Portland, September 24th. The Portland Opera’s 47th season started on a high note with a star-studded first: the concert was simulcast live on a 20 x 40 foot screen hung on the Keller Auditorium. Outside, merrymakers celebrated free world-class entertainment under the stars. (Photo credit, Portland Opera/Cory Weaver)
Ira Keller Fountain glowing as opera music flows
Nicholas Nelson, Caitlin Mathes, Roger Honeywell, Maria Kanyova, George Manahan (Conductor), Andre Chiang, Lindsay Ohse, and Brendan Tuohy with the Portland Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Inside, Portland Opera fans reveled in the classical favorites. “We’re pulling out all the stops for an evening of unabashed Opera celebration,” said Portland Opera General Director Christopher Mattaliano. The evening featured a mix of favorite opera arias, duets, choruses and orchestral pieces. All proceeds from the benefit concert were earmarked for the Portland Opera’s education programs which, Christopher Mattaliano explains, “are among the best in the nation and a great source of pride for us and our community.”
Portland Mayor, Sam Adams and Portland Opera General Director, Christopher Mattaliano.
The Portland Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Portland Opera's Big Night
Now that the Portland Opera is off to a running start, musicians are looking forward to a season featuring a wide variety of composers. The beloved organization promises to provide exciting entertainment for all musical tastes.
Scheduled performances include:
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
November 4, 6m, 10, 12, 2011
MADAME BUTTERFLY
Giacomo Puccini
February 3, 5m, 9, 11, 2012
Portland Opera Production
GALILEO GALILEI
Philip Glass
March 30, April 1m, 3, 5, 7, 2012
Newmark Theatre All-new Production
West Coast and Portland Opera Premiere
CANDIDE
Leonard Bernstein
May 1 1, 13m, 17, 1 9, 2012
The Portland Opera website is: www.portlandopera.org
OBT Artistic Director, Christopher Stowell (far left) and his dancers
Portland, September 11th. An outdoor arts showcase whet the appetite for outstanding fall cultural fare. Oregon Ballet Theatre and other members of the Portland arts community celebrated the beginning of the Fall Arts Season with a day of performance, demonstration, community outreach and 9/11 remembrances. The free outdoor event at Director Park was made possible by sponsorship from The Boeing Company.
Children enjoy a dance class in Director Park
Ye Li and Julia Rowe from OBT
Brett Bauer and Alison Roper from OBT
Portland Opera's Robert Ainsley, Hannah Penn, and Nicholas Nelson
Portland Baroque Orchestra gets ready to play
BodyVox 2 presented a whimsical dance number
Many of the arts organizations are participating in a cross-promotional event called the “Portland Arts Dance Card.” The program helps arts lovers earn gift certificates for dinner and other cultural opportunities.
Portland, September 1st. An estimated 15-thousand people enjoyed the sounds of the Oregon Symphony at its annual free outdoor concert. The concert was supported by the City of Portland, Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) Work for Art, and NW Natural.
Portland Mayor, Sam Adams makes a pitch for the support of arts education
Closing festivities included the traditional grand finale — Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with military cannons from the Oregon Army National Guard 218th Field Artillery.
Boaters on the Willamette savor the concert while afloat
Northwest Natural President, Gregg Kantor
Bank of America's Richard Brown and his wife, Elise Brown
Carlos Kalmar is in his ninth season as music director of the Oregon Symphony
Sophie and KINK's Sheila Hamilton
Thousands crowd Portland's Tom McCall Waterfront Park for the concert
In May 2011 Kalmar made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall with the Oregon Symphony as part of the inaugural Spring for Music festival.
The Oregon Symphony produces more than 80 concerts a year, mostly at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland. It programs a wide range of music to suit many tastes and preferences. The symphony currently has 76 professional musicians on contract. The free Waterfront Park concert is the kick off to the Oregon Symphony’s 2011-2012 season.
Ron and Jillian Cain, Amber Hinsvark and Henry Hillman
Portland, September 1st. The Elizabeth Leach Gallery is marking 30th years with an Anniversary Exhibition. Gwendolyn Gruetter and Elizabeth Leach in front of a Lee Kelly Sculpture. Ron and Jillian Cain, Amber Hinsvark and Henry Hillman were on hand for the Gallery’s First Thursday event.
