Cultural Calendar

You’re invited to enjoy this series of Opera a la Cart performances at our artistic home, the Hampton Opera Center.

Enjoy performances of operatic gems on our home turf that celebrate talented singers and musicians in PDX. These events are 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.

Since 2016, The Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra has been delighting audiences with the music of the roaring 20s and Depression era 30s.
Under the leadership of master showman Sammuel Murry-Hawkins, the ensemble transports audiences to the golden age of Hot Jazz and Sweet Dance Music, specializing in the tunes of Cab Calloway, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin.

Guaranteed to delight and put a pep in your step!

Come to dance or just to listen at the historic Village Ballroom, every third Friday of the month!

More information at historicmusic.org.
To make the event accessible to all,
ticket prices are set at $10, with $5 Arts For All tickets available at the door day of show with Quest/Oregon Trail card.
(Additional $0.50 service charge for CC payments at the door.)

Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling 360-989-6517 ($1 additional service charge for advance tickets).

Lear’s retiring and divides up his kingdom. Regan gets half. Gonerril gets half. Cordelia gets banished. Kent gets banished, but sticks around anyways (in disguise!). Edmund the Bastard stages a coup, alongside Goneril and Regan. Lear is cast out. Cordelia rides to Lear’s rescue. All your favorite characters die.

ORIGINAL PRACTICE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (OPS Fest) is back in the parks for a 14th season, and they’re expanding their tour! This year, OPS Fest is adding Washington Park to their ever-growing list of locations! If that’s near you, or you’re excited to see some free Shakespeare done in the old, old-school way in a brand new place, join OPS Fest at Washington Park on August 19 and 20.

This summer, OPS Fest starts the season on Tuesday, June 21 at 9:00pm with the audience favorite Midsummer Midsommer at the top of Mt. Tabor. They then jump directly into WIL Fest and perform all 25 of the Shakespeare plays in their lineup each weekend throughout the summer. **If the COVID-19 pandemic causes public gatherings to halt temporarily, OPS Fest will perform the scheduled show(s) online. Check in at https://opsfest.org to keep current!

Aquilon Music Festival presents OURLAND, an opera in 12 scenes recently composed by Paul Davies with a libretto by Daniel Helfgot. Ourland is a dystopian state where many societies can easily find themselves reflected. It is the story of Othien, a young man who was born across the border and now lives in Ourland with his adoptive parents and their daughter Landsis. Othien is being scrutinized by a military Doctor, a Churchman, and a Policewoman. Eventually, a Foreign Woman, Othien’s birth mother, crosses the border to see her estranged son but her visit cannot prevent an unfortunate outcome.

OURLAND, Helfgot’s second major opera libretto, tackles the subject of the life and death consequences of bigotry, suspicion, resentment, and hate of the foreigner. Daniel Helfgot saw that there was an opera waiting to be written, an opera about intolerance towards the ‘other’, the foreigner, the different, the minorities.

Paul Davies’ first opera, CARLOTA, Empress of Mexico, addressed the issue of a foreign power intruding in the lives of Mexicans, utilizing a unique musical idiom to flesh out the tragedy of someone transplanted into an intolerant populace. His own Mexican heritage gives Mr. Davies the tools to express cross-cultural­­ scenarios as he does again in OURLAND, a Dystopian State.

This work is performed by the young artists of the Aquilon Music Festival with the accompaniment of a chamber orchestra.

CONTENT WARNING: due to the heavy nature of the subject matter, this performance is not suitable for children.

Date: July 16-17, 2022
Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm each day
Location: Downtown Hillsboro, Oregon in the Cultural Arts District (along E. Main Street and flanking 1st Ave to 4th Ave)
Cost: FREE

La Strada dei Pastelli Chalk Art Festival is an annual Washington County multi-cultural event unlike any other offered in the Portland Metro region. During this FREE two-day summer festival, the public will be able to see nationally-recognized and emerging visual artists use bold, colorful pigments to create larger-than-life drawings down the center of the street(s); most averaging 10’x10’.

Simultaneous to the visual arts exhibitions, local performing artists fill the air with rhythm and sound from the festival’s main stage. Enjoy watching the performances with food and beverages (including beer and wine) from a selection of food carts.

