Join the Sojourn Theatre Company as they construct "BUILT," a work about where Americans will live in the coming years. Sojourn will lead conversations that bring strangers together and invent planning games on floors, against walls and in public squares. Location: AiR Studio in the John Ross Plaza | 2 - 5 PM | Public [...]

How is community created? Who is served by development? What are the ethics of urban planning in complex, economically stratified cities? What do people want from the place where they live? BUILT explores the vastly complex journeys that have made US cities what they are today: the daily personal, civic and economic choices that determine [...]

Engage in a frank discussion of some ticklish SWF-related issues as a part of Sojourn's project BUILT. Come watch. Be interviewed. Invent. Be surprised, possibly irritated but hopefully, delighted. Refreshments provided! Please RSVP to Jeremy at jeremy@southwaterfront.com or call 503.222.7788 Location: Discovery Center, 0680 SW Bancroft | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | [...]

South Waterfront Neighborhood Park (3508 SW Moody Ave, Portland OR 97239)
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11am – 5pm

Event type: OPB Standard Event
Event Description: Come join this free, family and dog-friendly mini-fest of activities, including a concert in the park featuring Bobby Torres, the Devin Phillips Funk Band and the Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra, performances by the Oregon Ballet Theater and Sojourn Theatre, an Open Marketplace, a Family Fun Zone, PDXDog Town and so much more.
Cost: Free
More info: www.portlandriverfest.org...

4:30 pm Sunday, Sept. 7 at South Waterfront Discovery Center: Sojourn Theatre pulled off a pair tricky balancing acts this weekend in Built, a co-commission of PICA and the South Waterfront artist-in-residence program staged at the soon-to-be defunct South Waterfront Discovery Center.  The first, pictured at left, was literal: a pair of actors dance on a tightrope over a sprawling model of the prefabbed neighborhood while discussing their search for a livable home, a stunt that wasn't as blunt a metaphor as you might imagine. The second, artistic balancing act, was the more impressive of the two. Tasked with creating a show to foster conversation about urban planning, Michael Rohd and the gang combined the company's usual melange of dance, interview-inspired vignettes and abuse of the scenery with some serious audience participation. Each of us were tasked first with arranging on a game board a number of urban elements (landfill, restaurant, high school, etc.) in order of how close we would want them to our house. Later, after some cookies and a chance to explore a trio of million-dollar Potemkin kitchens, we transferred our choices to a larger board with several other audience members. Inevitably, the things we wanted farthest from our own homes ended up next to someone else's, and we were required to compromise to make a livable city for all. Finally, after some dance, some talk and some fun video work on an unthinkably expensive scale model of Atwater Place, we were moved to a room with an even larger group with an even lar...

South Waterfront Neighborhood Park (3508 SW Moody Ave. Portland OR 97239
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11am – 5pm

Join the fun in South Waterfront and help celebrate the mighty Willamette River. This festival is a free, family & dog-friendly mini-fest of activities including a concert in the park featuring Bobby Torres, the Devin Phillips Funk Band and the Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra, live performances by the Oregon Ballet Theater and Sojourn Theatre, an Open Marketplace, Art Exchange, Family Fun Zone, and PDXDog Town.

Event type: Fair/Festival
Price - Low: 0
Price - High: 0
Age Range: All Ages
More info: www.portlandriverfest.org...

Man, I use this photo a lot. Sojourn Theatre is hosting a panel discussion titled "Healthcare, Culture and Belief: Do you have to believe in a cure to be healed?" with a doctor from Kaiser, a naturopath and a Somalian traditional healer tonight in the Studio Theater at the Armory (128 NW 11th Ave.). Admission is free. The event is inspired by Sojourn's upcoming project Throwing Bones, which examines healing from American and South African perspectives. It opens Friday, March 28.