Launched in 1981, the gallery has focused on presenting prominent Northwest and internationally established artists working in a wide variety of contemporary media. Leach, “Works to bolster a dynamic dialogue between the local community and the global art world.”
Dorothy Goode, Richard Speer, and Marcia Bizon at First Thursday
Visitors took in Lee Kelly’s sculpture and a host of other works.
Museum Director Brian Ferriso, Guest Curator Ken Gross, Jay Leno, and Board Chair Gordon Sondland enjoying the cocktail reception at the Westin Hotel on August 13th. Automobile lover and Tonight Show host, Jay Leno, took in a “hoods up” viewing of the Allure of the Automobile exhibit at the Portland Art Museum. The event on August 13th was one of the highlights of the stylish exhibit.
Jay Leno and Museum Director Brian Ferriso look at the cars in the Allure of the Automobile. Photographer: Randy Boverman
Jay Leno and Guest Curator Ken Gross look at the cars in the Allure of the Automobile.
Leno’s love of cars is legendary. He owns one of the largest private collections of automobiles in the country.
Jay Leno and Guest Curator Ken Gross discuss automobile collecting and Leno's collection. Photographer: Randy Boverman
According to Brian Ferriso, “This exhibition is especially meaningful for our city, which has a significant number of graphic and industrial design students, practitioners, and businesses. I am confident that the extraordinary automobile designs in the exhibition will be an inspiration for many.”
With a membership of more than 22,000 households and serving more than 350,000 visitors annually, the Portland Art Museum is a premier venue for education in the visual arts. For information on exhibitions and programs, call 503-226-2811 or visit portlandartmuseum.org.
The Allure of the Automobile exhibit will continue through mid-September.
Downtown boater’s paradise on the Willamette with a
blues serenade
Sponsors and Oregon Food Bank volunteers relax on the shores of
the Willamette River at the Waterfront Blues Festival July 1st – 4th.
Norman Sylvester
Sponsor’s appreciation party
Gary Bauer, Oregon Food Bank Board Member, John Elizalde, Advocacy Committee
Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival is the largest blues festival on the West Coast andthe second largest blues festival
in the nation. It benefits the Oregon Food Bank programs.
Annually it attracts more than 100,000 blues fans from throughout the world. There are more the 125 performances on five stages.
Robbie Laws and his band
Music Millennium owner, Terry Currier
Sponsors support the festival and the food bank.
Janeen Wadsworth, Oregon Food Bank Chief Operations Officer, Laura Golino de Lovato, Director of Development
boaters listen in
Jay Allison, Tillamook County Creamery, Jean Kempe-Ware Oregon Food Bank Public Relations Manager
110 booths featuring fine arts and crafts drew thousands to the beautiful lakeside community.
Passionate artists offered their eye-catching works at the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts June 24th – 26th.
At the Lakewood Center for the Arts, several different art exhibits
were featured. The largest exhibit was the Visual Arts Open Show with over
1,100 pieces of art submitted by artists from all over the region.
Festival draws fans
In addition, the Festival also presented a Special Juried Exhibit of fine artwork as well as
a series of hands-on arts activities. The Festival also partnered with the Lake
Oswego School District to present a high quality K-12 exhibit and the Lake
Oswego Foundation for the Arts to provide the Lake Oswego Arts Chronicle, an invited
visual art exhibit. The Festival, a sub division of the Lakewood Center for the
Arts, a non-profit arts center, is committed to arts education, performance and
exhibition.
Portland, OR. A member’s only event at the Portland Art Museum brought car lovers to the venerable institution. The Allure of the Automobile showcases 16 of the world’s most luxurious, rare, and brilliantly conceived automobiles designed between 1930 and the mid-1960s.
On display are 16 of the world’s most luxurious and rare automobiles.
Many see the automobiles as Art.
From the avant garde 1937 Hispano-Suiza owned by French apéritif baron André Dubonnet to the ultra-cool convertible 1957 Jaguar XK-SS Roadster once owned by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen, the exhibition traces the evolution of the motorcar, showcasing developments in automotive design and engineering.
The cars could draw up to 100,000 visitors over the next few months.
Mark and Lisa Johnson view the 1954 Plymouth Explorer Sports Coupe
The exhibit runs from June 11 – September 11, 2011 at the Portland Art Museum.
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