BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Reser - ECPv6.17.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Reser X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thereser.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Reser REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250424T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250424T213000 DTSTAMP:20250421T164419Z CREATED:20240530T211640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T164419Z UID:13674-1745523000-1745530200@thereser.org SUMMARY:Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: Quinto Element DESCRIPTION:Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana presents Quinto Elemento (Fifth Element)\, a new work by internationally acclaimed flamenco dancer-choreographer Patricia Guerrero set to an original score of live music by Francis Gómez. Guerrero will explore the fifth element of the earth: ether\, that which we do not see yet is ever-present. The essence that makes up the space around us. Hailed as a master of tradition who dares to deconstruct the art form\, Guerrero draws on her deep knowledge of traditional flamenco but pushes past the restriction of its rules. In doing so\, she seeks to extract the essence of flamenco itself\, its invisible fifth element\, and make it tangible to audiences. \nQUINTO ELEMENTO will be characterized by a strange and peculiar beauty\, as Guerrero operates beyond what is considered aesthetically correct in an art form that highly values exactitude. Guerrero instead embraces chaos through choreography\, building from flamenco’s expressive movement language while venturing beyond its current aesthetic bounds. \nSponsored by Reser Family Foundation URL:https://thereser.org/event/flamenco-vivo-carlota-santana-quinto-elemento/ LOCATION:The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts\, 12625 SW Crescent St\, Beaverton\, OR\, 97005\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thereser.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/flamenco_hero.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T230000 DTSTAMP:20250425T203242Z CREATED:20250124T174233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T203242Z UID:17498-1745676000-1745708400@thereser.org SUMMARY:Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem DESCRIPTION:The 150 musicians of Portland Choir & Orchestra have been delighting audiences with inspiring choral and orchestral music for 20 years. Thousands attend PCO’s wide variety of concert programs including the Celebration of Christmas\, masterworks for choir and orchestra based on sacred texts\, and patriotic and pops-style concerts that celebrate humankind’s rich heritage of family\, music\, faith\, and liberty. \nPCO has performed the National Anthem at Trail Blazer games and has performed with the Newport Symphony Orchestra\, the Willamette Falls Symphony\, and with national stars like Grammy-nominated violinist Jenny Oaks Baker\, Tabernacle Choir Organist Clay Christiansen\, and Broadway actor Dallyn Vail Bayles. Local celebrities such as Bill Schonely\, Ray Summers\, and Edmund Stone have also collaborated with PCO. \nEnjoying a reputation of offering some of the finest\, most uplifting choral and orchestral concerts in the greater Portland area\, PCO is led by Artistic Director\, Dr. David Thomas and Dr. Edward Higgins\, Orchestra Director. \nThe Brahms’ Requiem\, as it is commonly known\, dominates the requiem category and is Johannes Brahms’ most celebrated work. It is a large-scale masterpiece for chorus\, orchestra\, and soloists in seven movements and will feature guest artists Stacey Murdock as baritone and Madison Barton-Holloway as soprano. Instead of the traditional Latin text recited at funerals and used by composers for centuries\, Brahms chose words that offer consolation for the living. He set psalms and other passages from the Bible leaving out all forms of dogma. It became an enormous success and changed his life. \nSponsored by: Paul Hart in loving tribute of his late wife\, Jan Jacobsen\, local artist. \nTWO PERFORMANCES\nApril 26\, 2025 at 2 PM\nApril 26\, 2025 at 7 PM URL:https://thereser.org/event/johannes-brahms-ein-deutsches-requiem/ LOCATION:The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts\, 12625 SW Crescent St\, Beaverton\, OR\, 97005\, United States CATEGORIES:Symphony ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thereser.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/portlandco_hero.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T230000 DTSTAMP:20250425T200459Z CREATED:20250106T181820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T200459Z UID:16895-1745766000-1745794800@thereser.org SUMMARY:Old Wine in New Bottles DESCRIPTION:Old Wine in New Bottles explores the evolution of musical traditions\, much like the progression of Old and New World wine styles. This program celebrates how cherished classics are reinterpreted\, creating fresh experiences that honor their roots while embracing innovation. \nThe evening begins with Gordon Jacob’s Old Wine in New Bottles\, a playful reimagining of traditional English folk melodies\, blending historical charm with modern orchestration. Johann Strauss’s Wein\, Weib\, und Gesang (Wine\, Women\, and Song)\, in a lively wind ensemble arrangement by Douglas Rossi\, follows\, evoking the grandeur and elegance of Old World Viennese tradition. The first half closes