The Portland Art Museum has amassed a diverse collection numbering over 32,000 works of art. The collection includes works of European painting and sculpture, American painting and sculpture, English silver, Asian art, Native American art, Pre-Columbian art, Cameroon and other African art, contemporary art, sculpture, prints and drawings, and photography.

Highlights From the Paul and Clara Gebauer Collection of Cameroon Art

Saturday Feb 11, 2008– Wednesday Dec 31, 2008

The Paul and Clara Gebauer Collection of Cameroon Art, one of the finest collections of Cameroon Grasslands art in the United States, was originally acquired by the Portland Art Museum in the early 1970s. Now, some 30 pieces from Portland’s famous collection of close to 300 rare items return to display. These masks, utilitarian objects, horn carvings, metal sculpture, and more provide a rare glimpse into the rich culture of Cameroon unavailable almost anywhere else.

Now in its 16th season, Portland Center Stage is the City’s leading professional theater company and is one of the 25 largest regional theater companies in the nation. We bring you magnificent writers of timeless stories. And each is offered with the vigor, verve and vitality you've come to expect at Portland Center Stage.

                            2008 - 2009 Season

Guys and Dolls
Story by Damon Runyan; Directed by Chris Coleman
Sep 23 - Oct 26, 2008

R. Buckminster Fuller
Written and Directed by D.W. Jacobs
Oct 14 - Dec 7, 2008

A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens; Directed by Cliff Fanning Baker
Dec 2 -28, 2008

Apollo
Written and Directed by Nancy Keystone
Jan 13 - Feb 8, 2009

How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found
By Fin Kennedy; Directed by Rose Riordan
Jan 27 - March 22, 2009

The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde: Directed by Chris Coleman
Feb 24 - Mar 22, 2009

Crazy Enough
By Storm Large; Directed by Chris Coleman
Mar 31 - Jun 7, 2009

Frost / Nixon
By Peter Morgan; Directed by Rose Riordan

Apr 14 - May 10, 2009

Grey Gardens
By Doug Wright, Director TBA

May 26 - Jun 21, 2009

Two (2) Tickets

Accommodations

Parking Included

Continental Breakfast

Afternoon Tea & Cookies.



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Music fit for kings, queens and cardinals, but don’t worry, we aren’t collecting taxes! Long before arts councils, political leaders surrounded themselves with artistic treasures—and what a trove they amassed: Ballet for Louis XIV, volumes by Haydn, and centuries of sacred music. Sometimes the nobles simply wanted to display their wealth, but more often they recognized the arts as humanity’s riches. Many 18th-century aristocrats studied and performed music themselves, setting an example for the era’s growing middle class and our own society. So transport yourself to the grand halls of Versailles, Sanssouci, Esterhaza and Rome and let us bring to you the musical riches of Lully, Bach, Handel, Mozart and many more.

2008 - 2009 Season
Soon to come!

October 10, 11, and 12, 2008
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

November 21, 22, and 23, 2008
Pergolesi, Naples, and Julius Caesar
 

December 18 and 19, 2008
Christmas with Messiah and JS Bach

December 20 and 21, 2008
Handel's Messiah, Complete

February 20 and 21, 2009
French Style

March 20 and March 22, 2009
Italy's Seicento: The Birth of Melody

March 21, 2009
Young People's Concert: Strange Instruments for a Magical Time

May 8, 9, and 10, 2009
Mozart's Night Music

Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1982, Artists Repertory Theatre is a professional theater company dedicated to challenging artists and audiences with plays of depth and vibrancy in an intimate environment. Artists Repertory Theatre explores the strengths, frailties and diversity of the human condition primarily through regional premieres, commissioned works and selected classics appropriate to contemporary issues.

2008 - 2009 Season

Blackbird

By David Harrower

Sep 3 - Oc 12, 2008

Eurydice

By Sarah Ruhl

Sep 16 -Oct 26, 2008

Holidazed

By Mark Aicto

Dec 18 -Dec 28, 2008

The Seafarer

By Conor McPherson

Jan 6 - Feb 15, 2009

String of Pearls

By Michele Lowe

Jan 27 - Mar 8, 2009

Distracted

By Lisa Loomer

April 14 - May 24, 2009

Three Sisters

By Anton Chekhov

May 5 -Jun 14, 2009

Portland Opera is dedicated to producing opera that moves its audiences in profound ways. Approached not as a historic relic but rather as powerful entertainment.