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SUMMER GUIDE CALENDAR

JUNE

THROUGH JUNE 26: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mago Hunt Center Theater, University of Portland, 5000 N Willamette Blvd., 943-7287, $22-$24)

Sophocles' Electra (West End Theatre, 1220 SW Taylor St., 282-7048, $10-$15)

Our Town (Firehouse Theatre, 1436 SW Montgomery St., 274-1717, $15-$20)

THROUGH JULY 9: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Theater! Theatre!, $30-$35)

THROUGH JULY 12: A Lie of the Mind (Theatre! Theatre!, $13-$15)

THROUGH JULY 16: Landmark: PICA's 10th Anniversary Visual Exhibition (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Annex, $2)

THROUGH AUG. 5: Shakespeare in the Parks (Laurelhurst, Washington, Lynchwood, Gabriel and Fernill Parks. Concludes at Reed College, Free)

THROUGH SEPT. 11: Great Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children (Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., -226-2811, $6-$15)

JUNE 22-25: 54th National Square Dance Convention (Oregon Convention Center, $40-$50)

JUNE 23: Richmond Fontaine, Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings, Orange Mother (Doug Fir, Free)

JUNE 24: Lyle Lovett (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $32-$50)

Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson (Rose Garden Arena, $49.50-59.50)

The Ditty Bops with Blanche and Alan Singley (Doug Fir, $10-$12)

JUNE 24-26: Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts (George Rogers Park, South State and Ladd Streets, Lake Oswego, 636-1060, Free)

Northwest String Summit featuring Yonder Mountain String Band (Horning's Hideout, 21277 NW Brunswick Canyon Road, North Plains, Ore., 647-2920, $120 for a three day pass)

JUNE 25: Vancouver Men's Chorus, Men Alive and the Portland Gay Men's Chorus (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $12-$25)

Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra (Rose Garden Arena, $15-$59.50)

Tibetan Cultural Festival (Oaks Amusement Park, 1 SE Spokane St., 233-5777, Free)

Festival de Piratas VI with Sunken Chest and Captain Bogg & Salty (Sabala's at Mount Tabor, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 238-1646, $10)

Explore the Columbia Slough (Whitaker Ponds, 7040 NE 47th Ave., 281-1132, Free)

JUNE 25-26: Cycle Oregon: The Weekend Oregon Scenic Bikeway (Champoeg State Park, 287-0405, $150)

Good in the Neighborhood Festival (King School Park, Hopkins St., east of Colusa Ave.)

JUNE 26: 10 Tiny Dances (Bernie's Southern Bistro, $15)

JUNE 27-JULY 31: Chamber Music Northwest's 35th Anniversary Summer Festival (Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, and Cabell Center Theater, Catlin Gabel School, $10-$40)

JULY

JULY 1:The Kingdom; Pt. Juncture, WA; Invisible (Doug Fir, $7)

JULY 1-4: Waterfront Blues Festival (Tom McCall Waterfront Park, $5 and two canned goods)

Molalla Buckeroo (Molalla Rodeo Grounds, 829-8388, $5-$14)

St. Paul Rodeo (St. Paul, Ore., 633-2011, $5-$16)

JULY 2-3: Widespread Panic (Gorge Amphitheatre, Wash., $35)

JULY 2-4: Party at PGE Park (PGE Park, 1844 SW Morrison, 241-0825, $5.50-$9.50)

JULY 4: Judas Priest with QueensrØche (The Amphitheater at Clark County, 17200 NE Delfel Road, Ridgefield, Wash., 800-279-4444, $220-$410)

JULY 5: The Waifs (Aladdin Theater, $13)

Michelle Shocked (Doug Fir, $15)

JULY 6: Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Oregon Zoo, $9.50)

July 8: Alanis Morissette (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $39.50-$65)

JULY 8-10: Yoshida's Sand in the City (Pioneer Courthouse Square, Donations)

Oregon Country Fair (Highway 126, Veneta, Ore., 541-343-4298, $8-$40)

JULY 9: John Hiatt and North Mississippi Allstars (Oregon Zoo, $19)

Vans Warped Tour (Gorge Amphitheatre, Wash., $31.25)

