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Apr 22, 10am-3pm, Mt. Scott Park (SE 72nd Ave & SE Harold
St, Portland). Attend the Portland Arbor Day Festival, a free,
family-friendly festival of “forest-y” fun. The multicultural event
features local food vendors, music, bucket-truck rides, an
ecological scavenger hunt, botanical printmaking, face painting,
a tree climbing demonstration, tree seedling giveaways, the Bill
Naito Community Trees Awards ceremony, and more. For info,
call (503) 823-PLAY (7529) or visit <www.portlandparks.org>.
College financial aid workshop
Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Through Apr 30. Clackamas County is inviting all drivers to
pledge to always drive free of distractions. The campaign to join
the pledge is taking place during Distracted Driving Awareness
Month. People who drive are encouraged to focus on the three
primary tasks of driving — visually (keeping your eyes on the
road), manually (keeping your hands on the steering wheel), and
cognitively (keeping your mind focused on driving). During April,
readers are able to watch a short video about the dangers of
distracted driving at movie theaters in Oregon City and Happy
Valley and view a poster that was turned into a billboard,
“Texting Equals Driving Blind,” created by Sandy High School
student Alyssa Bigelow. Driver distraction is related to 80
percent of car crashes and the top source of inattention is
cellphones. To learn more, call (503) 742-4661 or visit
<www.clackamas.us/drivetozero/saferdriver.html>.
“Uprooted: Japanese American Farm
Labor Camps During World War II”
Through May 25 (Tue-Sat), 10am-4pm, Lane County Histori-
cal Museum (740 W 13th Ave, Eugene, Ore.). 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 (541) 682-4242, or
visit <www.lchm.org> or <www.uprootedexhibit.com>.
“Art of the Brick”
Through May 29 (Tue-Sun), 9:30am-5:30pm, Oregon Museum
of Science & Industry (1945 SE Water Ave, Portland). View “Art
of the Brick,” a 12,000-square-foot exhibit featuring large-scale
sculptures created exclusively out of LEGO toy building blocks by
artist Nathan Sawaya. The display also includes hands-on
activities, demonstrations, challenges, and more. For info, call
(503) 797-4000 or visit <www.omsi.edu>.
“Terracotta Warriors
of the First Emperor”
Through Sep 4, 10am-5pm (Mon-Fri), 10am-6pm (Sat-Sun),
Pacific Science Center (200 Second Ave N, Seattle). View
“Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor,” an exhibit that
includes 10 original life-size statues from the terracotta army —
created 2,200 years ago and consisting of 6,000 life-sized soldiers,
horses, chariots, bowmen, and archers standing guard at the
tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang in a 20-square-mile burial
compound — and more than 100 original objects and artifacts
from the first imperial dynasty of China, on loan from the
People’s Republic of China. In addition to original objects, the
exhibit features hands-on science learning through a series of
interactive and immersive experiences. For info, call (206)
443-2001 or visit <www.pacificsciencecenter.org>.
“We Are the Ocean: An Indigenous
Response to Climate Change”
Through Nov 12 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum
of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St,
Seattle). View “We Are the Ocean: An Indigenous Response to
Climate Change” and explore how indigenous communities are
responding to the ways climate change is affecting their waters
and lives: temperatures rising, islands gradually disappearing
due to rising waters, coral reefs slowly dying, storms increasing
both in frequency and strength, and more. The stories represent
people who live in Guam, Pohnpei, Yap, Tonga, Hawai‘i, Alaska,
and elsewhere. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.
wingluke.org>.
“Glimpses of a Forever Foreigner”
Through Feb 11 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum of
the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
View “Year of Remembrance: Glimpses of a Forever Foreigner,”
an exhibit featuring poems by Lawrence Matsuda and artwork by
Roger Shimomura that recognizes the 75th anniversary of
Executive Order 9066 and explores historic and contemporary
issues of racism, discrimination, and human rights. For info, call
(206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>.
“A Will Is Not Enough in Oregon”
Apr 17 & 26; Apr 17, 6:30-8pm, Kenton Library (8226 N
Denver Ave, Portland); Apr 26, 6-7:30pm, Midland Library (805
SE 122nd Ave, Portland). Attend “A Will Is Not Enough in
Oregon,” a free workshop led by attorney and author Richard
Schneider focused on safeguarding family assets. The session
offers basic information on wills, living trusts, powers of attorney,
and healthcare directives. For info, or to register (required), call
(503) 988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Who We Be: The Colorization
of America book discussion
Apr 18, 6:15-7:45pm, North Portland Library (512 N Killings-
worth St, Portland). Engage in conversation about literature at a
Pageturners discussion sponsored by Friends of the Library. The
book for discussion is Jeff Chang’s Who We Be: The Colorization of
America, a literary work that remixes comic strips and
contemporary art, campus protests and corporate marketing
campaigns, and Martin Luther King Jr. and Trayvon Martin, into
a timely cultural history of the idea of racial progress. For info,
call (503) 988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
April 17, 2017
COMPELLED TO RESIST. The 2017 DisOrient Asian American
Film Festival, held April 21 through 23 at the Bijou Art Cinemas in Eugene,
Oregon, highlights 13 Asian-American feature films and 23 shorts. Among
the films featured is Resistance at Tule Lake, which includes intimate
first-hand stories of Japanese-American men and women who were in-
carcerated during World War II. The documentary conveys the emotions,
values, and family bonds that compelled them to resist, to protest their in-
carceration, and to salvage a livable future for their families. (Image cour-
tesy of Resistance at Tule Lake)
Free cancer screenings
Apr 19, 9am-5pm, Providence Cancer Center, Jill Lematta
Learning Center (4805 NE Glisan St, Portland). Receive free oral,
head, and neck cancer screenings at the Providence Cancer
Center. Screenings take only a few minutes. For info, or to
register (recommended), call (503) 574-6595.
