November 26 Monad

Monad is a metaphysical concept of creation and spiritual force. The big bang, proposed by Lemaître in 1931 is our model of the formation of the material universe. The monad is the corresponding model of origin of the conscious universe.

Soriah is a force of nature. He has mastered Tuvan throat singing.

We might not know of Tuva but for the obsession of physicist Richard Feynman who planned to visit there, but was frustrated by visa problems. Feynman was one of the great Nobel fundamental physicists who contributed quantum electrodynamics, a building block for experimental work on the big bang theory.

Soriah did visit Tuva many times to study, despite visa obstacles, and ultimately won throat singing championships in Tuva where he has a new family.

He performs only a few times a year here. Tonight he performs The Monad, an improvised soundscape.

Proceeds will help bring his 3 year old son on his first visit to the US.

He has a channel if you are unfamiliar with his music.

Doors 9PM. Dance night begins about 10:45, The Monad is somewhere in between.

At the Star Theater, 13 NW 6th $10

November 24 Body Pomes

Mushimaru Fujieda, a veteran mover influenced by butoh, describes his movement as Natural Physical Poetry. He gives a rare performance this evening. At Headwaters Theater 55 NE Farragut St. #9. The theater is in the back of the building by the active railroad tracks facing Winchell Street. Map 7PM $15-30

November 19 Animation

Tonight is the last in the Fall Boathouse media series. Nathan Sonenfeld, Kello Goeller and Luca Dipierro present their experimental animation. Theo Bowen shows on the video wall. At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River 7:30PM $8

November 18 Balkan Toy Auction

Butoh never sleeps, even when night is long. That's especially true in Seattle. They have a big performance tonight with Shoko Zama, Paula Helen, Honeydo, Beverly Aaron, Joan Laage and the Balkan vocal ensemble Dunava. Daipan Butoh www.daipanbutoh.com at the Taoist Studies Institute, 225 N 70th St., Seattle. 7PM $5-20



ANX is the new gallery space for ADX - ANX@ADX? Some of the makers creating in the ADX shop make toys. ANX has a show of their and other local toymakers. Children are welcome and it's a great opportunity to find some toy gifts. At adxportland.com ANX Gallery 1015 SE Stark Noon-5



Disjecta is a nonprofit. The annual art auction helps them pay rent, pay the tiniest staff, heat the place, keep the lights on and ship art. Of local nonprofit spaces, they are one of the most funds efficient.

Tonight there is a live auction and a silent auction. Artists include Alyson Provax, Amanda Wojick, Amjad Saleh Faur, Anna Gray and Ryan Wilson Paulsen, Annie Swiderski, Bobbi Woods, Braxton Congrove, Calvin Ross Carl, Carson Ellis and Le Oui, Chris Johanson, Christine Nguyen, Christopher Russell, Colin Kippen, Corey Arnold, Cynthia Lahti, Dan Attoe, Dan Gluibizzi, Daniel Duford, Daniel Peabody, Emily Counts, Emily Nachison, Heather Watkins, Jack Featherly, Jaik Faulk, Jeff Sheridan, Jennifer Rabin and Ross Lee Chappell, Jeremy Okai Davis, Jessi Reaves, Jessie Henson, Joby Barron, Jovencio de la Paz, Julia Oldham, Justin L’Amie, Justyn Hegreberg, Kathleen Murney, Kristen Miller, Larry S. Clark, Laura Fritz, Lindsay Jordan Kretchun, Malia Jensen, Marie Watt, Margie Livingston, Michael Boonstra, Michelle Grabner, Michelle Ramin, Michelle Ross, Nan Curtis, Pat Boas, Patrick Kelly, Polina Tereshina, Rachel Warkentin, Ralph Pugay, Roll Hardy, Ryan Molenkamp, Ryan Pierce, Samantha Wall, Srijon Chowdhury, Storm Tharp, Tannaz Farsi, Tessa Heck, Vanessa Calvert and Vanessa Renwick.

You can see art details at https://eventsavvyllc.tofinoauctions.com/disjecta17/catalog

Event design by Alyson Provax, Bill Will, David Bithell, Eric Mast and Fernanda D’Agostino.

