Clackamas County Arts Alliance

Il Cantastorie (The Storyteller) | Art Exhibition
2025-04-05 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-05 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-09 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-10 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-11 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-12 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-15 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 3 more dates | imperfecta, 117 6th street, Oregon City, OR, 97045, United States
The Imperfecta Gallery is excited to invite you to Il Cantastorie (The Storyteller), an exhibition featuring Italian artists Marco Calvi and Gioconda Pieracci. On view from April 5 to April 26, the show features an impressive collection of original artdolls, illustrations and stories that retrace the travels of “Il Cantastorie” (The Storyteller) – a mysterious and immortal figure who crosses eras, legends and dreams.
Each artwork in the exhibition focuses on a step in the journey of this wondrous character, as he aimlessly wanders around the world meeting new people and mythical creatures. Viewers are guided on this magical journey, one artwork to the next, by Il Cantastorie himself, thanks to Italian author Federico Grasso, who wrote all narrations for this special exhibition.
In the words of The Storyteller himself:
“I can’t tell what, of all the wonders I have seen, was true or just a dream. I wandered for a long time and was the guest of kings as well as goblins, divinities and witches, in every corner of the globe. I observed much and many stories were told to me. The journey and the company were so pleasant for me that on my return I wanted to share what I witnessed. I therefore commissioned dolls and illustrations, works of great value, so that they could reproduce what was contained only in my memory – or imagination. I gathered all the works in this exhibition, so that anyone could enjoy them. Together with my stories, the fabulous creations of Gioconda Pieracci and Marco Calvi will accompany you into this world of wonder and astonishment.”
The show debuts on April 5th, with an Opening Reception from 5 to 7pm.
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Marco Calvi is a freelance illustrator who lives and works in Milan. He collaborates with various publishing houses, including ABEditore, Mosca Bianca Edizioni, Nativi Digitali Edizioni, and with craft businesses throughout Italy.
Italian artist Gioconda Pieracci, known as Pupillae, sees doll-making as a form of storytelling and creates artdolls that are infused with a dreamlike, surreal vision, seamlessly intertwined with the natural world – ethereal beings that exist between fantasy and reality.
imperfecta is an art & design gallery focused on elevating the work and voices of women artists and minority creatives.

Chapel Theatre Dance Residency Showcase
2025-04-05 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-04-06 02:00 - 03:00 | The Chapel Theatre, 4107 SE Harrison St., Milwaukie, OR, 97222, United States
Welcome to our inaugural Dance Residency Showcase! Last summer, our panel chose 3 talented dancers to create our first ever Dance Residency class. These dancers received 6 hours of studio time each week to explore their work, delve into some new performance ideas, and ultimately, have created this show for you, our audience. Thank you for your interest in dance. Thank you for supporting dance in our community. Welcome to the Dance Residency.
Dancers: Claire Barrera, Alana Stubbs, Jess Zoller

Tickets $20
Dancer and student rate $10

Noises Off
2025-04-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego, 97035, United States
A group of mediocre touring actors is tasked with presenting a cheeky little sex farce titled Nothing On. Everything goes wrong, except for the things that are supposed to go wrong. With a plot featuring errant plates of sardines, misplaced clothing, and an Arab sheik, Nothing On is the most absurd and poorly acted play one could ever hope to see.
The actors who stumble into view are undoubtedly a motley crew. The leading lady, portrayed as a cheerful housemaid, is Dotty (Sarah Lucht), a washed-up television comedienne who loses track of those sardines. Her fellow performers vary from Selsdon (Grant Byington), a stubborn drunk who continually misses cues, to Brooke (Bonnie Auguston), a perpetually vacant ingenue who often misplaces her contact lenses mid-sentence. Guiding them all is Lloyd (Tom Mounsey), a confused director who interrupts the performance to inform his company that “doors and sardines” represent what farce, theatre, and life “are all about.”
The entourage also includes Garry (Tom Walton), a frazzled leading man; Freddy (Mark Schwahn), the unstable second player who loses his wife, sanity, and pants; Belinda (Melissa Whitney), a gossipy yet sweet actress trying to hold the show together; and two dim-witted backstage workers, Tim and Poppy (Andy Baldwin and Ariel Puls).
When we first meet our band of unhappy players, they are cheerfully rehearsing the first act of Nothing On, which loosely involves a young real estate agent taking a pretty secretary to the country home of a couple supposedly hiding in Spain from the income tax collectors. It is a midnight dress rehearsal, and they are set to open the tour the next day in a country town grandly named Weston-super-Mare. With only a few rehearsals behind them, everything goes awry — from misplaced lines to misplaced sardines.
In the course of the play, we watch the Nothing On company repeat the same first act again and again in different towns, tearing the scenery, the dialogue, and each other apart. By the time Nothing On gets to its final engagement at Stockton-on-Tees, nerves, scenery, and love affairs are in tatters.
WHEN: Thu/Fri/Sat 7:30pm & Sun 2:00pm until 4/6/25
PLUS special March 29th Saturday matinee at 2:00pm
TICKETS: Adults = $42.00 / Seniors= $40.00 / Students = $30.00

