Comedy Styles (FULL) Ages 10 – 14 August 21 – 25, 9am – 12pm Join the waitlist. Live from Portland, it’s NWCT! Play wacky characters, explore absurd situations, and learn the key to making audiences laugh until their bellies hurt. Everyone will get a piece of comedy gold to perform! An informal demonstration will occur during the…
Secret Agent Squad (FULL) Ages 6 – 9 August 21 – 25, 9am – 12pm Join the waitlist. Calling all covert operatives! Your mission — should you choose to accept it — will be full of excitement and intrigue. Don your best disguise and join our clandestine meetings, where we’ll solve puzzles and uncover clues to…
Princess Bride (FULL) Ages 10 – 14 August 21 – 25, 9am – 4pm Join the waitlist. Have fun storming the castle! Take to the stage and bring to life this classic tale of adventure, true love, revenge, giants, miracles, pirates, and Rodents of Unusual Size. Anybody want a peanut? Everyone gets a part in…
Shrek (FULL) Ages 7 – 11 August 21 – 25, 9am – 4pm Join the waitlist. An ogre perfectly happy living alone in his swamp, Shrek’s world turns upside down when a caravan of fairy-tale creatures show up on his doorstep. It’s no picnic dealing with blind mice, wooden puppets, talking animals — and to top…
Hagrid’s Hut (FULL) Ages 6 – 9 August 21 – 25, 1 – 4pm Join the waitlist. Trek to the edges of the Forbidden Forest where you’ll learn how to care for magical creatures, brew potions, and cast spells. Don’t forget to feed Fang! Explore Camps combine adventures, imaginative world-building, and role-playing to immerse students…
Inspired by Real Events Ages 10 – 14 August 21 – 25, 1 – 4pm Perform songs from musicals based on real life! Whether you go back to 1776 in Hamilton, travel to Gander in Come From Away, or become a star in Dreamgirls, you’ll be singing and dancing your way through this week. An informal demonstration will occur…
Converge 45: Opening Weekend Celebration August 26 | 10:30 am – 1 pm | FREE The community is invited to attend a special reception during the Converge 45 opening weekend on Saturday, August 26th from 10:30 am – 1:00 pm. Celebrating the new exhibitions, artist introductions and comments will begin at 11, followed by self-guided…
First Friday: Endless Pigeons Debut September 01 | 6 – 9 pm Celebrating her new bronze sculpture, Endless Pigeons, Malia Jensen welcomes all to participate in the act and art of observing. Viewing the monumental work (which stands over ten feet tall), guests will have a chance to witness the birds and join in the…
We need 1,000 people to step up every day to keep our community’s blood supply at safe and reliable levels. The days may be getting shorter and the nights colder, but before Fall comes, there’s still time to make a summer blood donation. So before you bust out your favorite fall cardigan, make a blood…
Walking With Giants A world premiere by composer Nicole Buetti Popular local ensemble Big Horn Brass approaches their 40th anniversary under the artistic direction of founder Andrew Harris by commissioning and premiering this work by exciting Portland composer Nicole Buetti! Inspired by the grandeur, dignity & modern peril of the elephant, Ms. Buetti’s colorful and…
Al Stewart with his Band The Empty Pockets After Al’s US tour in 2019 with his band The Empty Pockets, he spent most of 2020 and 2021 sidelined due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But in 2022, he came back full force with a string of sold-out shows in the United States and the United Kingdom,…
Artist Talk: Malia Jensen Thursday, September 21 6:30 – 8:00 pm Malia Jensen’s public-facing sculpture, Endless Pigeons, provides an urbane and humorous conversation on the sacred nature of both monuments and modern art. The subject may appear to be the humble pigeon, common to cities worldwide, but as suggested by the artist, “the real subject…
Love in Exile is the trio of Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily — three of the most innovative composers and music-makers of today. Together, they create lush, haunting soundscapes of meditation and yearning, weaving bass, piano, and vocals into a breathtakingly unified sound. Arooj Aftab describes the project as “about self-exile, and the…