Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Apr 26-May 19, 2024
Thu – Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
at Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave

A co-production between Corrib Theatre and Historical Alberta House

Production Sponsored by:
Charlotte Rubin and Oregon Cultural Trust

Something stirs on the Other Side and comes knocking…

Commissioned by Corrib Theatre, From a Hole in the Ground is an original work by Portland-based playwright, poet, and actor Ken Yoshikawa, inspired by Irish folklore. Corrib will collaborate with Alberta House to develop the play, which will include mythic figures like ghosts, fairies, and even the Púca, a morally ambiguous trickster creature from Celtic lore.

Someone, some thing, has returned from the grave hell bent on a long due confrontation, upsetting the world of the good folk, and set to bring chaos to mortals too. An exploration of fairytale, time, and connection.

Private Event Email CasaDellaZisa@gmail.com for information

CDZ Collegium Musica & Marys Woods Present
Dragos Ilie, Romanian Classical Guitarist

Romanian guitarist Dragos Ilie has delighted audiences across Europe, Asia and the United States with his charismatic and dynamic interpretations. At an early age, Dragos fell in love with the instrument after listening to his father play. Soon he enrolled at the Popular School of Arts and later the National College of Arts in his native city Iasi, with professor Marius Timpau. During that time, Dragos also studied with Dr. Daniel Dragomirescu at the National Music Conservatoire of Iasi.

His dedication for the art led him to receive numerous grants for competing, performing and studying in his home country and abroad. Some of these include the MOL Foundation Scholarship for Young Artists, the “Young Talents” Grant offered by the Margareta Principess Foundation, with support from the Royal House of Romania, and the Grant “Moștenitorii României Muzicale”, offered by Radio Romania and Rotary Club Pipera. After receiving the prestigious “Wooddruff Award”, Dragos went on to complete his Bachelor studies at “Schwob School of Music” – Columbus State University, at the class of composer and pedagogue Andrew Zohn.

The program centers on all women composers, including two pieces by Florence Price, first African-American woman to have a piece performed by a major American orchestra. We also include French composter. Cecile Chaminade, who was a victim of extreme prejudice against women composers in the early 1900s. Amy Beach had her Gaelic Symphony premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896. Julie Giroux is a contemporary artist who has composed everything from video game themes to full symphonies. Ethyl Smyth was not only a composer but also an ardent suffragette in the 1910s and 20s.
Callirhoë Suite¬—Cécile Chaminade
Gaelic Symphony III—Amy Beach
The Big Blue Marble—Julie Giroux
The Old Boatman—Florence Price
Juba Dance—Florence Price
The Wreckers—Ethyl Smyth

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Apr 26-May 19, 2024
Thu – Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
at Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave

A co-production between Corrib Theatre and Historical Alberta House

Production Sponsored by:
Charlotte Rubin and Oregon Cultural Trust

Something stirs on the Other Side and comes knocking…

Commissioned by Corrib Theatre, From a Hole in the Ground is an original work by Portland-based playwright, poet, and actor Ken Yoshikawa, inspired by Irish folklore. Corrib will collaborate with Alberta House to develop the play, which will include mythic figures like ghosts, fairies, and even the Púca, a morally ambiguous trickster creature from Celtic lore.

Someone, some thing, has returned from the grave hell bent on a long due confrontation, upsetting the world of the good folk, and set to bring chaos to mortals too. An exploration of fairytale, time, and connection.

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Seating limited to 30 – RSVP info@uicafe.net

CDZ Collegium Musica (501-c3) and U&I Event Center present Dragos Ilie

“Beautiful tone, sensitivity and great musicianship. Dragos has a wonderful command of our
instrument! A bright present and even brighter future.” -Rene Izquierdo

Romanian guitarist Dragos Ilie has delighted audiences across Europe, Asia and the United
States with his charismatic and dynamic interpretations. At an early age, Dragos fell in love
with the instrument after listening to his father play. His dedication for the art led him to
receive numerous grants for competing, performing and studying in his home country and
abroad. Some of these include the MOL Foundation Scholarship for Young Artists, the
“Young Talents” Grant offered by the Margareta Principess Foundation, with support from
the Royal House of Romania, and the Grant “Moștenitorii României Muzicale”, offered by
Radio Romania and Rotary Club Pipera. After receiving the prestigious “Wooddruff Award”,
Dragos went on to complete his Bachelor studies at “Schwob School of Music” – Columbus
State University, at the class of composer and pedagogue Andrew Zohn.
Dragos has placed in over 40 international competitions, with more than 20 Grand Prizes.

The 53-voice community choir Coastal Voices will present an afternoon of choral music celebrating many aspects of Spring. Part 1, Sacred Treasures, will include a spiritual and a Swahili version of the The Lord’s Parayer along with other liturgical works. In Part 2, Natural Wonders, the choir will perform a varied mix of secular music that celebrates the renewal of spring. The smaller ensemble SoundWaves will perform three selections. An audience sing-along will follow the intermission. This concert will continue the overall theme of the 2023-2024 season: “Celebrating 25 Years of Our Favorites.” Artistic Director Rhodd Caldwell has chosen songs from the music library of the group, founded in 1998 as Central Coast Chorale by Dr. Mary Lee Scoville, director emerita.

Fashionistas and friends of felines alike, please join us for the 26th Annual Furball – Milano Miao! This gala fundraiser will be happening on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at a brand new event center, Avenue Portland.

