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.
November
21 & 22
Thesis production: M’s Orphanage
The Reed Theatre presents a dance-theatre thesis by Alexandra Euphrates Dahout ’09, M’s Orphanage, written by Kate Tarker ’08, and based on the gruesome tales of Struwwelpeter. The story is about five orphans, forced to pretend that every day is Christmas, hoping that Santa will bring them parents, but for the past several years, they've received nothing but coal. The orphanage is a house of torment for these children, and the worst is yet to come. Tickets: $3 general, $2 seniors and non-Reed students, and $1 for Reed students, faculty, and staff; call 503/777-7284 or reserve online.
7:30 p.m., student union.
23
Concert: Portland Baroque Orchestra, Silver Anniversary Season
“Pergolesi, Naples, and Julius Caesar”
Nicholas McGegan, director of San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque, debuts as orchestra director. Canadian countertenor Matthew White and soprano Yulia Van Doren perform. Music by Pergolesi, Handel, Durante, and Leo. Tickets: $15–39; call 503/222-6000, or visit the Portland Baroque Orchestra website.
3 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
25
Concert: Friends of Chamber Music, Classic Series
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Pianist Joseph Kalichstein, violinist Jaime Laredo, and cellist Sharon Robinson with music by Beethoven, Schubert, and Shostakovich. Tickets: $14–37; call 503/224-9842, or visit the Friends of Chamber Music website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
Ongoing through December 9
Exhibition: David Reed ’68
Lives of Paintings
Renowned New York abstract painter and Reed College alumnus David Reed ’68 returns to the college for a one-person exhibition of paintings created over the last three decades. Lives of Paintings, a diachronic installation, brings together interrelated bodies of David Reed’s work: early gestural landscapes, time-based performative paintings from the 1970s, and large-scale, intensely optical paintings from the last 20 years. Each body of work illuminates the strategies and nuances of the others, exploring the “lives” of the paintings within the intimate conversational space of the Cooley Art Gallery. To investigate the lives of the paintings as social objects, the gallery is publishing an experimental monograph that includes a collection of individual, large-format reproductions of each painting in the exhibition; and the translocational "life story" of each painting is explored through essays and photographs. Curated by Stephanie Snyder, John & Anne Hauberg Curator and Director, Cooley Memorial Art Gallery. For more information, visit the Cooley Art Gallery website.
Noon–6 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
December
2
Performance: "The Rap Canterbury Tales"
Baba Brinkman of Vancouver, B.C., began his rap career at 19, and, in the process of becoming an MC, completed an M.A. in Medieval and Renaissance English literature, with a thesis investigating the parallels between the worlds of rap music and literary poetry. "The Rap Canterbury Tales" has received multiple awards, and also has been recorded as an audio CD and published as an illustrated paperback by Vancouver's Talon Books, Canada's premier independent literary press.
7 p.m., Vollum lecture hall.
3
Concert: Friends of Chamber Music, Vocal Arts Series
“Long Time Traveling”
Anonymous 4, with Darol Anger on violin and mandolin, and Scott Nygaard on guitar, perform religious ballads, American folk songs, gospel songs, and folk hymns. Tickets: $14–37; student rush, $5; call 503/224-9842, or visit the Friends of Chamber Music website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
4–6
Theatre production: 4 x Tenn
The Reed Theatre presents four one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, directed by Kristeen Crosser, technical director and designer. As a tribute to Williams’ life and great works, this evening of theatre will look deeply into several of his theatrical motifs and examine the theme of “loss,” in Adam and Eve on a Ferry, The One Exception, The Municipal Abattoir, and Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton. Tickets: $5 general, $3 seniors and non-Reed students, and $1 for Reed students, faculty, and staff; call 503/777-7284 or reserve online.
7:30 p.m., Studio Theatre.
6
Concert: Portland Gay Symphonic Band
Enjoy holiday melodies such as Sleigh Ride, O Holy Night, and Chambrier’s Espana Rhapsody, in the concert “Enchantments.” Tickets: $12 in advance at the band website; $12–15 at the door, cash only.
