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Baptist Church (3138 N Vancouver Ave, Portland); May 29,
11am, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (5340 N Interstate
Ave, Portland); May 30, 3pm, Portland Community College,
Cascade Campus, Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room
104 (705 N Killingsworth St, Portland). Watch Lost City, Living
Memories: Vanport Through the Eyes of Its Residents,
community-produced documentaries featuring still-living
survivors of the Vanport Flood. The free film screenings are held
as part of the inaugural Vanport Mosaic Festival, which takes
place May 27 through 30 — during the he 68th anniversary of the
Vanport Flood. For info, or to reserve a free ticket (requested), call
(510) 717-2441 or visit <www.vanportmosaic.org>.
This issue’s
Community
Calendar
is brought
to you by:
“Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion”
Through June 1, 10am-5pm (Mon-Sat), noon-5pm (Sun),
Oregon Historical Society Museum (1200 SW Park Ave,
Portland). View “Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion,” a
travelling exhibit that chronicles the complex history of the
Chinese in America, from the early days of China trade to the
history of Chinese immigration and the life of Chinese
Americans. The display looks at the challenges of immigration,
citizenship, and belonging that shaped both the Chinese-
American experience and the development of America as a
nation. Admission to the museum is free for Multnomah County
residents and all Oregon school groups. For info, call (503) 222-
1741 or visit <www.ohs.org>. To learn more, visit <www.chinese
american.nyhistory.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.oregonnikkei.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). View “Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic
Chinatowns,” a display of rare and seldom-seen objects such as
Chinese opera costumes, theatrical sets, bilingual text, audio-
visual media, and interactive visitor stations that tell a sprawling
transnational story of contact and trade between China and the
west, focusing on Portland’s Old Chinatown (1850-1905) and
New Chinatown (1905-1950). Admission to the museum is free
for Multnomah County residents and all Oregon school groups.
For info, call (503) 222-1741 or visit <www.ohs.org>.
“Do You Know Bruce?”
Through Sep 4 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum of
the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
Learn about Bruce Lee — including his impact in media during a
time of racial stereotypes and barriers — at “Do You Know
Bruce?” Part two of the display, “Breaking Barriers,” tackles
Lee’s larger-than-life impact in the media and film industry.
From “The Green Hornet” to Enter the Dragon, Lee defied
stereotypes, broke barriers, and transformed media perceptions
by insisting on playing roles of real people rather than Chinese
male caricatures. The exhibit features a collection of Bruce Lee
collectibles and personal belongings, highlighting the stories
behind his iconic and lesser-known onscreen roles. For info, call
(206) 623-5124, or visit <www.wingluke.org> or <www.doyou
knowbruce.com>.
Talk Time at Capitol Hill Library
May 16 & 23, 6-7:30pm, Capitol Hill Library (10723 SW
Capitol Hwy, Portland). Join other non-native English speakers
at an informal conversation circle for people who want to practice
speaking English. Talk Time is not a class, but an opportunity to
meet new people, share culture, and have fun. Only English is
spoken. For info, call (503) 988-5385 or visit <events.multco
lib.org>.
“A Place to Call Home”
May 17, 11pm-midnight; repeats May 19, 4-5am; Oregon
Public Broadcasting (OPB). Watch “A Place to Call Home,” the
season premiere of Pacific Heartbeat revealing the impact of the
growing housing crisis and lack of affordable homes in New
Zealand. To verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit
<www.opb.org>.
Pokémon Club at Troutdale Library
May 19, 4:30-5:30pm, Troutdale Library (2451 SW Cherry
Park Rd, Troutdale, Ore.). Players of all skill levels are invited to
play Pokémon at the Pokémon Club. Participants are encouraged
to bring their Pokémon cards. For info, call (503) 988-5355 or visit
<events.multcolib.org>.
“The Bibighar Gardens”
May 29, 7-8pm; repeats May 30, 4-5am; Oregon Public
Broadcasting (OPB). Watch “The Bibighar Gardens,” an episode
of “The Jewel in the Crown” series, a story of love and tragedy
that takes place in 1942 India. To verify showtimes, call (503)
293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
CHOP SUEY FOR ALL.“Chop Suey for All: Chinese Cooks in Ore-
gon,” a free talk about Chinese restaurants that were common in Oregon
towns and cities beginning in the late 19th century, takes place on Mon-
day, June 6 at the Tigard Public Library. Pictured is the kitchen of the Al-
bany Hotel, located on Lyon and 2nd in Albany, Oregon. (Photo courtesy
of the Oregon Historical Society, #bb014086)
(805 SE 122nd Ave, Portland). Learn what to do before, during,
and after an earthquake at an earthquake-preparedness class
conducted in Vietnamese. Discussions include how to make a
family plan, how to build an emergency kit, what items should be
included in a kit and the proper way to store it, and more. For info,
call (503) 988-5389 (Holgate) or (503) 988-5392 (Midland), or visit
<events.multcolib.org>. To register (required), call (503) 988-
5234.