Milano Miao is inspired by Italy’s love of fashion and felines. We’ll transport guests to the mecca of Italian design as we celebrate our l’amore per i gatti (love of cats). With your support, we’ll turn heads and hearts as we raise much-needed funding for spaying/neutering cats in our region.

• Join us for a cocktail hour, raffles, silent and live auctions, dinner, and even a fashion show with feline flair! Are you a model? We’re looking for a few volunteers and would love to hear from you!

• Attire is alta moda (high fashion) or fashionably feline! We’ll be serving vegetarian puttanesca with a gluten-free/vegan version available.

FCCO cared for a record 8,777 cats last year, and remains the only organization dedicated to providing donation-based services for feral and stray cats living on our streets. Although we ask for a donation of $50 per cat, we never turn a caregiver (or cat) away for being unable to give. With your help, we will one day say Arrivederci to future generations of homeless cats.

For those of you who are not able to attend in person check out our online auction at feralcats.com/auction-packages, we’ll have some great items for you to bid on!

Finishing their 2024 spring performances, Blueprint brings a unique concept within the choral and theatrical arena:
letting the audience choose what comes next!

With provided handheld digital devices, the audience will get opportunities to select/vote
— at numerous junctures in this mystery/detective thriller —
which path the main characters will take next!

Backed by a fast-paced plot, audio and visual enhancements, and (of course) an amazing soundtrack,
the jukebox-musical-style Choose-Your-Adventure-Now show packs fun and quirky elements together with
the amazing choral music that the organization highlights at every show!

THE STORY (in a sentence or two):
Major landmarks have been vanishing from around the globe,
and no agency has been able to catch the thieves!
The criminal mastermind behind the heists needs to be found and captured before all of the world’s treasures are gone!

Come be part of our team of field analyst detectives helping figure out this mystery, and decide what our agents do next, with a slammin’ pursuit soundtrack, which could include (depending on the path chosen)…

• Madonna’s Like a Prayer
• A-ha’s Take on Me
• Bach’s Ave Maria
• the Weather Girls’ It’s Raining Men
• Guns N’ Roses’ Welcome to the Jungle
• Florence and the Machine’s Cosmic Love
• Ella Fitzgerald’s Dream a Little Dream

And, of course, you can’t track that notorious crime boss without…
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego!

Oh, and much, much more!

Grab your magnifying glass and fingerprint kit and join us for a musical journey of mystery and intrigue!
So come and be a part of the show, and a part of the story!

In honor of May the 4th, we return to the movie that started it all: Star Wars: A New Hope. A young Luke Skywalker begins to discover his destiny when, searching for a lost droid, he is saved by reclusive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi. As a civil war rages in the galaxy, and Rebel forces struggle against the evil Galactic Empire, Luke and Obi-Wan enlist the aid of hotshot pilot, Han Solo. Joined by the quirky droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO, the unlikely team sets out to rescue Rebel leader Princess Leia and make use of the stolen plans to destroy the Empire’s ultimate weapon. To learn more visit:https://eugenesymphony.org/events/concerts/2023-2024-season/star-wars-a-new-hope

HAND2MOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS MEMENTO MORI

Memento Mori, H2M’s newest original devised work, is an exploration of death and dying. A tall order. A lifetime of dying, in fact. As the writer Franz Kafka wrote, “The meaning of life is that it stops.” The lifetime of living and collecting. The search for answers. Faith. Science. Fear. Dust. Nothingness.

“Death is a mystery to me. I tend to lean on science but grew up believing in the ideas that my Catholic mother held dearly. This project is an opportunity to investigate contemporary ideas around death and dying. In a world that has been inundated with death due to the pandemic, senseless acts of violence, and the horrors of famine and war, this piece seeks to ease some of the fear that lies ahead for all of us.” – Michael Cavazos, Director

Who will write my eulogy and how will the collective “they” remember me? Who will cancel my instagram account and what photos will they find on my phone or in the depths of my old myspace account? Will I live on through technology? What have I collected and what do these mementos say about me? Will anyone miss me? Will anyone attend my funeral? My ashes divided among family members, sprinkled on the landscape, compressed into a diamond, a lock of my hair saved, cryogenic dreams, compost for a seedling that becomes a treehouse for my great grandchildren. Maybe I’ll become a firework and my family and friends will shoot me into the air.

Death. The ripples. Dearly beloved, what happens next?

Memento Mori | A Meditation on Death.

Performances:
May 4th – 11th
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday/Sunday Matinees at 2pm

Location:
Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Tickets available at: hand2mouththeatre.org
$25 General Admission
$15 Seniors/Students
$5 Arts for All

Cast/Co-Creators: Jenni GreenMiller, Isabel McTighe, Emily Hogan, Pedro Dominguez, Nurys Herrera, Kai Hynes

Director: Michael Cavazos
Stage Manager: Riley Lozano
Lighting Designer: Sophina Flores
Set & Prop Designer: Ara Manoogian
Sound Designer: Seth Nehil
Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna

Hand2Mouth: Hand2Mouth is a group of artists who make plays and places for people today. We celebrate the potential of the live encounter and investigate the passions of our hearts and times in order to build new windows that open to the world. Driven by connection and joy, we use evolving methods to create original performance events that are bold and accessible.

