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Hosted by Gabriel Kahane
Hear composer, musician, and Oregon Symphony Creative Alliance member Nathalie Joachim and Oregon Symphony musicians perform an intimate program at the Alberta Rose Theatre. The Grammy Award-nominated artist will perform wide-ranging selections from Barber and George Crumb to Erykah Badu and works composed by Nathalie Joachim herself. Hosted by Creative Chair Gabriel Kahane, this concert offers a fascinating peek into the creative process.
Gabriel Kahane, Host
Nathalie Joachim, Composer
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It's the 16th Annual Dolly Parton Hoot Night.
A tribute to one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
Emcee: Tave Fasce Drake
Featuring:
Miss Iris
White Bike
Tickets:
$20 General Admission
$20 Live Stream (view from the privacy of your own device)
A portion of each ticket will benefit the Willamina Public Library.
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Oregon Humanities presents an onstage conversation about storytelling, dreaming, and yearning with Nataki Garrett, artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Jelly Helm, founder of the branding agency Studio Jelly.
Conversation Starter: Price: $30
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Nataki Garrett is the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the largest theater-producing organizations in the US, and is widely recognized as an innovative and influential arts leader. Across her career, Garrett has fostered and developed new work—having directed and produced the world premieres of vital contemporary playwriting voices, including Katori Hall, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Aziza Barnes—and has been at the vanguard of adapting and devising new ways of performing the classics.
Jelly Helm is the founder of Studio Jelly, a Portland-based brand insight and creative agency that has worked with companies like Nike, Starbucks, Wikipedia, and Dr. Bronner’s and helped engineer a highly successful marketing campaign for the Portland Timbers. Prior to opening his own studio, Helm worked as an executive creative director at Wieden+Kennedy and founded Wieden+Kennedy 12, the company’s in-house education program.
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The husband and wife 'cello duo Porchello launches their band with a show at the Alberta Rose with singer/songwriter Naomi LaViolette.
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Minors ok when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
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Back by popular demand, this hilarious Science on Tap will discuss the brain’s learning networks, emotional connections and how the visual and motor pathways influence what we process. Join us as Dr. Mark Pitzer demonstrates of how each brain circuit can be recruited by instructors to improve teaching/learning in and out of the classroom and how neuroscience can make learning truly memorable.
Mark Pitzer, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist at the University of Portland. For the last 25 years he has worked to better understand diseases of the brain. He has worked on techniques to improve the survival of newly transplanted brain cells as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease and, more recently, conducted experiments using a genetic technique to halt the production of toxic proteins in the brain as a potential treatment for Huntington’s disease. Currently, his lab is conducting experiments designed to identify the neural circuits and neurotransmitters that play a role in the personality changes that affect those who suffer from Huntington’s disease. Mark is also an award-winning teacher that uses the findings from the fields of learning and neuroscience to invoke enduring enthusiasm, curiosity and deep learning in his college students.
Tickets:
$45.00 SUPPORTER: Premium seating, pint glass, and good feelings for supporting the program
$35.00 VIP: Premium seating in the front several rows of the center section
$25.00 GENERAL ADMISSION
$15.00 STUDENT
$15.00 ONLINE (tune into the live stream only)
COVID POLICY
Vaccine cards required and checked at entry. Masks are recommended (and subject to be required following any County mandate changes).
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Born in the UK,
forged in the USA
30+ years at the forefront of contemporary jazz
​Triple Grammy Nominated
​Unmissable live shows
Acoustic Alchemy
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Hailing from Valparaiso, Chile, singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca is a unique and treasured voice in both the Latin American and World Music scenes. In little over a decade, she has released six albums and performed on multiple world tours. She is known for her flamboyant and refreshing performances.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pascualailabaca
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pascuala_ilabaca_y_fauna/?hl=en
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While Pride Month is officially in June, we all know that true pride never ends!
Join us on July 9th as we celebrate the multi-faceted queer experience with “Afterglow: A Post-Pride Extravaganza”. This show will feature art, film, live music, burlesque, comedy, and drag performances from some of Portland’s most celebrated LGBTQIA+ artists.
Highlights include:
The world premiere of “Gay Kids”, the new music video from Renée Muzquiz
A burlesque performance by Dahlia Kash, the creator and producer of Melange PDX
Portland drag icon Jayla Rose Sullivan, star of “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” on Amazon Prime
Come bathe in the welcoming light of “Afterglow”!
This production is possible thanks to a generous grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
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If light can’t escape from black holes, how do we know where they are and what they’re doing? Black holes formed from dying massive stars are the densest things in the universe. They have ten to 100 times the mass of the Sun crammed into a space that is only tens of miles across. There are also supermassive black holes at the centers of most galaxies (including our own Milky Way galaxy), that are millions to billions of times more massive than the Sun.
Black holes get their name because their gravity is so strong that not even light can escape, so they look black to us. However, we still know where lots of them are. Scientists can find and study black holes from effects they have on the space environment around them. In this talk, astronomer Dr. Abbie Stevens tell us about the ways of finding black holes and learning more about their extreme physics.
Dr. Abbie Stevens is an NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. She studies black holes and neutron stars by looking at X-ray light coming from stars they’re eating. Alongside this research, Abbie is involved in X-ray space telescopes, science advising on creative projects, open-source software development, astronomy data science, science literacy education, and mental health initiatives in academia.
Tickets:
$45.00 SUPPORTER: Premium seating, pint glass, and good feelings for supporting the program
$35.00 VIP: Premium seating in the front several rows of the center section
$25.00 GENERAL ADMISSION
$15.00 STUDENT
$15.00 ONLINE (tune into the live stream only)
COVID POLICY
Vaccine cards required and checked at entry. Masks are recommended (and subject to be required following any County mandate changes).
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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 www.katiejaneband.com/CLO
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As the iconic voice who contributed to multiple Zappa ensembles, Ike Willis is best known as the voice of Joe from Joe's Garage. Holding the title of the musician who spent the most years making music with Frank, Willis' unmistakable baritone voice helped breathe life into many of Zappa's most enduring compositions over the course of 10 years and 10+ albums. Decades later, Ike's voice is as strong as ever and brings an immediate sense of familiarity to the music of The Stinkfoot Orchestra.
Incorporating a 6-piece horn section, tuned percussion and 5 vocalists, this 15-piece ensemble pulls no punches - delivering Frank's music with power, authenticity and musical prowess. Founded by 35-year veteran of the SF Bay Area music scene, Nick Chargin, The Stinkfoot Orchestra has spent the last 2 and a half years honing their craft and are finally taking their long-awaited show to the stage.
Don't miss your opportunity to catch this rockin' teenage combo as they make their way through the Pacific Northwest with a stop at the Alberta Rose.
Minors ok with parent/guardian
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A new show by award winning circus artist Laura Stokes, CALL ME A PUSSY, draws from the rich history of the early burlesque movement to create an hour and a half of emotionally potent, upbeat, eccentric and politically relevant entertainment art.
Equal parts comedy, contortion, virtuosic feats & variety-show, Laura’s performance weaves together a story of archetypes that challenge sexism, individualism, and nationalism and ultimately work to subvert the very stereotypes that they portray.
CALL ME A PUSSY is at once strikingly pertinent to our times, and a timeless celebration of the performed female, a feast for the eyes, heart and intellect.
Fabulous indie-folk trio Glitterfox opens the show.
