Arts Culture & Entertainment
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November 16, 2015
Butterfly Lovers, a classical ballet performance
presented by the Haiyan International
Dance Academy. For into, and to buy tickets,
call (786) 897-3718 or visit <www.haiyanballet.
net>.
ROBERT R. DOZONO
Andaz
Nov 28, 9pm-2am, Analog Café and Theater
(720 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland). Join the
party at Andaz and enjoy the latest electronic
dance music of the South Asian diaspora. Hosts
DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid provide the
bhangra, Bollywood, Punjabi, and Desi beats.
Andaz is for persons age 21 and older. For info,
call (503) 281-3918 or visit <www.anjaliandthe
kid.com>.
ONGOING EVENTS
“Rebels of the
Floating World”
Through Nov 28 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5:30pm,
ArtXchange (512 First Ave S, Seattle). View
“Rebels of the Floating World,” a display that
explores the complex connection between past
and present through narratives featuring a cast
of characters from pop culture, world history,
and cultural tradition. The exhibit, which
expresses visions ranging from animism to
spirit worlds to alternate dimensions in order to
better understand our own, features pieces by
Louie Gong and Jonathan Wakuda Fischer. For
info, call (206) 839-0377 or visit <www.art
xchange.org>.
“Celebrate Public Art”
Through Dec 4 (Mon-Fri), 8am-5pm; Nov 19,
5-7pm (reception); Portland City Hall (1221 SW
Fourth Ave, Portland). View “Celebrate Public
Art,” a commemoration of art on all four floors of
city hall. Through December 4, the building
features 36 colorful banners showcasing all of
the City of Portland’s public art collections,
which are maintained by the Regional Arts &
Culture Council. Among the featured works are
Masayuke Nagase’s “Cycle of Life” (2001),
MalPina Chan’s “Long Journey” (2003), Shu-Ju
Wang’s “Cosmic Laundry” (2010) and “The
Laundry Maze” (2012), Veasna Sa’s “Visit My
Friend” (2013), Garrick Imatani’s “The Watcher
Files Project” (City Archives, 2013-2015),
Yoonhee Choi’s “STRATAscape” (2014), and
DaLeast’s “Persistent Parabola” (2014). The
November 19 reception includes live music,
refreshments, and a toast at 6:00pm. For info,
call (503) 823-5111 or visit <www.racc.org>.
Yoshi Kitai
Through Dec 26, 10am-6pm (Tue-Fri),
9am-3pm (Sat), Oranj Studio (0726 SW Gaines
St, Portland). View “Junction (Con) Junction:
Transition,” an exhibit featuring works by artist
Yoshi Kitai. For info, call (503) 719-5338 or visit
<www.oranjstudio.com>.
Postwar Japanese prints
Through Jan 3, 11am-8pm (Wed), 11am-5pm
(Thu-Sun), University of Oregon (UO), Jordan
Schnitzer Museum of Art (1430 Johnson Lane,
Eugene, Ore.). View “Expanding Frontiers: The
Jack and Susy Wadsworth Collection of Postwar
Japanese Prints,” a display of more than 110
modern and contemporary Japanese prints. The
exhibit explores contemporary printmaking
techniques — aquatint, etching, intaglio,
lithography, mezzotint, silkscreen, stencils, and
woodblock printing — and more. For info, call
(541) 346-3027 or visit <jsma.uoregon.edu>.
“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 Counter-
culture,” an exhibit that captures the energy
and character of the 1960s and ’70s through the
era’s handmade fashion and style. For info, call
(425) 519-0770 or visit <www.bellevuearts.
org>.
“Paradox of Place:
Contemporary Korean Art”
Classical dance of India
Through November 28
Tuesday through Saturday: 11:00am to 5:00pm
Blackfish Gallery, 420 N.W. Ninth Avenue, Portland
UPCOMING EVENTS
Teen Anime Club
Nov 17, 5-7pm, Northwest Library (2300 NW
Thurman St, Portland). Join the Teen Anime
Club to meet, view, review, snack, and talk
about all things anime. For info, call (503)
988-5560 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
“Saturday University”
Nov 21, 9:30-11am, Seattle Asian Art
Museum (1400 E Prospect St, in Volunteer
Park, Seattle). Attend “For a New World to
Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and
Photography, 1968-1979” as part of the
“Saturday University” lecture series. The series
is presented by the Seattle Asian Art Museum,
the UW Jackson School of International
Studies, and the Elliott Bay Book Company.
For info, or to buy tickets, call (206) 654-3210 or
visit
<www.seattleartmuseum.org/gardner
center>.
Kalakendra concert
Nov 21, 7:30pm, The Old Church (1422 SW
11th Ave, Portland). Enjoy a sarod concert by
Debojyoti Bose with accompaniment by Abhijit
Banerjee on tabla. The performance is pre-
sented by Kalakendra. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 308-1050 or visit <www.
kalakendra.org>.
Beaverton Symphony
Orchestra string ensemble
Nov 22, 3pm, Beaverton City Library Audi-
torium (12375 SW Fifth St, Beaverton, Ore.).
Attend a free performance by the Beaverton
Symphony Orchestra (BSO) string ensemble
followed by a short question-and-answer ses-
sion. For info, contact Christina at (503) 644-
2197, or visit <www.beavertonlibrary.org> or
<www.beavertonsymphony.org>.
Nov 22, 3pm, Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main
St, Vancouver, Wash.). Attend a concert by
cellist Ko Iwasaki, the current music director for
the Okinawa International Music Festival and
the Kurashiki International Music Festival, at a
performance with Dr. Michael C. Liu on piano
and Dr. Igor Shakhman on clarinet. For info, or
to buy tickets, call (360) 735-7278 or visit
<www.vancouversymphony.org>.
