Asian Heritage Issue
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May 2, 2016
call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.
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PACIFIC HEARTBEAT MARATHON
UPCOMING EVENTS
Kam Wah Chung
May 2, 9-9:30pm; repeats May 4, 2-2:30am;
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). Watch Kam
Wah Chung, an episode of Oregon Experience
telling the story of herbal doctor Ing Hay and
businessman Lung On, who practiced medicine
and operated a general store at Kam Wah
Chung & Co. in John Day, Oregon. To verify
showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.
opb.org>.
ONGOING EVENTS
“Hometown Desi”
Currently on display (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm,
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific
American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
View “Hometown Desi: South Asian Culture in
the Pacific Northwest,” an exhibit exploring
how South Asians — whose immigration to the
Pacific Northwest has spanned more than a
century — have forged new identities based on
their roots in South Asia combined with their
experiences in the U.S. For info, call (206)
623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>.
My Country is Tibet
May 3, 12:30-1am; repeats May 10,
11:30pm-midnight & May 12, 4:30-5am; Oregon
Public Broadcasting (OPB). Watch My Country
is Tibet, a Films by Kids show about 17-year old
Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari, who
was crowned King of Tibet by the Dalai Lama.
To verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit
<www.opb.org>.
“I Am Filipino”
Currently on display (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm,
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific
American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
View “I Am Filipino,” an exhibit using personal
stories and photographs to explore how Filipino
identity is impacted by many factors, as well as
how the culture lives on in the community. For
info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wing
luke.org>.
“Vietnam in the
Rearview Mirror”
Currently on display (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm,
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific
American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
View “Vietnam in the Rearview Mirror,” an
exhibit exploring the complex and interwoven
identity of Vietnamese Americans. The display
looks at Vietnamese refugees and immigrants
who built a life and established roots in
America and how the younger generation
strives to shape their own story not solely
defined by the war that brought their parents to
the U.S. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit
<www.wingluke.org>.
Asian Heritage Month events
at Lan Su Chinese Garden
Through May 29, Lan Su Chinese Garden
(NW Third Ave & NW Everett St, Portland).
Attend events celebrating Asian and Pacific
Islander culture throughout May, which is
Asian
Heritage
Month.
Performances
representing the cultures of China, Hawai‘i,
India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, the Pacific
Islands, Thailand, and Taiwan are highlighted
on Saturday and Sunday. The schedule includes
the Vancouver Jasmine Dance Troupe (May 7,
1pm), Dance Mandal (May 7, 3pm), Village
Sound of Spring Choir (May 8, 1pm), Thai
Association of Oregon (May 14, 1pm), Portland
Chinese Dance Troupe (May 14, 3pm), Chinese
Contemporary Dance (May 15, 1pm), Unit
Souzou (May 21, 1pm), Venerable Showers of
Beauty Gamelan (May 21, 3pm), Ka Lei Hali‘a O
Ka Lokelani hula school (May 22, 1pm),
Kalabharathi School of Dance (May 28, 1pm),
Formosa Association of Student Cultural
Ambassadors (May 28, 3pm), and Meiya Arts
Education (May 29, 1pm). For info, call (503)
228-8131 or visit <www.lansugarden.org>.
“Chinese American:
Exclusion/Inclusion”
Through June 1, 10am-5pm (Mon-Sat),
noon-5pm (Sun), Oregon Historical Society
Museum (1200 SW Park Ave, Portland). See
related story on page 13.
Tetsuya Umeda
Through June 1, 11am-6pm (Tue-Fri),
11am-4pm (Sat), Portland Institute for
Contemporary Art (415 SW 10th Ave, Suite 300,
Portland). View works by Osaka-based sound
and installation artist Tetsuya Umeda, who
creates his pieces through a dialogue with
everyday tools and scraps, re-purposed
machines, and toy parts. The artist’s works
demonstrate elaborately related systems of
cause and effect powered by gravity, wind,
centrifugal force, and falling objects. For info, or
to buy tickets to the performance, call (503)
242-1419 or visit <www.pica.org>.
Mulberry Child
May 3, 7-8pm; repeats May 5, 4-5am; Oregon
Public Broadcasting Plus (OPB Plus). Watch
Mulberry Child, a show in which author Jian
Ping sheds light on her family’s struggle to
survive China’s Cultural Revolution, which
occurred between 1966 and 1976. To verify
showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.
opb.org>.
May 7, 10:00am to 7:00pm
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) Plus
Spend your Saturday watching a Pacific Heartbeat marathon. Featured episodes
include “Na Lani ‘Eha From ‘Iolani Palace: The Music of Hawai‘ian Royalty”
(10:00am), “Let’s Play Music! Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui and Friends”
(11:00am), “Hula: The Language of the Heart” (noon), “Pure Caz: Music of the
Brothers Cazimero” (1:00pm), “Hula: The Merrie Monarch’s Golden Celebration”
(2:00pm), “Na Loea: The Masters” (3:00pm), “Na Mele: Jerry Santos” (4:00pm),
“Road to the Globe” (5:00pm), and “Na Loea: The Masters II” (6:00pm). To verify
showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
“Changing Season: On the
Masumoto Family Farm”
“Hula: The Merrie Monarch’s Golden Celebration” airs May 7 at 2:00pm.
(Photo courtesy of Pacific Islanders in Communications)
“Journey to Dunhuang”
Through June 12, 10am-5pm (Wed &
Fri-Sun), 10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Asian Art
Museum, Foster Galleries (1400 E Prospect St,
in Volunteer Park, Seattle). View “Journey to
Dunhuang: Buddhist Art of the Silk Road
Caves,” a display of photographs, manuscripts,
and artist renditions documenting the caves
during World War II. In 1943, photojournalist
James C.M. Lo (1902-1987) and his wife, Lucy, a
photographer, arrived at the ancient city of
Dunhuang — located at the convergence of the
northern and southern routes of the Silk Road
— by horse and donkey-drawn cart. The couple
took images of the caves as they existed in the
mid-20th century, capturing many views of the
interiors and exteriors that are no longer there
today. For info, call (206) 654-3100 or visit
<www.seattleartmuseum.org>.
