The Wednesday Film Series in #SalemOR – Tonight!

The Historic Elsinore Theatre and Willamette University present:

Casablanca

(Michael Curtiz, USA, 1942)

Wednesday, September 30th at 7:00 pm

One of the most memorable Hollywood films of World War II intrigue. When Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and her husband (Paul Henreid) walk into a Moroccan nightclub owned by her ex-lover, cynical expatriate American Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), the romantic sparks fly. Oscars for Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay.

102 minutes

Historic Elsinore Theatre
170 High St SE, Salem OR 97301
503.375.3574

All films at the Historic Elsinore Theatre. Doors open at 6:15 pm, movies begin at 7:00 pm.

Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the Historic Elsinore Theatre, and at all TicketsWest locations.

Phone 503.375.3574 for more information.

New Orleans Jazz Comes to #SalemOR Public Library

Devin Phillips and New Orleans Straight Ahead Play New Orleans Jazz

at Salem Public Library

Devin Phillips and his quartet, New Orleans Straight Ahead, will open the Salem Public Library’s Fall Concert Series with a show featuring their brand of authentic New Orleans jazz.

The performance will take place on Friday, October 2 in Loucks Auditorium.

The concert, like all programs sponsored by Salem Public Library, is free and open to the public.

Born in New Orleans, Phillips graduated with top honors from the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, whose alumni include Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr. and Nicholas Payton. He began building a career playing sax in the local jazz scene and playing festivals around the world. When Hurricane Katrina hit, Phillips was left with little more than his sax and his family, scattered throughout the country. He took advantage of a program offered by the Portland Jazz Festival to resettle musicians in Portland. 

Since then Phillips has gone on to win awards from Jazz at Lincoln Center, the United States State Department, and The Oregon Arts Council. In May he was inducted into the Jazz Society of Oregon’s Hall of Fame. 

This event is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Salem Public Library.

Free tickets are now available at the information desk at the main library and at the West Salem Library.

For more information on this and other events at Salem Public Library, visit www.salemlibrary.org or call 503-588-6052.

Shanghai and Mistress America both open Friday at #SalemOR Cinema

Greetings Fellow Film Lovers! September 29, 2015 ENDING THIS WEEK… TONIGHT is your last opportunity to see Robin Williams in BOULEVARD, the story of a devoted husband in a marriage of convenience who is forced to confront his secret life… “this is one of the most honest, tender and touching movies I’ve seen all year!”…and our highly anticipated MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing ten fantastic short films to cinemas and allowing the audiences to select their favorites! BOULEVARD Rated R. (88 mins.) ENDS Tues 9/29 (*5:30) (*Bargain Show) “Williams and director Dito Montiel are in tune with a pervading sense of tenderness, as the movie distinctly ruminates on connection, not love.” – RogerEbert.com MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Not Rated. (135 mins.) ENDS Tues 9/29 7:45 all seats $9, no coupons, passes or CineBucks accepted for special events “Manhattan Short Film Festival is one of our most anticipated events each year. We love it, our audiences love it and I’m thrilled to offer the opportunity for Salem to participate.” – Loretta Miles, Salem Cinema owner WEDNESDAY is your last opportunity to see CARTEL LAND, the chilling documentary about a physician in Michoacan, Mexico who leads a citizen uprising against the drug cartel that has wrecked havoc on the region for years. CARTEL LAND Rated R. (100 mins.) ENDS Weds 9/30 7:45 “Vaults us into a true heart of darkness.” – The Hollywood Reporter THURSDAY is your last opportunity to see DIGGING FOR FIRE , a quirky but poignant tale about marriage and misadventure starring Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom and Sam Rockwell… and LISTEN TO ME MARLON, an intimate glimpse into the mindset of an exasperatingly brilliant talent! DIGGING FOR FIRE Rated R. (85 mins.) Weds 9/30 (*5:30) ENDS Thurs 10/1 7:45 (*Bargain Show) “Delivers a bewitching dissection of happiness and unhappiness in love.” – IndieWIRE

#SalemOR City Club Luncheon – “China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power” – a Special Program on Oct. 2nd

— Special Program —

“China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power”

Friday, October 2, 2015
Doors open at 11:15 a.m., Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.
Program at noon

Venue change:
Kwan’s Original Cuisine, 835 Commercial St. S.E., Salem, OR 97302

Registration:
Member Lunch – $13.00
Member Program Only (No-Lunch) – Free

Non-Member Lunch – $20.00
Non-Member Program Only (No Lunch) – $7.00

Register by noon on the Wednesday of the week of the program.

Seating is limited, so early registration is recommended.

Please Note Venue Change: Kwan’s Original Cuisine, 835 Commercial St. S.E., Salem, OR 97302.

This program was made possible with the generous cooperation of Corban University and Mr. Gifford.

“Time for an Oregon Revolt: Communities Taking on Corporations and the State of Oregon” Talk in #SalemOR – Oct. 1st

 

October 1, 2015
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

WU Campus – Law School – 218 — (Smartroom)
245 Winter Street SE
Salem 97301
Phone: 503-370-6380

Free (donations accepted)

Contact Information:
Kai Huschke
info@orcommunityrights.org
509-607-5034

Event Sponsor(s):
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Oregon Community Rights Network

Devin Phillips and New Orleans Straight Ahead – New Orleans Jazz on Friday, October 2, at Loucks Auditorium

  

Devin Phillips and New Orleans Straight Ahead – New Orleans Jazz

Friday, October 2, at 7 p.m.

