Walking Tour:

Any Day of the Week!

Footloose & Free in Hillsboro!

The Cultural Arts Center is a featured stop on Metro's "Walk There" tour of downtown Hillsboro, a free, self-guided walking tour of our historic downtown.  You can pick up a copy of the tour map at the Center or from www.oregonmetro.gov.  Bring your lunch or a snack and after browsing our art gallery, sit on a park bench in the Arts Center's beautiful Centennial Park, just steps from our front doors, and enjoy a day of free and fun activities in Hillsboro!

Second Tuesdays!

Open Poetry Readings

7PM - FREE

Every Second Tuesday Evening through 2010

Poets and lovers of poetry alike will enjoy these evenings of readings in our gallery.  This event has become such a favorite at the Center that it has been granted its own night!  Now, every second Tuesday of the month, readers and listeners are welcome to enjoy works by established or yet to be discovered talent.  A sign-up sheet is available prior to the event, so come early and get in the queue!

Second Tuesdays!

Open Poetry Readings

7PM - FREE

Every Second Tuesday Evening through 2010

Poets and lovers of poetry alike will enjoy these evenings of readings in our gallery.  This event has become such a favorite at the Center that it has been granted its own night!  Now, every second Tuesday of the month, readers and listeners are welcome to enjoy works by established or yet to be discovered talent.  A sign-up sheet is available prior to the event, so come early and get in the queue!

8/3 to 8/31

Exhibition

Hillsboro Plein Air 2010 in the main gallery and Susan Schenk and Michael Belshaw in the lower exhibition space

An opening reception for all artists will be held on First Tuesday, August 3 at 6pm. Enjoy refreshments provided by Claeys Catering and a house concert in our lobby.

Second Tuesdays!

Open Poetry Readings

7PM - FREE

Every Second Tuesday Evening through 2010

Poets and lovers of poetry alike will enjoy these evenings of readings in our gallery.  This event has become such a favorite at the Center that it has been granted its own night!  Now, every second Tuesday of the month, readers and listeners are welcome to enjoy works by established or yet to be discovered talent.  A sign-up sheet is available prior to the event, so come early and get in the queue!

9/7 to 9/29

Exhibition

For the Love of Food: featuring Anne Greenwood, Helen Hiebert, Diane Jacobs, and Shu-Ju Wang, curated by Shu-Ju Wang, in the main gallery and the Celebrate Hillsboro Community Mural in the lower exhibition space

An opening reception for all artists will be held on First Tuesday, September 7 at 6pm. Enjoy refreshments provided by Claeys Catering and a house concert in our lobby. Geoff Metts of Western Arial will play slide guitar in our lobby during this event.  (Geoff will teach a Slide Guitar class at the Arts Center in October!)

Join the artists for a potluck picnic on our East Lawn on Saturday, September 18th from 11:30am-2:30pm.

The Cultural Arts Center is holding an Oregon Food Bank food drive during September in conjunction with this exhibit.  Please bring a canned food donation when you visit us for First Tuesday or any time during September.

Thanks!

9/10

Concert

Geminus Guitar Duo: 19th Century Guitars

8pm - $15 in advance / $17 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

Geminus Guitar Duo uses original period instruments of the 19th century with six, seven and ten strings, which they salvaged and had restored by expert luthiers.  Their concerts provide a new visual, acoustical and aesthetic experience!

Please join us for this opening concert of our fall/winter concert season.

9/18

Special Event!

Nia Event with TEAM BASS

11am-12:30pm

$18 at the door

Info:  503-248-2850 or www.LaurieBass.com

This is an exhilarating movement and lifestyle practice.  Nia is the first cardio workout to combine martial arts, dance, and healing arts with rhythmic, soulful music to offer a fun, creative pathway to health and wellbeing.  Adaptable for all ages and fitness levels.  Taught by Laurie & Fred, "Team Bass."

9/21

Spoken Word

A Mighty Hard Road: Songs of America's Migrant Farmworkers

with Jeni Foster

7pm - FREE

Spoken Word favorite, Jeni Foster, connects music with agricultural and social history in America, using a variety of folksongs from Woody Guthrie to contemporary songwriter Gillian Welch.  This thought-provoking program explores the challenges faced by migrant farmworks from the Dust bowl of the 1930's through the Bracero program of WWII, Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers of America, up to the present day.

9/24

Concert

Oregon Mandolin Orchestra

8pm - $15 in advance / $17 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

Greet the beginning of autumn with the return of the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra to the Arts Center's stage!  The concert will include a selection of fiddle tunes, the "Mexican Hat Dance," Italian favorites including "O Sole Mio," "Amazing Grace," and swing quartet music!

Join us as we welcome back the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra!

Second Tuesdays!

Open Poetry Readings

7PM - FREE

Open Poetry is on the THIRD Tuesday in October - October 19th!    

