Events Calendar

FESTIVALS & ATTRACTIONS

2009 Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival - Chamber Music Northwest
We invite you to share the beauty and power of great chamber music and the thrill of brilliant, committed performances.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/22/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Various locations See website Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: Performance times vary. Please check the summer festival schedule for performance times. PHONE: 503.223.3202 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket price varies based on show. Buy Tickets

OMSI presents CSI: The Experience - OMSI
Imagine entering a crime scene and being the one responsible for noticing and collecting every trace of evidence. The pressure is on: you know the analysis of your evidence must be scientifically sound to crack the case.
You've seen the hit television crime drama, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS. Now, there's a forensic science exhibit related to the TV show, as well as a Web-based learning adventure.
CSI: The Experience is a completely immersive exhibit that invites visitors to enter "crime" scenes where they identify and record evidence.

EVENT DAY(S): 05/23/09 - 09/13/09 LOCATION: OMSI 1945 SE Water Avenue Portland, OR 97214 Map It!

HOURS: 9:30am-5:30pm PHONE: 503.797.4000 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $11 Adults $9 Youth (3-13) $9 Senior (63+) FREE for members

Oregon Zoo presents Chimpanzee Challenge maze - Oregon Zoo
Swing from vines, soar through treetops and 'Live Chimply' in the Chimpanzee Challenge maze. Perform feats of ape-like strength, agility, and communication to discover the surprising similarities between humans and chimps. Developed in collaboration with world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute, Chimpanzee Challenge brings the plight of the chimps closer to home, empowering visitors to make a difference.

EVENT DAY(S): 04/25/09 - 09/20/09 LOCATION: Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Grounds open till 7 p.m. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Summer Hours Grounds open till 7 p.m. PHONE: 503.226.1561 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Adults (12-64) $9.75, Seniors (65 and over) $8.25, Youth (3-11) $6.75, $2.00 fee required in addition to regular zoo admission Buy Tickets

Pittock Mansion presents Flights of Fancy Art Deco designs of Erté - Pittock Mansion
Explore the extravagant fashions imagined by famed illustrator Erté through this display of prints and sculptures. Born Romain de Tirtoff, but known by the French pronunciation of his initials, Erté is most famous for his Art Deco illustrations of dramatically dressed women. He worked for Harper’s Bazaar magazine for more than 20 years, creating over 200 covers, and designed costumes and sets for theater, opera, and Hollywood productions. Often featuring women draped in flowing silks and furs and covered with jewels and feathered plumes, Erté’s exotic designs delight the eye with their detail and sinuous lines.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/03/09 - 11/15/09 LOCATION: Pittock Mansion 3229 NW Pittock Drive Portland, OR 97210 Map It!

HOURS: www.pittockmansion.org PHONE: 503-823-3623 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Adults $7.00 Seniors (65+) $6.00 Youth (ages 6–18) $4.00

Portland Children’s Museum: Playopolis - Portland Children's Museum
Playopolis opens July 3-Oct 11 at the Portland Children’s Museum. This exhibit is an indoor park with a PCM twist, featuring fort building among the “trees,” an Astroturf field for playing games like mini kick ball, giant Lincoln logs to build a summer cabin, and a huge checker board! Outdoor activities include everything from the Tuesday Munch & Music festivals, to tie-dying and painting “Art” the Car, a donated Camaro. Each week features guests from steel-drum bands, to BodyVox and the Beavers baseball team. We’ll even have special visits from animal friends at the Zoo!

EVENT DAY(S): 07/03/09 - 10/11/09 LOCATION: Portland Children's Museum 4015 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: Now - Sept 8, 2009 Open Mon. - Sun. 9am-5pm PHONE: 503-223-6500 ADMISSION/TICKETS: 1-54: $8 Over 55 & Military: $7

Portland Farmers Market PSU - Portland Farmers Market
One of Oregon’s most treasured city-meets-country activities brings farm fresh produce, artisan-baked goods, flowers and plants to five seasonal open-air markets throughout the Portland metro area.
The Saturday Market is located at Portland State University in the South Park Blocks between SW Harrison & SW Montgomery.

EVENT DAY(S): 03/21/09 - 12/26/09 LOCATION: South Park Blocks S.W. Harrison and Montgomery Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: March-October 8:30-2 November-December 9-2 PHONE: 503-241-0032 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Portland Saturday Market 2009 - Portland Saturday Market
Stroll down row upon row of local handcrafted items and homemade foods. The Portland Saturday Market—open Sundays too—is the nation’s largest open-air crafts market. Talk directly to the artists and learn about their creative styles and products.

EVENT DAY(S): 02/28/09 - 12/20/09 LOCATION: Portland Saturday Market Waterfront Park near Ankeny & Naito Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: Saturdays 10 - 5pm Sundays 11 - 4:30pm PHONE: 503.222.6072 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Vampire Baseball at PGE Park - Fan Trips Travel
Join cast from Twilight and New Moon when they take to
the field to play Vampire Baseball. Spend your fun-filled July 4th watching the cast and crew of Twilight and New Moon square off for a good old fashion game of Vampire Baseball™
Then be at the evening game to watch Rachelle Lefevre
throw the first ball to open the
Portland Beavers – Colorado Springs Sky Sox game

EVENT DAY(S): 07/04/09 LOCATION: PGE Park 1844 SW Morrison Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Doors open 8am PHONE: 503-224-4400 ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.ticketmaster.com

Waterfront Blues Festival - Waterfront Blues Festival
World-class music. Gorgeous setting. Great cause. What could be better? From its modest beginnings in 1988, the Waterfront Blues Festival has grown in size and reputation to be the largest blues festival West of the Mississippi and the second-largest blues festival in the United States.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/02/09 - 07/05/09 LOCATION: Tom McCall Waterfront Park S.W. Naito Parkway and Columbia Street Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: www.waterfrontbluesfest.com PHONE: 503-973-FEST ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.waterfrontbluesfest.com

Barn Owl Nursery presents Lavender Days 2009 - Barn Owl Nursery
During these 12 days, there will be special information and displays on growing and using lavender. Lavender products and fresh and dried lavender bouquets will be for sale. There will be samples of lavender treats to taste. If you love lavender, this is the time to visit!

EVENT DAY(S): 06/24/09 - 07/12/09 LOCATION: Barn Owl Nursery 22999 S.W. Newland Road Wilsonville, OR 97070 Map It!

HOURS: 10-5 PHONE: (503) 638-0387 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Japanese Garden presents Tanabata Star Festival - Japanese Garden
Tanabata is traditionally celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month. The Portland Japanese Garden celebrates Tanabata each year on the Sunday closest to this date.

The 2009 Tanabata Festival will be held at the Portland Japanese Garden on Sunday, July 5 from 1-4pm in the Garden Pavilion. Children will write their wishes on tanzaku (paper strips) and make origami ornaments to hang on bamboo branches—which they may take with them to hang in their doorways at home. Music will also be part of the day, provided by guitarist Toshi Onizuka.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/05/09 LOCATION: Japanese Garden 611 S.W. Kingston Ave. Portland, OR 97201 Map It!

HOURS: 1-4pm PHONE: 503-542-0280 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $8.00 Adults $6.75 Seniors (age 62 & over) $6.75 College Students (with college ID) $5.25 Youths (age 6-17)

Patrick Lamb & the Mississippi Horns - Waterfront Blues Festival
We are excited to announce Patrick Lamb Performance at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival Sunday, July 5th!
The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival
presents...
Patrick Lamb & the Mississippi Horns
featuring
GC Cameron
(former lead singer for the Spinners & Temptations)
& Liv Warfield

EVENT DAY(S): 07/05/09 LOCATION: Tom McCall Waterfront Park S.W. Naito Parkway and Columbia Street Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 4pm PHONE: 1-503-973-FEST 3378 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $10 donation at the door

Portland Farmer's Market King Neighborhood - Portland Farmers Market
One of Oregon’s most treasured city-meets-country activities brings farm fresh produce, artisan-baked goods, flowers and plants to five seasonal open-air markets throughout the Portland metro area.
The Sunday Market in the King neighborhood is located in inner North/Northeast Portland (NE 7th & Wygant between NE Alberta and Prescott Streets).

EVENT DAY(S): 05/03/09 - 09/27/09 LOCATION: Portland Farmer's Market King Neighborhood NE Wygant & NE 7th Ave Portland, OR 97211 Map It!

HOURS: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. PHONE: 503-241-0032 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Tuesdays by Twilight: The Shanghai Woolies - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
Taken with the hot jazz, swing and pop of the twenties and thirties, Pink Martini trumpeter Gavin Bondy dreamed up a band inspired by the era’s best—artists like Ellington, Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw—but with a postmodern twist. Featuring the effervescent voice of Mel Kubik, the Woolies boast all the drums and horns you would expect plus an occasional jolt of electric guitar.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/07/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

Portland Farmer's Market Downtown - Portland Farmers Market
One of Oregon’s most treasured city-meets-country activities brings farm fresh produce, artisan-baked goods, flowers and plants to five seasonal open-air markets throughout the Portland metro area.
The Wednesday Downtown Market is located in the South Park Blocks at Shemanski Park between SW Salmon & SW Main.

