Imago’s Port Authority
Port Authority by Conor McPherson and directed by Jerry Mouawad plays at Imago Theatre (17 SE 8th Ave.) Friday, March 8-Sunday, March 24. In the fourth McPherson play Mouawad has […]
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Port Authority by Conor McPherson and directed by Jerry Mouawad plays at Imago Theatre (17 SE 8th Ave.) Friday, March 8-Sunday, March 24. In the fourth McPherson play Mouawad has […]
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The 34th annual Buckman Art Show and Sell will be held Saturday, March 9, 10 am-5 pm at Buckman Elementary, 320 SE 16th Ave. Over 100 local Portland artists will
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SheBrew kicks off Women’s History Month and celebrates women in brewing. The family-friendly beer and cider festival showcases over 45 professional female brewers and 10 homebrewers from the Pacific Northwest,
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Visit Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave., Thursday-Sunday 12-5 pm through Sunday, March 31 to explore the natural world with their featured show, Northwest Field Guide. No need for rain
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Tuesday, March 19 DeNicola’s Authentic Italian (3520 SE Powell Blvd.) is holding another fundraiser for non-profit Artichoke Community Music. Their first two fundraisers were wildly successful and Artichoke greatly appreciates
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Get set to laugh and learn at Tomorrow Theater (3530 SE Division St.) this month. Friday, March 15, 7 pm Ask Dr. Carla offers a hilarious new night of improvisational
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The most famous of the Tyrannosaurs species is the mighty T.rex but these creatures came in all shapes and sizes and from many different parts of the world. A new
OMSI Dinosaur Exhibit Read More
The Satori Men’s Chorus presents a 30th Anniversary Season Concert “in hope for a world peace” one night only, Saturday, March 23, 7:30 pm. Under the artistic direction of Susan
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Indie Lens Pop-Up, presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS and Eastside Jewish Commons will host a screening of “Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s” Wednesday, March 13, 7 pm. The intimate documentary
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Milagro Theatre presents VerĂłnica Princesa Friday, February 16-Saturday, March 2. Written by Alicia Dogliotti, the performance is presented in Spanish with English subtitles, with Friday and Saturday shows at 7:30
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Portland-based musician/engineer/producer Steve Drizos, a professional touring musician for more than 27 years, will play an album release show for his sophomore full-length album i love you now leave me
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February at Alberta Rose Theatre offers love of all sorts. Friday, February 9 Portland’s beloved BOYeurism variety spectacle takes the stage for a night of fantastic entertainment. The all-inclusive show
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In 2024, the Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) is planning more than 90 walking tours, three new exhibits and relaunching their talks and lecture series. The lecture series starts with a
Thursday, February 22, 8-10 pm Jazz Moms Kerry Politzer (piano) and Courtney Freed (vocals) play selections from the Great American Songbook at Corkscrew Wine Bar. Politzer is a Portland-based jazz
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The Wild Bunch returns for a third year Saturday, March 2, 11 am-4 pm at The Factor Building (226 SE Madison St.) to celebrate natural wine with over 65 wine
Sam Muller’s exhibit, “Walk The Garden,” is the featured show at Pushdot Studio Gallery, located in the Ford Building (2505 SE 11th Ave., Suite 104), Friday, February 2-Sunday, March 29.
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Pharis and Jason Romero, a husband and wife duo from Horsefly, British Columbia, perform folk/Americana music, connecting with audiences through their music, lifestyle and sense of joy and ease. Winners
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Mother Goose’s Advices to Her Young Ones is a marvelous world in between storied fables and the miraculous nature of reality, where a curious and magical character journeys through a
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The 2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival kicks off Friday, February 16, running through Saturday, March 2 across 30 venues. The artists span the full breadth of jazz and are driving
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January is going to be epic at Performance Works NW (PWNW). In just the first week there is an art gallery opening and they will host three award-winning artists in
PAM CUT//Center for an Untold Tomorrow is excited to welcome one of the greatest living costume designers of our time for one night only to the Tomorrow Theater, 3530 SE
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DeNicola’s Authentic Italian, 3520 SE Powell Blvd., is holding a fundraiser for Artichoke Music with live music from Woodlander 6-8 pm Wednesday, January 10. A portion of the night’s proceeds
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OMSI After Dark and 2 Towns Ciderhouse are proud to present CiderFest, a cider-tasting experience featuring Oregon’s top cideries Wednesday, January 17, 7-11 pm. Drink up, toast the local cider
