PCS’s production of Ragtime offers us an opportunity to take a keen look back at the physical and socio-cultural forces and aspirations that shaped our city (and in many respects continue to influence how we imagine progress and change), as well mine some of the historic connections between Ragtime-era New York and Portland. How did [...]

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Jazz-blues-gospel pianist extraordinaire Janice Scroggins and her daughter vocalist-guitarist Nafisaria Scroggins Thomas fill the Gerding with song this Saturday following the Ragtime matinee.

LIVE MUSIC EVERY SATURDAY!
Music Millennium, the place where people and music still matter, joins forces with PCS to present SOUNDS. LIKE. PORTLAND—an early evening showcase of the best in local music, every Saturday [...]

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Redirect! Law & Order in the Theater (with Judy Snyder)
Sunday, October 18
(following the 2 pm Matinee of Ragtime)
Main Stage
Join us this Sunday for a  new partnership with Multnomah Bar Association that invites attorneys to roll up their sleeves and  informally “cross-examine” the lively  ideas on the stage. This Sunday’s post-show conversation [...]

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SOUNDS. LIKE. PORTLAND, Music Millennium & PCS’s new early evening music showcase continues this Saturday (and every week) from 5-7 pm in the Lobby of the Gerding Theater. Free—and all ages.
For October, in conjunction with our production of Ragtime, we feature blues/ragtime guitar master Mary Flower, jazz-blues-gospel pianist extraordinaire Janice Scroggins +  Nafisaria Scroggins Thomas, [...]

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We’re gearing up for a very exciting season ahead and in anticipation of our production of Kevin McKeon’s  stage adaptation of David Guterson’s Snow Falling On Cedars coming up in January wanted to give you an APB on a riveting (and Snow-relevant) public program happening this week.
Linda Gordon, NYU historian and Bancroft-prize winning author of  [...]

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