Portland’s award-winning composer and singer-songwriter, Gabriel Kahane, brings to us his multi-year creative collaboration, In the Garden of the Gift. He converges with internationally renowned violinist and Finnish musical innovator, Pekka Kuusisto, to create a wholly unique evening mixing chamber music, story, song, and improvisation. Kahane’s past creative partnerships include trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, multi-instrumentalists Nathalie Joachim and Caroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet, and Sandbox Percussion. Here, these two dynamic composers create a new “musical gift” combining strings, electronics, keyboards, vocals, guitar, and more, for a collaborative exploration of music and its relationship to community.

To learn more visit: https://cmnw.org/concerts-tickets/all-concerts-events/gabriel-kahane-pekka-kuusisto-in-the-garden-of-the-gift/1959

Focusing on Latino-connected music and composers ¡Adelante! is also a bridge-builder to future generations of musicians from our area. The Latin American Suite by Portland-based composer Freddy Vilches is a composition that features rhythms and musical traditions from five regions in Latin America, featuring traditional instruments for each region. Exuberant and lively, we are thrilled to feature not only our own Principal flutist Adam Eccleston, but young students from Bravo Music & Arts Academy, trained in the vaunted El Sistema (the system) program in the final concert of this stellar season!

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Join TCO for an evening of Romantic Contrasts as Kevin A. Lefohn, guest conductor, directs the orchestra in Felix Mendelssohn’s precocious “String Symphony No. 10” and Sir Edward Elgar’s richly melodic “Three Characteristic Pieces”. Emilie Mayer’s “Symphony No. 1 in C minor”, a significant work by one of the most important women composers of the 19th century, will round out the program with its rich orchestration, lush harmonies, and melodic lines.

Through collaboration with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Tilikum Chamber Orchestra welcomes members of the MYS ensemble Hillsboro Camerata, conducted by Kevin A. Lefohn, to join us in the Mendelssohn String Symphony.

Tickets are available online at https://www.tilikumchamberorchestra.com/concerts and at the door.

Music by Gioachino Rossini; Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

The wheeling and dealing Figaro plays matchmaker between the savvy Rosina and the lovesick Count Almaviva, while Rosina’s vulturous guardian does everything he can to keep the lovebirds apart. Full of schemes and hijinks, this “zany creation that is incredibly funny and wildly colorful” (City Arts) finishes the season on a high note.

Lindy Hume’s “bright hilarious production” (The Stranger) is an audience favorite with magnificently colorful sets and costumes. Combined with Gioachino Rossini’s familiar and show-stopping tunes, this production is a treat for ears and eyes alike!

Apr 26-May 19, 2024
Thu – Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
at Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave

A co-production between Corrib Theatre and Historical Alberta House

Production Sponsored by:
Charlotte Rubin and Oregon Cultural Trust

Something stirs on the Other Side and comes knocking…

Commissioned by Corrib Theatre, From a Hole in the Ground is an original work by Portland-based playwright, poet, and actor Ken Yoshikawa, inspired by Irish folklore. Corrib will collaborate with Alberta House to develop the play, which will include mythic figures like ghosts, fairies, and even the Púca, a morally ambiguous trickster creature from Celtic lore.

Someone, some thing, has returned from the grave hell bent on a long due confrontation, upsetting the world of the good folk, and set to bring chaos to mortals too. An exploration of fairytale, time, and connection.

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Music by Gioachino Rossini; Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

The wheeling and dealing Figaro plays matchmaker between the savvy Rosina and the lovesick Count Almaviva, while Rosina’s vulturous guardian does everything he can to keep the lovebirds apart. Full of schemes and hijinks, this “zany creation that is incredibly funny and wildly colorful” (City Arts) finishes the season on a high note.

Lindy Hume’s “bright hilarious production” (The Stranger) is an audience favorite with magnificently colorful sets and costumes. Combined with Gioachino Rossini’s familiar and show-stopping tunes, this production is a treat for ears and eyes alike!

Apr 26-May 19, 2024
Thu – Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
at Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave

A co-production between Corrib Theatre and Historical Alberta House

Production Sponsored by:
Charlotte Rubin and Oregon Cultural Trust

Something stirs on the Other Side and comes knocking…

Commissioned by Corrib Theatre, From a Hole in the Ground is an original work by Portland-based playwright, poet, and actor Ken Yoshikawa, inspired by Irish folklore. Corrib will collaborate with Alberta House to develop the play, which will include mythic figures like ghosts, fairies, and even the Púca, a morally ambiguous trickster creature from Celtic lore.

Someone, some thing, has returned from the grave hell bent on a long due confrontation, upsetting the world of the good folk, and set to bring chaos to mortals too. An exploration of fairytale, time, and connection.

HAND2MOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS MEMENTO MORI

Memento Mori, H2M’s newest original devised work, is an exploration of death and dying. A tall order. A lifetime of dying, in fact. As the writer Franz Kafka wrote, “The meaning of life is that it stops.” The lifetime of living and collecting. The search for answers. Faith. Science. Fear. Dust. Nothingness.

“Death is a mystery to me. I tend to lean on science but grew up believing in the ideas that my Catholic mother held dearly. This project is an opportunity to investigate contemporary ideas around death and dying. In a world that has been inundated with death due to the pandemic, senseless acts of violence, and the horrors of famine and war, this piece seeks to ease some of the fear that lies ahead for all of us.” – Michael Cavazos, Director

Who will write my eulogy and how will the collective “they” remember me? Who will cancel my instagram account and what photos will they find on my phone or in the depths of my old myspace account? Will I live on through technology? What have I collected and what do these mementos say about me? Will anyone miss me? Will anyone attend my funeral? My ashes divided among family members, sprinkled on the landscape, compressed into a diamond, a lock of my hair saved, cryogenic dreams, compost for a seedling that becomes a treehouse for my great grandchildren. Maybe I’ll become a firework and my family and friends will shoot me into the air.