EVENT DAY(S): 04/29/09 - 10/28/09 LOCATION: Shemanski Park S.W. Park Blocks between Salmon and Main Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 10-2 PHONE: 503-241-0032 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Mount Hood Railroad offers Family Explorer Lunch Train - Mount Hood Railroad
New in 2009, Mount Hood Railroad is partnering with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) to offer eight Family Explorer Lunch Trains this summer.
OMSI will provide onboard narration during the train ride, plus hands-on educational activities on geology, agriculture, and fun in the park during the layover in Odell. Family Explorer Lunch Trains are offered every Thursday for two months: July 9, 16, 23, 30 and August 6, 13, 20, 27. The two-and-a-half hour roundtrip to Odell departs the Hood River historic depot at 11:30 a.m., and returns at 2:00 p.m.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/09/09 - 08/27/09 LOCATION: Mount Hood Railroad 110 Railroad Avenue Hood River, OR 97031 Map It!

HOURS: 11:30am-2pm PHONE: 1-800-872-4661 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $35 for adults, $25 for children.

PICA 14th Birthday Party - Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Join PICA as we celebrate 14 great years of making Portland safe for contemporary art. This annual event brings together artists, members, and participants of PICA to celebrate the artistic activity generated by a community using its energy.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/09/09 LOCATION: Holocene 1001 S.E. Morrison Portland, OR 97214 Map It!

HOURS: 8pm- Late PHONE: 503.242.1419 x221 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5 PICA members/ $7 general tickets at the door 21+

Portland Farmer's Market Eastbank - Portland Farmers Market
One of Oregon’s most treasured city-meets-country activities brings farm fresh produce, artisan-baked goods, flowers and plants to five seasonal open-air markets throughout the Portland metro area.
The Thursday Market at Eastbank is located in Southeast Portland on SE 20th at Salmon between SE Belmont & SE Hawthorne -- in the parking lot of Hinson Baptist Church.

EVENT DAY(S): 05/07/09 - 09/24/09 LOCATION: Portland Farmer's Market Eastbank S.E. Salmon & S.E. 20th Portland, OR 97214 Map It!

HOURS: 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. PHONE: 503-241-0032 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Portland Farmer's Market Ecotrust - Portland Farmers Market
One of Oregon’s most treasured city-meets-country activities brings farm fresh produce, artisan-baked goods, flowers and plants to five seasonal open-air markets throughout the Portland metro area.
The Thursday Market at Ecotrust is located in the parking lot of the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center on NW 10th between NW Irving & NW Johnson.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/04/09 - 09/24/09 LOCATION: Ecotrust Building 720 N.W. Ninth Ave. Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. PHONE: 503-241-0032 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

33rd annual Portland Historic Races - Portland Historic Races
The Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races will highlight a field of 20 International Motorsports Association (IMSA) Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) cars as the feature of this summer’s event. The 33rd annual Portland Historic Races will take place July 10 through 12 at Portland International Raceway

EVENT DAY(S): 07/10/09 - 07/12/09 LOCATION: Portland International Raceway 1940 N. Victory Boulevard Interstate 5, Exit 306B Portland, OR 97217 Map It!

HOURS: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. PHONE: 818-249-3515 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $40 for all three days; $10 for Friday; or $25 for Saturday or Sunday.

Mount Hood Railroad offers Dinner Train and Dance at Springhouse Cellar - Mount Hood Railroad
The evening begins at the Mt. Hood Railroad historic train depot, where the dinner train departs at 6:30 p.m. Passengers are treated to a three-course gourmet dinner on a roundtrip scenic train ride to Odell.

At 8:30 p.m. the train returns to the depot, and passengers walk about 50 steps to Springhouse Cellar, a popular local winery now located in the rustic former Hood River Antique Mall building. At Springhouse Cellar the night continues with wine tasting and dancing.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/10/09 LOCATION: Mount Hood Railroad 110 Railroad Avenue Hood River, OR 97031 Map It!

HOURS: 6:30 p.m. PHONE: 1-800-872-4661 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $75

8th Annual Mississippi Avenue Street Fair - Mississippi Avenue Street Fair
All activities take place on Mississippi Avenue Street Fair (between N Fremont and N Skidmore)
Portland's most unique and diverse neighborhood...
Interesting arts & crafts vendors plus community service displays & food vendors
Tupello Alley Reusable Art Fair & Water Features
Kids Area - Boise Eliot Eliot Elementary features bouncy castles and kids games for all sizes at Beech
Bingo - lots of prizes
Sustainability Fair at the Mississippi Avenue Lofts (4138 N. Miss Ave)
Salted Ice Cream outside at The Meadow (3731 N. Mississippi Ave)
Rose wine tasting inside at The Meadow
12:00 Children's Parade - starts at Beech

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 LOCATION: Mississippi Avenue N. Mississippi Ave. and Fremont Ave. Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 10:00am – 9:00pm PHONE: See website ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Bastille Day in the Pearl
French wine, cuisine, art and sport; Portland Waiters Race, pétanque exhibitions and French music provided by Carol Rossio, Eric John Kaiser and more.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 LOCATION: Jamison Park 810 N.W. 11th Ave. Pearl District Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 12pm-8pm PHONE: 503.223.8388 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission/ticket price: FREE to all

Palmer/Wirfs Antique & Collectibles Show - Palmer Wirf's and Associates
1400 booths with estate jewelry, vintage toys, oak furniture, paper Americana, china & glass, kitchenware, jukeboxes, antique tools, costume jewelry, vintage clothing, antique watches, quilts, textiles, clocks, phonographs, sterling flatware, holiday memorabilia, lunch boxes, vintage gambling items, toy trains, sewing.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 - 07/12/09 LOCATION: Expo Center 2060 N. Marine Drive Portland, OR 97217 Map It!

HOURS: Saturday 9 am to 6 pm, and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm PHONE: 503-282-0877 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $7/adult, $3.50/child

The Hood River County Fruit Loop Cherry Celebration - Hood River Fruit Loop
Cherries are a favorite of almost everyone, and cherries are the focus of Hood River Cherry Celebration. The annual celebration of the luscious fruit falls during the heart of the Hood River Valley cherry harvest season. Find more than a dozen varieties of fresh-picked cherries at Fruit Loop farms, along with delicious cherry products, including cherry wine, cherry jam, cherry pies and desserts, and much more. Choose a selection of ready-picked cherries, or pick your own at a U-pick orchard.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 - 07/12/09 LOCATION: Hood River Fruit Loop 35 mile scenic loop between Hood River and Mt. Hood www.hoodriverfruitloop.com for locations Around Hood River, OR Map It!

HOURS: Admission to most Fruit Loop farms and attractions is free, and most are open from at least 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. PHONE: 541-386-7697 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission to most Fruit Loop farms and attractions is free

The Night Ride - The Night Ride
This mostly flat, 15-mile street bicycle ride takes you past hootin' and hollerin' night life and fire jugglers, through a disco party rest stop and along spectacular cityscape views to an all-you-can-eat midnight doughnut finish line feast.

Streets are open to cars and you must obey rules of the road. Support is extremely limited, so please bring your own supplies to be comfortable, such as extra clothing and a bag/pannier to carry your personal items. Light and helmets are required for this ride. Due to the late night nature of this ride, is not recommended for children unless they have extensive experience riding on city streets.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 LOCATION: Union Station 800 NW Sixth Ave Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 9pm PHONE: 503-459-4508 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Advance Registration Online: $30

The Resort at The Mountain presents “Nine and Wine” at The Courses - The Resort at the Mountain
“Nine and Wine” is ideal for golfers and their non-golfing spouse or friend to have a blast together. Three wine stations will be set-up on the course featuring varietals from various wineries and food samples. Golf activities will feature prizes for games such as tee-off with a tennis racket and baseball bat; play the entire hole with a 7 iron; putt with a hockey stick; and hit the ball through a large pipe in the middle of the fairway.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 - 09/12/09 LOCATION: The Resort at the Mountain 68010 E. Fairway Avenue Welches, OR 97067 Map It!

HOURS: 4pm PHONE: (503) 622-2216 ADMISSION/TICKETS: The price is $49 per golfer and $30 for golfers with an annual pass

Wolf Haven International presents 2009 Wildlife Festival - Wolf Haven International
Don’t miss our 3rd Annual Wildlife Festival! Live bands, food, children’s activities, balloon artists, face-painting and storytellers all spell F-U-N! We host other organizations that promote wildlife conservation, and local vendors sell crafts and goods. The day ends with our famous howling contest.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 LOCATION: Wolf Haven International 3111 Offut Lake Rd Tenino, WA 98589 Map It!

HOURS: 10:00am-8:00pm PHONE: 360-264-4695 x217 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission to the festival is free $5 general admission fee for a 15 minute sanctuary tour

2009 Portland International Piano Festival - Portland Piano
As in previous years, the Portland International Piano Festival will feature something to please a variety of musical tastes. In addition to this year's exceptional performers, two of the most respected pedagogues in the nation will join us to explore the learning process with students of all ages. Expect great music, lecture, films, and wonderful young pianists performing in the master classes.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/12/09 - 07/19/09 LOCATION: World Forestry Center 4033 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: www.portlandpiano.org PHONE: 503.228.1388 ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.portlandpiano.org

Tuesdays by Twilight : Curtis Salgado & Alan Hagar Duo - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
The legendary soul and blues artist known to electrify audiences with his four or five-piece bands offers this rare chance to see him live in an intimate setting with world-class slide guitarist Alan Hagar.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/14/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

Portland International Beer Festival - Portland International Beer Festival
PIB IS AN OVER THE TOP BEER FESTIVAL celebrating the world’s most legendary brewing styles and the nations that made them famous. Come taste over 130 world-class beers from more than 15 countries.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/17/09 - 07/19/09 LOCATION: North Park Blocks N.W. 8th and Burnside Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: www.seattlebeerfest.com PHONE: Visit website ADMISSION/TICKETS: Beer drinkers pay $20 for 10 beer tickets and official PIB glass.

