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SATNOV 7
7:30 AM
Hip-HopClassicalPopReadings
Dessa
Singer, rapper, and author Dessa joins the Oregon Symphony for an evening of soaring ballads, thoughtful pop songs, and rap anthems. The concert also features new monologues in Dessaâs signature style, sharing true stories with intellectual rigor, tenderness, candor, and wit. Presented in collaboration with Literary Arts as an extension of the Portland Book Festival.
Singer, rapper, and author Dessa joins the Oregon Symphony for an evening of soaring ballads, thoughtful pop songs, and rap anthems. The concert also features new monologues in Dessaâs signature style, sharing true stories with intellectual...
SATNOV 7
7:30 PM
đ° $25+Hip-HopClassicalPopReadings
Dessa with the Oregon Symphony
Singer, rapper, and author Dessa joins the Oregon Symphony for an evening of soaring song ballads, writerly pop songs, and rap anthems. Donât miss this landmark performance, presented in collaboration with Literary Arts as an extension of the...
WEDNOV 11
7:30 PM
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đ° $39+ClassicalRockIndieKids & FamilyReadings
Portugal. The Man with the Oregon Symphony
Su-Han Yang, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor Oregon Symphony Pam Mahon, Narrator Dance West Pacific Youth Choir GRIEG Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46 MUSSORGSKY (ARR. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV) Night on Bald Mountain BRITTEN Welcome Ode, Op. 95 Caroline SHAW (Story by Alice MCLERRAN) The Mountain That Loved a Bird BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" John WILLIAMS Flying Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Alice McLerranâs classic childrenâs book The Mountain that...
THUNOV 12
7:30 PM
đ° $39+ClassicalRockIndieKids & FamilyReadings
Portugal. The Man with the Oregon Symphony
Su-Han Yang, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor Oregon Symphony Pam Mahon, Narrator Dance West Pacific Youth Choir GRIEG Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46 MUSSORGSKY (ARR. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV) Night on Bald Mountain BRITTEN Welcome Ode, Op. 95 Caroline SHAW (Story by Alice MCLERRAN) The Mountain That Loved a Bird BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" John WILLIAMS Flying Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Alice McLerranâs classic childrenâs book The Mountain that...
SUNNOV 15
2:00 PM ¡ Doors 1:00 PM
ClassicalKids & FamilyReadings
The Mountain That Loved a Bird
Su-Han Yang, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor Oregon Symphony Pam Mahon, Narrator Dance West Pacific Youth Choir GRIEG Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46 MUSSORGSKY (ARR. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV) Night on Bald Mountain BRITTEN Welcome Ode, Op. 95 Caroline SHAW (Story by Alice MCLERRAN) The Mountain That Loved a Bird BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" John WILLIAMS Flying Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Alice McLerranâs classic childrenâs book The Mountain that...
SUNNOV 15
2:00 PM ¡ Doors 1:00 PM
ClassicalKids & FamilyReadings
The Mountain That Loved a Bird
Su-Han Yang, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor Oregon Symphony Caroline SHAW The Mountain That Loved a Bird Alice McLerranâs classic childrenâs book The Mountain that Loved a Bird tells a heartwarming story of unlikely friendship between a barren mountain and a visiting bird named Joy. Experience Portland-based composer Caroline Shawâs musical interpretation of the story as the book is narrated live in this celebration of friendship that teaches us the transformative power of...
SUNNOV 15
Hours not provided
đ° $13+ClassicalKids & FamilyReadings
The Mountain That Loved a Bird
Alice McLerranâs classic childrenâs book The Mountain that Loved a Bird tells a heartwarming story of unlikely friendship between a barren mountain and a visiting bird named Joy. Experience Portland-based composer Caroline Shawâs musical...
TUEDEC 8
7:30 PM â 10:00 PM
Performing ArtsReadings
The Moth Mainstage: Tightrope
This December, The Mothâs anticipated Mainstage season comes to Portland in partnership with Literary Arts. One foot in front of another⌠Join The Moth this fall for TIGHTROPE, an evening of extraordinary true stories about what happens when...
THUJAN 21
7:30 PM ¡ Doors 6:30 PM
ReadingsAuthor TalksHistory Talks
2026/27 Portland Arts & Lectures: Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. She was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism and was awarded the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Her work blends history, sociology and reportage to explore race in America, how unspoken histories and hierarchies inform our present moment.
Isabel Wilkerson is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. She was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism and was awarded the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Her work blends history, sociology and reportage to explore race in America, how unspoken histories and hierarchies inform our present moment.
WEDFEB 17
7:30 PM ¡ Doors 6:30 PM
Talks & LecturesReadingsAuthor Talks
2026/27 Portland Arts & Lectures: Ben Rhodes
Ben Rhodes is a writer, political commentator, and national security analyst. He is the author of The New York Times bestsellers After the Fall and The World as It Is. From 2009 to 2017, Ben served as a speechwriter and deputy national security advisor to President Obama. He is currently co-host of Pod Save the World, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, a contributor for MS NOW, a senior advisor to former President Obama, and chair of National Security Action, which he...