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    September 26, 2024
    7:30pm

    Live Wire Radio is an independently produced radio show based in Portland, Oregon. Hosted by Luke Burbank and announced by Elena Passarello, the show artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy featuring all kinds of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts. Live Wire champions discovery by producing engaging,…

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    November 01, 2024
    4:00pm

    This event is sold out. Wagner Kreusch takes the stage at The Reser. Wagner is a London based florist born in Brazil best known for his dedication to teaching floristry and his graphic and sculptural work highly inspired by contemporary Ikebana. A graduate of the SOGETSU SCHOOL OF IKEBANA and co-founder of the LONDON FLOWER…

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    December 05, 2024
    7:30pm

    National Geographic Live brings you behind-the-scenes stories and unforgettable imagery from world-renowned photographers, scientists, filmmakers, and adventurers—live on stage. Descend 7,000 feet below ground to witness what few have ever seen along with photographer and National Geographic Explorer Robbie Shone. For more than two decades, he has traveled to remote regions to illuminate and document…

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    December 20, 2024
    7:30pm

    One of the most recognized and beloved American storytellers, Ari Shapiro (NPR, Pink Martini) returns to the stage with a new cabaret solo show. Hilarious, moving, and uplifting, Thank You For Listening adapts tales from Shapiro’s best-selling memoir The Best Strangers in the World into an evening of stories and songs about the power of…

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    January 22, 2025
    7:30pm

    National Geographic Live brings you behind-the-scenes stories and unforgettable imagery from world-renowned photographers, scientists, filmmakers, and adventurers—live on stage. Filmmaker and National Geographic Fellow Sandesh Kadur first encountered a wild cat in his native India as a teenager—after sitting in a tree for hours under a full moon, a leopard walked directly under him. The…

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    April 08, 2025
    7:30pm

    National Geographic Live brings you behind-the-scenes stories and unforgettable imagery from world-renowned photographers, scientists, filmmakers, and adventurers—live on stage. Every year, billions of animals migrate in search of food, water, or a mate. Ecologist and National Geographic Explorer Lucy Hawkes has scoured the ocean, land, and sky to investigate the astonishing stories of animal perseverance….

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    May 17, 2025
    7:30pm

    Play ball! The hit radio show and podcast Selected Shorts comes to The Reser for an evening of joyous and exuberant short fiction about ruthless competition, poetry in motion, and losing with grace . . . or not. Actors Ito Aghayere (Star Trek: Picard), Tate Donovan (Damages), and Melora Hardin (The Office) present stories that explore what…

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    Poison Waters performing onstage for the Wisdom of The Queen: An Insightful Journey with Portland Famous Poison Waters show at the Reser
    June 11, 2025
    6:00pm

    Poison Waters, Portland’s infamous Drag Queen, is both young at heart and far from putting away her dance shoes. Come join us for an entertaining evening and hear about her adventurous steps to stardom, the stories of the legendary Darcelle XV, and all the fun of being a queen (of a certain age). FREE &…

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    Drag queens performing onstage for the Legends of Drag: The Queens’ Court show at the Reser
    June 21, 2025
    1:00pm

    When we were small children, we all played dress-up. So why stop now? Take out your fancy hats and gloves and get your high heels on to join us as Drag Queen Poison Waters and other Queens (of a certain age) share playful stories of their lives of glam, and the fun they (still) have….

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    June 21, 2025
    7:30pm

    Oregon Origins Project in partnership with Stelo presents an epic new musical and visual art work depicting the dramatic events of Oregon’s geologic history. Join us for an artistic exploration of the state’s geologic origin stories, including the Columbia River basalt flows, Basin and Range earthquakes, Cascade volcanoes, Missoula floods, and much more. Matthew Packwood,…

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    Colorful graphic highlighting a live draft workshop panel with guest artist headshots for the Powder Cake, The Glam is on! demonstration at the Reser
    June 25, 2025
    6:30pm

    Drag Mums unite – and get that cake of foundation ready! Have you ever wanted to know what it takes to transform into a Queen? Well, guess no more!  Step behind the curtain and into the world of Drag at The Reser. Join Queens Kenzie B. Valentine, Kimberly Michelle Westwood, and Inanna Miss for live…

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