“Japan: Hokkaido and Honshu”
May 21, 7-7:30pm; repeats May 22, 9:30-10am; Oregon Public
Broadcasting (OPB). Watch an episode of Travels to the Edge
with Art Wolfe in which the intrepid host explores Japan beyond
its crowded cities, encountering mischievous macaque snow
monkeys at Nagano’s hot springs and red-crowned cranes in
Hokkaido. The show also includes a trip to the sacred temples of
Mount Fuji and Koyasan. To verify showtimes, call (503) 293-
1982 or visit <www.opb.org>. To learn more, visit <www.travels
totheedge.com>.
Oregon at War
May 30, 9-10pm; Oregon Public Broadcasting Plus (OPB
Plus). Watch an episode of Oregon Experience that explores
Oregon’s involvement in World War II. Oregon at War includes
interviews with Portland-born Oregonians whose families were
forced to leave their homes, sell their belongings, and live
confined behind barbed wire; an Air Force pilot who was shot
down over China; a Forest Service ranger who responded to
deaths caused by one of the Japanese balloon bombs; and many
other personal accounts. To verify showtime, call (503) 293-1982
or visit <www.opb.org>.
Off the Menu: Asian America
“Crossing the River”
“Waiting for John”
May 22, 6-8pm; repeats May 23, 4-6am; Oregon Public
Broadcasting (OPB). Watch “Crossing the River,” an episode of
“The Jewel in the Crown” series, a story of love and tragedy that
takes place in 1942 India. To verify showtimes, call (503)
293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
May 31, 11pm-midnight; repeats June 2, 4-5am; Oregon
Public Broadcasting (OPB). Watch “Waiting for John,” an
episode of Pacific Heartbeat examining the John Frum
Movement, a unique religion considered the last surviving
“Cargo Cult.” To verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit
<www.opb.org>.
Green cleaning
May 23, 6:30-7:15pm, St. Johns Library (7510 N Charleston
Ave, Portland). Attend an interactive class on the environmental
health effects of green cleaning and the use of homemade,
toxin-free, household products. For info, call (503) 988-5397 or
visit <events.multcolib.org>. To register (required), call (503)
988-5234.
Fallen City
May 24, 8-9pm; repeats May 26, 5-6am; Oregon Public
Broadcasting Plus (OPB Plus). Watch Fallen City, a show that
highlights the rebuilding of a Chinese city destroyed by a
devastating earthquake, torn between tradition and modernity.
To verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
“First Contacts”
May 24, 10pm, KOPB-FM (91.5 FM). Listen to episode one of
the eight-part documentary Crossing East, which examines the
history of Asian America. Hosted by Margaret Cho and George
Takei. “First Contacts” talks about how international trade
brought early Asian travellers to the Americas and shares
previously untold stories of these pioneers, their quests for gold
and adventure, and the hardships they faced in the new land. To
verify showtime, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>. To
learn more, visit <www.crossingeast.org>.
“Sons of Halawa”
May 24, 11pm-midnight; repeats May 26, 4-5am; Oregon
Public Broadcasting (OPB). Watch “Sons of Halawa,” an episode
of Pacific Heartbeat in which Pilipo Solatorio searches for a suc-
cessor to keep cultural traditions alive on the island of Molokai.
To verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
Chinese Couplets
John Jung
Portland Taiko benefit banquet
May 20, 7pm, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (75 NW
Couch St, Portland). Attend a free talk by John Jung, the author
of Southern Fried Rice: Life in a Chinese Laundry in the Deep
South, about his unique journey as a Chinese American. For info,
call (503) 253-3443 or visit <www.ocom.edu>.
May 26, 6-8:30pm, Wong’s King Seafood Restaurant (8733 SE
Division St, Portland). Attend a benefit banquet for Japanese
drumming troupe Portland Taiko. The event features a multi-
course Chinese dinner, mystery origami, a taiko performance,
and an auction. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503) 288-2456 or
visit <www.portlandtaiko.org>.
May 20 & 29; May 20, 4-5:30pm, Holgate Library (7905 SE
Holgate Blvd, Portland); May 29, 2:30-4pm, Midland Library
May 30, 10am-6pm, KBOO Community Radio (90.7 FM).