with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Bacchanale\, a swirling\, seductive musical scene from the opera Samson et Dalila. \nThe second half opens with Holst’s First Suite in E-flat\, a masterpiece of British band music that draws from the rich traditions of orchestral writing. Dello Joio’s Variants on a Medieval Tune transforms a 13th-century melody into a kaleidoscope of styles\, bridging past and present. Julie Giroux’s Fantasy in French adds a dash of modern color\, infused with French charm. The program concludes with Dvořák’s Finale from New World Symphony\, a work inspired by his journey to America\, where Old World symphonic traditions meet New World influences\, much like the evolution of wine-making across continents. \n“Old Wine in New Bottles” invites listeners to savor a journey through musical evolution\, toasting the fusion of history and innovation that keeps traditions alive and vibrant. URL:https://thereser.org/event/old-wine-in-new-bottles/ LOCATION:The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts\, 12625 SW Crescent St\, Beaverton\, OR\, 97005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,Symphony ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thereser.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RCWS_Holiday-concert_Website-2280x1536-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250501T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250501T230000 DTSTAMP:20250425T201652Z CREATED:20250122T171351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T201652Z UID:17457-1746127800-1746140400@thereser.org SUMMARY:Live Wire w/ Luke Burbank! DESCRIPTION:Live Wire Radio is an independently produced radio show hosted by Luke Burbank and announced by Elena Passarello. The show artfully blends unpredictable conversation\, live music\, and original comedy and features all kinds of cultural talent and creative minds\, from emerging artists to established acts. Live Wire champions discovery by producing spirited live shows and listening experiences that create genuine connections with local and national audiences. \nFEATURED GUESTS: \nJEAN GRAE \nJean Grae is a multidisciplinary artist\, humorist\, and former rapper with over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry. She’s collaborated with influential musicians including The Roots\, Robert Glasper\, and her prolific body of work is featured at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. In 2019\, the Public Theater commissioned her one-person show Jeanius\, which played for a limited time and sold out to audiences in New York City. She currently resides in Baltimore with her shared-custody cat Littles. In My Remaining Years is her first book. \nOMAR EL AKKAD \nOmar El Akkad is an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt\, grew up in Qatar\, moved to Canada as a teenager\, and now lives in the United States. He is a two-time winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and the Oregon Book Award for fiction. His books have been translated into thirteen languages. His debut novel\, American War\, was named by the BBC as one of one hundred novels that shaped our world. \nTHE LULLABY PROJECT \nThe Lullaby Project is a collaboration with the Oregon Symphony and Path Home that brings together professional singer-songwriters with parents experiencing homelessness. Through this partnership\, participants work with symphony musicians to create personal lullabies for their children\, fostering connection\, healing\, and creativity. The lullabies are professionally recorded and shared with the larger community at a concert. Path Home\, a nonprofit that empowers homeless families with children to get back into housing and stay there\, provides outreach to identify and support parents to participate\, while the Oregon Symphony contributes its artistic expertise to bring these heartfelt songs to life. \nEVAN RATLIFF \nJournalist & “Shell Game” Podcaster Evan Ratliff is an award-winning investigative journalist\, bestselling author\, and podcast host. He’s the author of the The Mastermind: A True Story of Murder\, Empire\, and a New Kind of Crime Lord; the writer and host of the hit podcasts Shell Game and Persona: The French Deception; and the cofounder of The Atavist Magazine\, Pop-Up Magazine\, and the Longform Podcast. As a writer\, he’s a two-time National Magazine Award finalist. As an editor and producer\, he’s a two-time Emmy nominee and National Magazine Award winner. URL:https://thereser.org/event/live-wire-w-luke-burbank-2/ LOCATION:The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts\, 12625 SW Crescent St\, Beaverton\, OR\, 97005\, United States CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thereser.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/05.1-Reser-Asset.