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Page 12 n THE ASIAN REPORTER Arts Culture & Entertainment January 2, 2017 featuring traditional and contemporary couture from Vietnam, Iran, and India; and much more. For info, or to buy tickets, call (206) 684-7200 or visit <www.seattlecenter.com>. MOANA Lunar New Year Special Issue Jan 16. The Asian Reporter’s Lunar New Year Special Issue will be published on Monday, January 16, 2017. The issue features information about the Year of the Rooster, horoscopes, a complete list of upcoming events, and more. The Year of the Rooster begins January 28, 2017 and ends February 15, 2018. To download a copy, visit <www.asian reporter.com> after January 16. ONGOING EVENTS “Pure Amusements” Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Mon, Wed & Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Art Museum, Third Floor Galleries (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Pure Amusements: Chinese Scholar Culture and Emulators,” an installation of Chinese works ranging from prints to sculpture and furnishings to ceramics. The pieces are drawn from the museum’s collection and focus on objects created for, and enjoyed during, the intentional practice of leisure. For info, call (206) 654-3210 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>. “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>. “BAM Biennial 2016: Metalmorphosis” Through Feb 5 (Tue-Sun), 11am-5pm, Bellevue Arts Museum (510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, Wash.). View “BAM Biennial 2016: Metalmorphosis,” a signature exhibit of the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM) that focuses on metal. Artwork by 49 artists, including Ron Ho, Mary Lee Hu, Taiji Miyasaka, and Midori Saito, is highlighted. For info, call (425) 519-0770 or visit <www.bellevuearts.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>. “From Past to Present: Selected Masterworks of Korean Art” Through Feb 26, 11am-8pm (Wed), 11am- 5pm (Thu-Sun), University of Oregon (UO), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, Ore.). View “From Past to Present: Selected Masterworks of Korean Art,” an exhibit featuring traditional and contemporary Korean art in many media, including contemporary paintings, ceramics, Shanthi Sekaran Jan 17-18; Jan 17, 7pm, Elliott Bay Book Company (1521 Tenth Ave, Seattle); Jan 18, 7:30pm, Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burnside St, Portland). Join Shanthi Sekaran as she presents Lucky Boy, a novel about a young woman, who found and lost her first love and became pregnant, and her cousin, who is unable to have a child. For info, call (206) 624-6600 or visit <www.elliottbaybook.com> (Seattle), or call (503) 228-4651 or visit <www. powells.com> (Portland). Now showing Theaters in metropolitan Portland Watch Moana, an animated adventure about a spirited teenager who sails out on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder and fulfill the unfinished quest of her ancestors. The new film from Walt Disney Animation Studios highlights Polynesian culture and traditions. (USA, 2016, Ron Clements & John Musker, 113 mins.) See story, “Disney’s Moana highlights Polynesian culture” (AR, November 21, 2016), at <www.asianreporter.com>. For more information and showtimes, call 1-800-326-3264 or visit <www.fandango.com>. (Image courtesy of Walt Disney Animation Studios) and sculptures, as well as traditional Korean folk paintings and celadons. For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit <jsma.uoregon.edu>. “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 Teen Anime Club at Northwest Library Jan 3 & 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>. “Wish You Were Here: The Lure of the Exotic” Jan 3-29, 11am-5:30pm (Tue-Sat), 11am- 4pm (Sun); Jan 4, 5-8pm (reception); Jan 5, 11am-8pm (First Thursday); Waterstone Gallery (124 NW Ninth Ave, Portland). View “Wish You Were Here: The Lure of the Exotic,” an invitational exhibit featuring artists Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley, Baba Wagué Diakité, and others. For info, call (503) 226-6196 or visit <www.waterstonegallery.com>. Free wind & brass concert Jan 5, 7-8pm, Walters Cultural Arts Center (527 E Main St, Hillsboro, Ore.). Attend a free, family-friendly concert by the wind and brass sections of the Oregon Symphony, conducted by Norman Huynh. For info, call (503) 615-3485 or visit <www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/walters>. STEAM storytime at Midland Jan 5, 12, 19 & 26, 6-6:45pm, 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 or science exploration following the 15-minute storytime. For info, call (503) 988-5392 or visit <events.multcolib.org>. Augen Gallery group exhibit Jan 5-28, 11am-5:30pm (Tue-Sat); Jan 5, 5-8pm (reception); Augen Gallery DeSoto (716 NW Davis St, Portland). View a group exhibit