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Arts Culture & Entertainment
March 6, 2017
Mary at <mwise@beavertonoregon.gov>, or
visit <www.beavertonoregon.gov>.
FRANCESCO LECCE-CHONG
Chinese tai chi fan
dance workshop
Mar 15, 22 & 29; 1:30-3pm, Woodstock
Library (6008 SE 49th Ave, Portland). Enjoy a
Chinese tai chi fan dance workshop conducted
in Mandarin. Tai chi fan dance is an elegant
style of martial-arts fitness, combining tai chi
and other martial arts with dance movements.
For info, or to register (required), call (503)
988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
ONGOING EVENTS
“Progression: 25 Years
of Functional Form”
Oregon Symphony
Through Mar 25 (Wed-Sat), 11am-5pm; Mar
23, 5-7pm (reception); Butters Gallery (157 NE
Grand Ave, Portland). View “Progression: 25
Years of Functional Form,” an exhibit of
functional ceramic works by 23 potters from
Ohio University, including Hiroe Hanazono,
Kyla Strid, and others. The exhibit is held in
conjunction with “Future Flux,” the 51st annual
conference of the National Council on Education
for the Ceramic Arts, scheduled to take place
March 22 to 25 at the Oregon Convention
Center. For info, call (503) 248-9378 or visit
<www.buttersgallery.com>.
Mar 16, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Enjoy a
concert by the Indigo Girls accompanied by the
Oregon Symphony under the direction of Nor-
man Huynh. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503)
228-1353 or visit <www.orsymphony.org>.
Carmen
Mar 16-18, 7:30pm, Newmark Theatre (1111
SW Broadway, Portland). Watch Carmen —
opera’s most revered tale of love, seduction,
secrecy, betrayal, and murder — updated and
transformed into “story ballet” and set in a
stylized world centering around a women’s hair
salon and a men’s barber shop. Featured
dancers include Ching Ching Wong and others.
For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 421-7434 or
visit <www.nwdanceproject.org>.
“Cranes, Dragons,
and Teddy Bears”
Through Mar 26, 10am-5pm (Tue-Wed &
Sat-Sun), 10am-8pm (Thu-Fri), Portland Art
Museum (1219 SW Park Ave, Portland). View
“Cranes, Dragons, and Teddy Bears,” an exhibit
featuring 20 Japanese children’s kimono. The
garments, which span from the mid-19th to the
mid-20th century, include kasuri, in which
the threads are tie-dyed before being strung on
the loom; tsutsugaki, a resist technique where
designs are drawn on the cloth with rice paste;
miyamairi, which have hand-painted designs
made for a toddler’s first visit to a Shinto shrine;
and omoshirogara, “novelty designs” that were
popular between 1910 and 1930. For info, call
(503) 226-2811 or visit <www.portlandart
museum.org>.
Una Kim
Through Mar 27, 9am-9pm (Mon-Thu),
9am-5pm (Fri), Walters Cultural Arts Center,
Upstairs Gallery (527 E Main St, Hillsboro,
Ore.). View “Not Spoken,” a solo exhibit by
Korean-American artist Una Kim featuring
intimate and impressionistic portraits of faces
whose eyes and mouths are occluded or shut,
looking inward or suppressed, in a quiet dance
of interiority and silence. For info, call (503)
615-3485 or visit <www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/
walters>.
Sumi-e
Through Mar 31, 11am-5pm, Lawrence
Gallery Sheridan (19700 SW Highway 18,
McMinnville, Ore.). View a display of sumi-e
paintings by Janine Bainter, who has practiced
the art for nearly 40 years. For info, call (503)
843-3633 or visit <www.lawrencegallery.net>.
March 16, 8:00pm
Hult Center for the Performing Arts
One Eugene Center at Seventh Avenue & Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon
Bollywood family dance party
of his electrifying originals for ukulele and
orchestra. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503)
228-1353 or visit <www.orsymphony.org>. To
learn more, visit <www.jakeshimabukuro.
com>.
“Identities & Futures”
Mar 7, 7pm (doors open), 7:30pm-1am
(show), Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St,
Portland). Attend “Identities & Futures:
Women and Non-Binary Folks Speak Out,” an
event featuring performances by DJ KM Fizzy,
Melika Belhaj, Lillie Craw, Jene Ethridge, and
others, as well as animation by artists A’misa
Chiu, Daria Tessler, and Tara Booth. Part of the
event proceeds benefits the Sankofa Collective
Northwest. For info, call (503) 239-7639, e-mail
<info@portlandzinesymposium.org>, or visit
<www.portlandzinesymposium.org>.
