Portland Events Calendar
Saturday, May 18, 2013
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7 a.m.
Reach the Beach 2013
Reach the Beach from Beaverton, Newberg, Amity or Grand Ronde
Grab your friends and join us for the official start of the Oregon cycling season. Now in our 23rd year, the American Lung Association's......
8:30 a.m.
Portland Farmers Market at Portland State University
Park Blocks-PSU
Times 8:30 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. — March thru October 9:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. — November & December Location The Saturday......
Kids Cook at the Market at PSU Farmers Market
Portland State University
The Portland Farmers Market is once again partnering with the Art Institute Of Portland to offer Kids Cook at the Market classes, a......
9 a.m.
Open Engagement 2013
Portland State University, Art Building
Open Engagement is an international conference that sets out to explore various perspectives on art and social practice and expand the......
9:30 a.m.
What I Eat in the Theory Eatery Space
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
Dec 19, 2012; Jun 10, 2013 Free - Located within Theory Eatery Space. Ever wondered what a boy in Bangladesh eats for lunch? How about a......
10 a.m.
Chroma-Culture
Bullseye Gallery
Bullseye presents a sweeping group exhibition that explores the use of color in contemporary kiln-glass; featuring: Mel Douglas, Dafna......
Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video
The Portland Art Museum
Distinguished photographer and Portland, Oregon native, Carrie Mae Weems presents a retrospective of over 200 works spanning her 30-year......
50th anniversary Art in the Garden exhibition series : Isamu Noguchi
Portland Japanese Garden
In 2013, a special 50th anniversary Art in the Garden exhibition series at the Portland Japanese Garden will focus on the coming together of......
Portland Saturday Market
North Waterfront & Ankeny Plaza
Operating since 1974 the Portland Saturday Market is the largest continually operating outdoor arts and crafts market in the nation. Centered......
Portland-Suzhou Sister City 25th Anniversary Trails of Bliss Exhibit
Antoinette Hatfield Hall
The Trails of Bliss exhibit, by Portland artist Grace Lim, celebrates the natural beauty of Northwest Oregon on the occasion of......
Critical Art Ensemble: Acceptable Losses
Philip Feldman Gallery and Project Room
Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) brings its Acceptable Losses exhibition to the Feldman Gallery and Project Space. Acceptable Losses is an......
Mysteriously Close-Up
New Seasons Cafe Gallery
This exhibit features digital photography taken by the talented young artists who have participated in the Media, Arts and Technology class......
Chroma-Culture
Bullseye Gallery
In conjunction with BECon 2013, Bullseye gallery presents a sweeping group exhibition that explores the use of color in contemporary......
Spring Group Exhibit
Gallery 903
"Spring Group Exhibit" featuring works from prominent West Coast artists in various media. From representational to abstract, Los Angeles to......
Maifest 2013 at Oaks Park
Oaks Amusement Park
Join Zeitgeist Northwest on Saturday, 18 May, 2013 from 10 am to 7 pm for a celebration of spring at Oaks Park in southeast Portland! Our......
You are Here - Portland Paintings
Architectural Heritage Center
This exhibit presents paintings that explore place. All of the scenes represent roads frequently traveled by the artist. The roads might seem......
S plit Surfaces: Visual Arts show--Nance Paternoster and LaValle Linn
Mel's Frame Shop
Nance Paternoster's bodies of work all have to do with breaking structure. Looking at things from a unique perspective, and carrying that......
11 a.m.
Object Focus: The Bowl
Museum of Contemporary Craft
Through a variety of engaging activities, this two-part exhibition, featuring nearly 200 bowls, asks us to consider the ubiquitous bowl in......
Elsewhere by Cynthia Lahti
PDX Contemporary Art
PDX Contemporary Art is pleased to present new works by Cynthia Lahti in 'Elsewhere', Lahti's fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Drawn......
Level 2: Scene Work Skill Building
Curious Comedy Theater
Now that you understand the improv fundamentals, Level 2 will give you time to practice and develop your skills in longer scenes while being......
12 p.m.