Advance tickets at https://eventsavvyllc.tofinoauctions.com/disjecta17/tickets/ticket_sales. Art auction-party at Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map Doors 6PM $40

November 14 Get Small

We rarely cover some of the more distant college galleries though their curation has been excellent episodically. That includes L&C, PCC Cascade, PCC Sylvania, Linfield in Newberg and Clark College in Vancouver. Here is one though. ULTRA Real are photographs by Alison Carey, Mark Hooper and Grace Weston. They build sets, some miniature, in the studio, and photograph them. At Archer Gallery www.clark.edu/campus-life/arts-events/archer/index.php, Clark College 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA 6PM-8 Free

November 13 Revolution Africa

Not art. Dr Ali Colleen Neff speaks on innovation in Africa. It's a creative process like the visual arts we mention. And it pairs with art projects like the Ghana Think Tank in my view. Future Talks https://www.meetup.com/New-Relic-FutureTalks-PDX/events/244495000/ at New Relic 27th floor111 SW 5th. Reservations requested. 5:30 doors, talk 6. Free

November 12 Boat Tube

Getting to Know You Tube is back with Ralph Pugay, Tabitha Nikolai and Ním Wunnan. At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River 7:30PM $8

November 11 Image Coup

The Chicken Coop Contemporary is one of Portland's well-curated galleries in a home. Portland has a history of home, basement, garage, live-work space and now a chicken coop. Today, Divine Image by André Fortes & Harry Gould Harvey IV opens. (Chicken Coop Contemporary is by Leach Botanical Gardens, always free. You might double check to see if it's open on Veterans Day. There is also a detour involving SE 122 explained at http://leachgarden.org/) At Chicken Coop Contemporary www.chickencoopcontemporary.com 12400 SE Knapp 2PM-5 Free

November 10 The Philosophy of Human Development

Creative mornings presents a talk by Sohail Coelho on conceptual death in the creative profession. He is Director of Human Development at Instrument. In his ongoing study of philosophy he has realized the human pattern of building identity and the necessity to leave limiting pieces of it behind. Creative Mornings has https://creativemornings.com/talks/sohail-coelho at the PICA warehouse. 15 NE Hancock 8:30AM-10, Free

November 9 PDX History

Portland artist Sabrina Haque has been artist in residence at the City of Portland archives. Her work is making documentation and social practice art of the history of development in East Portland. In that project, she worked with 17-24 year olds of Portland Youth Builders. This is the result. You can see and discuss with the builder artists and Haque this afternoon. It is at the Youth Builders space 4816 SE 92nd. 3PM-4:30 Early Free



The Murdock Collections is a secondary market gallery. They hold the history of regional artists. For this show, Terrain: Native American Spirituality, they have Rick Bartow, Joe Fedderson, James Lavadour, Emmi Whitehorse, and others. When you are there, browse the back room. at the Murdoch Collections murdochcollections.com 2219 NW Raleigh Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free



Intisar Abioto continues her black Portlanders portrait series with a show of over 150 tonight. DJ 6PM, talk 7PM. At the PSU Littman Gallery in Smith Union. www.littmanwhite.tumblr.com/ PSU Smith Hall, Room 250, 1825 SW Broadway. 6PM-9 Free

November 5 Aeration

Trinie Dalton is an LA writer and curator. She has curated Epochal Aeration: Or, The Slow Hand with artists Sarah Braman, Sam Falls, Pearl C. Hsiung, Dorothy Iannone, Johanna Jackson, Xylor Jane, Chris Johanson, Elisabeth Kley, JP Munro, Cristina Toro and Hush Arbors.

At the first of two members in Portland of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1501 SW Market Street Map 11AM-1PM Free

November 3 Eastside Art Openings

The 811 building is always recommended. Black Box, upstairs, has a show ending at 8 - early. Redux has a regular show extending later. Other shops, up and down join in. The 811 building is always recommended. At 811 East Burnside Map 6PM-8 Free



Brian Donnelly has Reassemble, colorful surreal portraits. Marnie White has Vanity of Vanities, classical still lifes. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. 7PM-10 Free



Shannon Goff has sculptures and Inherent Terrain with Undine Brod, Rain Harris, Sasha Koozel Reibstein and Amanda Salov continues. It is at Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9 Free

November 2 Westside Art Openings

Tom Cramer has Under the Sun, polychrome carved wood reliefs; Mark Andres, artist-filmmaker has Pompeii Portland, drawings from his film; and Janet Marcavage has prints at Lineation. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8 Free


Sarah Horowitz has Fragments & Fences, botanical illustrations and landscapes made in Leavenworth Washington and Bellwald, Switzerland. Also showing is Nat Meade. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8 Free



Adam Sorenson has Places, colorful schematic urban landscapes. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free



Sylwia Kowalczyk has Lethe, portraits made of collaged photographs, rephotographed. Benoit Fournier has Babylon, lo-fi monochrome urban landscapes made in Babylon, a favela in Rio De Janeiro. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free



Ben Buswell has fused glass and photo-based sculptures. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free



Raque Ford has con•fi•dence, monoprints inspired by their sculptures. At Williamson | Knight 916 NW Flanders early close. 6PM-8 Free



Night Lights continues its series of outdoor video art with a VR experience from Stephanie Mendoza, member of the Portland Immersive Media Group. http://pdximmersive.media/. It is in the parking lot to the North of 411 SW Park.



PNCA is recommended to stop in. There are galleries throughout. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 6PM-9 Free



Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 9PM-10:30ish