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Arts Culture & Entertainment
January 2, 2017
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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>.
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