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250502T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250502T210000 DTSTAMP:20250425T161506Z CREATED:20250221T192211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T161506Z UID:17907-1746208800-1746219600@thereser.org SUMMARY:First Friday Demo & Children's Day Installation: Menka Desai-Crawford & Sandra Honda DESCRIPTION:FREE & Open to the public (no tickets necessary) \nMenka Desai-Crawford (she/her) will be demonstrating how she embroiders on handmade paper with threads and beads to create depth in a painting. Desai-Crawford will also have her bead and threads collection\, tools\, and some of her finished artworks for everyone to enjoy. \nInteractive Installation \nCelebrate Children’s Day with us on First Friday in May! Every year\, this Japanese holiday brings wishes of health and happiness to all children. Come add a tealight to help us grow the word “love” one light at a time on the festive Love Over Hate: For Our Children floorcloth! Make and take home a print of a koi (carp)\, Japanese doll\, special sweet or another symbol of the holiday. \nLove Over Hate: For Our Children is an interactive floor installation developed by Japanese American artist Sandra Honda (she/her) in collaboration with Eugene Printmakers\, a nonprofit\, community-oriented arts organization committed to providing education and opportunities in printmaking\, letterpress\, and book arts. The work brings attention to intention in choosing love over hate in our daily lives. \nLearn more about Infinite Possibilities. \nImage: detail of Lavender Fields by Menka Desai-Crawford\n  \n\n  \nMenka Desai-Crawford Bio: \nMenka Desai-Crawford (she/her) is an Architect turned full-time Artist\, currently living in Portland\, Oregon and the face behind a small art business called Mantis Shrimp Monocles. She has a bachelor’s in architecture degree from Mumbai\, India and a master’s in urban design degree from Pratt Institute\, New York. She has been working as an Artist since 2018 and has sold and shipped hundreds of artworks worldwide. Raised in India\, Menka has strong ties to her culture which she tries to showcase in her works. She primarily works with alcohol inks\, gouache and embroidery on handmade paper. She also makes her own custom float frame and fine art prints in her home studio. \nIn May 2022\, she was a part of a group show in Alberta Street Gallery highlighting the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. In April 2023\, she had her first solo show at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland\, Oregon where she exhibited 9 botanical mixed media works. The theme was to document the spring lowers that were blooming in the garden at the moment\, and she made small maps to go with each painting to make the exhibit more interactive. In Fall 2023\, two of her artworks were selected to be a part of City of Portland’s ‘Visual Chronicle of Portland’ Collection. \nShe loves a good composition in everything – whether in paper\, in spaces or in imagination and she tries to encase that in her very colorful depictions of birds\, plants\, sea life\, and landscapes. \n  \nSandra Honda Bio: \nSandra Honda (she/her) is a Japanese American visual artist and writer based on Kalapuyan land now known as Eugene\, Oregon. She works to elevate less heard voices and stories by invoking historical\, contemporary and social narratives. In 2018\, she left her career as a speechwriter and scientist to redirect her focus toward using art and writing to interrogate what it means to be Asian and American in today’s America. Informed by the Japanese American experience of ethnically-based mass incarceration during World War II\, her drawings\, paintings\, digital works\, assemblages\, and installations draw a historical throughline of anti-Asian activities in the U.S. from the 1800s to today. In 2022\, she initiated a social practice focused on climate change in which she broadened her toolkit to include sculpture. This climate change-related work draws on her career addressing climate\, ocean and science policy through her speechwriting work. \nShe often collaborates with Taiwanese composer and sound designer Mei-ling Lee to create interactive installations enriched by sound and lighting environments. Since moving to Eugene in 2018\, Honda has exhibited (selected) in the Mayor’s Art Show (Eugene\, 2020)\, Arts Northwest Biennial (Roseburg\, 2021)\, Eugene’s Windowfront Exhibition (2022)\, Maude Kerns Art Center (Eugene\, 2022)\, The Reser Center for the Arts (Beaverton\, 2022)\, the University of Oregon Adele McMillan Gallery (EMU\, 2023) and Walters Cultural Arts Center (Hillsboro\, 2023). She is a recipient of grants from the Oregon Arts Commission (2022) and Lane County Cultural Commission (2024). She was the first artist selected for two consecutive years of residency at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture (2022\, 2023). \nHonda was born and raised in Chicago\, Illinois\, where her family relocated after their incarceration in America’s concentration camps (Pinedale\, Tule Lake\, and Minidoka) during World War II. URL:https://thereser.org/event/first-friday-demo-menka-desai-crawford/ LOCATION:The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts\, 12625 SW Crescent St\, Beaverton\, OR\, 97005\, United States CATEGORIES:Gallery,Visual Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thereser.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NEW_5.2-artist-talk_hero.