Iris growers of Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon are hosting a plant sale featuring bearded irises at the Portland Nursery on Stark Street, 5050 S.E. Stark St., Portland. Now is the time to add new irises to gardens in many different colors and sizes, from the small rockery standard dwarf bearded to the large tall […]
The Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival, "Rebirth of the Blues," returns Aug. 26-28 to Esther Short Park. Hours are 3 to 10 p.m. Aug. 26, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Aug. […]
Heights Yoga will host Summer Park Yoga classes in the DuBois Neighborhood Park on Tuesdays and Sundays from June 26 to September 11. Tuesday classes will held at 4:30 p.m. and lead by Kelsey Allan. Sunday classes will be held at 1 p.m. and lead by Anna Otoupal.
Magenta Theater presents "Don Quixote de La Center" by local playwright David Bareford, a loose adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes 1605 novel, "Don Quixote de la Mancha" set in contemporary La Center at a group home for senior citizens. Aging resident Don Quintero decides he is a knight of old and embarks on misadventures comic […]
Enjoy "Crossing Paths," featuring live music at Leach Botanical Garden, 6704 SE 122nd Ave., Portland, from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 28. Attendees can bring a picnic dinner to enjoy on the grass and stroll through the garden to discover special sound installations. At 5 p.m., The Rose City Brass Quintet set begins followed by […]
Original Practice Shakespeare Festival offers a free presentation of “Richard III” at 7 p.m. Aug. 28 in Portland's Mt. Tabor Park amphitheater, Southeast 60th Avenue and Southeast Salmon Street. The company uses the original practice techniques of Elizabethan England: limited rehearsal, scrolls in hand, audience interaction, and an onstage prompter. Gender-fluid casting (just like in […]
