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Portland's Singing Christmas Tree has been held for approximately sixty years. [24] [25] The city has seen "alternatives" and other versions of Tchaikovsky's Christmas-centric ballet The Nutcracker (1892) presented by various arts organizations. [26] Oregon Ballet Theatre performs George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (1954) annually. [27] [28]
The Paramount was considered, at its opening, to be the largest and most lavish theater for a city the size of Portland. Originally opened as the Portland Publix Theatre, [5] a vaudeville venue in March 1928, [6] the name changed to the Paramount Theater in 1930, as the owners had a contract to run Paramount films locally. The building ...
Peacock Lane is a four-block street in southeast Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It is known for its elaborately decorated homes during the Christmas and holiday season. [2] During this time of year, thousands of people come to view the displays, enjoy hot cocoa, and previously take horsedrawn carriage rides, and sing Christmas carols.
Santa Clones is an annual Christmas display by Chris Willis in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] The display featured hundreds of Santa Claus statues and the location is different each year. Willis started the project in the early 2010s and the size of his collection of statues has grown over time.
The early 2000s saw the decommissioning of the Black Swan Theatre as a venue for the regular season and the construction and opening of the New Theatre that would later be renamed as the Thomas Theatre in 2013. The Black Swan closed at the end of the 2001 season on October 28, and the New Theatre started performances in March 2002.
The Martin family, who lived in Portland, disappeared after driving to the Columbia River Gorge that December, in search of Christmas greenery to decorate their home, reported The Oregonian.
Aladdin Theater is a theater in the Brooklyn neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon. It originally opened as a vaudeville house called Geller's Theatre on December 25 (Christmas Day), 1927. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its name was changed to Aladdin in 1934. [ 1 ]
The Martins took their daughters Barbara, 14, Virginia, 13, and Sue, 11, on a ride to the mountains on Dec. 7, 1958, to collect Christmas greenery, according to AP stories from the time.