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Page 12 n THE ASIAN REPORTER Arts Culture & Entertainment February 6, 2017 VCA Chinese New Year Portland International Film Festival Feb 11, 5-9pm, Skyview High School (1300 NW 139th St, Vancouver, Wash.). Enjoy food, performances, and more at the Vancouver Chinese Association’s (VCA) Chinese New Year celebration. For info, call (360) 834-1858. To buy tickets (required), call (360) 719-2118 or visit <www.vca-usa.org>. ONGOING EVENTS “Pacific Currents” & “Billabong Dreams” Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Wed & Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Art Museum, Third Floor Galleries (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Pacific Currents” & “Billabong Dreams,” two adjacent installations featuring the theme of water. The “Pacific Currents” exhibit honors the creatures, spirits, and people who inhabit the waterways of the Pacific from New Guinea to Puget Sound, while in “Billabong Dreams” Australian aboriginal artists demon- strate that water can guide life and show the depths of rockholes and billabongs, the tidal ebb and flow, the rough and calm, as an analogue for ancestral knowledge. For info, call (206) 654- 3210 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.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, and sculptures, as well as traditional Korean folk paintings and celadons. For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit <jsma.uoregon.edu>. “Awakened Ones: Buddhas of Asia” Through Feb 26, 10am-5pm (Wed & Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Art Museum (SAM), Foster Galleries (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Awakened Ones: Buddhas of Asia,” an exhibit of 20 sculptures and paintings from the Seattle Art Museum’s collection depicting Buddhas from across Asia — including Japan, China, India, Korea, Nepal, and Pakistan — spanning nearly 13 centuries. For info, call (206) 654-3210 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>. “Ai Weiwei: Colored Vases” Through Feb 26, 10am-5pm (Wed & Fri- Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Art Museum, Foster Galleries (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Ai Weiwei: Colored Vases,” a piece in the contemporary artist and outspoken dissident’s iconoclastic oeuvre, which was made by dipping earthenware vases into buckets of industrial paint and letting them drip dry, hiding what is underneath and slyly playing on the question of authenticity. For info, call (206) 654-3210 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.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>. “Sandow Birk: American Qur’an” Through Mar 19, 11am-8pm (Wed), 11am-5pm (Thu-Sun), 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 Tropitaal Feb 11, 9pm-2am, Analog Café and Theater (720 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland). Attend Tropitaal, a dance party hosted by DJ Anjali, The Incredible Kid, and special guest DJ Casual Aztec. The Desi/Latino soundclash features the hottest club sounds from India and Latin America. Tropitaal is for persons age 21 and older. For info, call (503) 281-3918, e-mail <thekid@theincrediblekid.com>, or visit <www.anjaliandthekid.com>. Valentine craft and donation opportunity February 9 through 25 Portland area theaters Feb 11-12; Feb 11, 2-3:30pm, Multnomah County Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave, Portland); Feb 12, 3:30-4:30pm, Midland Library (805 SE 122nd Ave, Portland). Kids and adults are invited to drop in and make a valentine craft as well as spread love to neighbors in need by making a small donation to a local charity. On Saturday, donations of unused cleaning supplies and new socks and toothbrushes are accepted for the Northwest Pilot Project, an organization that serves very low-income seniors. On Sunday, donations of unused school supplies and new diapers and socks are collected for SnowCap, which provides food, clothing, advocacy, and other services to people in need. Donations are optional and are not required for participation; no cash donations are accepted. For info, call (503) 988-5123 (Central) or (503) 988-5392 (Midland), or visit <events.multcolib.org>. Watch a wide-ranging selection of international films at the 40th annual Portland International Film Festival (PIFF). PIFF offers moviegoers a broad multicultural medley of documentaries, feature-length films, and shorts to satisfy nearly any cinematic taste. Upcoming Asian-interest films include Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (Feb 10 & 12), Life+1Day (Feb 10 & 16), Kedi (Feb 11), Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Feb 11 & 12), Ten Years (Feb 11 & 13), The Age of Shadows (Feb 11 & 14), Yourself and Yours (Feb 12 & 14), Forever Pure (Feb 12 & 15), Half Ticket (Feb 12 & 18), Parting (Feb 15 & 17), Paradise (Feb 15 & 20), The Long Excuse (Feb 16 & 20), Soul on a String (Feb 18 & 19), The Student (Feb 18 & 20), Daguerrotype (Feb 18 & 23), Apprentice (Feb 18 & 23), The World of Us (Feb 19 & 20), Life After Life (Feb 19 & 21), Starless Dreams (Feb 19 & 23), Ma’Rosa (Feb 20 & 23), Behemoth (Feb 20 & 24), After the Storm (Feb 20 & 25), I Am Not Madame Bovary (Feb 21 & 23), and Old Stone (Feb 22 & 23). To order advance tickets, call (503) 276-4310. For more information, locations, or to obtain a complete schedule of films, call (503) 221-1156 or visit <www.nwfilm.org>. Life After Life (pictured) screens February 19 & 21. (Photo courtesy of the Northwest Film Center) 