Arts Culture & Entertainment
April 7, 2014
IFC’s “Portlandia” continues to
delight television audiences
The IFC satirical sketch
comedy show “Portlandia”
continues to delight tele-
vision audiences. The se-
ries, which is shot entirely
in the Rose City, is cur-
rently airing its fourth
season and has already
been renewed for a fifth.
In an upcoming episode,
which airs Thursday, April
17 at 7:00pm, Ho Pham,
Nga Luu, Luyen Luu, and
Dennis Chao were part of a
sketch featuring charac-
ters “Spyke” (played by
Fred Armisen) and “Iris”
(played by Carrie Brown-
stein).
The episode also includes
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Japanese architect
Shigeru Ban wins Pritzker Prize
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PORTLANDIA SEASON 4. “Spyke” (right, played by Fred
Armisen) and “Iris” (left, played by Carrie Brownstein) talk to a waitress
(played by Nga Luu) in a sketch airing during the April 17 episode of the
IFC show “Portlandia.” (Photo/Augusta Quirk/IFC)
Kyle MacLachlan, Dan
Savage, and Josh Homme
as guest stars.
Viewers will have to tune
q
in to find out where Spyke
and Iris go next. To learn
more, visit <www.ifc.com/
shows/portlandia>.
NWSL kicks off second season this month
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Leonessa, leading the squad to an unprece-
dented four titles and setting a record for
most trophies captured by a professional
women’s soccer team in one season.
Other Asian players returning to the
league this season include Rachel Quon of
the Chicago Red Stars and Samantha Kerr
of the Western New York Flash.
Quon, a member of the Canada Women’s
National Team, was called up for interna-
tional duty at the 2014 Cyprus Women’s
Cup. A defender, she logged 1,541 minutes
in 19 games for the Red Stars in 2013.
Thorns FC meet the Red Stars three
times in July. The lone home match takes
place on Independence Day, then the team
travels to Chicago on July 9 and 17.
Kerr, who has Indian heritage, plays for
the Western New York Flash. The 5’8”
forward is a member of the Australia
Women’s National Team and played for
Sydney FC in the Australian W-League in
2012. During the 2013 NWSL season with
the Flash, Kerr scored six goals and gave
five assists in 19 games.
Portland plays the Flash three times,
twice at home — May 21 and June 7 — and
once away, on May 3.
Providence Park, the home of the Port-
land Thorns, is located at the corner of
S.W. 18th Avenue and Morrison Street. To
learn more, to obtain a full season sched-
ule, or to buy tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or
visit <www.portlandthornsfc.com>.
Ban grew up in Japan
and travelled to the United
States at age 17, hoping to
study
architecture
at
Cooper Union in New York.
But he learned upon arri-
val that the school didn’t
take foreign students, ex-
cept as transfers. He dis-
covered the Southern Cali-
fornia Institute of Architec-
ture, where he studied for
several years, and eventu-
ally transferred to Cooper
Union.
In 1985, he started his
own practice in Tokyo. One
of his earliest projects was
a boutique for his mother, a
fashion designer.
Now based in three cit-
ies, Ban said he felt none-
theless a little under-
qualified for the Pritzker
award.
“It’s too early,” he said. “I
haven’t achieved enough,
so I am taking this as en-
couragement for my future
work,” he said. He also said
he wanted to be careful not
to let the prize cause him to
expand his offices and
overstretch himself.
Ban mused that he gets
PAPER HOUSES. This 2001 image released by the Pritzker Prize
shows a row of paper log houses in Bhuj, India designed by Tokyo-born
architect Shigeru Ban, 56, the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture
Prize. (Photo/Kartikeya Shodhan, courtesy of the Pritzker Prize)
similar satisfaction seeing
people enjoy his most
expensive designs or his
simplest structures of
paper.
“Sometimes people are so
happy in my temporary
shelters that they don’t
want to move out,” he said.
“And the same with my
work for private clients.
The satisfaction is the
same — I just love to make
nice spaces for people to
enjoy.”
Sponsored by the Hyatt
Foundation, the annual
Pritzker Architecture Prize
was established in 1979 by
the late entrepreneur Jay
A. Pritzker and his wife,
Cindy, to honor “a living
architect whose built work
demonstrates a combina-
tion of those qualities of
talent, vision, and commit-
ment, which has produced
consistent and significant
contributions to humanity
and the built environment
through the art of archi-
tecture.”
Wondering what’s going on this week?
Check out The AR’s Community and A.C.E. Calendar sections, on pages 10 and 12.
Stop Greed—Return Compassion
We believe that the large, steadily increasing income gap between TriMet’s top-level managers and TriMet’s front line
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In May 2013, KOIN News reported that more than
70 managers at TriMet were receiving over $100,000
each in annual wages for a 40-hour work week.
The number of such managers has grown.
The General Manager
receives $222,309 in
annual wages for a
40-hour work week.
Over 70 Managers
$100,000+
The average TriMet
front line worker retiree
receives $1550/month
in pension after years of
$222,309
The lowest paid worker at TriMet
receives $28,063 in annual wages
for a 40-hour work week.
$28,063
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1195%
more than
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