Fables & Fairy Tales

Join us for a whimsical afternoon of musical storytelling with the ever-witty Robert McBride, gifted pianist Cary Lewis, and beguiling cellist Diane Chaplin. With spoken song in the tradition of the European cabaret, the trio will delight you with Animal Ditties by Anthony Plog and Seymour Barab’s Alice, a Cabaret, based on the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland. All served up with enchanting nibbles and drinks in a charming SW Portland home.

Robert McBride retired in 2018 from a long career in broadcasting, concluding at Portland’s All Classical Radio. Two of the programs he started there, Thursdays @ Three and Club Mod, are still on the air. Now he enjoys acting, storytelling, narration, and voiceover work. A former percussionist and occasional composer, he marvels at the power of music to make life better than it otherwise would be.