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Portland Opera is partnering with the Happy Valley Library to bring Building Blocks of Opera to families!

Join us at the Happy Valley Library for an evening performance for families and anyone new to opera.

Building Blocks of Opera programs introduce audiences in a fun and interactive way to elements that make an opera! Learn about arias, recitative, ensembles, voice types and how the orchestra helps tell the story!

Inspired by Portland’s food cart culture, Opera a la Cart is a mobile performance venue that brings live opera performance directly into the community spaces where people gather. Designed and built by architecture students at Portland State University, the cart features a fold-out stage and a “menu” of operatic specials of the day to be sung by local artists.

Portland Opera is partnering with Portland Parks for their Summer Free for All: Lunch + Play program to bring Building Block of Opera to children and families in select area parks!

Building Blocks of Opera programs introduce audiences in a fun and interactive way to elements that make an opera! Learn about arias, recitative, ensembles, voice types, and how the orchestra helps tell the story!

Inspired by Portland’s food cart culture, Opera a la Cart is a mobile performance venue that brings live opera performance directly into the community spaces where people gather. Designed and built by architecture students at Portland State University, the cart features a fold-out stage and a “menu” of operatic specials of the day to be sung by local artists.

For more information, please visit portlandopera.org.

We’re excited to bring the Opera a la Cart truck to Director Park in the heart of Downtown Portland. Pack a picnic and join us for an evening of gorgeous, passionate selections from opera, art song, and musicals with the outdoor backdrop of a Perfect Portland Summer™. This event is free and open to the public.

Inspired by Portland’s food cart culture, Opera a la Cart is a mobile performance venue that brings live opera performance directly into the community spaces where people gather. Designed and built by architecture students at Portland State University, the cart features a fold-out stage and a “menu” of operatic specials of the day to be sung by local artists.

Join us at Walters Cultural Arts Center for Puccini to Porter: An Evening of Passion (with No Regrets in the Morning).

Beautiful, warm evenings, a picnic supper, and the lovely music wafting on the breeze—sounds like the perfect summer outing! This free summer concert perfectly captures these sweet, golden hours with gorgeous selections from opera, musical theater, and the great American songbook, including everything from Puccini to Porter. Don’t miss this evening of passion with no regrets in the morning!

Free – No tickets required
Bring a blanket and snacks for a concert on the Walters lawn.
Note: In case of higher temperatures, the performance will be moved indoors.

Inspired by Portland’s food cart culture, Opera a la Cart is a mobile performance venue that brings live opera performance directly into the community spaces where people gather. Designed and built by architecture students at Portland State University, the cart features a fold-out stage and a “menu” of operatic specials of the day to be sung by local artists.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Astoria and the treacherous Columbia Bar are the setting for this fantastical musical tale of love and loss. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

A comedic and touching journey as seen through Geraldine’s eyes as she struggles with dementia and two disparate daughters. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Mystery abounds when coincidences merge into something much bigger. Paranoia or conspiracy? Who is the man in the yellow raincoat? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Portland Opera is partnering with Portland Parks for their Summer Free for All: Lunch + Play program to bring Building Block of Opera to children and families in select area parks!

Building Blocks of Opera programs introduce audiences in a fun and interactive way to elements that make an opera! Learn about arias, recitative, ensembles, voice types, and how the orchestra helps tell the story!

Inspired by Portland’s food cart culture, Opera a la Cart is a mobile performance venue that brings live opera performance directly into the community spaces where people gather. Designed and built by architecture students at Portland State University, the cart features a fold-out stage and a “menu” of operatic specials of the day to be sung by local artists.

For more information, please visit portlandopera.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

A comedic and touching journey as seen through Geraldine’s eyes as she struggles with dementia and two disparate daughters. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

In this turn of the century comedic melodrama, can Agatha outwit her chauvinistic rivals dancing backwards in heels? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $10.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

A legendary multi-instrumentalist and groundbreaking American classical composer, Mark O’Connor is a three-time GRAMMYⓇ winner and seven-time CMA Musician of the Year. Maggie O’Connor, also a GRAMMYⓇ winner and Mark’s musical partner for over a decade, earned a master’s degree in classical violin performance from the Peabody Conservatory before returning to her own Americana music roots. The duo will play a movement from Mark O’Connor’s Double Violin Concerto for two violins and symphony orchestra, and Mark will perform movements from his The Improvised Violin Concerto. The VSO-USA will also perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64, under the direction of Maestro Salvador Brotons.

All Vancouver Arts & Music Festival events are FREE to attend. For more information, visit vancouversymphony.org. 

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Is a 1977 West Virginia coal mine any place for a black woman? Will Kat’s groundbreaking make her a trailblazer? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $10.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Mystery abounds when coincidences merge into something much bigger. Paranoia or conspiracy? Who is the man in the yellow raincoat? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming joins the VSO under Maestro Gerard Schwarz for a program of beloved songs and arias from Puccini to Rodgers & Hammerstein. Fleming, “possibly the most beautiful soprano voice in the world” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), and one of the most beloved and celebrated singers of our time, has captivated audiences around the world with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. She’s a five-time GRAMMYⓇ Award winner, a 2023 Kennedy Center Honoree, and the recipient of the National Medal of Arts, America’s highest honor for an individual artist.

