Events at Reed
Welcome to the Reed College events site! All events listed below are open to the public and are free, unless noted otherwise.
March
13
Concert: Portland Gay Symphonic Band
“Dream Dancing” includes music by Bernstein, Bach, and Berlioz. For more information and to order tickets, visit the Portland Gay Symphonic Band website.
8 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
14
Concert: Portland Baroque Orchestra
Vivaldi’s flauto dolce
Works by Antonio Vivaldi, including Concerto in D major, “Il Grosso Mogul.” Tickets: $16–39; call 503/222-6000, or visit the Portland Baroque Orchestra website.
3 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
20 & 21
Concert: Portland Gay Men’s Chorus
ABBA Queen
The program features music from two, 1970s world-renowned pop groups. Tickets: $20–25; call 503/226-2588, or visit the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus website.
8 p.m. on March 20 and 2 p.m. on March 21, Kaul Auditorium.
22
Lecture: “‘None are like you, Shulamite’: Linguistic Longings in Jewish Verse”
The lecture by Maeera Shreiber, associate professor of English at the University of Utah, is sponsored by the English department.
5 p.m., Psychology 105.
25
Lecture: “'I Smoke therefore I am’: Smoking as Liberation in Nineteenth-Century Europe and Russia”
The lecture, which is sponsored by the Russian department, will be given by Konstantine Klioutchkine, associate professor of Russian at Pomona College.
5 p.m., Biology 19.
25
Visiting Writers Series: Alice Fulton
Alice Fulton's fiction collection, The Nightingales of Troy: Connected Stories, was published by W.W. Norton in 2008. Her most recent book of poems is Cascade Experiment: Selected Poems. She is currently the Ann S. Bowers Professor of English at Cornell University. Alice Fulton will also lead a colloquium, “Losing Your Voice and Finding the Poem,” at noon, Wednesday, March 24, in GCC–D. For more information, visit the Visiting Writers website.
6:30 p.m., Psychology 105.
25
Concert: Chamber Music Northwest
Wu Han, David Finckel, and Philip Setzer
The musicians perform Schubert’s two extraordinary piano trios. Tickets: $10–48; call 503/294-6400, or visit the Chamber Music Northwest website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
25–27
Theatre thesis production: A Community-Based Theatre/Anthropology Thesis
This production, by Taiga Christie ’10, will be an experiment in community-based theatre (theatre conducted with and for a specific community), with the goal of questioning assumptions and promoting discussion and dialogue. A collaboratively created performance taken from true individual stories, this production hopes to provide insight into the many different truths that make up any community, and to question our ways of reconciling these different experiences. Tickets: $1–3; call 503/777-7284 or visit the Reed Theatre reservation site.
7:30 p.m., Studio Theatre.
Ongoing through April 20
Exhibition: Special Collections, Hauser Memorial Library
David Eddings: Creator of Fantasy Worlds
David Eddings ’54 presented his papers to Reed in early 2009. Upon his death several months later, his bequest of $18 million dollars also came to Reed. Eddings’ immense popularity as a fantasy writer was earned by the 24 fantasy titles published between 1982 and 2006, and his many thousands of fans are found worldwide. Selections from his papers are on display along with every book he published. 8 a.m.–9 p.m., Monday–Friday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Saturday & Sunday; in the library flat and wall cases, west of the library circulation desk.
April
2 & 3, and 8–10
Theatre production: Antigone
Reed Theatre presents Antigone, by Jean Anouilh, adapted by translated by Lewis Galantière, and directed by Kate Bredeson, assistant professor of theatre. First produced in German-occupied Paris during World War II, Anouilh's version of the Greek myth is a meditation on power, responsibility, and duty. When Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, niece of King Creon, defies her uncle's orders and buries her brother who has been left to rot, she instigates a fatal series of actions, reactions, decrees, and punishments. Despite debates with her nurse, her sister, her future husband, and an extended tête-à-tête with Creon, Antigone remains unwavering in her convictions and true to her beliefs. A model of resistance and focus, the story of Antigone remains provocative and powerful as a meditation on duty and strength. Galantière's adaptation and translation deftly reveal Anouilh's poetic retelling of the classic myth. Tickets: $1–5; call 503/777-7284 or visit the Reed Theatre reservation site.
