Portland State Magazine Fall 2007

Jae Dieg and Jennifer Hong-Berdine (left to right) dance with Minh Tran '89 in his choreographed piece, Forgotten Memories, to be performed in November. Cambodian nightmare brought to dance A TRIP TO Cambodia inspired Minh Tran '89 to create Forgotten Memories, a unique dance performance based on the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge, which killed an estimated 1.5 million people. As a dancer and choreographer, Tran has embraced a broad range ofAsian cultures in his dance and that of Portland's Minh Tran & Company. Tran, originally from Vietnam, started the professional dance group in 1997. The company is known for its mesmerizing combination of traditional Asian and contemporary Western techniques. Forgotten Memories blurs the boundaries between dancers and audience as the performers portray the Cambodians' pain and fear along with survival and healing. Minh Tran & company will perform Forgotten Memories November 2 and 3 at 7:30 and 9 p.m. (two shows each night) at Imago Theater, 17 SE Eighth Ave. For more information and tickets, visit www.mtdance.org . On Campus GLENGARRY GLEN ROS S DAVID MAMET'S PULITZER Prize-winning dark comedy exposes a dog-eat-dog world where a few, small-time, real estate salesmen scramble for their fair share of the American Dream. The Lincoln Hall performance of Glengarry Glen Ross opens at 7:30 p.m., Friday, November 9, and continues November 10, 14-17. A 2 p.m. matinee is schedule November 11 and a low– cost preview is at 7:30 p.m. on November 8. Tickets may be purchased at the PSU Box Office, 503-725-3307, or through Ticketmaster. ■ 22 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2007 ABOUT TH IS PAGE We want to hear about your books and recordings and your future exhibits, performances, and directing ventures. Contact the magazine by e-mailing psumag@ pdx.edu , sending a fax to 503-725- 4465, or mailing Portland State Magazine, Office of University Communications, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751 . New Worl<s ORIGIN : A NOVEL by Diana Abu-Jaber (English faculry) WW Norton, 2007 DIRTY WORK: IMMIGRANTS IN DOMESTIC SERVICE, AGRICULTURE, AND PROSTITUTION IN SICILY by Jeffrey Cole '84 Lexington Books, 2007 HUME: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED by Angela Coventry (philosophy faculry) Continuum International Publishing Group, 2007 HATE MAIL by Monica Garcia MS '07 Ink & Paper Group, 2007 TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION Recording by Darrell Grant (music faculry) Origin Records, 2007 THE PEOPLE'S VOICE: A POPULIST CULTURAL HISTORY OF MODERN AMERICA by David Horowitz (History faculry) Sloan Publishing, 2007 DEER DRINK THE MOON : POEMS OF OREGON edited by Liz Nakazawa PSU Ooligan Press, 2007 THE PORTLAND RED GUIDE: SITES & STORIES OF OUR RADICAL PAST by Michael Munk PSU Ooligan Press, 2007