The Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA) is an organization within Metro

Metro (Oregon regional government)

Metro, formerly known as Metropolitan Service District, is the regional governmental agency for the Oregon portion of the Portland metropolitan area...

 that runs venues for live theatre, concerts, cinema, small conferences, and similar events in Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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.

The PCPA consists of three separate buildings: the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall , opened as the Portland Publix Theater before becoming the Paramount after 1930, is a historic theater building and performing arts center in Portland, Oregon, United States...

, Antoinette Hatfield Hall

Antoinette Hatfield Hall

Antoinette Hatfield Hall, formerly known as the New Theatre Building, is a complex located in Portland, Oregon. It contains the Dolores Winningstad Theatre, the Newmark Theatre, and Brunish Hall. Hatfield Hall itself is sometimes erroneously referred to as the Portland Center for the Performing...

 (formerly known as the New Theatre Building), and Keller Auditorium

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 Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts...

. The architects were Barton Myers

Barton Myers

Barton Myers, FAIA is an American and Canadian architect and president of Barton Myers Associates, Inc. in Los Angeles, California....

, Boora Architects

Boora Architects

Boora Architects is an architectural firm based in Portland, Oregon, its name derived from the partners Broome, Oringdulph, Randolph, and Associates.Its projects include:* renovation of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, 1983...

, and ELS of Berkeley, California.

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.

External links

• Portland Center for the Performing Arts (official website)