Washington County winter 2012 Arts Guide • Stage • Music • Visual arts • Spoken word

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By Matthew Korfhage

t’s four weeks before opening night and Joshua Stenseth is 4 I worried about his voice. The actor has just finished a round of the Christmas classic “Sleep Well, Little Children.” His tone was pure and pitch-perfect, with the crystalline sunny timbre of a Midwestern winter.

Still, he says, he’s got a slight sniffle, and it makes him anxious. “You ever get that?” he’s asking his four co-stars, who are gathered around the piano. “You have a little cold, and then you wake up one day and your

december 2012 – february 2013 december 2012 – february voice is suddenly gone?” “I had the same thing,” Amanda itchelldyer

Valley tells him. “I had to speak in a low M ig

voice all the time and I couldn’t talk on a r the phone. It really freaked out my C children.” Rebecca Teran plays an actor whose Broadway dreams come true for one magical night in Broadway Rose’s holiday show. On Nov. 23, all five actors will be opening Christmas on Broadway, a Indeed, Lewis has won Showtimes the actors’ imaginations. guys, ‘I’m in G, just follow.’” brand-new holiday musical at the award- five different Drammies — If this plot sounds a bit Lewis laughs at the very idea. “It’s the ■ “Christmas on winning Broadway Rose Theatre Portland theater awards — minimal, that’s entirely the inanity of this, that these four people who Broadway” will be Company in Tigard. Writer and director as a musical director on presented at the New point; the story line of a just met are singing in four-part Rick Lewis conceived the play’s roles various Broadway Rose Stage, 12850 SW musical revue is just a coat harmony.” washington county arts guide ❘ washington and songs specifically for the five productions. “He could be Grant Ave. in Tigard, hook for beautiful clothes. But it’s part of the magic of theater, he through Dec. 23. performers he cast in the roles; Stenseth up there orchestrating the Evening show times “It’s all about the music,” says says, that everything can be made to feel must be able to perform, and so he will. phone book and it would be are Thursdays- Lewis. “Everything else is a so effortless, so lighter than air. “I’m The Broadway Rose Theatre beautiful,” says Maroney. Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. nice little surprise.” trying to make it simple and stupid and Matinees are 2 p.m. Company celebrates its 20th anniversary The concept of Lewis’ In concept, the play is a bit have it not take itself too seriously,” Sundays and this year, and has long been regarded as revue is simple: Four young Saturdays (Dec. 1, 8 of a spoof on the old Andrew Lewis says. one of ’s premier producers of would-be Broadway actors and 15 only). Tickets Lloyd Webber musical But a real musical production takes a musical theater. find themselves trapped in start at $30 for tradition, and a spritely romp lot of serious work — especially since adults, with discounts The holiday show is always a big an old Broadway theater — available for groups in the toolbox of the old Lewis’ production contains medleys and draw and this year they’ve chosen an called, appropriately and youth. For a Hollywood let’s-put-on-a-show snippets of over 30 different Broadway original musical revue, a popular format enough, The Holiday — on listing of show Bing Crosby movies of the tunes, Christmas songs and lushly the eve of Christmas Day. performances or to 1940s. harmonic originals by Lewis himself. in which a plot somehow allows the order tickets, visit performance of classic crowd-pleasing Aided by a tour guide broadwayrose.org or Because of course, when During a late-October rehearsal, the songs. (Valley), the four find a call 503-620-5262. these four actors who’ve group is doing something they call a And as far as Broadway Rose artistic script for an old unstaged never met find a script “push-through,” quickly setting up all the director and co-founder Sharon Maroney holiday play, and put on a they’ve never read, they entrances and exits and stage positions is concerned, Lewis is the best revue musical Broadway revue right then and immediately put on the show of their for an entire act of the play, detail by director around. “Musical revues are a there, in the abandoned theater. lives. “I think about the show Smash,” methodical detail, at breakneck speed. special niche,” she says,” and Rick is the The very real audience at the says Lewis, “where Tom, the composer, The stage they’re working on still has king of musical revues.” Broadway Rose will be the audience of sits down at the piano and tells the jazz some exposed plaster board with unpainted wood cut into the “I’m trying to By the end of the push- shape of an old odeon through, everyone looks Rick Lewis, the writer and make it simple director of “Christmas on marquis. On each side of the exhausted, but there are still Broadway,” decided to start with stage are half-finished and not take more than an hour of musical a familiar cast and build a holiday revue around their unique talents. trellises and baroque rehearsals before anyone goes itself too columns. home for the night. “So those It is the bare bones of a seriously.” are the pieces,” Lewis tells the theater, and on it they flesh performers. “Now we have a out the bare bones of a play. path to the play.”

