Monday, January 23, 2017

Time to have a Ball!

It's that time of year again, folks ... time for one of the most fun events of the year! I hope you'll join me at the 7th annual Mysti Krewe of Nimbus Mardi Gras Ball!


Portland’s annual Mardi Gras Ball has been listed by the New Orleans Times-Picayune as one of the Top-5 most authentic Mardi Gras celebrations in the United States outside of Louisiana. And it is no surprise given the event’s origins - a NOLA-style social club founded by ex-Louisiana residents and others (including me!) that now counts more than 100 members. This is a critical mass of Louisiana revelry with full costume finery – the crazy, the macabre, the funny, the sexy, the rude – and high-spirited indulgence. 

The 2017 ball will be downtown at the Tiffany Center Emerald Ballroom (1410 SW Morrison St.).


Performers for the 2017 Portland Mardi Gras Ball include: the Northside Skull and Bones Gang; the Too Loose Cajun and Zydeco Band; BrassRoots Movement; and an All-Star Funk Revue featuring LaRhonda Steele, Karen Lovely, Christopher Worth, Michael Quinby, Dan Berkery, Chuk Barber, and Steve Kerin.

Also this year, in keeping with the theme of “Fire on the Bayou” (
as in the famous Meters/Neville Brothers’ song) online ticket purchasers may include an optional donation to the Wetlands Conservancy in Oregon and the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program in Louisiana - two organizations that work to support vital wetlands restoration and preservation.

Details:
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Tiffany Center Emerald Ballroom (1410 SW Morrison St.)
Doors 6:30pm / Music 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
$30 adv. / $35 door / 21+
Tickets @ Ticket Tomato 
Facebook event page

 Hope to see ya there!

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Fwd: Local musicians benefit ACLU

Just a heads up on a fundraising concert that will be held at the Alberta Rose on Sunday, January 22nd. Thanks to Mary Flower for organizing this benefit!


SONGS FOR FREEDOM & JUSTICE

A benefit concert for Portland ACLU


Sunday, Jan 22, 2017, 7:00PM

Alberta Rose Theater

3000 NE Alberta St

www.albertarosetheater.com

Tickets $25


This diverse group of local musicians has donated time and talent to raise their voices in unity. All proceeds will benefit the local ACLU. Now is the time for live music and art which will help us all get through fragile times. Please join us for an evening of uplifting music for a cause that is now crucial. (Poster attached)


Partial list of performers:


Mic Crenshaw

Adam East and Kris Deelane

Mary Flower

Darrell Grant and Catherine Feeny
Ashleigh Flynn
Tony Furtado

Kate Power and Steve Einhorn

Rindy and Marv Ross

LaRhonda and Mark Steele


For tickets: https://www.albertarosetheatre.com/tickets.html?Page=https://public.ticketbiscuit.com/AlbertaRoseTheatre/Events/292814


For questions about this show, contact Mary Flower at 503-679-1977 or mary@maryflower.com