All Vancouver Arts & Music Festival events are FREE to attend. For more information, visit vancouversymphony.org.

Sign up now to audition for The Portland Ballet’s 2025-26 Curriculum and Career Track programs on August 3rd, 2025, at TPB’s studio.

Who Can Audition?
New and current students
Ages 8-22

There is no registration fee, and you can fill out your Registration Form in advance. Please do not bring resumes or headshots.

Audition Schedule:

• Ages 8-11:
  Check in at noon
  Audition from 12:30-1:30 pm
• Ages 12+:
  Check in at 1:15 pm
  Audition from 1:45-3:30 pm
  *If you’re en pointe, please bring your pointe shoes.

If you are unable to attend the audition, visit our website for information about video audition requirements.

For more information, contact TPB Admissions or call us at 503.452.8448.

For more information, please visit the links below:

• Auditions
• Programs

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Astoria and the treacherous Columbia Bar are the setting for this fantastical musical tale of love and loss. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

The orchestra welcomes GRAMMYⓇ Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, Musical America’s 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year, who will perform the Northwest premiere of Karen LeFrak’s Miami Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra. In this musical tribute to Miami, each movement of the concerto features a characteristic dance rhythm – the Guaguancó, the Tango, and the Bembé – from the city’s rich culture of dance. Rounding out the program will be selections from Stravinsky’s modernist ballet Firebird, and Ravel’s popular Bolero.

All Vancouver Arts & Music Festival events are FREE to attend. For more information, visit vancouversymphony.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Enjoy the ride as Mary and Bill navigate bi-racial couple tensions and 4 decades of life challenges. Are humor and love enough? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $10.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Mystery abounds when coincidences merge into something much bigger. Paranoia or conspiracy? Who is the man in the yellow raincoat? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

A comedic and touching journey as seen through Geraldine’s eyes as she struggles with dementia and two disparate daughters. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Astoria and the treacherous Columbia Bar are the setting for this fantastical musical tale of love and loss. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Portland Opera is partnering with Portland Parks for their Summer Free for All: Lunch + Play program to bring Building Block of Opera to children and families in select area parks!

Building Blocks of Opera programs introduce audiences in a fun and interactive way to elements that make an opera! Learn about arias, recitative, ensembles, voice types, and how the orchestra helps tell the story!

Inspired by Portland’s food cart culture, Opera a la Cart is a mobile performance venue that brings live opera performance directly into the community spaces where people gather. Designed and built by architecture students at Portland State University, the cart features a fold-out stage and a “menu” of operatic specials of the day to be sung by local artists.

For more information, please visit portlandopera.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Mystery abounds when coincidences merge into something much bigger. Paranoia or conspiracy? Who is the man in the yellow raincoat? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Is a 1977 West Virginia coal mine any place for a black woman? Will Kat’s groundbreaking make her a trailblazer? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $10.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Rosebud String Quartet and Chatter PDX perform Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and more!

Featured Musicians: James Shields, Clarinet | Aaron Schwebel, Violin | Emily Cole, Violin | Michael Gurevich, Violin | Keith Hamm, Viola | Leanna Rutt, Cello

The Rosebud String Quartet (violinists Aaron Schwebel and Sheila Jaffé, violist Keith Hamm, and cellist Leana Rutt) was formed in 2013 in Rosebud, Alberta at the inaugural Rosebud Chamber Music Festival, an annual summertime chamber music showcase in the Alberta Badlands. Comprised of principal players from the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company and National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, the RSQ is one of Canada’s most exciting string quartets with a unique voice and a special love for the quartets of Haydn. In February ‘23, the RSQ released it a recording of Haydn and Mozart on Leaf Music. This debut garnered widespread acclaim including a five-star review in La Scena Musicale.

The RSQ performs regularly in various Toronto-based series, including Stereo Live, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Chamber Music Series, Echo Chamber Toronto, Pocket Concerts, Xenia Concerts, Off Centre Music Salon, and Music Mondays. The quartet is regularly heard on CBC Radio including a recent performance on In Concert.

The RSQ has performed at Ottawa ChamberFest, Stratford Summer Music Festival, Music by the Sea in Bamfield, British Columbia, and Sweetwater Music Festival among others. Upcoming performances include Toronto’s Off Centre Music Salon, the Rosebud Chamber Music Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival, and Sunday Chatter in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The RSQ had their chamber music education at the Domaine Forget, where individually they performed with members of the London Haydn Quartet, Chilingirian Quartet, Elias Quartet, ARC Ensemble, Florestan Trio and the Smithsonian Chamber Players.