Death. The ripples. Dearly beloved, what happens next?

Memento Mori | A Meditation on Death.

Performances:
May 4th – 11th
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday/Sunday Matinees at 2pm

Location:
Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Tickets available at: hand2mouththeatre.org
$25 General Admission
$15 Seniors/Students
$5 Arts for All

Cast/Co-Creators: Jenni GreenMiller, Isabel McTighe, Emily Hogan, Pedro Dominguez, Nurys Herrera, Kai Hynes

Director: Michael Cavazos
Stage Manager: Riley Lozano
Lighting Designer: Sophina Flores
Set & Prop Designer: Ara Manoogian
Sound Designer: Seth Nehil
Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna

Hand2Mouth: Hand2Mouth is a group of artists who make plays and places for people today. We celebrate the potential of the live encounter and investigate the passions of our hearts and times in order to build new windows that open to the world. Driven by connection and joy, we use evolving methods to create original performance events that are bold and accessible.

The Oregon Mandolin Orchestra invites you to join a spring celebration with a musical program that features a luscious array of pieces showcasing the addition of guitars to the OMO ensemble.

OMO Music Director Christian McKee has crafted a globe-trotting program that ranges from somber music by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg to Japanese children’s songs, three selections from a suite by a modern Classical Mandolin Society of America composer and a playful piece from the French ballet often featured in films and cartoons.

The OMO Chamber Ensemble will perform the concert’s opening set, giving voice to a range of composers, countries and eras.

Who: Oregon Mandolin Orchestra
What: Tasty Musical Morsels Concert – live or virtual
When: 3 p.m. PST Sunday, May 5. Doors open 2:30 p.m.
Live: St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 2201 S.W. Vermont St., Portland, OR
Suggested donations: $15 at the door; $10 for students and seniors.
Virtual: Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87530908286
Suggested donation is $15 for adults; $10 for students and seniors through online link.
Information: http://www.oregonmandolinorchestra.org

Focusing on Latino-connected music and composers ¡Adelante! is also a bridge-builder to future generations of musicians from our area. The Latin American Suite by Portland-based composer Freddy Vilches is a composition that features rhythms and musical traditions from five regions in Latin America, featuring traditional instruments for each region. Exuberant and lively, we are thrilled to feature not only our own Principal flutist Adam Eccleston, but young students from Bravo Music & Arts Academy, trained in the vaunted El Sistema (the system) program in the final concert of this stellar season!

The 53-voice community choir Coastal Voices will present an afternoon of choral music celebrating many aspects of Spring. Part 1, Sacred Treasures, will include a spiritual and a Swahili version of the The Lord’s Parayer along with other liturgical works. In Part 2, Natural Wonders, the choir will perform a varied mix of secular music that celebrates the renewal of spring. The smaller ensemble SoundWaves will perform three selections. An audience sing-along will follow the intermission. This concert will continue the overall theme of the 2023-2024 season: “Celebrating 25 Years of Our Favorites.” Artistic Director Rhodd Caldwell has chosen songs from the music library of the group, founded in 1998 as Central Coast Chorale by Dr. Mary Lee Scoville, director emerita.

A celebrated pianist of “breathtaking charisma” (Philadelphia Inquirer) and “uncommon sensitivity” (New Yorker), Inon Barnatan brings Portland Piano International’s season to a close with a program of mesmerizing music by Rachmaninoff and Schubert.

Rachmaninoff’s early Moments musicaux showcase signature elements of the Russian composer’s unabashedly romantic music — lush melodies, heightened expression, and thunderous, bell-like sounds — while honoring Schubert’s own Moments musicaux, emotional tone poems one critic called “intimate confidences from Schubert’s innermost soul.” And Rachmaninoff’s nostalgia-laced Symphonic Dances, his final expression of unfulfilled longing for home after 20 years of exile in the US, is born anew in Barnatan’s explosive transcription for solo piano. For tickets and more information, visit portlandpiano.org.

Come join us for an evening of delightful music at The Hallowed Halls! The Rose City Brass Quintet will be showcasing their talents and serenading the audience with a variety of classical and contemporary pieces. This in-person event promises to be a memorable experience for all music enthusiasts. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enjoy the beautiful sounds of brass instruments in a charming setting. Mark your calendars and get ready for a night of music that will leave you wanting more!

Pre-order and save!
Pre-sale student tickets are $10; GA tickets are $22;

Day of show/at door:
$15 for students; $28 for GA

A celebrated pianist of “breathtaking charisma” (Philadelphia Inquirer) and “uncommon sensitivity” (New Yorker), Inon Barnatan brings Portland Piano International’s season to a close with a program of mesmerizing music by Rachmaninoff and Schubert.

Rachmaninoff’s early Moments musicaux showcase signature elements of the Russian composer’s unabashedly romantic music — lush melodies, heightened expression, and thunderous, bell-like sounds — while honoring Schubert’s own Moments musicaux, emotional tone poems one critic called “intimate confidences from Schubert’s innermost soul.” And Rachmaninoff’s nostalgia-laced Symphonic Dances, his final expression of unfulfilled longing for home after 20 years of exile in the US, is born anew in Barnatan’s explosive transcription for solo piano. For tickets and more information, visit portlandpiano.org.

