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Arts Culture & Entertainment
January 6, 2014
poignant reminder of the indignity of
incarceration and the tragedy of war. For info,
call (503) 222-1741 or visit <www.ohs.org>.
RYU GOTO
VSO concert
Jan 12, 2pm, Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St,
Vancouver, Wash.). Attend “A Bright New
Year,” a Vancouver Symphony Orchestra con-
cert featuring Dr. Michael C. Liu on piano, Dr.
Igor Shakhman on clarinet, guest artist soprano
Christina Kowalski, and others. For info, or to
buy tickets, call (360) 735-7278 or visit <www.
vancouversymphony.org>.
ONGOING EVENTS
“Great Eight Free Days”
Through Jan 11, 10am-5pm, Lan Su Chinese
Garden (NW Third Ave & NW Everett St,
Portland). Celebrate the incoming Year of the
Horse with free admission to the Lan Su
Chinese Garden during “Great Eight Free
Days.” Donations of nonperishable food items
are being collected for Transition Projects, an
organization assisting people transitioning
from homelessness to housing. For info, call
(503) 228-8131 or visit <www.lansugarden.
org>.
“Unveiled”
Jan 16-Mar 1 (Tue-Sat), 10:30am-5:30pm;
Feb 6, 6-8pm (reception); Elizabeth Leach
Gallery (417 NW Ninth Ave, Portland). View
“Unveiled,” a group exhibit of works by Joseph
Park, Malia Jensen, Stephen Hayes, and others.
The display underscores a multiplicity of
responses to the visual arts’ most time-honored
and universal subject: the nude female form.
For info, call (503) 224-0521 or visit <www.
elizabethleach.com>.
“Folding Paper”
Through Jan 11, 10am-5pm (Mon-Sat),
noon-5pm (Sun), Oregon Historical Society
Museum (1200 SW Park Ave, Portland). View
“Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of
Origami,” an interdisciplinary look at the
modern advances of origami through contempo-
rary artworks, inventions, and videos. Admis-
sion to the museum is free for Multnomah
County residents and all Oregon school groups.
See story by Mike Street, “Fold this origami
exhibit into your holiday plans (AR, December
16, 2013), at <www.asianreporter.com>. For
info, call (503) 222-1741 or visit <www.ohs.org>.
“The Tool at Hand”
Through Jan 11 (Tue-Sat), 11am-6pm,
Museum of Contemporary Craft (724 NW Davis
St, Portland). View “The Tool at Hand,” an
exhibit by 16 artists who were invited to craft
works using only one tool. The display
showcases the artworks created, the tools that
crafted them, and explanatory videos produced
by each artist. Featured artists include Hongtao
Zhou, Ndidi Ekubia, Beth Lipman, Gord
Peteran, and others. For info, call (503) 223-
2654 or visit <www.museumofcontemporary
craft.org>.
“Samurai!”
Through Jan 12, 10am-5pm (Tue, Wed &
Sat), 10am-8pm (Thu-Fri), noon-5pm (Sun),
Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Ave,
Portland). View “Samurai! Armor from the Ann
and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection,” a
treasure trove of battle gear made for
high-ranking warriors and daimyo (provincial
governors) of the 14th through 19th centuries,
including full suits of armor, helmets and face
guards, weapons, horse trappings, and more.
The exhibit illustrates the evolution of the
distinctive appearance and function of samurai
equipment through the centuries. See story by
Ian Blazina, “Martial artistry: Six centuries of
exquisite Japanese battle gear on exhibit at the
Portland Art Museum” (AR, October 21, 2013),
at <www.asianreporter.com>. For info, call
(503) 226-2811 or (503) 226-0973, or visit <www.
portlandartmuseum.org>.
“War Baby/Love Child”
Through Jan 19 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing
Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American
Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View “War
Baby/Love Child,” an exhibit looking at how
mixed-heritage Asian-American artists address
hybrid identities in their artwork. Among the
featured artists are Kip Fulbeck, Louie Gong,
Amanda Ross-Ho, Albert Chong, and others.
For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.
wingluke.org>. To learn more, visit <www.war
babylovechild.com>.
“Home”
Through Jan 25 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5:30pm,
ArtXchange (512 First Ave S, Seattle). View
“Home,” a salon show of lighted sculpture,
ceramics, and glassware by artists Lam Quang
and Kestrel Gates of Portland’s HiiH Lights,
Kurumi Conley, Yuko Ishii, Bui Cong Khanh,
Gillchun Koh, Hai & Thanh Le, Phong, June
Sekiguchi, and many others. For info, call (206)
839-0377 or visit <www.artxchange.org>.
