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Page 12 n THE ASIAN REPORTER Arts Culture & Entertainment March 5, 2018 today: domestic abuse, human trafficking, immigration, and feminism. For info, call (503) 238-1668 or visit <www.powells.com>. “PACIFIC VOICES” Jessica Lang Dance Mar 8-10, 7:30pm, Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend a performance by Jessica Lang Dance, which is making its White Bird debut with dances that are lyrical and relevant. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 245-1600 or visit <www.whitebird.org>. To learn more, visit <www.jessicalang dance.com>. ONGOING EVENTS “Pure Amusements” Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Wed & Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Art Museum, Third Floor Galleries (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Pure Amusements: Chinese Scholar Culture and Emulators,” an installation of Chinese works ranging from prints to sculpture and furnishings to ceramics. The pieces are drawn from the museum’s collection and focus on objects created for, and enjoyed during, the intentional practice of leisure. For info, call (206) 654-3210 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>. Xiaohui Yang Mar 8-11; Mar 8, 7pm, Liberty Theatre (1203 Commercial St, Astoria, Ore.); Mar 9, 7pm, Portland Piano Company (8700 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland); Mar 10, 7pm, Cannon Beach Community Church (132 E Washington St, Cannon Beach, Ore.); Mar 11, 2pm, Valley Christian Church (975 Indian Creek Rd, Hood River, Ore.). Attend a Xiaohui Yang. (Photo courtesy free perfor- of Portland Piano International) mance by Xiaohui Yang. The Chinese pianist has been featured as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Asia and North America. For info, call (503) 228-1388 or visit <www.portland piano.org>. “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 demonstrate 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>. Star Wars: The Last Jedi Now showing, theaters in metropolitan Portland. Watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The Skywalker saga continues in the film, as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and a shocking revelation of the past. (USA, 2017, Rian Johnson, 152 mins.) For info and showtimes, call 1-800-326-3264 or visit <www.fandango. com>. Junko Iijima Through Mar 23 (Mon-Fri), 9am-5pm, Clackamas Community College (CCC), Niemeyer Center, Alexander Gallery (19600 S Molalla Ave, Oregon City, Ore.). View “Ruffle Pit,” an exhibit by Clackamas Community College art instructor Junko Iijima. Iijima’s work, which explores femininity, comfort, and protection, uses fabric and lumber to create an environment filled with hand-sewn, pink ruffles. Also on display is “The Unseen March 17 & 18 Saturday: 8:00pm w Sunday: 3:00pm Reed College, Kaul Auditorium 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd., Portland 2018 Thorns FC Spring Invitational Attend “Pacific Voices,” a concert featuring the Beijing Queer Chorus — one of China’s only public performing LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning) choruses. For more information, or to buy tickets, call (503) 226-2588 or visit <www.pdxgmc.org>. Photo courtesy of the Beijing Queer Chorus World” by Erica Hanson. For info, call (503) 594-6000 or visit <www.clackamas. edu>. “Circle of Animals/ Zodiac Heads” Humaira Abid Through June 24, 11am-8pm (Wed), 11am-5pm (Thu-Sun), University of Oregon (UO), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, North Courtyard (1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, Ore.). View “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,” an exhibit of a dozen sculptures by Ai Weiwei representing the animal symbols from the traditional Chinese zodiac. The artist drew inspiration for the 12 heads from those originally located at Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace). For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit <jsma.uoregon.edu>. Through Mar 25 (Wed-Sun), 11am-5pm, Bellevue Arts Museum (510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, Wash.). View “Searching for Home,” the first solo museum exhibit of artist Humaira Abid. The Seattle-based, Pakistan-born Abid is known for her bold, symbolically rich, and meticulously realized wood sculptures and miniature paintings. The display premieres never-before-seen works that were created following months of research and interviews with refugee women who have been resettled in both the Pacific Northwest and Pakistan from nations including Somalia, Syria, and Afghanistan. For info, call (425) 519-0770 or visit <www.bellevuearts.org>. “New Years All Year Round” Through July 1, 10am-5pm (Tue-Sun), Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View a fun, family-friendly exhibit that looks at Khmer, Chinese, and Korean-American New Year traditions, games, and cuisine. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>. Japanese woodblock prints Through July 1, 11am-8pm (Wed), 11am-5pm (Thu-Sun), University of Oregon (UO), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene, Ore.). View “The Long Nineteenth Century in Japanese Woodblock Prints,” an exhibit of more than 50 superlative works from the private collection of Lee and Mary Jean Michels. Many of the Japanese prints on view were selected, researched, and presented by 17 students who participated in a spring 2017 seminar co-taught by Akiko Walley, an associate professor in the Department of History of Art & Architecture, and Anne Rose Kitagawa, the museum’s chief curator. For info, call (541) 346-3027 or visit <jsma.uoregon.edu>. UPCOMING EVENTS Shobha Rao Mar 11, 14 & 17; 11:30am & 5pm (Mar 11); 1:30pm & 7:30pm (Mar 14 & 17); University of Portland, Merlo Field (5000 N Willamette Blvd, Portland). Watch the 2018 Portland Thorns FC Spring Invitational preseason tournament. The invitational includes two soccer matches each day featuring the Portland Thorns, Houston Dash, Chicago Red Stars, and the U.S. U-23 Women’s National Team. See related story on page 10. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit <www.portlandthorns.com>. The Illusionists — Live From Broadway™ Mar 15-18, 11am & 3pm (Sat-Sun), 8pm (Thu-Sat), 5th Avenue Theatre (1308 Fifth Ave, Seattle). Watch The Illusionists — Live From Broadway™, a magic show featuring An Ha Lim “The Manipulator,” Jonathan Goodwin “The Daredevil,” Colin Cloud “The Deductionist,” and others. For info, or to buy tickets, call (206) 625-1900 or 1-888-5TH-4TIX (584-4849), or visit <www.5thavenue.org>. To learn more, visit <www.theillusionistslive.com>. “Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival — Eugene Style” Mar 16, 7:30-9:30pm, 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 six artists who have performed for audiences around the world. For info, call (541) 682-5746 or visit <www.hultcenter.org>. To buy tickets, call (541) 682-5000. Paul Lee Mar 18, 3-5pm, Sunnyside Seventh- day Adventist Church (10501 SE Market St, Portland). Attend a free concert featuring Soloist Competition winner Paul Lee as part of the 45th season Paul Lee of Oregon Sinfonietta. For info, call (503) 285-7621 or <www.cmsomus.org/concerts.html>. “Holi Hai” Mar 8, 7:30pm, Powell’s Books on Haw- thorne (3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland). Join Shobha Rao as she presents Girls Burn Brighter, her debut novel set in India and America about a once-in-a-lifetime friendship between two girls who are driven apart but never stop trying to find one another again. The author tackles urgent issues facing women Mar 18, 3-8pm, Barrel Room (105 NW Third Ave, Portland). Celebrate “Holi Hai,” the festival of colors. Attendees of the 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 friend- ship, and equality for all. For info, call (971) 344-2022 or visit <www.bollywoodpdx.com>. 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 For more information, please call 1-800-860-8747 or visit www.ndep.nih.gov. visit 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. ***