8 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
7
Concert: "A Variety of Vocal Variations"
The Reed College music department presents a choral concert, consisting of sets of variations on traditional chorales by three great German composers and conducted by Virginia Hancock. This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hugo Distler, a successful teacher, organist, choral director, and composer who, in despair over the actions of the authorities, committed suicide during World War II. The Collegium Musicum will sing the variations on "Es ist ein' Ros entsprungen" (Lo, how a rose e'er blooming) from his Weihnachtsgeschichte (Christmas story), a work strongly influenced by the music of the early Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz. They will also perform Johannes Brahms' motet "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf," op. 74/2, which consists of five variations on the stanzas of a Lutheran chorale for Advent. The Reed Chorus will sing Johann Sebastian Bach's motet Jesu, meine Freude, in which variations on the chorale are interspersed with biblical verses from the book of Romans; the work contains some of Bach's most vivid musical illustrations.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
Through December 9
Exhibition: David Reed ’68
Lives of Paintings
Renowned New York abstract painter and Reed College alumnus David Reed ’68 returns to the college for a one-person exhibition of paintings created over the last three decades. Lives of Paintings, a diachronic installation, brings together interrelated bodies of David Reed’s work: early gestural landscapes, time-based performative paintings from the 1970s, and large-scale, intensely optical paintings from the last 20 years. Each body of work illuminates the strategies and nuances of the others, exploring the “lives” of the paintings within the intimate conversational space of the Cooley Art Gallery. To investigate the lives of the paintings as social objects, the gallery is publishing an experimental monograph that includes a collection of individual, large-format reproductions of each painting in the exhibition; and the translocational "life story" of each painting is explored through essays and photographs. Curated by Stephanie Snyder, John & Anne Hauberg Curator and Director, Cooley Memorial Art Gallery. For more information, visit the Cooley Art Gallery website.
Noon–6 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
13
Alumni Holiday Party
Reed’s alumni & parent relations invites alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends to the annual alumni holiday party. This festive occasion includes a supper buffet, dancing, and the traditional procession of the boar’s head. Tickets are $35 per person for the cocktail hour, supper buffet, dessert, hosted bar until 8:15 p.m., the Prankster’s big band, and other entertainment; $30 per person for 2003–08 alumni. For details, and to register online, visit the alumni holiday party website by Friday, November 28. If you have special needs or requests, email alumni & parent relations or call 503/777-7589.
6 p.m., Kaul Auditorium and the student union.
13 & 14
Fall Dance Concert
Reed students and faculty members present an evening of dance. Tickets: $5 general admission, $1 for Reed students, faculty, and staff; available at the door.
8 p.m., sports center, gym II.
17
Concert: John Vergin
"December Tale"
In his annual "December Tale," John Vergin ’78 spins the tale of events in the life of a young musician, beginning late on Christmas Eve and ending 24 hours later. Included in the telling are songs for voice and harp, about both Christmas and winter. Tickets: $10 general, $5 seniors and non-Reed students; free to Reed students, faculty, and staff; available at the door.
7 p.m., Eliot Hall chapel.
19–21
Concert: Portland Gay Men’s Chorus
“Heavenly Holidays”
“Heavenly Holidays” features songs from all holiday celebrations, and includes a premiere of “Hodie,” by composer-in-residence Robert Seeley. Tickets: $16–28; call 503/226-2588, or visit the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus website.
8 p.m., December 19 & 20; 2 p.m., December 21; Kaul Auditorium.
January 2009
13
Concert: Friends of Chamber Music, Classic Series
Takács Quartet
Recognized as one of the world's premiere string quartets, the Takács Quartet performs selections by Bartók, Beethoven, and Schumann. Tickets: $14–37; call 503/224-9842, or visit the Friends of Chamber Music website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
23
Concert: Third Angle
“Maximum Minimalism”
The concert includes the Portland premiere of Morton Feldman’s work “Rothko Chapel,” accompanied by images of paintings by Mark Rothko. Tickets: $25–30; call 503/331-0301, or visit the Third Angle website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
February
20
Concert: Friends of Chamber Music, Vocal Arts Series
Chanticleer
With its seamless blend of 12-male voices, ranging from countertenor to bass, Chanticleer is praised for their “tonal luxuriance and crisply etched clarity” and was named Musical America’s 2008 “Ensemble of the Year.” The concert is a mixed repertoire program. Tickets: $14–37; call 503/224-9842, or visit the Friends of Chamber Music website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
26–28
Thesis production: Stories from the Time of Trees
Reed Theatre presents a theatre-thesis by Cassandra Thurston-Bianchi. Details forthcoming.
