Arts Culture & Entertainment
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September 7, 2015
The event features Hawaiian food, live music
and hula, a marketplace, workshops, Hawaiian
crafts, keiki (kids’) activities, exhibits, and
more. For info, call (206) 684-7200 or visit
<www.seattlecenter.com>.
“The Harp Can Be Hip”
Two Years Eight Months
and Twenty-Eight Nights
Sep 13, 2pm, Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills
Crossing (3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd,
Beaverton, Ore.). Join acclaimed author
Salman Rushdie as he presents Two Years
Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, a
modern fairytale about the monsters that are
unleashed when reason recedes and religion
reigns. For info, call (503) 643-3131 or visit
<www.powells.com>.
ONGOING EVENTS
Yo-Yo Ma
Tickets now available for purchase. Enjoy a
solo performance by world-renowned cellist
Yo-Yo Ma at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
(SW Broadway & SW Main St, Portland) on
Wednesday, December 9. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit <www.
orsymphony.org>.
NWSL playoffs
Sep 13, 6:30pm, Moda Pitch at Memorial
Stadium (401 Fifth Ave N, Seattle). Watch
Seattle Reign FC take on the Washington Spirit
in a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
semifinal playoff match. In the other semifinal
match, played the same day at 10:30am in
Illinois, the Chicago Red Stars take on FC
Kansas City. The winner of each match ad-
vances to the NWSL championship game on
Thursday, October 1 at Providence Park in
Portland. All playoff matches are also televised
live on FOX Sports 1. To buy tickets for the
match in Seattle, call (855) REIGN-FC (734-
4632), e-mail <tickets@reignfc.com>, or visit
<www.reignfc.com>. To buy tickets to the
championship match, call (503) 553-5555 or
visit <www.portlandthorns.com>. To learn
more, visit <www.nwslsoccer.com>.
Mr. Holmes
Now showing, Living Room Theaters (SW
10th Ave & SW Stark St, Portland). Watch Mr.
Holmes, a new twist on the world’s most famous
detective. The film stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Ian
McKellen, Laura Linney, and Milo Parker.
(USA/U.K., 2015, Bill Condon, 105 mins.) For
info, or to obtain showtimes, call (971) 222-2010
or visit <www.livingroomtheaters.com>.
“Circle of Animals/
Zodiac Heads: Gold (2010)”
Through Sep 13, 10am-5pm (Tue-Wed &
Sat-Sun), 10am-8pm (Thu-Fri), Portland Art
Museum, Arlene and Harold Schnitzer
Sculpture Court (1219 SW Park Ave, Portland).
View “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold
(2010),” an exhibit of a dozen gold-gilt bronze
sculptures by Ai Weiwei representing the
animal symbols from the traditional Chinese
zodiac. The artist drew inspiration for the 12
heads from those originally located at
Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace). See story
by Kate Hubbard, “Ai Weiwei: In the spotlight”
(AR, July 6, 2015) at <www.asianreporter.
com>. For info, call (503) 226-2811 or visit
<www.portlandartmuseum.org>.
Roya Motamedi
Through Sep 26 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5pm,
Blackfish Gallery (420 NW Ninth Ave,
Portland). View “Impromptu in Grey,” a display
of oil paintings by Roya Motamedi. For info,
call (503) 224-2634 or visit <www.blackfish.
com>.
“Impressions of China Art”
Through Sep 28, noon-5pm (Tue, Wed & Fri),
9:30am-5pm (Sat), Seattle Chinese Garden,
South Seattle Community College, near the
North Parking Lot (6000 16th Ave SW, Seattle).
View “Impressions of China Art,” an exhibit of
images from China captured last September by
a 15-member cultural-exchange delegation led
by photographer Ray Pfortner and photo stylist
Nancy Wing. For info, call (206) 934-5219 or
visit <www.seattlechinesegarden.org>.
“Counter-Couture”
Through Jan 10 (Tue-Sun), 11am-6pm,
Bellevue Arts Museum (510 Bellevue Way NE,
Bellevue, Wash.). View “Counter-Couture:
Fashioning Identity in the American
Counterculture,” an exhibit that captures the
energy and character of the 1960s and ’70s
through the era’s handmade fashion and style.
The display includes more than 100 works,
including clothing, jewelry, accessories, and
ephemera of American makers who crafted the
very reality they craved, on the margin of
society but yet at the center of epochal change.