While the performers are RICK LEWIS Still, he says, there will still working, Lewis constantly be some parts that need 5 gestures to things that aren’t changing so he won’t be “sick to yet there. He points to this tree, and then look at them.” to that tree. But there is nothing but grey- But as much work as it is to get all the WRITER BUILDS ROLES WASHINGTON COUNTY ARTS GUIDE ❘ painted stage. pieces in place, it’s obvious the cast enjoys Lewis gestures broadly and hops the process of getting the play together – AROUND CAST MEMBERS around at the edge of the stage while another part of the magic of theater. Christmas on Broadway stars a Rose, when Lewis first started offering instructions to his cast. In Oh, and as for Stenseth’s cold? He’s quintet of actors who are well-known tossing ideas around for the play he essence, he’s thinking out loud and letting feeling a lot better, thanks. to patrons of Broadway Rose and began describing the type of actor he his body do some of the thinking. After all, the show must go on. other local stages: Amy Jo Halliday, wanted for the roles. “Face out to the audience,” he tells Joshua Stenseth, Rebecca Teran, “He’d describe the character and Amy Jo Halliday, “so you’re still engaged. – Christmas on Broadway opened on Norman Wilson and Amanda Valley. he’d say, ‘kind of like a Josh type, Think really bad operetta. Just be there, Friday, Nov. 23 and performances And, if it seems they fit their parts kind of like a Norman type,’” and we’ll know you’re the village continue through Dec. 23. Performances: perfectly, it’s no accident. Writer Rick Anderson recalls. “Finally, he said, ingénue.” 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday Lewis has worked with all of them. ‘Why don’t we just ask Norman and “Do I come in on the 1?” Valley asks and select Saturdays. Tickets start at $30 According to Alan Anderson, Josh?” DECEMBER 2012 – FEBRUARY 2013 her director. for adults, with youth discounts available. Marketing Director at Broadway “You come in on the 2,” Lewis says. Tickets available at broadwayrose.org.

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pace, as one Captain James T. Kirk would S say, is widely considered the final frontier. 7 For Samuel Shogren, it’s simply the first step in creating new frontiers in washington county arts guide ❘ Washington County.

Shogren, the executive director of the Washington County Museum, is understandably tired these days. His mind has been splitting its time between Earth and the heavens: He’s spent two years planning and overseeing the expansion of his museum from a small, rustic space on the Portland Community College december 2012 – february 2013 Rock Creek Campus to a sprawling, se Allgood a h

13,000-square-foot spot in the C . In moving its exhibition space to downtown Hillsboro, museum staffers hope to make it easier for families and school groups to visit. For the grand opening, he reached for the stars and pulled down the Hubble Space Telescope. cultural powerhouse for the region. exhibits, frees up the Rock Creek of the Silicon Forest and the stories of Well, a replica of it, at any rate. The Hubble can supposedly peer location as a research center and different ethnic groups that have When the museum swung open its billions of years into the past. library, and makes access via MAX settled in Washington County and be doors to 435 visitors on Nov. 17, it Shogren, on the other hand, is and other public transportation much able to offer a broader range of boasted its most high-profile exhibit looking squarely at the future. easier. exhibits.” ever: a 2,500-square-foot display “My interest in bringing (the The museum also made a The expansion to downtown created in conjunction with the exhibit) is to try to clearly state to the seemingly small change that has big Hillsboro also increases the public’s Smithsonian and NASA community the changes implications: it dropped “Historical ability to access the resource. In its featuring a scale model of “We needed to that have been taking place Society” from its name. Rock Creek location, the museum was the famous telescope, the at the museum over the “We have been operating as a not only transit-challenged, but also images its captured, space broaden our past four years,” says county historical society, or as some forced to adhere to the college’s tools, interactive elements, mission and Shogren. “Think of us at call it a ‘hysterical society,’” Shogren hours. the James Webb Space our core as a history says. “There’s national documentation “When the campus was closed, we Telescope (Hubble’s document the museum. But also think of that shows historical societies are couldn’t be open,” says Barbara successor) and more. changes that us, as we grow, as a place among the worst-attended museums,” Mason, a longtime museum volunteer Paired with an original to come to get a little says Shogren. who also works with the Cultural exhibit about the Braceros have taken science education, a little Those data were particularly Coalition of Washington County. “So – the World War II-era place” bit of technology education, troubling in Washington County, we were closed on Sundays. We were Mexican guest workers a little bit of art education, which is the fastest-growing and most closed on all major holidays. That’s a program – the museum Museum director a little bit of diversity ethnically diverse population in the crazy thing for a museum. How can has two ambitious exhibits Sam Shogren appreciation.” state. “Being that the historical we be a museum for the county if timed for a high-profile The expansion is the society doesn’t really speak to the nobody can come here on days when expansion, and according result of a concise strategic community that we have now in they had time?” to Shogren, it’s just the beginning of plan that aims to make the museum Washington County, we needed to Mason, who was a key player in the evolution of the museum from an more accessible to the people of broaden our mission to represent and securing the Hubble exhibit, says the important, yet largely overlooked Washington County. The move allows document the changes that have archival historical society into a for a larger number of permanent taken place here and share the story Museum continued on page 14 celebrating arts & culture in Washington county–winter 2012

8 Education Under Fire - Dec. 1 Wild Beauty – Dec. 5 Crimsonaires – Dec. 5 A Christmas Carol – Dec. 6 The Velveteen Rabbit – Dec. 12