PSU Center for Japanese Studies lecture
Apr 20, 6pm, Portland State University (PSU), Smith
Memorial Student Union, Rooms 327/328/329 (1825 SW
Broadway, Portland). Attend “A Japanese-American Origin of
Japanese Studies in the United States: Intersections of Minority
Ethnic Politics and State-Sponsored Academic Propaganda,” a
free talk by University of Pennsylvania professor Eiichiro Azuma
about the pre-World-War-II development of Japanese
(“Oriental”) Studies at institutions of higher education in the
western United States. For info, call (503) 725-8577 or visit
<www.pdx.edu/cjs>.
Earth Day at CCC
Apr 20-22, Clackamas Community College (19600 S Molalla
Ave, Oregon City, Ore.). Attend an Earth Day celebration at
Clackamas Community College (CCC). The English Department
kicks off festivities April 20 from noon to 1:00pm in the
Environmental Learning Center’s (ELC) Lakeside Hall with a
free open-mic event. Later that day, an Earth Day music
performance technology concert is held at 7:30pm in the
Niemeyer Center. The celebration continues April 22 from
10:00am to 1:00pm at the ELC with a display of Willamette
Valley turtles, a birds of prey exhibit courtesy of the Audubon
Society, information about the human impact on the watershed
from Clackamas River Water Providers, choral music, an art
project, and more. For info, or to obtain a schedule of events, call
Renee at (503) 594-3015, e-mail <rharber@clackamas.edu>, or
visit <www.clackamas.edu>.
Permit planning for
residential homeowners
Apr 20 & 27, 5-8pm, City of Portland, Bureau of Development
Services (1900 SW Fourth Ave, Portland). Homeowners in
Portland are invited to attend an evening focused on permit
planning for residential homeowners only. The event features
staff from the Bureau of Development Services answering
questions about the permitting process, helping homeowners
understand which project plans and documents are required, and
identifying the necessary permits for a successful project. For
info, call (503) 823-7300, e-mail <bds@portlandoregon.gov>, or
visit <www.portlandoregon.gov/BDS/ResidentialPermitNight>.
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival
Apr 21-23, Bijou Art Cinemas (492 E 13th Ave, Eugene, Ore).
View portrayals of the Asian-American experience and support
Asian-American artists at the 2017 DisOrient Asian American
Film Festival. This year’s festival highlights 13 feature films and
23 shorts, including Mele Murals, Never Forget, Avenues of
Escape, Blasian Narratives, Mixed Match, Resistance at Tule
Lake, Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice,
Vampariah, All Our Father’s Relations, and more. The festival
also features question-and-answer sessions with several
filmmakers. For info, or to obtain a schedule of events, call (541)
954-1798 or visit <www.disorientfilm.org>.
Friends of the Library book sale
Apr 21-24, 6-9pm (Fri, members only), 9am-9pm (Sat),
11am-5pm (Sun), 9am-3pm (Mon), Doubletree Hotel & Executive
Meeting Center - Lloyd Center (1000 NE Multnomah St,
Portland). Attend a used book sale presented by Friends of the
Multnomah County Library. Asian-language books are available
along with comic books, CDs, DVDs, LPs, sheet music,
audiobooks, and more. Many books are $2 and children’s items
start at 50 cents. For info, call (503) 224-9176, or visit
<www.friends-library.org> or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
“Transforming Pain into Power”
Apr 22, 10am-3pm, Highland Christian Center (7600 NE
Glisan St, Portland). Attend “Transforming Pain into Power,” a
free community forum hosted by Oregon Health & Science
University and Portland State University to provide a safe venue
to collaborate on ideas to reduce gun violence and address the
social and societal conditions that contribute to gun violence
across Oregon, southwest Washington, and beyond. The event
features keynote presentations, small-group breakout sessions,
entertainment, and on-site resources. Lunch is provided and
childcare is available on request. For info, or to request childcare,
call (503) 494-8811 or visit <www.ohsu.edu>.