Artists featured in the show include Kaisik
Wong, K. Lee Manuel, Alex & Lee, and others.
For info, call (425) 519-0770 or visit <www.
bellevuearts.org>.
September 12, 2:00pm
Beaverton City Library, Auditorium
12375 S.W. Fifth Street, Beaverton, Oregon
Attend “The Harp Can Be Hip,” a Music in Small Spaces presentation featuring
Denise Fujikawa, who plays with the Portland Opera and teaches harp at Portland
State University. Fujikawa presents a variety of music to demonstrate the versa-
tility of her instrument: a six-foot concert harp. For more information, or to buy
tickets to the concert, call (503) 644-0712 or visit <www.musicinsmallspaces.org>.
(Photo courtesy of Denise Fujikawa)
Time-Based Art Festival
Sep 10-20, various locations in Portland.
Attend performances, workshops, installations,
lectures, outdoor activities, and late-night
happenings held as part of the Time-Based Art
Festival. A few of the many 2015 performances
include Lucy Yim (September 12-14), Aki Onda
(September 14), and Disoriented Comedy
(September 15). Also highlighted are works by
visual artists Akio Suzuki, Tannaz Farsi, and
others. For info, or to obtain a complete schedule
of events, call (503) 224-PICA (7422) or visit
<www.pica.org>.
Big Hero 6
Sep 11, 6:30pm (entertainment), dusk (film).
Multnomah Arts Center (7688 SW Capitol Hwy,
Portland). Watch Big Hero 6, an action-packed
comedy-adventure film about the special bond
that develops between plus-sized inflatable
robot Baymax and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who
team up with a group of friends — adrenaline
junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi,
chemistry whiz Honey Lemon, and fanboy Fred
— to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Entertainment before the movie begins at
6:30pm and the film starts at dusk. (USA, 2014,
Don Hall & Chris Williams, 108 mins.) For info,
call (503) 823-PLAY (7529) or visit <www.
portlandparks.org>.
Russell Peters
Sep 11, 8pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
(1111 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend Almost
Famous, an event featuring funnyman Russell
Peters. In his latest tour, Peters takes on his
favorite communities, cellphones, dating, his
uncle, and more. For info, or to buy tickets, call
(503) 248-4335 or visit <www.portland5.com>.
To learn more, visit <www.russellpeters.com>.
Sound
UPCOMING EVENTS
Peking Dreams
Sep 9, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall (SW Broadway & SW Main St, Portland).
Watch Peking Dreams, a performance by the
National Circus and Acrobats of the People’s
Republic of China that features acrobatics,
Chinese circus acts, martial arts, aerial silks,
Peking Opera, and the historical palace game,
diabolo. The troupe specializes in unique acts
such as the Great Teeterboard, Grand Flying
Trapeze, Group Contortion, Straw Hats
Juggling, and Girls’ Balance with Bowls. For
info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit
<www.orsymphony.org>.
Timbers vs. Sporting KC
Sep 9, 7:30pm, Providence Park (SW 18th
Ave & SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch the
Portland Timbers take on Sporting Kansas
City. Portland’s squad features Jack Jewsbury,
Darlington Nagbe, Liam Ridgewell, and others.
Sporting KC includes Paulo Nagamura,
Graham Zusi, and others. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit <www.
portlandtimbers.com>.
Sep 11-Oct 4, ACT Theatre (700 Union St,
Seattle). Watch Don Nguyen’s Sound, an
experimental new play that explores the
intersections between the deaf and hearing
communities. For info, to obtain performance
times, or to buy tickets, call (206) 292-7676 or
visit <www.acttheatre.org>.
Beaverton Night Market
Sep 12, 5-10pm, The Round, South Plaza
(12600 SW Crescent St, Beaverton, Ore.).
Attend the Beaverton Night Market, an
intercultural, family-friendly space reminiscent
of night markets internationally. The event
features ethnic food, crafts, and more. For info,
call (503) 526-2222 or visit <www.beaverton
oregon.gov/NightMarket>.
Summer Night
Market in Seattle
Sep 12, 6pm-midnight, Chinatown-Inter-
national District (Seattle). Attend the Summer
Night Market in Seattle’s historic Chinatown-
International District. The evening festival
features more than 30 food trucks serving up the
area’s popular staples, local DJs, breakdance
performances, and an outdoor international
“Pokémon:
Symphonic Evolutions”
market with handmade local goods, fresh-cut
flowers, and Asian-inspired items. For info, call
(206) 382-1197 or visit <www.cidbia.org>.
