Portland Piano International—July 12-19
Weathering the economic storms of the past few months, Portland Piano International continues its summer piano festival with a stellar line-up of artists and events that will dazzle even the most discerning of audiences.
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‘From Krakow to Krypton;’ The people of the comic book
In 1978, cartoonist Art Spiegelman began interviewing his father Vladek about his experiences during the Holocaust. Over the next three years, he gathered enough material to write and illustrate the story of his father’s survival and its impact on his own psyche.
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Schnitzer Baldessari prints at Legion of Honor
The Legion of Honor Museum—part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will open an exhibit this month of John Baldessari prints from the collections of Portlander Jordan Schnitzer and the Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation. read more »
‘48 Jews’ explores layers of identity
Abshalom Jac Lahav’s series of paintings “48 Jews” is not an homage to Gerhard Richter’s earlier project entitled “48 Portraits,” but there is a connection, according to Lahav. read more »
Drash little-and-literary hosts Portland launch
“I’m sorry some of you are going to stand tonight,” said Roberta Dyer, one of the co-owners of Broadway Books in Northeast Portland. read more »
Reich brings Israeli theater back for 2nd summer season
Portland’s Jewish Theatre Collaborative in partnership with the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State University will present their second season of staged readings this summer. read more »
Ruben and company follow passion for musical theater
For some, the desire to stage a show outweighs all other priorities and responsibilities. read more »
Margolin signs new novel at Annie Bloom’s Books
PHILLIP MARGOLIN, the Portland attorney and popular author of mystery novels, always begins his book tours at Annie Bloom’s Books in Multnomah Village. read more »
Ruth and Herb Aschkenazy donate Camnitzer woodcuts to OJM
Oregon Jewish Museum Executive Director Judith Margles reports the gift of four woodcuts by Luis Camnitzer. read more »
Author wows parents
Children are like seeds in an unlabeled packet. You don’t know in what season they’ll bloom or even the flower you’ll get. Your job is to allow the flower to blossom while tending its plot; remove only the biggest weeds. read more »
The show must go on!
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—1play \ˈplā\ n.: Fun relaxing activity or a stage performance. read more »
Dutch Jewish woman wins Arab poetry prize
BERLIN (JTA)—Using a pseudonym, a Jewish woman won an Arab poetry contest in Holland. read more »
Holocaust art/writing contest winners announced
Each year, the OHRC sponsors a writing and arts competition for middle and high school students, using a Holocaust-based theme. read more »
PSU at center of composer Ernest Bloch remembrance
In a crowded Northwest Portland living room, 50 people gather to hear a discussion about the 18th century Jewish mystic the Ba’al Shem Tov and hear a recital including Ernest Bloch’s “Ba’al Shem Suite.” read more »
Vergun to discuss her translation of a Hiroshima survivor’s memoir
Dr. Pamela Bea Wilson Vergun of Beaverton will discuss author Sadako Teiko Okuda’s “A Dimly Burning Wick: Memoir from the Ruins of Hiroshima,” on June 4 at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Booksellers in North Portland. read more »
Did you hear the one about the bubbe telling a joke ...
NEW YORK (JTA)—Like the summer action flick "Snakes on a Plane," director Sam Hoffman's Jewish humor Web site is up front about what it offers: old Jews telling jokes. read more »
Streak of 'Jewish humanism' in new eco-friendly TV show
NEW YORK (JTA)—Though television personality Annabelle Gurwitch describes herself as secular, she says a streak of Jewish humanism runs through "Wa$ted!," the eco-conscious reality show she hosts on the Discovery Channel’s Planet Green network. read more »
The artist and her art
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR and artist Alice Lok Cahana gives a tour of her artwork on display at Portland Center Stage’s Gerding Theater at the Armory read more »
New novella showcases Amos Oz’s wizardry
NEW YORK (NEXTBOOK)—“Why do you write? Why do you write the way you do? Are you trying to influence your readers, and, if so, how? What role do your books play? Do you constantly cross out and correct or do you write straight out of your head?” read more »
Aaron Meyer plans another music camp for young musicians
Portland concert rock violinist Aaron Meyer will lead a summer music camp for children between the ages of 8 and 13. read more »
Sholem Aleichem feted at PSU
More than 100 people gathered at Portland State University’s Food for Thought Café on Iyar 10 (May 4) to celebrate the Yarzheit of beloved Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem. read more »
Goldstein’s Bible book no knockoff of earlier Jacobs volume
Hype is the name of the game in today’s publishing industry. Blurbs on the back of the book are always glowing, the covers carefully designed to attract the attention of as many buyers as possible. Trends come and go. Best-sellers spawn imitations. That’s just how it is. read more »
‘Sunshine Boys’ next up in Profile Theatre’s year of Neil Simon
Profile Theatre opens “The Sunshine Boys” May 16 at Theatre! Theater!, the last of its full season of Neil Simon plays. read more »
Artist, gallery team up to add ‘János Book’ to Jewish museum
23 Sandy Gallery and Alex Appella want to donate a copy of Appella’s powerful family history, “The János Book,” to the Oregon Jewish Museum. read more »
