The Indonesian archipelago is larger than the US West to East and about 3/4 extent South to North. It is 4th in world population after the US, ethnically diverse. Diverse in music, too. One branch is gamelan music. That has more branches.
The gamelan is a collection of percussion instruments up to about 50 instrument types. They range from small instruments with the ring of bells to large gongs with a shimmer sustain, drums, and add strings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQNxGnQ1Wns
Today, with an afternoon free you can hear the Lewis and Clark College gamelan class readout, free. The L&C art department thesis show is up in the Hoffman too.
Javanese Gamelan Ensemble https://www.lclark.edu/calendars/events/event/388092-javanese-gamelan-ensemble in Evans Music Center’s World Music Room (room 036) 2PM Free
The sea of poetry readings ebbs and flows. I'm not that deep in that world, but Im sensing it flowing. One itinerant project is Poems at Sunset out a Window. They received an opportunity to expand and tonight do Poems out of a Print Shop. At the IPRC 318 SE Main. Readings 7:25PM, 7:45, 8:10 Free
