May 15, 2017
Arts Culture & Entertainment
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Refugee Dreams Revisited
JAKE SHIMABUKURO
Through May 27 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5pm; May
20, 2pm (artist talk); Blackfish Gallery (420 NW
Ninth Ave, Portland). View Yoonhee Choi’s
“Sift” and Roya Motamedi’s “Aptitude of Kind-
ness.” Choi’s installation explores the easily
neglected and immediately abandoned detritus
of a consumer society, while Motamedi’s col-
lages of fabric and birch on paper are concerned
with pattern, repetition, and interconnectivity
to family. For info, call (503) 224-2634 or visit
<www.blackfish.com>.
May 28, June 11, 17 & 24; May 28, 2-3:30pm,
North Portland Library (512 N Killingsworth
St, Portland); June 11, 2-3:30pm, Multnomah
County Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave,
Portland); June 17, 4-5:30pm, Midland Library
(805 SE 122nd Ave, Portland); June 24, 2pm,
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organiza-
tion (10301 NE Glisan St, Portland). Watch
Refugee Dreams Revisited, a performance by
local Asian and Pacific Islander youth of true
local stories of the sacrifice and resiliency of
more than 25 former Vietnamese, Lao, Hmong,
Mien, and Cambodian refugees who were inter-
viewed a decade ago for the Crossing East radio
series. Portland was one of the medium-sized
U.S. cities that experienced the relatively sud-
den influx of every major ethnic group of people
who were displaced from Vietnam, Cambodia,
and Laos in the years following the Fall of Sai-
gon in April 1975. The performances are fol-
lowed by a panel discussion with former refu-
gees. For info, call (503) 988-5123 or visit
<www.mediarites.org>.
“The Art & Culture of Japan”
Kabuki performances
ONGOING EVENTS
Yoonhee Choi &
Roya Motamedi
Through May 28 (Wed-Sun), 11am-5pm,
Columbia Center for the Arts (215 Cascade Ave,
Hood River, Ore.). Join the Columbia Center for
the Arts for “The Art & Culture of Japan,” a
celebration of art, activities, workshops, and
more. In the gallery, view contemporary
Japanese prints, bonseki, a retrospective
exhibition of “Citizen Min: Minoru Yasui,”
artwork by Jimmy Mirikitani, pieces by the
Mashiko Ceramics and Arts Association, and
more. In the theater, watch a screening of The
Cats of Mirikitani (May 17, 6pm), join the
poTENtial Culinary Arts Conversation Project
(May 20, 4pm), enjoy a taiko workshop (May 21,
12:30pm) and performance (May 21, 3pm) by
Unit Souzou, and watch a traditional Japanese
tattoo art presentation (May 24, 6pm). For info,
call (541) 387-8877 or <www.columbiaarts.
org>.
Asian Heritage Month events
at Lan Su Chinese Garden
Through May 31 (daily), 10am-7pm, Lan Su
Chinese Garden (NW Third Ave & NW Everett
St, Portland). Attend talks, demonstrations,
activities, and performances celebrating Asian
and Pacific Islander culture throughout the
month of May, which is Asian Heritage Month.
Performances representing the cultures of
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Pacific
Islands, Thailand, and Cambodia are high-
lighted on Saturday and Sunday at 1:00pm and
3:00pm. The remaining schedule includes Port-
land Taiko (May 20, 1pm), the Kalabharathi
School of Dance (May 20, 3pm), One With Heart
(May 21, 1pm), the Portland Chinese Dance
Troupe (May 21, 3pm), Unit Souzou (May 27,
1pm), the Cambodian Dance Troupe of Oregon
(May 27, 3pm), Indonesian Performing Arts of
Oregon (May 28, 1pm), and the Obukan Kendo
Club (May 28, 3pm). For info, or to obtain a
complete schedule of events, call (503) 228-8131
or visit <www.lansugarden.org>.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Broadway in Portland series
May 16-21, 7:30pm (Tue-Sat), 2pm (Sat),
1pm & 6:30pm (Sun), Keller Auditorium (222
SW Clay St, Portland). Watch An American in
Paris, a performance held as part of the Broad-
way in Portland series. The musical tells the
romantic story of an American soldier, a myste-
rious French girl, and an indomitable European
city, each yearning for a new beginning in the
aftermath of war. For info, or to buy tickets, call
(503) 248-4335, or visit <www.portland5.com>
or <www.broadwayinportland.com>.
The Language Archive
May 17-June 11, 7:30pm (Wed-Sat, except
May 20), 2pm (Sun), CoHo Theater (2257 NW
Raleigh St, Portland). Watch Julie Cho’s The
Language Archive, a comedy play about the
lives of five people who discover that no matter
how many words they can speak, it’s the heart’s
language that matters most. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 488-5822 or visit <www.port
landplayhouse.org>.
