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Portland's Centers for the Arts (stylized as Portland'5 Centers for the Arts), formerly known as the Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA), is an organization within
Portland'5 Centers for the Performing Arts
(official website) {{coord, 45.516694, -122.681403, type:landmark_region:US-OR_elevation:70_dim:90, display=title 1987 establishments in Oregon Barton Myers buildings Concert halls in the United States Metro (Oregon regional government) Music venues in Portland, Oregon Organizations based in Portland, Oregon Performing arts centers in Oregon Theatres in Portland, Oregon
Portland's Centers for the Arts (stylized as Portland'5 Centers for the Arts), formerly known as the Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA), is an organization within Metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
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that runs venues for live theatre, concerts, cinema, small conferences, and similar events in Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, Oregon, United States.
Established in 1987, the PCPA consists of three separate buildings: the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Antoinette Hatfield Hall
Antoinette Hatfield Hall, formerly known as the New Theatre Building, is a complex located in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It is one of three buildings in the Portland'5 Centers for the Arts (formerly known as PCPA), which also include ...
, and Keller Auditorium.
Hatfield Hall itself is sometimes erroneously referred to as the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. PCPA is the fifth-largest center for performing arts in the United States, with more than 1,000 performances and one million patrons annually (as of 2007).
PCPA changed its name to "Portland'5 Centers for the Arts" in 2013. The "5" in the brand name is intended to highlight that the organization has five venues, counting separately the three theaters that occupy Antoinette Hatfield Hall.
Performance Facilities
The center includes five distinct performance facilities with varying capacities: *Newmark Theatre (880 seats) *Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (2,776 seats) *Brunish Theatre (200 seats) *Keller Auditorium (2,992 seats) *Winningstad Theatre (304 seats)See also
*List of concert halls
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats.
This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that may ...
*Mark Hatfield
Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States senator from Oregon, and also as chairman of the Senate Appropr ...
References
External links
Portland'5 Centers for the Performing Arts
(official website) {{coord, 45.516694, -122.681403, type:landmark_region:US-OR_elevation:70_dim:90, display=title 1987 establishments in Oregon Barton Myers buildings Concert halls in the United States Metro (Oregon regional government) Music venues in Portland, Oregon Organizations based in Portland, Oregon Performing arts centers in Oregon Theatres in Portland, Oregon