Loucks Auditorium

Tickets available starting Friday, September 25.

Born in New Orleans, Phillips graduated with top honors from the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He began playing sax in the local jazz scene and at festivals around the world. When Hurricane Katrina hit, Phillips was left with little more than his sax and his family.

Through a program offered by the Portland Jazz Festival, he resettled in Portland. Since then, Phillips has gone on to win awards from Jazz at Lincoln Center, the U.S. State Department, and The Oregon Arts Council. In May, he was inducted into the Jazz Society of Oregon’s Hall of Fame.

Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication Picnic at Minto Brown Park in #SalemOR – TODAY!

The Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication (ORNCC) wants to facilitate the coming together of Nonviolent Communication enthusiasts to meet, support, and inspire one another so we can belong to an NVC community that works together for a more collaborative and peaceful state.
With that goal in mind, ORNCC is sponsoring a picnic in Salem on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10am to 4pm at the covered area in Minto-Brown Park.
The primary purpose of this picnic is to offer people in the Salem-area NVC community an opportunity to connect with each other.

Others interested in NVC are also welcome at the picnic. 

ORNCC board members Gary Baran (Eugene), Bryn Hazell (Bend), and Mark Babson (Salem) plan to attend.

ORNCC website

ETHNIC DANCES & MUCH MORE AT #SalemOR’s PEACE FESTIVAL ON 9/26

PRESS RELEASE

ETHNIC DANCES & MUCH MORE AT SALEM’S PEACE FESTIVAL

Salem’s Lancaster Mall will be the venue of Peace Festival, 11 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on Saturday, September 26, 2015.

The Festival will feature dances of India, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Samoa, and music by Jan Michael Looking Wolf, John Meyer, and children 7 to 16.

Also there will be display tables about Ethiopia, India, and several area organizations including Enlace, Multicultural Center, United Nations Association, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Paradise of Samoa, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem, and Silverton’s Peace Education Program.

Besides, several documentary videos will be screened in the Lancaster Mall Conference Room (next to Mall Office in suite 63). Polly’s Peace documents the life and work of Salem’s own peace hero, Polly Hare. Others pertain to matters like discrimination of Baha’is in Iran, struggles of Blacks for their civil rights in USA, and difficulties encountered by a Sikh family in early 20th century Astoria, OR.

Peace Festival is a part of 34 Days for Peace, a project of Oregonians For Peace (http://oregoniansforpeace.org), a Salem-area organization. It is a collaborative effort of area peacemakers – individuals and organizations.

Since its successful Opening Ceremony, at the First Congregational Church, on September 21, the International Day of Peace, about 30 different evens (including a bicycle ride) will be held, before the project ends with a special event on October 24, the United Nations Day, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. 

The events represent all aspects of peace – personal, interpersonal, international, and universal (including sustainability).

All events are free and open to public. 

More information is available from http://oregoniansforpeace.org/programs/2015-34-days-of-peace-september-21-october-24/ and asiapeace@comcast.net.

Contact Person:
Pritam K. Rohila, Chair, OFP
asiapeace@comcast.net
503.393.8305

Willamette Heritage Center FALL EXHIBIT in #SalemOR: WHAT WE WORE

1313 Mill St. SE Suite 200, Salem, OR 97301, United States Powered by:

Willamette Heritage Center presents… What We Wore: An Exhibit of Mid-Valley Fashion History An exhibit of rarely displayed clothing and accessories from the Willamette Heritage Center’s collection. September 25 – December 23 Free with museum admission WillametteHeritage.org | 1313 Mill St SE, Salem | 503-585-7012

Alex Tizon: “Self, Story, and the Rise of Asian America” at WU in #SalemOR

Alex Tizon: Self, Story, and the Rise of Asian America

9/24/2015
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

In 2014 Alex Tizon published a memoir-cultural history, Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self, a story about race, “outsiderdom,” and rising out of the hole of “being lesser.” What role do personal narratives play in the evolution of Asian American identity? How do these narratives fit into the ongoing national discussion of race? Tizon will address these questions, and give a personal glimpse of his own transformation at the dawn of what some people are calling the Asian Century.

Big Little Man: In Search Of My Asian Self has won a Lukas Book Prize from Columbia University, an Oregon Book Award, and an APALA Honor Award for Literature.

Alex Tizon is a former Seattle bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, and a former staff writer for the Seattle Times, where he was co-recipient of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in investigative journalism. He has written for Salon and Newsweek, and has worked as a field producer for 60 Minutes. Tizon has reported on some of the most cataclysmic news events of recent times, including the 9/11 attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Hurricane Katrina. He has contributed to the coverage of two presidential races, and has written profiles on heads of state, activists, immigrants, murderers and poets. He was a 2009-2010 Knight International Press Fellow based in Manila, where he tracked government efforts to alleviate poverty in the Philippines’ five poorest provinces. He has earned degrees from the University of Oregon and Stanford.

He currently teaches journalism at the University of Oregon.

Alex Tizon website

Free and open to the public

WU Campus – Law School – 201 — Paulus Lecture Hall

245 Winter Street SE 
Salem 97301
503-370-6380

Contact Information:

Cecily McCaffrey
cmccaffr@willamette.edu
x5429

Event Sponsor(s):
College Colloquium, Center for Asian Studies, Hallie Ford Chair in Writing, History Department, Lear Chair in American History, Women and Gender Studies, American Ethnic Studies