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Arts Culture & Entertainment
November 21, 2016
an “Anime Origami” class. No previous origami
experience is necessary. For info, call (503)
988-5386 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
TAMPOPO
“An Evening with
Hari Kondabolu”
Dec 1, 7pm, Washington State University
Vancouver,
Dengerink
Administration
Building, Auditorium (14204 NE Salmon Creek
Ave, Vancouver, Wash.). Enjoy a night of edgy
stand-up comedy by Indian-American comedian
Hari Kondabolu. The Brooklyn-based actor,
podcast host, and comic is known for his
humorous commentary on subjects such as race,
identity, and inequity. The event, sponsored by
WSU Vancouver’s Student Diversity Center, is
free and open to the public, but seating is
limited. For info, or to reserve a space, call (360)
546-9182, e-mail <amanda.shannahan@wsu.
edu>, or visit <events.vancouver.wsu.edu>. To
learn more, visit <www.harikondabolu.com>.
ONGOING EVENTS
Yuki Saeki
Through Nov 26, 2-6pm (Mon), 11am-5pm
(Sat), Sequential Art Gallery & Studio (328 NW
Broadway, Suite 113, Portland). View
“‘Golgotha’ and Other Works,” a collection of
published and upcoming comic projects by Yuki
Saeki, whose style and technique vary from sim-
plified and anime-influenced to more tradi-
tional and realistic. For info, call (503) 916-9293
or visit <www.sequentialartgallery.com>.
Calvin Chen
“Five Buddhas: A Korean
Icon’s Journey through Time”
Through Dec 4, 10am-5pm (Tue-Wed &
Sat-Sun), 10am-8pm (Thu-Fri), Portland Art
Museum (1219 SW Park Ave, Portland). View
“Five Buddhas: A Korean Icon’s Journey
through Time,” an exhibit featuring an 18th-
century Korean painting that was stolen from a
zen temple then found in tatters at an antique
shop in Seoul in the 1970s. The “Five Buddhas”
painting is being repatriated to Korea after the
exhibit concludes. A symposium about the
painting is scheduled for December 3. For info,
call (503) 226-2811 or visit <www.portlandart
museum.org>.
Dec 1-31 (Tue-Sun), noon-5pm; Dec 1, 6-9pm
(reception); Blue Sky Gallery (122 NW Eighth
Ave, Portland). View “Cómo Juegan los Niños,”
a black-and-white photography exhibit by Cal-
vin Chen. The display highlights the imagina-
tive ways children play, especially when faced
with limited resources. For info, call (503)
225-0210 or visit <www.blueskygallery.org>.
November 25 & 26
Friday: 7:00pm w Saturday: 4:30pm & 7:00pm
Portland Art Museum, Northwest Film Center
Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park Avenue, Portland
Watch Tampopo, a comedy about a cowboy trucker who helps a widow named
Tampopo perfect the art of preparing ramen at her roadside restaurant, inter-
spersed with vignettes about the relationship of love and food. (Japan, 1985, Juzo
Itami, 118 mins.) For more information, call (503) 221-1156 or visit <www.nwfilm.
org>.
Photo courtesy of the Northwest Film Center
Japanese Currents
Brilliant Traces
Through Dec 4, 8pm (Fri-Sun), 2pm (Sun),
PrimaVera Arts Center (112 Fifth Ave N,
Seattle). Watch ReAct Theatre’s multiethnic
performance of Cindy Lou Johnson’s Brilliant
Traces, a play about a reclusive hermit who
discovers a runaway bride as she breaks into his
remote cabin during a blizzard in the Alaskan
wilderness. For info, or to buy tickets, call (206)
364-3283 or visit <www.reacttheatre.org>.
“IDENTITY Insight”
Through Dec 23, 10am-5:30pm (Tue-Sat),
Prographica/KDR Gallery (313 Occidental Ave
S, Seattle). View “IDENTITY Insight: Unfold-
ing the Visual Narrative,” a group exhibit
featuring works by 10 Koplin Del Rio artists —
including Yuriko Yamaguchi, Shay Bredimus,
Len Paschoal, and others — who share a
common interest in pictorial narrative. For info,
call (206) 999-0849 or visit <www.prographica
drawings.com>.
Garrick Imatani
Through Dec 30 (Tue-Sat), 11am-6pm, Hap
Gallery (916 NW Flanders St, Portland). View
“A Broken Tower,” an exhibit by Garrick
Imatani that explores living as a person of color
within an institutional world — a visual
analogy for the politics and psychology of skin
color expressed in objects and images. For info,
call (503) 444-7101 or visit <www.hapgallery.
com>.
