I Am My Story Live - Five Oaks Museum

“I Am My Story Live” will also feature performances from world-class musicians.

 

The event, produced in collaboration with the City of Beaverton, will take place from 7-9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at the Alex L. Parks Performing Arts Center located at Jesuit High School, 9000 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy., Portland, OR 97225. This program will be a highlight of Welcoming Week, which is designed to bring together immigrants, refugees, and U.S.-born residents to raise awareness of the benefits of welcoming everyone to our communities.

 

“I Am My Story Live” kicks off at 7 p.m. with a performance by renowned viola player Dijana Ihas, a professor at Pacific University who is also a survivor of the war in Bosnia. Ihas was a member of the Sarajevo String Quartet, an ensemble that played more than 200 concerts during the longest assault on a capital city in the history of modern warfare, the Siege of Sarajevo. To simulate the Sarajevo String Quartet, Ihas will be joined by prominent Portland-area musicians Inés Voglar Belgique (violin, Oregon Symphony), Keiko Araki (violin, Oregon Symphony), and Heather Blackburn (cello, Portland Cello Project). From 8-9 p.m., five storytellers from across the globe will share the stories of the arduous journeys that brought them to the United States.

 

This free event was made possible by the generous contribution of the presenting sponsor Zidell Family Foundation and in part by a grant from Oregon Humanities (OH), the National Endowment for the Humanities, Oregon Cultural Trust and the Cultural Coalition of Washington County. Additional funding for this event was provided by the City of Beaverton as a part of the Beaverton Welcoming Week.