Local art vendors also line the streets offering unique items and inspirations to attendees. Children of all ages are encouraged to take part in hands-on activities being provided by local nonprofit organizations. The annual summer art festival, being held along E. Main Street between 1st to 4th in downtown Hillsboro on the 3rd weekend in July, combines community engagement and art appreciation into one FREE fun-filled weekend!

This event is produced by Tualatin Valley Creates and sponsored by the City of Hillsboro and Patricia Reser. Tualatin Valley Creates is the leading arts service organization for Washington County, Oregon. TVC’s mission is to foster an inclusive, resilient, and creative community by celebrating the local arts, culture, heritage and humanities throughout the county’s 15 cities and unincorporated areas. This includes Aloha, Banks, Beaverton, Bethany, Cedar Mill, Cornelius, Durham, Forest Grove, Gaston, Hillsboro, King City, North Plains, Sherwood, Tigard and Tualatin.

For more information about this event visit: https://tvcreates.org/lastrada.

Celtic Light Orchestra presents “Space Invaders!” on July 16, 2022 at Alberta Rose Theater!

Thousands of years ago, ancient Celt-Aliens built Stonehenge as a portal to the multiverse. They have returned and abducted two mischievous teenagers! The Celt-Aliens won’t return the kids until we’ve gathered the best musicians on Earth for an intergalactic battle of the bands at Stonehenge!

“Ziggy Stardust meets Flogging Molly!“

Don’t miss this cosmic production of Irish music and dance, Celtic folklore, alien fashion, dazzling lights, and the debut of an original script by Portland’s creative duo, Katie Jane Lubiens and Adam Easley. Featuring Glow Bowz, the revolutionary invention by Nick Macias- LED light-up violin bows that react to players’ movements and dance with the music! This one-of-a-kind production promises to be a galactic good time for the whole family!

The world’s only light up orchestra!

The Celtic Light Orchestra is the world’s only light up orchestra performing original arrangements of rocking Celtic fiddle tunes played on our out-of-this-world Glow Bowz invention! The group was founded by two Portland based music teachers, Katie Jane Lubiens and Adam Easley, to share their love of Celtic music and culture with audiences of all ages.

Learn more about Katie Jane and Adam, and the Celtic Light Orchestra at http://www.katiejaneband.com/CLO

$25 GA Advance
$35 GA At the Door
$40 VIP with Preferred Seating (first 5 rows of the center section – available in advance only)
Minors ok when accompanied by a parent or guardian

Get Tickets at:
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Aquilon Music Festival presents OURLAND, an opera in 12 scenes recently composed by Paul Davies with a libretto by Daniel Helfgot. Ourland is a dystopian state where many societies can easily find themselves reflected. It is the story of Othien, a young man who was born across the border and now lives in Ourland with his adoptive parents and their daughter Landsis. Othien is being scrutinized by a military Doctor, a Churchman, and a Policewoman. Eventually, a Foreign Woman, Othien’s birth mother, crosses the border to see her estranged son but her visit cannot prevent an unfortunate outcome.

OURLAND, Helfgot’s second major opera libretto, tackles the subject of the life and death consequences of bigotry, suspicion, resentment, and hate of the foreigner. Daniel Helfgot saw that there was an opera waiting to be written, an opera about intolerance towards the ‘other’, the foreigner, the different, the minorities.

Paul Davies’ first opera, CARLOTA, Empress of Mexico, addressed the issue of a foreign power intruding in the lives of Mexicans, utilizing a unique musical idiom to flesh out the tragedy of someone transplanted into an intolerant populace. His own Mexican heritage gives Mr. Davies the tools to express cross-cultural­­ scenarios as he does again in OURLAND, a Dystopian State.

This work is performed by the young artists of the Aquilon Music Festival with the accompaniment of a chamber orchestra.

CONTENT WARNING: due to the heavy nature of the subject matter, this performance is not suitable for children.

