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Portland nonprofit AMP triples youth center, hosts festival
The Artist Mentorship Program, which served 20,000 meals and hosted 1,500 recording sessions for homeless youth last year, is moving to a facility three times its current size in Northwest Portland and hosting a two-night fundraising festival Sept. 11-12 at The Star Theater.
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Portland nonprofit AMP triples youth center, hosts festival
The Artist Mentorship Program, which served 20,000 meals and hosted 1,500 recording sessions for homeless youth last year, is moving to a facility three times its current size in Northwest Portland and hosting a two-night fundraising festival Sept. 11-12 at The Star Theater.
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View MoreMontavilla Jazz Festival opens Sept. 4 with six women headliners
The 13th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival runs Sept. 4–6 across Portland neighborhood venues with 25 shows, headlined by six women presenting original themed programs including an album debut, a feminist Orpheus reimagining, and a tribute to late Portland jazz icon Nancy King.
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View MoreA rabbit hides in East Portland's newest mural for a reason
A new mural at My Voice Music's East Portland headquarters features a hidden rabbit honoring late co-founder Ian Mouser, whose nickname among bandmates was "The Rabbit." The unveiling anchors a free block party Sunday, Aug. 30, that also debuts a mobile recording studio.
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View MoreVince Staples turned Pioneer Courthouse Square into a punk club
Vince Staples closed out PDX Live's fifth season at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Aug. 20 with a punk-band performance of his album Cry Baby, turning Portland's central public square into a sweaty, genre-bending experiment.
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View MoreNorth Portland's masked graffiti bomber turns quesadillas into folk art
Portland Monthly profiles Queso Queso, the anonymous son of Guatemalan immigrants whose municipal-style tags have blanketed the metro area and made him a local folk hero connecting lucha libre culture, the Chicano Movement and immigration politics to Portland's streets.
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View More60 years of Oregon music, zero bars
A benefit concert for Oregon music documentary 'No Quiet Hours' lands at Crystal Ballroom on Aug. 28 with seven bands and zero Hip Hop acts, raising a familiar question about whose music counts as Oregon history.
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View MoreOff Beat gives young Portland rappers a stage bars never would
The Off Beat, Portland's first dedicated all-ages music venue in over a decade, opened in Kenton's former Dancin' Bare strip club in February, giving young Hip Hop artists a 400-capacity, alcohol-free stage where they can perform and get paid.
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View MoreJamila Woods' HEAVN anniversary tour hits Wonder Ballroom Nov. 19
Chicago neo-soul artist Jamila Woods brings her six-city "10 Years of HEAVN" anniversary tour to the Wonder Ballroom on Nov. 19, with tickets on sale Friday, Aug. 14.
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View MoreCupcakKe's Bakkery Tour lands at Roseland Theater in September
Chicago rapper CupcakKe brings her Bakkery Tour to Portland's Roseland Theater on Friday, Sept. 18, with tickets starting at $47.50 on sale as of Friday, Aug. 7 — part of a stacked fall Hip Hop calendar that includes Chance the Rapper, Logic & G-Eazy, and Bryson Tiller.
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View MoreFree arts market with Portland DJs
The Arts and Crafts Kaleidoscope, a free community market featuring Portland-based DJs and local makers, returns to Arleta Triangle Square in outer SE Portland on Saturday and Saturday, Aug. 8–9.
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View MoreSneaker Week lands in Lower Albina, and kids get in free
Sneaker Week PDX kicks off a three-day festival Friday at The Low End in Lower Albina through a new multiyear partnership with 1803 Fund, offering free access for youth under 18 and programming connecting Portland's next generation of creatives to the footwear industry.
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View MorePortland Hip Hop orgs can grab up to $145K a year in city grants if they move fast
Portland's Office of Arts & Culture opened applications for its redesigned Operating Support Grants, offering eligible nonprofits $25,000 to $145,000 per year in unrestricted funding over two years, with registration closing September 4 and applications due September 11.
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View MoreVince Staples brings punk-rap to Pioneer Courthouse Square with PDX Live series
Long Beach rapper Vince Staples, touring behind his critically acclaimed punk-rap album Cry Baby, is part of the annual PDX Live concert series at Pioneer Courthouse Square, with $64.46 tickets and all-ages access starting Tuesday, August 4.
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