Velveteen Rabbit. The Venetian Theatre, Methodist Church, 9845 Walnut Place. ■ Dec. 13 Hillsboro, 615-3485. 7:30 pm. 253 E. Main St., Hillsboro, 345-9590. 2 7 p.m. Sunday: St. Matthew Catholic The Oregon Chamber Singers ■ Stage pm Wednesdays-Fridays. Church, 447 SE 3rd Ave, Hillsboro. 7:30 present an hour-long concert of Jan. 26 The Alphabeticians is a musical group ■ Dec. 15-16 pm. traditional Christmas music along with John Rutter’s Gloria. Calvin Presbyterian whose songs cover all the songwriting December The Northwest Conservatory of ■ Dec. 1 bases, from numbers and metaphors to Dance presents the classic holiday Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane, ■ Through Dec. 15 ISing Choir presents selections of Tigard, 639-3273. Noon. extinct fish. Tualatin Public Library, Another production of A Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. Hillsboro High Scandinavian holiday music, all 18878 SW Martinazzi Ave., 691-3069. Carol? Borrrrrrriiiinnnng! At least, that’s School, 3285 SE Rood Bridge Road, inspired by light. Bethel Congregational ■ Dec. 14 1 pm. what the actors in Beaverton Civic Hillsboro, 693-8362. 6 pm Dec. 15, 2 United Church of Christ, 5150 SW The Oregon Mandolin Orchestra Theatre’s Every Christmas Story pm Dec. 16. Watson, Beaverton. Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; plays a concert of holiday songs…on Ever Told think. Instead, they decided ■ Dec. 17 Sunday, 3 pm. mandolins! Walters Cultural Arts Center, February to go out and perform, literally, every Get loaded—classily, of course—with 527 E. Main St., Hillsboro, 615-3485. ■ Dec. 1 ■ Feb. 8 Christmas story ever told, covering all Bag&Baggage artistic director Scott 7:30 pm. A performance of holiday-themed songs You’ll want to grab your favorite traditions and cultures. Sounds Palmer and actors from the theater ■ Dec. 15 from ’s Chamber Valentine and hit the dance floor when daunting. Beaverton City Library company at this wine tasting and You’d think a band called the Snax Singers and Symphonic Band. Taylor- Soundstage Rhythm Orchestra Auditorium, 12375 SW 5th St., 754- storytelling. Renaissance Wines, 1320 would sing songs about Twizzlers and Meade Performing Arts Center, 2014 cranks up its high-energy ensemble in a 9866. 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2 pm NE Orenco Station Parkway, 345-9590. potato chips, but no. Here, the group Cedar St., Forest Grove, 352-2918. 7:30 musical marriage of big-band and Sundays. 7 pm. leads a sing-along of family-friendly pm. ballroom dance music. Walters Cultural holiday classics. Forest Grove City december 2012 – february 2013 december 2012 – february ■ Through Dec. 23 Arts Center, 527 E. Main St., Hillsboro, Library, 2114 Pacific Ave., 992-3247. 2 Get into the Christmas spirit with a ■ Dec. 4 615-3485. 7:30 pm. revue of holiday classics from January The Tualatin Valley Harmony pm. Broadway hits. Broadway Rose Theatre ■ Jan. 29 Masters have been cheering ■ Dec. 18 ■ Feb. 9 Company, 12850 SW Grant Ave., Tigard, The Oregon Shadow Theatre Washington County with their Guitarists Barry Glick and Ben Pioneer musician Rick Meyers will 620-5262. 7:30 pm Thursdays- presents a performance of Jack and barbershop quartet stylings for 38 Graves play swinging standards and mix of historical information, playful Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays and Saturday, the Dragon, the story of a young man years. Here, they sing traditional holiday universally beloved pop classics. Garden dialogue and plenty of audience Dec. 1, 8 and 15. (See story on page 4.) named—you guessed it—Jack, hired by carols, infused with the group’s Home Community Library, 7475 SW participation in his “Old Time Music a king to exterminate a “pesky varmint” seamless harmonies and indelible wit. Show” for kids. Hillsboro Main Library, ■ Oleson Rd., Portland, 245-9932. 7 pm. Dec. 1 that turns out to be a lot peskier than Cornell Estates Retirement & Assisted 2850 Brookwood Pkwy., 615-6500. ■ An abridged version of The imagined, told through shadows, banjo Living, 1005 NE 17th Ave., Hillsboro, Dec. 19 2:30 pm. Nutcracker—dubbed A Nutcracker 640-2884. Holiday songs and crafts for kids up and dulcimer music. Forest Grove City ■ Feb. 10 Tea—streamlines the classic ballet for Library, 2114 Pacific Ave., 992-3247. 7 to 6 years old. Beaverton City Library, ■ Dec. 5 Award-winning ensemble Portland children ages 4 and up. Tualatin Public pm. 12375 SW 5th St., 250-3600. 10:30 Library, 18878 SW Martinazzi Ave., Musician Kevin Harding rings in the am. Taiko demonstrate the booming ■ Jan. 31-Feb. 24 holiday season playing Christmas music majesty the Japanese drumming 691-3069. 11 am. ■ Dec. 20 Broadway Rose Theatre Company on his handcrafted hammer dulcimer. tradition, along with some of its own ■ An interactive music experience from Dec. 6-23 presents I Love You, You’re Perfect, Summa Real Estate, 2012 Main St., innovations to the form. Beaverton City