Featured artists Tom Skelly and Jeanne Steffan present Wild Oregon at Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave., Thursday, January 4-Sunday, January 28. The artists will be in the gallery for
Montavilla Jazz is officially accepting submissions for 2024 festival acts. To launch their second decade, the organization developed a new artist-driven curation model that invites musicians to submit proposals for
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The annual Portland Winter Light Festival (PDXWLF) will take place Friday, February 2-Saturday, February 10, and promises to enchant visitors of all ages with a dazzling array of light-based sculptures,
Portland’s TidalWave Comics is excited to reveal the latest installment in its acclaimed “Female Force” series, spotlighting none other than Taylor Swift. Launched just in time for her 34th birthday,
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The Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble (PJCE) has two full album releases to start the new year. The first, from veteran pianist George Colligan, is a stunning collection of songs that
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This year Hanukkah begins December 7 at sundown, but the L’Chaim by Leikam Brewing pop up will start Friday, December 1 and run through Friday, December 15, with events, drinks
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Milagro Theatre presents their annual Latino Christmas Celebration, Posada Milagro, Sunday, December 17, 1-5 pm. The cultural Christmas celebration is filled with fun for the whole family—arts and crafts workshops,
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December at Alberta Rose Theatre has shows for all kinds of holiday festivities. The month starts off with White Album XMAS, a holiday circus spectacular and tribute to The Beatles
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In Mulieribus presents O Marvelous Night! at St. Philip Neri, Wednesday, December 20, 7:30 pm. The women’s vocal ensemble, led by artistic director and conductor Anna Song, will take audiences
The Portland FolkMusic Society is proud to present Amy Speace in a Saturday, December 9 concert. Speace is a Nashville-based folk/Americana singer-songwriter with a voice described as “velvety and achy.”
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) has premiered a new documentary that examines the history of government-funded relief institutions in Oregon—known as poor farms—that helped care for the state’s most vulnerable residents.
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Imago Theatre (17 SE 8th Ave.) is bringing back its globe-trotting production ZooZoo to Portland this holiday season. Bugeyes, hippos with insomnia, arrogant anteaters, introverted frogs, paradoxical polar bears, acrobatic
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The 17th annual Mt. Tabor Art Walk will be held May 18 and 19, 2024 and they are currently accepting applications from artists interested in participating. The juried event promotes
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Music Together of Portland invites you to light up your family’s life with music this winter. They’re now enrolling for the winter session, running January 8-March 16. Create memories that
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Julie Forbes: Future of the Past is on exhibit through Friday, January 26 at Pushdot Studio, open Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5 pm; free admission. In this exhibit, Forbes both celebrates and
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The November show at Sidestreet Arts features work by potters that also happen to be friends—Julie Asbury, Ha Austin, Terri Axness, Becky Clark, Sheryl Riley, Jean Teitelman and Jenny Watson.
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World-class artists bring the curtain up on Tomorrow Theater, a new space devoted to expanding what constitutes cinema, art and multimedia storytelling, opening Friday, November 3. The 250-seat theater’s programming
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The month of November offers two nights of Science Pub at OMSI. The first, A Savory and Unsavory History of Canned Food, takes place Wednesday, November 8, 7-9 pm. While
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push/FOLD proudly celebrates the fifth anniversary of Union PDX, its annual festival of contemporary dance that brings cutting-edge choreography from around the world to Portland. The work of local dance
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Cover to Cover, a part of the Portland Book Festival, features events taking place throughout Portland Monday, October 30-Sunday, November 5. These Books are Bananas: A Pajama Party Story Time
Portland Book Festival Events Cover PDX Read More
Asian American Town, in partnership with the Portland Night Market (PDXNM), is proud to present the inaugural Legendary Makers Market: An Asian American Night Market. The event is a celebration
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Sarah Heckles’ Audacious Onions solo art exhibition is currently running through Thursday, November 30 at Eastside Coffee Bar & Workspace, 1315 SE 20th Ave. The exhibition is Heckles’ Portland debut,
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Fear No Music (FNM) presents De-Mystifying New Music: Concert 2 Sunday, November 12, 11 am at Reed College. Kenji Bunch, FNM artistic director, and Jeff Payne, co-founder and piano, de-mystify
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The Milagro Theatre’s 3rd Annual Central Eastside Muertos celebration takes place Sunday, October 1-Saturday, November 5 at the theater (525 SE Stark St.) and at various locations around the Central
