Upcoming Events at TOC Concert Hall (The Old Church)
Sat Nov 26, 7:30 PM - Sat Nov 26, 9:30 PM
TOC Concert Hall (The Old Church)
1422 SW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201
Community: Old Port
Description
An improbable, impossible night of words and music. A singer. A storyteller. A Night of Grief and Mystery.
Event Details
Show Time: 7:30pm/door opens at 7pm (please allow for ample time to get there, and park and get checked in and seated.) There will be books for sale and a book signing by Stephen Jenkinson afterwards.
Concerts for Turbulent Times they surely are. We aren’t poets, maybe, but the evenings are poetic. They are musical and grave and raucous and stilling, which probably means they are theatrical. They are nights in which love letters to life are written and read aloud. There’s some boldness in them. They have that tone. These nights have the mark of our time upon them, and they’re timely, urgent, alert, steeped in mortal mystery. They’re quixotic. They have swagger. What would you call such a thing? We called it “Nights of Grief & Mystery."
A Night of Grief & Mystery combines stories and observations from Stephen Jenkinson drawn from his work in palliative care with original songs/sonics from Canadian recording artist Gregory Hoskins.
The two artists have been exploring the intersection of their work for seven years, across 3 continents, through 3 recordings and 2 short films.
“We do so when the current appetite is for either distraction or distress, and we seem to be in neither business.” SJ
Concerts for Turbulent Times they surely are. We aren’t poets, maybe, but the evenings are poetic. They are musical and grave and raucous and stilling, which probably means they are theatrical. They are nights in which love letters to life are written and read aloud. There’s some boldness in them. They have that tone. These nights have the mark of our time upon them, and they’re timely, urgent, alert, steeped in mortal mystery. They’re quixotic. They have swagger. What would you call such a thing? We called it “Nights of Grief & Mystery."
A Night of Grief & Mystery combines stories and observations from Stephen Jenkinson drawn from his work in palliative care with original songs/sonics from Canadian recording artist Gregory Hoskins.
The two artists have been exploring the intersection of their work for seven years, across 3 continents, through 3 recordings and 2 short films.
“We do so when the current appetite is for either distraction or distress, and we seem to be in neither business.” SJ