washington county arts guide ❘ washington John Green and Sandra Miller, This version of A Christmas Carol Now Change, a comic tribute to love, Forest Grove, 956-5604. 5-8 pm. Library, 12375 SW 5th St., 526-2577. 2 features collapsing scenery, terrible loss and romantic daring. Broadway playing Christmas carols on dueling pm. actors and an accident-prone stage Rose Theatre Company New Stage, ■ Dec. 5 pianos. And yes, they take requests. ■ manager. Don’t worry, though: It’s all on 12850 SW Grant Ave., Tigard, 620- Guitarists Barry Glick and Eric Calvin Presbyterian Church, 10445 SW Feb. 16 purpose. They promise. Inspired by A 5262. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 Mattson perform an evening of oh-so- Canterbury Lane, Tigard, 639-3273. Enjoy breakfast served with a side of Midsummer Night’s Dream, pm Sundays and Feb. 9, 16 and 23. smooth jazz. West Slope Library, 3678 Noon. old-time fiddle music. Leedy Grange Bag&Baggage presents this disastrous SW 78th Ave., Portland, 292-6416. 6:30 ■ Dec. 21 Hall, 835 NW Saltzman Rd., Cedar Mill., rendition of the Dickens classic, pm. The Portland Chamber Orchestra [email protected]. 8 am. “presented” by the Farndale Avenue February performs Handel’s “Messiah.” St. ■ Housing Estate Townswomen’s ■ Dec. 5 Feb. 22 ■ Feb. 15 The Crimsonaires perform a show to Matthew Catholic Church, 447 SE 3rd One of Scotland’s finest fiddle players, Guild Dramatic Society. The Venetian Ave., Hillsboro, 771-3250. 7:30 pm. Theatre, 253 E. Main St., Hillsboro, 345- BodyVox’s boundary-pushing multi- get people into the holiday spirit. Alasdair Fraser, joins cellist Natalie 9590. 7:30 pm Wednesdays-Saturdays, media dance experience will astound Tualatin Public Library, 18878 SW ■ Dec. 31 Haas for a night of classic Gaelic 2 pm Sundays. you in the breadth of its humor, whimsy Martinazzi Ave., 691-3069. 7 pm. Ring in the New Year at McMenamins songs. Walters Cultural Arts Center, 527 and sheer physicality. Walters Cultural with Ants in the Kitchen and John E. Main St., Hillsboro, 615-3485. 7:30 ■ Dec. 8-9, 15 Arts Center, 527 E. Main St., Hillsboro, ■ Dec. 6 Bunzow and Bobby Cole along with pm. LESTA’s third annual Christmas 615-3485. 7:30 pm. Bring lunch to the church and let the hosted drinks and next-day breakfast ■ Feb. 23 pastorela features singing bilingual Millennium Band warm your spirit for those staying on the property Eric Herman performs “cool tunes” for elves, a family of Mexican angels, with a program of advent and overnight. McMenamins Grand Lodge, kids and families. Tualatin Public reindeer and devils, all involved in the Christmas music. Calvin Presbyterian 3505 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove, 992- Library, 18878 SW Martinazzi Ave., story of Santa crash-landing in Church, 10445 SW Canterbury Lane, 9533. Mazatlan. Oh, and the baby Jesus Music Tigard, 639-3273. Noon. 691-3069. 10:30 am. factors into the tale as well. Hart ■ Dec. 7-8 ■ Feb. 23 Theatre, 185 SE Washington, Hillsboro, Candlelight Concerts presents January Peter Yarrow—that’s the “Peter” of 617-6986. 2 pm Dec. 8, 15; 6 pm Dec. December the story of Christ’s birth, told via ■ Jan. 25 Peter, Paul and Mary fame—performs 9. ■ Dec. 1 choirs, hand bells, harps and flutes. Afro-Brazilian rhythms meet Italian a concert spanning his rich, folky ■ Dec. 12-21 Oregon Chorale, with orchestra and Calvin Presbyterian Church, 10445 café music when Rio Con Brio songbook. Taylor-Meade Performing Bag&Baggage pairs with Tears of Joy soloists, perform Mendelssohn’s Vom SW Canterbury Lane, Tigard, 639- comes to Hillsboro. Walters Cultural Arts Center, 2014 Cedar St., Forest for a puppet-based retelling of The Himmel Hoch. Saturday: Tigard United 3273. 7 pm. Arts Center, 527 E. Main St., Grove, 352-2918. 7:30 pm. celebrating arts & culture in Washington county–winter 2012

9 Barry Glick - dec. 18 Oregon Shadow Theatre – Jan. 29 Oregon Nikkei Story – Jan. 29 BodyVox – Feb. 15 peter Yarrow - Feb. 23