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Get spooky this month at Alberta Rose Theatre with a creepy burlesque show at the beginning of the month, a Halloween party at the end of the month and plenty
Cabaret, Halloween Party and More at Alberta Rose Read More
Visit artists at work during the 25th annual Portland Open Studios Tour Saturday and Sunday, October 14-15 and October 21-22. Explore the artists are in your neighborhood (and beyond) during
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“My Bedroom is an Installation” is Imago Theatre’s October production, running Friday, October 6-Sunday, October 22. For Imago’s artistic co-director Jerry Mouawad and his collaborator-playwright, Drew Pisarra, life isn’t a
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With over a decade of original works, The Reformers return to the season of scares with their newest production, /SLASH/, a homage to 80’s cult slasher films. Performers will take
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The Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery’s much-loved holiday tradition is back. Ghostly guides escort groups of guests on one of two candle-lit routes Saturday, October 28, 5-9 pm in the
Tour of Untimely Departures Read More
Fuse Theatre Ensemble is proud to present the world premiere of playwright Mikki Gillette’s They Them Their through Sunday, October 15 at Grinds and Vines, 3520 SE Yamhill St. Shows
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The Portland FolkMusic Society presents Nina Gerber and Chris Webster, two extremely skilled and artful musical talents, in a Saturday, October 14 performance at Reedwood Friends Church. Webster’s voice is
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Local singer-songwriter and music teacher Avery Hill offers two weekly ukulele classes and monthly songwriting workshops this fall. Beginning Thursday, October 5, there is The Music of Hawaii for Ukulele
Jerome Sloan’s 50 Years of Hip the Process of Change comes to Pushdot Studio for October and November, starting with an opening reception and artist talk Friday, October 6, 6-8
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After a three-year hiatus, the Clinton Street Fair returns with a live music stage, DJs, vendors, sidewalk sales and more Saturday, September 16, 10 am-5 pm. The fair will be
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This September Sidestreet Arts is delighted to feature the artwork of father and daughter duo Michael and Bethany Pratt. The Pratts have been a mainstay of the Portland scene, both
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Fall may mean back to school for some, while for two local choruses it means time to get back to work and they are both looking for new voices to
Two Local Choruses Seek Singers Read More
Anne Weiss is known for her enormous bluesy voice, great guitar chops and striking stage performance. As a teacher, she offers everything from private lessons in guitar and voice to
Anne Weiss Offers Music Classes Read More
A new date for the Charlie Musselwhite + Curtis Salgado show from the Portland Jazz Festival has been announced and tickets are on sale at pdxjazz.org. Thursday, September 14, 8
PDX Jazz Festival Performance Read More
“BLUE FIRE” by Antero Alli makes its world premiere Thursday, September 21, 7 pm at the Clinton Street Theater (CST), 2522 SE Clinton St. The film follows an elite A.I.
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Portland-based jazz drummer and composer Chris Lee, a long-standing veteran of the local jazz scene known for his creativity and musicality, releases his debut album, Quintet Music, Friday, September 15.
PJCE Album Release From Chris Lee Read More
Bridges to Change, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the community access critical mental health, addiction treatment and housing services, hosts their third annual PDX Recovery Film Festival Sunday, October
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SoundsTruck NW, the region’s premiere mobile venue, is set to revolutionize the concert landscape in Portland and beyond with its custom-designed and built, state of the art mobile stage. With
SoundsTruck NW at Mt. Tabor Read More
Cantores in Ecclesia presents the 24th William Byrd Festival Friday, August 4-Sunday, August 20 at locations across Portland. The annual festival features services sung by Cantores in Ecclesia, directed by
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Chub Hub provides a central place for the fat community to find and create size inclusive events, cultivate social connection and provide support for more empowered lives. Started in 2019,
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Performance Works Northwest holds their quarterly interdisciplinary arts showcase, Imposter/Switch, Friday, August 11. Celebrating the imposter syndrome living in each of us, the show pokes a little fun at the
Hip Chicks Do Wine has multiple events taking place in August. Saturday, August 5 is a double-header with Sangria Saturday 12-6 pm, as well as their weekly Summer Saturday Sipping
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Teatro Milagro has crafted their upcoming Season 40: Hope, Courage, Resilience around social justice and mental health education outreach to Latino communities, with a focus on the youth engaged at
Attention: film buffs and architecture/design buffs: During the month of August, the Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) offers two free matinee showings of classic films that prominently feature architecture and design.
