Mark your calendars, because June is shaping up to be a big leap in the return to “normalcy.” From Pride events to the return of live music and performances, we’ve rounded up some of the best in-person happenings to hit up as Portlanders gradually emerge from lockdown and re-learn how to be social beings.
Rose Festival Art Show Most of the Rose Festival’s events are virtual this year, but the Oregon Society of Artists is opening their downtown gallery to art appreciators for the Annual Rose Festival Art Show. This year’s juried categories are “Hope Reigns” (the Rose Festival theme), and “Rose Festival/Portland scenes.” The show’s opening reception on June 3 will include the presentation of a commissioned portrait of the 2020 Rose Festival Queen.
(Oregon Society of Artists Gallery, June 3-23)
Oregon Ballet Theatre LIVE The theatre’s season OBT MOVES is being reimagined for an outdoor performance in partnership with Portland Opera and OMSI. Part performance, part celebration, part reunion, OBT LIVE will premiere two new programs thematically inspired by the joy of reconnection.
(Jordan Schnitzer CARE Summerstage, June 5-12)