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Arts Culture & Entertainment
April 16, 2018
tion of Cambodian, Thai, Lao, and Burmese
cultures. The free daylong celebration features
performances, Asian cuisine, sports, arts and
crafts, vendors, and more. For info, or to sponsor
the festival, call (503) 823-PLAY (7529) or visit
<www.portlandoregon.gov/parks>.
Current/Classic
“Bollywood Dreams for Kids”
Apr 28, 11am, Hult Center for the Perform-
ing Arts, Silva Concert Hall (One Eugene Cen-
ter at Seventh Ave & Willamette St, Eugene,
Ore.). Attend “Bollywood Dreams for Kids,” a
concert presented by the Eugene Concert Choir.
The show includes pre-concert arts and craft
activities for children (10:30am in the lobby),
guest artists demonstrating elements of the
Bollywood music genre, and more. For info, or to
buy tickets, call (541) 682-5000 or visit <www.
hultcenter.org>.
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,” 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>.
Bollywood Dreams
Apr 28, 7:30pm, Hult Center for the Perform-
ing Arts, Silva Concert Hall (One Eugene Cen-
ter at Seventh Ave & Willamette St, Eugene,
Ore.). Attend Bollywood Dreams, a colorful
production of the music and dance of Bollywood
featuring guest artist Prashant Kakad, who
brings troupe dancers and instrumental
musicians who integrate the performance of
Bollywood-bhangra with an exploration of
choral selections performed by the Eugene
Concert Choir. For info, or to buy tickets, call
(541) 682-5000 or visit <www.hultcenter.org>.
Ko Kirk Yamahira
Through June 3, 11am-5pm (Tue-Wed &
Fri-Sun), 11am-7pm (Thu); May 20, 2-3pm
(gallery talk); Frye Art Museum (704 Terry Ave,
Seattle). View Ko Kirk Yamahira’s first solo
museum presentation, an exhibit of pieces that
offer a meditation on identity, duality, and the
relativity of perception. For info, call (206)
622-9250 or visit <www.fryemuseum.org>.
May 4 & 5, 7:30pm
Portland State University, Lincoln Performance Hall
1620 S.W. Park Avenue, Portland
“Circle of Animals/
Zodiac Heads”
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>.
“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>.
“Pacific Currents” &
“Billabong Dreams”
Through Oct 21, 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>.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Teen Anime Club at
Northwest Library
Apr 17, 5-7pm, Northwest Library (2300 NW
Thurman St, Portland). Join the Teen Anime
Club to meet, view, review, snack, and talk
about all things anime. For info, call (503)
988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Clark College Sakura Festival
Apr 19, 1-3:30pm, Clark College, Frost Arts
Building, Royce E. Pollard Japanese Friendship
Garden, and Gaiser Student Center (1933 Fort
Vancouver Way, Vancouver, Wash.). Celebrate
spring at Clark College’s annual Sakura
Festival. The free event, which recognizes the
anniversary of the international friendship
between Vancouver and its sister city in Joyo,
Andaz
Apr 28, 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
with special guest percussionist Adam
McCollom on the Panjabi dhol drum. Andaz is
for persons age 21 and older. For info, call (503)
281-3918 or visit <www.anjaliandthekid.com>.
Watch Current/Classic, a show featuring contemporary and classical pieces
showcased by members of the Portland Ballet, including Harumi Buchholz, Annika
Fougli, Melanie Labs, and others. For more information, or to buy tickets, call (503)
750-3157 or visit <www.theportlandballet.org>.
Dancer Melanie Labs. (Photo/Blaine Truitt Covert)
Japan, features koto music by Yukiko Vossen, a
performance by the Clark College Women’s
Ensemble, guest speakers, dance performances,
activities, displays, and more. For info, call
(360) 699-6398 or visit <www.clark.edu/cc/
sakura>.
Apprentice
Apr 19, 6:30pm, Ledding Library, Library
Pond House (2215 SE Harrison St, Milwaukie,
Ore.). Watch Apprentice, a film that tells the
story of an ambitious 28-year-old Malay
correctional officer who is transferred to his
country’s top prison. After catching the
attention of the seasoned chief executioner, his
desire to become the hangman’s apprentice is
not only professional, but born of an
unspeakable urge to reconnect with a past that
haunts him. Apprentice is screening as part of
“Foreign & Indie Film Night.” (USA, 2016,
Junfeng Boo, 115 mins.) For info, call (503)
786-7580 or visit <www.milwaukie.lib.or.us>.