Cinderella
Northwest Children's Theater and School
Grab your tap shoes and get ready for a lavish re-telling of this classic tale presented in the classic musical style. Inspired by the......
Off the Plain: Contemporary Northwest Photography
Place
An examination of our elusive and vast region offering camera-based work that is beyond flatness. Includes new work by guest artist, Bea......
Putt Putt Drink - $55
Oregon Convention Center
Saturday, May 18, 12:00 - 6:00 pm Putt Putt Drink will be the most epic beer event Portland has ever seen. Nine locations around Portland......
Tamara Staples - The Magnificent Chicken
blue sky gallery
In The Magnificent Chicken, photographer Tamara Staples celebrates the champions of the chicken world at their best. Dozens of stunning......
Lucas Foglia - A Natural Order
blue sky gallery
From 2006 through 2010, Lucas Foglia created his series, A Natural Order, by befriending, photographing, and interviewing a network of people......
1 p.m.
NW Animation Fest 2013
Hollywood Theatre
Hilarious, dramatic, strange and inspiring. NW Animation Fest is a variety show that celebrates the best new work from independent animators......
2 p.m.
Gathering Blue
Winningstad Theatre
We return to the futuristic landscape Lois Lowry first introduced in The Giver—a future dominated not by technology, but by raw human......
A Year with Frog and Toad
The Newmark Theatre
Best friends Frog and Toad have been delighting young readers for more than 25 years. Outgoing and optimistic, Frog brings out the best in......
SHOWCASE CONCERT "The Grand Finale"
Historic Zion Lutheran Church
The award-winning Portland Symphonic Girlchoir shines in its 24thSeason, In The Spotlight! Ranging in age from 5 to 18, the young artists of......
FIFTEEN
BodyVox
Three days after returning to Portland from performances in Italy and Germany, BodyVox will share the energy, innovation, and optimism that......
2:30 p.m.
QDoc Day Three: See queerdocfest.org for details
Movie Theater
Day Three includes "Born This Way," "Lesbiana," "Big Joy," and "Mr. Angel."...
4 p.m.
Cinderella
Northwest Children's Theater and School
Grab your tap shoes and get ready for a lavish re-telling of this classic tale presented in the classic musical style. Inspired by the......
5 p.m.
Gathering Blue
Winningstad Theatre
We return to the futuristic landscape Lois Lowry first introduced in The Giver—a future dominated not by technology, but by raw human......
A Year with Frog and Toad
The Newmark Theatre
Best friends Frog and Toad have been delighting young readers for more than 25 years. Outgoing and optimistic, Frog brings out the best in......
6 p.m.
Embracing the Heart of Africa Through Dance and Drum: Our annual gala fundraiser
Mercy Corps Global Headquarters
The deep hot sounds of the Djembe drums rumble in the distance, and a chant is called back and forth between the children. Drums and voices......
7:30 p.m.
Ten Chimneys
Alder Stage
Ten Chimneys by Jeffrey Hatcher Apr 23 — May 26 Directed by Incoming Artistic Director Damaso Rodriguez When life and theatre collide......
Crooked
CoHo Theater
Life sucks for fourteen year old Laney who, besides dealing with typical teenage angst is afflicted by a muscle disorder called dystonia,......
The People's Republic of Portland
Ellyn Bye Studio
By Lauren Weedman Directed by Rose Riordan World Premiere Portland is garnering lots of attention lately–for our leadership in......
FALSTAFF
Keller Auditorium
Sir John Falstaff attempts to woo two married women, hoping to improve his financial situation (and, as a bonus, his love life).......
My Children! My Africa
Profile Theatre
It's 1984, the height of the student uprising against the government's oppressive Apartheid system. Passionate teacher Mr. M inspires an......
Brahms' First Symphony
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Carlos Kalmar, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin Suppé: Overture to The Beautiful Galathea Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No.......
Ari-Maria
The Sanctuary @ Sandy Plaza
triangle productions! concludes its 23rd season with the production of a new work. Ari - Maria, a modern Greek tragedy, is a musical about......
FIFTEEN
BodyVox
Three days after returning to Portland from performances in Italy and Germany, BodyVox will share the energy, innovation, and optimism that......