Robin Hood Festival 2009 - Robin Hood Festival
In homage to the fanciful Sherwood Forest, the annual Robin Hood Festival brings to life the legend of Robin Hood, his Merry Men and Maid Marian. Originally created by businessmen and servicemen after WWII to help bring businesses to a then-downtrodden Sherwood, the two-day festival is a long-standing tradition complete with a parade, food, dancing, music, and a crowning of a “Maid Marian.”

EVENT DAY(S): 07/17/09 - 07/19/09 LOCATION: Sherwood Historic Old Town Sherwood Sherwood, OR Map It!

HOURS: www.robinhoodfestival.com PHONE: 503-625-4233 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Yoshida's Sand in the City 2009 - Yoshida's Sand in the City
What do you get when you mix over two hundred competitors, thousands of spectators, great food, live entertainment, master sand sculptors, and 450 tons of sand? It's Yoshida's Sand in the City, Presented by Pacific Power - a free community event. In just six hours, sand teams and architects transform over 450 tons of sand and 4,500 gallons of water into magnificent sand sculptures!

EVENT DAY(S): 07/17/09 - 07/19/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Friday, July 17th 10-9pm Saturday, July 18th 10-9pm Sunday, July 19th 10-4pm PHONE: (503) 736-3200 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Suggested Entrance Donation: $3.00 per person $10.00 per family

2009 Portland Highland Games - Portland Highland Games Association
Celebrate Scottish heritage with a Saturday in the sun! The 2009 Games will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Mt Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon just east of Portland. New to the Games – no worries, no need to be a Scot to attend! Enjoy learning about the culture and celebrating the true Scottish spirit.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/18/09 LOCATION: Mt. Hood Community College NE 257th Gresham, OR Map It!

HOURS: Gates open 8am PHONE: 503-293-8501 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Adults (18+) $18.00 per person*Youth (6-17) $10.00 per person*Children (5 and under) FREE

Sunday Parkways - City of Portland
These events present a wonderful opportunity for you and your family to get out and be active right in your own neighborhood. You will be able to walk, bike, run, roll, meet your neighbors, and enjoy entertainment in the parks and along the routes. Opening streets to walking, bicycling, rolling, and roller blading - without having to watch out for cars! Sunday Parkways are 7-8 mile "temporary parks" along city streets connecting neighborhoods and residents in North, Northeast and Southeast Portland.

What is Sunday Parkways? You can find out more by viewing this video.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/21/09 - 08/16/09 LOCATION: Various Portland Locations Check Website Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 9 am to 4 pm PHONE: See Website ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Tuesdays by Twilight: Portland Classical Chinese Trio - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
Time-travel for your ears. This elite trio performs the music of ancient China as it was and is still played in the gardens of Suzhou, China. An authentic and magical experience featuring Jerry Lin on erhu (Chinese violin), Emily Deng on zeng (Chinese zither), and Henry Hung on bamboo flute.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/21/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

Hood River County Fair - Hood River Fair
County fair fun in the heart of the beautiful Hood River Valley. Tradition, with plenty of exciting "new" attractions! Recently named "Best in Oregon." Great nationally-known entertainment, fascinating displays, carnival rides, music and entertainment, livestock, horse shows, flowers, 4-H exhibits, art, fantastic food, and much, much more. The fair offers something special for everyone.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/22/09 - 07/25/09 LOCATION: Hood River County Fair Grounds Wy'East & Summit Rds Odell, OR 97044 Map It!

HOURS: www.hoodriverfair.com PHONE: 541-354-2865 ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.hoodriverfair.com

OMSI After Dark - OMSI
Here's your chance to shoot off water rockets, concoct chemical creations, and enjoy the wonders of OMSI with no kids in sight! Enjoy a glass of wine while learning about robots, tornados, or fossils. Have a pint of local beer while exploring the exhibits. Talk to a brewer about the science behind beer, or taste the complexity of coffee.
OMSI After Dark is an opportunity for the 21-and-over crowd to explore the museum in a child-free environment.

EVENT DAY(S): 04/22/09 - 08/26/09 LOCATION: OMSI 1945 SE Water Avenue Portland, OR 97214 Map It!

HOURS: 6:00—10:00 p.m. PHONE: 503.797.4000 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $10 for nonmembers • FREE to members • No reservations required Buy Tickets

2009 International Pinot Noir Celebration - International Pinot Noir Celebration
Regarded by wine and food luminaries as "one of the most enjoyable wine weekends in existence," the International Pinot Noir Celebration is an irresistible event for Pinot devotees.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/23/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Linfield College P.O. Box 1310 McMinnville, OR 97128 Map It!

HOURS: Thursday, July 23: 3-6 p.m. (Early Registration) Friday, July 24: 7:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. Saturday, July 25: 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Sunday, July 26: 10 a.m. - noon PHONE: 800.775.4762 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Tickets range from $150.00 - $975.01 Buy Tickets

Oregon Brewers' Festival 2009 - Oregon Brewers Festival
It’s the event that brings together 80 craft breweries, 2,000 volunteers and 70,000 beer lovers for a four-day summer celebration of American craft beer. The 22nd annual Oregon Brewers Festival, one of the nation's longest-running and best-loved craft beer festivals, will take place July 23 through July 26 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/23/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Tom McCall Waterfront Park S.W. Naito Parkway and Columbia Street Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: Event hours are Noon to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and Noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. www.oregonbrewfest.com PHONE: 503-314-7583 ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.oregonbrewfest.com

End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center presents Pioneer Cooking & Family Fun Event - End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Join us at the fire as we cook up some pioneer 'grub,' explore the history and taste of root beer, consider early pioneer vegetable gardens, and participate in a Heritage Recipe Exchange. For more information please call Mary Lou Begert at 503.657.9336 x108.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/25/09 LOCATION: End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center 1726 Washington St. Oregon City, OR 97045 Map It!

HOURS: 11am - 2pm PHONE: Join us at the fire ADMISSION/TICKETS: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $5 youth and children 4 and under are free

Portland Japanese Garden: - Japanese Garden
It's the Garden's biggest and best art show and sale! Come and see a dazzling collection of pottery, glass, jewelry, wood block prints, paintings, and more. Also look for unusual Japanese antiques including furniture, carvings, obi, and kimono from Nishiura Ryokusuido.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/25/09 - 08/30/09 LOCATION: Japanese Garden 611 S.W. Kingston Ave. Portland, OR 97201 Map It!

HOURS: 10am-7pm Tuesday–Sunday Noon-7pm Monday PHONE: 503-223-1321 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $8.00 Adults $6.75 Seniors (age 62 & over) $6.75 College Students (with college ID) $5.25 Youths (age 6-17)

Tuesdays by Twilight: Joe Powers with Naoko Aoki - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
Harmonica phenomenon Joe Powers was already winning accolades in contests around the world for his unique blend of jazz, tango and blues when he met concert pianist Naoko Aoki in Buenos Aires, where both artists had come to study tango in its birthplace. Together, the cosmopolitan duo has electrified audiences from Argentina to Tokyo with performances of this seductive dance music.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/28/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

Washington County Fair and Rodeo 2009 - Washington County Fair and Rodeo
Take in the sights and sounds of the annual Washington County Fair and Rodeo, which features a professional rodeo, truck pull and thrill rides, plus hundreds of farm animals, live entertainment and food.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/30/09 - 08/02/09 LOCATION: Washington County Fair Complex 873 NE 34th Ave. Hillsboro, OR 97123 Map It!

HOURS: www.faircomplex.com PHONE: 503-648-1416 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

11th Annual Pickathon Roots Music Festival - Pickathon Roots Music Festival
Pickathon provides one of the best summer festival lineups of 2009 that represents our commitment to soulful, gritty, unpredictable, and traditional Roots music that is shaping the country’s musical horizons.

Continuous three day weekend music presented on 6 stages (Mt. View Stage [outdoor], Fir Meadows Stage [outdoor], Woods Stage [Solar Powered - outdoor], Pickathon Cabaret [All Ages - Late Night - outdoor], and the Galaxy Barn [indoor], and the Workshop Barn [workshops]. The indoor Galaxy Barn stage becomes a late-night (21+) venue at 9pm until 2AM.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/31/09 - 08/02/09 LOCATION: Pendarvis Farm 16581 S.E. Hagen Rd. Boring, OR Map It!

HOURS: www.pickathon.com PHONE: website only ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.pickathon.com

2009 NW Natural Street of Dreams - Street of Dreams
In honor of its 34th year, the 2009 NW Natural Street of Dreams, America's longest running luxury home show, is heading downtown to the Pearl District. Have you ever wondered who lives at the top of those incredible buildings? This is your chance to see behind the curtain

EVENT DAY(S): 08/01/09 - 08/30/09 LOCATION: Pearl District 405 to N.W. Fifth Ave, Burnside to N.W.Savier Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: Wednesday – Friday: Noon – 8 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. PHONE: See website ADMISSION/TICKETS: $15 peak, $13 non-peak, $10 12 & under

Obonfest 2009 - Obonfest
Oregon Buddhist Temple's annual Obonfest is a "Celebration ofJoy"--a time to honor one's ancestors. The admission free event will be held on August 1st, Saturday, from 4 to 9 PM. The highlight of the Obonfest will be traditional Japanese folk dancing which begins at 6:30 PM.
Portland Taiko will be part of the entertainment. Also an open marketplace will include multi-ethnic foods and gift shops.

EVENT DAY(S): 08/01/09 LOCATION: Oregon Buddhist Temple 3720 SE 34th Avenue Portland, OR 97202 Map It!

