Arts Culture & Entertainment Page 12 n THE ASIAN REPORTER March 2, 2015 treasures, including dolls, furniture, fans, kimono, ikebana, kokeshi, jewelry, books, dishware, and more. The event is free and open to the public. For info, call (503) 224-1458 or visit . CINDERELLA “Sakura Sakura” Mar 7-June 14, 11am-3pm (Tue-Sat), noon-3pm (Sun); June 6, 3pm (talk); Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center (121 NW Second Ave, Portland). View “Sakura Sakura: An Exhibition of Photographs by Motoya Nakamura,” a display of oversize digital prints that explores belonging, identity, and diaspora. Over the course of a year, Motoya Nakamura trained his camera lens on the sakura (cherry blossom) trees that frame the Oregon Nikkei Endow- ment’s Japanese American Historical Plaza and Bill of Rights Memorial at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The exhibit shows how these blossoming gifts from Japan bring the park alive each year. On June 6 at 3:00pm, Nakamura and visiting University of San Francisco professor Brian Komei Dempster showcase the power of poetry, writing, and visual art to express complex issues of identity and the legacy of Japanese Americans. For info, call (503) 224-1458 or visit . ONGOING EVENTS Chinese New Year celebration Through Mar 5 (daily), 10am-5pm, Lan Su Chinese Garden (NW Third Ave & NW Everett St, Portland). Ring in the Chinese Lunar New Year — the Year of the Ram — with a series of activities, demonstrations, poetry readings, talks, and more at the Lan Su Chinese Garden. For info, including a complete schedule of events, call (503) 228-8131 or visit . Takahiko Hayashi Through Mar 14 (Tue-Sat), 10:30am- 5:30pm, Froelick Gallery (714 NW Davis St, Portland). View “in a swirl of many, many small circles,” an exhibit by Takahiko Hayashi. For info, call (503) 222-1142 or visit . Brothers of the Baladi “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs” Through Mar 14 (Wed-Sat), 10:30am- 5:30pm, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art (134 NW Eighth Ave, Portland). View “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs,” a group exhibit focusing on the canine and feline. The display features works by Issei Suda, Holly Andres, Raymond Meeks, and others. For info, call (503) 287-3886 or visit . Soyoung Park Through Mar 21, 8am-4pm (Mon-Fri), 11am-4pm (Sat); Mar 4, 11am (artist talk and demonstration); Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, North View Gallery, Communications Technology Building, Room 214 (12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland). View “Walking in the Clouds,” an exhibit of works by Korean artist Soyoung Park. Pieces in the display, which are made with hand-ground inks and color pigments on absorbent Korean paper, are inspired by the artist’s meandering outdoor walks in the Pacific Northwest. For info, call (971) 722-8085 or visit . “Stoked” Through Mar 26 (Mon-Sat), 10am-6pm, Eutectic Gallery (1930 NE Oregon St, Portland). View “Stoked,” an exhibit of wood-fired pottery from Japan and the Pacific Northwest. The display features works by 50 artists from the Pacific Northwest along with three guest artists from Hyogo prefecture in Japan: Masafumi Onishi, Yuki Ogami, and Tsuyoshi Uenaka. For info, call (503) 974-6518 or visit . “Roger Shimomura: An American Knockoff” Through Mar 29, 10am-5pm (Tue-Sat), 1-5pm (Sun), Willamette University, Hallie Ford Museum of Art (700 State St, Salem, Ore.). See story by Kate Hubbard on page 11. UPCOMING EVENTS “Fresh Off the Boat” Mar 3 & 10, 8pm, American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Watch “Fresh Off the Boat,” a new television show based on Eddie Huang’s book, Fresh Off the Boat. The comedy, which is set in the ’90s, focuses on 11-year-old hip-hop youngster Eddie, who moves with his parents and siblings from D.C.’s Chinatown to suburban Orlando. Culture shock soon hits the immigrant family in its pursuit of the American Dream. The series stars Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler, and Ian Chen. To verify showtimes in the Portland metropolitan area, call (503) 231-4222 or visit . To learn more, visit . Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley Mar 3-29, noon-6pm (Tue-Sat), noon-4pm (Sun); Mar 5, 6-8pm (reception); Mar 15, 11am (talk); Waterstone Gallery (424 NW 12th Ave, Portland). View “Introductions,” an exhibit featuring works by Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley and Lisa Onstad. For info, call (503) 226-6196 or visit . HyoungTae Lim Mar 4-29 (Tue-Sun), noon-5pm; Mar 5, 6-9pm (reception); Blue Sky Gallery (122 NW Eighth Ave, Portland). View “I See,” an exhibit illustrating the significant shift of artist HyoungTae Lim’s perception of reality. When Lim first learned he had cancer, he thought his life was over. But as the years went by, he realized the diagnosis had provided him with a Mar 8, 6:30pm, Vie de Bohème (1530 SE Seventh Ave, Portland). Enjoy a performance featuring the Middle Eastern and world sounds of the Brothers of the Baladi, a Portland-based band that presents a message of hope and change juxtaposed with a fusion of ancient and contemporary grooves. The event, which celebrates the group’s 40th anniversary, also includes bellydancer Jewels. For info, call (503) 360-1233, or visit or . March 5 through 7 7:30pm (Thursday through Saturday) plus 2:00pm (Saturday) Keller Auditorium, S.W. Third Avenue & Clay Street, Portland Watch the love-at-first-sight romance between Cinderella and her Prince Charming in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s presentation of the classic tale Cinderella. The performances feature the OBT Orchestra, dancer Xuan Cheng, and many others. For more information, or to buy tickets, call (503) 2-BALLET (222-5538) or visit . Xuan Cheng dances the part of Cinderella in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s presentation of the classic tale Cinderella. (Photo/Blaine Covert, courtesy of the Oregon Ballet Theatre) rare opportunity to experience the world from a more enlightened vantage point. He soon began to see how he had not been truly living before; he also realized he had never really known his own strengths. For info, call (503) 225-0210 or visit . Within the Silence Mar 5, 7:30pm, Willamette University, Mary