September First Thursday with Adebisi and Tribe Mars
Celebrate September First Thursday with Portland-based neo-soul, jazz, funk bands Adebisi and Tribe Mars in our Main Lobby. There will also be live painting by visual artist and muralist Jesus Adan Torralba (aka Heysus) during the event and a photo exhibit by Bravo Youth Orchestra photographer Rich Kolbell in the PG&E Gallery level.
Tribe Mars is a seven-piece band that offers a genre-bending mix of jazz, soul, funk, hip-hop and sounds not yet defined. Their music evokes emotion of an extraterrestrial nature. With songs that blend a kaleidoscope of musical genres, listen as they touch on sophisticated subjects: finding time to explore within, twisted American lies, living in black skin, the intimacy of death, of life, of love.
Adebisi is a seven person neo-soul/alt-RnB group from Portland. Formed in 2017, it is a fusion of all of the member's musical interests ranging from Erykah Badu to Sade to Hiatus Kaiyote and many more. Adebisi is a unique combination of music that fuses the contemporary sounds of today with the style and swagger of 90s r&B and gospel.
The art of Jesus Adan Torralba (aka Heysus) consists of cartoons and typography, heavily influenced by graffiti and West Coast culture. Unafraid to step out of the norm and experiment with all types of styles and mediums of work, his work is both fresh and classic, and always evolving.
Bravo Youth Orchestra works to transform the lives of underserved youth through intensive orchestral music instruction emphasizing collaboration, promoting self-confidence, and creating a community where children thrive.
Inspired by El Sistema in Venezuela, Bravo Youth Orchestra aims to establish a network of youth orchestras for social change serving both urban and rural communities with a high concentration of poverty in Oregon.
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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