Upcoming Events
2nd Saturday Cypher (2SC) w/ live music & DJ
This community cypher series is all ages and provides opportunities for local arts to share their skills and collaborate with like minded emcees, artists and musicians. Intended to promote peace and music.
Free event, all ages, disability affirmative
2nd Saturday Cypher (2SC): Special Edition
This community cypher series is all ages and provides opportunities for local arts to share their skills and collaborate with like minded emcees, artists and musicians. Intended to promote peace and music.
Free event, all ages, disability affirmative
Album Release: Lanterns Vol I. - Light, Art Exhibit & Creative Music Performance
Featuring the art of Nomi Asghar and original music composed by Adam Carpinelli performed by Adrian Baxter, Owen Evans, Michael Galen, Marshall Peterson, and Santiago LaRochelle
2nd Saturday Cypher (2SC) w/ live music & DJ
This community cypher series is all ages and provides opportunities for local arts to share their skills and collaborate with like minded emcees, artists and musicians. Intended to promote peace and music.
Free event, all ages, disability affirmative
Black History Month Event & African Drumming Workshop
Celebrate Black history month with African food, arts, crafts and drumming. Hang out, relax and enjoy free West African (Ghanaian food) supporting Black owned business Black Star Grill, shop, buy African goods and stick around for a drumming workshop in the last hour of the event with Senegalese Master Drummer Mapathe Diop.
All Styles Dance Battle
SKY WALKING INSTITUTE OF HEALING AND MEDITATION PRESENTS
All Styles Dance Battle
Sunday, February 16th 2025
Propulsion Zone
818 SW 1st Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
All ages
Doors 3:00 pm | Battle 4:00 pm
$15 to watch | $20 to battle | Crowd Judges
Cash Prize: Winner takes the pot!
Co-sponsored by: Keys, Beats, Bars and Propulsion Network
2nd Saturday Cypher (2SC) w/ live music & DJ
This community cypher series is all ages and provides opportunities for local arts to share their skills and collaborate with like minded emcees, artists and musicians. Intended to promote peace and music.
Free event, all ages, disability affirmative
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE: the Black Panthers' Ten-Point Program's Legacy
You are invited to connect with a community dedicated to remembering, uplifting, and preserving the voices that have shaped our shared history. This February, join us for a series of events honoring the Black Panther Party’s manifesto for justice and equality, which remains as relevant today as when it was written in 1966.
Swingin' Sounds Community Event
Hosted by Dan Norton, the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Portland. Don will be talking about transcription and incorporating vocabulary before we open the floor for the evening’s jam session.
Free all ages event.
2nd Saturday Cypher (2SC) w/ live music & DJ
This community cypher series is all ages and provides opportunities for local arts to share their skills and collaborate with like minded emcees, artists and musicians. Intended to promote peace and music.
Free event, all ages, disability affirmative
2nd Saturday Cypher (2SC) w/ live music & DJ
This community cypher series is all ages and provides opportunities for local arts to share their skills and collaborate with like minded emcees, artists and musicians. Intended to promote peace and music.
Free event, all ages, disability affirmative
Sabar Drumming Workshop w/Senegalese Master Drummer Mapathe Diop
KEYS, BEATS, BARS PRESENTS
Sabar Drumming Workshop w/Senegalese Master Drummer Mapathe Diop
Thursday, December 12th 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Propulsion Zone
818 SW 1st Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
$25.00
Tickets at door only (cash preferred & card accepted)
All ages and all skill levels welcome | disability affirmative. Drums will be provided, but if you have a sabar drum, please bring yours.
Bio
Mapathé Diop is a Master Drummer from Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. Mapathé has drummed his entire life having been born to a hereditary caste of griot entertainers among the Wolof people where he performed regularly at traditional ceremonies, less formal social occasions and toured West Africa with the film company Daaray Kocc, and musical troupe Dioudou Tay. Since arriving in the United States in 1992, he has taught and frequently performed in the Seattle area and generally throughout the West Coast. His relaxed and thorough teaching approach facilitates the learning of traditional Senegalese rhythms such as Wolof, Serer, Lebou, Laubé and Walo. Aside from teaching the "how to" aspects of playing a traditional rhythm, he also conveys the cultural context associated with the rhythm.
Dance Off | All Styles Battle
KEYS BEATS BARS PRESENTS
Dance off | All Styles Battle
Sunday December, 8th 2024
3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Propulsion Zone
818 SW 1st Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
$10 to watch | $15 to battle
CASH PRIZE!
All ages & all styles welcome!
Judges: pop n tod, Akash Gaman
Hosted by Akash Gaman
Co-sponsored by Sky Walking Institute, Keys, Beats, Bars
Art Exhibit for Native American Heritage Day
Art Exhibit for Native American Heritage Day
Friday, November 29th 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Propulsion Zone
818 SW 1st Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97220
Free event, all ages, family friendly, disability affirmative
Celebrating art and culture for Native American Heritage Day
Artists TBA
Co-sponsored by Keys, Beats, Bars, Propulsion Network, Amplifyr, The Jericho Movement