of Augen Gallery artists featuring Yoko Hara, Marcel Dzama, Sara Siestreem, and others. For info, call (503) 546-5056 or visit <www.augen gallery.com>. Young Artists Competition Jan 8, 1pm, Trinity Lutheran Church (309 W 39th St, Vancouver, Wash.). Attend a free Origami and towel folding for tweens performance featuring the finalists of the annual Young Artists Competition, including cellist Paul Lee, violinist Hanami Froom, pianists Christopher Yoon and Emily Jeeho Park, flautists Ashley Teng, Isabelle Zheng, and Sara Seulbee Shin, and others. For info, call (360) 735-7278 or visit <www.vancouversym phony.org>. Origami workshop Jan 8, 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>. Vietnamese storytime Jan 8, 15, 22 & 29, 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>. “Animate Anything!” Jan 14, 1-3pm, Rockwood Library (17917 SE Stark St, Portland). Budding animators are invited to learn different techniques and styles of animation — zoetrope, flipbook, paper- puppet stop-motion, digital, claymation, and more — at “Animate Anything!” No experience is necessary. To register (required), call (503) 988-5234. For info, call (503) 988-5396 or visit <events.multcolib.org>. STEAM storytime in Gresham Jan 14 & 28, 10-10:45am, Gresham Library (385 NW Miller Ave, Gresham, Ore.). 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 or science exploration following the 15-minute storytime. For info, call (503) 988-5387 or visit <events.multcolib.org>. Seattle Center Festál kickoff celebration Jan 15, 6-9pm, Seattle Center, Fisher Pavilion (305 Harrison St, Seattle). Attend the kickoff celebration of Seattle Center Festál at “Festál Turns 20 FÊTE.” Attendees experience a taste of each of the 24 Festál cultural festivals held during the year, which are represented through food, drink, décor, dance, art, exhibits, and music. Highlights of the event, which is for persons age 21 and older, include Japanese and Arab food specialties; an opportunity to make Japanese origami and authentic Hawaiian leis; a Vietnamese lion dance; a fashion show Jan 18, 5-5:45pm, Troutdale Library (2451 SW Cherry Park Rd, Troutdale, Ore.). Tweens in grades six through eight are invited to learn how to make decorations by folding paper and towels into shapes, such as cranes, elephants, and more. Origami paper is provided, but participants are encouraged to bring towels. For info, call (503) 988-5355 or visit <events. multcolib.org>. Lunar New Year at Gregory Heights Library Jan 21, 2-4pm. Gregory Heights Library (7921 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland). Celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Rooster with cultural performances, educa- tional activities, and light refreshments. For info, call (503) 988-5386 or visit <events.mult colib.org>. “Sandow Birk: American Qur’an” Jan 21-Mar 19, 11am-8pm (Wed), 11am-5pm (Thu-Sun); Jan 20, 6-8pm (reception); Jan 21, 1pm (gallery tour); Jan 21, 2pm (panel discussion); University of Oregon (UO), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, Ore.). View “Sandow Birk: American Qur’an,” an exhibit of approximately 200 individual ink and gouache paintings of the text of the Qur’an rendered in elaborate script based on Los Angeles graffiti tags and scenes from contemporary American life. Intended to introduce Islam’s holy book to non-Muslim audiences, the exhibit affirms the richness of Islamic culture and religion and Islam’s place in an America founded by immigrants. A gallery tour with the artist is offered January 21 at 1:00pm; the tour is followed by a panel dis- cussion at 2:00pm. For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit <jsma.uoregon.edu>. Paper-circuitry art Jan 27, 2-4pm, Gregory Heights Library (7921 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland). Combine paper, cardboard, copper tape, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and batteries to create interactive paper art — including origami birds with glowing eyes, greeting cards that turn on and off when opened, and glowing paper collages. For info, call (503) 988-5386 or visit <events.multcolib.org>. Mochitsuki 2017 Jan 29, 11am-4pm, Portland State University (PSU), Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend Mochitsuki 2017, the annual Japanese- American New Year celebration. The event includes mochi pounding, Japanese food, hands-on activities, performances, ikebana, origami, games, a tea ceremony, and more. Mochitsuki also includes stage shows (11:30am-3:30pm) featuring The Slants, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, Portland Taiko, Utsuki Kai, Takohachi taiko, Oregon Koto Kai, Dance Leo, the International School chorus, and others. Storyteller Alton Chung is emceeing this year’s entertainment stage. For info, call (503) 224-1458 or visit <www.mochipdx.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. ***