“Multicultural Night” at PCC
Through Apr 29 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5:30pm,
ArtXchange (512 First Ave S, Seattle). View
“How to Trap a Memory,” a solo exhibit by
Lauren Iida featuring intricate paper cutaway
works. The pieces create an intimate portrait of
the artist utilizing a visual language of
metaphorical objects traversing a decade of
living between the United States and
Cambodia. For info, call (206) 839-0377 or visit
<www.artxchange.org>.
“Kitsuke: The Art of
Wearing Kimono”
“Music That Blends
East and West”
Through May 17 (Mon-Fri), 10am-3pm; Apr
8, 2pm (demonstration); World Beat Gallery,
Reed Opera House (189 Liberty St SE, Second
Floor, Salem, Ore.). View “Kitsuke: The Art of
Wearing Kimono,” a display that explores the
art and craftsmanship of the iconic Japanese
garment and teaches the secrets of kitsuke. A
demonstration overviewing the customs and
process of dressing in two different styles of
kimono, furisode and houmongi, takes place
April 8 at 2:00pm. For info, call (503) 581-2004
or visit <www.salemmulticultural.org>.
Mar 8, 7:30pm, Portland Community
College (PCC), Rock Creek Campus, Building 3,
Room 114 (17705 NW Springville Rd, Portland).
Attend “Music That Blends East and West,” a
free concert by Thousand Waves, a chamber
ensemble that performs Japanese and western
music on koto, flute, and guitar. The event,
which is presented by PCC Rock Creek’s
Department of Music, includes free parking
behind building 9. For info, call (971) 722-7869
or visit <www.pcc.edu/rockcreekmusic>.
Through Apr 1, 11am-5:30pm (Tue-Fri),
11am-5pm (Sat), Russo Lee Gallery (805 NW
21st Ave, Portland). View “Northwest Per-
spectives in Clay,” an exhibit featuring ceramics
by artists Patti Warashina, Connie Kiener, Tip
Toland, and others. For info, call (503) 226-2754
or visit <www.russoleegallery.com>.
“How to Trap a Memory”
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jake Shimabukuro
Mar 6 (tickets available for purchase).
Tickets for the Oregon Symphony concert
featuring Jake Shimabukuro, the modern
virtuoso of the ukulele, go on sale to the public
on Monday, March 6. The May 23 concert, which
is under the direction of Norman Huynh,
features Shimabukuro fan favorites plus some
Mar 18, 10am-2pm, Oregon State Capitol
(900 Court St NE, Salem, Ore.). Attend “Cherry
Blossom Day” at the Oregon State Capitol, a
free event presented by the Japanese Cultural
Society featuring performances, displays, food,
tours, kite flying, activities for children, a tea
ceremony, and more. For info, call (503)
552-8811, e-mail <oregon.jcs@gmail.com>, or
visit <www.oregoncapitol.com>.
Attend the “Bartók Piano Concerto” and watch conductor finalist Francesco
Lecce-Chong lead the Eugene Symphony. Lecce-Chong is one of three candidates
vying for the position of music director and conductor of the organization. The
performance, which includes pieces by Liszt, Bartók, Mozart, and R. Strauss, also
includes Kuok-Wai Lio on piano. For more information, or to buy tickets, call (541)
682-5000 or visit <www.eugenesymphony.org>.
(Photo courtesy of the Eugene Symphony)
Mar 8, 3:30-8:30pm, Portland Community
College (PCC), Southeast Campus, Mt. Tabor
Hall (2305 SE 82nd Ave, Portland). Attend
“Multicultural Night,” a free educational event
highlighting 20 different cultures represented
in the PCC community — Japanese, Korean,
Vietnamese, Indian, Thai, Hmong, Nepali,
Russian, and others — through storytelling,
food, dance, songs, and other cultural activities.
The performance stage features a lion dance
(4:00pm), the Madison Viet Group (4:25pm),
“The Story of Simon Tam and The Slants”
(4:30pm), Oregon Korean Performing Arts
(6:10pm), a dance by the SE Vietnamese Club
(7:05pm), a Hmong dance (7:15pm), a Japanese
street dance by Dance Leo (7:25pm), an inter-
national fashion show (7:45pm), and more. The
event also includes a children’s area and photo
booth (3:30-8:00pm) as well as tea ceremonies
(3:30-6:30pm). For info, call Kien at (971)
777-5384 or e-mail <caspian.truong@pcc.edu>.
Ceramics exhibit
“Cherry Blossom Day”
“Hawaiian Slack Key
Guitar Festival”
Mar 10, 7:30pm, Hult Center for the
Performing Arts, Soreng Theater (One Eugene
Center at Seventh Ave & Willamette St,
Eugene, Ore.). Attend the annual “Hawaiian
Slack Key Guitar Festival — Eugene Style.” The
evening features artists Bill Keale, LT Smooth,
Stephen Inglis, and Bobby Moderow, Jr. For
info, call (541) 682-5746 or visit <www.
hultcenter.org>. To buy tickets, call (541)
682-5000.