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Now the subject of an award-winning documentary film, The Innocents is social justice advocacy through performance art. The work is an effort to delve deeply into the current issues surrounding the subject of wrongful imprisonment and exoneration, as well as a commitment to connect with the communities in which it is performed. We have embraced our role as advocates through the realization that our work cuts to the emotional core of the human experience surrounding these issues.

Using a variety of found-object and home-made instruments, electronic soundscapes, and spoken texts, we have devised a one-hour dramatic soundscape comprised of at least seventeen tableaus which explore aspects of the issues surrounding wrongful imprisonment and exoneration in the American criminal justice system: mistaken identity, JOHN LANE and ALLEN OTTE FILM TRAILER is HERE.

WEBSITE: http://www.the-innocents.com

HAND2MOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS MEMENTO MORI

Memento Mori, H2M’s newest original devised work, is an exploration of death and dying. A tall order. A lifetime of dying, in fact. As the writer Franz Kafka wrote, “The meaning of life is that it stops.” The lifetime of living and collecting. The search for answers. Faith. Science. Fear. Dust. Nothingness.

“Death is a mystery to me. I tend to lean on science but grew up believing in the ideas that my Catholic mother held dearly. This project is an opportunity to investigate contemporary ideas around death and dying. In a world that has been inundated with death due to the pandemic, senseless acts of violence, and the horrors of famine and war, this piece seeks to ease some of the fear that lies ahead for all of us.” – Michael Cavazos, Director

Who will write my eulogy and how will the collective “they” remember me? Who will cancel my instagram account and what photos will they find on my phone or in the depths of my old myspace account? Will I live on through technology? What have I collected and what do these mementos say about me? Will anyone miss me? Will anyone attend my funeral? My ashes divided among family members, sprinkled on the landscape, compressed into a diamond, a lock of my hair saved, cryogenic dreams, compost for a seedling that becomes a treehouse for my great grandchildren. Maybe I’ll become a firework and my family and friends will shoot me into the air.

Death. The ripples. Dearly beloved, what happens next?

Memento Mori | A Meditation on Death.

Performances:
May 4th – 11th
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday/Sunday Matinees at 2pm

Location:
Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Tickets available at: hand2mouththeatre.org
$25 General Admission
$15 Seniors/Students
$5 Arts for All

Cast/Co-Creators: Jenni GreenMiller, Isabel McTighe, Emily Hogan, Pedro Dominguez, Nurys Herrera, Kai Hynes

Director: Michael Cavazos
Stage Manager: Riley Lozano
Lighting Designer: Sophina Flores
Set & Prop Designer: Ara Manoogian
Sound Designer: Seth Nehil
Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna

Hand2Mouth: Hand2Mouth is a group of artists who make plays and places for people today. We celebrate the potential of the live encounter and investigate the passions of our hearts and times in order to build new windows that open to the world. Driven by connection and joy, we use evolving methods to create original performance events that are bold and accessible.

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Apr 26-May 19, 2024
Thu – Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
at Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave

A co-production between Corrib Theatre and Historical Alberta House

Production Sponsored by:
Charlotte Rubin and Oregon Cultural Trust

Something stirs on the Other Side and comes knocking…

Commissioned by Corrib Theatre, From a Hole in the Ground is an original work by Portland-based playwright, poet, and actor Ken Yoshikawa, inspired by Irish folklore. Corrib will collaborate with Alberta House to develop the play, which will include mythic figures like ghosts, fairies, and even the Púca, a morally ambiguous trickster creature from Celtic lore.

Someone, some thing, has returned from the grave hell bent on a long due confrontation, upsetting the world of the good folk, and set to bring chaos to mortals too. An exploration of fairytale, time, and connection.

HAND2MOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS MEMENTO MORI

Memento Mori, H2M’s newest original devised work, is an exploration of death and dying. A tall order. A lifetime of dying, in fact. As the writer Franz Kafka wrote, “The meaning of life is that it stops.” The lifetime of living and collecting. The search for answers. Faith. Science. Fear. Dust. Nothingness.

“Death is a mystery to me. I tend to lean on science but grew up believing in the ideas that my Catholic mother held dearly. This project is an opportunity to investigate contemporary ideas around death and dying. In a world that has been inundated with death due to the pandemic, senseless acts of violence, and the horrors of famine and war, this piece seeks to ease some of the fear that lies ahead for all of us.” – Michael Cavazos, Director

Who will write my eulogy and how will the collective “they” remember me? Who will cancel my instagram account and what photos will they find on my phone or in the depths of my old myspace account? Will I live on through technology? What have I collected and what do these mementos say about me? Will anyone miss me? Will anyone attend my funeral? My ashes divided among family members, sprinkled on the landscape, compressed into a diamond, a lock of my hair saved, cryogenic dreams, compost for a seedling that becomes a treehouse for my great grandchildren. Maybe I’ll become a firework and my family and friends will shoot me into the air.

Death. The ripples. Dearly beloved, what happens next?

Memento Mori | A Meditation on Death.

Performances:
May 4th – 11th
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday/Sunday Matinees at 2pm

Location:
Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Tickets available at: hand2mouththeatre.org
$25 General Admission
$15 Seniors/Students
$5 Arts for All

Cast/Co-Creators: Jenni GreenMiller, Isabel McTighe, Emily Hogan, Pedro Dominguez, Nurys Herrera, Kai Hynes

Director: Michael Cavazos
Stage Manager: Riley Lozano
Lighting Designer: Sophina Flores
Set & Prop Designer: Ara Manoogian
Sound Designer: Seth Nehil
Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna

Hand2Mouth: Hand2Mouth is a group of artists who make plays and places for people today. We celebrate the potential of the live encounter and investigate the passions of our hearts and times in order to build new windows that open to the world. Driven by connection and joy, we use evolving methods to create original performance events that are bold and accessible.