Listen to the eight-part documentary Crossing East, which
examines the history of Asian America. Hosted by Margaret Cho
and George Takei, the series looks at the presence of Asians in
America dating back to the 1700s, the challenges faced by each
wave of Asian immigrants, and the ongoing struggle for equality
in America. For info, call (503) 231-8032 or visit <www.kboo.fm>.
To learn more, visit <www.crossingeast.org>.
May 22, 3:30-4:30pm, Holgate Library (7905 SE Holgate Blvd,
Portland). Learn to make Vietnamese ginger jam at “Cooking
Around the World.” The class includes free samples and
instruction. For info, call (503) 988-5389 or visit <events.
multcolib.org>. To register (required), call (503) 988-5234.
Vietnamese ginger jam
May 19, 7pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broad-
way, Portland). Attend “Makers & Takers: The Global Economy,”
a lecture by Rana Foroohar held as part of the World Affairs
Council of Oregon’s 2016 International Speaker Series. The next
lecture in the series features Bill McKibben (June 16). For info, or
to buy tickets, call (503) 306-5252 or visit <www.worldoregon.
org>.
Vietnamese earthquake preparedness
Crossing East
May 31, 8-9pm; repeats June 2, 5-6am; Oregon Public
Broadcasting Plus (OPB Plus). Watch Grace Lee’s Off the Menu:
Asian America, an exploration of food in changing communities,
families, traditions, and faiths. Filmmaker Lee visits Houston,
Texas; New York’s Lower East Side; Oak Creek, Wisconsin; and
Oahu in Hawai‘i in the film, seeking stories that reflect an
evolving Asian Pacific America and the role food plays in peoples’
lives. To verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.
opb.org>.
May 25, 11pm-midnight; repeats May 27, 4-5am; Oregon
Public Broadcasting (OPB). Watch Chinese Couplets, a film that
tells the story of exclusion for one family over two centuries in
three countries across four generations of women. Told from the
filmmaker’s point of view, the documentary explores the
universal themes of intergenerational strife between immigrants
and their American-born children, the often painful price paid by
immigrants who abandoned their personal identity and their
homes, and the burden of silence passed on to their offspring. To
verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
Rana Foroohar
May 16, 2016
Lost City, Living Memories
May 28-30; May 28, 6:30-8:30pm, Vancouver Avenue First
“Archaeology Roadshow”
June 4, 10am-3pm, Portland State University, Hoffmann Hall
(1833 SW 11th Ave, Portland). Attend the “Archaeology
Roadshow,” a free public outreach event hosted by the Portland
State University Anthropology Department featuring exhibits,
displays, and demonstrations. The 2016 theme is the
“Archaeology of Dwellings.” Two of the exhibits focus on the
archaeology of Chinese neighborhoods in Oregon — an
excavation of an 1888 house in the Jacksonville Chinese Quarter
and 19th-century Chinese miners in the mountains and the
towns. For info, call (503) 725-3361 or visit <www.pdx.edu/
anthropology/archaeology-roadshow>.
“Kam Wah Chung: Archaeological
Evidence of John Day’s Chinatown”
June 5, 1:45-3:15pm, Bow-
man Museum and Crook
County History Center (246 N
Main St, Prineville, Ore.).
Attend “Kam Wah Chung:
Archaeological Evidence of
John Day’s Chinatown,” a free
talk by archaeologist Nancy
Nelson highlighting recent
archaeological investigations
at Kam Wah Chung & Co., a
building operated by herbal
doctor
Ing
Hay
and
businessman Lung On from
the 1870s to the 1940s, that
reveal evidence of John Day’s
Chinatown and provide a
better understanding of its
“Lung On, Baker City, Oregon,”
vital part of Oregon history.
OHS Research Library, Org. Lot
The talk is held as part of the
676. (Photo courtesy of the Ore-
Oregon Historical Society’s
gon Historical Society, #bb
2016 Chinese Oregon Speaker
010985)
Series. For info, call (541)
447-3715 or visit <www.crookcountyhistorycenter.org>.
“Chop Suey for All:
Chinese Cooks in Oregon”
June 6, 7-8:30pm, Tigard Public Library (13500 SW Hall Blvd,
Tigard, Ore.). Attend “Chop Suey for All: Chinese Cooks in
Oregon,” a free talk by archivist and Pacific Northwest historian
Richard Engeman about Chinese restaurants that were common
in Oregon towns and cities beginning in the late 19th century.
Usually advertising both Chinese and American dishes, the
restaurants catered to the basic needs of single working men as
well as diners who were attracted by the exotic and the foreign.
The familial operations of the restaurants helped anchor immi-
grants who often were otherwise isolated from other Chinese
Americans. For info, call (503) 684-6537 or visit <www.wccls.
org>.