[car-free happy hour] Bus Stop Opera PDX this weekend

[Aaron Antrim]

I'm playing violin in the bus stop opera this weekend.  Details below…

A team of Portland musical and theatrical talent, directed by Pittsburgh-based artist Dawn Weleski, is taking music to the streets to perform 10- to 30-minute operettas along Portland public transportation routes Friday, May 14 – Monday, May 17, 2010.

The project, called "Bus Stop Opera," includes lyrics taken from personal conversations that the artist has had with Portland public transit passengers in March and April. Performers will sing these conversations-turned-lyrics in an opera. A small chamber ensemble will accompany the singers.

During performances, audience collaboration will be encouraged. All cast and crew will use public transit to travel from one bus stop to the next at the completion of each opera and may perform en route to the next performance location. Past Bus Stop Opera performances took place in Pittsburgh and New York City.

Bus Stop Opera is taking place in conjunction with Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse, a symposium of social engaged art work directed by Jen Delos Reyes, http://openengagement.info. All cast and crew will be traveling free-of-charge throughout Portland courtesy of TriMet, http://www.trimet.org.

Friday, May 14
6p Gateway/NE 99th TC (9900 NE Multnomah)
7p Hollywood TC (1410 NE 42nd Ave.)
8p SW Jefferson & 10th #3049

Saturday, May 15
10a Rose Quarter TC
11a Skidmore Platform (Waterfront Park)
12noon Pioneer Courthouse/SW 6th Ave MAX station (6th & Morrison)

Sunday, May 16
9:30a 6th & Pine
10:30 Lloyd Center (13th & Holiday)
11:30 Clackmas Town Center TC

Monday, May 17
4p Beaverton TC (4050 SW Lombard)
5p Sunset TC (SW Barnes Rd. at Hwy. 217)
6p 6th & Montgomery

A full, updated schedule and past documentation is available at http://www.busstopopera.com

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