Every Portland Center Stage production offers a variety of events to enrich the theatrical experience. For more information about the special events listed below, contact PCS at 503.445.3794 or info@pcs.org.
Prologues and Q&As || First Thursdays Ignite || Tai Chi at the Gerding || Luba Zarembinska/Bruno Schulz Panel || Greenbag Lecture in Vera Katz Park
First Thursdays animate the Armory
Each month the proscenium reaches out to the street, inviting you to experience the lively and visual arts of the city—bringing stories to life in unexpected ways!
Every First Thursday in the Pearl, PCS revvs up the sustainable spaces of the Gerding Theater at the Armory with live music, visual art, cocktails and conversation. Brought to you through a partnership between PCS with the Portland Art Dealers Association and PDX Pop Now.
Before the theater or after work, sample a spectacular array of art from some of the city’s finest galleries, listen to the kaleidoscopic sounds of Portland indie music, and relax with a drink from the Armory Café. Visual art spotlight on the Lower Gallery and Ellyn Bye Studio lobby levels, music in the Main Lobby, 6-7:15 pm. Free to the public.
The art of the city is at the Gerding Theater at the Armory, First Thursdays and everyday.
Upcoming in June
Nick Jaina performs evocative music that OPB says is “full of the kinds of songs that sound as if they could have been written in any one of the past several decades, as comfortable next to Cole Porter as they are Tom Waits or (to a lesser degree) the Black Heart Procession.”
“Quieter folk acts such as Laura Gibson, Loch Lomond and Horse Feathers have encouraged the more delicate side of Nick’s songwriting, while more powerful bands like Menomena and Run On Sentence have pushed Nick to be more boisterous.”
May and June Visual Art: Bullseye Gallery presents the exuberant chromaticism of glass artist Ted Sawyer; and recent paintings by Michael Schultheis from the Charles Froelick Gallery.
Note: In his recent “Toroids” series of canvases on display here, Schultheis’ employment of a glissando-like gentle brush arcs has echoes of Robert Rauschenberg’s 1959 “Canyon” combine–which can be read as a eulogy of sorts to Rauschenberg who passed away May 13, 2008.
Tai Chi at Portland Center Stage
David Vanadia’s popular Tai Chi classes are moving outside for the summer. Look for a return to the Mezzanine in September.
SUMMER TAI CHI CLASSES - NOW OUTSIDE!
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 6-7 pm in the North Park Blocks (8th & Everett)
Yang style Cheng Man Ching form.
Price: per class by donation.
OPEN PUSH HANDS MEET UP
Sundays 1 pm in the North Park Blocks (8th & Everett) No teacher. Everyone welcome. Free.
Luba Zarembinska/Bruno Schulz Panel
Co-presented by Hand2Mouth Theatre and Portland Center Stage
Monday, June 2, 7 pm
On the Mezzanine, The Gerding Theater at the Armory
Join Luba Zarembinska, the Artistic Director of Poland’s Teatr Stacja Szamocin and several local theater and literary artists for an open discussion about staging the works of great authors, Bruno Schulz’s history and artistry, and Luba Zarembinska’s approach to translating his dense ideas & images to the stage in her production of From a Dream to a Dream with Hand2Mouth Theatre, running May 29 through June 8 at Artist Repertory Theatre’s Morrison Theater.
The result of a multi-year collaboration between Teatr Stacja Szamocin and Hand2Mouth Theatre, “From a Dream to a Dream” theatricalizes the fantastical ideas and images of Polish author Bruno Schulz. Featuring mannequin legs, nurses and meditations on eroticism and death, this performance explores “in between” time, when we are neither awake nor asleep. For information on the production, click links for tickets and more info.
GREENBAG LECTURE
Setting the stage: Stormwater management and Green practice in the Vera Katz Park
Thursday, June 5, 12 – 1 pm
Vera Katz Park
With
Josh Lighthipe (KPFF Consulting Engineers)
Creon Thorne (Portland Center Stage)
Mike O’Brien (Portland Office of Sustainable Development)
Join us for a lively noontime talk focusing on stormwater conservation, Green building, and public space—from engineering, project management and overall green building perspectives—outdoors in the recently dedicated Vera Katz Park (north façade of the Gerding Theater at the Armory running along NW Davis Street between 10th and 11th Avenues).
The Park, an 18 x 200-foot urban oasis named for Portland’s vibrant and beloved 45th Mayor, represents the final stage of construction of Armory Theater Project begun in 2002 and features drought-tolerant trees, native plants, stormwater filtration, sociable seating and a bioswale that runs along three-quarters of the block supplied by recycled rainwater.
Event is free and open to the public
Greenbag lunch special (turkey or veggie sandwich option, fruit salad, cookie) for $8 from the Armory Café, located in the Lobby of the Gerding Theater at the Armory. Available through pre-order only (orders need to be received by Wednesday, June 4 at 12 pm).
For more information or to RSVP, please contact: Tim DuRoche, Community Outreach Coordinator, Portland Center Stage, timd@pcs.org or 503.445.3794
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