it is midway through December, and holiday music and activities have chosen to take more than Portland area calendars. Scan the variety of concerts, families programs, and happenings, including the return regarding the Cinnamon Bear, a Portland timeless for longer than 80 ages. It’s all going on from inside the few days ahead.

Just remember that , COVID mandates calling for face masks inside continue to be in position. Talk with spots for other COVID security needs.

The Portland Gay men’s room Chorus presents any occasion performance. File picture by Expenses Barry. Statement Barry

Portland Gay Men’s Chorus: “Gather”

Join the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus to enjoy the season with musical everything about cheer and togetherness. This system blends trip preferences and wintertime music to heated your month.

8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10-12, Newmark theater, 1111 S.W. Broadway, entry starting at $19, pdxgmc or 503-226-2588

Oregon Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” will return to the Keller this season. Beth Nakamura/Staff

George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker”

Oregon dancing Theatre’s yearly holiday overall performance return to understand more about childhood hopes for Marie along with her Nutcracker Prince, Sugar Plum Fairies, a Mouse master and a phase saturated escort backpage Alexandria in dancing desserts. A live band plays Tchaikovsky’s traditional rating.

Opens 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, and goes on numerous era and times through Dec. 26, Keller Auditorium, 222 S.W. Clay St., $24-$105, obt or 503-222-5538

The Cinnamon keep return to the stage at Oaks playground for vacation performances. Graphics courtesy of Oaks Playground

The Cinnamon Bear

The cherished Portland custom of vacation trips using the Cinnamon Bear has been around for longer than 80 decades. This season the Cinnamon keep returns concise at Oaks Park for a live show. Teenagers of every age group will enjoy alive tunes featuring the Cocklebur Cowboys performing with their outdated buddy Paddy O’Cinnamon. Last year the show occured outside as a result of COVID limits. This year’s tv show would be indoors in the historic Dance Pavilion.

4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday through Dec. 19, Oaks Amusement playground, 7805 SEARCH ENGINE Oaks playground ways; entry $14.95-$24.95 ought to be purchased online and beforehand at oakspark/cinnamonbear

Vancouver Symphony Band

VSO Broadway Holiday

The Vancouver Symphony band supplies two performances of Broadway and holiday music featuring Tony Award-nominated singer and celebrity Liz Callaway. Maestro Salvador Brotons performs.

7 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11-12, Skyview senior school, 1300 N.W. 139th St.; and online streaming on line; entry $30; vancouversymphony or 360-735-7278.

People in the traditional Ballet Academy found “Nutcracker Vignettes.”

Nutcracker Vignettes

This is basically the second seasons when it comes down to socially remote trip lighting screen that benefits the traditional Ballet Academy. Enjoy moments from ballet vintage “The Nutcracker” while operating or strolling through life-sized art installments build on eight yards throughout an Eastmoreland community. The views put special lighting, props, units and songs with costumed performers doing in each scene.

5-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, Eastmoreland at places south of Southeast Woodstock Boulevard. Downloadable map available at classicalballet.net/nutcracker; donation of $25 per family requested.

Portland Panto Participants: “Cinderella”

The Portland Panto professionals promote a boisterous, family-friendly, entertaining vacation occasion filled with slapstick comedy, musical and some adults-only jokes. The tv show retells the classic adventure of Cinderella and Prince Charming while including comedy figures and interactive times together with the audience.

Opens 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, and goes on 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Fridays through Dec. 19, Alberta Abbey, 126 N.E. Alberta St.; entry $19-$25; eventbrite/e/cinderella-the-musical

Tsering Cheophel’s immigration facts falls under a brand new show within Oregon Jewish art gallery. Image thanks to OJMCHE

“To Bear Observe – Extraordinary Physical Lives”

A brand new display, starting on the weekend at the Oregon Jewish art gallery, characteristics photographs, pages, and small movies telling the stories of men and women which leftover their particular homelands for secure sanctuary in Oregon. These immigrants from Austria, Bosnia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Germany, Hungary, Rwanda, Sudan, Syria, and Tibet seen the atrocities of war, genocide, therefore the Holocaust. Each profile shares reports of strength and remembers the generosity of these who assisted in the process.

Opens 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, continues during museum hrs 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays through will 15, 2022; Oregon Jewish Museum, 724 N.W. Davis St.; entry $5-$8; ojmche

Portland Symphonic Choir: “Wintersong”