Beaverton City Library, 12375 SW 5th “Cohen & Unterspan - Feminine Stafford. Beaverton City Library, 12375 Venetian Theatre, 253 E. Main St., St., 350-3600. 4 pm. Finery.” (Show opens Feb. 5 and SW 5th St., 526-2577. 2 pm. Hillsboro, 7 pm. washington county arts guide ❘ Visual Arts continues through March 2.) Art on ■ Dec. 16, 23 ■ Jan. 8 Broadway, 12570 SW Broadway St., ■ Feb. 6 LESTA teaches you how to make a Ever wondered about the family who December Beaverton, 601-3300. 6-9 pm. Advance Camera will help you take ■ Dec. 1 mask. LESTA Studio, 365 NE Jackson St., built and once lived in the Pittock better digital photographers with this Guest artists and teachers from Hillsboro, 617-6986. 2 pm. ■ Feb. 20 Mansion up in the West Hills? Here’s workshop. (Hint: Remove the lens cap Amazing Kidz World present an Elves Biographical illustrators give a lesson in your chance to quell your fascination! first.) West Slope Library, 3678 SW 78th Workshop, where kids can “make and January how to draw real people. Beaverton City Mary Hutchins recounts the life of one of Ave., Portland, 292-6416. 6:30 pm. take” Christmas presents for their family Library, 12375 SW 5th St., 350-3600. 4 the most influential Portlanders in ■ Jan. 5 ■ Feb. 9 members. Valley Art Gallery, 2022 Main pm. Portland in the Gilded Age: The Life Glass, porcelain, clay, photography, A PowerPoint presentation on the St., Forest Grove, 357-8331. 11:30 am-4 of Mrs. Georgiana Pittock. Forest paintings and more will be displayed ■ Feb. 21 Tuskegee Airmen, the first African- pm. Grove City Library, 2114 Pacific Ave., during a reception of 19 member The Hillsboro Arts and Culture 992-3247. 7 pm. American fighter pilots who fought in ■ Dec. 1 artists (Show continues through Feb. Council hosts an open house of sorts World War II. Beaverton City Library, ■ A day-long series of events—including 2.) and a selection of guest artists for the Hillsboro arts community, Jan. 9-30 (Wednesdays) 12375 SW 5th St., 526-2577. 1:30 pm. Breakfast with Santa, the Artisans in (whose work will be up through Feb. 28). bringing together representatives from Each week, the Oregon Symphony the Grove Holiday Market, wine Art on Broadway, 12570 SW Broadway various regional organizations for a night hosts Symphony Storytimes, one-hour ■ Feb. 13 tastings and wagon rides—lead up to St., Beaverton, 601-3300. 6-9 pm. of learning, recruiting and networking. interactive lessons dedicated to the four The indigenous people of the Tualatin the annual Forest Grove Holiday Light families of musical instruments: strings, Valley, the Atfalati-Kalapuya, are the ■ Jan. 10-30 Walters Cultural Arts Center, 527 E. Main december 2012 – february 2013 woodwinds, brass and percussion. subject of this installment of Home Parade. Main St., Forest Grove, The Oregon College of Art and Craft St., [email protected]. 5-7 pm. Tualatin Public Library, 18878 SW Education Days. Hillsboro Civic Center, fgcityclub.com. 5 pm. presents its 20th anniversary Tea Pot Martinazzi Ave., 691-3069. 11 am. 150 E. Main St., 681-6100. 7 pm. ■ Dec. 3 Show, showcase of Oregon’s crafting Practice life drawing with a live model. future. Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College ■ Jan. 15, 29 ■ Feb. 18 Sequoia Gallery + Studios Classroom, of Art and Craft, 8245 SW Barnes Rd., A two-part flash writing workshop Western Oregon University Curtis 136 SE 3rd Ave., Hillsboro, 357-0307. 1 Portland, ocac.edu. 4 pm. Words covering very short fiction and led by Yehnert presents “The Orpheus Curse: author Tiny Connolly. The writing pm. ■ Jan. 13 Looking Back at a Mythical December happens Week 1; Week 2 is all about ■ Dec. 4-Feb. 1 It’s National Portfolio Day! What’s Taboo”—which, ironically enough, is revisions. Garden Home Community A variety of artists working in a variety that, a celebration of binders and ■ Dec. 1 about the taboo of looking back. Yehnert Library, 7475 SW Oleson Rd., Portland, of mediums present work in the theme binding technology? No, it’s a day to A screening of the documentary discusses the myth of Lot’s wife and 245-9932. 7 pm. of “My Favorite Things.” Sequoia bring together college undergrads and Education Under Fire: The Long Orpheus as well as Native American Gallery + Studios, 136 SE 3rd Ave., university representatives to review Persecution of Iran Baha’is is ■ Jan. 22, Feb. 26 beliefs, which all tell us that reflection is Hillsboro, 693-0401. 10 am-5 pm artwork and advance young artistic followed by a discussion with Professor Enjoy screenings of two beloved foreign a very bad thing. Walters Cultural Arts Tuesday-Saturday. careers. Oregon College of Art and Craft, Loni Bramson. Cedar Mill Community films: In January, it’s the French film Center, 527 E. Main St., Hillsboro, 615- 3485. 7 pm. ■ Dec. 4 8245 SW Barnes Rd., Portland, 297- Library, 12505 NW Cornell Rd. Suite 13, Queen of Hearts and in February, 5544. 12 pm. Turkey’s Before Your Eyes. Garden Artists—including Linda Holland, Portland, 644-0043. 2 pm. ■ Feb. 21 through June Home Community Library, 7475 SW JanSu Hirst and Jackie Woodward— ■ Jan. 16 All foreign films, all the time! Well, every ■ Dec. 16, Jan. 20, Feb. 17 Oleson Rd., Portland, 245-9932. 6:30 come together to display their work and Artist Brenda Boylan shares her pastel- third Thursday, at least. Beaverton City Writer’s Mill is a monthly writing group pm. celebrate the Influence Art Gallery, which painting techniques. Sequoia Gallery and welcoming teens and adults. Cedar Mill Library, 12375 SW 5th St., 526-2577. closed last year. Summa Real Estate, Studios Classroom, 136 SE 3rd Ave., Community Library, 12505 NW Cornell ■ Jan. 23 6:30 pm. 231 E. Main St., Hillsboro, 956-5604. 6-8 Hillsboro, 693-0401. 7 pm. Rd. Suite 13, Portland, 644-0043. 1 pm. Learn about the history of Oregon’s pm. braceros, Mexican laborers who assisted ■ Jan. 19 ■ Dec. 20 and Jan. 17 farmers—and the country—by helping ■ Dec. 5 Opening reception for Valley Art Gallery’s Spoiler alert! The theme for the Third with harvests during World War II, in the An exhibit of landscape paintings from featured artists for January and Thursday Film Series is movies with presentation “Braceros: The Men of Forest Grove artist Nate Marcel. February, glass artist Vicki Joslyn; Museum twist endings. Beaverton City Library, Migrant Labor.” Hillsboro Civic Center, Summa Real Estate, 2012 Main St., watercolorist Kris Preslan; and oil ■ 12375 SW 5th St., 526-2577. 6:30 pm. 150 E. Main St., Hillsboro, 681-6100. 10 Ongoing Forest Grove, 956-5604. 5-8 pm. painter Donna Clark. Valley Art Gallery, am. The Washington County Museum ■ Dec. 5 2022 Main St., Forest Grove, 357-8331. ■ Dec. 22, Jan. 26, Feb. 23 marked its expansion into its new Writer and designer John Laursen 2-4 pm. Read your poetry at Voice in Verse, a ■ Jan. 29 downtown Hillsboro location with two presents a slideshow of rare photos monthly open mic. Cedar Mill A screening of Oregon Nikkei Story, a dynamic exhibits. The “Hubble Space from the Columbia Gorge, taken from February Community Library, 12505 NW Cornell film about the experiences and struggles Telescope” exhibit runs through May Rd. Suite 13, 644-0043. 10 am. of first generation Japanese immigrants 31 and the “Americans All” exhibit his book Wild Beauty. Hillsboro Civic ■ Feb. 7-27 living in Oregon. Director Thomas Coulter about the county’s early Latino guest Center, 150 E. Main St., Hillsboro, 681- A showcase of the 2013 Oregon ■ Dec. 26 will introduce the movie and conduct a workers runs through June 30. Hillsboro 6100. 7 pm. Scholastic Art Awards Gold Key Art The Tualatin Valley Nature Mobile question-and-answer session afterward. Civic Center, 120 E. Main St. (above ■ Dec. 8 and Photography winners. Hoffman staff introduces young children to nature Beaverton City Library Auditorium, Starbucks). Wed-Fri, 1o am-5 pm; Sat, 10 Award-winning artist Craig Srebnik Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, with a variety of hands-on activities. 12375 SW 5th St., 526-2577. 7 pm. am-8pm; Sun, noon-5 pm. See story on teaches a class on how to paint scenes 8245 SW Barnes Rd., Portland, ocac. West Slope Library, 3678 SW 78th Ave., page 7. from photos. Sequoia Gallery + Studios edu. 4-6 pm. Portland, 292-6416. 11 am.

