Chihuly Studio / Submitted photoDale Chihuly’s towering glass sculptures will provide a stunning backdrop as the Oregon Symphony performs Béla Bartók’s dark opera “Bluebeard’s Castle” on Sept. 24-26 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland.

Concerts

Sept. 22 — Balkan Beat Box, Wonder Ballroom, Portland; TF*

Sept. 22 — Ghostland Observatory, Roseland Theater, Portland; CT*

Sept. 22 — O.A.R., McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; www.etix.com.

Sept. 23-24 — The Monkees, Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Lincoln City; www.chinookwindscasino.com.

Sept. 25 — Art Garfunkel, Revolution Hall, Portland; TF*

Sept. 25 — Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Craterian Theater at The Collier Center, Medford; www.craterian.org or 541-779-3000.

Sept. 25 — Echo and the Bunnymen, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; www.etix.com.

Sept. 26 — Animal Collective, McDonald Theatre, Eugene; TW*

Sept. 27 — Lany, Revolution Hall, Portland; TF*

Sept. 27 — Lush, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; www.etix.com.

Sept. 28 — Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Revolution Hall, Portland; TF*

Sept. 28 — KT Tunstall, Wonder Ballroom, Portland; TF*

Sept. 28 — Laura Marline, WOW Hall, Eugene; www.ticketweb.com.

Sept. 28 — Steven Curtis Chapman / Mac Powell / Brandon Heath, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene; www.hultcenter.org or 541-682-5000.

Sept. 29 — Allah-Las, Wonder Ballroom, Portland; TF*

Sept. 29 — Dinosaur Jr., McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland; www.etix.com.

Sept. 30 — Casting Crowns, Theater of the Clouds, Portland; www.ticketmaster.com.

Sept. 30-Oct. 1 — Drive-By Truckers, Wonder Ballroom, Portland; TF*

Lectures & Comedy

Sept. 22 — Wanda Sykes, Keller Auditorium, Portland; P5*

Sept. 23 — April Waters and Bets Cole: An art lecture from two exhibiting artists; Bush Barn Art Center, Salem; www.salemart.org or 503-581-2228.

Sept. 23 — Denise Brown and Sheila Hamilton: Part of the “Conversation With” speaker series presented by Domestic Violence Safe Dialogue; Winningstad Theatre, Portland; P5*.

Sept. 23 — “Whose Live Anyway?”: Improvised comedy and song from the cast of the Emmy-nominated TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”; Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene; www.hultcenter.org or 541-682-5000.

Sept. 24 — “Whose Live Anyway?”: Improvised comedy and song from the cast of the Emmy-nominated TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”; Newmark Theatre, Portland; P5*.

Sept. 25 — “The Trump Card”: Comedian and performer Mike Daisey tells Donald Trump’s story; Newmark Theatre, Portland; P5*

Sept. 28 — Together Tour: A night of sisterhood, storytelling and empowered action; Keller Auditorium, Portland; P5*.

Symphony & Opera

Sept. 22 — Schumann and Brahms: The Eugene Symphony with soloist Joshua Roman on cello; Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene; www.eugenesymphony.org.

Sept. 24 — Chris Mitchell: The Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist; Winningstad Theater, Portland; P5*

Sept. 24-26 — “Bluebeard’s Castle”: Dale Chihuly’s towering glass sculptures provide a stunning background to Béla Bartók’s dark opera; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; www.orsymphony.org or 503-228-1353.

Sept. 29 — The Music of David Bowie: A full rock band and vocalist join the Oregon Symphony; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland; www.orsymphony.org or 503-228-1353.

Theater & Dance

Through Sept. 24 — “Chick Flick the Musical”: Hopes, dreams and disappointments are revealed as four women get together; Craterian Theater at The Collier Center, Medford; www.craterian.org or 541-779-3000.

Through Oct. 2 — “Oliver!”: The musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic story; The Shedd Institute, Eugene; www.theshedd.org or 541-434-7000.

Through Oct. 8 — “The Revolutionists”: Laura Gunderson’s comedic story of four real women who lived and died during the French revolution; Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Eugene; www.octheatre.org or 541-465-1506.

Through Oct. 16 — “Little Shop of Horrors”: Portland Center Stage presents the musical about a shy and love-struck florist’s assistant Seymour, who nurtures a strange plant; Gerding Theater at the Armory, Portland; www.pcs.org or 503-445-3700.

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

Through Oct. 9 — “Trevor”: A tragicomedy about a formerly famous chimpanzee living with a human family; Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland; www.artistsrep.org or 503-241-1278.

Sept. 23, 25 — Radio Daze — Comedy Capers: Zany misadventures abound in James Thurber’s “Walter Mitty,” and Damon Runyon’s “Butch Minds the Baby” presented by Radio Redux; Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene; www.hultcenter.org or 541-682-5000.

Exhibits

Through Dec. 11 — Portland Art Museum: “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 Aug 16 — Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: “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. 22 — Reel Rock 11: A new slate of the year’s best climbing films; Revolution Hall, Portland; TF*

Through Sept. 26 — Drive-In at Zidell Yards: The Northwest Film Center screens a different pop cinema classic each night including “The Big Lebowski,” “Goldfinger,” “Space Jam,” “Say Anything” and “Cool Hand Luke”; Zidell Yards, Portland; www.nwfilm.org.

Through Oct. 30 — Bending the Bard: Cinematic Twists on Shakespeare: 16 unconventional cinematic adaptations of William Shakespeare’s plays; Whitsell Auditorium — Portland Art Museum; www.nwfilm.org.

Sept. 24 — Hood River Hops Fest: more than 60 varieties of fresh-hop beer plus food, arts and crafts, live music and more; Columbia parking lot, Hood River; www.hoodriver.org/hops-fest or 541-386-2000.