7:30 p.m., Mainstage Theatre.
March
12
Visiting Writers: Susan Straight
Susan Straight's novels include I Been in Sorrow’s Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots, Blacker than a Thousand Midnights, The Gettin Place, and Highwire Moon, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She is recipient of the California Book Prize, a Lannan Foundation Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, and a Best American Short Story Award. For more information, visit the Visiting Writers website.
6:30 p.m., Psychology 105.
17
Concert: Friends of Chamber Music, Classic Series
Ebène Quartet
The Ebène Quartet—distinguished by its open-mindedness and versatility in classical repertoire, contemporary music, and jazz—performs three quartets by Beethoven. Tickets: $14–37; call 503/224-9842, or visit the Friends of Chamber Music website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
21
Concert: Chamber Music Northwest
Sophie Shao and Pei-Yao Wang
The musicians perform music by Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms for piano and cello. Tickets: $10–43; call 503/294-6400, or visit the Chamber Music Northwest website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
22
Concert: Portland Baroque Orchestra, Silver Anniversary Season
“Italy's Seicento: The Birth of Melody”
PBO presents beautiful music from 17th-century Italy (il seicento), with dances, songs, and sonatas by Gabrieli, Buonamente, and Marini. Tickets: $15–39; call 503/222-6000, or visit the Portland Baroque Orchestra website.
3 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
26
Visiting Writers: Katherine Dunn
One Ring Circus, a collection of Katherine Dunn's essays on the sport of boxing will appear in early 2009. With photographer Jim Lommasson, Dunn won the 2004 Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor documentary prize for the book Shadow Boxers: Sweat, Sacrifice, and the Will to Survive in America's Toughest Boxing Gyms. For more information, visit the Visiting Writers website.
6:30 p.m., Psychology 105.
April
3 & 4, 9–11
Theatre production: The Double Inconstancy
Reed Theatre presents The Double Inconstancy by Marivaux, directed by Gretchen Icenogle, visiting assistant professor of theatre. Details forthcoming.
7:30 p.m., Mainstage Theatre.
9
Visiting Writers: Matthew Dickman
Matthew Dickman’s first collection of poems, All American Poem, won the 2008 American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry. His poems appear in Tin House, Clackamas Literary Review, Agni Online, and The New Yorker, among others. For more information, visit the Visiting Writers website.
6:30 p.m., Psychology 105.
11
Concert: Portland Chamber Orchestra
The Four Seasons
The concert features the Portland premier of Piazzolla’s Cuartro Estaciones Portenas and Lutoslawski’s Five Melodies for String Orchestra, as well as selections by Shostakovich, and Vivaldi. Tickets: $25; call 503/771-3250, or visit the Portland Chamber Orchestra website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
14
Concert: Friends of Chamber Music, Classic Series
American String Quartet
The American String Quartet has performed in all 50 states and appeared in virtually every important concert hall throughout the world. The concert program includes three quartets by Beethoven. Tickets: $14–37; call 503/224-9842, or visit the Friends of Chamber Music website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
18
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.; details forthcoming.
28
Concert: Friends of Chamber Music
Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg & the Assad Brothers
Classical violinist Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg is joined by guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad performing Gypsy-inspired music—classic and traditional songs from Argentina, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Spain, and the Middle East. Tickets: $14–37; call 503/224-9842, or visit the Friends of Chamber Music website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
30
Concert: Chamber Music Northwest
McDuffie-Dutton-Kirshbaum Trio
String trios and duos by Schubert, Ravel, and Beethoven. Tickets: $10–43; call 503/294-6400, or visit the Chamber Music Northwest website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
May
10
Concert: Portland Baroque Orchestra, Silver Anniversary Season
“Mozart’s Night Music”
A celebration of PBO’s 25th Anniversary with Monica Huggett and Richard Egarr, includes violinist Huggett’s interpretation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Egarr’s fortepiano work, and his professional debut on timpani for the unique Serenata Notturna. Tickets: $15–39; call 503/222-6000, or visit the Portland Baroque Orchestra website.
4 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
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