As you continue to quarantine at home, count on our latest roundup of picks for ways to stay entertained without venturing into the germy outside world. We've compiled them below—from the Virtual Portland Indigenous Marketplace Past Event Like List to Snowed In! Past Event Like List with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, and from Portland'5 Center for the Arts' Hip Hop Nutcracker Past Event Like List  to a Savage Love Livestream Past Event Like List . Plus, check out our StreamLocal events hub and stay tuned for a roundup of the best socially distanced things to do this weekend. 

---

Jump to: Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Multi-Day

---

TUESDAY

COMMUNITY

Carlos Motta Panel Discussion Past Event Like List
Sit in on an online panel discussion with artist Carlos Motta, whose three-part video installation up at PICA Past Event Like List features portraits of openly undocumented queer artists and activists in the US whose work condemns this country's history of unjust immigration laws.

Nature Night: Something to Crow About Past Event Like List
You may look at crows and other corvids as birds in the background, but Dr. Kaeli Swift has some interesting tidbits of information that might make you look at them differently. (For example: Did you know crows have funerals for their dead?) Join her for a talk with Portland Audubon. 

FILM

Rosenwald: Virtual Screening and Discussion Past Event Like List
Join Portland NAACP and the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland for a virtual documentary screening highlighting the life of Julius Rosenwald, the former president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. who went on to help build more than 5,000 schools for Black communities in the Jim Crow South. 

See Also: Multi-Day Events

---

WEDNESDAY

COMMUNITY

Silent Reading Party Remind Like List
A lot of people are taking the opportunity to turn the online version of The Stranger's super-successful words 'n' vibes experience into a weekly online destination, a respite from (waves hands exasperatedly at basically everything) and an opportunity to simply... slow up, sit down, and just listen to live piano music while sinking into a good book. If you haven't tried it out yet, tonight's the night, and we'll see you at 6pm. If you have tried it out before? Welcome back. It's a damn nice oasis of low-key bliss, isn't it?

FILM

Worldwide Premiere of 'The Library That Dolly Built' Past Event Like List
Catch the Facebook Live premiere of this feature-length documentary about the making of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that gifts free books to children around the world, featuring the music of the Nashville country queen and narrated by Danica McKellar. 

MUSIC

Portland Opera presents: Live at the Hampton Opera Center Past Event Like List
Portland Opera will bring you a lineup of performances streamed live from Southeast's Hampton Opera Center, which you can watch (for free!) on Vimeo and YouTube. Soprano Katrina Galka will kick things off.

See Also: Multi-Day Events

---

THURSDAY

COMMUNITY

In Dialogue: Satire in the Work of Robert Colescott Past Event Like List
This evening of improvisational comedy and storytelling with Broke Gravy will consider the late American painter Robert Colescott's use of satire.

FILM

HUMP! Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Past Event Like List
The HUMP! team is bringing back some fan-favorite amateur porn shorts from years past in the second volume of streamable compilations. If you get inspired, find out how to make and submit your own HUMP! film here—submissions are due January 8!

MUSIC

Christmas at The Old Church Holiday Special Past Event Like List
Michael Allen Harrison's 30th annual Christmas special will be extra special, as he'll bring on special guest performers Jennifer Batten, Tanner Johnson, Israel Annoh, Jack Mortensen, Haley Johnsen, Molly Parker, Olivia Klugman, Travis Johnson, Esther Harrison, Bill Schonley, and Julianne Johnson.

Finehouse: A Tribute to Amy Winehouse Past Event Like List
Ten-piece tribute band Finehouse will recreate Amy Winehouse's incredible final album Back to Black from cover to cover.

READINGS & TALKS

Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson! Past Event Like List
As the famous keepers of the world's largest collection of Emily Dickinson's autograph poems and letters, Harvard's Houghton Library is the perfect host for this celebration of the prolific English poet's birthday. They'll be showing off a 20-pound black cake—the autograph recipe for which can be found in the collection—and reading some of their favorite verses. 

THEATER & PERFORMANCE

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway Past Event Like List
Tina Fey will host this two-hour NBC special featuring music with the Broadway casts of hit shows like Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations, Chicago, Jagged Little Pill, Diana: The Musical, Jersey Boys, Mean Girls, and Rent, plus sneak peeks of what's to come in 2021.

See Also: Multi-Day Events

---

FRIDAY

MUSIC

Virtual Sing-A-Long: '(Staying) Home for the Holidays' Past Event Like List
Pour yourself some cocoa and sing along to classic Christmas songs—plus a few musical theater numbers—with the guidance of Portland Center Stage partnering artist, Amir Shirazi.

