Concerts

Sept. 1 — Gov’t Mule / Blackberry Smoke, Cuthbert Amphitheater, Eugene; TW*

Sept. 1 — Steve Miller Band / Curtis Salgado, Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville; www.brittfest.org.

Sept. 1 — Father John Misty, McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale; www.etix.com.

Sept. 1 — Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem; www.oregonstatefair.org.

Sept. 1-2 — Explosions in the Sky, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; www.etix.com.

Sept. 2 — Barns Courtney, Star Theater, Portland; www.ticketweb.com.

Sept. 2 — Jagwar Ma, Mississippi Studios, Portland; TF*

Sept. 2 — Montgomery Gentry, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem; www.oregonstatefair.org.

Sept. 2 — NEEDTOBREATHE, Oregon Zoo, Portland; www.zooconcerts.com.

Sept. 3 — Michael Franti & Spearhead, Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville; www.brittfest.org.

Sept. 3 — Theory of a Deadman, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem; www.oregonstatefair.org.

Sept. 4 — Swans, Wonder Ballroom, Portland; TF*

Sept. 4 — Wilco, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; P5*

Sept. 5 — Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; www.etix.com.

Sept. 5 — Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem; www.oregonstatefair.org.

Sept. 6 — Jake Shimabukuro, Revolution Hall, Portland; TF*

Sept. 8 — The Mavericks, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW*

Lectures & Comedy

Sept. 6 — Art Talk: Frank Miller, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem; www.salemart.org or 503-581-2228.

Sept. 7 — Rory Scovel, Mississippi Studios, Portland; TF*

Sept. 8 — Straub Environmental Lecture — Toward a Natural Forest: Jim Furnish, former deputy chief of the USDA Forest Service and forest supervisor; Louck’s Auditorium — Salem Public Library; www.straubenvironmentalcenter.org or 503-391-4145.

Sept. 10 — Late Night Action with Alex Falcone, Mississippi Studios, Portland; TF*

Sept. 10 — Red Green, Newmark Theatre, Portland; P5*.

Symphony & Opera

Sept. 1 — 2016 Waterfront Concert: A free music festival with 10 performances culminating in the Oregon Symphony’s finale; Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland; www.orwymphony.org.

Sept. 10 — Renée Fleming: Performing with the Oregon Symphony; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; www.orsymphony.org or 503-228-1353.

Sept. 11 — Chris Botti, Craterian Theater at The Collier Center, Medford; www.craterian.org or 541-779-3000.

Sept. 13 — Boyz II Men: The iconic R&B group perform with the Oregon Symphony; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; www.orsymphony.org or 503-228-1353.

Theater & Dance

Through Oct. 30 — The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, OSF Campus, Ashland; www.osfashland.org or 800-219-8161.

Through Sept. 2 — Original Practice Shakespeare Festival: 13 of Shakespeare’s plays performed free in parks around Portland; various locations, Portland; www.opsfest.org or 503-479-5677.

Through Sept. 4 — “Disney’s the Lion King”: The stage adaptation of the Academy Award-winning film; Part of the U.S. Bank Broadway in Portland series; Keller Auditorium, Portland; P5*

Through Sept. 4 — “Heroes”: A comedic play set in 1959 about three aging French World War I veterans; Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene; www.hultcenter.org or 541-682-5000.

Sept. 6-Oct. 9 — “Trevor”: A tragicomedy by “Orange Is the New Black” writer Nick Jones about a formerly famous chimpanzee living with a human family; Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland; www.artistsrep.org or 503-241-1278.

Sept. 8-10 — “Taking Steps”: A raucous comedy presented by Next Stage Repertory Company where six people repeatedly travel the stairs of an allegedly haunted former brothel; Craterian Theater at The Collier Center, Medford; www.craterian.org or 541-779-3000.

Exhibits

Through Sept. 18 — Portland2016: A Biennial of Contemporary Art: Showcasing 34 artists at 25 partner venues in 13 communities across the state; various venues and cities; www.portlandbiennial.org.

Through Oct. 9 — Portland Art Museum: “Case Work: Studies in Form, Space & Construction by Brad Cloepfil/Allied Works Architecture” (through Sept. 4); “Native Fashion Now” (through Sept. 4); “Leroy Setziol” (through Sept. 7); “Splashes of Color: Chinese Woodblock Prints from the You Wei Du Zhai Collection” (through Oct. 9); “Apex: Arvie Smith” (through Nov. 13); “Josh Kline: Freedom” (through Nov. 13); “Steve McQueen: Drumroll” (through Dec. 11); Portland Art Museum, Portland; www.portlandartmuseum.org or 503-226-2811.

Through Feb. 1 — Oregon Historical Society: “The Magna Carta of Baseball: Setting the Rules of America’s Game” (through Oct. 9); “Comic City, USA” (through Jan. 31, 2017); “Democracy’s Blueprints: The Documents that Built America” (through Feb. 1); Oregon Historical Society, Portland; www.ohs.org.

Through Feb. 26 — Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: “Shaping the Collection: 50 Years of Pacific Northwest Sculpture at the JSMA” (through Sept. 4); “¿Identity?: Victoria Suescum and Lee Michael Peterson” (through Sept. 18); “The Face of War: Gabor Peterdi and his Contemporaries” (through Oct. 9); “From Past to Present: Selected Masterworks of Korean Art” (through Feb. 26, 2017); “Splendor and Light: Russian Art from the Collection” (through April 16, 2017); “Proletarian Revolution: 20th-Century Chinese Propaganda” (through Aug. 16, 2017); Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene; jsma.uoregon.edu.

Through Dec. 31 — Museum of Contemporary Craft: The Design and Craft of Prosthetics; Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland; www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org or 503-223-2654.

Through Jan. 8 — Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: “Space: An Out-of-Gravity Experience”; Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland; www.omsi.edu or 800-955-6674.

Miscellany

Through Sept. 5 — Oregon State Fair, Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center, Salem; www.oregonstatefair.org.

Sept. 7 — Shanghai Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China: The circus and acrobatic company from Beijing; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; www.orsymphony.org or 503-228-1353.

Sept. 14-17 — Pendleton Round-Up: One of the largest outdoor rodeos in the U.S.; Pendleton Round-Up Grounds, Pendleton; www.pendletonroundup.com or 800-457-6336.

Sept. 17 — The Color Run: A 5K run where participants are doused in different colors at each kilometer, Portland International Raceway, Portland; www.thecolorrun.com.