Whether intentional or not, Oregon is awash in both visual art and performance art with Jewish themes during Jewish Arts Month, an annual educational initiative sponsored by the American Guild of Judaic Art in March. On the visual arts side, ORA-Northwest Jewish Artists once again has planned a celebration of JAM. Artists will display their…
Internationally renowned Jewish singer Benny Friedman reunites with pianist and composer Michael Allen Harrison, known as “The Grand Maestro of Portland,” for a concert Sunday, March 22, in Salem. This will be the fourth year Benny has come to Salem for this musical retreat and auction benefit for the Chabad Jewish Center of Salem. Last…
Rabbi Andrew Hahn, known as “the Kirtan Rabbi,” will be in Portland for a weekend of learning, chanting and ecstatic Jewish prayer Jan. 30 – Feb. 1. Congregation Shaarie Torah, in partnership with Congregations Neveh Shalom, Beth Israel and P’nai Or of Portland, will sponsor this weekend as a special opportunity for the whole Portland…
The most exciting food festival in the Pacific Northwest returns for a third year. Star-studded Feast Portland features a diverse array of chef-hosted dinners, tastings, panels and classes. This year’s event, which will take place Sept. 18-21, benefits the charitable organizations Share Our Strength and Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon. Feast Portland showcases cutting-edge culinary…
Portland Center Stage’s 2014-2015 11-play season opens with “Dreamgirls,” (Sept. 20-Nov. 2) and concludes with “Three Days of Rain” (May 17-June 21, 2015). “Dreamgirls,” loosely based on the career of The Supremes, takes the audience to a revolutionary time in American music history when rhythm and blues blended with other styles of popular music and…
SEPTEMBER 2014 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film with co-hosts: Robert Osborne & Dr. Eric Goldman Tuesday, September 2 The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film, The Evolving Jew 8:00 PM The Jazz Singer (1927) 9:45 PM The Jazz Singer (1953) The Immigrant Experience 11:45 PM Hester Street (1965) 1:30 AM Avalon (1990) Overnight…
Hershel takes to stage for last free performance of the summer On Aug. 9 Page2Stage Express, the touring wing of the Jewish Theatre Collaborative, presents the summer’s final free performance of The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol. This free community performance of Portland children’s author Eric A. Kimmel’s folktales will be at 2 pm, Aug….
A Journey through the career of a Pop Culture Icon: Peter Max to Exhibit in Portland A never-before-seen collection by artist legend, Peter Max’s exquisite paintings will be on exhibition and available for acquisition at a presentation at Road Show Company at Pioneer Place in Portland (888 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 1310). The Artist has…
22nd Portland Jewish Film Festival June 15-29, 2014 Produced by the Northwest Film Center and the Institute for Judaic Studies General Admission: $9, Students and Seniors: $8 Festival Passes: $125 Tickets available online at portlandjewishfilmfestival.org or nwfilm.org. Location: Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium inside the Portland Art Museum at 1219 SW Park Ave. Welcome to…
Greg Ewer, founder and artist director of 45th Parallel, shares his love for the violin, chamber music, the Oregon Symphony and the opportunity to push musical boundaries in Portland. His replies to the following questions have been edited for brevity and clarity. Where did you get the name for the chamber music 45th Parallel? I…