Aki Matsuri
Sep 12-13, 10am-6pm (Sat), 10am-4:30pm
(Sun), Bellevue Community College (3000
Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue, Wash.).
Attend the annual Aki Matsuri, the traditional
Japanese fall festival. The event features
performing arts, Japanese puppet shows, work-
shops, and art, craft, food, and Japan-related
exhibits. Other highlights include Nomi-no-ichi
(a Japanese-style flea market), a Shinto
ceremony and Omikoshi (portable shrine)
procession by the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of
America (Sat, noon), and more. The event is free
and open to the public. For info, call (425)
861-7865, e-mail <info2015@enma.org>, or visit
<www.enma.org>.
Our Town
Sep 12-Oct 11, Gerding Theater at the
Armory, Main Stage (128 NW 11th Ave,
Portland). Enjoy a performance of Our Town, a
play that takes attendees to a small New
England town at the turn of the 20th century
where secret desire, family conflict, love, and
loss are resoundingly familiar to people in the
present. The beloved drama, which has received
a fresh interpretation by Portland Center Stage,
invites theater-goers to ponder what “our town”
is today. Our Town features returning artists
Tina Chilip, Lauren Modica, Vin Shambry, and
others. Opening night is September 18; preview
shows take place September 12 through 17. For
info, showtimes, or to buy tickets, call (503)
445-3700 or visit <www.pcs.org>.
“Chomp!”
Sep 13, 10am-6pm, Marymoor Park (6046 W
Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, Redmond, Wash.).
Celebrate local food, sustainable living,
activities, and multicultural performances at
“Chomp!” The Urvasi Dance Ensemble (12:45-
1:30pm) and Seattle Kokon Taiko (3:45-4:30pm)
are among the scheduled entertainers. For info,
call (206) 684-7300, or visit <www.nwfolklife.
org> or <www.chomplocal.org>.
“Live Aloha Hawaiian
Cultural Festival”
Sep 13, 11am-7pm, Seattle Center (305
Harrison St, Seattle). Enjoy a day of Polynesian
delights at the “Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural
Festival” presented by Seattle Center Festál.
Sep 17, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall (SW Broadway & SW Main St, Portland).
Attend “Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions,” a
concert for all ages that takes the audience on a
musical retrospective of some of the most
memorable melodies created through the
popular video game. The performance features
the Oregon Symphony led by guest conductor
Susie Benchasil Seiter. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit <www.
orsymphony.org>.
“Women in Cinema”
Sep 17-24, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown (511
Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle). Attend “Women in
Cinema,” a showcase of 14 features and
documentaries created by extraordinary women
filmmakers and presented by the Seattle
International Film Festival. The featured film
on opening night is It’s Already Tomorrow in
Hong Kong, starring Seattle favorite Jamie
Chung; director Emily Ting is also in
attendance. Other films in the showcase include
The Decline of Western Civilization, Part 1, The
Babushkas of Chernobyl, Finding Gastón, and
others. For info, or to obtain a full schedule, call
(206) 324-9996 or visit <www.siff.net>.
Banyan Tree
Sep 19, 7:30pm, Portland Community
College, Sylvania Campus, Performing Arts
Center (12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland). Watch
Banyan Tree, a Bharatanatyam dance ballet
featuring Shijith Nambiar, Parvathy Menon,
and a troupe from Chennai, India. The perfor-
mance is presented by Kalakendra. For info, or
to buy tickets, call (503) 308-1050 or visit
<www.kalakendra.org>.
Timbers vs. Red Bulls
Sep 20, 2pm, Providence Park (SW 18th Ave
& SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch the
Portland Timbers take on the New York Red
Bulls. Portland’s squad features Jack Jewsbury,
Darlington Nagbe, Liam Ridgewell, and others.
The Red Bulls include Luis Robles, Bradley
Wright-Phillips, and others. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit <www.
portlandtimbers.com>.
Teri Untalan
Sep 24, 8pm, White Eagle Saloon (836 N
Russell St, Portland). Attend a concert by
singer, songwriter, and violinist Teri Untalan —
who brings soul, jazz, and rock influences to her
acoustic music. The event, which also features
Virginia Cohen and The Jackalope Saints, is for
persons age 21 and older. For info, call (503)
282-6810 or visit <www.mcmenamins.com/
whiteeagle>. To learn more, visit <www.
teriuntalan.com>.
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