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A.C.E. Page 14 n THE ASIAN REPORTER December 21, 2015 AYUMI TAKAHASHI January 7 through 29 Monday through Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm Reception: January 7, 6:00 to 9:00pm Duplex Gallery, 219 N.W. Couch Street, Portland View “I, You, Me,” a collection of portrait paintings and drawings by Portland artist Ayumi Takahashi, whose works are influenced by ancient Chinese paintings as well as Japanese woodcut prints, fashion, and textile design. For more information, call (503) 206-5089 or visit <www.duplexgallery.com>. (Photo/Duplex Gallery) Mark your calendar! The Year of the Monkey begins February 8, 2016. Display advertising space reservations for our special Year of the Monkey issue are due Monday, January 18 at 5:00pm. The Asian Reporter’s Lunar New Year special issue will be published on Monday, February 1, 2016. ONGOING EVENTS “Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art” Yoshi Kitai Through Dec 26, 10am-6pm (Tue-Fri), 9am-3pm (Sat), Oranj Studio (0726 SW Gaines St, Portland). View “Junction (Con) Junction: Transition,” an exhibit featuring works by artist Yoshi Kitai. For info, call (503) 719-5338 or visit <www.oranjstudio.com>. Ruri Through Dec 28 (Mon-Sat), 10am-5:30pm, Attic Gallery Downtown (206 SW First Ave, Portland). View “Aspire,” an exhibit featuring clay sculpture by artist Ruri, who finds inspira- tion in nature and relationships. The name of Ruri’s anagama is “FuuKooGama,” which means “wind and light kiln” in Japanese. For info, call (503) 228-7830 or visit <www. atticgallery.com>. Postwar Japanese prints Through Jan 3, 11am-8pm (Wed), 11am-5pm (Thu-Sun), University of Oregon (UO), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, Ore.). View “Expanding Frontiers: The Jack and Susy Wadsworth Collection of Postwar Japanese Prints,” a display of more than 110 modern and contemporary Japanese prints. The exhibit explores contemporary printmaking techniques — aquatint, etching, intaglio, lithography, mezzotint, silkscreen, stencils, and woodblock printing — and more. For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit <jsma.uoregon.edu>. (503) 877-5162 UPCOMING EVENTS White Lotus Japanese Club Dec 22, 4-5pm, Troutdale Library (2451 SW Cherry Park Rd, Troutdale, Ore.). Teens in grades six through 12 who are fans of anime, manga, or Japanese culture are invited to join a gathering of the White Lotus Japanese Club. The event includes watching movies, drawing, reading, socializing, and more. For info, call (503) 988-5355 or visit <events.multcolib.org>. Andaz Dec 26, 9pm-2am, Analog Café and Theater (720 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland). Join the party at Andaz and enjoy the latest electronic dance music of the South Asian diaspora. Hosts DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid provide the bhangra, Bollywood, Punjabi, and Desi beats. Andaz is for persons age 21 and older. For info, call (503) 281-3918 or visit <www.anjaliandthe kid.com>. “Counter-Couture” Jinie Park Through Jan 10 (Tue-Sun), 11am-6pm, Bellevue Arts Museum (510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, Wash.). View “Counter-Couture: Fashioning Identity in the American Counter- culture,” an exhibit that captures the energy and character of the 1960s and ’70s through the era’s handmade fashion and style. The display includes more than 100 works, including clothing, jewelry, accessories, and ephemera of American makers who crafted the very reality they craved, on the margin of society but yet at the center of epochal change. Artists featured in the show include Kaisik Wong, K. Lee Manuel, Alex & Lee, and others. For info, call (425) 519-0770 or visit <www.bellevuearts.org>. Jan 7-30 (Tue-Sat), 10:30am-5:30pm, Elizabeth Leach Gallery (417 NW Ninth Ave, Portland). View ethereal paintings on canvas by artist Jinie Park, thinly layered abstractions that investigate and engage the history of, and conventions around, painting. For info, call (503) 224-0521 or visit <www.elizabeth leach.com>. “Winter Group” Blue Tide Satellite & Internet Through Mar 13, 10am-5pm (Wed), 10am-9pm (Thu), 10am-5pm (Fri-Sun), Seattle Asian Art Museum, Tateuchi Galleries (1400 E Prospect St, in Volunteer Park, Seattle). View “Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art,” an exhibit featuring Korean contemporary art, including mixed-media installation, video art, and photography. For info, call (206) 654-3100 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>. Through Jan 30 (Tue-Sat), 11am-6pm, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art (134 NW Eighth Ave, Portland). View “Winter Group,” a group exhibit featuring paintings and photographs. The display includes works by Issei Suda, Holly Andres, Jessica Curtaz, and others. For info, call (503) 287-3886 or visit <www.hartman fineart.net>. Disgraced Jan 8-31, Bagley Wright Theatre (155 Mercer St, Seattle). Watch Disgraced, a play about American-born, Muslim-raised Amir Kapoor, a successful mergers and acquisitions attorney who is living the American Dream — an upper eastside apartment, Italian suits, and the promise of becoming partner. But when he and his wife Emily, a Caucasian artist influenced by Islamic imagery, throw a dinner party for their friends and colleagues, the conversation steers into more complicated territory and difficult truths are revealed which threaten to shatter Amir’s carefully constructed life. For info, showtimes, or to buy tickets, call (206) 443-2222 or visit <www.seattlerep.org>. Submit your Asian-related calendar listings to: The Asian Reporter, Attn: Events Calendar 922 N Killingsworth Street, Suite 2D, Portland, OR 97217 News Department e-mail: news@asianreporter.com w Fax: (503) 283-4445 Service not available in all areas. 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