“Becoming Blackfish”
Through Feb 1 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5pm,
Blackfish Gallery (420 NW Ninth Ave,
Portland). View “Becoming Blackfish,” a group
exhibit by 22 artists who played a significant
role in the gallery’s formative years (1979 to
1983) and 16 who made important contributions
to its success later on. Four artists who were
among the original gallery founders —
Kanetaka Ikeda, Paul Missal, Stephan Soihl,
and Barbara Black — are still members and
have works featured in the display. For info,
call (503) 224-2634 or visit <www.blackfish.
com>.
Haegue Yang
Through Feb 9, 11am-4pm (Wed & Sat-Sun),
Shen Yun Performing Arts
January 18 & 19
Saturday: 3:00pm w Sunday: 7:00pm
Skyview High School Concert Hall, 1300 N.W. 139th Street, Vancouver, Wash.
Attend a performance by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra featuring violin
virtuoso Ryu Goto. The concert includes pieces by Chabrier, Lalo, and
Mendelssohn. For more information, or to buy tickets, call (360) 735-7278 or visit
<www.vancouversymphony.org>.
Ryu Goto. (Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
11am-9pm (Thu-Fri), Henry Art Gallery, East
Gallery (15th Ave NE & NE 41st St, Seattle).
View “Anachronistic Layers of Dispersion,” the
first solo museum exhibit by Korea-born
Haegue Yang. For info, call (206) 543-2280 or
visit <www.henryart.org>.
“Doorways to the Divine”
Through Mar 2 (daily), 9am-5pm, Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral, Kempton Hall (147 NW
19th Ave, Portland). View “Doorways to the
Divine,” an exhibit of mosaics, constructions,
and paintings by Samyak Yamauchi. For info,
call (503) 222-9811 or visit <www.trinity-
episcopal.org>.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Teen Anime Club
Jan 7 & 21, 5-7pm, Northwest Library (2300
NW Thurman St, Portland). Join the Teen
Anime Club to meet, view, review, snack, and
talk about all things anime. For info, call (503)
988-5560 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Oregon Art Beat
Jan 9, 8-8:30pm; repeats Jan 12, 6-6:30pm &
Jan 30, 8-8:30pm; Oregon Public Broadcasting
(OPB). Watch an episode of Oregon Art Beat
about Iraqi artist Samir Kurshid, who once was
a portrait painter for Saddam Hussein. Kurshid
escaped after the war and now lives in Portland,
where he paints what is in his heart. To verify
showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.
opb.org>.
Vietnamese storytime
Jan 9, 16, 23 & 30, 4:15-5pm, Gregory
Heights Library (7921 NE Sandy Blvd,
Portland). Enjoy a storytime presented in Viet-
namese. The free event is for children younger
than seven years old with an accompanying
adult. For info, call (503) 988-5386 or visit
<events.multcolib.org>.
“The Silence of the Sengu”
Jan 11, 2-4pm, Portland Japanese Garden
(611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland). Attend “The
Silence of the Sengu,” a talk by Peter Grilli, the
president of the Japan Society of Boston
between 2000 and 2013, about Shikinen Sengu,
a practice held every 20 years in which the
Imperial Grand Shrines at Ise are completely
destroyed and rebuilt symbolizing renewal and
rebirth. For info, call (503) 223-1321 or visit
<www.japanesegarden.com>. To buy tickets,
call (503) 542-0280.
Thao & The Get
Down Stay Down
Jan 11, 8pm (doors), Wonder Ballroom (128
NE Russell St, Portland). Enjoy an all-ages
concert by Thao & The Get Down Stay Down.
Singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen is known for
her lyrical talent, showcasing a pop sound with
roots in blues and indie folk. Also performing
are Sonny and the Sunsets. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 284-8686 or visit <www.
wonderballroom.com>. To learn more, visit
<www.thaoandthegetdownstaydown.com>.
Beyond Measures
Jan 11, 8pm, Newmark Theatre (1111 SW
Broadway, Portland). Attend Beyond Measures,
a dance production featuring hip-hop, jazz,
contemporary, and African dance styles and
starring Shannon Kelly, Justice Platiro, Kiana
Sagon, Arianna Webb, and others. For info, or to
buy tickets, call (503) 248-4335 or 1-800-273-
1530, or visit <www.portland5.com>.