HOURS: 4-9pm PHONE: 503) 254-9536 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals 6th Annual Summer Festival - Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals

The Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals invites you to our 6th annual Summer Festival! It’s going to be a blast! There will be dealers with everything from petrified wood, fossils and minerals to crystals and jewelry. Demonstrations will be held both days featuring Thunderegg cutting, gemstone faceting, geode cracking and more. We'll also have silent auctions both days, plus hourly drawings and awesome activities for the kids! Food and drink will be available but don’t forget the FREE hotdogs (one per person)!

EVENT DAY(S): 08/01/09 - 08/02/09 LOCATION: Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals 26385 NW Groveland Drive Hillsboro, OR 97124 Map It!

HOURS: August 1st, 9am – 6pm August 2nd, 9am – 4pm PHONE: 503.647.2418 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Adults: $7.00, seniors (60+) $6.00, students (under 17) $5.00 and children 4 and under are free.

Tuesdays by Twilight: Susan Chan, classical piano - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
Originally from Hong Kong, Ms. Chan’s musical education spans three continents and elite conservatories including Yale, Trinity College and Indiana University. A soloist of rare caliber and sensitivity, Chan has performed with symphonies around the world and twice at Carnegie Hall, winning accolades from The New Yorker and The New York Concert Review.

EVENT DAY(S): 08/04/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

IN CONCERT

2009 Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival - Chamber Music Northwest
We invite you to share the beauty and power of great chamber music and the thrill of brilliant, committed performances.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/22/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Various locations See website Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: Performance times vary. Please check the summer festival schedule for performance times. PHONE: 503.223.3202 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket price varies based on show. Buy Tickets

Waterfront Blues Festival - Waterfront Blues Festival
World-class music. Gorgeous setting. Great cause. What could be better? From its modest beginnings in 1988, the Waterfront Blues Festival has grown in size and reputation to be the largest blues festival West of the Mississippi and the second-largest blues festival in the United States.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/02/09 - 07/05/09 LOCATION: Tom McCall Waterfront Park S.W. Naito Parkway and Columbia Street Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: www.waterfrontbluesfest.com PHONE: 503-973-FEST ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.waterfrontbluesfest.com

Patrick Lamb & the Mississippi Horns - Waterfront Blues Festival
We are excited to announce Patrick Lamb Performance at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival Sunday, July 5th!
The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival
presents...
Patrick Lamb & the Mississippi Horns
featuring
GC Cameron
(former lead singer for the Spinners & Temptations)
& Liv Warfield

EVENT DAY(S): 07/05/09 LOCATION: Tom McCall Waterfront Park S.W. Naito Parkway and Columbia Street Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 4pm PHONE: 1-503-973-FEST 3378 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $10 donation at the door

Rose Quarter presents American Idols Live - Rose Quarter
Fans of America’s #1 show will once again have the chance to catch their favorite “Idols” performing live in concert, as the top 10 contestants from American Idol season 8 hit the road in the highly anticipated summer tour.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/05/09 LOCATION: Rose Garden Arena One Center Court Portland, OR 97227 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 877.789.ROSE (7673) ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Prices: $69.50, $55.50 & 40.50;prices do not include applicable service charges Buy Tickets

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: Freewill Band - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/07/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Tuesdays by Twilight: The Shanghai Woolies - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
Taken with the hot jazz, swing and pop of the twenties and thirties, Pink Martini trumpeter Gavin Bondy dreamed up a band inspired by the era’s best—artists like Ellington, Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw—but with a postmodern twist. Featuring the effervescent voice of Mel Kubik, the Woolies boast all the drums and horns you would expect plus an occasional jolt of electric guitar.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/07/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

Music on Main Street: Woodbrain - Portland Center for the Performing Arts
WOODBRAIN has been rapidly gaining recognition across the Great Northwest and world with its intense, deeply progressive high-energy music. The sound is rooted in Delta blues and old American roots music, but it is weaved into a modern concept of improvisation and original story telling that owes as much to the old as to the new.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/08/09 LOCATION: Music on Main Street 1111 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: 5pm PHONE: 503-248-4335 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Portland Symphonic Choir: Steven Zopfi directs the Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms - Portland Symphonic Choir
Singers of all ages and abilities are invited to come, check out a score and sing along!!
Wednesday evenings at 7 pm Admission $10 per person
Tickets available only at the door... first come, then sing!

EVENT DAY(S): 07/08/09 LOCATION: Portland Community College Cascade Campus 705 N Killingsworth Portland, OR 97217 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503.223.1217 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission $10 per person

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: Justin Klump - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/09/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Oregon Garden presents Three Dog Night - The Oregon Garden
The legendary music icons of Three Dog Night enter their fourth decade of performing with founding members Cory Wells and Danny Hutton on lead vocals, and original band mates on keyboards and guitar. The band will recreate many of its 21 Top 40 singles that hit the charts from 1969 through 1974 including “Joy to The World,” “Shambala,” “Mama Told Me (Not To Come),” and “Celebrate.”

EVENT DAY(S): 07/09/09 LOCATION: The Oregon Garden 879 W Main Street Silverton, OR 97381 Map It!

HOURS: 7:00pm PHONE: (503) 874-8100 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $20 members; $25 non-members

Oregon Zoo Summer Concerts: Tears for Fears with Wainright - Oregon Zoo
Who'd have believed it? With its deliberate storybook-inspired title, Everybody Loves A Happy Ending signals a welcome return for Tears For Fears - one of the biggest and best-loved bands of the post-MTV age-and one of the most unexpected reunions in pop music history.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 LOCATION: Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-226-1561 Buy Tickets

SakéOne Summer Concert Series featuring The Minus Five - SakeOne
Originally begun as an outlet for "Scott McCaughey songs the Young Fresh Fellows would likely never get around to recording, The Minus 5 has long been rooted in the talents of Scott and compatriot Peter Buck of REM. But over the years the M5 has included Ken Stringfellow and John Auer, Jeff, John, Glenn and Leroy of Wilco (see Down with Wilco), as well as various sundry musical rounders.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/11/09 LOCATION: SakeOne 820 Elm Street Forest Grove, OR Map It!

HOURS: 6:30pm - 8:30pm PHONE: 503-357-7056 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Cost $10

2009 Portland International Piano Festival - Portland Piano
As in previous years, the Portland International Piano Festival will feature something to please a variety of musical tastes. In addition to this year's exceptional performers, two of the most respected pedagogues in the nation will join us to explore the learning process with students of all ages. Expect great music, lecture, films, and wonderful young pianists performing in the master classes.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/12/09 - 07/19/09 LOCATION: World Forestry Center 4033 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: www.portlandpiano.org PHONE: 503.228.1388 ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.portlandpiano.org

Pickin' on Sundays: Pete Krebs and Casey Neill - Doug Fir Lounge
Come join us on the outdoor patio for some amazing summertime concerts.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/12/09 LOCATION: Doug Fir Lounge 830 E. Burnside Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 3-7 p.m. PHONE: 503.231.9663 ADMISSION/TICKETS: This concert is free to the public.

Rose Quarter presents Demi Lovato - Rose Quarter
Demi Lovato is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She played Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock, and she plays Sonny Monroe in the Disney Channel Original Series Sonny With A Chance. Besides acting, she is also a solo music artist and released her debut album Don't Forget on September 23, 2008.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/13/09 LOCATION: Rose Garden Arena One Center Court Portland, OR 97227 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30pm PHONE: 503-797-9619 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $49.50 & $39.50;ticket prices do not include applicable service charges Buy Tickets

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: Keegan Smith - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/14/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Tuesdays by Twilight : Curtis Salgado & Alan Hagar Duo - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
The legendary soul and blues artist known to electrify audiences with his four or five-piece bands offers this rare chance to see him live in an intimate setting with world-class slide guitarist Alan Hagar.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/14/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

Music on Main Street: Michael Jodell - Portland Center for the Performing Arts
Milky melodies that mesh beautifully with Portland's weeping skies.
One part jazz, one part country, one part nostalgia....her songs are hard to define and easy to remember.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/15/09 LOCATION: Music on Main Street 1111 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: 5pm PHONE: 503-248-4335 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Oregon Zoo Summer Concerts: Vieux Farka Toure - Oregon Zoo
In 1999 Vieux Farka Toure enrolled in the National Arts Institute in Bamako. It was there that Vieux truly discovered his musical calling, picking up the guitar and beginning to compose his own music. By the time he left the Arts Institute, he was already a locally celebrated guitar virtuoso.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/15/09 LOCATION: Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-226-1561 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Price: $10.50 Buy Tickets

Portland Symphonic Choir: Kathryn Lehmann directs the Brahms Requiem - Portland Symphonic Choir
Singers of all ages and abilities are invited to come, check out a score and sing along!!
Wednesday evenings at 7 pm Admission $10 per person
Tickets available only at the door... first come, then sing!

