Join us for our next MNA community meeting:
Montavilla United Methodist Church
232 SE 80th Avenue
KMHD Jazz Radio Listening Lounge in Gallery 300, 12â4 p.m. KMHD's Alex and Rev Shines will be DJing at the museum on the 3rd floor from 12-4 pm. Come by, say hi, and enjoy the tunes! https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/portland-book-festival-at-pam/
Doors 6pm | All Ages | Bar w/ ID | Tickets Sliding Scale $15-30 Join Oregon Humanities for a conversation about trust, elections, and our political systems and culture with Paul Gronke, director of the Elections & Voting Information Center at Reed College, and Susheela Jayapal, a former Multnomah County Commissioner and current fellow with the North Star Civic Foundation. Polling of voters in the
For Tank and the Bangas, music is a vessel for unbridled joy and transcendent connectionâforces as integral to their essence as their wildly original sound. On their new album, The Last Balloon, the New Orleans-bred outfit channels those impulses into something celebratory yet profoundly human, exploring themes of frustration, resilience, and self-realization with equal parts raw emotionality and playful exuberance. A shapeshifting collective helmed by lead singer Tarriona âTankâ Ball and multi-instrumentalist Norman Spence II, the globally beloved group completed the LP after winning a Grammy for 2024âs spoken-word powerhouse The Heart, The Mind, The Soul, moving from incendiary poetry to a euphoric collision of soul and hip-hop and forward-thinking R&B. As the final installment in a trilogy of albums that began with 2019âs Green Balloon (a critical triumph that earned them a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist), The Last Balloon ultimately solidifies Tank and the Bangasâ legacy as one of modern musicâs most steadfast voices of sublime exhilaration.
With Ariel J., Zeus (DJ). All Ages