Concerts

Jan. 14 — Wolf Parade, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; etix.com.

Jan. 17 — LeAnn Rimes, Craterian Theater at the Collier Center for the Performing Arts; Medford; craterian.org or 541-779-3000.

Jan. 19 — The Sherlocks, Bunk Bar, Portland; merctickets.com.

Jan. 20 — St. Vincent, Keller Auditorium, Portland; P5*

Jan. 21 — Five for Fighting, Craterian Theater at the Collier Center for the Performing Arts; Medford; craterian.org or 541-779-3000.

Jan. 23 — Strfkr, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW*

Lectures & Comedy

Jan. 13 — “A Prairie Home Companion”: The live music and variety radio show hosted by Chris Thile; Keller Auditorium, Portland; P5*

Jan. 16 — The Capitol Steps: Musical satire of Washington D.C. and politics of all sides; Craterian Theater at the Collier Center for the Performing Arts; Medford; craterian.org or 541-779-3000.

Jan. 18 — Jesmyn Ward: Portland Arts and Lectures presents the award-winning poet of five collections including National Book Award finalist, “Citizen: An American Lyric”; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; literary-arts.org or 503-227-2583.

Jan. 19 — Lewis Black, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; P5*

Jan. 22 — National Geographic Live — Rhinos, Rickshaws and Revolutions: Award-winning photographer Ami Vitale’s career has brought her face-to-face with violence and conflict, but also with surreal beauty and the enduring power of the human spirit; Newmark Theatre, Portland; P5*

Symphony & Opera

Jan. 18 — Carpe Diem String Quartet: The boundary-breaking ensemble performs Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and Piazzolla’s “Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas” (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires); Winningstad Theatre, Portland; P5*

Jan. 26-29 — Chamber Music Northwest Winter Festival, various locations, Portland; cmnw.org or 503-294-6400.

Theater & Dance

Jan. 12-Feb. 3 — “The Flick”: Will the tentative bond between three underpaid employees at a run-down movie house survive as they reveal what they actually need from each other?; Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Eugene; octheatre.org or 541-684-6988.

Jan. 12-Feb. 4 — “Lifeboat”: Corrib Theatre presents the true story of Bess Walder and Beth Cummings, whose ship was torpedoed while they were teenagers escaping Britain during World War II; Northwest Children’s Theatre, Portland; corribtheatre.org.

Jan. 16-21 — “The Book of Mormon”: The musical comedy follows the misadventures of a pair of Mormon missionaries sent to Africa; Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene; hultcenter.org or 541-682-5000.

Jan. 18-28 — Fertile Ground Festival: The ninth annual city-wide festival with more than 100 new works of theatre, dance, circus, sketch comedy, music, animation, film, and more; various venues, Portland; fertilegroundpdx.org.

Exhibits

Through June 24 — Portland Art Museum: “The Wyeths: Three Generations” (through Jan. 28); “Craftsmanship and Wit: Modern Japanese Prints from the Carol and Seymour Haber Collection” (through April 1); “Rodrigo Valenzuela: Labor Standards” (through April 22); “The Etchings of Whistler and His Circle” (through May 20); “Animating Life: The Art, Science and Wonder of LAIKA” (through May 20); “Interwoven Radiance” (through June 24); “Picturing Oregon” (through Aug. 2019); Portland Art Museum; portlandartmuseum.org or 503-226-2811.

Through July 1 — Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: “The Barberini Tapestries: Woven Monuments of Baroque Rome” (through Jan. 21); “Mírame Bien: Portraits of Mexico by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Paul Strand, and Edward Weston” (through Jan. 28): “Barbara MacCallum: Appropriating Science” (through Jan. 28); “Splendor and Light: Russian Art from the Collection” (through March 11); “Mark Clarke and Margaret Coe: Our Lives in Paint” (through April 1); “Long Nineteenth Century in Japanese Woodblock Prints” (through July 1); Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene; jsma.uoregon.edu.

Through Feb. 19 — Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: “Illusion: Nothing is as it Seems” examines the science behind the way we perceive and understand the world; Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland; omsi.edu or 800-955-6674.

Miscellany

Through Jan. 11 — “Tesla: Light, Sound, Color”: A multi-media performance exploring the life and work of the elusive physicist and inventor, Nikola Tesla; Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene; hultcenter.org or 541-682-5000.

Jan. 12-30 — Reel Music 35: The Northwest Film Center presents an eclectic mix of films celebrating great artists, sounds and images connecting music and culture; Whitsell Auditorium — Portland Art Museum; nwfilm.org.

Jan. 13 — “Tesla: Light, Sound, Color”: Harmonic Laboratory celebrates the life and influence of Nikola Tesla with dance, music and interactive digital projections to craft a story of physics, genius and marginalized voice; Newmark Theatre, Portland; P5*

Jan. 13 — Professional Bull Riders: The PBR’s Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour brings some of the best riders in the world to do battle with the sport’s toughest bulls; Moda Center, Portland; ticketmaster.com.

*Tickets

TW: TicketsWest, ticketswest.com or 800-992-8499

TF: Ticketfly, ticketfly.com or 877-435-9849

CT: Cascade Tickets, cascadetickets.com or 800-514-3849

P5: Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, P5* or 800-273-1530