Donate to the p:ear Giving Tree
Every winter, p:ear youth are looking for basic needs such as socks, backpacks, bus tickets, gift cards, art supplies, and other items that are around $25. The Giving Tree helps p:ear supply youth with essential items they need throughout the year.
We're thrilled to help support the annual Giving Tree for p:ear. You can view our p:ear tree located in our lobby during your visit and then drop off your contributions to p:ear. Can’t stop by in person? Check out p:ear's Amazon Wish List to have items shipped right to their door!
What items are needed? Click to download the full list.
Bring your donations to p:ear!
Donations can be dropped off Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97209. Knock at the side door on Flanders St. and staff will take your donations and provide you with a donation receipt.
Please note that we are not accepting donations at Portland Center Stage this year.
About p:ear
Founded in 2002, p:ear has provided invaluable mentoring services to Portland’s homeless and parent-less young people. p:ear’s mission is to build positive relationships with 15- to 25-year-old homeless and transitional youth, through education, arts, and recreation, to affirm personal worth and create more meaningful and healthier lives. Each year, p:ear serves roughly 800 homeless young people. Currently, we see 65 youth per day. p:ear was created from a vision of compassion. We believe that each youth deserves to empower themselves and develop a positive self-identity that encompasses a sense of self-worth and a capacity for risk, growth, change. pearmentor.org
Current & Upcoming
Art Exhibit: ¡Soy Yo! by Mika Martinez
¡Soy Yo!, is a multi-media project, created by Mika Martinez, that examines and celebrates Latinx identity featuring more than 50 portraits of the Hispanic/Latino community in Portland.
Piano Bar with Courtney Freed and David Saffert
Join us for this monthly event with local songstress Courtney Freed and Portland-based pianist David Saffert as they host a good old-fashioned PIANO BAR.
NASSIM
From Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (creator of the Off-Broadway smash hit White Rabbit, Red Rabbit) comes an audacious new theatrical experiment, presented in collaboration with Boom Arts. Each night, a new, unrehearsed local performer joins the playwright on stage, while the script waits, unseen, in a sealed box... Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, NASSIM is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us.
Art Exhibit: Garam Garam Chai by Yusra Siddiqui
Portland Center Stage will host Garam Garam Chai, an art exhibit by Portland-based multidisciplinary artist Yusra Siddiqui, featuring a series of hand-sewn teabag printmaking pieces that serve as a contemplation of the communal tea times shared between Desi and British culture.
Coriolanus
Shakespeare’s tragedy about the war hero Coriolanus and the fight between the elite and the deprived masses will be fueled by a dynamic female and non-binary ensemble with a muscular, movement-focused staging.
May First Thursday with Adriana Wagner Quartet
May First Thursday will feature live music by the Adriana Wagner Quartet in the Main Lobby, joined by Garrett Baxter on bass, Matthew Sazima on piano and Ken Mastrogiovanni on drums.
Portland Center Stage is committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA).
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