Apr 22, 10:30am-noon, Midland Library (805 SE 122nd Ave,
Portland). Teens and adults are invited to attend a workshop to
learn about applying for financial aid for college with repre-
sentatives from Mt. Hood Community College. The event offers
information about and help with completing the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) — a document that determines
eligibility for grants, loans, work study, and some scholarships —
and the Oregon Student Aid Application (ORSAA), a document
that accesses state aid and is a source of college funding for those
who are not eligible to fill out the FAFSA. For info, call (503)
988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
API Pride hiking trip
Apr 23, 10am, Horsetail Falls (Historic Columbia River Hwy,
Cascade Locks, Ore.). Join API Pride for a spring hike at
Horsetail Falls. The four-mile trip takes place rain or shine. API
Pride supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer
people of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) descent in Oregon. For
info, or to register, call (503) 877-9379, e-mail <api.pride@gmail.
com>, or visit <www.facebook.com/APIPRide>.
PPS budget forum
Apr 25 & May 9, 5-6pm, Blanchard Education Service Center
(501 N Dixon St, Portland). Attend a budget forum for Portland
Public Schools (PPS) to give voice to opinions and hear comments
of others on the proposed budget dictating how the district should
allocate funds in the coming year. For info, or to sign up in
advance to speak at the forum, call (503) 916-3741. To send
comments electronically, e-mail <schoolboard@pps.net>.
NET volunteer training
Apr 29, 8am-5pm, Benson High School (546 NE 12th Ave,
Portland). Attend a session to become a Neighborhood Emergen-
cy Team (NET) volunteer. NET members are trained to provide
emergency disaster assistance to their families and neighbors
and work within an emergency response team to save lives and
property in their neighborhood. The free class is available to any
person who lives or works in Portland. Childcare is provided. Part
one of the training is held April 29. For info, or to sign up, call
(503) 823-4375 or visit <www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem>.
Plant sale
Apr 29, 8:30am-5pm, Washington County Fair Complex, East
Entrance near Cornell Road (873 NE 34th Ave, Hillsboro, Ore.).
Attend the Tualatin Valley Garden Club’s 54th annual plant sale.
The sale features numerous vendors selling vegetables, herbs,
landscape plants, garden-related materials, and more. For info,
call Joy at (503) 647-9980 or Dave at (503) 648-4236, or visit
<www.tualatinvalleygardenclub.org>.
Spring cleaning & recycling
Apr 29, May 6, 13 & 20, 9am-1pm; Apr 29, Holley Park (1000 E
Fourth St, La Center, Wash.); May 6 & 13, Washougal Transfer
Station (4020 S Grant St, Washougal); May 20, Battle Ground
High School (300 W Main St, Battle Ground, Wash.). Clark
County residents are invited to bring unwanted block foam,
electronic equipment, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners,
scrap metal, and up to five tires without rims to a spring cleaning
and recycling event. Business waste and household hazardous
waste are not accepted. For info, call (360) 397-2121, ext. 4352, or
visit <www.clark.wa.gov/hhw> or <www.recyclingA-Z.com>.
Smoke alarm installation events
Apr 29 & June 3, Cities in Metropolitan Portland. Residents in
the Portland metropolitan area are invited to help increase home
safety by scheduling an appointment with trained Red Cross
volunteers who install free in-home smoke alarms, review
fire-safety and home-hazard checklists, and provide information
about creating a fire-escape plan. To schedule an appointment,
call (503) 528-5783, e-mail <preparedness@redcross.org>, or visit
<www.redcross.org/CascadesHomeFire>.
“We Are What We Eat:
Connecting Food and Citizenship”
Apr 30, noon-1:30pm, Sellwood-Moreland Library (7860 SE
13th Ave, Portland). Reflect on how your relationship to food
production, preparation, and consumption might help create
self-sufficiency and empowered citizenship at “We Are What We
Eat: Connecting Food and Citizenship,” a gathering facilitated by
poet and essayist Wendy Willis. For info, or to register (required),
call (503) 988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
“Race and Place”
May 3, 5:30-7:30pm, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (75
NW Couch St, Portland). Attend part two of “Race and Place: Old
Town’s Chinatown and Japantown Through Chinese-American
and Nikkei Eyes,” a free public conversation by a panel of
Chinese- and Japanese-American community elders who share
their stories about growing up, living, and working in adjoining
quarters, in what was called New Chinatown and Japantown
between the 1920s and 1960, and is now known as Old Town
Chinatown. For info, call (503) 224-0008 or visit <www.portland
chinatown.org>.
“The New Civil Rights & Global Justice”
May 4, 7pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (1037 SW Broad-
way, Portland). Attend “The New Civil Rights & Global Justice,”
a talk by journalist and civil-rights activist Shaun King held as
part of the World Affairs Council of Oregon’s 2017 International
Speaker Series. The subject of the next lecture in the series is
“Understanding China” (June 6). For info, call (503) 306-5252 or
visit <www.worldoregon.org>. To buy tickets, call (503) 248-4335
or visit <www.portland5.com>.