Cost: $35 – Adults | $30 – Seniors | $25 – Under 30 – Anyone under the age of 30 years old | $15 – Students – Anyone with a Student ID | $5 – Arts for All – Anyone with an Oregon Trail Card

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Enjoy the ride as Mary and Bill navigate bi-racial couple tensions and 4 decades of life challenges. Are humor and love enough? Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Tickets: can attend for free. Suggested donation of $10.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

Astoria and the treacherous Columbia Bar are the setting for this fantastical musical tale of love and loss. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Theatre 33 presents its 2025 Regional New Play Festival in repertory. 9 performances of 6 plays by Oregon/NW playwrights in 2 theatres each week.

A comedic and touching journey as seen through Geraldine’s eyes as she struggles with dementia and two disparate daughters. Participate in the creative process and celebrate infusing new regional work into the national theatre. See it first at Theatre 33!

Can attend for free. Suggested donation of $18.

For more information, please visit theatre33.org.

Portland Opera is partnering with Portland Parks for their Summer Free for All: Lunch + Play program to bring Building Block of Opera to children and families in select area parks!

Building Blocks of Opera programs introduce audiences in a fun and interactive way to elements that make an opera! Learn about arias, recitative, ensembles, voice types, and how the orchestra helps tell the story!

Inspired by Portland’s food cart culture, Opera a la Cart is a mobile performance venue that brings live opera performance directly into the community spaces where people gather. Designed and built by architecture students at Portland State University, the cart features a fold-out stage and a “menu” of operatic specials of the day to be sung by local artists.

For more information, please visit portlandopera.org.

The International Children’s Arts Network (ICAN Radio) is thrilled to once again partner with Portland Parks and Recreation for a Summer Free For All event. This year, ICAN invites children and families to join us at Grant Park (NE 33rd Avenue & US Grant Place, Portland, OR 97212) at 6:30 PM on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Get ready for a wildly fun, laugh-out-loud dance party with Mo Phillips and the Spaghetti Pants Dance Band!

Known for their playful songs and high-energy performances, the band guarantees a hilariously good time for kids and grown-ups alike. Expect infectious beats, silly lyrics, and plenty of chances to dance like nobody is watching.

Learn more about this event at icanradio.org. 

Our gift to you, join us for an evening of complimentary, beautiful chamber music…

FREE

PROGRAM:

Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Suite No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, 24 Caprichos de Goya, Nos. 20, 2, 24

Benjamin Britten, Nocturnal after John Dowland

Georgi Dimitrov-Jojo, guitar

Intermission

Alban Berg, Adagio from Kammerkonzert

James Stern, violin; Ricky Smith, clarinet; Michelle Chow, piano

Maurice Ravel, Quartet in F major, M. 35

Mimi Jung & Michelle Bushkova, violins; Miriam English Ward, viola; Katherine Schultz, cello

We’re excited to bring the Opera a la Cart truck to Director Park in the heart of Downtown Portland. Pack a picnic and join us for an evening of gorgeous, passionate selections from opera, art song, and musicals with the outdoor backdrop of a Perfect Portland Summer™. This event is free and open to the public.

Inspired by Portland’s food cart culture, Opera a la Cart is a mobile performance venue that brings live opera performance directly into the community spaces where people gather. Designed and built by architecture students at Portland State University, the cart features a fold-out stage and a “menu” of operatic specials of the day to be sung by local artists.

Art In The Pearl®, Portland Oregon’s annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The 29th annual festival will occur Labor Day Weekend, 2025 in the Pearl District’s North Park Blocks -August 30, August 31, and September 1, 2025.

Hours:
10am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday (August 30 and August 31, 2025)
10am-4pm, Monday (September 1, 2025)

The Festival is FREE and requires NO TICKETS for entry. Art In The Pearl has been named one of the top 10 Arts and Crafts Festivals in the country (source: Art Fair Source Book). Our festival fills the Northwest Portland Park blocks with hand made artworks and their makers, food, crafts demonstrations and hands-on activities for people of all ages.

Art In The Pearl®, Portland Oregon’s annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The 29th annual festival will occur Labor Day Weekend, 2025 in the Pearl District’s North Park Blocks -August 30, August 31, and September 1, 2025.

Hours:
10am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday (August 30 and August 31, 2025)
10am-4pm, Monday (September 1, 2025)

The Festival is FREE and requires NO TICKETS for entry. Art In The Pearl has been named one of the top 10 Arts and Crafts Festivals in the country (source: Art Fair Source Book). Our festival fills the Northwest Portland Park blocks with hand made artworks and their makers, food, crafts demonstrations and hands-on activities for people of all ages.

Art In The Pearl®, Portland Oregon’s annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The 29th annual festival will occur Labor Day Weekend, 2025 in the Pearl District’s North Park Blocks -August 30, August 31, and September 1, 2025.

Hours:
10am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday (August 30 and August 31, 2025)
10am-4pm, Monday (September 1, 2025)

The Festival is FREE and requires NO TICKETS for entry. Art In The Pearl has been named one of the top 10 Arts and Crafts Festivals in the country (source: Art Fair Source Book). Our festival fills the Northwest Portland Park blocks with hand made artworks and their makers, food, crafts demonstrations and hands-on activities for people of all ages.