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Barn Radio, an electronic music venue in Portland's Old Town, has hosted 300-plus artists from 30 countries in a 75-person space, but a GoFundMe campaign remains about $20,000 short of its $50,000 infrastructure goal.
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View More520 musician portraits debut at Portland's Old Church
Photographer Norm Eder's six-year, 520-portrait project documenting Portland-area musicians gets its first public showing at The Old Church Concert Hall, with a free Oregon Health Plan workshop for artists on Oct. 22.
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View MoreGrant High's Gus Jeffers builds Portland music career
Grant High School junior Gus Jeffers has built a self-taught pop and R&B career through Portland's youth music organizations, including Friends of Noise and the Life of Music mentorship program.
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View MorePortland DJ Juma Blaq brings Hip Hop health walks to Albina
Portland DJ and producer Juma Blaq co-leads The w(H)ealthy, an organizing group hosting community health walks through historic Albina neighborhoods, and appears on KBOO Radio on Thursday, Oct. 15.
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View MorePhaseOne Dance brings Hip Hop classes to NW Portland
PhaseOne Dance signed a three-year lease on a 1,300-square-foot studio at 1218 NW Marshall St. in Northwest Portland, offering drop-in hip-hop, choreography and street-style classes six days a week.
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View MoreMilc's Dairy Fest brings all-local Hip Hop to North Portland
Portland rapper Milc's third annual Dairy Fest brought an all-local hip-hop lineup to Polaris Hall in North Portland's Humboldt neighborhood on Friday, Oct. 2.
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View MoreArt bar Emporia proposed for Portland's 1926 Deutsches Haus
A liquor license application reveals plans to turn the 1926 Deutsches Haus building at 714 SW 11th Ave. into Emporia, a 90-seat art bar with live music and pool tables. Public comments are due by Oct. 9.
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View MoreSéb é Kan brings West African dance to Portland's Newmark stage
Séb é Kan Youth African Dance Company, a Portland troupe founded by a PPS educator, presents "Nankama: Born For This" at the Newmark Theatre on Oct. 1, bringing multigenerational West African dance rooted in Portland's North and Northeast neighborhoods to a downtown stage.
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View MoreFree DJ workshop opens to beginners at Portland library
Multnomah County Library hosts a free, walk-in DJ Skills for Beginners workshop on Sept. 13, part of the system's expanding music education programming.
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View MoreAminé turns Portland camp memories into New Balance sneaker
Portland rapper Aminé announced his New Balance 'Outdoor School' 992 sneaker, a $220 Made in USA release inspired by his childhood at Oregon's Outdoor School, dropping Oct. 2 as state funding for the program faces a 20% cut.
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View MorePortland 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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