Let's Get to Know...
name: Liz Bacon, Kristen Buhler, Maria Karlin, and Vakarė Petroliūnaitė
Organization: The Julians
Job description: Singing the daylights out of music we love.
Company Description: Crazysexycool
What made you fall in love with music/dance/theater? The attention.
What talent would you most like to have?
L: Invisibility!
K: Reading Minds
M: Shooting lasers from my eyes
V: To make Alaska and Oregon 5 miles apart. (Her husband works there two weeks a month)
What is your motto? Worry is the misuse of imagination.
Your favorite virtue?
L: Love
K: Patience
M: Hope
V: Rock 'n Roll
What is your favorite place in Portland? Cassidy's - the bar where everyone knows our name. Also, the next venue that books us!
What do you most dislike?
L: ATM fees;
K: Mean people
M: That bird that everyone keeps putting on things
V: The fishtail interchange from I-5 to Ross Island Bridge
Who would you have liked to be?
L: Gilda Radner, B.C. (before cancer)
K: Madeline Kahn
M: David Bowie
V: Joni Mitchell
What is your favorite bird?
L: Deep fried w/mashed potatoes K: Hummingbirds M: That bird that everyone keeps putting on things
V: The bird across the alley that screams "Maa, Maa" all day long
What is your guilty pleasure?
L: Vodka
K: "Stay" by Lisa Loeb M: She Bop
V: Cheeseballs
First car?
L: Plymouth Valiant K: 83 Dolphin Motorhome
M: '85 Honda Accord V: Purple Lumina Euro with an orange stripe and verticle door-handles
What do you consider your greatest achievement? We recently had our three year anniversary, and are still going strong! XO, Portland! Love, The Julians .
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Somewhere In Time
Portland Center Stage
Hand Picked: X-posed series
Polaris Dance | June 6 - 15
In a new twist, Artistic Director Robert Guitron invites his company members to choose the work for this innovative program. Hand Picked is curated entirely by the dancers of Polaris, who created their own new work and voted on the submissions of outside choreographers to join them. Don’t miss your chance to see nine new works so exciting, our dancers couldn’t wait to share them with you!
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Spring Dance Recital
Jefferson Dancers | June 6
Join Jefferson Dancers for their Spring Dance Recital where you'll see all 170 of their wonderful dancers from their nationally known Dance Program, perform in all dance styles. An exhibition of leaning and and an evening of joy and fun!
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Summer Splendors
Northwest Dance Project | June 7 - 16
Celebrate the arrival of summer and see Northwest Dance Project perform in their own intimate space. The entire family will be captivated by the incredible intimacy of seeing dance so close. These upbeat and beautiful shows always sell out. Minh Tran will unveil his second new work for the company, Sarah Slipper will revive her spellbinding duet, MemoryHouse, which recently brought a recent New York crowd to its feet. Be swept away by Loni Landon’s riveting trio, Covered, and experience Carla Mann's moving and mysterious Illumine. Dance doesn’t get any better or closer than this!
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The julians
At The Jade Lounge | June 8
Tom Waits and Veljo Tormis in the same night?!?
Come enjoy a tasty meal and a full bar while the J’s relax you with their honey-smooth singin’
Tickets $5 at the door
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Finale!
Metropolitan Youth Symphony
June 9
Finale! featuring Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, & Jazz Band I. Featuring a special performance of "Samba" with guest Michael Allen Harrison.
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