCH of smash hit songs, Tony® Award-nominee Douglas Carter Beane and the cutest couple in town into a Broadway musical comedy blender, and what do you get? “Heaven on Wheels” says The New York Times. Taking audiences back to 1980 California, this hilarious new musical follows the beautiful Kira, who travels to earth to inspire a struggling young artist named Sonny, as she helps this aspiring painter to find his voice, discover true love and build the world’s first roller disco (not necessarily in that order).
EVENT DAY(S):
01/12/10 - 01/17/10
LOCATION:
Keller Auditorium
SW 3rd & Clay
Portland, OR 97204
HOURS:
Tuesday-Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2pm & 7:30pm
Sunday at 1pm & 6:30pm
PHONE:
1.866.739.6737
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.portlandopera.org
Portland Center Stage: Snow Falling on Cedars - Portland Center Stage
This haunting story takes place in 1954, north of Puget Sound, on an island so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But when Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with murder, the community’s secrets emerge one by one. Gripping and densely atmospheric, Snow Falling on Cedars is a masterpiece of suspense.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/13/10 - 02/15/10
LOCATION:
Gerding Theater at the Armory
120 N.W. 11th
Portland, OR
HOURS:
www.pcs.org
PHONE:
503.445.3700
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.pcs.org
Miracle Theatre Group: American Sueño - Miracle Theatre Group
Hitchhiking down the interstate, heart on my sleeve.
Two years in a six by nine, waiting for a call from the outside.
Escaping from my past, living under a bridge.
Hiding behind my desk job, waiting for the call to run.
We are the outsiders — the homeless, the outcast, the gay, the immigrant — but we still dream “The American Dream” … everybody’s hope for a better job, a better life, a better tomorrow. Weaving together our real-life stories, American Sueño is our hopeful journey toward a new era of acceptance.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/14/10 - 01/23/10
LOCATION:
Milagro Theatre
525 SE Stark St
Portland, OR 97214
HOURS:
Jan 14,21 7:30
Jan 15,16,22,23 8pm
Jan 17,23 2pm
PHONE:
503-236-7253
CoHo Productions presents Hamlet - CoHo Productions
With this brisk, exciting new cut, the play focuses on the familial themes of Hamlet. The trimming shortens the overall play and gives a sharp focus to the plot lines that directly tell the story. With a company of five actors and minimal tech, this is Hamlet in its essence. Without excessive technical distractions or out-of-context ideals (post-Apocalypse, No, thank you!), this version of Hamlet will remind you why you fell in love with this play in the first place
EVENT DAY(S):
01/15/10 - 02/20/10
LOCATION:
CoHo Theater
2257 N.W. Raleigh
Portland, OR
HOURS:
Thurs-Sat 8pm
Sun 2pm
PHONE:
(503) 205-0715
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students and s
Lakewood Theatre Company presents Spider's Web - Lakewood Theatre Company
An original Agatha Christie mystery! Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, discovers a body in the drawing room of her home. With her husband scheduled to arrive at any moment with an important VIP in tow, Clarissa has to create an intricate web of alibis and invention to save her family. When her lies lead to new surprises the audience is left to untangle the puzzle. A captivating whodunnit.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/15/10 - 02/21/10
LOCATION:
Lakewood Center for the Arts
368 S. State Street
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
HOURS:
Tues-Sat 7:30pm
Sun 7pm
PHONE:
503-635-3901
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$26.00 - $30.00
Northwest Children's Theater and School presents Pinocchio - Northwest Childrens Theater
"Look at that! What do you know? It's gears and wheels that make me go!"
From a pile of shiny scrap metal comes the buzz, clink and whir of the original toy story! This industrial musical is the tale of Gepetto's brand-new mechanical boy who learns, through much trial and many errors, what it means to be human.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/29/10 - 02/21/10
LOCATION:
Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center
1819 NW Everett
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
Fridays & Saturdays at 7pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm
PHONE:
503-222-4480
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Adult $22 Youth $18
Oregon Children's Theatre presents Giggle Giggle Quack - Oregon Children's Theatre
They’re baaaaaack! Farmer Brown needs a vacation. Before putting his brother Bob in charge of the farm, he writes clear instructions for taking care of the animals. Duck does some creative editing and wild mayhem ensues. Bubble-bathing pigs, pizza-eating chickens, and cows at the movies highlight this barn-raising mooosical.
Written, composed, directed, and choreographed by the same great team that brought you Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type. BEST FOR ALL AGES
EVENT DAY(S):
01/30/10 - 02/21/10
LOCATION:
Newmark Theatre
SW Broadway & Main
Portland, OR 97204
HOURS:
Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.: Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 13*, and Feb. 20*
Sundays at 2 p.m.: Jan. 31, Feb. 14, and Feb. 21
(*) No 5 p.m. performance
PHONE:
503 228-9571
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
13-$24
ART MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
23 Sandy Gallery presents The Assignment - 23 Sandy Gallery
A national, juried exhibition of book arts organized in conjunction with the annual meeting of the College Book Art Association in Portland. This exhibit features book arts related artworks including artist books, sculptural books, book objects and altered books.