Classroom, 136 SE 3rd Ave., Hillsboro, February ■ ■ Feb. 2 693-0401. 9 am. Feb. 9 January Bert Cohen’s contemporary jewelry The Venetian Theatre’s second annual Unless otherwise noted, ■ Dec. 12 designs and Diana Unterspan’s ■ Jan. 6 Laugh for the Arts brings in some of Pop-up artist Robert Sabuda shows his charming silk and wool hats will be Local poets gather to celebrate the the top local comedians to raise funds all phone numbers work and shares his techniques. featured at an artists’ reception for influential life and work of William for Hillsboro Community Arts. The have a 503 area code. 10 twright a o B JoAnn JoAnn Wool acorns are among the many hand-made crafts that await those who visit the Red Sled Christmas Bazaar in Sherwood.

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artists. glass artists and landscape JoAnn For those who adhere to the Now in its sixteenth year, the painters are among those who have Mary Heesacker will be displaying her philosophies of “buy local” and “buy popular Red Sled Christmas Bazaar in discovered bazaars and their potential handiwork at a bazaar in Banks, celebrating its 71st year on Dec. 1. handmade,” bazaars offer a shopping Sherwood was a pop-up shop long for both exposure and sales. Anderson experience that harkens back to before the craft shows experienced a is delighted to be able to offer a high- grandma’s day, complete with holiday traffic venue for her vendors as well resurgence of popularity. What’s in a word? decor, gifts galore, time out for tea or For several years, Red Sled as quality items for the customers who coffee, and even visits from Santa or organizer Donna Anderson has have shopped the bazaar year after Etymologists trace the origin of “bazaar” to his missus. parked the red sled (used to collect year. 6th Century Persia, where a similar term Bazaars 2012-style are capitalizing canned goods for local food banks) at Because it is such a seasonal described that region’s open-air markets. Some form of the word can still be found in on the DIY (do it yourself) movement 21365 SW Baler Way, right next to the production, Anderson’s Red Sled many languages to describe any market, but that has caught on with the under- Sherwood Target. Bazaar opens its doors in early is often associated with special holidays. The thirty set and range from cozy living The Red Sled has changed with the November and stays open every day Karácsonyi Vásár, for example, is a famous room boutiques and big church social times, said Anderson, who personally through Christmas Eve. “It’s so much Christmas bazaar held each year in Budapest. And, between now and mid- rooms to cavernous school gyms and juries in each vendor’s wares. work to set up, it’s not worth it to open December, holiday “basars” can be found in strip mall storefronts. “Trends are always changing,” said for just a day or two,” she said. most Northern European countries. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Bazaar in Sherwood is among the cookware and food product, most are wAG12 oldest in the area, the longest artists and crafters who make the Washington County Museum at the Hillsboro Civic Center DECEMBER 2012 – FEBRUARY 2013 running bazaar in Washington Union Point Cemetery event a must 120 E Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon County just might be in Banks on the for some sellers. Among them will be www.nasa.gov 503.645.5353 | washingtoncountymuseum.org other side of the county. long-time vendor Mary Heesacker This year marks the 71st annual and her pajamas, table runners and Union Point Cemetery Bazaar & other fabric items; George Goff’s Dinner which will be served up on sweet treats and candy; and the Saturday, Dec. 1 at Banks Friends of the Banks Library’s candy, Elementary School (Main Street and wreaths and used books. Trellis Court), one of four markets Bazaar season typically winds up that weekend. in early December, with a few still The event, which runs from 9 a.m. scattered throughout Washington to 4 p.m., helps pay for maintenance County. at the historic cemetery and brings In addition to the Union Point the community together to cook, Cemetery event, other weekend serve and craft. bazaars will include: A few years ago, when Peggy ■ Holiday Bazaar at Bethany Schlegel took over signing vendors Village. Dec. 1, Laurel Park on for the event, the bazaar was on a retirement home, 15850 NW A Holiday Musical Revue down-hill slide, she said. Central Drive, Bethany. 8:30 a.m.– She and fellow volunteer Sherrie 5 p.m. Conceived by Rick Lewis Shafer scouted out potential vendors ■ Festival of the Nativity Bazaar & An entertaining blend of at other bazaars, sold out the 40 Cafe. Dec. 1 at Tualatin United available tables and this year have Methodist Church, 20200 SW Christmas magic & had to turn vendors away. Martinazzi Ave., Tualatin. 9 a.m.–

