Disjecta stuff
Disjectas Portland 2016 Biennial, which stretched to venues around the state, enters its final week.
Locally, therell be Carla Bengtsons performance workshop S.C.O.L.D., which stands for Species Calling Out Liars and Deniers and plays on crows ability to recognize humans and formulate group opinions, 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at C3:Initiative, 7326 N. Chicago Ave. Therell be the Portland 2016 Biennial closing party, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Disjecta, 8371 N. Interstate Ave. And therell be the Disjecta Dialogues with Michele Fielder, Disjectas sixth curator-in-residence, and Adriana Lara, a Mexico-based artist, 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 at the Ace Hotel, 1022 S.W. Stark St.
From Sept. 24-Oct. 30, Fiedler will present an art exhibition, Structures and Feelings, at Disjecta.
For more: www.disjecta.org.
Five Buddhas
The Portland Art Museum welcomes the exhibition, symposium and repatriation of the Korean Buddhist painting Five Buddhas: A Korean Icons Journey through Time, which tells the story of the stolen painting and its restoration and return to the Korean people by Oregonian Robert Mattielli.
The painting is on view through Dec. 4, and the symposium will be held Dec. 3.
For more: www.portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/five-buddhas.
Wordstock change
Literary Arts was to announce the Wordstock 2016 lineup this week for the all-day event Nov. 5, and it also has announced that the event will feature new partner venues in the blocks surrounding the host Portland Art Museum and First Congregational United Church of Christ: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, The Old Church, the Oregon Historical Society, the Winningstad Theatre, the Northwest Film Center and the Brunish Theatre.
Pop-up events, writing workshops, Lit Crawl Portland (Nov. 4), food vendors and a robust exhibitor hall will continue to be part of Wordstock.
For more: www.literary-arts.org.
20th Sturgeon Festival
The Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver, Washington, will put on the 20th annual Sturgeon Festival, which celebrates the Columbia River ecosystems, home to the might sturgeon. Itll be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Water Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way in Vancouver.
Highlights are a Birds of Prey show, a Creature Feature Live Reptile show, and Eartha the Ecological Clown, as well as fish science and dissection by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists.
For more: www.cityofvancouver.us/watercenter.