Fragments of an Unknown Music: Concert and Discussion with Laurence Rosenthal
The Old Church
In 1924, spiritual teacher G.I. Gurdjieff and his pupil, pianist and composer Thomas de Hartmann, began a collaboration which produced a......
A Night of Family Friendly Improv with Magenta Improv Theater
Magenta Theater
Join us for an evening of fast and funny improv! You can be part of the action when our MIT troupe performs games and scenes based on......
Consonare Chorale Presents: For the Birds
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Time to break out of the cage and sing! As the blush of spring appears, so too does nature's song. Soar from bough to bough with us on this......
8 p.m.
DANCE FOR A DOLLAR
Milagro Theatre
World Premiere A dance theatre presentation created by Mariana Carreño King and Daniel Jáquez Presented in English with traditional dance......
Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls
Theatre Vertigo
Featured in the 1999 Humana Festival of New American Plays, Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls is a quirky journey that follows a bunch of......
U.S.S. Improvise; LIVE Unscripted "Lost" Episodes of Star Trek: All shows are "pay what you want".
Funhouse Lounge
Fans of Star Trek and/or improv comedy will get the opportunity once again to see what happens when the crew of the U.S.S. Improvise are......
10 p.m.
Curious Comedy Stand Up Showcase
Curious Comedy Theater
A delicious sampler of Portland's best stand up comedy. Every first and third Saturday at 9:45. $5...
Dom-Prov
Funhouse Lounge
Dom-Prov short form improv show lead by a leather dominatrix. Players will play games and be rewarded or punished which are oddly similar.......
Festivals
Open Engagement 2013
Portland State University, Art Building
Open Engagement is an international conference that sets out to explore various perspectives on art and social practice and expand the dialo...
QDoc: Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival
McMenamins Bagad Theater
The 7th annual festival opens at McMenamins Bagdad Theater May 16 with the larger than life portrait of drag superstar Divine in I AM DIVINE...
Exhibitions
APEX: Harold Schlotzhauer
The Portland Art Museum
Existing in a world of energy movement and change, California native Harold Schlotzhauer's art is vibrant, bold, and complex. Drawing inspir...
CHAP Benefit Show: It Takes a Whole Village
CHAP Art Studio
CHAP Benefit Show: It Takes a Whole Village May 3 - June 4, 2013 First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, May 3, 5:30-7:30pm Closing Party: ...
Chroma-Culture
Bullseye Gallery
In conjunction with BECon 2013, Bullseye gallery presents a sweeping group exhibition that explores the use of color in contemporary kiln-gl...
Claire Cowie Unreliable Source, Jaq Chartier Ultra Marine
Elizabeth Leach Gallery
The Elizabeth Leach Gallery is pleased to present Unreliable Source, drawings, sculpture and photographs by Claire Cowie May 2 - June 29 and...
Critical Art Ensemble: Acceptable Losses
Philip Feldman Gallery and Project Room
Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) brings its Acceptable Losses exhibition to the Feldman Gallery and Project Space. Acceptable Losses is an exhibi...
Desert Air: Photographs by George Steinmetz
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
Does sailing a hundred feet above camel caravans appeal to your sense of adventure? How about drifting high above a honeycomb of ancient abo...
Fierce: Animal Life from the Collection
The Portland Art Museum
Animals have always held a special place in our hearts. Focusing on both wild and domestic animals of all kinds, Fierce is a photography exh...
From Stereoscopes to Televisions: The Evolution of Home Entertainment
Pittock Mansion
With high-tech home electronics like Xboxes and iPads among the nation's most popular purchases, now is the perfect time to see Pittock Mans...
In the Studio: Reflections on Artistic Life
The Portland Art Museum
Inspiration comes from many sources, and often times an artist can find it in the very place where they work. Focusing on art created in and...
Kim Osgood and Michael Dailey
Laura Russo Gallery
First Thursday Reception May 2, 5-8pm. Kim Osgood's lively monotypes portray an energetic and whimsical chronicle of flora, fauna, and domes...