August at Leach Botanical Garden offers art classes with Melissa Gannon and concerts for the whole family, along with their recurring monthly garden tours.There are two opportunities to take an
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PAM CUT, the Portland Art Museum’s film and new media center, will open Tomorrow Theater at 3530 SE Division St. this fall. The theater will offer robust, participatory programming, serving
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Celebrate Latin heritage at the Portland Mercado, 7238 SE Foster Rd., Saturday, August 12 and Sunday, August 13, 12-6 pm for a free immersive experience into Latin American culture and
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Enjoy great music at Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd. this month. Sunday, August 13, 7:30 pm Curtis Salado and Alan Hager take the stage. Since 2003 they’ve been making
Postcards are talismans of tourism. They memorialize one’s experience in a place. They idealize the place itself. But what if they revealed truths? In her show, Lands of Enchantment (2019-present),
Erinn Kathryn’s Postcard Show Read More
Allie Hankins’ performance series, By My Own Hand, threads together ideas of manipulation, suicide, slight of hand, self-reliance and queer notions of autobiography and self-reflection. In 2022 she debuted Part
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Thursday, August 3-Sunday, August 6, OMSI hosts the 2023 Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology (PFCAT) featuring 119 films from 22 countries with 110 world or regional premieres. The
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Nonprofit arts organization Converge 45 presents their Contemporary Art Biennial “Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship,” a free citywide art exhibition that has over 50 local and global artists. The
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Portland BBQ & Brews is back and better than ever Friday, August 18-Sunday, August 20 with three days of summer bliss, celebrating the best beer and BBQ in Portland. Along
July’s featured show at Sidestreet Arts, “Zen Instead,” is a two-person show that runs Thursday, July 6-Sunday, July 30, with Portland artists Karrie Amiton and Denise Krueger. “Zen Instead” is
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Summer is prime time for Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) free entertainment. There are events nearly every day in July somewhere in Portland and here is a look at just
PP&R July Cultural Events and Movies Read More
The Montavilla Farmers Market brings back their “bite-sized” summer evening farmers market for a second season starting July 6 and running through September 28. Each Thursday night, 4-7 pm, there
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The Oregon Brewery Running Series returns to Montavilla Saturday, July 8 at Threshold Brewing and Blending. The 5k-ish fun run/walk is an untimed event for all levels of walkers, runners,
In her fourth solo exhibition, Cosmic Shake, Dan Lam proudly showcases another stunning collection of new works at Portland gallery Chefas Projects. This time around, she’s elevated the bar to
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Chamber Music Northwest’s (CMNW) five-week 2023 Summer Festival “Poetry in Music” kicked off at the end of June and continues through Saturday, July 29. More than 70 of the finest
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Alberta Rose is a Portland staple for offering a regular line up full of shows. Here’s a look at just a few of those happening in July.Hawaiian singer-songwriter John Cruze
July Shows at Alberta Rose Read More
June is a busy month at Leach Botanical Garden, filled with classes, garden tours and music. Melissa Gannon will lead Exploring Watercolor, Monday, June 19, 9:30 am-12 pm. Suitable for
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The Portland Lesbian Choir (PLC) performs Draw the Circle Wide Saturday, June 10, 7 pm and Sunday, June 11, 3 pm at the Parkrose High School’s Performing Arts Center. The
PLC Concert Kicks Off Pride Read More
The region’s longest running cider tasting event, Cider Summit Portland, features 150 selections from more than 40 producers. Previously held in the Pearl District, the event comes to SE at
Cider Summit at The Redd Read More
John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize Winner Kelli Welli releases her fourth album Friday, June 16. Baby Ninja is suitable for all ages, but especially geared toward the eight and
Kelli Welli Album Release Read More
Portland photographer Phil Harris is currently exhibiting images from his Duration series of large-scale, time-based inkjet prints through Friday, July 28 at Pushdot Studio Gallery, 2505 SE 11th Ave., Suite
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Triangle Productions! presents “The Inheritance, Part Two,” Thursday, June 1-Saturday, June 17. Picking up where Part One ended, this epic two part play continues as the characters take roller-coaster journeys
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Bringing a funky flair to dynamic music that celebrates the rich biodiversity of the forest, Forest Flow, the second album for families from Parents’ Choice Award-winning Jessa Campbell & the
Ecology Based and Upbeat STEM Album Read More
Portland author/director/filmmaker Antero Alli will be at PerformanceWorks NW, 4625 SE 67th Ave., Sunday, June 11, 7-9 pm for a free public presentation outlining the principles and methods of a
Author Antero Alli Talk Read More
Where’s Bruno? is a paranormal musical from Imago Theatre’s genre-breaking resident playwright Carol Triffle, running Friday, May 12-Saturday, May 27. Collaborating with Kyle Delamarter on original music, Triffle once again
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The first weekend of May brings Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Tribute to the Alberta Rose stage for Saturday and Sunday night shows. Portland’s finest musicians,
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Milagro Theatre debuts their final show of Season 39, The Play You Want, a gritty comedy exploring the divide between exploitation and acceptance, on Cinco de Mayo, Friday, May 5,
The much-anticipated Mt. Tabor Art Walk draws visitors from throughout Portland and beyond to enjoy quality visual art and meet artists in their studios, homes and community spaces Saturday, May
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Sidestreet Arts is going to the birds with their May feature show, “Blooms, Birds, & Bugs,” which opens Thursday, May 4 and runs through Sunday, May 28. As the cold
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