JULY 10: Gogol Bordello (Berbati's Pan, $10)

JULY 10-17: Piano Festival Northwest (World Forestry Center, $6-$30)

JULY 13: Chicago Blues Reunion (Oregon Zoo, $9.50)

JULY 14-Aug. 17: Verb: Love's Labors: Lost & Found (Theatre! Theatre!, $22)

JULY 15: Chris Isaak (Oregon Zoo, $26)

Kings of Leon (Roseland Theater, $20)

JULY 15-17: JAW/West 7th Annual Playwrights Festival (Portland Center for the Performing Arts, $15-$56)

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival (Cathedral Park, Free)

JULY 15-AUG. 7: Footloose The Musical (Artists Repertory Theatre, $15-$35)

Talkdemonic (Doug Fir, $7)

JULY 16: Portland Highland Games (Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, Free)

The Aquabats (Loveland, $12)

JULY 17: Indigo Girls (Oregon Zoo, $26)

JULY 19-24: Portland Flamenco Festival (Newmark Theatre, $8-$25)

JULY 20: Rosie Ledet Zydeco Dance Party (Oregon Zoo, $9.50)

JULY 21: Sufjan Stevens (Aladdin Theater, $14)

The Minus 5 w/ Derby and Junior Private Detective (Doug Fir, $8)

JULY 22: Marc Cohn and Suzanne Vega (Oregon Zoo, $17)

Nicoli Dunger with The Minders (Doug Fir, $8-$10)

JULY 22-24: Blazers' Street Jam (Rose Quarter Commons, $125-$150 per team)

JULY 23: Portland Flamenco Festival (Newmark Theatre, $8-$25)

Nas, Mike Jones, New Edition, Ciara (Gorge Amphitheatre, Wash., $49.95)

JULY 24: Nike Run Hit Wonder (Southwest 11th Avenue and Salmon Street, register to run at www.runhitwonder.com)

JULY 28-30: Charged: the Conduit Commission Project (Conduit Dance, $10-$12)

JULY 28-31: Oregon Brewers Festival (Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Free)

JULY 29: Bruce Hornsby (Oregon Zoo, $19)

JULY 30: Akira Kasai (Imago Theatre, Free)

JULY 31: Portland Festival Symphony (Laurelhurst Park, Free)

AUGUST

AUG. 3: Emeline Michel (Oregon Zoo, $9.50)

Patty Griffin (Aladdin Theater, $24.50-$27)

AUG. 5-7: Mount Hood Jazz Festival (Gresham Main City Park, 219 S. Main Ave., Gresham, Free)

PDX Pop Now! Festival (Loveland, Free)

AUG. 6: Gipsy Kings (Oregon Zoo, $35)

Portland Festival Symphony (Cathedral Park, Free)

AUG. 7: Portland Festival Symphony with Michael Allen Harrison (Washington Park, Free)

Aimee Mann (Aladdin Theater, $28.50-$30)

AUG. 8: Portland Festival Symphony with Obo Addy (Washington Park, Free)

AUG 10: Jesse Winchester (Oregon Zoo, $9.50)

The White Stripes (Keller Auditorium, $46-$51)

AUG. 11: Los Lonely Boys with Ozomatli (Oregon Zoo, $26.50)

AUG. 12: Northwest Professional Dance Project (Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU, $12-$15)

AUG. 12-13: Pickathon Roots Music Festival (Horning's Hideout, $40)

AUG. 12-14: Bite of Oregon (Tom McCall Waterfront Park, donation)

AUG. 13: Portland Festival Symphony(Grant Park, Free)

AUG. 14: Pink Martini with Sneakin' Out (Oregon Zoo, $18)

Providence Bridge Pedal (Downtown city bridges, $10-$25)

Portland Festival Symphony with 3 Leg Torso (Washington Park, Free)

AUG. 16: Jack Johnson (Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, $33)

AUG. 17: Asleep at the Wheel (Oregon Zoo, $9.50)

AUG. 19: Cowboy Junkies (Aladdin Theater, $29.50)

AUG. 19-21: Dave Matthews Band (Gorge Amphitheatre, Wash., $48.10-$60.40)

