Arts Culture & Entertainment
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August 21, 2017
Andaz
Jade International Night Market
Aug 26, 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>.
ONGOING EVENTS
Ritsuko Ozeki
Tibet Fest
Through Sep 2 (Tue-Sat), 10:30am-5:30pm,
Froelick Gallery (714 NW Davis St, Portland).
View “Interval,” an exhibit by artist Ritsuko
Ozeki. For info, call (503) 222-1142 or visit
<www.froelickgallery.com>.
Aug 26-27, 11am-5pm, Seattle Center,
Armory and Fisher Roof (305 Harrison St,
Seattle). Learn about Tibetan cultural heritage
at Tibet Fest, presented by Seattle Center
Festál. The event features traditional Tibetan
music; dance, including Tibetan yak and lion
dances; stories; a sand mandala; a Tibetan art of
weaving exhibition and hands-on demonstra-
tion; children’s activities; Tibetan food; a
marketplace with Tibetan and Himalayan
jewelry, clothing, art, rugs, handcrafts, and
home décor; and more. For info, call (206)
684-7200, or visit <www.seattlecenter.com> or
<www.washingtontibet.org>.
Takahiko Hayashi
Through Sep 2 (Tue-Sat), 10:30am-5:30pm,
Froelick Gallery (714 NW Davis St, Portland).
View “Permeate Green,” an exhibit by Takahiko
Hayashi. For info, call (503) 222-1142 or visit
<www.froelickgallery.com>.
“We The People”
Through Sep 2 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5pm, Black-
fish Gallery (420 NW Ninth Ave, Portland).
View “We The People,” a participatory
installation that underscores the fundamental
values of diversity, inclusion, and tolerance —
values that nurture a robust society and
contribute to the vibrancy of a creative
community. Visitors are encouraged to add a
personal mark — a signature or handprint — to
the works. For info, call (503) 224-2634 or visit
<www.blackfish.com>.
“High Art of Hand-
Pulled Printmaking”
Through Sep 3, 10am-5pm (Sun), 10am-8pm
(Mon), noon-8pm (Tue-Wed), 10am-6pm (Thu-
Sat), Multnomah County Central Library,
Collins Gallery (801 SW 10th Ave, Portland).
View “High Art of Hand-Pulled Printmaking,”
an interpretive sampling of works from
Portland’s master printmakers showcasing
limited edition hand-pulled prints alongside
materials used to create numbered and signed
fine pieces of art. For info, call (503) 988-5123 or
visit <events.multcolib.org>.
“Kabuki: A Revolution
in Color and Design”
Through Sep 3, noon-7pm (Mon), 10am-7pm
(Tue-Sun), Portland Japanese Garden (611 SW
Kingston Ave, Portland). View “Kabuki: A
Revolution in Color and Design,” an exhibit
exploring Japan’s most flamboyant and fanciful
performance art through brilliantly hand-dyed
and lavishly embroidered silk costumes. For
info, call (503) 223-1321 or visit <www.japanese
garden.com>.
Noontime Showcase
Through Sep 6 (Wed), noon-1pm, SW Main
St at SW Broadway (Portland). Attend free
Noontime Showcase concerts in downtown Port-
land. Remaining performances feature The
Beat Goes On Marching Band (August 23),
Smut City Jellyroll Society (August 30), and
Marti Mendenhall (September 6). Also held on
Wednesdays during the summer from 11:00am
to 2:00pm are “Summer Arts on Main” events,
which include children’s activities, outdoor
booths, crafts for sale, and music performances.
In case of rain or extreme heat, the concerts are
held in the rotunda lobby of Antoinette Hatfield
Hall (1111 SW Broadway, Portland). For info,
call (503) 248-4335 or visit <www.portland5.
com/events/summer-arts-main>.
Music on Main
Through Sep 6 (Wed), 5-7pm, SW Main St
between SW Broadway & SW Park Ave (Port-
land). Attend Music on Main, a free, all-ages
outdoor concert series featuring popular local
and regional musicians performing a diverse
collection of music — Hawai‘ian swing, funk,
country swing, and more. In case of rain or
extreme heat, the concerts are held in the
rotunda lobby of Antoinette Hatfield Hall (1111
SW Broadway, Portland). For info, call (503)
248-4335 or visit <www.portland5.com/events/
music-main>.