Nancy Zhang & BOLD
Through Dec 31 (Mon-Fri), 8am-5pm, The
Beaverton Building (12725 SW Millikan Way,
Beaverton, Ore.). Enjoy a seasonal art display
featuring works by Nancy Zhang, who primarily
paints landscapes and people in oils, and a
photography exhibit by the Beaverton
Organizing and Leadership Development
(BOLD) program, which offers leadership
development and civic-engagement training for
emerging immigrant and refugee leaders and
leaders of color in Beaverton. The BOLD
program exhibit is held on the fourth floor and
Zhang’s works are on display on the fifth floor.
Also on view are pieces by Terry Grant and
Carlos Molina on the first floor and in council
chambers. For info, call (503) 526-2222 or visit
<www.beavertonoregon.gov>.
“Seeds of Change,
Roots of Power”
Through Jan 15 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing
Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American
Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View
“Seeds of Change, Roots of Power: The Danny
Woo Community Garden,” an exhibit looking at
the Danny Woo Community Garden, which
grew from the Asian Pacific American activism
of the 1970s and now functions as a source of
empowerment and community building for the
neighborhood. The display includes historical
and contemporary photos of the garden as well
as interviews with current gardeners who share
their stories as immigrants and talk about the
positive healing effect of the garden. For info,
call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.
org>.
“Comic City, USA”
Through Jan 31, 10am-5pm (Mon-Sat),
noon-5pm (Sun), Oregon Historical Society
Museum (1200 SW Park Ave, Portland). View
“Comic City, USA,” an exhibit highlighting 13
influential comic artists and writers who have
helped Oregon become one of the largest centers
for comic production in the United States.
Visitors to the display can make a comic book,
take a photo in a comic scene, learn more about
the artists, peruse comic books and graphic
novels, and more. For info, call (503) 222-1741 or
visit <www.ohs.org>.
“Terratopia”
Through Feb 26, 10am-5pm (Wed &
Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Asian Art
Museum, Foster Galleries (1400 E Prospect St,
in Volunteer Park, Seattle). Visit “Terratopia:
The Chinese Landscape in Painting and Film,”
an exhibit that juxtaposes classical Chinese
works with a modern classic by filmmaker Yang
Fudong to demonstrate landscape as an
enduring subject of artistic, philosophical, and
environmental reflection between the Third and
21st century. For info, call (206) 654-3100 or
visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>.
“Utsutsushi Utsushi”
Through Feb 26, 10am-5pm (Wed &
Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Asian Art
Museum, Tateuchi Galleries (1400 E Prospect
St, in Volunteer Park, Seattle). Visit
“Utsutsushi Utsushi,” an exhibit of works
curated by Japanese artist Tabaimo, who is
known for her immersive and thought-
provoking video installations. The display —
organized around the concept of utsushi, which
refers to the emulation of a master artist’s work
as a way to understand their technique —
highlights Tabaimo’s existing and new works,
as well as important historic pieces from the
Seattle Art Museum’s Asian art collection. For
info, call (206) 654-3100 or visit <www.seattle
artmuseum.org>.
“Cranes, Dragons,
and Teddy Bears”
Through Mar 26, 10am-5pm (Tue-Wed &
Sat-Sun), 10am-8pm (Thu-Fri), Portland Art
Museum (1219 SW Park Ave, Portland). View
“Cranes, Dragons, and Teddy Bears,” an exhibit
featuring 20 Japanese children’s kimono. The
garments, which span from the mid-19th to the
mid-20th century, include kasuri, in which the
threads are tie-dyed before being strung on the
loom; tsutsugaki, a resist technique where
designs are drawn on the cloth with rice paste;
miyamairi, which have hand-painted designs
made for a toddler’s first visit to a Shinto shrine;
and omoshirogara, “novelty designs” that were
popular between 1910 and 1930. For info, call
(503) 226-2811 or visit <www.portlandart
museum.org>.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Moana
Opens Nov 23, theaters in metropolitan
Portland. See story on page 11.
TPB holiday show
Nov 25-27, 2:30pm & 7:30pm (Fri-Sat), 1pm
& 5pm (Sun), Portland State University,
Lincoln Performance Hall (1620 SW Park Ave,
Portland). Watch the Portland Ballet’s holiday
show, which features a performance of John
Clifford’s The Enchanted Toyshop and Gift Box,
a new ballet by Anne Mueller. More than 90 cast
members — including Azelle Chang, Joy Day,
Melanie Labs, Puneet Bhandal, and Julie
McLean — are featured in the show. For info,
call (503) 750-3157 or visit <www.theportland
ballet.org>.
