The folk opera premieres in Portland next Wednesday with a local star-studded cast.
Posted by: Aaron Scott on Mar 22, 2012 at 04:00PM4 Comments
Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell is bringing her critically acclaimed folk opera, Hadestown, to the Doug Fir on Wednesday, March 28. A post-apocalyptic, depression-era retelling of the Orpheus myth, the album stars a lineup of contemporary folk royalty, including Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Ani DiFranco, and Greg Brown.
Mitchell’s gathered a similarly all-star local cast for the Portland performance: Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker in the part of Persephone, Nick Jaina as Orpheus, Robert Sarazin Blake as Hades, Adam Shearer of Weinland as Hermes, and Alia Farah (The Alialujah Choir), Stephanie Schneiderman (Dirty Martini), and Catherine O’Dell (Hello Mountain) as The Fates. If they did Greek mythology like this in high school, we all would’ve ended up Classics majors in college.
Enter below for a chance at two free tickets to the charity event of the season
Posted by: Aaron Scott on Feb 09, 2012 at 02:30PM3 Comments
Photo credit: Wayne Bund
We’re trying something new here at Culturephile and with the On the Town newsletter: giving you free tickets to some of our favorite events. And what better way to kick it off than two tickets to one of the most glamorous, not to mention fun, events on the Portland gala calendar.
Having outgrown its digs at the Nines Hotel (500 people packed the ballroom last year), the Q Center Winter Gala is jumping the Willamette for the gorgeous industrial chic of YU. The lofty warehouse space with its grand views of downtown seems in perfect step with the gala’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 60’s-era theme, “Never Out of Style.” And the night’s lineup promises to maximize the building’s unequaled party potential, particularly with Bob Mould behind the turntables. While he’s famous for his ’80s indie-pioneering band Hüsker Dü and ’90s pop-driven phenom Sugar, he’s also taken on electronic music in his solo work and now co-DJ’s a nationally touring alterna-gay dance party called Blowoff. Which is to say, he’s a master of never going out of style and seems just the ticket to make this night the stuff of legend.
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