“Yayoi Kusama:
Infinity Mirrors”
Through Sep 10, 10am-5pm (Wed &
Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Art
Museum, Simonyi Special Exhibition Galleries
(1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Yayoi Kusama:
Infinity Mirrors,” an exhibit highlighting the
evolution over five decades of Kusama’s
immersive, multi-reflective art. At the core of
the display are “Infinity Mirror Rooms,”
including Kusama’s original 1965 mirror room,
in which she displayed a vast expanse of
red-spotted, white tubers in a room lined with
mirrors, creating the illusion of an infinite space
— a surreal landscape in which the viewer is
situated at the center. Also featured are
drawings, paintings, and two early videos. For
August 26, 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Portland Community College, Southeast Campus
2305 S.E. 82nd Avenue, Portland
“End of Summer”
Aug 27, 5-9pm, Yale Union (800 SE 10th
Ave, Portland). Attend the “End of Summer”
artist open studio, an event showcasing
individual projects and research conducted by
artists-in-residence during their time in
Portland. For info, call (503) 236-7996, e-mail
<mail@end-of-summer.org>, or visit <www.
end-of-summer.org> or <www.yaleunion.org>.
Join the fun at the Jade International Night Market. The market features food,
live entertainment, vendors, information booths, activities for children, and more.
For more information, call (971) 340-4861, or visit <www.jadedistrictnight
market.org> or <www.apano.org>.
(AR Photo/Maileen Hamto)
info, call (206) 654-3210 or visit <www.seattle
artmuseum.org>.
TaikoWorks 2017
“Converge 45: You In Mind”
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ronnie Exconde & Friends
Through Sep 10 (Fri-Sun), noon-5pm,
Disjecta (8371 N Interstate Ave, Portland).
View “Converge 45: You In Mind,” an exhibit
featuring more than two dozen artists. Featured
pieces were created by Tannaz Farsi, Ann
Hamilton, Lita Albuquerque, and others. For
info, call (503) 286-9449 or visit <www.disjecta.
org>.
Aug 23, 6:30pm, Ventura Park (SE 113th
Ave & SE Stark St, Portland). Enjoy a free
concert of American soft rock from the
Philippines performed by Ronnie Exconde &
Friends. The show is held as part of Portland
Parks & Recreation’s “Concerts in the Park”
series. For info, call (503) 823-PLAY (7529) or
visit <www.portlandparks.org>.
“Wanderlust”
Kishi Bashi
Through Sep 30 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5:30pm,
ArtXchange (512 First Ave S, Seattle). View
“Wanderlust,” an exhibit exploring the act of
travelling, seen through the eyes of gallery
artists who draw energy from the magic of being
somewhere new. Featured pieces were created
by Deborah Kapoor, Phong, Lauren Iida, Chin
Yuen, Bui Cong Khanh, and others. For info,
call (206) 839-0377 or visit <www.artxchange.
org>.
Aug 23, 7-9pm, Disjecta (8371 N Interstate
Ave, Portland). Enjoy an evening of acoustic
performance, stories, and music with Kishi
Bashi (singer, multi-instrumentalist, and
songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi) as well as Julian
Saporiti, held as a benefit for the Japanese
Incarceration Mobile Workshop Project. The
group is visiting internment sites and
interviewing survivors as inspiration for a
multimedia symphonic piece to debut next year.
For info, call (503) 286-9449 or visit <www.
disjecta.org>.
“Emerge/Evolve: Rising
Talents in Kiln-Glass”
Through Oct 1 (Wed-Sun), 11am-5pm,
Bellevue Arts Museum (510 Bellevue Way NE,
Bellevue, Wash.). View “Emerge/Evolve: Rising
Talents in Kiln-Glass,” an exhibit showcasing
emerging artists from 16 countries whose
cutting edge work in kiln-glass (or kiln-formed
glass) offers a different perspective on the
medium. Featured artists include Rei
Chikaoka, Helen Lee, Ashraf Hanna, and
others. For info, call (425) 519-0770 or visit
<www.bellevuearts.org>.
“Natives”
Through Oct 8 (Tue-Sun), 10am-4pm, Pacific
Bonsai Museum (2515 S 336th St, Federal Way,
Wash.). View “Natives,” an exhibit celebrating
the diversity of North American trees and the
unique terrains that shape them by pairing
bonsai with original landscape paintings. For
info, call (253) 353-7345 or visit <www.pacific
bonsaimuseum.org>.
