January 20, 2016
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Join the ‘Rogue Pack’ for Bob #middleschool #tweenandteens, an evening of stories, music and dance written and performed by middle school students from Jason Lee
K-8 and Boys & Girls Aid. The Portland Fertile Ground Festival of New Works event plays Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. at Jason Lee School, 2222 N.E. 92nd Ave., and Jan. 29 and 30
at 7:30 at Sellwood Playhouse, 901 S.E. Spokane.
Theatre, Dance, Music and More
Diverse lineup
at festival of
new works
The Portland-grown Fer-
tile Ground Festival of New
Works kicks off with dozens
upon dozens of new artist
works from Portland’s teeming
jungle of artists to perform on
stages, nooks and crannies all
over Portland for 11 days from
Thursday, Jan. 21 to Sunday,
Jan. 31.
With a wide variety of new
producers, along with several
returning companies, the 8th
annual festival offers an aston-
ishing breadth of creative work
for the stage, including theater,
dance, music, animation, cir-
cus, clowns and more.
“Portland is a fount of inno-
vation and creativity, a place
where new ideas thrive and
creators are (almost literally)
on every corner,” said Nicole
Lane, Fertile Ground Festival
director. “Likewise, Fertile
Ground is an incubator for new
works of art creation citywide,
I’m continually surprised at
the abundance and diversity of
new ‘acts of creation’ by Port-
land artists, many of whom are
producing their own work and
taking a giant leap to share it
with Fertile Ground audienc-
es.”
All festival ticket infor-
mation and event listings can
be accessed through ferti-
legroundpdx.org. A printed
Festival Guide is also available
in many theatre lobbies around
town including Artists Reper-
tory Theatre, Portland Center
Stage and Portland’5 Centers
for the Performing Arts, among
others.
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Take a musical ride through love lost, gained and squandered
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16-plus songs from the group’s new album ‘Where Love Begins.’
The show is a Portland Fertile Ground Festival of New Works event
playing Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. O’Connor’s Vault, 7850 S.W. Capital
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