Join us on Tuesday, October 12th for a special edition of SPOKEN WORD featuring Jeff Davis and the Salem Witch Trials!         

Poets and lovers of poetry alike will enjoy these evenings of readings in our gallery.  This event has become such a favorite at the Center that it has been granted its own night!  Now, every second Tuesday of the month, readers and listeners are welcome to enjoy works by established or yet to be discovered talent.  A sign-up sheet is available prior to the event, so come early and get in the queue!

10/5 to 10/27

Exhibition

Mitch Baird, Aimee Erikson and Jamee Linton

An opening reception for all artists will be held on First Tuesday, October 5 at 6pm. Enjoy refreshments provided by Claeys Catering and a house concert in our lobby.

10/12

Spoken Word

Second Tuesday!

Timeless Crimes: The Salem Witch Trials with Jeff Davis

7pm - FREE

Jeff Davis returns to the Cultural Arts Center for another frightfully entertaining Spoken Word!  This time, he'll take us back to the Salem Witch Trials, when more than 150 people were imprisoned and 19 people were hanged after convictions of witchcraft.  Join Jeff as he explores this well-known yet not well-understood episode of American history!

10/16

Concert

John McCutcheon

8pm - $20 in advance / $22 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

John McCutcheon is America's balladeer. His songs sing of the nation's heritage and channel the conscience of our people into streams of poetry and melody.  Cited as "the perfect example of the modern folk musician" by Sing Out! magazine, lauded by Utne Reader for conveying his "message about the amazing endurance of what's best in American culture," McCutcheon lives in Georgia but keeps moving, toward wherever he senses there's still a story yet to be told.

10/29

Concert

Cascadia Composers

8pm - $15 in advance / $17 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

A concert of chamber music by seven of the region's most distinguished composers: David Bernstein, Jack Gabel, Gary Noland, Dan Senn, Greg Steinke, Tomas Svoboda, and Jeff Winslow.

Second Tuesdays!

Open Poetry Readings

7PM - FREE

Every Second Tuesday Evening through 2010

Poets and lovers of poetry alike will enjoy these evenings of readings in our gallery.  This event has become such a favorite at the Center that it has been granted its own night!  Now, every second Tuesday of the month, readers and listeners are welcome to enjoy works by established or yet to be discovered talent.  A sign-up sheet is available prior to the event, so come early and get in the queue!

11/2 to 11/30

Exhibition

Unconditionally Us: A Reflection

Dante Cohen, Jessica Burke, Katie Allan, Larry Cwik, Lauren Henkin and Dennis Worrel

An opening reception for all artists will be held on First Tuesday, November 2 at 6pm. Enjoy refreshments provided by Claeys Catering and a house concert in our lobby.

11/5

Concert

Filmusik: Gulliver's Travels

8pm - $15 in advance / $17 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

Filmusik is a collaborative performance group of musicians, composers and actors creating a unique movie experience by performing a new soundtrack for classic films live in the pit.  Filmusik will present a new and original live soundtrack to accompany the screening of Max Fleischer's 1939 animated film Gulliver's Travels. Gulliver was the second animated feature film ever released.  Fun for the whole family! (Image on right from Wikipedia)

11/12

Concert

bass+mandolin

8pm - $12 in advance / $14 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

As acoustic musicians go these days, Josh Feinberg (upright bass) and Brian Oberlin (mandolin), bass+mandolin, achieve a chemistry like no other!  Each concert is full of new ideas as they spring and lope through songs, bouncing off one another's nuances with a lively thrill.  Their repertoire is mostly original music written specifically for mandolin and bass.  The covers they play are arranged tightly for the duo across the genres - americana, swing, jazz and classical.  The sound of bass and mandolin, at opposite ends of the musical note spectrum, balance and complement each other, as Josh feeds from his classical, jazz and Indian music background and Brian digs from his bluegrass and swing background.

11/16

Spoken Word

In our Theater

Give My Love to Everybody: Letters from a WWII Soldier

A Special Veteran's Day Event

with Jen Weaver-Neist

7pm - FREE

Reading alongside actors from Bag & Baggage Productions, author Jen Weaver-Neist will present excerpts from her book, Give My Love to Everybody: Letters from a World War II Solider," which is the story of Ralph "Bud" Shank's experience in WWII.  The story is recounted in letters sent home and expanded upon through family stories, accounts from army mates, personal effects, and an epilogue featuring a modern-day trip back to the European battlefields where he died.

This Spoken Word will feature a VFW Color Guard presentation and displays of memorabilia from the era.

Second Tuesdays!

Open Poetry Readings

7PM - FREE

Every Second Tuesday Evening through 2010

Poets and lovers of poetry alike will enjoy these evenings of readings in our gallery.  This event has become such a favorite at the Center that it has been granted its own night!  Now, every second Tuesday of the month, readers and listeners are welcome to enjoy works by established or yet to be discovered talent.  A sign-up sheet is available prior to the event, so come early and get in the queue!