EVENT DAY(S):
12/03/09 - 01/09/10
LOCATION:
23 Sandy Gallery
623 N.E. 23rd
Portland, OR
HOURS:
Thurs-Sat 12-6
PHONE:
503.927.4409
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
3D Center of Art and Photography presents 3D Doodle Daze A Participatory Event and Exhibition - 3D Center of Art and Photography
The 3D Center of Art & Photography has offered several public workshops in 3D dddoodling that have been so successful that we've decided to give the gallery over to dddoodlers for an entire exhibition slot.
Visitors will be able to grab a pair of red and blue pencils and try out making their own 3D anaglyph images by dddoodling on large strips of paper. The best dddoodles will then be posted on the walls.
Subsequent visitors will get to see the handiwork of previous dddoodlers and the top rated dddoodles will be printed in the January 2010 issue of Center News.
EVENT DAY(S):
11/05/09 - 01/03/10
LOCATION:
3D Center of Art & Photography
1928 NW Lovejoy
Portland, OR 97239
Map It!
HOURS:
Thurs-Sat 11-5
Sun 1-6
PHONE:
503-227-6667
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$5 adults (age 15 and over) Children free (under 15 years old)
Bullseye Gallery presents Mel George - Bullseye Gallery
Australian artist Mel George captures evocative, Polaroid-like memories and impressions in kilnformed glass.
EVENT DAY(S):
12/01/09 - 01/23/10
LOCATION:
Bullseye Gallery
300 N.W. 13th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
10-5
RECEPTION: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 5:30 – 7:30pm
PHONE:
503-227-0222
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
Fourteen30 Contemporary presents Forth Estate - Fourteen30 Contemporary
Fourteen30 Contemporary is pleased to present an exhibition of recent print editions of New York based Forth Estate. Forth Estate was founded in 2005 by Luther Davis and Glen Baldridge, in the interest of producing editioned works by emerging artists using both traditional and technologically
innovative approaches to printmaking. Forth Estate prints are in the collections of the New York Public Library, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Newark Public Library, and the Jundt Art Museum.
EVENT DAY(S):
12/11/09 - 01/23/10
LOCATION:
Fourteen30 Contemporary
1430 SE 3rd Ave
Portland, OR 97214
HOURS:
10-5
PHONE:
503.236.1430
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
Museum of Contemporary Craft presents The Academy is Full of Craft - Museum of Contemporary Craft
Museum of Contemporary Craft maps craft's historic transition from industry to academia through works in the ceramics collection
Product design team Studio Gorm collaborates with the Museum to architect a visual timetable communicating major shifts in craft history
EVENT DAY(S):
07/28/09 - 01/09/10
LOCATION:
Museum of Contemporary Craft
724 Northwest Davis Street
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
11-6
First Thurs 11-8
PHONE:
503-223-2654
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
Museum of Contemporary Craft presents Transference - Museum of Contemporary Craft
Glass artist Andy Paiko and sound artist Ethan Rose reinterpret the short-lived glass armonica. . Portland-based artists Andy Paiko (glass) and Ethan Rose (sound/composition) collaborate to create a kinetic-sound installation reinterpreting the glass armonica, a nearly forgotten instrument. Through movement, light and music, Transference is an exploration of the material and aural properties of glass.
EVENT DAY(S):
11/19/09 - 01/09/10
LOCATION:
Museum of Contemporary Craft
724 Northwest Davis Street
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
Tues-Sat 11-6
First Thursday 11-8
PHONE:
503.223.2654
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
Oregon College of Art and Craft presents OCAC Faculty Biennial - Oregon College of Art & Craft
This biennial exhibition offers an opportunity to see new work created by the OCAC degree program faculty, whose members are working studio artists exhibiting both regionally and nationally
EVENT DAY(S):
12/04/09 - 01/28/10
LOCATION:
Oregon College of Art & Craft
8245 SW Barnes Road
Portland, OR 97225
HOURS:
Daily 10-5
Opening reception Thursday, December 3, 4:00-7:00pm
PHONE:
503.297.5544
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
Portland Art Museum presents China Design Now - Portland Art Museum
China Design Now explores the recent explosion of critically compelling design and architecture projects created in China, contextualizing the impact of rapid economic development on these projects in the country’s major cities. This immersive, multi-sensory exhibition captures a dynamic phase in China, as it opens up to global influences and responds to the hopes and dreams of its new urban middle class.
EVENT DAY(S):
10/11/09 - 01/17/10
LOCATION:
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
HOURS:
Mon CLOSED
Tue 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wed 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thu 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Fri 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sun 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PHONE:
503.226.2811
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Adult - $15 (includes general admission Seniors (55+) and Students (18 and older with ID) - $12 (includes general admission)*
Portland Art Museum presents Raphael: The Woman with the Veil - Portland Art Museum
Don’t miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view Raphael’s renowned painting La Velata (The Woman with the Veil), opening October 24.
