The Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center provides a venue for a selection of performers including musicians, drama companies, authors, and more.

527 East Main Street

Hillsboro, OR 97123

9:00 am to 9:00 pm Monday - Thursday

9:00 am to 6:00 pm Friday

10:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday

WIN AN EPIPHONE MASTERBUILT DR-500M ACOUSTIC GUITAR!

Enter for a chance to win this guitar ($832 retail value). All proceeds go to support scholarships for Hillsboro Parks & Recreation's SCHOOL OF ROCK students. Purchase raffle tickets at the Cultural Arts Center for $5.00/each. They are available from 3/30/12 through 6/8/12. Raffle drawing will take place on Friday, June 8th during the Trail Band concert. You do not need to be present to win. Winner will be notified.

Claude Bourbon

5/18 @ 7:30pm; $10 in advance/$12 day of show

Guitarist Claude Bourbon has performed and studied all over the world. He has crafted an unbelievable fusion of classical and jazz, with ethereal Eastern influences, Spanish and Latin elements with strains of Western folk. We look forward to his return to the Cultural Arts Center!

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com or 503-615-3485

The Trail Band

6/8 @ 7:30pm; $20 in advance/$25 day of show

The Trail Band is an 8-piece ensemble that creates an energetic blend of brass and string arrangements of traditional and original music, featuring five great vocalists including Quarterflash's Rindy Ross. GUITAR RAFFLE DRAWING TONIGHT!

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com or 503-615-3485

Spoken Word: Who Rescued Whom? The Animal-Human Relationship

with Deborah Wood (pictured left in a photo from The Oregonian, 12/9/10)

Deborah Wood is the Animal Services Manager of the Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter and former "Pet Talk" columnist for The Oregonian. Tonight, she will talk about the unique relationship between humans and our companion animals, highlighting notable animal-human relationships in art and literature over the centuries. She will also discuss her career trajectory, with a focus on the Bonnie L. Hays shelter. She'll shed light on the question all pet adopters eventually ask themselves, "Who Rescued Whom?"

June 19, 7pm - FREE

Spoken Word: From Traditional to Contemporary Native Artists with Pat Gold

Pat Courtney Gold is a descendent of the Wasco Nation, a Native American culture with a 12,000 year history. An accomplished fiber artist and basket weaver, Ms. Gold is also an expert on the tradition and evolution of Native art and craft. She will present examples of traditional Native art forms including clothing, jewelry, basketry, and utensils, as well as contemporary artists' interpretations of Native traditions.

July 17, 7pm - FREE

Spoken Word: 3rd Annual Neighborhood Storytelling Picnic with Anne Rutherford

Spoken Word welcomes back Arts Center favorite Anne Rutherford for a storytelling cabaret al fresco, with songs, stories and interactive rhymes celebrating summertime in our great Northwest! Bring the whole family to enjoy an outdoor evening under the summer sky.

August 21, 7pm - FREE

The Brontë Sisters: Bad Girls of the 19th Century

A Delve Readers Seminar at the Cultural Arts Center

Mondays, September 10-October 15, 2102

6:30-8:30pm in our upstairs gallery

These three parson's daughters from a remote corner of England electrified 19th century readers! We'll read Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë. You've seen the movies and mini-series....now read the books!

$185.00 - Registration on the Literary Arts web page/Space is limited so register early