AUG. 20: Homowo African Storytelling (Jamison Square, Free)

AUG. 20-28: Festa Italiana (Pioneer Courthouse Square, Free)

AUG 24: Karla Bonoff (Oregon Zoo, $ 9.50)

Pop Tarts Presents American Idol Live (Rose Garden Arena, $35-$45)

AUG. 26: Susan Tedeschi/Blind Boys of Alabama (Oregon Zoo, $19)

James Taylor (Amphitheater at Clark County, $24-$60)

AUG. 26-27: Fred Meyer's Hood to Coast Relay (Mount Hood, Filled)

AUG. 28: Salsa en la Calle (Eastbank Festival Plaza, Southeast Main Street and Water Avenue, Free)

AUG. 29-SEPT. 3: "OBT Exposed!" (Between Southwest Main and Salmon streets, Free)

AUG. 31: Brian Wilson (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $45.50-$65.50)

SEPTEMBER

SEPT. 2: Tom Petty, The Black Crowes (Gorge Ampitheatre, Wash., $29.95-$59.95)

John Butler Trio (Aladdin Theater, $15)

Ani DiFranco (Roseland Theater, $35)

SEPT 3-5: Art in the Pearl (North West Park Blocks, West Burnside and NW Glisan, Free)

SEPT. 9-19: Time-Based Art Festival (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art at various venues. Call 242-1419 for tickets and festival passes.)

SEPT. 9-OCT. 23: The Lion King (Keller Auditorium, $25-$68)

SEPT. 10: Martin Short with the Oregon Symphony (Arlene Schnitzer, $15-$115)

SEPT. 12-17: Project Bandaloop's Vertical Dancers (St. John's Bridge, Free)

SEPT. 15-25: Great NW Music Tour: On the road to Oktoberfest and Equinox (Various McMenamins locations, Free)

SEPT. 17: Neil Diamond (Rose Garden, $75)

SEPT. 17-18: Oregon Symphony performs The Lord of the Rings (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $20-$100)

SEPT. 22-25: Portland Cooks!! (Oregon Convention Center, $5-$10)

SEPT. 23-25: Portland Baroque Orchestra-Choreographie (Paris 1700) (First Baptist Church/Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, 222-6000, prices TBA)

Portland Taiko-Trading Thunder (Newmark Theatre, prices TBA)

SEPT. 23-OCT. 15: Elliott, A Soldier's Fugue (Miracle Theatre, $17)

SEPT. 24: Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 1 with Carlos Kalmar (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, prices TBA)

Sept. 24-25: Polish Festival (North Portland, $1 donation)

Sept. 27-Oct. 30: PCS's Underneath the Lintel (Winningstad Theatre, $15-$56)

Sept. 30-Oct. 2: Affair @ the Jupiter (Jupiter Hotel, 800 E Burnside St., 230-9200. Cover.)

VENUES

Alberta St. Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 284-7665

Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 233-1994

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 248-4335

Berbati's Pan, 10 SW 3rd Ave., 248-4579

Bernie's Southern Bistro, 2904 NE Alberta St., 282-9864

Biddy McGraw's Pub, 6000 NE Glisan St., 233-1178

Catlin Gabel School, 8825 SW Barnes Road, 297-1894

Conan's Pub, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 234-7474

Conduit Dance Inc., 918 SW Yamhill St., Ste. 401, 221-5857

Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 225-0047

Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., 226-6630

Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663

Gorge Amphitheater, 745 Silica Road NW, Gorge, Wash., 206-628-0888

Loveland, 320 SE 2nd Ave., 234-5683

Miracle Theatre, 425 SE 6th Ave, 236-7253

Newmark Theater, 1111 SW Broadway, 432-2917

Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 235-7575

Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, 226-1561

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), 224 NW 13th Ave., #305, 242-1419

Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., 771-1112

Rose Garden Arena, 1401 N. Wheeler Ave., 321-3211

Roseland Theater, 8ÊNW 6th Ave., 219-9929

Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St., 306-0870

Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Naito Parkway from Southwest Harrison to Northwest Glisan Street

Winningstad Theatre, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway, 274-6566

World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Road, 228-1367

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