EVENT DAY(S): 07/15/09 LOCATION: Portland Community College Cascade Campus 705 N Killingsworth Portland, OR 97217 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503.223.1217 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission $10 per person

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: The Dimes - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/16/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Oregon Zoo Summer Concerts: Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Los Lobos - Oregon Zoo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo represents the traditional culture of South Africa and is regarded as the country's cultural emissary at home and around the world. They are a national treasure of the new South Africa in part because they embody the traditions suppressed in the old South Africa.
At this stage in their illustrious career, a new album by the East Los Angeles rock band Los Lobos is a highly anticipated event. Since they began as Los Lobos Del Este Los Angeles in 1973, they have evolved into a respected artistic entity searching for themes and topics that are an interpretive pulse of our times.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/17/09 LOCATION: Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-226-1561 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Price: $22.00 Buy Tickets

Rose Quarter presents Slightly Stoopid & Snoop Dogg - Rose Quarter
Slightly Stoopid, hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg, and Stephen Marley will team up for this summer’s Blazed and Confused tour and will stop at the Memorial Coliseum Friday, July 17th. The three acts are joining forces for the first time to create the summer soundtrack of 2009. Set to kick off July 10, the month-long Blazed and Confused tour will bring together a mix of rock and blues, hip-hop and reggae.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/17/09 LOCATION: Rose Garden Arena One Center Court Portland, OR 97227 Map It!

HOURS: 6:00 PM PHONE: 503-797-9619 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $39.50 Buy Tickets

Rose Quarter presents Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago - Rose Quarter
Music legends Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago have announced that they will reunite for a 30-city national co-headlining summer concert tour, including a date at Theater of the Clouds Saturday, July 18th. In 2004 and 2005, the two bands teamed up for what is still talked about as one of the great musical spectaculars in recent touring history.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/18/09 LOCATION: Rose Quarter - Theater of the Clouds 300 N. Winning Way Portland, OR 97227 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30pm PHONE: 503-797-9619 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Prices: $94.00, $54.00, & $28.50 Buy Tickets

Pickin' on Sundays: Jon Garcia and Celilo - Doug Fir Lounge
Come join us on the outdoor patio for some amazing summertime concerts.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/19/09 LOCATION: Doug Fir Lounge 830 E. Burnside Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 3-7 p.m. PHONE: 503.231.9663 ADMISSION/TICKETS: This concert is free to the public.

Rose Quarter presents The Wiggles Go Bananas! - Rose Quarter
The most beloved family entertainment band in the world, The Wiggles, are setting out on their wildest adventure to date. The fab four from down under are back with a brand new lineup of songs from their latest album “The Wiggles Go Bananas” including the smash hit “Monkey Man” featuring Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/19/09 LOCATION: Rose Garden Arena One Center Court Portland, OR 97227 Map It!

HOURS: 1:30,5:00 PHONE: 877.789.ROSE (7673) ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Prices: $35.00, $28.00, $23.00 & 18.00 Buy Tickets

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: Throwback Suburbia - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/21/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Tuesdays by Twilight: Portland Classical Chinese Trio - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
Time-travel for your ears. This elite trio performs the music of ancient China as it was and is still played in the gardens of Suzhou, China. An authentic and magical experience featuring Jerry Lin on erhu (Chinese violin), Emily Deng on zeng (Chinese zither), and Henry Hung on bamboo flute.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/21/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

Oregon Garden presents Sam Bush / Grascals (opening) - The Oregon Garden
Sam Bush extends the musical capabilities of the mandolin and the fiddle to incorporate a seamless blend of bluegrass, rock, jazz and reggae. As the founder and leader of the New Grass Revival , Bush pioneered and guided the evolution of modern hill country music.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/22/09 LOCATION: The Oregon Garden 879 W Main Street Silverton, OR 97381 Map It!

HOURS: 7:00pm PHONE: (503) 874-8100 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $15 members; $20 non-members

Oregon Zoo Summer Concerts: Riders in the Sky - Oregon Zoo
Riders In The Sky are truly exceptional. For thirty years Riders In The Sky have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, reviving and revitalizing the genre.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/22/09 LOCATION: Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-226-1561 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket price: $10.50 Buy Tickets

Portland Symphonic Choir: Ralph Nelson directs the Joy of Bach - Portland Symphonic Choir
Singers of all ages and abilities are invited to come, check out a score and sing along!!
Wednesday evenings at 7 pm Admission $10 per person
Tickets available only at the door... first come, then sing!

EVENT DAY(S): 07/22/09 LOCATION: Portland Community College Cascade Campus 705 N Killingsworth Portland, OR 97217 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503.223.1217 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission $10 per person

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: Brandon Chandler - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/23/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

2009 PDX Pop Now! - PDX Pop Now!
Nobody showcases Portland’s edgy independent music scene better than PDX Pop Now!

EVENT DAY(S): 07/24/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Rotture 315 S.E. 3rd Ave. Portland, OR 97214 Map It!

HOURS: Please visit PDX Pop Now's website for a complete schedule. PHONE: 503.234.5683 Email ADMISSION/TICKETS: This event is free to the public

Oregon Zoo Summer Concerts: Indigo Girls with David Ryan Harris - Oregon Zoo
Indigo Girls are an American folk rock duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They got their start in Atlanta as a regular act at The Little 5 Points Pub and were tangentially part of the Athens, Georgia college rock scene that included The B-52's, Pylon, R.E.M., The Georgia Satellites, and Love Tractor.
David Ryan Harris is an Atlanta, Georgia based singer-songwriter. Harris' eclectic taste in music is apparent in the band's music, which shows influences ranging from Motown to thrash metal.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/24/09 LOCATION: Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-226-1561 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Price: $19.00 Buy Tickets

SakéOne Summer Concert Series featuring The Dimes - SakeOne
Portland, Oregon based band which combines experimental British sound and American rock and roll.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/25/09 LOCATION: SakeOne 820 Elm Street Forest Grove, OR Map It!

HOURS: 6:30pm - 8:30pm PHONE: 503-357-7056 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Cost: $8.00

Pickin' on Sundays: Marty Marqui (Blitzen Trapper) and Haley Bonar - Doug Fir Lounge
Come join us on the outdoor patio for some amazing summertime concerts.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/26/09 LOCATION: Doug Fir Lounge 830 E. Burnside Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 3-7 p.m. PHONE: 503.231.9663 ADMISSION/TICKETS: This concert is free to the public.

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: Bryan Flannery Band - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/28/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Tuesdays by Twilight: Joe Powers with Naoko Aoki - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
Harmonica phenomenon Joe Powers was already winning accolades in contests around the world for his unique blend of jazz, tango and blues when he met concert pianist Naoko Aoki in Buenos Aires, where both artists had come to study tango in its birthplace. Together, the cosmopolitan duo has electrified audiences from Argentina to Tokyo with performances of this seductive dance music.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/28/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

Music on Main Street: Lewi Longmire - Portland Center for the Performing Arts
High energy, deep roots, and an unpretentious sense of fun all characterize the Lewi Longmire Band. Lewi and his bandmates connect the desert space of Giant Sand, the punk abandon of The Stooges, the basement feel of The Band, and the quiet contemplation of Johnny Cash playing solo; resulting in a sound that follows the American tradition of great music.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/29/09 LOCATION: Music on Main Street 1111 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: 5pm PHONE: 503-248-4335 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Oregon Zoo Summer Concerts: Orchestra Baobab - Oregon Zoo
Orchestra Baobab are one of Africa’s great iconic bands, creators of one of the world’s most sublime and truly distinctive pop sounds. Founded in 1970, Orchestra Baobab fused Afro-Cuban rhythm and Portuguese Creole melody with Congolese rumba, high life and a whole gamut of local styles – kickstarting a musical renaissance in their native Senegal, which turned the capital Dakar into one of the world’s most vibrant musical cities.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/29/09 LOCATION: Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-226-1561 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Price: $10.50 Buy Tickets

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: TapWater - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/30/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Oregon Garden presents Crystal Gayle / Juice Newton (opening) - The Oregon Garden
Time has been nothing but kind to the elegance of Crystal Gayle and her sweet and soaring melodies. From her number one hit, “Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” to her latest much anticipated project—“All My Tomorrows”—a mood influenced collection of American standards, Crystal doesn't disappoint. Opening act Juice Newton brings with her an energy that is never out of style with pop-country hits such as "Angel of the Morning," “Queen of Hearts” and "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me."

EVENT DAY(S): 07/30/09 LOCATION: The Oregon Garden 879 W Main Street Silverton, OR 97381 Map It!

HOURS: 7:00pm PHONE: (503) 874-8100 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $20 members; $25 non-members

Oregon Zoo Summer Concerts: Jewel - Oregon Zoo
Jewel Kilcher, professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide, and almost twenty million in the United States alone.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/31/09 LOCATION: Oregon Zoo 4001 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-226-1561 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Price: $22.50 Buy Tickets

Pickin' on Sundays: Super XX Man and Shoeshine Blue - Doug Fir Lounge
Come join us on the outdoor patio for some amazing summertime concerts.

EVENT DAY(S): 08/02/09 LOCATION: Doug Fir Lounge 830 E. Burnside Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 3-7 p.m. PHONE: 503.231.9663 ADMISSION/TICKETS: This concert is free to the public.

Noon Tunes Summer Concert Series: Rhythm Culture - Pioneer Courthouse Square
This year's series will feature some of the best local, regional and national talent around! Noon Tunes has become a summertime tradition in the heart of downtown providing FREE entertainment over the lunch hour every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer.

EVENT DAY(S): 08/04/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-1pm PHONE: 503.223.1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Rose Quarter presents The Fray - Rose Quarter
Due to circumstances beyond our control, The Fray’s August 4th show at the Rose Garden has been moved to McMenamins Edgefield, Tuesday, August 4th at 6p. All Rose Garden tickets will be honored at the door for the Edgefield show.
Due to the change of venue, we will honor refunds for anyone not interested in attending the event at Edgefield. Tickets must be refunded by returning to the point of purchase or calling Customer Service at 1-877- 789-7673 if purchased over the phone or ComcastTix.com. Any further questions please call the Rose Quarter Box Office at 503.797.9619.
Multi platinum Pop Rock act The Fray are celebrating the success of their sophomore self titled album and its first single You Found Me, with a tour this summer, including a date at Portland’s Rose Garden in August 4. New release The Fray debuted at #1 in the Billboard Top 200 upon its release in early February.
Joining The Fray on the summer trek, are (ex Something Corporate) Andrew McMahon’s Jack’s Mannequin and promising new Indie Rockers Vedera.