Lucas Foglia - A Natural Order
blue sky gallery
From 2006 through 2010, Lucas Foglia created his series, A Natural Order, by befriending, photographing, and interviewing a network of peopl...
Mysteriously Close-Up
New Seasons Cafe Gallery
This exhibit features digital photography taken by the talented young artists who have participated in the Media, Arts and Technology class ...
Object Focus: The Bowl
Museum of Contemporary Craft
Through a variety of engaging activities, this two-part exhibition, featuring nearly 200 bowls, asks us to consider the ubiquitous bowl in n...
Off the Plain: Contemporary Northwest Photography
Place
An examination of our elusive and vast region offering camera-based work that is beyond flatness. Includes new work by guest artist, Bea Net...
Particles on the Wall
Ecotrust
A multi-disciplinary exhibit combining visual and literary arts, science, and historical memorabilia to explore the lasting social impacts o...
Portland-Suzhou Sister City 25th Anniversary Trails of Bliss Exhibit
Antoinette Hatfield Hall
The Trails of Bliss exhibit, by Portland artist Grace Lim, celebrates the natural beauty of Northwest Oregon on the occasion of Portland-Suz...
S plit Surfaces: Visual Arts show--Nance Paternoster and LaValle Linn
Mel's Frame Shop
Nance Paternoster's bodies of work all have to do with breaking structure. Looking at things from a unique perspective, and carrying that un...
Settling In
Oregon Jewish Museum
The Oregon Jewish Museum (OJM) at 1953 NW Kearney St. in Portland presents Settling In, an exhibit showcasing the immigrant experience in Or...
Tamara Staples - The Magnificent Chicken
blue sky gallery
In The Magnificent Chicken, photographer Tamara Staples celebrates the champions of the chicken world at their best. Dozens of stunning port...
Urban Walls by Joyce Hill
gallery 6 pdx
Joyce Hill is a mixed media collage artist from Buffalo, New York presenting her dynamic urban based collage in Portland for the first time ...
You are Here - Portland Paintings
Architectural Heritage Center
This exhibit presents paintings that explore place. All of the scenes represent roads frequently traveled by the artist. The roads might see...
Tours
Alphabet District Food Tour
NW 23rd and Savier
Explore the historic Alphabet District and NW 23rd Avenue, and taste culinary treasures. You?ll sample local craft beer, seasonal small plat...
Behind-the-Scenes Tours
Pittock Mansion
For anyone who ever wondered, What's behind that door?? while visiting Portland's historic Pittock Mansion, Behind-the-Scenes Tours will be ...
Best of Portland Walking Tour
Hilton Hotel on Broadway
Discover Portland the green and eco-friendly way. This award-winning walk clarifies why Portland is regularly recognized as one of the best ...
Beyond Bizarre Walking Tour
Old Town Pizza
New for 2012! If you've seen the "Ghost Hunters", "Ghost Adventures", or "Paranormal State" TV shows, then this is the right adventure for y...
Chocolate Decadence Tour
The Heathman Hotel
Let us demonstrate and indulge you in the diversity of chocolate: beans, bars, whipped, truffles, cocktails, melted, served as a drink, and...
Downtown & The Pearl Food Tour
Downtown Portland
Stroll through Portland?s historic and vibrant downtown and the artsy Pearl District. We will discover some of the best restaurants, food c...
Epicurean Excursion
The Heathman Hotel
A unique and delicious walking tour where you'll taste the foods and sip the drinks - while discovering Portland's amazing culinary scene. I...
Flavor Street Food Cart Tour
The Mark Spencer Hotel
Check out Portland?s amazing curbside cuisine! Let our Resident Experts take you on a personal tour of the city?s best food carts, tasting t...
North Mississippi Food Tour
North Portland/Mississippi Ave Culinary Tour
Join us for a three-hour tour through Portland?s newest culinary hot spot. We will explore N Mississippi Avenue, a vibrant and eclectic neig...
Underground Portland Walking Tour
Old Town Pizza
All New Tour - all the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, seedy, seamy & sinful things! Expose the sins of Portland's past on this tour...
