Artslandia at the Performance: Portland Playhouse Nov/Dec 2014 | Page 54

Home design ORK W OP SH kitchens that work Topics include: Architecturally Appropriate Options; Hidden Conveniences; Authentic Details; Storage Solutions May 18 th 6:30 pm M c M e n a m i n’s Ke n n e d y S c h o o l cost: $2 0 a t d o o r or mention Artslandia when you RSVP to [email protected] by May 10 to attend FREE. A R C I FO R M . C O M (503) WA ARCIFL*910KJ OR CCB#119917 493-7344 Photo by Photo Art Portraits DID YOU KNOW? A highway sign along Interstate 10 informs drivers they’re approaching Indio, Calif., and “other Desert Cities.” Hardly the no man’s land the sign implies, the region is home to many resorts and hosts the teeming Coachella Festival. OTHER DESERT CITIES Portland Center Stage [Through March 22] Baroque composer brothers Alessandro and Benedetto Marcello lorded prestigiously over 18th-century Venice until Benedetto died and his family refused to recognize his widow, a former singing student and a “commoner.” She sued her brother-in-law Alessandro for her share of the estate, and though she lost, the scandal lived on. More than 100 years later, their story was appropriately made into an opera. REFLECTIONS OF VENICE featuring Alessandro Marcello’s Concerto for Oboe in D Minor Portland Baroque Orchestra [March 27–28] Fruiting trees figure as heavily into the original Cinderella myth as helpful fairies. Various versions describe the dejected maiden watering a fig or a hazel tree with her tears. CINDERELLA Oregon Ballet Theatre [Through March 7] Shakespeare’s canon of plays contains 798 male characters and only 149 female ones, a ratio of more than 5-to-1. In September 2014, the Royal Shakespeare Company in England announced that they’d made more equal gender representation a high priority for future productions. THE SIX GE