Seattle Cherry Blossom &
Japanese Cultural Festival
18th Ave & SW Morrison St, Portland). Watch
the Portland Timbers take on New York City FC
(April 22), San Jose (May 5), and the Seattle
Sounders (May 13) in Major League Soccer
action. Portland’s squad features Diego Valeri,
Marco Farfan, Liam Ridgewell, and others. For
info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit
<www.portlandtimbers.com>.
Penina Taesali
Apr 26, noon, Oregon State Capitol, Hearing
Room C (900 Court St NE, Salem, Ore.). Attend
a reading and book signing by writer, poet,
educator, and cultural arts activist Penina
Taesali held as part of the Oregon State Capitol
Foundation Speaker Series. Taesali is the
author of Sourcing Siapo, a full-length book of
poetry highlighting lost family stories. For info,
call (503) 986-1388 or visit <www.oregon
capitol.com>. To watch an online streaming of
the event, visit <www.oregonlegislature.gov>.
Asian Reporter Foundation
2018 awards banquet
Apr 20-22, 10am-5pm (Fri), 10am-6pm
(Sat-Sun), Seattle Center (305 Harrison St,
Seattle). Celebrate the beauty of spring at the
Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural
Festival presented by Seattle Center Festál.
The event includes Japanese food, artisan
demonstrations, games, hands-on activities,
live performances, visual arts, and more. For
info, call (206) 684-7200 or visit <www.seattle
center.com>.
Apr 26, 5:30pm (social hour), 6:30-8:30pm
(dinner & awards), Wong’s King Seafood
Restaurant (8733 SE Division St, Portland).
Attend The Asian Reporter Foundation’s 20th
Annual Scholarship & Awards Banquet. The
celebration features cultural entertainment, an
ethnic dinner, a silent auction, the awarding of
college scholarships to area students, and
recognition of community elders and service
organizations. For info, call (503) 283-0595 or
visit <www.ARFoundation.net>.
Portland Thorns FC
“New Year in the Park”
Apr 20, May 5 & May 12; Apr 20, 7:30pm;
May 5, 12:30pm; May 12, 12:30pm; Providence
Park (SW 18th Ave & SW Morrison St,
Portland). Watch Portland Thorns FC take on
the Washington Spirit (April 20), Seattle Reign
FC (May 5), and Orlando Pride (May 12) in the
National Women’s Soccer League. The Thorns
FC squad features Emily Sonnett, Christine
Sinclair, Sandra Yu, and others. Washington’s
roster includes are Caprice Dydasco, Mallory
Pugh, and others. The Seattle roster includes
Nahomi “Naho” Kawasumi, Rumi Utsugi,
Megan Rapinoe, and others. Orlando’s roster
features Marta, Alex Morgan, and others. See
related story, “Players prepare for sixth year of
women’s pro soccer” (AR, March 5, 2018), at
<www.asianreporter.com>. For info, or to
buy tickets, call (503) 553-5555 or visit <www.
portlandthorns.com>.
Apr 28, 9:30am-6pm, Glenhaven Park (NE
82nd Ave & NE Siskiyou St, Portland). Attend
the annual “New Year in the Park,” a celebra-
Kalakendra concert
Apr 21, 7pm, First Baptist Church (909 SW
11th Ave, Portland). Enjoy a sarod concert
featuring Pt. Tejendra Majumdar accompanied
by Pt. Subhankar Banerjee on tabla. The
performance is presented by Kalakendra. For
info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 308-1050 or visit
<www.kalakendra.org>.
Portland Timbers
Apr 22, May 5 & May 13; Apr 22, 3pm; May 5,
7:30pm; May 13, 1pm; Providence Park (SW
Yuja Wang
May 3, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Enjoy a
performance by Yuja Wang, a Beijing-born
pianist whose music combines technical
refinement, musical insight, and emotional
sensitivity. The event is held in partnership
with Portland Piano International. (The Oregon
Symphony does not perform.) For info, or to buy
tickets, call (503) 228-1353 or visit <www.
orsymphony.org>.
Rich People Problems
May 7, 7pm, Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills
Crossing (3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd,
Beaverton, Ore.). Join Kevin Kwan as he
presents Rich People Problems, his new novel
that reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia’s
most privileged families. Kwan also authored
Crazy Rich Asians, a book that is now a major
motion picture currently in production. The
uproarious novel follows a family riven by
fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with
jealousy, a battle fought through couture gown
sabotage, and an heir locked out of his
inheritance of one of Asia’s greatest fortunes.
For info, call (503) 643-3131 or visit <www.
powells.com>.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
May 8, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall (1037 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend a
talk by Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor at the
University of Southern California and winner of
the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The event is
held as part of Portland Arts & Lectures, a pro-
gram of Literary Arts. For info, or to buy tickets,
call (503) 227-2583 or visit <www.literary-arts.
org>.
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.
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