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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 2005)
30 just out • august 5.2005 Gay owned Paolo in the Pearl exhibits the inspired paintings of Selene Robinowitz in Tortilla Delights through Oct 31 at 1031 NW 11th Ave. PDX Contemporary Art presents Nick Blosser's landscape paintings through Aug 13 at 604 NW 12th Ave p:ear gallery exhibits Lam Quang and Kestrel Gates' whimsical lamps and lanterns in Rock Paper Scissors through Sept 29 at 809 SW Alder St Photographic Image Gallery exhibits Betty Press’ photographs from Africa, where she worked as a free-lance journalist from 1987 to 1995. through Aug 27 at 79 SW Oak St Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave , presents Vanished Kingdoms The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet. China and Mongolia 1921- 1925 through Aug 28: Great Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children through Sept 11; The Mauritshuis Protect: An Introduction to Dutch 17th Century Painting and Eleven Decades of Modem Silver: A Taste for Coffee and Tea through Jan 29. 2006: and Mysterious Spints, Strange Beasts. Earthly Delights: Early Chinese Art from the Arlene and Harold Schmtzer Collection through Jan 1.2007 Portland Community College s Sylvania Campus. 12000 SW 49th Ave., presents Katherine Bovee and Philippe Blanc's legacy: boxed version. an ideal landscape fashioned out of simulated computer parts, through Sept 16 at Northview Gallery The Art Institute of Portland exhibits a collection of onginal watercolor paintings in A Life in Picture Books: Works of Allen Say through Aug 27 at 1122 NW Davis St Artreach Gallery presents Questions for the Genuine Imitation Gallery exhibits Jason Greene's paintings based on some senous scnbbling through Aug. 26 at 328 NW Broadway #116 Glenn & Viola Waters Cultural Arts Center exhibits mixed-media sculpture, installation art, ceramics and paintings through Aug 30 at 527 E Main St. in Hillsboro. Chnstian— Kenny Higdon's provocative political paintings that touch on the war, the environment, gays, abortion and how these issues relate to the teachings of Jesus—through Sept 30 at First Congregational Church. 1126 SW Park Ave Artist reception 5-8 30 pm Sept. 1. Guardino Gallery 2939 NE Alberta St., exhibits Gregg Frederickson's oil and charcoal paintings and Crystal Schenk's bronze and concrete sculptures through Aug 23. Blackfish Gallery exhibits New Members Steve Tilden. Jim Neidhardt and Tori Bryer through Aug 27 at 420 NW Ninth Ave. Tina Snow’s examination of the female form in Technicolor Fantasies: Series I —Screwed Senes through Aug. 31 at 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd Artist reception 2-5 pm Aug 13 Bonnie Kahn's Wild West Gallery exhibits art inspired by form and flight in Birds through Aug 31 at 1524 NW 23rd Ave Gay owned Brian Marki Fine Art, 2236 NE Broadway, exhibits gay collage artist Sam Paden's Et in Kmkadia Ergo and gay photographer Michael Alago's Rough Gods through Aug 31. Opening reception 6-9 pm Aug 5 Gay owned Butters Gallery presents its 17th Anniversary Exhibit of historically important vintage modem ceramic pieces through Aug. 27 at 520 NW Davis St. In Other Words Women's Books and Resources exhibits Portland bisexual visual artist Janovec Studio/Gallery exhibits printmaker Ellen Emerson's monotypes through Aug. 22 at 4504 SE Milwaukie Ave. Lawrence Gallery presents Yiqian Shu's acrylic landscapes through Aug 31 at 903 NW Davis St Mark Woolley Gallery presents a collection of sculpture, drawings and pnnts by veteran Oregon artist Tom Hardy through Aug 27 in Suite 210 at 120 NW Ninth Ave Moving Through Center exhibits new paintings Eunice Parsons and Paul Fujita in Cut and Paste through Aug. 27 at 207 SW Pine St. #102 by Ilan Laks through Aug 24 at 2857 SE Stark St Couch Gallery presents Das Gutte. famed German art collector Dietmar Eichelberger's Steve Guttenberg memorabilia, through Aug 28 at 328 NW Broadway #117. Elizabeth Leach Gallery presents Lee Kelly’s sculptures in Icarus Revisited and Richard Gruetter's paintings