Around these parts our mission is inspire the community by “bringing stories to life in unexpected ways” or if you’re prone to anagrammatical games, you might say, “Bigger Notion stirs, an expediency fuels wit.”
All of which is to say, your last week to see Beard/Twelfth Night is nearing, before things take off with Sometimes A […]

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Our mission ’round these parts is “bringing stories to life in unexpected ways. . .Theater brings us together, to sit near one another, to hear stories, to lift our voices in song. Theater creates worlds like no others; its immediacy cannot be duplicated; its intensity cannot be matched. A playwright’s miraculous words, directed […]

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A member of the troupe SloMo performs at the Community Day Celebration for the Armory’s opening last fall. (Photo: Lee Ann Gauthier)
Portland Center Stage has been awarded a $200,000 grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation which will be used to support our community-focused artistic programming over the next three years.
This […]

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Chris’ post on arts/culture spending and Creative Capacity got me to thinking a bit about art and community and how we translate the intangible “I laughed, I cried” into not just hearts and minds, but dollars and sense.
Many folks see the arts as an add-on or luxury, peripheral to daily life. But the truth is […]

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Wonderful news from Macy’s Grand Opening, which was a fall social season high-light and a sell-out at 1500 guests. Macy’s had hoped from ticket sales and the small silent auction to be able to give a check for $10,000 to each of the each of the five benefiting charities after expenses. The end result? Each […]

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Last week Kristan and I were giving a tour of the building to Doug Porter, Nadene Barish and a wonderful group from the Rotary Club of Portland Metropolitan and, as is common when discussing green building, sustainability, and the importance of community connectivity, talk turned to underwear.
Touring through the Studio and taking a moment to […]

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