City: Portland

SPACE and Mechanic's Hall will host interdisciplinary programming, reading groups, and workshops around Ilya Kaminsky's book of poems Deaf Republic, in conjunction with a variety of community partners. This series will explore themes of community loss, accessibility, silence as resistance, love in the face of violence and war, and artists exploring deafness and tinnitus.

Portland Center Stage (Portland, OR) will produce Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," helmed by company Artistic Director Marissa Wolf, with 31 performances scheduled from November 23 to December 24, 2024 on The Armory's U.S. Bank Main Stage. Educational activities surrounding the production will include two-to-three student matinees, free backstage tours, free workshops, and post-performance Q&As.