The Short List

The Portland Tribune, Jul 17, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

LUCAS JACKSON / TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO

Blues great Curtis Salgado headlines the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, a free jazz gathering now in its 28th year.

JAZZ

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival

Portland’s longest-running free jazz gathering west of the Mississippi is a great way to expose yourself to the bountiful talent that exists in this region. This year’s event includes blues great Curtis Salgado, the extraordinary big band experience of the Portland Jazz Orchestra, the Krebsic Orkestar’s wild gypsy brass sounds and local chanteuse Linda Lee Michelet, among others. In addition to fantastic music, the festival also offers a great reason to make the pilgrimage to the beautiful but off-the-beaten-path Cathedral Park.

– Barbara Mitchell

6 p.m. Friday, 12 p.m. Saturday, 12 p.m. Sunday, July 18-20, Cathedral Park, 8676 N. Crawford St., 503-286-1312, free, all ages

SAND SCULPTURE

Yoshida’s Sand in the City

In support of over 65,000 children of Portland, the Kids on the Block Awareness Program will launch the ninth annual Yoshida’s Sand in the City benefit in Pioneer Courthouse Square. In only six hours, 20 teams will create astonishing sand sculptures, which will be on display through Sunday. There will also be story time, face painting, and arts and crafts.

– Bryan Rudd

10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 18-20, Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 S.W. Sixth Ave., 503-736-3200, pioneer courthousesquare.org, free

CONCERTS

Chamber Music Northwest

The popular summer festival continues with “Mendelssohn and Moderns for Strings and Winds,” two concerts that feature the Orion String Quartet, the flavorful Imani Winds ensemble and Brooklyn-based violin virtuoso Catherine Cho.

On Saturday, a 20th anniversary celebration unites the Orion String Quartet with the acclaimed Miami String Quartet. The two ensembles play selections that include Mozart’s String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 and Alfred Schnittke’s “Moz-Art for Two Violins.”

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