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Arts Culture & Entertainment
February 20, 2017
Theater (One Eugene Center at Seventh Ave &
Willamette St, Eugene, Ore.). Watch Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a ballet that brings the
grand scope and flair of a wuxia classic to life.
The performance features double bass soloist
DaXun Zhang, the Oregon Mozart Players, and
guest circus aerialist Raymond Silos. To info, or
to buy tickets, call (541) 682-5000 or visit
<www.hultcenter.org>.
SWAN LAKE
ONGOING EVENTS
PIFF
“Al-Mutanabbi
Street Starts Here!”
Through Feb 25, Portland area theaters.
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. Remaining Asian-
interest films include Ma’Rosa (Feb 20 & 23),
Behemoth (Feb 20 & 24), After the Storm (Feb 20
& 25), Life After Life (Feb 21), I Am Not Madame
Bovary (Feb 21 & 23), Old Stone (Feb 22 & 23),
Daguerrotype (Feb 23), Apprentice (Feb 23),
Starless Dreams (Feb 23). To order advance
tickets, call (503) 276-4310. For info, locations,
or to obtain a complete schedule of films, call
(503) 221-1156 or visit <www.nwfilm.org>.
Mar 4-5, 2-4pm; Mar 4, Ledding Library,
Library Pond House (2215 SE Harrison St,
Milwaukie, Ore.); Mar 5, Multnomah County
Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave, Portland).
Join an afternoon of spoken poetry, presented in
Arabic and in English, at “Al-Mutanabbi Street
Starts Here!” The events are held in
commemoration of the anniversary of the 2007
car bombing of Baghdad’s ancient literary and
historic bookselling district on Al-Mutanabbi
Street. For info, call (503) 786-7580 or visit
<www.milwaukieoregon.gov/library> (Milwau-
kie), or call (503) 988-5123 or visit <events.
multcolib.org> (Portland).
Takashi Makino:
“Expanded Abstraction”
In the Blood
Through Feb 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>.
“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
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>.
February 23 through 25
7:30pm nightly, plus 2:00pm Saturday
Keller Auditorium, 222 S.W. Clay Street, Portland
Watch the Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, the
legendary ballet about a young prince who is thrust into a position to marry and
ascend to the throne — responsibilities for which he is completely unprepared. The
performance features dancers Xuan Cheng (pictured), Peter Franc (pictured),
Jaqueline Straughan, Brian Simcoe, and others. For more information, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 2-BALLET (222-5538) or visit <www.obt.org>.
(Photo/Randall Milstein, courtesy of the Oregon Ballet Theatre)
kimono, furisode and houmongi, takes place
April 8 at 2:00pm. For info, call (503) 581-2004
or visit <www.salemmulticultural.org>.
“Stone Images VIII”
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sabertooth Dragon vs.
The Fiery Tiger
Through Mar 26 (Tue-Sun), 10am-4pm,
Pacific Bonsai Museum (2515 S 336th St,
Federal Way, Wash.). View “Stone Images
VIII,” an exhibit featuring the 20 best viewing
stones from the past seven “Stone Images”
exhibits. The stones, also known as suiseki, are
naturally formed and valued for their beauty
and ability to represent a scene from nature,
including scenic vistas, animals, or embedded
images. For info, call (253) 353-7345 or visit
<www.pacificbonsaimuseum.org>.
Feb 21, 7:30pm, Hollywood Theatre (4122
NE Sandy Blvd, Portland). Watch Sabertooth
Dragon vs. The Fiery Tiger, a film about a king
who abuses his power and the group of young
fighters who plan to take him out with a kung-fu
coup. The screening of the film, which has never
been released on DVD, is held as part of the
Hollywood Theatre’s Kung Fu Theater series.
(1977, Chun Ouyang, 89 mins.) For info, call
(503) 281-4215 or visit <www.hollywood
theatre.org>.
“Cranes, Dragons,
and Teddy Bears”
The Refugees
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>.
Una Kim
Through Mar 27, 9am-9pm (Mon-Thu),
9am-5pm (Fri), Walters Cultural Arts Center,
Upstairs Gallery (527 E Main St, Hillsboro,
Ore.). View “Not Spoken,” a solo exhibit by
Korean-American artist Una Kim featuring
intimate and impressionistic portraits of faces
whose eyes and mouths are occluded or shut,
looking inward or suppressed, in a quiet dance
of interiority and silence. For info, call (503)
615-3485 or visit <www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/
walters>.
“Kitsuke: The Art of
Wearing Kimono”
Through May 17 (Mon-Fri), 10am-3pm; Apr
8, 2pm (demonstration); World Beat Gallery,
Reed Opera House (189 Liberty St SE, Second
Floor, Salem, Ore.). View “Kitsuke: The Art of
Wearing Kimono,” a display that explores the
art and craftsmanship of the iconic Japanese
garment and teaches the secrets of kitsuke. A
demonstration overviewing the customs and
process of dressing in two different styles of
Mar 6, 7:30pm, Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE
Sandy Blvd, Portland). Attend Takashi Makino:
“Expanded Abstraction,” an evening featuring
Japanese filmmaker Takashi Makino, who
presents three of his short films: Cinema
Concret (23 mins.), The Picture from Darkness
(37 mins.), and On Generation and Corruption
(26 mins.). Makino is known for hallucinatory,
non-linear short films using experimental
multiple-exposure techniques. The screenings
are followed by a question-and-answer session.
For info, call (503) 281-4215 or visit <www.
hollywoodtheatre.org>.
Feb 23, 7:30pm, Powell’s City of Books (1005
W Burnside St, Portland). Join Viet Thanh
Nguyen as he presents The Refugees, a novel
about the aspirations of those who leave one
country for another as well as the relationships
and desires for self-fulfillment that define
everyone’s lives. For info, call (503) 228-4651 or
visit <www.powells.com>.
