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.
May
Through May 20
Senior Art Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Come view student art at the annual thesis exhibition. Artists and
works include Marka Kiley, Psychomachia; Gelsey Kurrasch, Revealing the
Dualities in Handmade Domestic Textiles; Lila Roo Duncombe-Lieber,
Arresting Form: Resisting Permanence; and Ayesha Vemuri, Underground. The exhibition runs
noon–6 p.m., through Tuesday, May 20, in the studio art
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Concert: The Pomona College Glee Club
The Glee Club, under the direction of Donna M. Di Grazia, performs choral masterworks from the Western European classical tradition, including works by Brahms, Bruckner, Victoria, Byrd, Lauridsen, Fauré, Purcell, Rachmaninov, and others. The Glee Club tours annually, with a challenging classical repertoire spanning the 15th–21st centuries, often for unaccompanied voices.
7:30 p.m., Eliot Hall chapel.
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Concert: Portland Chamber Orchestra
"Beethoven Underground" features the Creatures of Prometheus—complete incidental music. Tickets: $20–25; call 503/771-3250, or visit the Portland Chamber Orchestra website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
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Concert: Chamber Music Northwest
"From the Top," a live-audience taping of the hit public radio program of the same name, with host and pianist Christopher O'Riley and special guest David Shrifrin, showcasing the country's most talented teen-aged classical musicians. Tickets: $10–20; call 503/294-6400, or visit the Chamber Music Northwest website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
Through July 20
Exhibition: Jess: To and From the Printed Page
Jess: To and From the Printed Page, an immersive exhibition
including painting, sculpture, collage, book arts and ephemera by the
seminal Beat Generation artist Jess Collins, known as "Jess"
(1923–2004),
examines the relationship of his art with printed materials and how his
imagery forms a dialogue with the written word. A brilliant chemist who
worked on the Manhattan Project, Jess abandoned his scientific career
in protest of nuclear weapons and devoted his life to art, moving to
San Francisco in the 1950s, where he met renowned poet Robert Duncan.
The two remained life partners until Duncan's death in 1988. The
exhibition presents numerous bodies of interrelated works, some of
which have never before been shown together in public. With over 50
original works of art, and more than 30 items of ephemera, dated
between 1952 and 1994, the exhibition includes collages that the artist
made for publication in books, magazines, and other printed formats, as
well as paintings, drawings, sculptures, a film, and a sound recording.
The exhibition is organized and circulated by iCI (Independent Curators
International), New York, and curated by Ingrid Schaffner, senior
curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of
Pennsylvania. The exhibition, tour, and catalogue are made possible, in
part, by grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,
the National Endowment for the Arts, and the iCI Exhibition Partners. A
catalog available at the Cooley Gallery. For more information, call
503/777-7251 or visit the Cooley Gallery website.
Noon–5 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday, through July 20; Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Hauser Memorial Library.
Through August
Exhibition: A.E. Doyle’s Architectural Library
A.E. Doyle, an important Oregon architect, designed the iconic first buildings at Reed, Eliot Hall and the Old Dorm Block. His architectural library, acquired by Reed in the 1990s, is now accessible to all in the library’s special collections; selections are featured in this exhibition. For information, call 503/777-7782.
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday–Friday; Hauser Memorial Library main cases, just beyond the circulation desk.
Summer
June 21
Concert: Harvard Glee Club
Founded in 1858, the Harvard Glee Club is the oldest college choir in America, considered by many to be the premier collegiate men's chorus in the country. They perform repertoire ranging from Renaissance sacred music to contemporary works and folk songs, and feature a smaller pop a cappella subset ensemble, Glee Club Lite. For more information, call 425/280-1258 or visit the choir’s 150th anniversary tour website. Tickets: $8–21; order online or purchase at the door.
8 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
June 23–July 27
Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival
Some of the world's finest musicians come together again this summer in Portland to collaborate in a vibrant festival of chamber music, performing favorite masterworks alongside less familiar gems. Pre-concert musical conversations: one hour before each concert in Kaul Auditorium. Free open rehearsals: 11 a.m., Wednesdays, in Kaul Auditorium. Picnic dinners precede evening concerts, at 6 p.m., in the Gray Campus Center quad; dinner tickets sold on site. Single concert tickets: $10–43; subscription: $10–39; call 503/294-6400 or visit the Chamber Music Northwest website.
8 p.m., Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; Kaul Auditorium.
June 25
Lecture: Up-Close and Personal with Peter Schickele
“What’s so Funny about Music?”
Chamber Music Northwest guest composer and performer Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach’s alter-ego) discusses the issue of humor in music, and plays examples on piano and CD. Tickets: $10; call 503/294-6400 or visit the Chamber Music Northwest website.
7 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
June 29
Family concert: Chamber Music Northwest
“Carnival of the Animals”
This performance of "Carnival of the Animals," by Camille Saint-Saëns, features an all-star ensemble of 10 festival artists with Peter Schickele's narration. Meet the musicians after the concert for lemonade and cookies. Appropriate for children ages 5 and up. Tickets: $10; call 503/294-6400. For details, visit the family concert webpage.
2 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
July 4
Concert: Chamber Music Northwest
“Holiday Hit Parade: Music of the Americas”
The concert will run one hour and 15 minutes—without intermission and pre-concert talk. Tickets: $20 general admission; free for students 7–18; call 503/294-6400 or visit the Chamber Music Northwest website.
7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium.
July 19
Cooley Gallery Commission
Members of the Flash Choir perform a new choral work by Sarah
Dougher ’90, based on the work of Robert Duncan and Jess. The concert
is followed by a special lecture, “Eye of the Ear: Jess and the Poets,”
by Steve Dickison, director of the Poetry Center and American Poetry
Archives at San Francisco State University. After the lecture, there is
a reception on the south lawn in front of Eliot Hall, with music by Tim
Duroche.
7 p.m., Eliot Hall chapel.
July 26 & 27
Grand finale concert: Chamber Music Northwest
“French Favorites”
Pre-concert musical conversation on July 27 is at 3 p.m. Following the July 27 concert, there is a traditional season-finale picnic. Picnic dinner tickets: $25; 503/294-6400 or visit the Chamber Music Northwest website.
8 p.m., July 26, and 4 p.m., July 27; Kaul Auditorium.
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