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Arts Culture & Entertainment
March 5, 2018
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“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
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