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.
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.
JOIN US FOR IDEAS IN PLAY
Portland Center Stage’s IDEAS in PLAY series asks: What do shared stories tell us about who we are and what we believe? Come explore theater, culture and community interconnectedness. Let stories come to life in unexpected ways through conversation-driven programs that ask—what’s the big idea?
History Pub: “The Other Portland: Ethnic Groups & Workers in
Portland’s North End during the 19th and 20th Centuries”
Monday, September 28, 7 pm
McMenamins’ Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Avenue)
“There were always two stories of Portland. One was the story of a proper white- and rain-washed town peopled by enterprising New Englanders like Captain John Couch. The other story is closer to reality. In 1890, one third of Portlanders were foreign-born. It was a little United Nations: German brewers, Irish maids and laborers, French prostitutes, Chinese railroad and restaurant workers, Japanese hotel and laundry keepers, African American barbers, porters and waiters; Scandinavians loggers and fishermen, Jewish wholesale merchants, Greek grocers, Filipino cannery workers and Roma fortune tellers.” This month’s History Pub tells the story of that “Other Portland:” Jacqueline Peterson Loomis, Ph.D. of the Old Town History Project shares her insight about multi-ethnic history in Portland’s North End during the 19th and 20th Centuries. Beer & History meet every last Monday at Kennedy School.
Copresented by McMenamins, Oregon Historical Society & Holy Names Heritage Center, in conjunction with Ragtime. History Pub is supported by a grant from Oregon Humanities. FREE; bring canned goods to donate to Oregon Food Bank | All ages welcome
North Portland: from Ragtime to Our Time
Tuesday, September 29, 6 pm
North Portland Library (512 N Killingsworth St)
Lively program looking at race, class, culture and progress in North Portland during the era of Ragtime (1900-1917) and contemporary parallels and patterns—from the Portland Realty Board’s “red-lining” to the development of the Albina Community Plan—with Cathy Galbraith, Bosco-Milligan Architectural Heritage Foundation; Carl Talton, Portland Family of Funds; Jo Ann Bowman of Oregon Action. Panel discussion moderated by Judith Mowry, Office of Neighborhood Involvement. Cosponsored with Coalition for a Livable Future and Multnomah County Library.
Formative Stages: Theater and the Life of the Mind (with Scott Murray MD)
Sunday, October 4, following the 2 pm Matinee of Ragtime
Main Stage, Gerding Theater at the Armory (128 NW Eleventh)
Now in its third season, the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center-cosponsored series delves into issues of power, justice, family, betrayal and bigotry in the award-winning musical. Free with theater admission.
Redirect! Law & Order in the Theater (with Judy Snyder)
Sunday, October 18, following the 2 pm Matinee of Ragtime
Main Stage, Gerding Theater at the Armory (128 NW Eleventh)
A new partnership between Multnomah Bar Association and PCS invites attorneys to roll up their sleeves and take part in lively post-show conversation around themes of law, liberty, justice and freedom in Ragtime. Free with theater admission.
Architecture, Power & Justice in Ragtime-era Portland
Sunday, October 25, 2 pm
Central Library (801 S.W. 10th in downtown Portland)
Discussion moderated by Portland Monthly editor Randy Gragg, featuring historians Jan Dilg and Chet Orloff, and Philip Niles, author of Beauty of the City: A.E. Doyle, Portland’s Architect. Cosponsored by AIA Center for Architecture, in conjunction with the Portland Architecture and Design Festival. FREE
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 from 5-7 pm.
October: featuring blues/ragtime guitar master Mary Flower, jazz-blues-gospel pianist extraordinaire Janice Scroggins + special guests
PCS’s Community Programs made possible in part by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation.
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