Filipino Youth
Activities Drill Team
Nov 26, 11am-noon, Seattle Center, Armory
(305 Harrison St, Seattle). Attend a
performance by the Filipino Youth Activities
Drill Team held as part of the opening weekend
of Winterfest. For info, call (206) 684-7200 or
visit <www.seattlecenter.com>.
Cantonese storytime
Nov 26, 2-2:45pm, Midland Library (805 SE
122nd Ave, Portland). Enjoy a storytime
presented in Cantonese. The free readings are
for children younger than seven years old with
an accompanying adult. For info, call (503)
988-5392 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Andaz
Nov 26, 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
with special guest percussionist Adam
McCollom on the Panjabi dhol drum. Andaz is
for persons age 21 and older. For info, call (503)
281-3918 or visit <www.anjaliandthekid.com>.
Vietnamese storytime
Nov 27, 1-1:45pm, Midland Library (805 SE
122nd Ave, Portland). Enjoy a storytime
presented in Vietnamese. The free event is for
children younger than seven years old with an
accompanying adult. For info, call (503)
988-5392 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Mandarin storytime
Nov 27, 3-3:45pm, Woodstock Library (6008
SE 49th Ave, Portland). Enjoy a storytime pre-
sented in Mandarin Chinese. The free readings
are for children younger than seven years old
with an accompanying adult. For info, call (503)
988-5399 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
“Anime Origami”
Dec 1, 4-5pm, Gregory Heights Library
(7921 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland). Teens in
grades six through 12 are invited to fold paper
into their favorite anime or manga characters at
Dec 2-11, Portland Art Museum, Northwest
Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW
Park Ave, Portland). Watch several films as
part of the Northwest Film Center’s Japanese
Currents series. Featured works include:
Harmonium (December 2, 7:00pm), The Shell
Collector (December 3, 5:00pm), Oyster Factory
(December 3, 7:00pm), The Sion Sono (Decem-
ber 4, 4:30pm), The Whispering Star (December
4, 7:00pm), Love & Peace (December 7, 7:00pm),
The Actor (December 8, 7:00pm), Creepy
(December 9, 8:00pm), Happy Hour (December
10, 1:00pm), Lowlife Love (December 10,
7:00pm), Wet Woman in the Wind (December 10.
9:15pm), The Case of Hana & Alice (December
11, 2:00pm), Assassination Classroom (Decem-
ber 11, 4:30pm), and After the Storm (December
11, 7:00pm). For info, or to obtain screening
times, call (503) 221-1156 or visit <www.nw
film.org>.
Hay Fever
Dec 2-18, 7:30pm (Thu-Sat), 2pm (Sun),
Portland Actors Conservatory, Firehouse
Theatre (1436 SW Montgomery St, Portland).
Watch Hay Fever, Noel Coward’s hilarious
comedy of bad manners. The performance is
directed by Brenda Hubbard. For info, call (503)
274-1717. To buy tickets, visit <www.pac.edu>.
Oregon Koto-kai
Dec 4 & 11; Dec 4, 2pm, Kennedy Violins (508
SE 117th Ave, Vancouver, Wash.); Dec 11, 3pm,
Epworth United Methodist Church (1333 SE
28th Ave, Portland). Attend a koto performance
by Oregon Koto-kai. The concert features
heartwarming, peaceful, and cheerful music for
the holiday season. For info, call (541) 513-6417
or e-mail <kotomelodies@gmail.com>. To buy
tickets, visit <www.oregonkotokai.org>.
Teen Anime Club at
Northwest Library
Dec 6 & 20, 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>.
Ghost Town Poetry open mic
Dec 8, 7pm, Angst Gallery (1015 Main St,
Vancouver, Wash.). Attend an all-ages Ghost
Town Poetry open mic session featuring Rob
Katsuno and Mike G. Open mic signup begins at
6:30pm and closes at 7:00pm. For info, call (360)
553-1014 or visit <www.angstgallery.com>.
Origami workshop
Dec 11, 1:30-4:30pm, Belmont Library (1038
SE César Chávez Blvd, Portland). Learn a new
origami project from local origami instructors at
Portland Oregon Paper Shapers (POPS).
Adults, teens, and children younger than 13
years old accompanied by an adult are welcome.
Participants are encouraged to bring origami
paper. For info, call (503) 988-5382 or visit
<events.multcolib.org>.
Submit your Asian-related calendar listings to:
The Asian Reporter, Attn: Events Calendar
922 N Killingsworth Street, Suite 2D, 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.
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