in Northwest Memory through Aug 27 at 417 NW Ninth Ave Froelick Gallery 817 SW Second Ave . presents Kevin Kadar's paintings on envelopes in Travels and Visitations and Sarah Horowitz's new works on paper in Poppy and Memory through Aug 24 Gallery 500 420 SW Washington St #500. Multnomah Arts Center Gallery presents Bodacious Basketry Art through Aug. 17 at 7688 SW Capitol Highway. Gay-owned Onda Arte Latina 2215 NE Alberta St.. presents its first exhibit of Haitian Art through Aug 23 Optic Nerve Arts presents Cad Annala s mixed- media paintings in Mirth. Lust & Disgust and Annette Bryan's panels in Pale Green Scent of Memory through Aug. 25 at 1829 NE Alberta St. Oregon College of Art & Craft, 8245 SW Barnes Road, presents Craft Biennial A Review of Northwest Art & Craft through Aug 28 Pacific Northwest College of Art exhibits work from the 1930s government programs of the Roosevelt era in Art from the WPA through Aug 13 at 1241 NW Johnson St presents Dan Gilsdorf's Interstate, a compelling exhibition of kinetic sculpture and installation, through Aug 27 503 777-5879 or scott@brooklynbay org.) Lakewood Theatre Company presents Bye Bye Birdie, the Tony-winning musical about a rock n' roll icon who visits a small town to kiss one adonng fan goodbye before entenng the Army, through Aug 21. (Call for times 368 S State St.. Lake Oswego $25-$27 from 503 635-3901 or www lakewood center org.) Look Away Productions presents Salome. Portland Opera Plaza presents Log. a group exhibition of work by students and alumni from Oregon College of Art and Craft’s wood department, through Aug 31 at 211 SE Caruthers St. Oscar Wilde's darkly beautiful story of a young princess whose romantic desires turn bloodthirsty, through Aug 7 at Milagro Theatre. (8 pm. 525 SE Stark St. $10-$15 from 503-715 0960) RC Gallery presents the group exhibit Summer The Lynx Company presents A Light in the Dark, one man's powerful, poetic search for identity, purpose and life in the moment of his death, through Aug 7 at Back Door Theatre Proceeds benefit Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. Basic Rights Oregon and P'nai Or Education Fund. (8 pm Friday and Saturday. 2 pm Sunday 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd $10-$15 from 503-287-8737 or thelynxcompany&yahoo com) Introductions through Aug 27 at 1314 NW Glisan St Reed College presents site-specific installations by three young mavenck Portland artists in Bent Aug 9-14 at 207 SW Pine St Artists reception 6-10 pm Aug 6. Savage Art Resources exhibits Zack Kircher's exploration of the cult of celebrity and the group show Vintage Vandals Reposed through Aug 13 at 1430 SE Third Ave. 3D Center of Art and Photography exhibits Lenticular Heaven. Elliott Swanson's images that allow the viewer to see depth without the customary eyewear, and Island Apart: Only in Madagascar. Marlin Peterson's travel slides, through Aug. 14 at 1928 NW Lovejoy St V-Gun, housed inside Veganopolis Cafeteria, Northwest Children's Theater and School presents Footloose, the 1980s pop musical about a hip Chicago teen who relocates to a Bible Belt farming community where rock music and dancing have been outlawed, through Aug 7 at Artists Repertory Theatre (8 pm Fnday and Saturday. 2 pm Sunday. 1516 SW Alder St. $14 $ 18 from 503-222-4480 or www nwcts.org.) Old Slocum House Theatre Company exhibits paintings by Justin -Scrappers" Mornson in The Enchanted Forest through Sept 10 at 412 SW Fourth Ave. presents Twelve Dancing Princesses, based on the Grimm fairy tale about a king with a mystery to solve, through Aug 14 (Call for times 605 Esther St.. Vancouver. Wash $8 $ 10 from 360-696 2427.) World Forestry Center exhibits Oregon Portland Actors Ensemble presents its second photographer Steve Temll's The Way We Look at Trees through Dec 31 at 4033 SW Canyon Road free summer Shakespeare in the Park production. As You Like It. through Sept. 5 at a different park each weekend Bring a lawn chair or seating pad for comfort (3 pm Saturday and Sunday, plus Sept 5. www. port landactors, com.) Milagros exhibits Katie m. Berggren's whimsical ink drawings through Sept 24 at 5429 NE 30th Ave Chambers opens its doors with collage works by Look Away Productions presents Oscar Wilde's Salomé through Aug. 7. ONSTAGE Portland Arts & Lectures presents Love's ArtAttack Theater presents its last play in Ashland before relocating to Seattle: the world premiere of Great Highway, a compelling drama that explores what happens when cultures collide, through Aug 8 (8 pm Friday. Saturday and Monday. 