Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

I enter the music room really nervous about asking Mia to the Yo-Yo Ma concert, What if she say “No”. I mean I have done this other time so why am I nervous so I am just going to ask her, “Have you heard of the Yo-Yo Ma dude?”. She rolls her eyes and say “Everyone’s heard of the Yo-Yo Ma.” I grin and hooked my ringed thumb out toward the quad, “I don’t think you’ll find five people out there who’ve heard of YO-YO Ma. And by the way, what kind of the name is that? Is it ghetto or something? Yo Ma?” She answered right away “It’s Chinese.” I shook my head and laughed. “I know plenty of Chinese people. They have names like Wei Chin. Or Lee something not Yo-Yo Ma.” I found it very amusing the way she expresses about Yo-Yo Ma. “You cannot blaspheming…

If you have seen the Walt Disney Concert Hall, it is safe to say that the iconic building was worth the wait when it was finally opened in 2003 (Sokol). The project to create a Disney Hall was handed to Frank Gehry, who put his style into this project. The Architectural Digest calls Frank Gehry the most important architect of our age because of his awe-inspiring structures all over the world, Architectural Digest states that “Throughout his long career, Gehry has designed striking, awe-inspiring…

remaining shows, bring in storytelling talent from around the country. Mainstage is held every other month at the Alberta Rose Theatre in North East Portland. Russian Roulette is held bimonthly at Disjecta in North Portland, and features seasoned storytellers telling true stories from the hip based on subject areas chosen live and at random. 2 – The Moth Story Slam A satellite incarnation of the New York storytelling show that may or may not have started it all, the Portland version of The…

brought my grandparents and me closer together as a family. I remember many times where my grandmother, Nana, would come in and work at the office and then clean the house, because I never saw my mother clean or pick up after us kids. My grandfather, Papa, owned his own auto shop and worked at home, they are a great team, so when my parents were on a job my grandparents would watch us three until they came back. In 1996, my parents gave me a violin for Christmas something that I fell in love…