7:30 p.m., Maintage Theatre.
10
Spring Canyon Day
Join the Reed community in planting native trees and shrubs. Tools, training, food, and fun will be provided; everyone is welcome to participate. Dress for the weather and bring gloves if you have them. For more information, email zac.perry@reed.edu or call 503/572-8636. For more information about the Reed canyon, visit the canyon website.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., by the studio arts building.
7–June 7
Exhibition: Twentieth-century works of art from the Reed College Art Collection.
The exhibition includes film, sculpture, printed matter, and photography by Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, and Daniel Spoerri, among others, and focuses on the representation and exploration of the human body. Please check the Cooley Gallery website for related events and programming. Viewing hours are noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday, in the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Hauser Memorial Library.
14
Concert: “Drums along the Pacific”
Cornish College's Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet—Christopher Hahn on piano, Paris Hurley on violin, and Paul Taub on flute—perform music of John Cage, Henry Cowell, and Lou Harrison.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
18
Concert: Portland Baroque Orchestra
Alessandrini at the Keyboard
Rindaldo Alessandrini, director of Rome’s Concerto Italiano, at the harpsichord, with music by Vivaldi, Couperin, Telemann, and J.Ch. Bach. Tickets: $16–39; call 503/222-6000, or visit the Portland Baroque Orchestra website.
3 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
25
Lecture: Donald Lopez
Jr.
Tibet’s First Modern Artist
Donald Lopez Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan, where he serves as chair of the Michigan Society of Fellows and chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. His most recent books are Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed and In the Forest of Faded Wisdom: 104 Poems by Gendun Chopel. Gendun Chopel (1903–1951) was one of the most important—and controversial—Tibetans of the twentieth century, renowned especially for his skills as a painter and a poet. This lecture will provide a sketch of his fascinating life, illustrated with his own paintings and drawings, and concludes with readings of some of his most famous poems, in both Tibetan and English. Sponsored by the anthropology department.
6 p.m., Psychology 105.
26
Lecture: Donald Lopez Jr.
“Buddhism and Science: Past, Present, Future”
In debates about the relationship between religion and science, some have argued that among the world's religions, it is Buddhism that is most compatible with modern science. In this lecture, Donald Lopez, Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Culture at the University of Michigan, will provide a brief history of the association of Buddhism with science, beginning in the nineteenth century and moving to the present day, considering possible reasons for the persistence of the claims for the compatibility of Buddhism and science, as well as what Buddhism has gained, and lost, in the process. The lecture will conclude with some thoughts on the latest association of Buddhism and science: neurological research on Buddhist meditation. Sponsored by the Thomas L. Eliot Lecture Fund.
5:30p.m., Eliot 317.
Ongoing through April 20
Exhibition: Special Collections, Hauser Memorial Library
David Eddings: Creator of Fantasy Worlds
David Eddings ’54 presented his papers to Reed in early 2009. Upon his death several months later, his bequest of $18 million dollars also came to Reed. Eddings’ immense popularity as a fantasy writer was earned by the 24 fantasy titles published between 1982 and 2006, and his many thousands of fans are found worldwide. Selections from his papers are on display along with every book he published. 8 a.m.–9 p.m., Monday–Friday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Saturday & Sunday; in the library flat and wall cases, west of the library circulation desk.
May
4
Concert: Friends of Chamber Music
Chanticleer
Now in its 32nd season, Chanticleer performs “In Time of . . . Songs of love & loss, war & peace.” Tickets: $14–40; call 503/224-9842, or visit the Friends of Chamber Music website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
22
Concert: Portland Chamber Orchestra
“American Feast”
Chintimini Turns, world premiere, by Jacob Avshalomov; Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life), by Ernest Bloch with Brandon Garbot; and Violin Story of an Hour, world premiere, by Michael Valenti. Tickets: $15–30, 503/771-3250, or at the Portland Chamber Orchestra website.
3 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
Ongoing through June 7
Exhibition: Twentieth-century works of art from the Reed College Art Collection.
The exhibition includes film, sculpture, printed matter, and photography by Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, and Daniel Spoerri, among others, and focuses on the representation and exploration of the human body. Please check the Cooley Gallery website for related events and programming. Viewing hours are noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday, in the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Hauser Memorial Library.