August 20, 2013

Yesterday, The Portland Center for the Performing Arts unveiled their new name as Portland’5 Centers for the Arts!

The Portland’5 Centers for the Arts is the 5^th largest performing arts center in the nation. They bring over 1,000 music, theater, dance, and lecture performances to Portland each year because we know that art matters. Art brings joy, inspires the mind, and unites communities. Art changes lives.

The purpose of the name change was to make clear that these beautiful art spaces belong to you, the citizens of Portland.Portland’5 embodies the spirit of each theater in its new design logo. The logo illustrates how the spotlights hit the stages in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, the Keller Auditorium, Newmark Theatre, the Winningstad Theatre, and Brunish Theatre.

Along with the name change, Portland’5 launched a fabulous and easy-to-use new website.

Congrats Portland’5, you’re beautiful!

August 22, 2013

Get connected with arts and culture with Business for Culture & the Arts’ (BCA) newest program, BCA’s Associates!

With a vision to engage every business with the arts, BCA works to strengthen Oregon’s culture and economy. BCA’s Associate program is geared for 21-40 year olds who are employed in the greater Portland area and have expressed interest in the arts. The program breaks the group up in teams of 8-12 and will be assisted by an “arts guide” from Portland Emerging Arts Leaders that will expose the team to art experiences, cultural events, and engage them with artists and cultural organizations throughout the city.

If selected for the program, members pay a $65 fee – of which $30 will go to the Work for Art program, which supportsPortland’s incredible art community, The contribution entitles BCA Associate members to an “ArtCard,” which offers you a pair of 2-for-1 tickets to hundreds of art events around the city!

To learn more about the BCA Associates program visit their website. To find out more about Work for Art, visit Regional Art and Culture Council’s website.

photo courtesy of Business for Culture & the Arts

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August 23, 2013

Join the Johnson Creek Watershed Council this Saturday for a day of cleaning up the creek!

With your help, the Bureau of Environmental Services and our partners are working to restore the creek, improve the water quality, reduce flooding and protect salmon with projects like the Foster Floodplain Natural Area.

The event is in the water, so remember to wear clothes and shoes that you’re okay with getting dirty and wet. If staying dry is more for you, help out by removing litter from various park grounds nearby.

All your hard work will be rewarded with a barbecue lunch afterward! If your energy is restored by lunch, additional volunteers are needed to clean up the materials found in the streams.

For more information about the event and to RSVP, contact Amy from the Johnson Creek Watershed Council at (503) 652 – 7477.

Johnson Creek clean up & barbecue

Saturday, August 24

9 am – 5 pm

Meet at Mill Park in Milwaukie