“Common Pleasures: Art
of Urban Life in Edo Japan”
Through Oct 22, 10am-5pm (Wed &
Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Art Museum
(1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Common
Pleasures: Art of Urban Life in Edo Japan,” an
exhibit of paintings depicting diverse leisure
activities and popular indulgences of ordinary
people during the Japanese Edo period (1603-
1868), when the common philosophy was “live
for the moment.” For info, call (206) 654-3100 or
visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>.
Hannah and the
Dread Gazebo
Through 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>.
“Summer Game Day!”
Aug 26, 1-4pm, North Portland Library (512
N Killingsworth St, Portland). Teens in grades
six to 12 are invited to participate in “Summer
Game Day!” The event features handcrafted,
life-size party games, including Frisbee Four
(Connect Four), cornhole, ladderball, giant
stack blocks (Jenga), and more. For info, call
(503) 988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Filipino Music Festival
Aug 26, 6pm (doors open), 7pm (concert),
Spirit Mountain Casino (27100 SW Salmon
River Hwy, Grand Ronde, Ore.). Attend the
Filipino Music Festival, an evening packed with
some of the biggest names in Filipino music.
Featured performers include pop stars Joey
Albert and Nonoy Zuniga, as well as
singer-comedienne Fe de los Reyes, soul singer
Eva Caparas, and livewire performer Jet
Montelibano of the Music & Magic showband.
The event is for persons age 21 and older. For
info, or to buy tickets, call 1-800-760-7977 or
visit <www.spiritmountain.com>.
“A Night with the Platters”
Aug 26, 7pm, St. Ignatius School (3330 SE
43rd Ave, Portland). Enjoy “A Night with the
Platters,” a concert hosted by the Filipino-
American Association of Portland & Vicinity
featuring Elmer Armstrong, who performs a
tribute to The Platters musical group. The event
also features former members of the original
group. For info, or to buy tickets, call (971)
221-7070 or e-mail <lyra.gonzales@gmail.com>.
Aug 30, 8pm, Jade/APANO Multicultural
Space (8114 SE Division St, Portland). Watch
TaikoWorks 2017, a performance by Unit
Souzou exploring endings and beginnings,
goodbyes and hellos. The site-specific show,
which serves as an opportunity to say goodbye to
the Jade/APANO Multicultural Space, features
the debut of the Unit Souzou professional
ensemble in Portland, thematic works inspired
by the sacredness of goodbye, and the premiere
of “Entangled,” a new composition by ensemble
member David Wells. For info, call (503)
333-2158. To buy tickets, e-mail <info@unit
souzou.com> or visit <www.unitsouzou.com>.
Multnomah Arts
Center call to artists
Sep 1 (submission deadline). Experienced
and emerging artists who live in Oregon or
Washington (in the Portland metropolitan area)
are invited to submit group and solo proposals
for shows during 2018 at the Multnomah Arts
Center (7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland). Artist
Nim Xuto serves as guest juror. For info, or to
obtain an application, call (503) 823-2787 or
visit <www.multnomahartscenter.org>.
Mahrajan
Sep 2, 11am-7pm, Oaks Park (7805 SE Oaks
Park Way, near the east end of the Sellwood
Bridge, Portland). Attend Mahrajan, an Arab
cultural festival presented by the Arab
American Cultural Center of Oregon. The
annual event includes Arab cuisine, a souq
(bazaar), arts and crafts, henna painting, music,
dancing, poetry, activities for children, and
more. For info, call (503) 706-1294 or visit
<www.araboregon.org>.
Portland Thorns FC
Sep 2, 12:30pm, Providence Park (SW 18th
Ave & SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch
Portland Thorns FC take on the Washington
Spirit 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.
Washington’s roster includes Caprice Dydasco,
Mallory Pugh, and others. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit
<www.portlandthorns.com>.
Oregon Symphony
at the Oregon Zoo
Sep 2, 7pm, Oregon Zoo (4001 SW Canyon
Rd, Portland). Enjoy “A New Dimension,” the
first performance of the Oregon Symphony’s
2017/2018 season. The outdoor concert features
familiar, crowd-pleasing classical works cul-
minating with Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.”
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