Noises Off
2025-04-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego, 97035, United States
A group of mediocre touring actors is tasked with presenting a cheeky little sex farce titled Nothing On. Everything goes wrong, except for the things that are supposed to go wrong. With a plot featuring errant plates of sardines, misplaced clothing, and an Arab sheik, Nothing On is the most absurd and poorly acted play one could ever hope to see.
The actors who stumble into view are undoubtedly a motley crew. The leading lady, portrayed as a cheerful housemaid, is Dotty (Sarah Lucht), a washed-up television comedienne who loses track of those sardines. Her fellow performers vary from Selsdon (Grant Byington), a stubborn drunk who continually misses cues, to Brooke (Bonnie Auguston), a perpetually vacant ingenue who often misplaces her contact lenses mid-sentence. Guiding them all is Lloyd (Tom Mounsey), a confused director who interrupts the performance to inform his company that “doors and sardines” represent what farce, theatre, and life “are all about.”
The entourage also includes Garry (Tom Walton), a frazzled leading man; Freddy (Mark Schwahn), the unstable second player who loses his wife, sanity, and pants; Belinda (Melissa Whitney), a gossipy yet sweet actress trying to hold the show together; and two dim-witted backstage workers, Tim and Poppy (Andy Baldwin and Ariel Puls).
When we first meet our band of unhappy players, they are cheerfully rehearsing the first act of Nothing On, which loosely involves a young real estate agent taking a pretty secretary to the country home of a couple supposedly hiding in Spain from the income tax collectors. It is a midnight dress rehearsal, and they are set to open the tour the next day in a country town grandly named Weston-super-Mare. With only a few rehearsals behind them, everything goes awry — from misplaced lines to misplaced sardines.
In the course of the play, we watch the Nothing On company repeat the same first act again and again in different towns, tearing the scenery, the dialogue, and each other apart. By the time Nothing On gets to its final engagement at Stockton-on-Tees, nerves, scenery, and love affairs are in tatters.
WHEN: Thu/Fri/Sat 7:30pm & Sat/Sun 2:00pm until 4/6/25
TICKETS: Adults = $42.00 / Seniors= $40.00 / Students = $30.00

West Linn Ignite: History on Fire
2025-04-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Willamette Ale & Cider House, 1720 Willamette Falls Drive, West Linn, OR, 97068, United States
Join the West Linn Historical Society at the next West Linn Ignite: History on Fire event on Sunday, April 6, 2025at 4pm. Ignite Talks follow a very specific format with each talk exactly 5 minutes long, and comprised of 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. These rapid and engaging presentations will share images and stories about local, regional and national history.

Lake Oswego Reads Art Show at the Lakewood Center for the Arts
2025-04-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego, OR, 97034, United States
Join artists for a memorable evening as they explain the art they created after reading How to Read a Book. The artwork will be displayed throughout April at the Lakewood Center for the Arts. Artists include Mary Burgess, Leslie Cheney-Parr, Susie Cowan, Bonnie Garlington, Mini Giri, Dave Haslett, Shobha Jetmalani, Dyanne Locati, Teri Neal, Debby Neely, Maria Olaya, Kara Pilcher, Jan Rimerman, Kim Smith, Leanne Streit, Beth Verheyden, Lisa Wiser, Natalie Wood, Jim Wylder, and Beth Yazhari. Light refreshments will be served.

Lakewood Center for the Arts is located at 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego. For more information, contact Nancy Niland at nniland@lakeoswego.city or (503) 675-2538.

"We Are All Bound Up Together"
2025-04-07 18:30 - 19:30 | Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd., Wilsonville, OR, 97070, United States
Celebrate the opening of the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility’s art project “We Are All Bound Up Together.” Directors of Oregon’s Department of Corrections and the Higher Education in Prison Program at Portland State University, along with the art course’s instructor and a formerly incarcerated student, will talk about the art project and then hold a Q&A discussion.
Presented by Deborah Arthur, Portland State University

HER FORMATION
2025-04-08 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-09 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-10 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-11 10:00 - 17:00 | Arts Council of Lake Oswego ARTspace, 380 A Ave, Suite A, Lake Oswego, OR, 97034, United States
The newest exhibition at Artspace, HER FORMATION, exhibits the work of nine women artists whose enigmatic artworks offer visions of survival and even imaginative possibility in times of upheaval.
The artists include Marjan Anvari, Kirsten Bauer, Francesca Capone, Sally Jablonsky, Emily Katz, Frankie Krupa-Vahdani, Zhang Mao, Heather Watkins and Amanda Wojick.

