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Arts Culture & Entertainment Page 12 n THE ASIAN REPORTER March 20, 2017 Timbers take on the New England Revolution. Portland’s squad features Diego Valeri, Darlington Nagbe, and others. The Revolution includes Lee Nguyen, Daigo Kobayashi, and others. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit <www.portlandtimbers.com>. See related story on page 8. ICONOCLASTIC “Hosokawa Morihiro: The Art of Life, a Rebirth in Clay” ONGOING EVENTS Una Kim Apr 2-May 21, noon-7pm (Mon), 10am-7pm (Tue-Sun), Portland Japanese Garden (611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland). View “Hosokawa Morihiro: The Art of Life, a Rebirth in Clay,” an exhibit celebrating tea culture in the art and life of Hosokawa Morihiro, a former prime minister of Japan. For info, call (503) 223-1321 or visit <www.japanesegarden.com>. 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>. Hannah and the Dread Gazebo Apr 2-Oct 28, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Thomas Theatre (15 South Pioneer St, Ashland, Ore.). Watch the world premiere of Jiehae Park’s Hannah and the Dread Gazebo, a play exploring what it means to walk the line between two cultures by embracing the hilarious, the heartbreaking, the scientific, and the mythic. For info, showtimes, or to buy tickets, call 1-800-219-8161 or visit <www.osf ashland.org>. Sumi-e Through Mar 31, 11am-5pm, Lawrence Gallery Sheridan (19700 SW Highway 18, McMinnville, Ore.). View a display of sumi-e paintings by Janine Bainter, who has practiced the art for nearly 40 years. For info, call (503) 843-3633 or visit <www.lawrencegallery.net>. Through April 28 Noon to 5:00pm, Tuesday through Sunday Reed College, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd., Portland Ceramics exhibit Through Apr 1, 11am-5:30pm (Tue-Fri), 11am-5pm (Sat), Russo Lee Gallery (805 NW 21st Ave, Portland). View “Northwest Per- spectives in Clay,” an exhibit featuring ceramics by artists Patti Warashina, Connie Kiener, Tip Toland, and others. For info, call (503) 226-2754 or visit <www.russoleegallery.com>. “Kin Killin Kin” Through 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>. tions that support social justice in the Pacific Northwest. For info, call (503) 358-6761 or visit <www.socialjusticefund.org>. Andaz UPCOMING EVENTS Chinese tai chi fan dance workshop Mar 22 & 29, 1:30-3pm, Woodstock Library (6008 SE 49th Ave, Portland). Enjoy a Chinese tai chi fan dance workshop conducted in Mandarin. Tai chi fan dance is an elegant style of martial-arts fitness, combining tai chi and other martial arts with dance movements. For info, or to register (required), call (503) 988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>. “Onko-Chishin” Mar 22-Apr 24, 5-9pm (Fri), noon-5pm (Sat-Sun), plus 10am-6pm (Mar 22-24); Mar 24, 5-8pm (reception); Buddhist Daihonzan Henjyoji Temple (2634 SE 12th Ave, Portland). View “Onko-Chishin,” a joint ceramics exhibit featuring regional and international artists working across a range of styles and media. The show features pieces by artists Daven Hee, Yoshiro Ikeda, Eva Kwong, Jae Won Lee, Sanjit Sethi, Baba Wagué Diakité, and Chris Baskin. The exhibit is held in conjunction with “Future Flux,” the 51st annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, scheduled to take place March 22 to 25 at the Oregon Convention Center. For info, call (503) 232-6352. Nawruz celebration Mar 23, 6-10pm, Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom (1825 SW Broadway, Portland). Join members of Persia House in celebration of Nawruz, the traditional Persian New Year. The event features New Year gifts for kids, music, refreshments, and more. For info, call (503) 725-5214 or visit <www.persia.pdx.edu>. Mamma Mia! Mar 24-26, 7:30pm (Fri), 2pm & 7:30pm (Sat), 1pm & 6:30pm (Sun), Keller Auditorium (222 SW Clay St, Portland). Watch the eighth-longest running show in Broadway history and one of only five musicals to have run for more than 10 years — Mamma Mia! — as part of the Broadway in Portland series. The performance is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends, and new family found, inspired by the storytelling magic of songs by ABBA. