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The Portland Art Museum is offering free admission through
Sunday, Oct. 16 in celebration of the opening of the renovated
Mark Building, the former Masonic Temple that is now part of the
museum’s exhibition space.
Free Admission
at Art Museum
BLUEPRINT OF A LADY:
The Once and Future Life of BILLIE HOLIDAY
An Evening of Dance and Live Music
WED., OCT. 19,
7:30PM
ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL
Tickets $19-$43 plus service fee Discounts for students/seniors groups
PCPA Box Office and ticketmaster 503-790-2787
Info /Groups 503 245 1600 ext 201
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Area residents can enjoy free as well as the museum’s permanent
admission to the Portland Art Mu­ collections o f Asian, American,
seum through Sunday, Oct. 16 as it European, English silver, prints and
celebrates the grand opening of the contemporary art.
The Mark Building recently com­
Mark Building, the former Masonic
Temple next doorto its main exhibi­ pleted $40 million in renovations,
highlighted by 28,000 square feet of
tion hall at 1219S.W . Park Ave.
Special events for the whole fam­ additional gallery space, two ball­
ily are scheduled. The free admis­ rooms and offices. The project was
sion to the museum includes not the culmination of a 10-year, $125
only the renovated temple, but ex­ million master plan for the restora­
tends to the Centers for Native tion and expansion of the museum’s
American Art and Northwest Art, 2.5-block campus.