Vietnamese &
Cantonese storytime
Jan 11-26 (Sat-Sun); Jan 11, 18 & 25,
4:30-5:15pm (Vietnamese); Jan 12, 19 & 26,
2:15-3pm (Cantonese); Holgate Library (7905
SE Holgate Blvd, Portland). Enjoy free
storytime sessions presented in Vietnamese
(Saturday) and Cantonese (Sunday). The events
are for children younger than seven years old
with an accompanying adult. For info, call (503)
988-5389 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Chinglish
Jan 11-Feb 9, 7:30pm (Tue-Sun), noon (Thu),
2pm (Sat-Sun), Gerding Theater at the Armory,
Main Stage (128 NW 11th Ave, Portland). Enjoy
a performance of David Henry Hwang’s
Chinglish at Portland Center Stage. The show
follows an American businessman who heads to
Asia to score a lucrative contract for his family’s
firm — but the deal isn’t the only thing getting
lost in translation when he collides with a
Communist minister, a bumbling consultant,
and a suspiciously sexy bureaucrat. Preview
performances are held January 11 through 16.
For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 445-3700 or
visit <www.pcs.org>.
Origami workshop
Jan 12, 1:30-4:30pm, Belmont Library (1038
SE 39th Ave, Portland). Learn a new origami
project from local origami instructors at
Portland Oregon Paper Shapers (POPS).
Adults, teens, and children younger than 13
years old accompanied by an adult are welcome.
Origami created by members of POPS is on
display through January 11 at the Oregon
Historical Society Museum (1200 SW Park Ave,
Portland). For info, call (503) 988-5382 or visit
<events.multcolib.org>.
A Flicker in Eternity
Jan 12, 2pm, Oregon Historical Society Mu-
seum (1200 SW Park Ave, Portland). Attend a
free screening of A Flicker in Eternity, part of
the Oregon Historical Society Museum’s Second
Sunday Series. The film follows the coming-of-
age tale of Stanley Hayami, a talented young
teenager caught between his dream of becoming
a writer and artist and duty to his country.
Based on Hayami’s own diary, the documentary
is a firsthand account of a 15-year-old thrust
into the turmoil of World War II as well as a
Jan 17-19, 7:30pm (Fri-Sat) & 2pm (Sat-
Sun), Keller Auditorium (SW Third Ave & SW
Clay St, Portland). Attend a performance by
Shen Yun Performing Arts, a Chinese dance and
music company. The show features a cast of
nearly 100 dancers, singers, and musicians
presenting stories that bring to life 5,000 years
of Chinese civilization through classical Chi-
nese dance and music. For info, call (503) 248-
4335 or visit <www.shenyunperformingarts.
org>. To buy tickets, visit <www.portland5.
com/tickets>.
Enjoy
Jan 17-Feb 8, 7:30pm (Thu-Sat), 2pm (Sun),
CoHo Theater (2257 NW Raleigh St, Portland).
Attend Toshiki Okada’s Enjoy with English
translation by Aya Ogawa. The show, presented
by CoHo Productions, takes place in a Japanese
manga café where nine underemployed
“freeters” (part-time or temp workers) share
stories of breakups, hookups, smelly freeloading
customers, 30th birthday-induced terror,
present depressions, past failures, and future
panics — a cry of Japan’s Lost Decade
Generation: those with the misfortune to have
graduated while the economy crashed. The cast
includes Heath Hyun Houghton, Jim Vadala,
Tai Sammons, and others. For info, call (503)
220-2646 or visit <www.cohoproductions.org>.
To buy tickets, call (503) 715-1114.
“Tales for the
Year of the Horse”
Jan 18, 2-2:45pm, Woodstock Library (6008
SE 49th Ave, Portland). Learn about the Lunar
New Year with master storyteller Anne
Rutherford at “Tales for the Year of the Horse.”
Rutherford tells stories celebrating the spirit
and meaning of the holiday. For info, call (503)
988-5399 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Sarah Kwak
Jan 18 & 20, 7:30pm (Sat), 8pm (Mon),
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (SW Broadway &
SW Main St, Portland). Attend an Oregon
Symphony performance led by music director
Carlos Kalmar featuring concertmaster Sarah
Kwak. At the event, Kwak makes her Oregon
Symphony solo concerto debut with Henryk
Wieniawski’s second Violin Concerto, which the
symphony has not performed since 1995. For
info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit
<www.orsymphony.org>.
“We Tell Ourselves
Stories in Order to Live”
Jan 18-Mar 16, 11am-5pm (Tue, Thu-Sun),
11am-8pm (Wed), University of Oregon (UO),
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (1430 Johnson
Lane, Eugene, Ore.). View “We Tell Ourselves
Stories in Order to Live,” an exhibit of artwork
by the first nine Hallie Ford Fellowships in the
Visual Arts, including pieces by Sang-ah Choi
and Akihiko Miyoshi. The display contains both
past and new works in various media — such as
video, digital photography, oil paintings,
drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and knitting — as
a means to demonstrate both the range of their
talent and the progress they have made as they
pursue their art as both a career and a personal
passion. For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit
<jsma.uoregon.edu>.
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