Oregon Symphony
Mar 11-13, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland).
Attend a performance by the Oregon Symphony
featuring the world premiere of “Aspects of an
Elephant,” a composition created by Portland
native Kenji Bunch and inspired by the fable of
the blind man and the elephant, as well as
selections by Barber and Dvorak. For info, or to
buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit
<www.orsymphony.org>.
Concert of Remembrance
Mar 12, 2-3:30pm, Oregon Historical Society
Museum (1200 SW Park Ave, Portland). Attend
the Concert of Remembrance, a free
performance
commemorating
the
75th
anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which
uprooted American citizens of Japanese descent
all over the western United States and
incarcerated them in internment camps during
World War II. The event features new musical
compositions, photographs by New Mexico
photographer and camp documenter Joan
Myers, a poetry reading by former Oregon poet
laureate Lawson Fusao Inada, and a video
created by the Oregon Nikkei Endowment. For
info, call (503) 222-1741 or visit <www.ohs.org>.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Mar 13-14, 7:30pm, Portland State Univer-
sity, Lincoln Performance Hall (1620 SW Park
Ave, Portland). Enjoy a performance of chamber
music by the renowned Trio con Brio Copen-
hagen — Korean sisters Soo-Jin and Soo-Kyung
Hong and Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer. Mon-
day’s concert features works by Shostakovich,
Beethoven, and Schubert; Tuesday’s program
includes pieces by Schumann, Sandström, and
Dvorak. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503)
224-9842 or visit <www.focm.org>. To learn
more, visit <www.trioconbrio.dk>.
Mar 18, 3-4pm, Northwest Library (2300
NW Thurman St, Portland). Dancers of all skill
levels are invited to learn Bollywood dance
moves, including the authentic Indian Head
Shake, at a Bollywood family dance party. For
info, call (503) 988-5123 or visit <events.
multcolib.org>.
Duality: Dance Ballet of India
Mar 19, 4pm, Newmark Theatre (1111 SW
Broadway, Portland). Watch Jayanthi Raman’s
Duality: Dance Ballet of India, a performance
featuring an international cast of professional
dancers from Delhi, Chennai, and the U.S.
performing modern dance, Bharatha Natyam,
and Chhau, a martial arts-based dance form.
The original music was composed by young
mandolin maestro U. Rajesh and the
performance features the voice of Bollywood
melody king Hariharan and percussionists
Selvaganesh and S.V. Ramani. For info, or to
buy tickets, call (503) 531-7266 or visit
<www.rasika.org>.
Smallpressapalooza 2017
Mar 20, 6-10pm, Powell’s City of Books (1005
W Burnside St, Portland). Celebrate Small
Press Month with marathon readings by local
and national small press stars. The event
includes Christine Shan Shan Hou, Constance
Ann Fitzgerald, Amy Temple Harper, and
others. For info, call (503) 228-4651 or visit
<www.powells.com>.
Allied Arts show
Mar 25, 7-10pm, Lagunitas, Community
Room (237 NE Broadway St, Suite 300,
Portland). Attend the Allied Arts show, an event
bringing visual and performing artists together
who are donating their talents to raise money
and spread awareness for nonprofit organiza-
tions that support social justice in the Pacific
Northwest. For info, call (503) 358-6761 or visit
<www.socialjusticefund.org>.
“Northwest Local”
Ali Wong
Mar 15 (application deadline). Writers in
Washington, Multnomah, and Clackamas
counties are invited to apply to be a featured
artist at “Northwest Local,” a free author fair.
“Northwest Local” takes place May 20 from
11:00am to 2:00pm at the Beaverton City
Library (12375 SW Fifth St, Beaverton, Ore.).
Authors in all genres — adult, young adult, and
children’s literature — are encouraged to apply.
For info, or to apply, call (503) 526-2222, e-mail
Mar 30-31, 7pm & 9:30pm, Newmark
Theatre (1111 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend
a performance of stand-up comedy by
Asian-American comedian, writer, and actress
Ali Wong. When Wong released her Netflix
special, “Ali Wong: Baby Cobra,” she became the
first comedian to record a stand-up special while
seven months pregnant. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 248-4335 or visit <www.
portland5.com>.
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
Submission Format: List event title, date, time, location with address, 2 to 3 brief
sentences describing the event, and a contact phone number (required) that
can be published. High-resolution photos, if available, may also be included.
Submission Deadline: Monday prior to the next issue date.
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