Date: July 16-17, 2022
Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm each day
Location: Downtown Hillsboro, Oregon in the Cultural Arts District (along E. Main Street and flanking 1st Ave to 4th Ave)
Cost: FREE

La Strada dei Pastelli Chalk Art Festival is an annual Washington County multi-cultural event unlike any other offered in the Portland Metro region. During this FREE two-day summer festival, the public will be able to see nationally-recognized and emerging visual artists use bold, colorful pigments to create larger-than-life drawings down the center of the street(s); most averaging 10’x10’.

Simultaneous to the visual arts exhibitions, local performing artists fill the air with rhythm and sound from the festival’s main stage. Enjoy watching the performances with food and beverages (including beer and wine) from a selection of food carts.

Local art vendors also line the streets offering unique items and inspirations to attendees. Children of all ages are encouraged to take part in hands-on activities being provided by local nonprofit organizations. The annual summer art festival, being held along E. Main Street between 1st to 4th in downtown Hillsboro on the 3rd weekend in July, combines community engagement and art appreciation into one FREE fun-filled weekend!

This event is produced by Tualatin Valley Creates and sponsored by the City of Hillsboro and Patricia Reser. Tualatin Valley Creates is the leading arts service organization for Washington County, Oregon. TVC’s mission is to foster an inclusive, resilient, and creative community by celebrating the local arts, culture, heritage and humanities throughout the county’s 15 cities and unincorporated areas. This includes Aloha, Banks, Beaverton, Bethany, Cedar Mill, Cornelius, Durham, Forest Grove, Gaston, Hillsboro, King City, North Plains, Sherwood, Tigard and Tualatin.

For more information about this event visit: https://tvcreates.org/lastrada.

Leontes thinks Hermione is stepping out with Polixenes. Hermione’s not. Hermione dies (or not?). Their child Perdita is abandoned (or not?). Turns out Hermione doesn’t and Perdita’s not. Autolicus cons. Leontes repents. Perdita marries a prince. Everyone lives happily ever after. Except for Antigonus. Antigonus gets eaten by a bear.

ORIGINAL PRACTICE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (OPS Fest) is back in the parks for a 14th season, and they’re expanding their tour! This year, OPS Fest is adding Washington Park to their ever-growing list of locations! If that’s near you, or you’re excited to see some free Shakespeare done in the old, old-school way in a brand new place, join OPS Fest at Washington Park on August 19 and 20.

This summer, OPS Fest starts the season on Tuesday, June 21 at 9:00pm with the audience favorite Midsummer Midsommer at the top of Mt. Tabor. They then jump directly into WIL Fest and perform all 25 of the Shakespeare plays in their lineup each weekend throughout the summer. **If the COVID-19 pandemic causes public gatherings to halt temporarily, OPS Fest will perform the scheduled show(s) online. Check in at https://opsfest.org to keep current!

VOICEOVER uses inner monologues in an extremist fashion to expose the muddled minds of a choreographer, his company of dancers, and a contrarian crew of jaded stagehands as the performers stop and start a movement-based work that turns theatre inside out à la Pirandello. A collage of soliloquy, choreography, and theatricality, VOICEOVER pushes postmodern dance into vaudevillian hijinks as one unconventional cabaret act plays out in a hall of mirrors where the who, the what, and the where are ever-changing.

Recommended for mature audiences (16 and older)

Must be fully vaccinated to attend (see below for details)

Theatre opens one hour before showtime.

$20 per ticket

Purchase at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voiceover-tickets-354097313597

Tickets also available at the door.

VOICEOVER uses inner monologues in an extremist fashion to expose the muddled minds of a choreographer, his company of dancers, and a contrarian crew of jaded stagehands as the performers stop and start a movement-based work that turns theatre inside out à la Pirandello. A collage of soliloquy, choreography, and theatricality, VOICEOVER pushes postmodern dance into vaudevillian hijinks as one unconventional cabaret act plays out in a hall of mirrors where the who, the what, and the where are ever-changing.

Recommended for mature audiences (16 and older)

Must be fully vaccinated to attend (see below for details)

Theatre opens one hour before showtime.

$20 per ticket

Purchase at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voiceover-tickets-354097313597

Tickets also available at the door.

