Short List: Upcoming events include Portland Boat Show, Justin Timberlake and Hunter Noack playing with Metropolitan Youth Symphony

Published 12:15 am Sunday, January 5, 2025

Boat show

It’s a highlight of the outdoors calendar, and the Portland Boat Show is being held Wednesday, Jan. 8 through Sunday, Jan. 12 at Expo Center. People show up to dream about buying a boat, and some actually buy. There’ll be the latest watercraft, marine gear and accessories to purchase. It’s open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Jan. 8-10; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Jan. 11; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Jan. 12.

More: pdxboatshow.com.

Tim Matheson

One of the actors of “Animal House” fame, among other movies, will be on stage sharing stories of his career, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8 at Alberta Rose Theatre. Tim Matheson stars in “Damn Glad to Meet You” live event, in which he tells of his days as Otter in “Animal House” (filmed in Eugene and Cottage Grove), the voice of “Jonny Quest” and playing Vice President Hoynes in “The West Wing,” as well as in such movies as “Fletch,” “Buried Alive,” “Bonanza,” “Up The Creek” and “Virgin River.” There’ll be stories, photographs and videos and a question-answer session at the end.

More: albertarosetheatre.com.

Women and peace

Krissy Keefer’s social activist Dance Brigade is celebrating 50 years, and puts on the dance theater performance titled “A Woman’s Song for Peace: A Tribute to the Past, A Vision for the Future” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 at Newmark Theatre. It’s a show by Keefer, and features musician/activist Holly Near and queer feminist singer-songwriter Ferron, as well as electric cellist/vocalist/composer Jamie Sieber. It marks the 50th anniversary of Dance Brigade “with the intention of activating audiences with a call out for peace not only in the Middle East, but also in Sudan, Ukraine, and at our borders and inner cities of the United States,” publicity says.

More: portland5.com.

Live Music

The Tribune runs a list of notable concerts each month under title “Live Music” on its website, portlandtribune.com/lifestyle. Check it out — each and every month.

Chervona & All Stars put on the 18th Annual Old New Year Party, “Illusion,” at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 at Star Theater (startheaterportland.com).

Justin Timberlake continues his “The Forget Tomorrow World Tour” at Moda Center, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 (rosequarter.com).

Oregon Symphony

David Danzmayr conducts and pianist Yefim Bronfman stars as Oregon Symphony plays Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor,” as well as “King Stephen Overture” during its upcoming “Beethoven’s Emperor: Leaders & Pathbreakers” concert. Beethoven composed the piano concerto during the Napoleonic Wars. Other pieces on the program are Duke Ellington’s “Three Black Kings,” a ballet orchestra tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., and Joan Tower’s “Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman.” The concert will be staged 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

More: orsymphony.org.

Hunter Noack

Presented by Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Hunter Noack will be featured in “MYS — A Powerful Voice Rises: Soloists in the Spotlight,” 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 at Newmark Theatre. A classical pianist and founder of “In a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild,” Noack will play Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18” with the symphony, led by Music Director Raul Gomez-Rojas. Also part of the concert is “Seas of Glass” by student composer Frazar Henry, and the concert also features winners of the MYS Concerto Competition — Leena Karmarkar (violin) and Kaden Prichard (clarinet) — playing other pieces. Metropolitan Youth Symphony is celebrating its 50th anniversary season, themed “Breaking Barriers.”

More: playmys.org.