EVENT DAY(S): 08/04/09 LOCATION: Rose Garden Arena One Center Court Portland, OR 97227 Map It!

HOURS: 8pm PHONE: 503-797-9619 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Prices: $45, $35, $25;

Tuesdays by Twilight: Susan Chan, classical piano - Portland Classical Chinese Garden
Tuesdays by Twilight at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, the city’s most intimate outdoor summer concert series, offers a rare chance to enjoy live music in the Garden after hours on six consecutive Tuesdays.
Originally from Hong Kong, Ms. Chan’s musical education spans three continents and elite conservatories including Yale, Trinity College and Indiana University. A soloist of rare caliber and sensitivity, Chan has performed with symphonies around the world and twice at Carnegie Hall, winning accolades from The New Yorker and The New York Concert Review.

EVENT DAY(S): 08/04/09 LOCATION: Portland Classical Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 7:30 pm PHONE: 503-228-8131 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Member $18, General $22 Buy Tickets

ON STAGE

Portland Center Stage presents Crazy Enough - Portland Center Stage
“Over the top, and out of control… and all she ever said was ‘ain’t life beautiful.” - Storm Large

What do you do when the doctor whispers into your nine-year-old ear that by the time you’re 20 you’ll be confronting the same visions that haunted your mother? For Storm Large (Portland rock legend and star of last season’s Cabaret), answering that question has been a lifelong journey.

EVENT DAY(S): 03/31/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Portland Center Stage 128 N.W. 11th and Davis Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: www.pcs.org PHONE: 503-445-3700 ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.pcs.org

Lakewood Center for the Arts present The Producers - Lakewood Center for the Arts
Lakewood will be presenting The Producers in July 2009! This Mel Brooks musical has won more awards than any show in history, including 12 Tony® Awards.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/10/09 - 08/23/09 LOCATION: Lakewood Center for the Arts 368 S. State Street Lake Oswego, OR 97034 Map It!

HOURS: Thur-Sat 7:30 Sun 7pm for July 12,19,26, Aug 2 Sun 2pm for July 19, Aug 9,16,23 PHONE: 503-635-3901 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $30 for adults and $28 for students and seniors

Tin Pan Alley Theatre Co presents Wonderful Town - Tin Pan Alley Theatre Co
Pay attention Portland musical theater lovers! Although written in 1953, Wonderful Town has never been performed in this wonderful town! Combining the hilarious writings of Comden and Green (On The Town, Singing in the Rain), and the thrilling scores of Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story) and you get a multi-Tony Award winning musical comedy based on the story and film My Sister Eileen.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/10/09 - 08/02/09 LOCATION: Artists Repertory Theatre SW Alder & 15th Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: July 10 7:30 July 11 2:00 July 12 2:00 & 7:30 July 17 7:30 July 18 2:00 July 19 2:00 & 7:30 July 31 7:30 August 1 2:00 August 2 2:00 & 7:30 PHONE: 503 . 708 . 7553 ADMISSION/TICKETS: General admission tickets are $20, $18 for students and senior citizens. Buy Tickets

New Century Players present The Wizard of Oz - New Century Players
Dorothy finds herself in the land of the Munchkins, and must journey to see the Wizard of Oz. Presented in conjunction with the NCP Youth Theatre Camp and in partnership with the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation Department. Directed by Becky Chelson. Choreography by Sharon V. Miller.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/17/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Rex Putnam High School Auditorium 4950 SE Roethe Rd Milwaukie, OR 97267 Map It!

HOURS: Thurs-Sat 7:30pm Sun 2pm PHONE: Call 503.367.2620 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $15 adults, $10 students/seniors Buy Tickets

Rose Quarter presents The Wiggles Go Bananas! - Rose Quarter
The most beloved family entertainment band in the world, The Wiggles, are setting out on their wildest adventure to date. The fab four from down under are back with a brand new lineup of songs from their latest album “The Wiggles Go Bananas” including the smash hit “Monkey Man” featuring Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/19/09 LOCATION: Rose Garden Arena One Center Court Portland, OR 97227 Map It!

HOURS: 1:30,5:00 PHONE: 877.789.ROSE (7673) ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket Prices: $35.00, $28.00, $23.00 & 18.00 Buy Tickets

The 7th Annual Richard Foreman Mini-Festival - Performance Works NorthWest
A dazzling lineup of theater, dance, video and literary artists from Portland and beyond rise to the challenge of creating a piece in ten days by cutting, pasting, mangling or otherwise adapting text selected from avant-garde writer/director Richard Foreman's online notebooks

EVENT DAY(S): 07/19/09 LOCATION: Imago Theatre 17 SE 8th Portland, OR 97214 Map It!

HOURS: 5pm & 8pm PHONE: 503-777-1907 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Tickets $15-$50 for one show; $25-$75 for both shows, sliding scale. Buy Tickets

Quintessence Language and Imagination Theatre presents Pride and Prejudice - Quintessence Language and Imagination Theatre
Adapted by Connor Kerns, Jane Austen’s beloved classic has been transformed into a full vibrant stage work. The arrival of eligible young men in their neighborhood creates chaos in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters. Dances, drawing rooms and the English countryside provide settings for the sparkling exchanges between the opinionated Elizabeth Bennet and the proud, reserved Mr. Darcy. Hasty judgments lead to heartache and scandal, but eventually to true understanding, self-knowledge, and love.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/31/09 - 08/16/09 LOCATION: Mago Hunt center University of Portland 5000 N. Willamette Blvd Portland, OR 97203 Map It!

HOURS: Fri & Sat 7:30pm/Sunday 2pm PHONE: 503-943-7287 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $20, General Admission; $18, Students/Seniors Buy Tickets

ON THE TABLE

2009 International Pinot Noir Celebration - International Pinot Noir Celebration
Regarded by wine and food luminaries as "one of the most enjoyable wine weekends in existence," the International Pinot Noir Celebration is an irresistible event for Pinot devotees.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/23/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Linfield College P.O. Box 1310 McMinnville, OR 97128 Map It!

HOURS: Thursday, July 23: 3-6 p.m. (Early Registration) Friday, July 24: 7:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. Saturday, July 25: 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Sunday, July 26: 10 a.m. - noon PHONE: 800.775.4762 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Tickets range from $150.00 - $975.01 Buy Tickets

ART MUSEUMS & GALLERIES

23 Sandy Gallery Chris Haberman: Wonderland - 23 Sandy Gallery
Portland painter Chris Haberman is known for his intense, vibrant paintings that are so literate that you wonder if they are paintings or poetry. Haberman will show paintings based on the classic, Alice In Wonderland for this terrific solo show.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/03/09 - 08/01/09 LOCATION: 23 Sandy Gallery 623 N.E. 23rd Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m. or by appointment First Friday 6-9 PHONE: 503.927.4409 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

3D Center of Art and Photography presents "A Stereoscopic Atlas of Human Anatomy" - 3D Center of Art and Photography
The 3D Center has been offered an unprecedented
opportunity to print and exhibit images from
“A Stereoscopic Atlas of Human Anatomy,” a
groundbreaking project developed by Portlander
William Gruber, the inventor of the View-Master, in
collaboration with Dr. David Bassett.
Originally published in Portland in the 1950’s and 60’s,
the series included View-Master reels with booklets of
accompaying text and drawings.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/02/09 - 08/30/09 LOCATION: 3D Center of Art & Photography 1928 NW Lovejoy Portland, OR 97239 Map It!

HOURS: Thurs-Sat 11-5 Sun 1-5 PHONE: 503-227-6667 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5 adults (age 15 and over)

Bullseye Gallery presents Klaus Moje - Bullseye Gallery
Bullseye Gallery is pleased to present the bold and trailblazing art of glass master Klaus Moje. On display from June 30 – August 22, 2009, the exhibit will feature pieces spanning three decades of the artist’s diverse artistic output. This work will be on view concurrently with the run of Klaus Moje’s retrospective at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) in New York, which grew out of last summer’s lauded exhibition held at the Portland Art Museum.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/30/09 - 08/22/09 LOCATION: Bullseye Gallery 300 N.W. 13th Ave. Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: Tues-Sat 10-5 and by appointment PHONE: 503-227-0222 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Charles A. Hartman Fine Art presents Michael Kenna's Recent Travels - Charles A Hartman Fine Art
Charles A. Hartman Fine Art is pleased to present Recent Travels, its second exhibition of Michael Kenna’s photographs. As the title implies, this selection of work reflects the artist’s latest journeys to more than ten countries, including China, Japan, Italy, Norway, India and Egypt. Kenna feels that sharing the composite scope of this most recent work has the potential to reveal insight into his creative process, including its inherent aspects of meditation and ritual.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/17/09 - 08/01/09 LOCATION: Charles A Hartman Fine Art 134 NW 8th Ave Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: Tues-Sat 11-6 Reception with the artist on First Thursday, July 2, 5:30—8:30pm PHONE: 503-287-3886 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Elizabeth Leach Gallery presents Gee's Bend Quilts - Elizabeth Leach Gallery
The Elizabeth Leach Gallery is pleased to present Quilts from Gee’s Bend, our fourth exhibition of
quilts and prints by the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. This year seven quilters, ranging in age from
the younger quilters, in their 40s, to Lucy Mingo, who is in her 80s, will be on hand for the opening
reception

EVENT DAY(S): 07/02/09 - 08/01/09 LOCATION: Elizabeth Leach Gallery 417 NW 9th Avenue Portland, OR 97204 Map It!