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hen considering the request to create a 12 W mural for the new Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in Cornelius, Hector H. Hernandez pondered how to best honor the life of the girl for whom the facility was named and the ongoing efforts to improve wellness in the community in which she too- briefly lived.

Garcia was the six-year-old daughter of migrant farmworkers

december 2012 – february 2013 december 2012 – february traveling from their home in Mission, Texas to work in Oregon fruit fields in 1975, settling in a Washington County migrant camp. Along the way, the little girl cut her foot. Although the wound could have easily been treated, cultural se Allgood

and economic barriers kept Virginia a h from getting the health care she C needed. She died of blood-poising on Portland artist Hector H. Hernandez spent five months working on his mural at the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center. Father’s Day, while her own father toiled in the nearby fields. and patients to develop “She passed strawberry fields where their Her story spurred the community to the mural’s theme before parents work.

washington county arts guide ❘ washington action, and within a month the first infusing his own artistic away, but there Among the children, there Virginia Garcia Health Clinic opened in flair. He then began the is a message are flowers – bright tulips that a converted garage in Cornelius. five-month process of dot Oregon’s verdant Hernandez was a logical choice for capturing Virginia of hope out of landscapes. the mural when the new $13.7 million, Garcia’s life and legacy her tragedy.” An acorn shaped tulip 42,000-square-foot clinic was being through tiny pieces of represents one small child, planned. An artist dedicated to ceramic tile. Virginia Garcia, and the Hector H. Hernandez honoring heritage and reflecting the From left to right, eventual logo of the Virginia dreams and voices of people in diverse against a blue backdrop, Garcia Memorial Foundation. communities, he has also been working the rectangular mural begins with an The tulip sprouts wings and transforms in health education for the past seven Agave plant, a symbol of the earth’s into a butterfly which flies towards the years. energy that evolves and spreads. A sun, rising over the horizon and Hernandez’s mural uses butterflies to The Portland muralist brought 25 mosaic depiction of the Garcia family reaching toward the light, like represent the migrating farm families who come to Washington County. years of experience to his creation of a at center represents what Hernandez sunflowers. colorful mosaic piece called “Revival of calls the nucleus of society. A rose blooming near the sun said. “She passed away, but there is a Hope and Wellness.” The mural now Out of the family, like migrants from symbolizes Garcia’s little life reaching message of hope out of her tragedy.” decorates the front wall of the new the south, a kaleidoscope of butterflies the light in the same way we all do over center, which was dedicated in October. soars towards the horizon. Sons and the course of our lives, said Hernandez. – Cari Hachmann featured other Hernandez held several daughters of migrant farmworkers play “It symbolizes how we can devote prominent murals in Washington conversations with clinic staff members and follow the butterflies in the our energies to that light,” the artist County in the 2012 Fall Arts Guide. Westside Cult�ral Alliance WAG12

