News Briefs
Non-RACC art events and notices in the Portland metropolitan region are listed below, starting with the most recent and future events. At http://aroundthesunblog.com FREE events around Portland are listed, including cultural events.
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7/2-5 Waterfront Blues Festival. The 2009 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival is pleased to announce that Grammy Award-winning bluesman Keb' Mo', presented by First Tech Credit Union, will headline opening night, Thursday, July 2. World class festival helps fight hunger. For full schedule visit www.waterfrontbluesfest.com.
7/2 Memorial for Keith V. Goodman, 1955-2009. Dancer/choreographer Keith Goodman died after performance Saturday, 6/27/09. Keith V. Goodman, a beloved figure in the Portland dance community, has died of an apparent heart attack. According to his longtime partner, Bill Flood, Goodman lowered himself gracefully to the ground as he concluded a performance outside the Beaverton library around noon Saturday. But he returned to consciousness only briefly afterward and was pronounced dead at a nearby emergency room about 1:45pm. He was 54. There will be a public memorial on Thursday July 2nd from 4 to 6PM at the Gerding Theater in the Armory, 128 NW Eleventh Avenue, Portland, OR 97209. His family welcomes your presence in sharing our respects to Keith and supporting his loved ones at this time. Read more.
6/22-7/26 Summer Stub Savings! Chamber Music Northwest, Oregon Bach Festival, and Portland International Piano Festival are collaborating this summer on a special-price ticket promotion. If you have a paid concert ticket to any of these festivals, you can get 2-for-1 tickets at the other two, just by showing your ticket at the box office. This offer is subject to ticket availability and may not be combined with other discounts. No refunds or exchanges on previously purchased tickets. Offer valid only June 22-July 26, 2009. Contact the organizations for more information.
(6/18/09) Oregon Ballet Raises the $750,000. Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Christopher Stowell and Executive Director Jon Ulsh announced today that the company has successfully raised the $750,000 needed to ensure OBT's survival beyond the June 30th close of its fiscal year. As of the end of business on Wednesday, June 17th, the total amount raised through fundraising and ticket sales to OBT's June 12th benefit performance, DANCE UNITED, stood at $853,271. All told, 967 donors from 26 states donated more than $500,000 to Oregon Ballet Theatre since it was announced in late May that a recession-related fundraising shortfall, coupled with the devastating effects of Portland's December 2008 snowstorms on OBT's Nutcracker ticket sales, had left the company short of the cash needed to continue operations beyond the end of June. In addition, 2,750 people purchased tickets to the nearly sold out June 12th benefit, raising an additional $330,000. Visit OBT at www.obt.org.
(6/15/09) Memorial Services for Portland artist Philemon Timothy Reid, (7/1/45-6/9/09). Philemon was born in Eatonton, Ga. He was a painter and sculptor. He recently received a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from North Portland's Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. "His work graces many walls here at the IFCC," Creative Director, Adrienne Flagg explains, "and as I told him that night, he was an inspiration and a comfort to me when I began curating the IFCC Gallery in 2005. Each piece of his became a guide, a friend and an inspiration for my work here.Our Dance studio is filled exclusively with Mr. Reid’s work. Every week children are surrounded by his images of civic leaders large and small." Philemon is survived by his wife, Marion Parris Reid; son, Philemon T. Reid II; daughters, Chantel Reid Marks and Afi Nsombi Reid; and stepson, Marco Higgs. A visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 6/15, and from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, 6/16, in Young's Funeral Home, a memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. in Tigard Covenant Church. Arrangements by Young's Funeral Home.
6/8 Drammy Award Winners for 2008-09. The Drammy Committee is a program of the Portland Civic Theatre Guild. The ceremony is sponsored this year by Melvin Mark Properties, Culver Glass, the Portland Civic Theatre Guild and Bardy Trophy. Click here to see award winners
6/5-7/1 City Body Dust Exhibit. City Body Dust is an alchemic show looking at how 4 artists are affected by bodies and urban landscape. Artists are: Laura Foxman - Matthew Letzetler - Arrington De Dionyso - William Rihel (RACC's Public Art Collections Preparator). At Worksound, 820 SE Alder, open Tuesday-Wednesday-Friday 2pm to 5pm. Opening First Friday June 5 at 7pm.
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