Music by Gioachino Rossini; Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

The wheeling and dealing Figaro plays matchmaker between the savvy Rosina and the lovesick Count Almaviva, while Rosina’s vulturous guardian does everything he can to keep the lovebirds apart. Full of schemes and hijinks, this “zany creation that is incredibly funny and wildly colorful” (City Arts) finishes the season on a high note.

Lindy Hume’s “bright hilarious production” (The Stranger) is an audience favorite with magnificently colorful sets and costumes. Combined with Gioachino Rossini’s familiar and show-stopping tunes, this production is a treat for ears and eyes alike!

The program centers on all women composers, including two pieces by Florence Price, first African-American woman to have a piece performed by a major American orchestra. We also include French composter. Cecile Chaminade, who was a victim of extreme prejudice against women composers in the early 1900s. Amy Beach had her Gaelic Symphony premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896. Julie Giroux is a contemporary artist who has composed everything from video game themes to full symphonies. Ethyl Smyth was not only a composer but also an ardent suffragette in the 1910s and 20s.
Callirhoë Suite¬—Cécile Chaminade
Gaelic Symphony III—Amy Beach
The Big Blue Marble—Julie Giroux
The Old Boatman—Florence Price
Juba Dance—Florence Price
The Wreckers—Ethyl Smyth

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Apr 26-May 19, 2024
Thu – Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
at Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave

A co-production between Corrib Theatre and Historical Alberta House

Production Sponsored by:
Charlotte Rubin and Oregon Cultural Trust

Something stirs on the Other Side and comes knocking…

Commissioned by Corrib Theatre, From a Hole in the Ground is an original work by Portland-based playwright, poet, and actor Ken Yoshikawa, inspired by Irish folklore. Corrib will collaborate with Alberta House to develop the play, which will include mythic figures like ghosts, fairies, and even the Púca, a morally ambiguous trickster creature from Celtic lore.

Someone, some thing, has returned from the grave hell bent on a long due confrontation, upsetting the world of the good folk, and set to bring chaos to mortals too. An exploration of fairytale, time, and connection.

HAND2MOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS MEMENTO MORI

Memento Mori, H2M’s newest original devised work, is an exploration of death and dying. A tall order. A lifetime of dying, in fact. As the writer Franz Kafka wrote, “The meaning of life is that it stops.” The lifetime of living and collecting. The search for answers. Faith. Science. Fear. Dust. Nothingness.

“Death is a mystery to me. I tend to lean on science but grew up believing in the ideas that my Catholic mother held dearly. This project is an opportunity to investigate contemporary ideas around death and dying. In a world that has been inundated with death due to the pandemic, senseless acts of violence, and the horrors of famine and war, this piece seeks to ease some of the fear that lies ahead for all of us.” – Michael Cavazos, Director

Who will write my eulogy and how will the collective “they” remember me? Who will cancel my instagram account and what photos will they find on my phone or in the depths of my old myspace account? Will I live on through technology? What have I collected and what do these mementos say about me? Will anyone miss me? Will anyone attend my funeral? My ashes divided among family members, sprinkled on the landscape, compressed into a diamond, a lock of my hair saved, cryogenic dreams, compost for a seedling that becomes a treehouse for my great grandchildren. Maybe I’ll become a firework and my family and friends will shoot me into the air.

Death. The ripples. Dearly beloved, what happens next?

Memento Mori | A Meditation on Death.

Performances:
May 4th – 11th
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday/Sunday Matinees at 2pm

Location:
Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Tickets available at: hand2mouththeatre.org
$25 General Admission
$15 Seniors/Students
$5 Arts for All

Cast/Co-Creators: Jenni GreenMiller, Isabel McTighe, Emily Hogan, Pedro Dominguez, Nurys Herrera, Kai Hynes

Director: Michael Cavazos
Stage Manager: Riley Lozano
Lighting Designer: Sophina Flores
Set & Prop Designer: Ara Manoogian
Sound Designer: Seth Nehil
Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna

Hand2Mouth: Hand2Mouth is a group of artists who make plays and places for people today. We celebrate the potential of the live encounter and investigate the passions of our hearts and times in order to build new windows that open to the world. Driven by connection and joy, we use evolving methods to create original performance events that are bold and accessible.

The Portland Ballet presents John Clifford’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a family friendly and witty confection of a ballet, danced to Felix Mendelssohn’s gorgeous music. This amusing and elegant adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy showcases a variety of challenging choreography: the fleet-footedness of fairies, the antics of rustics, and the style and grace of nobility. The magic begins with excited buzzing in the enchanted forest and ends with a grand pas de deux to celebrate a royal wedding. Along the way, fairies feud and stir up mischief, a merry buffoon turns into a donkey, and the queen of the fairies falls in love with him.

Tickets go on sale April 10

Get 10% off through April 17 with promo code TPBFAM24

When: Saturday, May 11, 1:00pm & 5:00pm
Where: Portland State University’s Lincoln Performance Hall
1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201
PRICING
Tier 1 – Adult $40 Youth/Student $18
Tier 2 – Adult $30 Youth/Student $15
Tier 3 – Adult $16 Youth/Student $10

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

HAND2MOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS MEMENTO MORI

Memento Mori, H2M’s newest original devised work, is an exploration of death and dying. A tall order. A lifetime of dying, in fact. As the writer Franz Kafka wrote, “The meaning of life is that it stops.” The lifetime of living and collecting. The search for answers. Faith. Science. Fear. Dust. Nothingness.