12/3

Concert

The Travelin' McCourys

8pm - $30 in advance / $35 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

Known for their individual prowess on their instruments, this touring band blends the best of the Appalachian tradition with the improvisational magic of jazz.  Unique live collaborations are the hallmark of their performances, and demonstrate why critics and musicians across the country hail them as the best bluegrass band in the world.

12/7 to 1/26

Exhibition

Elements: Multiple Parts/Singular Art

An opening reception for all artists will be held on First Tuesday, December 7 at 6pm.

Enjoy refreshments provided by Claeys Catering and a house concert in our lobby.

12/16

Concert

Acoustic Guitar Summit

8pm (Thursday) - $15 in advance / $17 day of show

Tickets 503-615-3485

Virtuoso guitarists Doug Smith, Mark Hanson and Terry Rob return for a special holiday show!

12/17

Concert

Oregon Mandolin Orchestra

8pm - $15 in advance / $17 day of show

Tickets 503-615-3485

Don't miss the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra's final concert of its first season!  The Orchestra celebrates the holidays and its first year with swinging and traditional Christmas and other festive music.

12/21

Spoken Word

A Holiday Wine Tasting and Discussion

with Oregon's Master Winesmith Fred Gunton

7pm - FREE

That Nose for Wine guy, Fred Gunton, returns to the Arts Center for another incredible evening of delicious wine tasting and energetic discussion.  Gunton is a renowned wine tour guide and wine educator, who will talk about some wine tasting basics for novice as well as more experienced wine lovers.  You will see, smell, and taste wine in a whole new way!

12/23

Concert

The Oregon Renaissance Band: Holiday Concert

8pm (Thursday) - $15 in advance / $17 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

The Oregon Renaissance Band is dedicated to performing and recording music of the Renaissance, played on faithful reproductions of historical instruments.  They return to our stage for another holiday concert!

1/14

Concert

Musica Maestrale: Virtuoso Music of 17th Century Italy

8pm - $15 in advance / $17 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

Start 2011 at the Cultural Arts Center with this Baroque ensemble!  Experience the dramatic and melodic inventiveness of the new old music and hear what the timbres of ancient instruments do to invoke the spirit of virtuosic music from 17th century Italy.  This program includes rarely heard gems by Castello, Selma, Cima, and Marini.

1/28

Concert

An Acoustic Evening with Al Stewart

with special guest Dave Nachmanoff

8pm - $25 in advance / $30 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

With the release of his new CD, "Uncorked," Al Stewart and musical partner Dave Nachmanoff take a trip through Stewart's musical back pages - both in terms of the musical catalogue and in terms of performance style.  In concert and on the CD, Al and Dave sound like they are having FUN...and the audiences seem to agree.  Come see and hear for yourself, as Al and Dave return to the Arts Center to take you along for the ride!

2/12

Concert

Sourdough Slim

with Robert Armstrong

"Jolly Troubadours of Tradition"

7pm - $17 in advance / $20 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

A marvel of musical ingenuity, yodeling cowboy Sourdough Slim and string instrument wizard Robert Armstrong joyously rekindle the country blues, cowboy classics and string band repertoire of pre-WWII America.  A fast-paced performance of music and comedy that showcases their seasoned gift for connecting with audiences.  Between them they share a provocative array of period instruments including: flat-top guitar, national steel guitar, baritone and soprano ukulele, musical saw, accordion, six-string banjo and harmonica.  These modern day vaudevillians capture a sound and moment in time that consistently delights fun loving music fans of all walks of life!

* Please Note: Starting in February 2011 most of our concerts will begin at either 7:00 or 7:30pm!  So please pay special attention to the starting times of each concert both in the description and on your printed tickets.  For concerts like this one with Sourdough Slim and Robert Armstrong, we hope that an earlier starting time will attract more people across the age spectrum, including youngsters and seniors.

2/19

Concert

Pierre Bensusan

7pm - $20 in advance / $22 day of show

Tickets: 503-615-3485

Pierre's latest album, "Vividly," will be released in the US in October.  It's a showcase of his rich and multi-cultural world, where guitar instrumentals share the spectrum with songs (in French and English).  The words that Pierre sings are about freedom, tolerance, human interactions, fears, challenges, initiation and transformation, combined with original music that covers a vast ground where spirituality and geography are always combined in unique tapestries. Join Pierre for a preview of his new album and more!

Cultural Arts Center Concert Tickets & Information

(503) 615-3485
527 East Main Street, Hillsboro, OR 97123

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The Cultural Arts Center presents monthly exhibits and hosts an opening reception on the first Tuesday of each month. Admission is free of charge and the gallery is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The gallery is subject to closure without notice.  Please call for availability.

Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center
527 East Main Street
Hillsboro, OR 97123
(503) 615-3485