The spectacular Mary Flower, one of the country’s premier finger-style acoustic blues/ragtime  guitarists and the ineluctable  Peter “Spud” Siegel, pianist/accordianist, trumpeter and vocalist nonpareil 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. [...]

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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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Julie Vigeland, a longtime member of the Portland Center Stage board of directors who took a key role in raising money for the Gerding Theater project, has been appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission, the policy-setting and grant-making body on the Arts.
“It is more important than ever to support Oregon’s arts and culture organizations [...]

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We’re delighted to once again host a taping of OPB’s Live Wire on Saturday, August 22nd on our Main Stage!
Our own Artistic Director Chris Coleman will be interviewing Dr. Brian Druker, the man who revolutionized cancer treatment through his research to develop Gleevac, the first cancer drug to target the genetic abnormality that causes [...]

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Please join PCS and Multnomah County Library on Tuesday, June 30 at 6 p.m. for a special evening with Vailey Oehlke, the newly appointed Library Director for the Multnomah County Library system. Following a brief reception, Vailey will talk about her vision for the Library and the vibrant role that libraries play, alongside arts, cultural and civic institutions, in convening and engaging vital conversation, catalyzing change, and harnessing a community’s creative and civic energies.

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