This single-painting exhibition brings one of the most important paintings of the Renaissance to Oregon for the first time. This extraordinary work is on loan from the Medici Collection of the Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy and comes to Portland after more than a year of negotiations.
“This masterpiece has rarely left Italy. Unless you travel to Florence, you would otherwise not have the opportunity to view this important work,” says Brian Ferriso, The Marilyn H. and Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Director.
EVENT DAY(S):
10/24/09 - 01/03/10
LOCATION:
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
HOURS:
Mon CLOSED
Tue 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wed 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thu 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Fri 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sat 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sun 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
PHONE:
503.226.2811
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Adult - $17 (includes general admission and China Design Now)* Seniors (55+) and Students (18 and older with ID) - $14 (includes general admission and China Design Now)
Print Arts Northwest Gallery at the Washington County Museum presents Holiday Show & Sale - Print Arts Northwest
Print Arts Northwest is pleased to showcase many of its 120 artist members in a group salon style exhibit, beginning November 19th and continuing on through December and ending January 16th, 2010. The opening reception will be November 19th from 6-8pm, and will coincide with the opening of a new exhibit at the Washington County Museum called "Oregon is Indian Country".
PAN artists are committed to their art and the public will find professional work at reasonable prices in our small gallery located right inside the doors of the Washington County Museum.
EVENT DAY(S):
11/19/09 - 01/16/10
LOCATION:
Washington County Museum
Rock Creek Campus of Portland Community College
17677 NW Springville Rd
Portland, OR 97229
HOURS:
10-4
PHONE:
503-525-9259
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
PDX Contemporary Art presents John Mann Folded in Place - PDX Contemporary Art
The photographs in this series are informed by the varied ways that photography, mapping, drawing and
sculpture have each tried to describe the landscape. By incorporating each of these methods, Folded in
Place highlights the abstraction of the landscape traditionally offered by these means, while creating a
tangible photographic “place” in each image that is occupied by a mapped construction. The images
therefore provide precise photographic and mapped information while at the same time offering an
abstraction of the landscape itself.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/05/10 - 01/30/10
LOCATION:
PDX Contemporary Across the Hall
929 NW Flanders
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
11:00-6:00, Tuesday - Saturday
PHONE:
503.222.0063
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
PDX Contemporary Art presents Megan Murphy Porcelain and Other Works - PDX Contemporary Art
In Porcelain and Other Works, Megan Murphy uses historical events and locations to construct an understanding of how our contemporary selves and culture are informed by the subjectivity of recorded history. From photographs that she has taken on location Murphy produces a transparent image that she then mounts between a mirror and a sheet of glass. Then begins a process of building up and removing dozens of layers of paint and text, imbuing the paint with an internal luminosity while replicating the effects of time: actions once taken and now remembered by how they are revealed through the progression and reflection of time.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/05/10 - 01/30/10
LOCATION:
PDX Contemporary Art
925 NW Flanders Street
Portland, OR 97209
HOURS:
11-6pm
PHONE:
503-222-0063
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
First Thursday Gallery Walk - First Thursday
The art galleries in downtown Portland, Oregon, invite you to join them on the "First Thursday" of every month for an evening of art, wine and music. Walk from gallery to gallery to view all of the new art exhibits. Generally the hours are 6pm to 9pm, but please check each gallery's website for more information and to view other artists works that they represent.
EVENT DAY(S):
08/06/09 - 07/01/10
LOCATION:
Various Portland Locations
Check Website
Portland, OR
HOURS:
www.firstthursday.com
PHONE:
see website
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Admission is free
Polaris Dance Theatre presents iCHANGE - Polaris Dance Theatre
In iCHANGE, the dynamic dancers of Portland's Polaris Dance Theatre (with New York guests KDNY), tackle the complexity of human relationships. The "fourth wall" will be broken as Polaris connects directly with the audience in a revolutionary performance.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/15/10 - 01/16/10
LOCATION:
Newmark Theatre
SW Broadway & Main
Portland, OR 97204
HOURS:
8pm
PHONE:
503-380-5472
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$20-$55
Buy Tickets
White Bird Uncaged presents Tere Mathern Dance / Minh Tran & Company - White Bird Dance
Tere Mathern: "Lucid, limpid and smart." -Dance Magazine
Minh Tran: "A tour-de-force that left the audience gasping." -Dance Magazine
Tere Mathern and Minh Tran are two of the Pacific Northwest's finest choreographers.
A highlight of the program is a new collaborative duet by the choreographers who have long danced for and with each other.
Contains partial nudity.
EVENT DAY(S):
01/20/10 - 01/24/10
LOCATION:
World Forestry Center
4033 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
HOURS:
Wed-Sat 8pm
Sun 2pm
PHONE:
503-245-1600
ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.whitebird.org
