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Jan 05, 2024

Grand Floral Parade, Sandcastle Contest, and ‘California’: 13 things to do this week

Music features heavily in the event list this week with tributes to the history

Music features heavily in the event list this week with tributes to the history of Black music in Portland, experimental music, Artichoke Music's 50th anniversary, and a choral concert featuring popular tunes as well as classical music. We’ve also got another key Rose Festival event, and the annual sandcastle contest in Cannon Beach.

Albina Music Trust "Wall to Wall Soul"

Head to the Historic Alberta House for an exhibit of photography, newsprint, posters and other art depicting the legacy of Black music in Portland. The event also includes work by experimental video artist Spoiler Room and live music by Greaterkind featuring Lo Steele.

7:30 p.m. Friday, June 9, Alberta House, 5131 N.E. 23rd Ave.; free; albinamusictrust.com/summer-of-sound.

Shoshone-Bannock poet, playwright, performer, traditional storyteller, Ed Edmo, worked with composer Nancy Ives in the creation of "Celilo Falls: We Were There." File photo by Joe Cantrell. Joe Cantrell

"Earth's Protection" Art and Music Festival

Resonance Ensemble concludes its "Justice for All" season with a free festival of live music, visual arts, dance, and a guest performance in partnership with Portland Audubon, Fear No Music, and Four Directions. Highlights include the Oregon premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider's "Mass for the Endangered," with projections by Joe Cantrell and Deborah Johnson, and composer Nancy Ives, and Poet Ed Edmo performing "Songs for Celilo" - paying tribute to the human, cultural, and planetary costs of the 1957 flooding of Celilo Falls. There will also be food trucks on site. Audience members can participate in a drumming and dance demonstration.

5 p.m. Friday, June 9, on the campus of Lewis & Clark College, 615 S. Palatine Hill Road; free, but registration for the indoor concert is recommended; resonancechoral.org/earths-protection.

Map of the Grand Floral Parade route 2023.Map courtesy of the Portland Rose Festival

Grand Floral Parade

The Portland Rose Festival's marque event is an annual tradition for generations of festival goers. Residents and guests line the streets along the parade route to take in the floral-themed floats, marching bands, equestrian groups, drill teams, vintage vehicles, dancers, and often llamas. Grab your spot along the route on the east side of the Willamette River (see map) and enjoy.

10 a.m. Saturday, beginning at the Memorial Coliseum and ending near Lloyd Center; free; rosefestival.org/events.

Pre-Father's Day Artisan Market

The Steelport Knife Co Factory reminds you that yes, it's already time to start shopping for the father figure in your life. This annual market offers a lot more than some top quality cutlery. Shop more than a dozen Oregon-based premium artisan brads including Argyle Winery, Blue Star Donuts, Coava Coffee, Durant Olive Mill, FINEX, Ken's Artisan Bakery, Line & Wave, Orox Leather, pFriem Family Brewers, Smith Tea, Westward Whiskey, and more. Guest chef Peter Cho will preview his whole-animal Korean BBQ restaurant opening this summer. There will also be live music, a raffle, and custom engraving on any knife sheath bought during the event.

1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 10, Steelport Knife Co, 3602 N.E. Sandy Blvd.; free admission; steelportknife.com/events.

Battle Ground Lake. Oregonian file photo. Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

Columbia Springs Fishing Celebration

Summer weather is here, and more and more anglers are taking to the water with warmer weather and good water levels in area rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs. The annual Celebration of Fishing welcomes families with casting practice clinics (sorry, no actual fishing), an art show, interactive presentations, science and nature games, tackle giveaways, and other fishing-themed events. Meet some live lampreys courtesy of USGS.

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 10, Battle Ground Lake State Park, 18002 N.E. 249th St., Battle Ground, Washington; free, but registration is required in advance; columbiasprings.org/events.

A competitor places the finishing touches on a sand sculpture during the annual Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest in 2022. Oregonian file photo. MJ Johnson/The Oregonian

Sandcastle Contest (Cannon Beach)

This annual Cannon Beach event is approaching 60 years as the first contest kicked off in 1964 and has become one of the largest events of its kind on the west coast. Teams in several divisions including Teens, Juniors, Large Groups and Masters come up with wild and inspiring visual pieces of art all carved from beach sand. No artificial coloring, paint, flour, sugar, starch, adhesives, or cement are allowed. The weekend also includes a bonfire with music and smores, and the Singing Sands 5K Fun Run/Walk.