Stuart Rodgers Music Center, Hudson Concert Hall (900 State St, Salem, Ore.). Watch Within the Silence, a play written by Ken Mochizuki and presented by Living Voices. Within the Silence tells the story of Emiko Yamada, a young teenage girl growing up in Seattle’s Nihonmachi (Japantown) during the early 1940s. The Yamadas own a small grocery store where Emiko works and dreams of someday going to college and becoming a teacher. After U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, however, their lives changed. Emiko and her family were forced to sell their possessions and home before they were incarcerated at the Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho. For info, call (503) 370-6265 or visit . “Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival” Mar 6, 7:30pm, Hult Center for the Per- forming Arts, Soreng Theater (One Eugene Cen- ter at Seventh Ave & Willamette St, Eugene, Ore.). Attend the second annual “Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival — Eugene Style.” The evening features artists LT Smooth, Ian O’Sullivan, Danny Carvalho, Chris Lau, and Stephen Inglis & Patrick Landeza. For info, call (541) 682-5746 or visit . To buy tickets, call (541) 682-5000. “An Introduction to the Guqin, its Culture and Music” Mar 7, 9:30-11am, Portland State University (PSU), Student Rec Center, Room 001 (1800 SW Sixth Ave, Portland). Attend “An Introduction to the Guqin, its Culture and Music,” a presentation and demonstration about the cultural history and music of the guqin, a seven-stringed Chinese zither. The event is free and open to the public. For info, call (503) 725-8576, e-mail , or visit . Hung Liu Mar 7, 2pm, University of Oregon, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, Ore.). Attend a talk by contemporary artist Hung Liu, professor emerita at Mills College in California, whose paintings are steeped in contemporary and ancient Chinese culture. The event is held in conjunction with “Under Pressure: Contemporary Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation,” an exhibit on view through March 29. For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit . Kung Fu Theater Minidoka Swing Band Mar 7, 2-4:30pm, Community of Christ Church (5170 NW Five Oaks Dr, Hillsboro, Ore.). Attend the spring concert of the Minidoka Swing Band, a tribute band dedicated to playing music popular in Japanese-American intern- ment camps during World War II. For info, call (503) 640-0120 or visit . Northwest China Council New Year Gala Mar 7, 5-9pm, Wong’s King Seafood Restau- rant (8733 SE Division St, Portland). Attend the Northwest China Council’s annual Chinese New Year Gala ringing in the Year of the Sheep. The event features a dinner, live and silent auctions, a lion dance, live music, and the pre- sentation of the Flying Horse Award to Charles and Rosaline Hui. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 973-5451 or visit . API Pride Lunar New Year Banquet Mar 10, 7:30pm (Bastard Swordsman), 9:30pm (The Magic Blade), Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland). Watch Bastard Swordsman, a high-flying martial arts film about a duel between two clans that occurs only once every 10 years. As part of a Kung Fu Theater double feature, attendees are invited to stay and see what happens when chivalric rivals team up to track down the legendary Peacock Dart in The Magic Blade. For info, call (503) 281-4215 or visit . The Invisible Hand Mar 10-Apr 5, Artists Repertory Theatre, Morrison Stage (1515 SW Morrison St, Portland). Enjoy Ayad Akhtar’s political thriller The Invisible Hand, presented by Artists Repertory Theatre. The play’s metaphoric title was taken from famed economist Adam Smith’s writings, which describes the self-regulating nature of the marketplace. The “invisible hand” refers to Smith’s claim that by trying to maximize their own gains in a free market, individual ambition benefits society, even if the ambitious have no benevolent intentions. For info, to obtain a schedule, or to buy tickets, call (503) 241-1278 or visit . POWFest Mar 7, 5:30-8:30pm, Szechuan Chef (5331 SW Macadam Ave, Portland). Join members of API Pride for the organization’s annual Lunar New Year Banquet. The event includes food, games, and prizes. API Pride supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) descent in Oregon. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 877- 9379 or visit . Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Mar 7, 6:30pm, Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland). Watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, a film starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Ricardo Montalban, and Nichelle Nichols that follows the crew of the Enterprise as they attempt to stop Khan from using a life-generating device as a weapon. The screening is a tribute to actor/ director Leonard Nimoy. (USA, 1982, Nicholas Meyer, 113 mins.) For info, call (503) 281-4215 or visit . Cherry Blossom Bazaar Mar 7-8, 10am-4pm, 118 NW Third Ave (Portland). Attend the annual Cherry Blossom Bazaar, a large rummage sale of Japanese Mar 12-15, Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland). Attend the annual Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (a.k.a. POWFest), an event showcasing the work of women directors and co-directors from around the world. For info, or to obtain a complete schedule of films, call (503) 267-1126 or visit . Tropitaal Mar 14, 9pm-2am, Goodfoot Lounge (2845 SE Stark St, Portland). Attend Tropitaal, a dance party hosted by DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid. The Desi/Latino soundclash features the hottest club sounds from India and Latin America. Tropitaal is for persons age 21 and older. For info, call (503) 281-3918, e-mail , or visit . NCAA basketball playoffs Mar 19 & 21, Rose Quarter, Moda Center (One Center Court, Portland). Watch second- and third-round games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s basketball playoffs at the Moda Center. The tournament host is the University of Oregon. For info, call (503) 797-9619. To buy tickets, visit . Submit your Asian-related calendar listings to: The Asian Reporter, Attn: Events Calendar 922 N Killingsworth Street, 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. ***