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250502T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250502T213000 DTSTAMP:20250115T220413Z CREATED:20240530T205521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250115T220413Z UID:13680-1746214200-1746221400@thereser.org SUMMARY:Calexico DESCRIPTION:Founded in Tucson\, Arizona\, by guitarist/singer Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino\, the band first emerged to widespread acclaim in the mid-1990s with a string of arresting\, evocative records that blurred the lines between their roots\, rock\, and Latin influences. The Washington Post hailed the band’s live show as “near-flawless\,” while The Chicago Tribune lauded the “vibrant” energy and “compelling conviction” of their performances\, and WNYC marveled at the group’s ability to both “roar like Sonic Youth [and] whisper like Elliott Smith” onstage. \nSponsored by Bank of America URL:https://thereser.org/event/calexico/ LOCATION:The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts\, 12625 SW Crescent St\, Beaverton\, OR\, 97005\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thereser.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-21-at-4.17.58-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T230000 DTSTAMP:20250312T173607Z CREATED:20250218T214055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T173607Z UID:17811-1746374400-1746399600@thereser.org SUMMARY:Sleeping Beauty DESCRIPTION:Sleeping Beauty is a beautiful ballet about the power of love\, dreams\, and exploration\, which has been delighting audiences on the world’s stages for more than 100 years. The three-act ballet extravaganza is based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale of the same name. \nAll of the finest elements were thought of in this production down to the smallest detail\, from the general atmosphere of the French court of King Louis XIV to the enchanting music and exquisite classical choreography. The ballet is full of a variety of dances\, variations of soloists\, sensual duets\, and spectacular scenes with the corps de ballet. A special treat is given by the amazing\, colorful dances of the fairies: The Lilac Fairy and fairies of Tenderness\, Liveliness\, Generosity\, Courage\, and Serenity\, who\, according to the storyline\, endow the newborn girl with their gifts. This performance became a serious event in the history of musical and choreographic art in the end of the 19th century. Since then\, the classical ballet has been a treasure in the repertoire of almost all major theaters of the world. \n  URL:https://thereser.org/event/sleeping-beauty/ LOCATION:The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts\, 12625 SW Crescent St\, Beaverton\, OR\, 97005\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thereser.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2280x1536_sleeping_beauty_the_reser.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T203000 DTSTAMP:20250311T214012Z CREATED:20250221T194050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T214012Z UID:17913-1746642600-1746649800@thereser.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Demo: Sabina Haque & Isami Ching DESCRIPTION:FREE & Open to the public with a reserved ticket. This event takes place in The Lab. \nJoin Sabina Haque for an artist talk exploring (UN) Belonging\, her immersive installation that delves into emotional\, political\, and physical boundaries. Through projected maps\, life-size ink drawings\, and live performances\, Haque invites viewers to experience the spaces between inclusion and exclusion. Drawing from personal history and global borderlands like Kashmir and the Sonoran Desert\, Haque challenges the concept of belonging\, offering an interactive exploration of borders\, known and unknown. The talk will be moderated by Subashini Ganesan-Forbes\, performer in the video installation (Un) Belonging. \nIsami Ching (he/him) will discuss a brief history of papermaking and its inspiration for his sculptural paper works. Ching will demonstrate samples of his work along with the vacuum-based paper casting method that he utilizes for his work in Infinite Possibilities. \nLearn more about Infinite Possibilities. \n  \n\n  \nSabina Haque Bio: \nSabina Haque (she/her) creates multimedia art installations to explore transformations of place and identity. Raised in Karachi\, Pakistan by American and Pakistani parents\, Haque has spent half her life in America. Collaboration with BIPOC youth and immigrant communities of color is a vital part of Haque’s practice. She has partnered with Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon\, Africa House\, and schools in East-Portland to facilitate civic engagement through art. This work was curated into the 2019-Portland-Biannual. \nSabina Haque received an M.F.A in Painting from Boston University and teaches Art at Portland State University\, Oregon. She has received noted fellowships like the Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship. Haque has participated in residencies including Artist in Residence at the Portland Archives and Records Center and the TEDx Artist in Residence program and the Jordon Schnitzer Printmaking Residency. Noted public collections include the Gordon Gilkey Print Center at the Portland Art Museum\, the Jordan Schnitzer Collection and City of Portland’s and Seattle’s Public Portable Art Collections. \nIsami Ching Bio: \nWith a practice that spans the left and the right\, the hardcore center and the gummy soft edge\, self-described as a\, ‘banal paradigm\, a gentle lowing in the twilight of twilight\, a techno-shaman gibbering in a hall of mirrors\, in short a man of our time\, for our time\, timeless\, less\, mmmh’\, Isami Ching (he/him) exploits the intersection of the arbitrary\, the formal\, the engineered and the mystic. \nIsami Ching has shown at a diverse range of spaces from High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree\, CA\, Real Art Ways in Hartford CT\, LA>