Various times Saturday, June 10, Cannon Beach; free to spectate; cannonbeach.org/events.

"Summer Daze"

Satori Men's Chorus will offer a wide range of musical entertainment during its June concert. Susan Dorn directs a repertoire that includes songs by Elton John, Neil Young, Backstreet Boys, Queen, and classical music as well.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 10, Unity of Portland, 4525 S.E. Stark St.; tickets $7-$15 at door; satorichorus.org.

Mortified

Welcome to "Mortified" the show that helps you not feel so badly about all the dumb stuff you did, said, thought, and wrote down during your youth. A cast of very funny Portlanders share their shame onstage. And you thought you were the only one.

6 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 10, Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St.; tickets $20 advance; ages 18 and older only; etix.com/ticket.

After a closure for renovations, the Oregon Jewish Museum reopens with a street party this Sunday. Oregonian file photo. Amy Wang | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Oregon Jewish Museum Reopening and Street Party

The Oregon Jewish Museum has been closed for four-month renovation and now reopens with a Sunday party for the entire community. The outdoor street-wide cultural exchange features live Klezmer, Mediterranean, Sephardic, and other Jewish soul music. Chinese Lion Dance, performance by Portland Taiko, and the debut of new core visual arts exhibitions. View "Human Rights After the Holocaust," and two special exhibitions; "But a Dream," lithographs by Salvador Dalí, and "The Jews of Amsterdam" images by Rembrandt and Henk Pander.

Noon-3 p.m. Sunday, June 11, OJMCHE, 724 N.W. Davis St.; admission to street party is free; ojmche.org/events.

Steve Einhorn and Kate Power, seen here in a file photo from 2002 will be at the Artichoke Community Music 50th Anniversary Celebration this Sunday. Oregonian file photo. LC- THE OREGONIAN

Artichoke Community Music 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert

What started as a venue for concerts and events 50 years ago is now run as a non-profit that provides a venue, school, and events in celebration of the rich tradition of folk music. The celebration evening feature Glitterfox, named one of Portland's "Best New Bands" by the Willamette Week in 2022, and former Artichoke owners Kate Power and Steve Einhorn. Other folk greats include Mary Flower, Arietta Ward, Matt Meighan, Tom May, and Doug Smith.

6 p.m. Sunday, June 11, Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St.; tickets $30 in advance, $35 at door; event.etix.com.

"Manifesto"

Portland State University students presents an evening of cross-pollination of theater, sonic arts and video design. The event is a live collaboration that illuminates students’ agency and commitment to effect change. Student projects are led by Caroline Louise Miller (Sonic Arts), Mike O’Connell (Voice for the Actor) and Solomon Weisbard (Projection Design). It's part of the wider ReWire Festival that continues through June 14.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, Lincoln Studio Theater, 1610 S.W. Park Ave.; free admission; pdx.edu/music-theater/events.

"California"

Just in time for summer road trips, The Theatre Company presents the west coast premiere of a play by Trish Harnetiaux set entirely in a car on a trip from Spokane, Washington to Huntington Beach, California. The New York Times said, "It's like a maddening Google Map offering confusing routes from starting point A to destination infinity." The co-existing alternate realities may ensure the vacationers never truly get where they thought they were going. Jen Rowe directs.

Opens 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 and continues 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, June 15-17, ADX Portland, 417 S.E. 11th Ave.; tickets $25; app.arts-people.com.

The Lan Su Garden presents "Nights of the Dragon Boat" for several evening events through June 25. Oregonian file photo. Mark Graves/The Oregonian

"Nights of the Dragon Boat"

Bring the family for an immersive festival experience hosted by the Lan Su Garden. Highlights include the display of a 40-foot traditional dragon boat, Chinese dragon dances, a six-foot tall lantern sculpture, and local vendor booths. Kids can participate in a dragon-themed art activity.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, June 15-18, and June 22-25, Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 N.W. Everett St.; tickets $10-$25; lansugarden.org/DragonBoat.

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