SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Noah Kite shapes pop, jazz, and classical influences to accent folk’s lyrical poignancy. This chambered folk-rock uses its roots in a childhood of Ravel, Sade, Van Morrison, Enya, and Steely Dan to make melodic and[...]

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series Sandalmaking with Rachel Sees Snails Shoes We’ll explore every step of the sandal-making process, starting off by customizing trusted patterns to suit your own feet and design preferences. (Any design is[...]

Mouth Painter’s music is an exploration of an alternate, exotic form of “New Country”. The foundation of Mouth Painter is the partnership/dichotomy of Barry Walker Jr. and Valerie Osterberg. Barry was raised in middle Tennessee[...]

In 2007, Mathias Kom collected some of his songs and started a band, named after a religious tract handed to him by a wide-eyed zealot in Toronto. Mathias subsequently invited all of his friends to[...]

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series Women and the Frontier: Memoir Writing with Marianne Monson In this writing workshop, we will discover some of the women who traversed Oregon’s frontiers with local author Marianne Monson. Through a[...]

Portland, OR based four-piece Plastic Cactus have been serving up dark, desert-inspired surf rock since their formation in 2016. The band is fronted by Brooke Metropulos (guitar/vocals) & Michaela Gradstein (guitar/vocals) with Bill Willson on[...]

Fall/Winter 2019 Workshop Series Drawing as Seeing and the Acceptance of Chaos: A Sumi Ink Wash Drawing Workshop with Heather McLaughlin Drawing is a way of seeing, a way of understanding, and an exercise. This[...]

Dream Date is Tasha and Sarah; a couple of hard-working and tender-loving moms out of Washington state. Inspired by our love of 80s balladeers, sweet songs, reverb and “pretty lights”, we play lush, dreamy music[...]