VOICEOVER uses inner monologues in an extremist fashion to expose the muddled minds of a choreographer, his company of dancers, and a contrarian crew of jaded stagehands as the performers stop and start a movement-based work that turns theatre inside out à la Pirandello. A collage of soliloquy, choreography, and theatricality, VOICEOVER pushes postmodern dance into vaudevillian hijinks as one unconventional cabaret act plays out in a hall of mirrors where the who, the what, and the where are ever-changing.

Recommended for mature audiences (16 and older)

Must be fully vaccinated to attend (see below for details)

Theatre opens one hour before showtime.

$20 per ticket

Purchase at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voiceover-tickets-354097313597

Tickets also available at the door.

Recreating the romantic era in Vienna: featuring waltzes, polkas and fantasies. Beethoven’s Spring Sonata and Kreisler’s challenging Old Viennese Melodies: Liebesfreud (Love’s Joy), Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow) and Schön Rosmarin (Lovely Rosemary).

Ilya Kaler is considered to be one of the most outstanding personalities of the violin world today. He is the only violinist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, the Sibelius Competition, and the Paganini Competition. He has been described as a “magician, bewitching our ears” by Gramophone for his hauntingly beautiful sound, flawless command of the instrument, and mesmerizing phrasing. Not only does his career range from that of a soloist and a recording artist to a chamber musician, but he is also one of the most sought-after teachers in the world.
Ilya Kaler, violin
Patti Wolf, piano

You’re invited to enjoy this series of Opera a la Cart performances at our artistic home, the Hampton Opera Center.

Enjoy performances of operatic gems on our home turf that celebrate talented singers and musicians in PDX. These events are 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.

VOICEOVER uses inner monologues in an extremist fashion to expose the muddled minds of a choreographer, his company of dancers, and a contrarian crew of jaded stagehands as the performers stop and start a movement-based work that turns theatre inside out à la Pirandello. A collage of soliloquy, choreography, and theatricality, VOICEOVER pushes postmodern dance into vaudevillian hijinks as one unconventional cabaret act plays out in a hall of mirrors where the who, the what, and the where are ever-changing.

Recommended for mature audiences (16 and older)

Must be fully vaccinated to attend (see below for details)

Theatre opens one hour before showtime.

$20 per ticket

Purchase at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voiceover-tickets-354097313597

Tickets also available at the door.

When cacao arrived via Spain into France, chocolate became the fashion of the day at the royal court of Versailles and throughout Europe. Not adverse to the exotic flavor, J.S. Bach’s music was performed in the Coffeehouse Zimmerman and the French Riquet family’s store in Leipzig, offering sweets like chocolate and pralines. It goes without saying that Bach savored both the chocolate as well as French music. After all, French baroque music is to the ear what chocolate is to our taste buds: a symphony of ecstatic sensations. Anticipate chocolate treats!

Ensemble Caprice
Mathias Maute, conductor

VOICEOVER uses inner monologues in an extremist fashion to expose the muddled minds of a choreographer, his company of dancers, and a contrarian crew of jaded stagehands as the performers stop and start a movement-based work that turns theatre inside out à la Pirandello. A collage of soliloquy, choreography, and theatricality, VOICEOVER pushes postmodern dance into vaudevillian hijinks as one unconventional cabaret act plays out in a hall of mirrors where the who, the what, and the where are ever-changing.

Recommended for mature audiences (16 and older)

Must be fully vaccinated to attend (see below for details)

Theatre opens one hour before showtime.

$20 per ticket

Purchase at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voiceover-tickets-354097313597

Tickets also available at the door.

VOICEOVER uses inner monologues in an extremist fashion to expose the muddled minds of a choreographer, his company of dancers, and a contrarian crew of jaded stagehands as the performers stop and start a movement-based work that turns theatre inside out à la Pirandello. A collage of soliloquy, choreography, and theatricality, VOICEOVER pushes postmodern dance into vaudevillian hijinks as one unconventional cabaret act plays out in a hall of mirrors where the who, the what, and the where are ever-changing.

Recommended for mature audiences (16 and older)

Must be fully vaccinated to attend (see below for details)

Theatre opens one hour before showtime.

$20 per ticket

Purchase at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voiceover-tickets-354097313597

Tickets also available at the door.