Page 6 - Washinton County Arts Guide - Spring 2014

Art around the county: editor’s picks

Our favorite finds and best bets for local arts and culture activities

■ Beaverton
stages of Hillsboro in March when Bag&Baggage
Productions presents an original adaptation of
Beaverton is a center for dance in Washington King Lear and HART Theatre produces Twain’s
County, and this spring will be no exception. In
March, Jayanthi Raman presents Sign Mudras, a Parisian farce “Is He Dead.” On the literary scene,
program of experimental dance theater that Bards & Brews, the monthly author reading series,
runs at Primrose and Tumbleweeds on the last
combines Indian classical and contemporary Friday of every month, and Conversations with
dance with American Sign Language at 4 p.m. on
March 22 and 23. Then May 2-4, Dance West — Writers, a monthly series that examines the writing
process, runs at the Hillsboro Main Library on the
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the dance program at the Arts and last Monday of the month.
Communication Magnet Academy — presents its
annual concert featuring diverse works from ballet ■ North of 26
to Broadway, modern to tap.
The music of Radiohead, Pink Floyd and more will
■ Forest Grove
be performed at a free concert by the chamber AY
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If you haven’t been to the Kathrin Cawein Gallery ensemble at Portland Community College Rock —
of Arts on the Pacific University campus, this is Creek with special guest The Joe Manis Trio at
7:30 p.m. on March 11. Also, there are monthly H
your season to go. In March, the exhibit “Stories events at the Leedy Grange in Cedar Mill that RC
that Women Tell” features 10 female artists who A
tell their stories through the media of handmade include dancing and live music for adults and kids.
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artist books. In April, the gallery features images North Plains
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captured by Jim Flory, professor of photography at You’ll want to catch Joshua the Monkey Boy, Celtic D
Pacific University, on a recent trip to Europe. The UI
Cawein gallery is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday the Bird and other characters and drawings G
created by 18-year-old Dylan King at the North TS
through Saturday. Admission is free.
Plains Public Library. King, a senior at Liberty High R
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School, will showcase some of his original works A
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The works of Shakespeare and Twain come to the
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tickets.
at the North Plains Public Library during March.
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Global Music Extravaganza
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Featuring The Rock Creek Featuring George Colligan, LW
Chamber Choir and
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Concert Choir
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March 14, 2014 7:30pm Chamber Ensemble
March 15, 2014 7:30pm March 11, 2014
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Concert: 7:30pm
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NORTHWEST SENIOR THEATRE PRESENTS

“DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?”

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Songs of the ‘20s, ‘30s,
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& ’40s. Plus a salute to radio.

Wed., Thurs., Fri. & Sat.

May 14, 15, 16 & 17, 2014

All performances start at 2 p.m.
Five dollars at door. Open seating.

Alpenrose Dairy Opera House
Info: Betty, 503-227-2003 6149 SW Shattuck Rd., Portland
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or bettymer@comcast.net
nwseniortheatre.org
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