Events for the week of May 12, 2013

Sunday, May 12

Music

Kenji Bunch & Friends featuring Monica Ohuchi Bunch and Adam Matthes

WHERE: LaSells Stewart Center, Austin Auditorium, Corvallis
WHEN: May 12, 2013, 7:30 p.m.

Acclaimed performers and NW natives, Kenji Bunch and Monica Ohuchi Bunch join Adam Matthes and the Corvallis Youth Symphony. Read More »

Monday, May 13

Music

Battle Hymns & Gardens at The Piano Fort

WHERE: The Piano Fort, Portland
WHEN: May 13, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

The free improvisation ensemble Battle Hymns and Gardens performs at The Piano Fort with Bad Luck and Danielle Ross/Ben Kates. Read More »

Tuesday, May 14

Books | Speakers & Lectures | OPB Partnership

An Evening with Michael Pollan

WHERE: Gerding Theater at the Armory, Portland
WHEN: May 14, 2013, 7:30 p.m.

Powell's Books presents: An Evening with Michael Pollan, in conversation with Think Out Loud's Dave Miller. Read More »

Wednesday, May 15

Speakers & Lectures | OPB Partnership

Oregon Humanities Think & Drink: Reinvent America

WHERE: Mission Theater, Portland
WHEN: May 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

With Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation of employers working to promote reform of immigration laws, and author of Someone Else’s House: America’s Unfinished Struggle for Integration; and Gregory Rodriguez, founder and executive director of Zócalo Public Square in Los Angeles, founding director of the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University, and author of Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America. Read More »

Saturday, May 18

Music | ArtBeat Calendar

Consonare Chorale: "For the Birds"

WHERE: First Congregational United Church of Christ, Portland
WHEN: Saturday, May 18, 2013, 7:30 p.m.

The Consonare Chorale's season closing concert explores musical settings inspired by our feathered friends. Read More »

Sunday, May 19

Music

SW Washington Wind Symphony: British Masters

WHERE: Union High School Performing Arts Center, Camus
WHEN: May 19, 2013, 3 p.m.

Become surrounded by the lush musical tapestries of English and Scottish composers at the "British Masters" concert. Read More »

Ongoing Events

Visual Arts | ArtBeat Calendar

Portland Art Museum: Carrie Mae Weems

WHERE: Portland Art Museum, Portland
WHEN: Runs through May 19, 2013

Born and raised in Portland, Ore., Carrie Mae Weems is internationally recognized for her powerful photography-based art that investigates issues of race, gender, and societal class. more »

Theater | ArtBeat Calendar

August Wilson's Two Trains Running

WHERE: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland
WHEN: February 16-July 7, 2013

Oregon Shakespeare Festival presents play by acclaimed Northwest playwright August Wilson. more »

Theater | ArtBeat Calendar

King Lear at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

WHERE: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland
WHEN: February 21-November 3, 2013

Oregon Shakespeare Festival puts a modern spin on King Lear and stages the towering tale in its most intimate space, the New Theatre. more »

Arts | Visual Arts | ArtBeat Calendar

Museum of Contemporary Craft: Exhibition on Bowls

WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland
WHEN: March 7 through September 21, 2013

The Museum of Contemporary Craft focuses attention on the most commonplace of objects, asking us to consider the ubiquitous bowl in new ways. more »

Visual Arts | ArtBeat Calendar

Maryhill Museum: Kenneth Standhardt

WHERE: Maryhill Museum, Goldendale
WHEN: March 15-November 15, 2013

Maryhill Museum showcases the work of Eugene Artist Ken Standhardt,who makes ceramic vessels look like woven baskets. more »

Arts | Visual Arts

Participatory Public Mosaic Project at Marquam Nature Park

WHERE: Marquam Nature Park, Portland
WHEN: April 6- September 28

The public is invited to create ceramic and mosaic art and poetry based on the native flora and fauna of Marquam Nature Park, at ten locations in Southwest Portland from February through August. more »

Arts

Willamette Hertiage Center Special Exhibition

WHERE: Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill, Salem
WHEN: April 12, 2013

The Willamette Hertiage Center presents the special exhibition "We Were Here First… And We're Here to Stay! Assimilation, Termination and Restoration of the Grand Ronde Tribe." more »

Visual Arts

Particles on the Wall: Art and Science Exploration of Hanford and the Nuclear Age

WHERE: Ecotrust Building, Portland
WHEN: May 3-June 14

"Particles On the Wall" is an art exhibit about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Washington, exploring aspects of nuclear weapons technology in our modern world. more »

Arts | Visual Arts

Isamu Noguchi Exhibition at Japanese Garden

WHERE: Portland Japanese Garden, Portland
WHEN: During garden hours: May 3 - July 21, 2013

This exhibition features works by acclaimed sculptor Isamu Noguchi, incorporating many elements of traditional Japanese arts. more »

Arts

Portland Museum of Modern Art: Uncontrollable Urge

WHERE: Portland Museum of Modern Art, Portland, OR
WHEN: May 4th - June 14th

Portland Museum of Modern Art presents: Uncontrollable Urge, A YETI Magazine retrospective more »

Performing Arts | Speakers & Lectures

Rite of Spring Centenary

WHERE: Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU, Portland
WHEN: May 14th, May 29th, June 7th

Agnieszka Laska Dancers with the Portland State University Orchestra celebrate the centenary of 'The Rite of Spring' with serval events, culminating in performance of new choreography by Agnieszka Laska to with live accompaniment under the baton of Ken Selden. more »

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