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move will not only benefit the museum by making it more accessible to the public, but will also increase interest in Hillsboro’s historic downtown to those ON A MISSION who typically hang on the fringes of the HWY 26 corridor. “It’s going to do great things for the museum, and also for the city of The Washington County’s innovate to better meet the needs of Hillsboro. It’s a destination that will bring lots of people into the downtown evolution from a historical society our county and create an core area,” says Mason. “The businesses of course are thrilled because they to a cultural organization is understanding of our mutual past want more people down there. Downtown Hillsboro is busy during the week, reflected in its mission statement: and shared future. The Museum but pretty quiet on the weekend. We hope to help change that. We’re “The Washington County offers unparalleled opportunities to supporting the local businesses, and they are supporting us. We’re all going Museum ignites the imagination experience and understand the forward together.” and brings to life the diverse complexity and richness of our 14 Barbara Simon, the city’s public affairs manager, agrees that the move is cultures that so richly define this communities. The challenge for going to be mutually beneficial, saying that that in its new location, the remarkable region.” museums today is to be relevant. We museum will join organizations such as Bag&Baggage Productions, Sequoia The museum website explains exist to preserve our heritage and Gallery, HART Theatre, and the Walters Cultural Arts Center in transforming that mission a bit more. help shape our future. Our downtown into a cultural hub for the county. “We are here to tell the full story exhibitions and programs are tools “It’s exciting for the city and the museum. It’s got multiple values for the of Washington County. As a cultural that cultivate learning and cultural community. Traditions and roots are extremely valuable to Hillsboro,” says leader of Washington County, we appreciation.” Simon. “We understand that the past, present and future are interconnected. Add to that that Hillsboro is the seat of county government… it makes sense The proposal from the museum to use the unfinished space in the second that it would also become the home of the Washington County Museum. On a floor of the Hillsboro Civic Center solved a problem that has vexed the city philosophical level, this is a great place for it to be.” officials since the facility opened in 2005: How to find a suitable tenant for what As much of a no-brainer as the move may seem, though, the logistics of the is supposed to be a second-floor public gathering space. expansion were anything but simplistic. It was built to house a downtown library, but those plans fizzled when First, the board had to withstand some heavy lobbying from Beaverton voters rejected a bond measure to finish the project and the main library ended officials who wanted the museum to anchor a cultural center there. up on Brookwood Parkway. Then, the staff and board had to hammer out a lease for the piece of prime Seven years later, the museum was angling to fill that void. DECEMBER 2012 – FEBRUARY 2013 DECEMBER 2012 – FEBRUARY downtown Hillsboro real estate. Luckily, the owner was motivated. Eventually the two sides agreed to 15 years of free rent, with the museum

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EXHIBITS ON DISPLAY THROUGH SPRING The “Hubble Space Telescope” free to members, $6 for adults and exhibit runs through May 31 and $4 for children. Museum hours are on the hook for improvements in the space, which was wired and plumbed, but the “Americans All” exhibit about Wednesday through Friday from 10 not much else. the county’s early Latino guest a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 The museum’s budget is increasing from $500,000 to $650,000 on top of a workers runs through June 30. The a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from three-year goal of raising $3.5 million to support its goals, which also include Museum is located on the second noon to 5 p.m. Learn about parking expanding its educational offerings to reach some 10,000 students and creating floor of the Hillsboro Civic Center, and other details at DECEMBER 2012 – FEBRUARY 2013 an interactive online archive of historical documents dating back hundreds of 120 E. Main St. (above Starbucks). washingtoncountymuseum.org. years. Admission to the museum is A $1.5 million anonymous gift to the museum offered a gigantic boost toward that goal, which supplements more than $40,000 worth of combined 2012-13 fiscal year grants so far from groups like the Oregon Community Foundation, the Oregon Heritage Commission, and the Juan Young Trust. Individual donors have pledged funds, but major local economic drivers like The intimate symphony with infinite imagination and Nike are not among the supporters (“We haven’t had that conversation yet,” says Shogren). The hope is that the scope of the expansion paired with the high-profile Hubble exhibit will raise eyebrows and add some clout, putting the Washington County Museum on the map with some of the bigger museums in the Portland area. Looking to the future, Shogren says it’s not a matter of professional rivalry, but a necessary component to serve the citizens of the rapidly growing and evolving community. December 21, 2012 at 7:30pm “I’m not interested in competing. I’m interested in complementing,” says St. Matthew Catholic Church, Hillsboro Shogren, assuredly. “Part of what I’m looking at is where Washington County Tickets 503.771.3250 Handel’s most popular masterpiece, The Messiah, presented in collaboration with the OREGON CHOHORALERALE. Classes for children Audrey Sackett, Soprano Tues – Sat and adults Beth Madsen Bradford, Mezzo Soprano 10 am – 4 pm Carl Moe, Tenor Affordable art and crafts Anton Belov, Baritone Sunday WAG12 and the Hillsboro Community Youth Choir. 12 pm – 4 pm created by professional and emerging artists 503.644.8001 PortlandChamberOrchestra.org Gift Certifi cates Maestro Yaacov Bergman, Artistic Director www.villagegalleryarts.org WAG12

12505 NW (next to the Cedar Mill Library) • Portland, Oregon 97229 89.9 FM VISUALIZEA non-profi t organization since 1963 Theater company bags a big grant When the nomadic actors of Bag&Baggage productions Give at your put down roots at the Venetian Theater in Hillsboro workplace, in 2007, many wondered if or online at there would be support for a workforart.org second professional stage company in Washington County. CASEY CAMPBELL 16 A recent operations grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation totaling $30,000 over two years, seems to provide an emphatic What in the Dickens? It’s the Bag & Baggage answer in the affirmative. production of “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen Guild’s Dramatic The grant will allow B&B, Society’s Production of a Christmas Carol,” known for edgy which will run Dec. 6-23 in Hillsboro. interpretations of classic works, to expand its part-time staff, while also creating full-time positions for management, marketing and artistic direction. “It’s a vote of confidence in us and our ability to move forward successfully,” says founder Scott Palmer, who is embarking on an ambitious $500,000 three-year capital campaign. “Not only are we here, but we’re a program of the Regional Arts & Culture Council DECEMBER 2012 – FEBRUARY 2013 DECEMBER 2012 – FEBRUARY getting bigger and healthier.”

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