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 248-4335 or visit <www.portland5.com>. Allied Arts show Mar 25, 7-10pm, Lagunitas, Community Room (237 NE Broadway St, Suite 300, Portland). Attend the Allied Arts show, an event bringing visual and performing artists together who are donating their talents to raise money and spread awareness for nonprofit organiza- Shen Yun Performing Arts View “Iconoclastic,” a display examining the ideological construction, imagistic confusion, erasure, and physical destruction of societies, nature, works of art, and the art historical canon. The exhibit, which includes sculpture, large-scale installation, video, film, sound performance, print media, open-source software, and photography, features works by Maya Lin, Morehshin Allahyari and Daniel Rourke, Demian DinéYazhi’ and Noelle V. Sosaya, Goshka Macuga, and others. For more information, call (503) 517-7851, e-mail <cooley@reed.edu>, or visit <www.reed.edu/gallery>. “Little Cone,” by Maya Lin, 1998, 10,000 pounds of crushed recycled glass doors and car windows and wood, dimensions variable, Reed College Art Collection, gift of the Peter Norton Collection. (Photo courtesy of the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery) Mar 25, 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 along with Adam McCollom on the Panjabi dhol drum. Andaz is for persons age 21 and older. For info, call (503) 281-3918 or visit <www.anjali andthekid.com>. “Holi Hai” Mar 26, 3-8pm, Barrel Room (105 NW Third Ave, Portland). Celebrate “Holi Hai,” the festival of colors. Attendees of the all-ages event should arrive dressed in white so they can dance the night away soaked in gulal (powder colors) to celebrate the coming of spring, the joy of friendship, and equality for all. For info, call (971) 344-2022 or visit <www.bollywoodpdx. com>. Thorns FC preseason matches Mar 26, Mar 29 & Apr 1, 5pm (Sun), 7:30pm (Wed & Sat), Providence Park (SW 18th Ave & SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch Portland Thorns FC take on the Chicago Red Stars (March 26), the U.S. U-23s (March 29), and the Houston Dash (April 1) as part of the National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) preseason. The Thorns FC squad features Mana Shim, Nadia Nadim, Kendall Johnson, and others. Thorns FC begin the 2017 NWSL regular season April 15 against the Orlando Pride. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit <www.portlandthorns.com>. “Classical Up Close” children’s concerts Mar 29 & May 7, 1pm & 2:30pm; Mar 29, Beaverton City Library (12375 SW Fifth St, Beaverton, Ore.); May 7, Tigard Public Library (13500 SW Hall Blvd, Tigard, Ore.). Attend children’s concerts held as part of the “Classical Up Close” series of free chamber music concerts organized and performed by Oregon Symphony musicians. The series, which centers around six informal, full-length concerts, begins April 22 and ends May 7. For info, or to obtain a full schedule of concerts, call (503) 228-1353 or visit <www.classicalupclose.org>. Ali Wong Mar 30-31, 7pm & 9:30pm, Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend a performance of stand-up comedy by Asian- American comedian, writer, and actress Ali Wong. When Wong released her Netflix special, “Ali Wong: Baby Cobra,” she became the first comedian to record a stand-up special while seven months pregnant. To buy tickets, call (503) 248-4335 or visit <www.portland5.com>. Apr 4-5 & 7-9; Apr 4-5, 7:30pm (Tue-Wed), 2pm (Wed), Keller Auditorium (222 SW Clay St, Portland); Apr 7-9, 7:30pm (Fri-Sat), 2pm (Sat), 1pm (Sun), McCaw Hall (321 Mercer St, Seattle). Attend a dance and music performance by Shen Yun Performing Arts that visits the lost civilization of the “Middle Kingdom” — the land of heroes and sages, dragons and phoenixes, and emperors and immortals. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 248-4335 or visit <www.portland5.com> (Portland), or call 1-800-745-3000 or visit <www.mccawhall.com> (Seattle). To learn more, call 1-888-974-3698 or visit <www.shenyunperformingarts.org>. Kalakendra concert This Random World Mar 31, 7:30pm, First Baptist Church (909 SW 11th Ave, Portland). Attend a concert featuring U. Rajesh on mandolin and Ronu Mazumdar on flute accompanied by Harshad Kanetkar on tabla and SV Ramani on mridangam. The performance is presented by Kalakendra. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 308-1050 or visit <www.kalakendra.org>. Apr 7-23, 7:30pm (Thu-Sat), 2pm (Sun), Portland Actors Conservatory, Firehouse Theatre (1436 SW Montgomery St, Portland). Watch This Random World, a Steven Dietz play that revolves around serendipity and fate. The Portland performance marks the premiere on the west coast. For info, call (503) 274-1717. To buy tickets, visit <www.pac.edu>. Cirque du Soleil: Luzia Here Lies Love Mar 31-May 21, Marymoor Park (6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, Redmond, Wash.). Experience Luzia, a Cirque du Soleil travelling production where a waking dream transports the audience to a world enveloped in light and nurtured by rain. The show features acrobatics, music, and drama. For info, or to buy tickets, call 1-800-745-3000 or visit <www.cirquedu soleil.com/luzia>. Apr 7-May 28, Bagley Wright Theatre (155 Mercer St, Seattle). Watch Here Lies Love, a musical play about the non-violent restoration of democracy in the Philippines in 1986 and the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Imelda Marcos, the country’s controversial First Lady. For info, showtimes, or to buy tickets, call (206) 443-2222 or visit <www.seattlerep.org>. Duality: Dance Ballet of India Apr 1, 4pm, Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway, Portland). Watch Jayanthi Raman’s Duality: Dance Ballet of India, a performance featuring an international cast of professional dancers from Delhi, Chennai, and the U.S. performing modern dance, Bharatha Natyam, and Chhau, a martial arts-based dance form. The original music was composed by young mandolin maestro U. Rajesh and the performance features the voice of Bollywood melody king Hariharan and percussionists Selvaganesh and S.V. Ramani. The show was rescheduled from the original date of March 19. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 531-7266 or visit <www.rasika.org>. Sizdah Bedar Apr 2, noon-5pm, Oaks Park, Area 1 (7805 SE Oaks Park Way, near the east end of the Sellwood Bridge, Portland). Members of the community are invited to join the Sizdah Bedar picnic at Oaks Park. Participants are encour- aged to bring seasonal food and snacks to share. Tea and cookies are provided. For info, call (503) 725-5214 or visit <www.persia.pdx.edu>. Portland Timbers vs. the New England Revolution Apr 2, 6pm, Providence Park (SW 18th Ave & SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch the Portland Newberg Camellia Festival Apr 8, 10am-4pm, Chehalem Cultural Center (415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, Ore.). Celebrate the cultures of Asia and the Pacific Rim at the annual Newberg Camellia Festival, featuring food, blooms, entertainment, hands-on activities, demonstrations, and more. The free festival includes performances by the Lee’s Association Lion and Dragon Dance Team, koto player Mitsuki Dazai, Hula Halau ‘Ohana Holo‘oko‘a, the Minidoka Swing Band, en Taiko, and Monmouth Taiko. The day’s events kick off at 9:00am with the Chehalem Park and Recreation District Camellia 5K & 10K Run. For info, call (503) 487-6883 or visit <www. newbergcamelliafestival.com>. Lisa See Apr 10-12, 7pm; Apr 10, Elliott Bay Book Company (1521 Tenth Ave, Seattle); Apr 11, Third Place Books (17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, Wash.); Apr 12, Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing (3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, Ore.). Join Lisa See as she presents The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, a book exploring the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple. For info, call (206) 624-6600 or visit <www.elliottbaybook.com> (Seattle), call (206) 366-3333 or visit <www. thirdplacebooks.com> (Lake Forest Park), or call (503) 643-3131 or visit <www.powells.com> (Beaverton). 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. ***