“Kin Killin Kin”
Feb 23-Apr 2, 3-7pm (Wed-Fri), 1-5pm
(Sat-Sun), Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center (5340 N Interstate Ave, Portland). View
“Kin Killin Kin,” a free, visually powerful
exhibit by James Pate focusing on youth and
gun violence. Due to its content, the display is
not recommended for children younger than 13
years old. For info, call (503) 235-8079 or visit
<www.passinart.net>.
Free Kalakendra concert
Feb 25, 7pm, Intel Jones Farm Campus,
Auditorium (2111 NE 25th Ave, Hillsboro,
Ore.). Enjoy a free community concert presented
by Kalakendra. The performance features
Sandeep Koranne on sitar accompanied by
Saikiran Madhusudhan on tabla as well as
vocalist Harini Acharya accompanied by
Ravidath on violin and Hari Iyer on
mridangam. For info, call (503) 308-1050 or
visit <www.kalakendra.org>.
Kong: Long Live The King
Feb 25, 7pm, Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE
Sandy Blvd, Portland). Watch the Portland
debut of Kong: Long Live The King, a
documentary about the enduring appeal of the
character King Kong and how the giant ape has
inspired so many great filmmakers and artists
since 1933. Director Frank Dietz and producer
Trish Geiger are in attendance at the screening.
(USA, 2016, Frank Dietz.) For info, call (503)
281-4215 or visit <www.hollywoodtheatre.org>.
“Identities & Futures”
Broadway in Portland series
Feb 28-Mar 5, 7:30pm (Tue-Sat), 2pm (Sat),
1pm & 6:30pm (Sun), Keller Auditorium (222
SW Clay St, Portland). Watch Matilda, a
performance held as part of the Broadway in
Portland series. The musical, based on the book
by Roald Dahl, tells the story of an extra-
ordinary girl who, armed with a vivid
imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a
stand and change her destiny. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 248-4335 or visit <www.
portland5.com>.
“Joe Powers & Friends”
Mar 2, 7pm, The Old Church (1422 SW 11th
Ave, Portland). Attend “Joe Powers & Friends,”
a performance featuring harmonica virtuoso
Joe Powers with Masumi Timson on the koto
and Bill Crane playing piano and pipe organ. To
buy tickets, call (503) 224-0328 or visit
<www.joepowers.com>.
Oregon Symphony
Mar 2, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Relive the
classic film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at a
screening featuring the score of John Williams
performed in real time by the Oregon Symphony
under the direction of conductor Norman
Huynh. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503)
228-1353 or visit <www.orsymphony.org>.
The Immigrants
Mar 2-5, 7:30pm (Thu-Sat), 2pm (Sun),
Seattle Center, Cornish Playhouse (305
Harrison St, Seattle). Watch The Immigrants, a
production focused on classical composers who
are American but not native born, including
immigrants from China, the Middle East,
Mexico, and Cuba — places that America has
sometimes been at odds with or are part of the
current debate on immigration. The perfor-
mances are held as part of Spectrum Dance
Theater’s “Rambunctious #3” series. For info, or
to buy tickets, call (206) 443-2222 or 1-877-900-
9285, or visit <www.seattlerep.org/Spectrum>.
Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon
Mar 3-5, 7:30pm (Fri-Sat), 2:30pm (Sun),
Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Soreng
Mar 7, 7pm (doors open), 7:30pm-1am
(show), Holocene (1001 SE Morrison St,
Portland). Attend “Identities & Futures:
Women and Non-Binary Folks Speak Out,” an
event featuring performances by DJ KM Fizzy,
Melika Belhaj, Lillie Craw, Jene Ethridge, and
others, as well as animation by artists A’misa
Chiu, Daria Tessler, and Tara Booth. Part of the
event proceeds benefits the Sankofa Collective
Northwest. For info, call (503) 239-7639, e-mail
<info@portlandzinesymposium.org>, or visit
<www.portlandzinesymposium.org>.
“Music That Blends
East and West”
Mar 8, 7:30pm, Portland Community
College (PCC), Rock Creek Campus, Building 3,
Room 114 (17705 NW Springville Rd, Portland).
Attend “Music That Blends East and West,” a
free concert by Thousand Waves, a chamber
ensemble that performs Japanese and western
music on koto, flute, and guitar. The event,
which is presented by PCC Rock Creek’s
Department of Music, includes free parking
behind building 9. For info, call (971) 722-7869
or visit <www.pcc.edu/rockcreekmusic>.
“Hawaiian Slack Key
Guitar Festival”
Mar 10, 7:30pm, Hult Center for the
Performing Arts, Soreng Theater (One Eugene
Center at Seventh Ave & Willamette St,
Eugene, Ore.). Attend the annual “Hawaiian
Slack Key Guitar Festival — Eugene Style.” The
evening features artists Bill Keale, LT Smooth,
Stephen Inglis, and Bobby Moderow, Jr. For
info, call (541) 682-5746 or visit <www.
hultcenter.org>. To buy tickets, call (541)
682-5000.
Concert of Remembrance
Mar 12, 2-3:30pm, Oregon Historical Society
Museum (1200 SW Park Ave, Portland). Attend
the Concert of Remembrance, a free
performance
commemorating
the
75th
anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which
uprooted American citizens of Japanese descent
all over the western United States and
incarcerated them in internment camps during
World War II. The event features new musical
compositions, photographs by New Mexico
photographer and camp documenter Joan
Myers, a poetry reading by former Oregon poet
laureate Lawson Fusao Inada, and a video
created by the Oregon Nikkei Endowment. For
info, call (503) 222-1741 or visit <www.ohs.org>.
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