Ugetsu
May 19, 5:30pm, Portland Art Museum,
Northwest Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium
(1219 SW Park Ave, Portland). Watch Ugetsu, a
film centering around two peasant couples
displaced by war, set during the Azuchi-
Momoyama period in Japan. (Japan, 1953,
Kenji Mizoguchi, 96 mins.) For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 221-1156 or visit <www.nw
film.org>.
“API Day at the Capitol”
May 20, 10am-2pm, Oregon State Capitol
(900 Court St NE, Salem, Ore.). Join the fun at
“Asian and Pacific Islander Day at the Capitol,”
a free celebration held in honor of Asian
Heritage Month featuring performances, music,
May 30-31, 7pm, Portland State University
(PSU), Lincoln Performance Hall (1620 SW
Park Ave, Portland). Watch kabuki perfor-
mances in English of The Castle Tower, an
occult, fantasy romance full of magic and
mystery set in Japan’s grandest castle, and The
Puppeteer, a virtuoso danced collage in which
puppets turn into humans. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 725-3307 or visit <www.pdx.
edu/boxoffice/tickets>.
May 23, 7:30pm
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway, Portland
Attend an Oregon Symphony concert featuring Jake Shimabukuro, the modern
virtuoso of the ukulele. The concert, which is under the direction of Norman Huynh,
features Shimabukuro fan favorites plus some of his electrifying originals for uku-
lele and orchestra. For more information, or to buy tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or
visit <www.orsymphony.org>. To learn more, visit <www.jakeshimabukuro.com>.
(Photo courtesy of the Oregon Symphony)
demonstrations, exhibits, yoga (12:30pm), and
more. Tower tours to the Oregon Pioneer take
place at 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, and
1:30pm (weather permitting). Parking meters
near the capitol are not enforced on weekends.
For info, call (503) 986-1388 or visit <www.
oregonlegislature.gov>.
“Family Fun Day”
May 20, 10am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum of
the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S
King St, Seattle). Enjoy free admission to the
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific
American Experience at a “Family Fun Day.”
Featured activities include face painting, a
children’s book reading, and art activities for
the whole family related to current exhibits. For
info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wing
luke.org>.
Washer/Dryer
May 20, 2pm, Gerding Theater at the
Armory (128 NW 11th Ave, Portland). Watch
Nandita Shenoy’s Washer/Dryer, a comedy
about a Chinese- and Indian-American inter-
ethnic newlywed couple in a single-unit New
York co-op apartment who must navigate their
marriage, a formidable mom, a nosy co-op
manager, and an endearing gay best friend
trying to resolve conflicts between everyone. For
info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 445-3700 or visit
<www.pcs.org>.
Unit Souzou
May 21, 3pm, Columbia Center for the Arts
(215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, Ore.). Attend a
performance by Unit Souzou, an organization
that builds creative and imaginative works for
the art form of taiko drumming. The concert is
preceded by a taiko drumming workshop at
12:30pm. For info, or to buy tickets, call (541)
387-8877 or visit <www.columbiaarts.org>.
Rocker Chixx Choir
“place”
soccer squad, which suffered a 0-31 defeat to
Australia in 2001 and whose new coach is
attempting to turn the ragtag group into a
winning team. To verify showtimes, call (503)
293-1982, or visit <www.opb.org> or <www.
piccom.org>.
Samyak Yamauchi
May 25-June 25, 11am-5pm (Tue), 11am-
6pm (Wed-Sat), 11am-4pm (Sun); May 25,
6-9pm (reception); Guardino Gallery (2939 NE
Alberta St, Portland). View “One Step, Two
Step,” an exhibit of paintings by Samyak
Yamauchi exploring the concept that with every
step we take, we move through the story of our
lives from birth to death. For info, call (503)
281-9048 or visit <www.guardinogallery.com>.
Tamae Frame
May 25-June 27, 11am-5pm (Tue), 11am-
6pm (Wed-Sat), 11am-4pm (Sun); May 25,
6-9pm (reception); Guardino Gallery (2939 NE
Alberta St, Portland). View ceramic works by
Tamae Frame, who observes and examines emo-
tions, moods, feelings, and epiphanies using the
female figure as her primary subject. Frame’s
pieces are bald, ageless, nude, and do not
spotlight any particular race. For info, call (503)
281-9048 or visit <www.guardinogallery.com>.
CityFair
May 26-29, June 2-4 & 9-11, 11am-11pm
(except May 26), 5-11pm (May 26), Governor
Tom McCall Waterfront Park (SW Naito
Parkway between the Burnside & Hawthorne
Bridges, Portland). Visit the Portland Rose
Festival’s CityFair, featuring food, rides,
games, exhibits, performances, and more.
Opening night (May 26) features a display of
fireworks synchronized to music as well as a
dance party in the RoZone. For info, or to obtain
a complete schedule of events and performers,
call (503) 227-2681 or visit <www.rosefestival.
org/waterfront/city-fair>.
