As part of the Mississippi Studios family, Polaris Hall is home to world class concerts, comedy, theater, podcasts, and local community music and art events. This charming building, “Star Ballroom,” was originally built in 1930 by a culturally diverse, working class fraternal organization in Portland. Men from “every rank and station” did work in the name of “friendship, love and truth” here, as did the great women who subsequently bought the building and operated it as the North Star Ballroom for several decades. Located on the corner of Borthwick Ave. and Killingsworth Court. Just a few blocks from Interstate 5 (exit 303), nestled in a historic North Portland neighborhood on the edge of the PCC campus.

Built, owned and operated by and for musicians, Mississippi Studios offers incredible acoustics and sight lines – with all-custom, non-parallel walls & state of the art sound. Mississippi Studios was originally a Baptist Church until 2003. Now a thriving rock venue, here you can catch all the latest on the local band music scene, as well as some avant-garde groups and special productions like 45^th Parallel’s Christmas show.