2 pm Sunday. 310 Oak St. $17 $19 from 541 482-6505 or www ashlandtheater com) Labors: Lost & Found, the second season of Verb: Literature in Performance, where short stories by contemporary masters of the form are adapted to the stage as full fledged dramatic works, through Aug. 7 at Theater Theatre. (8 pm Friday and Saturday. 7 pm Sunday. 3430 SE Belmont St. $12- $22 from 503-227 2583 or www literary arts.org.) Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents the heartwarming musical revue The Melody Lingers On—The Songs of Irving Beriin through Aug 21 at Tigard's Deb Fennell Auditorium (8 pm Thursday- Saturday. 2 pm Sunday 9000 SW Durham Road $15-$24 from 503-620 5262 or www broadwayrose com.) Quintessence Language and Imagination Theatre presents William Shakespeare's gender Brooklyn Bay presents Tao Soup, a savory blend of Eastern and Western influences utilizing text, movement, music, sound and an assortment of unpredictable delights and surpnses, through Aug 6 (8 pm 1825 SE Franklin St $10 $ 14 from bending comedy Much Ado About Nothing through Aug. 13 at University of Portland's Mago Hunt Center (Call for times 5000 N Willamette Blvd. $12-$15 from 503 943 7287 ) Stark Raving Theatre revisits Joseph Fisher's contemporary version of a classic dilemma in Faust Lis. (Version 2.0) through Aug 6. (8 pm Fnday and Saturday 2257 NW Raleigh St. $10 $20 from 503-232 7072) Sylvia's Class Act Dinner Theatre presents Forever Plaid, a quartet of fresh young lads killed in a 60s car crash singing the concert they never got a chance to perform, through Aug. 20. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday. 1 and 7 pm Sunday. 5115 NE Sandy Blvd. $31 $36 from 503 288 6828 or www sylvias. net.) Triangle Productions presents The Rocky Horror Show, the original gender-bending, glam-rock, B-movie, science-fiction interactive rock show starring Wade McCollum as Frank-n-Furter and Donald L. Horn as the Narrator, extended through Aug. 20 at Theater Theatre. (Call for times 3430 SE Belmont St. $35 at the door, $30 in advance from 503-239-5919 or TicketsWest) BULLETIN BOARD Call for photos: Alison Dubois is finishing up her book. She Kissed Me, chronicling the importance of kissing within the lesbian community, and would like to include photos of couples who have gotten married through civil/public ceremonies, especially those conducted at the beach For more information wnte to PO Box 928, Battle Ground. WA 98604 (8/19) The 32-voice David York Ensemble seeks experienced choral musicians with good reading skills to audition through Aug. 15 for its 20th season at Rose City Park United Methodist Church. For more information call 503-721-0262 or e-mail auditions@davidyorkensemble.org. (8/5) The Regional Arts A Culture Council invites artists, nonprofit organizations and schools in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties to apply for Project Grants for a specific art project or event taking place in 2006. For guidelines call 503-823-5111 or visit www.racc.org. The deadline for individuals is 5 pm Aug 15; the deadline for organizations is 5 pm Aug. 22. (8/5) The fourth annual Portland International Short Film Fest (PISS Fest), to be held Oct. 21 and 22 at Hollywood Theatre, has extended the deadline for entnes to Aug. 15. For details visit www zonkerfilms.com. (8/5) The Elder Resource Alliance seeks an outreach panel member to speak to professional classes of service providers, college students, nursing schools and community groups. For more information contact Grace Hague at 503-224-2640 or eracoordinator@yahoo.com. 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