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DYNAMITE PDX IMPROV: A rotating cast of Portland’s top improv
talents takes the stage for what Curious Comedy promises to be
an explosive night of entertainment. Tickets $10-$12, show at
9:30 p.m. Curious Comedy Theater, 5225 NE MLK
SATURDAY – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 – 3
ART IN THE PEARL: This fine arts and crafts festival fills the
North Portland Park Blocks with art, theater, music, and hands-
on activities for people of all ages. Labor Day weekend, 10 a.m.
– 6 p.m., North Park Blocks, between NW Davis and NW Flanders
at NW 8th Ave.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
SCI-PUB, ‘THE FIGHT TO SAVE AFRICAN APES’: Science Pub is a
monthly event open to anyone and everyone – no scientific
background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor,
and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge. Doors at 5 p.m.,
presentation at 7 p.m., $5 suggested donation. McMenamins
Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
13TH ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN DAY AT PIONEER COURTHOUSE:
The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board presents the
2018 American Indian Day Celebration. The event features ven-
dors, educational booths, food, entertainment and more. 12 p.m.
– 7 p.m., Pioneer Courthouse Square, 700 SW 6th Ave.
SUPADUPA MARIMBA BROS: Portland Parks closes out 2018’s
Concerts in the Park series on a funky note, with high-ener-
gy drums and dancing courtesy of the Supadupa Marimba
Bros. Free, 6:30 p.m., Jackson Middle School, 10625 SW 35th Ave.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
LESSONS FROM GERMAN ANTIFASCIST MOVEMENTS: Speakers
will present the major strategies, struggles, and theories of the
Antifaschistische Aktion from 1932 to the present. There will be
a discussion afterwards to share experiences as activists. From
7 – 9 p.m. at Cider Riot, 907 NE Couch St.
ESPACIO FLAMENCO AT LAKE OSWEGO FARMER’S MARKET: Stop
by for some farm fresh produce and stay for the flamenco! New
choreographies will be debuted from emerging artists. Free,
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Lake Oswego Farmers’ Market, 200
First Street, Lake Oswego.
See Community Calendar on page 5
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31
Hood To Coast Relay
More than 12,000 runners and walkers participated in the Hood To Coast (HTC) relay race Aug. 24-25, 2018. The 199-mile race started at
Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood (65 miles east of downtown Portland) and finished at Seaside, Ore. Toyo University Ekiden Team in the
Men’s division took first place, completing the race in 16 hours and 52 minutes. Portland team Goats N Roses finished 12th overall and
first in the women’s division with a time of 21 hours and 3 minutes. Proceeds from the event help fund cancer research at Providence
Cancer Institute. HTC began in 1982 with eight teams of 10 runners.
Portland News Briefs
Children First for Oregon, Media
Partners to Present Governor’s
Debate Where Kids Ask All the
Questions
The first debate for Oregon governor this year will
be the first where Oregon’s children and youth will be
asking all the questions. The Debate for Oregon’s Fu-
ture, presented by Children First for Oregon, KOIN 6
and Pamplin Media Group, is an unprecedented for-
mat that allows children and youth to hold the candi-
dates accountable for the issues that matter to them
the most.
Joining the young people will be veteran KOIN 6
anchor Jeff Gianola and Portland Tribune education
reporter Shasta Kearns Moore. While the journalists
will help facilitate the event, 100 percent of the ques-
tions will come directly from Oregon youth. Children
First for Oregon, the founding sponsor of the debate,
is soliciting applications from children and youth
throughout the state who want to participate. Young
people in Oregon who want to get involved should
go to www.cffo.org/debate. There, young people can
submit a question for the candidates and learn how to
submit a video of them-
selves asking the ques-
tions.
The Debate for Ore-
gon’s Future will include
the three major party
candidates for governor
in this year’s Novem-
ber election: Gov. Kate
Brown (D) and challeng-
ers Rep. Knute Buehler
(R) and Patrick Starnes
(I).
The debate will take
place at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 and
will be broadcast on
KOIN 6 Oct. 2.
Finalists Selected
for 40th Annual
Betty Bowen
Award
Five Northwest art-
ists being considered
for award administered
by SAM that includes
$15,000 and a solo exhi-
bition
The Seattle Art Muse-
um (SAM) and the Bet-
ty Bowen Committee,
chaired by Gary Glant, announced today the five art-
ists selected as finalists for this year’s Betty Bowen
Award: Natalie Ball, Amy Bernstein, Bruce Burris,
Deborah Lawrence, and George Rodriguez. The jur-
ied award honors a Northwest artist for their origi-
nal, exceptional, and compelling work. The award
was founded in 1977 to honor the legacy of Betty Bow-
en (1918–1977), who was an avid champion of artists
in the Pacific Northwest. Founded by Bowen’s friends,
the award is administered by SAM.
The Betty Bowen Committee—comprising North-
west curators, collectors, and artists—reviewed 461
applications from visual artists residing in Washing-
ton, Oregon, and Idaho. One of this year’s finalists will
receive an unrestricted cash award in the amount of
$15,000 and will have their work displayed at the Se-
attle Art Museum. At the discretion of the committee,
up to two Special Recognition Awards of $2,500 may
be granted.
Last year’s winner was Jono Vaughan, whose work
memorializes transgender individuals whose lives
were cut short by violence. Her solo exhibition (April
21–August 5, 2018) featured her ongoing series Proj-
ect 42, in which she creates handmade garments that
are then worn in collaborative public performances.
The winner of the 40th Annual Betty Bowen Award
will be announced in September 2018. The award will
be formally presented in a free and open to the public
celebration at the Seattle Art Museum on November
8, 2018. The winner’s solo exhibition will be on view
at SAM in spring 2019.
Natalie Ball – Chiloquin, OR
Natalie Ball was born and raised in Portland, Ore-
gon, but has since relocated to her ancestral home-
lands of Chiloquin. As a multidisciplinary artist, Ball
positions her work as a reorientation of conversa-
tions that shape Native American identities. Through
figurative sculpture and assemblage, Ball makes
installations that deconstruct dominant narratives
to create new texts, new histories, and new manifes-
tations that add to the discussion of a complex racial
narrative.
Amy Bernstein – Portland, OR
Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Amy Bernstein is
an artist and writer living and working in Portland,
Oregon. Bernstein’s abstract paintings encourage the
viewer to reposition themselves in relation to who
they are, what they see, and where the body exists in
time and space. The works vacillate between the his-
tories of philosophies, art, and design, searching for
the space in which we will discover new vision and
thus new thinking.
Bruce Burris – Corvallis, OR
Bruce Burris has worked at the intersection of art
and cultural equity for marginalized groups for over
35 years. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Burris has
served as founder, director, or owner of a number of
agencies and programs in Kentucky and Oregon not-
See Briefs on page 5