May 21, 3:30pm (doors open), 4:30pm (show),
Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan St, Portland).
Watch the Rocker Chixx Choir, a community
choir of rockin’ women and girls performing
music by and for women, directed by Teri
Untalan and backed by an all-female band of
local musicians and string players. To buy
tickets, call (503) 223-4527 or visit <www.
mcmenamins.com/mission-theater>. To learn
more, visit <www.rockerchixxchoir.com>.
Asian art sale
Behind The Castle Tower
May 27, 7pm, Providence Park (SW 18th Ave
& SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch Portland
Thorns FC take on the Boston Breakers as part
of the National Women’s Soccer League’s 2017
season. The Thorns FC squad features Mana
Shim, Nadia Nadim, Christine Sinclair,
Kendall Johnson, and others. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit <www.
portlandthorns.com>.
May 24, 6pm, Portland State University
(PSU), Native American Student & Community
Center (710 SW Jackson St, Portland). Join
Cody Poulton of the University of Victoria for a
free discussion of Izumi Kyoka’s The Castle
Tower, an occult, fantasy kabuki romance full of
magic and mystery set in Japan’s grandest
castle and performed May 30 and 31 at PSU’s
Lincoln Performance Hall. Poulton reveals how
Kyoka’s fascination with the grotesque, the
occult, and the erotic, combined with an
enduring distaste for militarism, was decades
ahead of its time. For info, call (503) 725-8577 or
visit <www.pdx.edu/cjs>.
Next Goal Wins
May 24, 11pm-midnight; repeats May 26,
4-5am; Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).
Watch Next Goal Wins, an episode of Pacific
Heartbeat spotlighting American Samoa’s
May 27, 9:30am-3pm, Saint Mark’s
Episcopal Cathedral, Bloedel Hall (1245 Tenth
Ave E, Seattle). Attend the Asian & Global Arts
treasure sale, an event presented by the Friends
of Asian Art Association. For info, call (206)
522-5438 or visit <www.friendsofasianart.org>.
Portland Thorns FC
June 1-July 25 (Tue-Fri), 9am-2pm; June 1,
5-8pm (opening); p:ear (338 NW Sixth Ave,
Portland). View “place,” a new collection of
works by Kanani Miyamoto, Jillian Barthold,
and p:ear youth that engages culture,
relationship, space, objects, and personal
identity, and ranges from playful landscapes to
dramatic print work. The exhibit challenges the
often mundane and overlooked concept of
“place” and how it plays a pivotal role in who we
are and the relationships we have. For info, call
(503) 228-6677 or visit <www.pearmentor.org>.
“Fire on the Water”
June 1-30 (Mon-Sat), 10am-5pm, Antoinette
Hatfield Hall (1111 SW Broadway, Portland).
View “Fire on the Water,” a free dragon-boat-
themed group art show featuring a diverse
collection of artistic interpretations of dragon
boating in Portland using a variety of media,
including acrylic, watercolor, oil, encaustic,
ceramic, mixed media, and photography. For
info, call (503) 227-2681 or visit <www.rose
festival.org>.
Kalakendra concert
June 2, 7:30pm, First Baptist Church (909
SW 11th Ave, Portland). Attend a concert
featuring Hindustani vocalist Ruchira Panda,
accompanied by Pt. Arup Chattopadhyay on
tabla and Anirban Chakrabarty on harmonium.
The performance is presented by Kalakendra.
For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 308-1050 or
visit <www.kalakendra.org>.
Starlight Parade
June 3, 8:30-11pm, Downtown Portland.
Watch the Portland Rose Festival’s 2.25-mile
Starlight Parade, featuring approximately 100
sparkling entries. The parade features the 2017
Rose Festival princesses, including Maggie
Beutler of Wilson High School, Tiffany Nguyen
of David Douglas High School, Mele Kavapalu of
Madison High School, Keeley Nguyen of
Franklin High School, Lucy Sagoo of St. Mary’s
Academy, Michaela Canete of Century High
School (Metro West), and Madisyn Montgomery
of Oregon City High School (Metro East); a large
contingent of illuminated floats; high school
marching bands; and more. The event is
broadcast live on FOX 12 beginning at 9:00pm.
For info, or to obtain a map of the parade route
and a list of all parade entries, call (503)
227-2681 or visit <www.rosefestival.org>.
Pagdiriwang
June 3-4, 11am-7pm, Seattle Center (305
Harrison St, Seattle). Attend the annual
Pagdiriwang, a celebration of Filipino culture,
history, and heritage. The free event includes
live performances, cultural displays, hands-on
children’s activities, and more. For info, call
(206) 684-7200, or visit <www.seattlecenter.
com> or <www.festalpagdiriwang.com>.
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