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. For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit <jsma.uoregon.edu>. UPCOMING EVENTS Lunar New Year event Feb 7, 6-7:30pm, Holgate Library (7905 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland). Celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Rooster with cultural performances, educational activities, and light refreshments. For info, call (503) 988-5389 or visit <events.multcolib. org>. Chitra Ganesh Feb 7, 7pm, Portland State University (PSU), Lincoln Performance Hall, Room 75 (1620 SW Park Ave, Portland). Attend a talk by artist Chitra Ganesh, whose drawing, installa- tion, text-based work, and collaborations are inspired by buried narratives and marginal figures typically excluded from official canons of history, literature, and art. The event, which is free and open to the public, is held as part of the Portland State University Master of Fine Arts Studio Visiting Artist Lecture Series. For info, call (503) 725-3515 or visit <www.pdx.edu/ art-design>. To learn more, visit <www. chitraganesh.com>. “Collaborations” young people’s concerts Feb 7 & 9, 9:30am & 11am, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend “Collaborations,” a concert highlighting collaborations in orchestral music performed by young people under the direction of Norman Huynh. The concert features 17-year-old Fumika Mizuno — the Portland Youth Philharmonic’s violinist and concertmaster performing Sarasate’s virtuosic “Carmen Fantasy” — and others. The event includes excerpts from major works by Bernstein, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Stravinsky, and John Williams. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit <www.orsymphony. org>. Teen Anime Club at Northwest Library Feb 7 & 21, 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>. “Anime Fanatics” Feb 8, 4-5pm, Holgate Library (7905 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland). Teens in grades six through 12 are invited to sit back and relax Origami workshop while watching and drawing their favorite anime characters at “Anime Fanatics.” For info, call (503) 988-5389 or visit <events. multcolib.org>. “Kasuri and Tsutsugaki” Feb 9, 6:30-7:30pm, Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park Ave, Portland). Attend “Kasuri and Tsutsugaki: The Magic of Japanese Dyeing Techniques,” an illustrated lecture by Dr. David Paly, who has been collecting Japanese textiles for more than 30 years. The talk is held in conjunction with “Cranes, Dragons, and Teddy Bears,” an exhibit on view through March 26 featuring 20 Japanese children’s kimono. For info, call (503) 226-2811 or visit <www. portlandartmuseum.org>. “Valentine Fun” Feb 10, 3-5pm, Belmont Library (1038 SE César Chávez Blvd, Portland). Create heart-felt cards and crafts at “Valentine Fun.” For info, call (503) 988-5382 or visit <events.multcolib. org>. “Jai Ho!” Feb 10, 8:30pm-1am, The Secret Society (116 NE Russell St, Portland). Enjoy “Jai Ho,” a bhangra dance party for persons age 21 and older featuring DJ Prashant. Henna art is available all evening and a dance lesson takes place at 10:00pm. For info, call (971) 344-2022 or visit <www.bollywoodpdx.com>. In the Blood Feb 10-26, 7:30pm (Thu-Sat), 2pm (Sun), Portland Actors Conservatory, Firehouse Theatre (1436 SW Montgomery St, Portland). Watch In the Blood, a modern-day riff on Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter that asks “Who has the right to the American Dream?” For info, call (503) 274-1717. To buy tickets, visit <www.pac.edu>. PSU Tet Show Feb 11, 5pm, Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom (1825 SW Broadway, Portland). Enjoy dance, music, theatrical performances, and food at the PSU Tet Show, presented by the PSU Vietnamese Student Association. For info, call (503) 725-4452, e-mail <vsa@pdx.edu>, or visit <www.psuvsa.weebly.com>. To buy tickets, call (503) 725-3307. Feb 12, 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>. “Pied Piper of Portlandia” Feb 12, 2pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend the “Pied Piper of Portlandia,” a children’s concert featuring the Oregon Symphony, Dance West, the Pacific Youth Choir, and students with the Oregon Suzuki Association under the direction of Norman Huynh. The performance is a musical adventure inside the orchestra featuring Benjamin Britten’s “A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” as well as selections from Italian operas, Wagner, and Rimsky- Korsakov. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit <www.orsymphony.org>. Mandarin storytime Feb 12, 19 & 26, 3-3:45pm, Woodstock Library (6008 SE 49th Ave, Portland). Enjoy a storytime presented 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>. “A Storm Large Valentine” Feb 14, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend “A Storm Large Valentine,” a special performance featuring singer Storm Large and the Oregon Symphony led by conductor Norman Huynh. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit <www.orsymphony.org>. “Glimpses of a Forever Foreigner” Opens Feb 16 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm; Feb 16, 6-8pm (opening reception); Feb 18, 4-5:30pm (artist talk & poetry reading); Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View “Year of Remembrance: Glimpses of a Forever Foreigner,” an exhibit featuring poems by Lawrence Matsuda and artwork by Roger Shimomura that recognizes the 75th Continued on page 15 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. ***