HOURS: Tues-Sat 10:30-5:30 & by appointment PHONE: 503.224.0521 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Laura Russo Gallery presents Michael Brophy - Laura Russo Gallery
A native Oregonian, Michael Brophy creates paintings that are uniquely indigenous to
the Pacific Northwest landscape, focusing this exhibition on the open spaces of southeast Oregon’s Alvord
Desert. Our Summer Group Show will feature a selection of new work by many gallery artists,
including Francis Celentano, Michael Dailey. Mel Katz, Lucinda Parker, Judith Poxson Fawkes, Margot
Voorhies Thompson and others.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/02/09 - 08/01/09 LOCATION: Laura Russo Gallery 805 NW 21st Ave Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: Tues-Fri 11-5:30 Sat 11-5 First Thursday Reception July 2, 5-8pm PHONE: 503 226-2754 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Museum of Contemporary Craft presents Call + Response - Museum of Contemporary Craft
Museum of Contemporary Craft presents Call + Response, a multi-layered exhibition featuring diverse works by eight art and eight art history faculty members from colleges and universities in Oregon.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/18/09 - 10/31/09 LOCATION: Museum of Contemporary Craft 724 Northwest Davis Street Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: Tues-Sat 11-6 First Thurs 11-8 PHONE: 503.223.2654 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Museum of Contemporary Craft presents Toshiko Takaezu:Recent Gifts - Museum of Contemporary Craft
Museum of Contemporary Craft features for the first time the 17 ceramic vessels granted to the Museum by internationally recognized artist Toshiko Takaezu. Former faculty member at Princeton University, Takaezu is widely considered the first person to close – or nearly close – a ceramic vessel. She combines technical mastery with spontaneous painterly glazes that have influenced decades of ceramists worldwide.

EVENT DAY(S): 02/05/09 - 07/12/09 LOCATION: Museum of Contemporary Craft 724 Northwest Davis Street Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: Tues-Sun 11-6 Thurs 11-8 PHONE: 503-223-2654 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Oregon College of Art and Craft is pleased to present “BENT - Oregon College of Art & Craft
Oregon College of Art and Craft is pleased to present “BENT,” an exhibition curated by Jeanine Jablonski featuring the work of Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Peter Kreider and Donald Morgan. In its 102nd year, OCAC moves forward with its vision for the future: to become the principal center for the invention of modern craft. The artists within this exhibition were chosen with this vision in mind; their contemporary art practices embodying new genres and directions in craft.

The public is invited to the opening reception on Thursday, July 2 from 4:00-7:00PM

EVENT DAY(S): 07/02/09 - 08/23/09 LOCATION: Hoffman Gallery 3245 SW Barnes Rd Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 10-5 daily PHONE: 503.297.5544

Portland Art Museum presents PNCA at 100 - Portland Art Museum
Since 1909, the artist-faculty, students, and alumni of the Museum Art School, now Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), have made their mark on the Northwest art scene as Portland’s designers, gallery owners, and the founders of artist cooperatives and arts festivals such as Artquake. The exhibition PNCA at 100 celebrates the PNCA artists who have made the visual arts central to the community at large.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/06/09 - 09/13/09 LOCATION: Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Mon CLOSED Tue 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wed 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Thu 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Fri 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Sat 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sun 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM PHONE: 503.226.2811 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Adults $10.00, Seniors & Students $9.00 Children 17 and under free

Portland Art Museum presents Sanford Biggers - Portland Art Museum
New York-based artist Sanford Biggers is recognized for complex, richly evocative installations centered on themes of identity and history. This installation, titled Blossom, is a mixed media work incorporating a massive tree, found piano, and Biggers' compositional reworking of Billie Holiday's 1939 jazz anthem Strange Fruit, a harrowing portrayal of lynching in the American South.

EVENT DAY(S): 05/16/09 - 08/30/09 LOCATION: Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Mon CLOSED Tue 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wed 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Thu 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Fri 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Sat 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sun 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM PHONE: 503.226.2811 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Adults $10, Seniors & Students $9, Under 17 years free

Portland Art Museum presents Sensitive Vision: The Prints of Beth Van Hoesen - Portland Art Museum
Drawn from the Portland Art Museum’s archive of the prints of Beth Van Hoesen (born 1926), this exhibition presents some 70 prints by this noted San Francisco artist. Van Hoesen’s intimate portrayals bring out the beauty and eccentricities of her subjects—people, animals, foodstuffs, flowers, still lifes, interiors, and landscapes.

EVENT DAY(S): 05/02/09 - 08/16/09 LOCATION: Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Mon CLOSED Tue 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wed 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Thu 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Fri 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Sat 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sun 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM PHONE: 503.226.2811 ADMISSION/TICKETS: www.portlandartmuseum.org

Portland Art Museum presents Virtual Worlds M.C. Escher and Paradox - Portland Art Museum
Printmaker Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972) created visual puzzles that astonish with their mathematical rigor and their patent absurdity. This exhibition traces the development of the artist’s work from his early stylized depictions of landscape and architecture to his later use of repeated geometric patterns, stimulated by his visit in 1936 to the Alhambra in Granada, Spain.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/06/09 - 09/13/09 LOCATION: Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: Mon CLOSED Tue 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wed 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Thu 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Fri 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Sat 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sun 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM PHONE: 503.226.2811 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Adults $10, Seniors & Students $9, 17 years and under free

Quintana Galleries presents Graphic Arts of the Northwest Coast - Quintana Galleries
This exhibition focuses on prints from three young Northwest Coast artists: Alano Edzerza from the Tahltan Nation, Shaun Peterson of the Coast Salish - Puyallup tribe, and LessLIE Sam from the Salish - Cowichan area. Each of these up and coming Native artists brings a fresh perspective to their artwork, exploring the development of contemporary Northwest Coast two dimensional art from its origins as carved and painted ceremonial objects

EVENT DAY(S): 07/01/09 - 07/31/09 LOCATION: Quintana Galleries 120 NW 9th Ave. Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 10:30-5:30 PHONE: 503-223-1729 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

You'll Love It Here: The Lilac City Track Murders - New American Art Union
“You’ll Love It Here: The Lilac City Track Murders ‘96-’98” will be Ty Ennis’ 4th Solo Exhibit at NAAU. His preparation for this exhibit has involved one of the most thorough examination to date of Spokane’s most infamous serial killer, Robert Lee Yates. His nearly 2 year endeavor documenting murder sites, scouring of all available literature and fleshing out the lives effected during this capsule of time in Spokane, demonstrate a type of artistic discovery that questions the role art can play in the historical record. By lending a sympathetic and informed eye to the memory of events more so remembered through hard-line fact alone, Ty builds a revisionist history using unique visual and written documents.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/03/09 - 08/16/09 LOCATION: New American Art Union 922 SE Ankeny Street Portland, OR 97214 Map It!

HOURS: Noon-6pm First Thurs 6-9 PHONE: 503.231.8294 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

The Oregon Jewish Museum present the works of Abshalom Jac Lahav - Oregon Jewish Museum
The Oregon Jewish Museum is proud to present the works of Abshalom Jac Lahav, a young, emerging, conceptual painter who explores issues of identity. Lahav studied painting at the SVA and Cooper Union and received his MfA from Brooklyn College. He has recently shown his work at the Jewish Museum in New York, is currently exhibited at Jarmuschek + Partner in Berlin, Germany, and will have another solo show at the Jewish Museum of Florida in the fall.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/04/09 - 09/06/09 LOCATION: Oregon Jewish Museum 310 N.W. Davis Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: Tues-Fri 10:30-3 Sun 1-4 First Thurs June 4 Opening Reception: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. - meet the artist. PHONE: (503) 226-3600 ADMISSION/TICKETS: General admission $3

PDX Contemporary Art presents Wes Mills - PDX Contemporary Art
PDX will exhibit new drawings by Wes Mills in Mondrian’s Forest. The drawing consists of 40 small, framed works 5 x 2.5 inches each. Simple organic forms floating in space, ethereal lines create meditative and sometimes tension filled contemplative drawings.

This exhibition follows his recent show in New York, Master Drawings New York: Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Wes Mills. Mills’ work has been exhibited internationally and is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/30/09 - 08/01/09 LOCATION: PDX Contemporary Art 925 NW Flanders Street Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 11-6 First Thurs July 2 6-8pm PHONE: 503.222.0063 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

DANCE

Northwest Dance Project presents Pretty Creatives - Northwest Professional Dance Project
Join the Northwest Dance Project and the two talented winners of our new Pretty Creatives choreographic competition, NDT's Maurice Causey and Lauren Edson, as they showcase works created on our LAUNCH: 2 dancers during the previous week. Dance just doesn't get any fresher than this! Reception follows this special in-studio presentation.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/18/09 LOCATION: Northwest Dance Project Studio 833 N Shaver Street Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 7PM PHONE: 503.421.7434 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $10 suggested donation at the door

Summer Arts on Main Street presents Northwest Dance Project "short takes" - Northwest Professional Dance Project
Celebrate summer with these special free performances by our company of "short takes" from a selection of Portland choreographers. Bring the kids down early to explore dance with our company on the stage and take in all the fun at the Farmer's Market. Performances provided in partnership with Portland Center for the Performing Arts and their Summer Arts on Main Street series.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/22/09 - 08/19/09 LOCATION: Main Street Plaza S.W. Main & Broadway Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 11 AM - 1 PM PHONE: 503.421.7434 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

ART MUSEUMS & GALLERIES

Museum of Contemporary Craft presents The Academy is Full of Craft - Museum of Contemporary Craft
Museum of Contemporary Craft maps craft's historic transition from industry to academia through works in the ceramics collection
Product design team Studio Gorm collaborates with the Museum to architect a visual timetable communicating major shifts in craft history

EVENT DAY(S): 07/28/09 - 01/09/10 LOCATION: Museum of Contemporary Craft 724 Northwest Davis Street Portland, OR 97209 Map It!