“Uprooted”
Through June 19, 11am-3pm (Tue-Sat),
noon-3pm (Sun), Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
(121 NW Second Ave, Portland). View
“Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor
Camps During World War II,” an exhibit that
tells the story of Japanese Americans who
worked as seasonal farm laborers, many in the
sugar beet industry, during World War II. The
display features images from federal
photographer Russell Lee’s documentation of
Japanese-American farm labor camps near the
towns of Nyssa in Oregon and Rupert, Shelley,
and Twin Falls in Idaho; interpretative text
panels; and a short documentary film featuring
firsthand accounts about life in the camps. For
info, call (503) 224-1458, or visit <www.oregon
nikkei.org> or <www.uprootedexhibit.com>.
“Beyond the Gate:
A Tale of Portland’s
Historic Chinatowns”
Through June 21, 10am-5pm (Mon-Sat),
noon-5pm (Sun), Oregon Historical Society
Museum (1200 SW Park Ave, Portland). See
related story on page 12.
“Decked-Out”
Through Oct 2 (Tue-Sun), 10am-4pm, Pacific
Bonsai Museum (2515 S 336th St, Federal Way,
Wash.). View “Decked-Out: From Scroll to
Skateboard,” an exhibit in which street art and
bonsai collide. The display features skate decks
painted by Pacific Northwest urban muralists
in place of the traditional hanging scrolls used
in bonsai displays. For info, call (253) 353-7345
or visit <www.pacificbonsaimuseum.org>.
“Mood Indigo: Textiles
from Around the World”
Through Oct 9, 10am-5pm (Wed & Fri-Sun),
10am-9pm (Thu), Seattle Asian Art Museum,
Tateuchi Galleries (1400 E Prospect St, in
Volunteer Park, Seattle). View “Mood Indigo:
Textiles from Around the World,” an exhibit
featuring a silk court robe from China, a vast
array of kimono from Japan, batiks and ikats
from Indonesia and Africa, a set of tapestries
from Belgium, and ancient fragments from Peru
and Egypt. The display honors the unique
ability of the color blue to create many moods in
cloth and illuminates the historic scope of the
vibrant pigment. For info, call (206) 654-3100 or
visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>.
“Tatau/Tattoo:
Embodying Resistance”
Through Oct 9 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing
Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American
Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View
“Tatau/Tattoo: Embodying Resistance,” an
exhibit exploring the practice and cultural
significance of tattoos and also highlighting the
unique perspectives of South Pacific communi-
ties in the Pacific Northwest. For info, call (206)
623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>.
“Seeds of Change,
Roots of Power”
Through Jan 15 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing
Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American
Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View
“Seeds of Change, Roots of Power: The Danny
Woo Community Garden,” an exhibit looking at
the Danny Woo Community Garden, which
grew from the Asian Pacific American activism
of the 1970s and now functions as a source of
empowerment and community building for the
neighborhood. The display includes historical
and contemporary photos of the garden as well
as interviews with current gardeners who share
their stories as immigrants and talk about the
positive healing effect of the garden. For info,
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May 3, 11pm-midnight; repeats May 5,
4-5am; Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).
Watch “Changing Season: On the Masumoto
Family Farm,” a show following a daughter who
joins her father, slowfood advocate and sansei
David Mas Masumoto, on the family farm. To
verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit
<www.opb.org>.
2016 AR Foundation
banquet video replays
May 3, 6 & 8, 11:30am (Tue), 1pm (Fri), 7pm
(Sun), Portland Community Media (PCM).
Watch highlights of The Asian Reporter
Foundation’s 18th Annual Scholarship &
Awards Banquet. The event provided college
scholarships to area students and honored
community elders and service organizations.
Emceed by Zeke Smith, the 2016 banquet also
featured performances by the Lee’s Association
Dragon & Lion Dance Team, Ballet Philippines
in coordination with the Portland Dance School,
and the Filipino American Friendship Club of
Oregon. Read our special section about the
annual event in our May 16, 2016 edition. The
Tuesday and Friday screenings are on PCM
channel 30; Sunday’s showing is on PCM
channel 29. To verify showtimes, call (503)
288-1515 or visit <www.pcmtv.org>.
“Skills of the Ninjas”
May 5, 7-8pm, Seattle Asian Art Museum,
Stimson Auditorium (1400 E Prospect St, in
Volunteer Park, Seattle). Attend “Skills of the
Ninjas,” a talk by Yuji Yamada of Mie
University in Japan about ninjas who actually
existed. The lecture shows what real ninjas
were like, based on professor Yamada’s research
in historical documents. For info, or to buy
tickets, call (206) 654-3210 or visit <www.
seattleartmuseum.org/gardnercenter>.
“The Art of Glass”
May 5, 8-8:30pm; repeats May 8, 1-1:30am &
6-6:30pm; Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).
Watch “The Art of Glass,” an episode of Oregon
Art Beat exploring the artistry of glass with a
tour of the Chihuly Garden. Viewers also meet
artists Michael Endo, Michele Kaptur, and
Chris Buzzini, whose individual glass-making
techniques showcase their individual styles and
talents. To verify showtimes, call (503)
293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
“Voices of Change”
May 6, 6-9:30pm, Jade/APANO Multicul-
tural Space (8114 SE Division St, Portland).
Attend the “Voices of Change” celebration and
fundraiser, a gathering of hundreds of commu-
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