“Origami Circle”
Nov 22 & 29, noon-1pm, Holgate Library
(7905 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland). Create
adorable animals, shapes, and flowers at
“Origami Circle.” For info, call (503) 988-5389 or
STEAM storytime
Dec 3, 10 & 17, 6-7pm, Midland Library (805
SE 122nd Ave, Portland). Enjoy a storytime
with a little extra STEAM — Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math —
aimed at children between two and six years old
with an accompanying adult. The event also
includes an easy and age-appropriate art
activity and science exploration following the
15-minute storytime. For info, call (503)
988-5392 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Yasufumi Nakamori talk
Nov 23, 3:30-5pm, University of Washing-
ton, Allen Library, Auditorium (Seattle). Attend
“For a New World to Come: Experiments in
Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979,” a
talk by Yasufumi Nakamori of the Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston. For info, call (206) 685-9997
or visit <www.jsis.washington.edu>.
White Lotus Japanese Club
Nov 24, 4-5pm, Troutdale Library (2451 SW
Cherry Park Rd, Troutdale, Ore.). Teens in
grades six through 12 who are fans of anime,
manga, or Japanese culture are invited to join a
gathering of the White Lotus Japanese Club.
The event includes watching movies, drawing,
reading, socializing, and more. For info, call
(503) 988-5355 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
“Diversity, Harmony,
and Hoops” tournament
The Butterfly Lovers
Nov 28, 7pm, Portland Community College,
Sylvania Campus, Performing Arts Center
(12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland). Watch The
Dec 4-13, Portland Art Museum, Northwest
Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW
Park Ave, Portland). See related story on
page 11.
Block printing presentation
Dec 5, 9:30-11:30am, Portland State Univer-
sity, Academic and Student Recreation Center
(1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland). Attend “Block
Printing: Advancing Knowledge, Literacy, and
Culture,” a free presentation by Portland Art
Museum curator emeritus Donald Jenkins
about the traditions and legacy of Chinese
woodblock printing. For info, call (503)
725-8576, e-mail <asianstudies@pdx.edu>, or
visit <www.pdx.edu/asian-studies>.
Dec 6, 3pm, Clark College, Gymnasium
(1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, Wash.).
Attend “Processions of Light” at Clark College,
the free fall performance by the school’s concert
band under the direction of Richard Inouye and
the concert choir under the direction of April
Duvic. For info, call (360) 992-2662 or visit
<www.clark.edu>.
Up-cycling comic-book art
Dec 10, 4-6pm, Hillsdale Library (1525 SW
Sunset Blvd, Portland). Teens in grades six
through 12 are invited to learn how to up-cycle
comic-book art into magnets, pins, bangles, and
more at a workshop with Puppetkabob.
Participants create designer room decorations
and accessories using illustrated Marvel and
manga art. For info, call (503) 988-5388 or visit
<events.multcolib.org>.
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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
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sentences describing the event, and a contact phone number (required) that
can be published. High-resolution photos, if available, may also be included.
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“Processions of Light”
Nov 28, 8am-6pm, East Portland Commu-
nity Center (740 SE 106th Ave, Portland).
Watch 16 teams compete at “Diversity, Har-
mony, and Hoops,” Portland Parks & Recrea-
tion’s inaugural Portland intercultural basket-
ball tournament. The event, which engages
Portland’s underserved and underrepresented
immigrants, refugees, and youth of color, aims
to celebrate and foster community building,
civic engagement, diversity, partnership,
integration, and self-sufficiency. For info, call
(503) 823-7529 or visit <www.portlandparks.
org>.
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Dec 1 & 15, 5-7pm, Northwest Library (2300
NW Thurman St, Portland). Join the Teen
Anime Club to meet, view, review, snack, and
talk about all things anime. For info, call (503)
988-5560 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Pictured are “No Farm — No Food — Take Back America (Upper Clackamas #11)” (left photo), oil and
garbage on canvas, 135” x 130”, and “Killed, Oak 156 years old #7,” charcoal, inkwash, and watercolor
on paper, 40” x 38”, by Robert R. Dozono. (Photos/Aaron Johanson, courtesy of the Blackfish Gallery)
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View “Garbage Paintings and Other Works,” an exhibit by Robert R. Dozono. The
painting series incorporates trash he collects on fishing trips to the Clackamas
River and elsewhere in Oregon as well as discarded packaging from his daily
household use. The artist carefully arranges the objects on large, irregularly
shaped canvasses, selectively concealing parts with oil paint, causing them to
recede into the picture plane and resolve into loose, colorful landscape images. Also
on display is a series of charcoal, ink, and watercolor drawings of a felled, 156-year-
old oak tree. For more information, call (503) 224-2634 or visit <www.blackfish.
com>.
Ko Iwasaki
Through Mar 13, 10am-5pm (Wed),
10am-9pm (Thu), 10am-5pm (Fri-Sun), Seattle
Asian Art Museum, Tateuchi Galleries (1400 E
Prospect St, in Volunteer Park, Seattle). View
“Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art,”
an exhibit featuring Korean contemporary art,
including mixed-media installation, video art,
and photography. For info, call (206) 654-3100
or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>.
Dec 1, 6-7pm, Multnomah County Central
Library (801 SW 10th Ave, Portland). Learn
about Indian classical dance at an interactive
lecture and performance presented by dancer,
teacher, and choreographer Jayanthi Raman.
For info, call (503) 988-5123 or visit <events.
multcolib.org>.
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