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From our partners at Oregon Symphony

Join the Oregon Symphony for a rare and romantic evening with Brahms
April 10 and April 11 7:30pm
April 12 8:00pm
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

The husband-and-wife team of violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth join the Oregon Symphony in concert to perform Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello.

Pinchas Zukerman has spent more than 40 years on the world's great concert stages, but as the Miami Herald says, "He keeps getting better."

He'll have both his violin and his conductor's baton along for these three performances.

The evening's program also includes Malcolm Forsyth's Jubilee Overture and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1.

Ticket prices start as low as $15. Call or go online to get yours: 503-228-1353| www.orsymphony.org

BRUTAL BEAUTY, a documentary about Portland's Rose City Rollers,  plays at the NW Film Center this Thursday and director Chip Marbury will be in attendance. After the screening, you can party with the ladies of RCR, Bitch Media (sponsor), Chip Marbury, and NW Film Center.

Win Tickets: We have four pairs of tickets to Brutal Beauty to give away. To win:

• Go to our Facebook page & comment on this post.
• Note: You have to be a Facebook "Fan" to comment and win. Do that here: www.PDX.be/Facebook-Fan
• We will draw & email winners on Wednesday @ noon.

Reminder: We give out free tickets to our Portland Facebook Group every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.

From the NW Film Center:
BRUTAL BEAUTY
DIRECTOR: CHIP MABRY / PORTLAND — ARTIST IN ATTENDANCE
US 2009

"Forget Drew Barrymore's recent foray into roller derby: Chip Mabry's BRUTAL BEAUTY gives an honest shot of girl-powered adrenaline in his documentary on Portland's own Rose City Rollers. Stakes are raised when their all-star team goes on the road to face off against Bay Area and Denver opponents. Without the contrived personalities or plotlines of WHIP IT, Mabry's tattooed and bruised chicks are entertainment enough, and with the help of Voodoo doughnuts to explain the derby rules, there's no way a Portlander won't feel a rousing sense of pride as they gear up for the Rollers' upcoming season."—Ali Rothschild, Willamette Week. (80 mins.)

The audience is invited to join Bitch Media, Portland's Rose City Rollers, and the Northwest Film Center for no host drinks and snacks after the screening at Momo's Bar (725 Southwest 10th Avenue). Read the rest of this entry »

A lot of great outdoor park events this week in Portland…and well, there is supposedly sun on Wednesday, which is when you can enjoy the lovely Laurelhurst Park pictured below.

From Press Release:
Mark your calendars for Portland's 33rd Annual Arbor Week Celebration, April 5—10

Portland's official Arbor Week Celebration, April 5 through April 10, is filled with free activities that will inspire you, while expanding your knowledge of and appreciation for the trees in Portland's parks, natural area, streets, and private yards. Kids and adults both can learn about the variety, the history, and the future of trees, and have a lot of fun along the way.

NOTE: All events are FREE. Event List after the break… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Mike Harper

Kelli Schaefer is perhaps the queen example of a singer-songstress casting off acoustic guitar-forg'd manacles, hinging angel-sung poetry to a barreling wall of guitar that effuses like a layered orchestra of clouds lamenting their thunder. Between the enrapturing magnetism of Kelli's voice and the carefully drumsmithed beats of Jeremiah Hayden, you can't help but be absorbed into anthems like "Sister K", or disappear into the folds of "City Morgue."

Schaefer will be releasing "Black Dog/Home" on Amigo/Amiga April 9^th, her third two-track album in the label's series of a/b side single releases.

Kelli Schaefer "Black Dog/Home" release!
April 9th
Backspace
www.backspace.bz
115 Northwest 5th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
$6, All Ages

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