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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
Metro
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that runs venues for live theatre, concerts, cinema, small conferences, and similar events in
Portland,
Oregon
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,
United States
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.
Established in 1987, the PCPA consists of three separate buildings: the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (opened as the Portland Publix Theatre before becoming the Paramount Theatre after 1930) is a historic theater building and performing arts center in Portland, Oregon, United States. Part of the Portland Cent ...
,
Antoinette Hatfield Hall, and
Keller Auditorium
Keller Auditorium, formerly known as the Portland Municipal Auditorium, the Portland Public Auditorium, and the Portland Civic Auditorium, is a performing arts center located on Clay Street in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part ...
.
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
*
Mark Hatfield
References
External links
Portland'5 Centers for the Performing Arts(official website)
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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