Chamber Music Northwest presents "New at Night," 8 to 10 p.m. July 5 at Alberta Rose Theater, 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland. The audience will hear the dynamic flute, viola and harp trio umama womama, new music by Han Lash, a string trio composition by R. Murray Schafer and Maombi Asante's piece with flutist Valerie […]
The next Science on Tap at the Alberta Rose Theatre is 7 p.m. May 24 with "Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe," at 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland. Tickets are $15 to $45 at scienceontaporwa.org/events/alberta_may_24_alien/. Astronomer and science communicator Philip Plait draws on both the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination […]
The next Science on Tap at Portland's Alberta Rose Theatre is "Period: The Real Story of Menstruation" at 7 p.m. May 9. Tickets are $15 to $45, available at scienceontaporwa.org/events/alberta_may_9_period-2/. Recorded live shows are available to Patreon members after the event. Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, yet […]
"Natural Homeland," multimedia flute concert honoring Ukraine, is coming to the Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland, at 7:30 p.m. April 6. The runtime is 90 minutes including intermission, followed by an artists' talk after the performance. Tickets are $25 to $40 at albertarosetheatre.com. A portion of proceeds benefit Immigrant and Refugee Community […]
Via Productions' next in-person Science on Tap event is 7 p.m. March 22 at Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland. Tickets are $15 to $45 at scienceontaporwa.org/events/alberta_march_22_partial/. Recorded live shows are available to Patreon members after the event. A fast-food chain once tried to compete with McDonald’s quarter-pounder by introducing a third-pound hamburger—only […]
Chamber Music Northwest presents Igor Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale" performed by an ensemble of Curtis Institute of Music alumni. Two preeminent Curtis Institute graduates—CMNW Artistic Director Emeritus David Shifrin and Artistic Director Soovin Kim—team up with Curtis’s rising-star performers, joined by actor and narrator John de Lancie ("Star Trek" and "Breaking Bad") who voices the […]
The next Science on Tap is "The Mystique of Terroir: Geology and Wine" at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland. Tickets are $15 to $45. Complete details are available at scienceontaporwa.org/events/alberta_feb_23_wine/. Terroir is the environmental conditions, especially soil and climate, in which grapes are grown and that give […]
The next Science on Tap is "The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants" at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland. Tickets are $15 to $45. Complete information is available at scienceontaporwa.org/events/alberta_oct_26_sounds-of-life/. The event will be in […]
The next Science on Tap at the Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland, will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 1. The presentation is "How'd They Film That? Behind the Scenes of Science Communication at OPB." Attend in person or watch a livestream. The cost to attend is $45 or $15 to watch the […]
Via Productions' next Science on Tap, "How Do Scientists See Black Holes?" will be at 7 p.m. July 14 at the Alberta Rose Theatre. Tickets are $15 to $45. Get complete details at www.scienceontaporwa.org/events/alberta_july_14_black_holes/. If light can’t escape from black holes, how do we know where they are and what they’re doing? Black holes formed from […]