“Death is a mystery to me. I tend to lean on science but grew up believing in the ideas that my Catholic mother held dearly. This project is an opportunity to investigate contemporary ideas around death and dying. In a world that has been inundated with death due to the pandemic, senseless acts of violence, and the horrors of famine and war, this piece seeks to ease some of the fear that lies ahead for all of us.” – Michael Cavazos, Director

Who will write my eulogy and how will the collective “they” remember me? Who will cancel my instagram account and what photos will they find on my phone or in the depths of my old myspace account? Will I live on through technology? What have I collected and what do these mementos say about me? Will anyone miss me? Will anyone attend my funeral? My ashes divided among family members, sprinkled on the landscape, compressed into a diamond, a lock of my hair saved, cryogenic dreams, compost for a seedling that becomes a treehouse for my great grandchildren. Maybe I’ll become a firework and my family and friends will shoot me into the air.

Death. The ripples. Dearly beloved, what happens next?

Memento Mori | A Meditation on Death.

Performances:
May 4th – 11th
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday/Sunday Matinees at 2pm

Location:
Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Tickets available at: hand2mouththeatre.org
$25 General Admission
$15 Seniors/Students
$5 Arts for All

Cast/Co-Creators: Jenni GreenMiller, Isabel McTighe, Emily Hogan, Pedro Dominguez, Nurys Herrera, Kai Hynes

Director: Michael Cavazos
Stage Manager: Riley Lozano
Lighting Designer: Sophina Flores
Set & Prop Designer: Ara Manoogian
Sound Designer: Seth Nehil
Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna

Hand2Mouth: Hand2Mouth is a group of artists who make plays and places for people today. We celebrate the potential of the live encounter and investigate the passions of our hearts and times in order to build new windows that open to the world. Driven by connection and joy, we use evolving methods to create original performance events that are bold and accessible.

The 53-voice community choir Coastal Voices will present an afternoon of choral music celebrating many aspects of Spring. Part 1, Sacred Treasures, will include a spiritual and a Swahili version of the The Lord’s Parayer along with other liturgical works. In Part 2, Natural Wonders, the choir will perform a varied mix of secular music that celebrates the renewal of spring. The smaller ensemble SoundWaves will perform three selections. An audience sing-along will follow the intermission. This concert will continue the overall theme of the 2023-2024 season: “Celebrating 25 Years of Our Favorites.” Artistic Director Rhodd Caldwell has chosen songs from the music library of the group, founded in 1998 as Central Coast Chorale by Dr. Mary Lee Scoville, director emerita.

Ensemble Boulanger presents a recital of music from the early German Romantics. You’ll hear beloved favorites like Mendelssohn’s “On Wings of Song,” as well as lesser-known gems, all swirling around a theme of springtime.

The program includes Lieder, piano solos, and piano duets by Franz Schubert, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Clara Wieck Schumann, Josephine Lang, Mathilde von Rothschild, and others. Ensemble Boulanger recitals also include accessible, informal spoken commentary on the music. Light refreshments will be offered.

ENSEMBLE BOULANGER
Emma Mildred Cowell, soprano
Hannah Brewer, piano

Suggested donation: $20

A celebration 60 years in the making! Seattle Opera is ready for a big birthday bash with a star-studded cast of singers led by Conductor Kazem Abdullah (Tosca, X: the Life and Times of Malcolm X). Audience favorites Greer Grimsley, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Duke Kim, John Moore, Sarah Coburn, Amitai Pati, and Resident Artist Michael J. Hawk take the stage alongside the “phenomenal” (City Arts) 56-member Seattle Opera Chorus and members of Seattle Symphony.

With a line up of show-stopping selection including the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor, the iconic “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco, “Habanera” from Carmen, and beloved selections from The Pearl Fishers, Die Walküre, Tannhäuser, and more, this incredible lineup of artists is sure to bring a once-in-a-lifetime performance to commemorate 60 years.

This concert is a fundraiser to support Seattle Opera. Concert tickets start at $99. All tickets include a glass of celebratory champagne or sparkling juice. For tickets and more information, visit seattleopera.org.

Seattle Opera’s 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala
McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109
Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM

The Portland Ballet presents John Clifford’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a family friendly and witty confection of a ballet, danced to Felix Mendelssohn’s gorgeous music. This amusing and elegant adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy showcases a variety of challenging choreography: the fleet-footedness of fairies, the antics of rustics, and the style and grace of nobility. The magic begins with excited buzzing in the enchanted forest and ends with a grand pas de deux to celebrate a royal wedding. Along the way, fairies feud and stir up mischief, a merry buffoon turns into a donkey, and the queen of the fairies falls in love with him.

Tickets go on sale April 10

Get 10% off through April 17 with promo code TPBFAM24

When: Saturday, May 11, 1:00pm & 5:00pm
Where: Portland State University’s Lincoln Performance Hall
1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201
PRICING
Tier 1 – Adult $40 Youth/Student $18
Tier 2 – Adult $30 Youth/Student $15
Tier 3 – Adult $16 Youth/Student $10

One hundred years after his death in 1924, we celebrate a one-night-only concert featuring Giacomo Puccini’s enduring compositions. Experience the drama and passion of these cultural touchstones, brought to life by an exciting ensemble of featured guest artists.