Author Visit: Caroline Allen Presents Magical Hands and Nature Connections
2025-04-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Hoodland Public Library, 24525 E Welches Rd, Welches, OR, 97067
Join us for a special author visit featuring Caroline Allen, the writer of “Blue,” a beautiful story about our connection with nature. After reading from the book, Caroline will guide kids through an interactive craft project called “Magical Hands,” where each child will trace their hand and bring it to life with nature images—using scissors, glue sticks, and a touch of creativity.
This program is perfect for elementary-aged children who want to connect with nature, learn about trees, and express their creativity!

Oregon City Writers Group
2025-04-11 17:00 - 18:30 | Oregon City Public Library, 606 John Adams St., Oregon City, OR, 97045, United States
Whether you’re delving into a first draft or tinkering with the last draft; testing a new idea or just working on draft edits come write with us. Let’s create a space to share what works, what’s frustrating, or what to do next… write some more of course!
Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Fridays each month.

Cookbook Talk: Sarah & Nam Soon Ahn
2025-04-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Milwaukie Ledding Library, 10660 SE 21st Ave., Milwaukie, OR, 97222, United States
Join us to learn about Korean cooking and culture alongside social media star Sarah Ahn (Ahnest Kitchen) and her mom, co-authors of Umma: A Korean Mom’s Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes.
Sarah Ahn is social media manager for America’s Test Kitchen and the creator of the Ahnest Kitchen website. She records her experiences on Instagram and TikTok of living with her Korean immigrant parents, chronicling her mother’s cooking, grocery shopping trips, and more.
Nam Soon Ahn, her mother, is a former restaurateur whose culinary wisdom and recipes form the foundation of this book. Together, they honor their heritage with love, flavor, and authenticity.

Murder Mystery Matinee Gala
2025-04-12 13:00 - 16:30 | Clackamas Repertory Theater, 19600 Molalla Ave, Oregon City, OR, 97045, United States
Intrigue and suspense take center stage at our Murder Mystery Matinee Fundraiser. Experience Agatha Christie’s chilling radio play “Butter in a Lordly Dish,” where murder comes calling before tea time. Dress up in your finest red and black, and savor an afternoon of auctions, entertainment, and refreshments in support of Clackamas Repertory Theatre and the arts!

Willamette Falls Symphony Spring Concert - April 13th
2025-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Oregon City United Methodist Church, 18955 S. South End Road, Oregon City, OR, 97045, United States
🎶 Concert Coming Up! 🎶 We’re thrilled to invite you to our upcoming concert on April 13, 2025, at 3:00 PM in Oregon City. This program will feature a stunning lineup, including:
Humperdinck – Overture to Die Königskinder
Hindemith – Der Schwanendreher for viola and orchestra
🎻 Kim Uwate, viola soloist
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 1
📍 Location: 18955 South End Rd, Oregon City, OR 97045
✨ Exciting News: Free Admission for Oregon City Residents! ✨
Thanks to a generous Oregon City Community Enhancement Grant, Oregon City residents can attend this concert for free! We are so grateful for this support, which allows us to share the beauty of orchestral music with even more of our community. If you live in Oregon City—or know someone who does—this is the perfect opportunity to experience an afternoon of incredible live music at no cost. Bring your friends and family!

Third Thursdays in Downtown Lake Oswego
2025-04-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Lake Oswego
The Lake Oswego business community invites you to visit them for a “Third Thursday” celebration of great art, shopping and dining. Each month’s participating businesses and additional details are available at lakeoswegochamber.com/third-thursday.
Location: Participating downtown Lake Oswego businesses (see website for complete listing and addresses)

GATHERING: An Evening for Creatives of All Kinds
2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Canby Beer Library & Food Trucks, 292 N Holly St. Canby, Canby, 97013, United States
Join the Clackamas Arts Alliance for our “GATHERING: An Evening for Creatives of All Kinds.” Come meet new friends and other creatives. Find people who share your passions, collaborate, and get inspired.
This is for you if you:
– make music, play an instrument, sing
– write stories, poetry, essays, comics, or graphic novels
– draw, paint, sketch, design
– weave, knit, quilt, woodwork or make jewelry
– dance, act, or perform
– or engage in any creative activity for work or pleasure
There will be both non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks available for purchase at the Canby Beer Library and a range of food options at the food carts! Come connect, support a local business, and network with other creatives local to you.
WHEN: April 17, 2025, 6:00 -7:30 PM
WHERE: Canby Beer Library & Food Carts – 292 N Holly St. Canby, OR 97013
FREE. Please register below. Donations welcome!
This event is open to those 18+ years of age.
Questions? Email ariella-sophie@clackamasartsalliance.org

Art Gym
2025-04-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Oregon City Library, 606 John Adams Street, Oregon City, OR, 97045, United States
An open studio arts and crafts program, open to all adults of all abilities. We provide the supplies, you provide the creativity. (Note: Registration optional, but allows for text notifications)
