Just as leaves change color when plants return food to their roots, so too are some of Portland’s homegrown heroes coming home to nourish the fans who live where it all began for them. Pacific Northwest films get orchestral treatments, local superstars of song perform with the Oregon Symphony, dance companies keep moving, and the city’s gallery scene remains as buzzy as ever. Here are a few of the season’s shows that have caught our eye so far, with surely more to come in a bountiful harvest of creative excellence.

Movie Concerts

Hate on the Twilight Saga all you want, but the literary-turned-film phenomenon is getting new life as a nostalgic work. A dozen rock and chamber musicians will perform the first Twilight movie’s score while it shows at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Sept.

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