HOURS: 11-6 First Thurs 11-8 PHONE: 503-223-2654 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

FILM

Flicks on the Bricks Outdoor Movie Series: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Pioneer Courthouse Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square is happy to host another summer of outdoor movies at the Flicks on the Bricks Outdoor Movie Series! The series begins on July 10th at dusk and continues until August 14th.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/10/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: All movies begin at Dusk PHONE: (503) 223-1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Vardian Vision: An Agnes Varda Retrospecive: CLÉO from 5 TO 7 - NW Film Center
"In my films, I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see." - Agnès Varda
"As long as I'm beautiful, I'm alive." Varda’s memorable chronicle of two hours in the life of an un-compassed pop chanteuse (Corinne Marchand) as she awaits the results of her cancer test brought a woman’s perspective to the mostly male world of the French New Wave. As she hops and shops across Paris, Cléo’s observations turn from the distractions and bright reflections of the external world to the soul within.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/10/09 - 07/11/09 LOCATION: Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5-$8 Buy Tickets

FILMUSIK: Death Rides a Horse - Filmusik
In a flurry of grit, gunsmoke and glockenspiels, Filmusik's performance of Death Rides a Horse pairs the Spaghetti Western classic with a newly composed soundtrack performed live in the pit by an orchestra and chorus. The original score composed by Gracin Dorsey and Sam L. Richards, director of ECCE New Music, premieres under the screen at the Hollywood Theatre, performed by the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and the Opera Theatre Oregon Chorus.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/15/09 - 07/17/09 LOCATION: Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: see website ADMISSION/TICKETS: Tickets $10 - Students/Seniors $8 Buy Tickets

Top Down Film Festival presents Duck Soup - NW Film Center
Join us on the panoramic parking rooftop at the Hotel deLuxe, SW 15th at Yamhill, for some warm starry nights filled with entertaining films, culinary treats, a little live music, and spectacular city views. The evenings begin at 8 p.m. with live music and refreshments. Gracie's Restaurant will offer easy-to-juggle meals, snacks, and cocktails, and additional beverages will be available from TAZO and BridgePort Brewing. The screenings start at dusk—8:45-9:15 p.m. depending on the light. Bring your favorite portable chair or blanket, but please, no pets or outside food and drink.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/16/09 LOCATION: Hotel Deluxe 729 S.W. 15th Ave. Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 8pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5-$8 Buy Tickets

Vardian Vision: An Agnes Varda Retrospecive: Lions Love - NW Film Center
"In my films, I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see." - Agnès Varda
The pressures here in Hollywood are so great—from all the dead people." LIONS LOVE is an imaginative, cinema verité-like fictional meditation on the banal beauty of Hollywood and the counter-culture of the sexual revolution.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/17/09 - 07/18/09 LOCATION: Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5-$8 Buy Tickets

Vardian Vision: An Agnes Varda Retrospecive: DOCUMENTEUR (AN EMOTIONAL PICTURE) - NW Film Center
"In my films, I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see." - Agnès Varda
Varda refers to this film as her shadow of MUR MURS, intended to be seen after it. After her lover splits, Emilie (Sabine Mamou, film editor of MUR MURS) tries to rebuild a life with her son Martin (Mathieu Demy) in a harsh Los Angeles hostile to outsiders.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/19/09 - 07/24/09 LOCATION: Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 8:45pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5-$8 Buy Tickets

Vardian Vision: An Agnes Varda Retrospecive: Mur Murs - NW Film Center
"In my films, I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see." - Agnès Varda
A documentary look at the outdoor murals of Los Angeles—"who paints them, who pays for them, who looks at them, how this city, which is the film capital of the world, reveals itself by its whispering walls."

EVENT DAY(S): 07/19/09 - 07/24/09 LOCATION: Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5-$8 Buy Tickets

Top Down Film Festival presents The Wild One - NW Film Center
Join us on the panoramic parking rooftop at the Hotel deLuxe, SW 15th at Yamhill, for some warm starry nights filled with entertaining films, culinary treats, a little live music, and spectacular city views. The evenings begin at 8 p.m. with live music and refreshments. Gracie's Restaurant will offer easy-to-juggle meals, snacks, and cocktails, and additional beverages will be available from TAZO and BridgePort Brewing. The screenings start at dusk—8:45-9:15 p.m. depending on the light. Bring your favorite portable chair or blanket, but please, no pets or outside food and drink.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/23/09 LOCATION: Hotel Deluxe 729 S.W. 15th Ave. Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 8pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: 5-8 Buy Tickets

Flicks on the Bricks Outdoor Movie Series: Dirty Dancing - Pioneer Courthouse Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square is happy to host another summer of outdoor movies at the Flicks on the Bricks Outdoor Movie Series! The series begins on July 10th at dusk and continues until August 14th.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/24/09 LOCATION: Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th St Portland, OR 97205 Map It!

HOURS: All movies begin at Dusk PHONE: (503) 223-1613 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Admission is free

Vardian Vision: An Agnes Varda Retrospecive: VAGABOND - NW Film Center
"In my films, I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see." - Agnès Varda
Anchored by Sandrine Bonnaire’s unforgettable portrayal of a woman whose refusal to be known or understood pushes her into total detachment from society,

EVENT DAY(S): 07/25/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: July 25 8:45pm July 26 7pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5-$8 Buy Tickets

Vardian Vision: An Agnes Varda Retrospecive: KUNG FU MASTER - NW Film Center
"In my films, I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see." - Agnès Varda
KUNG FU MASTER stars Jane Birkin as a forty-year-old divorced woman who falls in love with her teenage daughter’s video game-obsessed friend. By presenting Birkin’s desire without passing judgment, Varda evenhandedly explores a potentially explosive subject with a seriousness not usually granted to female fantasies.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/29/09 - 07/31/09 LOCATION: Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: July 29 7pm July 31 7:30pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5-$8 Buy Tickets

Top Down Film Festival presents The Secret of the Nimh - NW Film Center
Join us on the panoramic parking rooftop at the Hotel deLuxe, SW 15th at Yamhill, for some warm starry nights filled with entertaining films, culinary treats, a little live music, and spectacular city views. The evenings begin at 8 p.m. with live music and refreshments. Gracie's Restaurant will offer easy-to-juggle meals, snacks, and cocktails, and additional beverages will be available from TAZO and BridgePort Brewing. The screenings start at dusk—8:45-9:15 p.m. depending on the light. Bring your favorite portable chair or blanket, but please, no pets or outside food and drink.

EVENT DAY(S): 07/30/09 LOCATION: Hotel Deluxe 729 S.W. 15th Ave. Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 8pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: 5-8 Buy Tickets

Vardian Vision: An Agnes Varda Retrospecive: JACQUOT DE NANTES - NW Film Center
"In my films, I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see." - Agnès Varda
"He had known what he called 'a happy childhood.'" Varda's warm evocation of husband Jacques Demy's youth in Nantes and passion for cinema was finished the year after his death. Using a combination of reenacted memories, on-screen reminiscences, and clips from his films (LOLA, BAY OF ANGELES, UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, and more), interspersed with intimate close-ups of Demy’s fragile body, Varda has fashioned a tender valentine that is one of her most personal and affecting films.

EVENT DAY(S): 08/01/09 - 08/02/09 LOCATION: Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: 7pm PHONE: 503-221-1156 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $5-$8 Buy Tickets

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2009 Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival - Chamber Music Northwest
We invite you to share the beauty and power of great chamber music and the thrill of brilliant, committed performances.

EVENT DAY(S): 06/22/09 - 07/26/09 LOCATION: Various locations See website Portland, OR Map It!

HOURS: Performance times vary. Please check the summer festival schedule for performance times. PHONE: 503.223.3202 ADMISSION/TICKETS: Ticket price varies based on show. Buy Tickets

OMSI presents CSI: The Experience - OMSI
Imagine entering a crime scene and being the one responsible for noticing and collecting every trace of evidence. The pressure is on: you know the analysis of your evidence must be scientifically sound to crack the case.
You've seen the hit television crime drama, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS. Now, there's a forensic science exhibit related to the TV show, as well as a Web-based learning adventure.
CSI: The Experience is a completely immersive exhibit that invites visitors to enter "crime" scenes where they identify and record evidence.

EVENT DAY(S): 05/23/09 - 09/13/09 LOCATION: OMSI 1945 SE Water Avenue Portland, OR 97214 Map It!

HOURS: 9:30am-5:30pm PHONE: 503.797.4000 ADMISSION/TICKETS: $11 Adults $9 Youth (3-13) $9 Senior (63+) FREE for members

Oregon Zoo presents Chimpanzee Challenge maze - Oregon Zoo
Swing from vines, soar through treetops and 'Live Chimply' in the Chimpanzee Challenge maze. Perform feats of ape-like strength, agility, and communication to discover the surprising similarities between humans and chimps. Developed in collaboration with world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute, Chimpanzee Challenge brings the plight of the chimps closer to home, empowering visitors to make a difference.