Saturday, July 12, 7:30 pm, The Shedd The pre-eminent tango and jazz pianist in Latin America, Pablo Ziegler was Piazzolla's pianist, for the great, final 14 years of Piazzolla's career. Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Pablo Ziegler infuses his performances and arrangements with a deep knowledge of tango, having served as the music director for Argentine master Astor Piazzolla for more than ten years. His tr… Continue

Rebecca Rorick Smith will teach Introduction to Tango at Noon, at Studio One in the Hult Center, using Mood Area 52 as music. Mood Area 52 will then play. FREE. Part of the Oregon Bach Festival.

Our music director, Rebecca Oswald, is a major part of the Oregon Bach Festival in 2008. Her chamber orchestra piece is dedicated to the life of Bill Bowerman. It's Tuesday, July 1, at 6:30pm. Some discount coupons are available at the Tango Center. Pick one up at Saturday's milonga. Then, after the premiere on Tuesday, July 1, come to the Bailonga, where Rebecca will hold her after-party.

Well, I'll be hornswoggled! This thing is a turn-key software wonderland -- Web 2.0 in a box! Social networking, forums, blogs -- why go anywhere else!