Treat yourself, get fancy with friends, and enjoy a brilliant night out. We’ll cherish the iconic music of Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, and more! The Portland Opera Orchestra and Chorus will take center stage in this unforgettable celebration of one of the world’s most beloved composers.

Puccini: In Concert will be sung in Italian with English captions above the stage.

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Apr 26-May 19, 2024
Thu – Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
at Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave

A co-production between Corrib Theatre and Historical Alberta House

Production Sponsored by:
Charlotte Rubin and Oregon Cultural Trust

Something stirs on the Other Side and comes knocking…

Commissioned by Corrib Theatre, From a Hole in the Ground is an original work by Portland-based playwright, poet, and actor Ken Yoshikawa, inspired by Irish folklore. Corrib will collaborate with Alberta House to develop the play, which will include mythic figures like ghosts, fairies, and even the Púca, a morally ambiguous trickster creature from Celtic lore.

Someone, some thing, has returned from the grave hell bent on a long due confrontation, upsetting the world of the good folk, and set to bring chaos to mortals too. An exploration of fairytale, time, and connection.

HAND2MOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS MEMENTO MORI

Memento Mori, H2M’s newest original devised work, is an exploration of death and dying. A tall order. A lifetime of dying, in fact. As the writer Franz Kafka wrote, “The meaning of life is that it stops.” The lifetime of living and collecting. The search for answers. Faith. Science. Fear. Dust. Nothingness.

“Death is a mystery to me. I tend to lean on science but grew up believing in the ideas that my Catholic mother held dearly. This project is an opportunity to investigate contemporary ideas around death and dying. In a world that has been inundated with death due to the pandemic, senseless acts of violence, and the horrors of famine and war, this piece seeks to ease some of the fear that lies ahead for all of us.” – Michael Cavazos, Director

Who will write my eulogy and how will the collective “they” remember me? Who will cancel my instagram account and what photos will they find on my phone or in the depths of my old myspace account? Will I live on through technology? What have I collected and what do these mementos say about me? Will anyone miss me? Will anyone attend my funeral? My ashes divided among family members, sprinkled on the landscape, compressed into a diamond, a lock of my hair saved, cryogenic dreams, compost for a seedling that becomes a treehouse for my great grandchildren. Maybe I’ll become a firework and my family and friends will shoot me into the air.

Death. The ripples. Dearly beloved, what happens next?

Memento Mori | A Meditation on Death.

Performances:
May 4th – 11th
Wednesday – Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday/Sunday Matinees at 2pm

Location:
Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Tickets available at: hand2mouththeatre.org
$25 General Admission
$15 Seniors/Students
$5 Arts for All

Cast/Co-Creators: Jenni GreenMiller, Isabel McTighe, Emily Hogan, Pedro Dominguez, Nurys Herrera, Kai Hynes

Director: Michael Cavazos
Stage Manager: Riley Lozano
Lighting Designer: Sophina Flores
Set & Prop Designer: Ara Manoogian
Sound Designer: Seth Nehil
Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna

Hand2Mouth: Hand2Mouth is a group of artists who make plays and places for people today. We celebrate the potential of the live encounter and investigate the passions of our hearts and times in order to build new windows that open to the world. Driven by connection and joy, we use evolving methods to create original performance events that are bold and accessible.

Get ready to embark on a thrilling musical journey with Passing Strange. This Tony Award-winning show, which inspired a Spike Lee movie, follows the life of a young Black musician, known as The Youth, as he searches for his artistic and personal identity.

Set against the backdrop of the 1970s and 80s, the story takes you on a wild ride from the gospel churches of South Central LA to the punk rock clubs of Amsterdam and Berlin. Filled with electrifying rock music, soulful ballads, and powerful storytelling, Passing Strange is a triumph of live theater.

You’ll be swept up in The Youth’s quest to find himself, and you’ll experience the ups and downs of his relationships. With themes of race, art, and rebellion, this show is as relevant today as it was when it first premiered on Broadway.

Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking production live! Buy your tickets now and prepare to be moved and inspired by Passing Strange. You won’t be disappointed!

Music by Gioachino Rossini; Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

The wheeling and dealing Figaro plays matchmaker between the savvy Rosina and the lovesick Count Almaviva, while Rosina’s vulturous guardian does everything he can to keep the lovebirds apart. Full of schemes and hijinks, this “zany creation that is incredibly funny and wildly colorful” (City Arts) finishes the season on a high note.

Lindy Hume’s “bright hilarious production” (The Stranger) is an audience favorite with magnificently colorful sets and costumes. Combined with Gioachino Rossini’s familiar and show-stopping tunes, this production is a treat for ears and eyes alike!

Apr 26-May 19, 2024
Thu – Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
at Alberta House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave

A co-production between Corrib Theatre and Historical Alberta House

Production Sponsored by:
Charlotte Rubin and Oregon Cultural Trust

Something stirs on the Other Side and comes knocking…

Commissioned by Corrib Theatre, From a Hole in the Ground is an original work by Portland-based playwright, poet, and actor Ken Yoshikawa, inspired by Irish folklore. Corrib will collaborate with Alberta House to develop the play, which will include mythic figures like ghosts, fairies, and even the Púca, a morally ambiguous trickster creature from Celtic lore.

Someone, some thing, has returned from the grave hell bent on a long due confrontation, upsetting the world of the good folk, and set to bring chaos to mortals too. An exploration of fairytale, time, and connection.