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Entertainment in Portland DIRECTORY

Portland has a vibrant and growing cultural scene. Ticket Outlets
The performing arts thrive in the many venues located Ticketmaster
throughout the city, with theater and music offerings being Tel (503) 224-4400.
especially plentiful. And, of course, Portland has its fair share Tickets West
of big-ticket rock concerts and professional sports matches. Tel (503) 224-8499.
Theater
Information Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland has become the first Tel (503) 241-1278.
US city to launch a “Twisitor Miracle Theatre Group
Center,” a virtual visitor center, Tel (503) 236-7253.
Travel Portland (www.travel
portland.com). Twitter Portland Center Stage
Tel (503) 445-3700.
techno logy is used to connect
travelers with those who can Dance
answer their questions and
help plan their trips. Oregon Ballet Theatre
The free weekly Willamette Tel (503) 222-5538.
Week newspaper runs compre- Portland’5 Centers for
hensive entertainment listings. the Arts
The Oregonian, the city’s major Tel (503) 248-4335.
daily, prints listings in its Friday The façade of the Portland’5 Centers
edition. The Travel Portland for the Arts Music
website also provides infor- Crystal Ballroom
mation on events around town. Repertory Theatre, the oldest Tel (503) 225-0047.
theater group in the city;
Portland Center Stage, with Jimmy Mak’s Bar & Grill
Buying Tickets a repertoire of classic and Tel (503) 295-6542.
Tickets for many events can contemporary plays; and the Oregon Symphony
be purchased by phone or in Miracle Theatre Group, which Tel (503) 228-1353.
person from Ticketmaster and is dedicated to the Hispanic Portland Baroque Orchestra
Tickets West. arts and community. Tel (503) 222-6000.
Portland Opera
Free Events Dance Tel (503) 241-1802.
Every Wednesday at noon, The Based at the Portland’5 Centers Sports Venues
Old Church (see p66) hosts a free for the Arts, the Oregon Ballet
organ concert. Free noontime Theatre performs classical and Moda Center
concerts are also held at Pioneer contemporary pieces, including Tel (503) 235-8771.
Courthouse Square (see p64). The Nutcracker during the Providence Park
During summer, the holiday season and new works Tel (503) 553-5400.
Amphi theater at Oregon showcased in late spring.
Zoo (see p77) is the setting for
concerts several nights a week A favored jazz haunt of locals is
(tickets can be booked through Music Jimmy Mak’s Bar & Grill in the
Ticketmaster). The oldest symphony orchestra Pearl District, where world-class
on the West Coast, the Oregon jazz can be enjoyed. Music can
Symphony has garnered be accompanied by Greek and
Theater
considerable praise under Middle Eastern cuisine.
Topping the list of Portland’s conductor and music director
theater troupes are the Artists Carlos Kalmar. The Portland Spectator Sports
Baroque Orchestra presents
a program of early music, The Moda Center, part of the
fall through spring, while the Rose Quarter complex (see p73), is
Portland Opera stages five home to the Portland Trail Blazers
works a year. basketball team and Portland
The Crystal Ballroom, Winterhawks hockey team.
opened in 1920, hosts popular Fans can watch the Portland
musical acts; it is famous for its Timbers play soccer at the
The modern Moda Center, in the “floating” dance floor, which hand somely renovated
Rose Quarter complex rests on ball bearings. Providence Park.

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