ROSE: Willamette Week Review!!!!

Gnarled hands pushed firmly into her knees, Rose leans forward, hunching over the wooden bench that she will stay perched on throughout her monologue, the thick muscles in her jaw pulling and pushing her lips dramatically as she tells the sorrowful tale of living in Warsaw during the Holocaust and afterward as a refugee, with her husband being marched off by Nazis and young daughter shot before her eyes in between. Amid anguished recollections of her tortured past, Rose (Wendy Westerwelle) graces the audience with short bursts of comedic relief, chuckling as she pokes fun at her sense of style and incomplete memory (“Am I remembering the newsreel or that movie with Paul Newman?” she ponders, squinting her left eye, furrowing her brow and raising her index finger into the air). A surprisingly moving show, Rose, written by Martin Sherman and directed by Donald Horn, blends humor and dark narrative with a deftness that makes this two hour monologue fly by. NATALIE BAKER. The CoH
 o Theatre, 2257 NW Raleigh St., tripro.org. 7:30 pm Thursdays, 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays. Closes April 25. $15-$28.

Renate Dollinger- 86 and going strong!!!!!

"When The Rabbi Danced"         by Renate Dollinger

Yes, I posted this earlier....but I want to remind you that this fabulous artist has 20 of her newest paintings on display at COHO theater during the run of ROSE.



Date: April 1 - 25, 2010

Location:CoHo Theatre
2257 NW Raleigh St.
Portland, Oregon 97210

Renate Dollinger paints mainly in oil, but has also done a considerable amount of work in watercolor, gouache and hand tinted etchings.
Renate escaped Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport.  Her bright and joyous paintings of shtetl life will intrigue you and capture your imagination.
Renate is a vibrant 86 and continues to paint.  This exhibit accompanies "ROSE" and will feature her newest work.

ALL OF HER ART WORK IS AVAILABLE FOR SALE!

GREAT ART+ GREAT THEATER= GREAT TIMES!

ROSE Opens April 1

Wendy Westerwelle stars as ROSEtriangle productions! in conjunction with Roscoe Nelson is pleased to present ROSE by Martin Sherman, who also wrote our 1992 hit BENT. Rose is a survivor. Her remarkable life began in a tiny Russian village, took her to the Warsaw ghetto, aboard a ship called The Exodus, and finally to the boardwalks of Atlantic City, the Arizona Canyons and salsa flavored nights in Miami Beach. Rose is a vivid portrait of a feisty Jewish woman and a reminder of events that shaped the 20th century.

Ticket info: https://www.ticketturtle.com/html/triangle/index.html

Happy Passover!

Jewish Arts Month continues its 9 week adventure through much of April.
We are on break right now in anticipation of Passover.

Stay tuned......updates on Portland Center Stage's production of THE CHOSEN and ROSE at COHO Theater will come shortly.

Thanks for checking our site.  Please visit often....we are counting on you!

Our Guest List Includes.....

PreJAM Slam is the kick off party for Jewish Arts Month. Open to the public, our party will begin at 7pm at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center this Wednesday- February 24th. We'll have art and books on display, a program filled with music and entertainment, and refreshments.

You'll have an opportunity to meet artists, actors, writers, musicians, and more!

We're excited to feature Wendy Westerwelle who will soon appear in Triangle Production's one-woman play, ROSE.

Francis Payne Adler, poet, storyteller, and artist will share some of her work and will have a collection of her books on display.

George Fendel, jazz pianist and KMHD radio host will play music before the program and will also accompany Cantor Ida Rae Cahana who will perform some songs.

We are pleased to welcome Jennifer Yocum from Mayor Sam Adams' office. She will issue a proclamation officially opening  Jewish Arts Month.  Also on stage will be Brian Wagner from the Oregon Arts Commission. JAM is indebted to the OAC for providing us with a start up grant.

Tomorrow, we'll feature a few more artists on this blog. Stay tuned!

For more information go to :

http://www.northwestjewishartists.org/JAMcalendar2010.html

www.northwestjewishartists.org/JAMschedule2010.html