READINGS & TALKS

Immersive Story and Walk with Pop-Up Magazine
Past Event Like List Pop-Up Magazine is here to improve your next leisurely stroll with an immersive story read by actress Jenny Slate, Anna Sale (Death, Sex & Money), Antwan Miller (Ear Hustle), author and radio host Lulu Williams, writer Sam Jay (Saturday Night Live), and others. 

THEATER & PERFORMANCE

Wonderland Past Event Like List
Four interdisciplinary artists (Ashley Mellinger, Francisco Garcia, Fyndi Jermany, and Kailey Rhodes) have been selected by a panel of judges to show work responding to the current moment, which you can see all at once at the Portland Playhouse's two-weekend virtual arts festival Wonderland.

See Also: Multi-Day Events

---

SATURDAY

FILM

Savage Love Livestream Past Event Like List
The Stranger's own sex advice columnist, podcaster, pundit, and public speaker Dan Savage will answer your most intimate quandaries in a live virtual edition of Savage Love.

MUSIC

Christmas with Cappella Romana Past Event Like List
Enjoy selections from Cappella Romana's Christmas recordings, including "When Augustus Reigned," "Sun of Justice," and carols from Richard Toensing’s Kontakion on the Nativity.

Festa Italiana & Portland Opera present Christmas in Italy Past Event Like List
Unwrap your Christmas Panettone and enjoy festive performances by Portland Opera residents as they revive pieces by Tosti, Donaudy, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Puccini, and Mozart.

SHOPPING

Crafty Wonderland Virtual Market Past Event Like List
Support local artists while you shop for their goods from home in this virtual craft market. 

Virtual Portland Indigenous Marketplace Past Event Like List
Stumped on holiday gifts for loved ones? This virtual market will give you the opportunity to purchase wares from local Indigenous artists directly, including jewelry crafters Wiwinu Enterprises and apothecary makers Rose Alchemista. 

THEATER & PERFORMANCE

The Hip Hop Nutcracker - Virtual Performance Past Event Like List
Portland'5 Center for the Arts' holiday mashup, directed and choreographed by Jennifer Weber, reimagines the holiday ballet with a dozen all-star dancers, a DJ, a violinist, and MC Kurtis Blow. See it recorded live at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

WINTER HOLIDAYS

Free Online Roast of Home Alone Past Event Like List
Do your worst at this online takedown of the beloved Christmas movie Home Alone, which turns 30 this year. 

See Also: Multi-Day Events

---

SUNDAY

MUSIC

Kathleen Hollingsworth's Mad Love Past Event Like List
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble's online concert series continues with singer-songwriter and pianist Kathleen Hollingsworth's trio Mad Love.

Norman Sylvester’s Virtual Christmas Party on the Portland Music Stream Past Event Like List
Norman Sylvester and his band will play a special holiday show on the Alberta Rose Theatre's virtual stage. 

Portland Symphonic Choir Presents: Wintersong Past Event Like List
Portland Symphonic Choir will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a concert featuring talent from Jesuit High School, La Center High School Select Treble Choir, and Grant High School.

---

MULTI-DAY

MUSIC

Chamber Music Northwest: Akropolis with BodyVox Dance Past Event Like List
Chamber Music Northwest, the Akropolis Reed Quintet, and BodyVox Dance will team up for a virtual performance.
(Thursday-Sunday)

Snowed In! Past Event Like List
This musical broadcast with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus asks listeners to imagine it snowed all November and that Portland is snowed in (which certainly wouldn't be the weirdest thing to happen this year). They'll be serving up cheery choral tunes, bringing on special guests from Cascade and Locomotions, and asking you to sing along.
(Saturday-Sunday)

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops To Highlight Two Remarkable Jazz Legends Past Event Like List
Clarinet sensation Ken Peplowski and jazz vocalist Clairdee will join the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for a holiday music extravaganza.
(Saturday-Sunday)

THEATER & PERFORMANCE

Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' Past Event Like List
Portland Center Stage brings Charles Dickens's classic Christmas ghost story to the digital stage, featuring Tony Award-winning actor Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife, Gentleman’s Guide...) in 50 (!) roles. Michael Arden, another Tony winner, directs.
(All week)

Christmas with the Crawfords Past Event Like List
This Tinseltown tribute created by Richard Winchester and written by Mark Sargent stars Jeremy Anderson-Sloan as an aging Joan Crawford.
(Monday-Saturday)

A THOUSAND WAYS (Part One): A Phone Call Past Event Like List
Having premiered at Seattle's On the Boards a few months into quarantine, the first installment of Obie Award-winning theater-makers 600 Highwaymen's interactive virtual performance series offers a telling portrait of the performer on the other end of a mysterious phone call. The Stranger's Jasmyne Keimig and Chase Burns share their take on it here.
(Friday-Sunday)