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May 1, 2017
23rd Ave, Portland). Attend “Experiences in an
American Concentration Camp,” a talk by
George Nakata, who shares his story of being
forced from his home in Portland at the age of
nine and incarcerated in an internment camp
during the hysteria of World War II. The talk is
followed by a question-and-answer session. For
info, or to buy tickets (recommended), call (503)
307-9599 or visit <www.cerimonhouse.org>.
KABUKI PERFORMANCES
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Young Artists Debut
Alan Lau and Stuart Dempster is held May 5.
For info, call (206) 839-0377 or visit <www.art
xchange.org>.
May 9, 7:30pm, Portland State University,
Lincoln Performance Hall (1620 SW Park Ave,
Portland). Attend a concert featuring the
winners of the annual Young Artists Debut
concerto competition. Performers include
soprano Aishani Saha; violinist Fumika
Mizuno; pianists Joshua Ji, Natalie Tan, and
Jenny Yu; and others. The concert is broadcast
live by All Classical 89.9 (channel KQAC, 89.9
FM). For info, or to buy tickets, call (503)
245-4885 or visit <www.metroartsinc.org>.
“New Years All Year Round”
Through June 18, 10am-5pm (Tue-Sun),
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific
American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
View a fun, family-friendly exhibit that looks at
Chinese, Lao, and Polynesian-American New
Year traditions, games, and cuisine. The display
also highlights Diwali — the festival of lights.
For info, call (206) 623-5124 or visit
<www.wingluke.org>.
Soul of a Banquet
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jake Shimabukuro:
Life on Four Strings
May
1,
8-9pm;
repeats
May
3,
midnight-1am; Oregon Public Broadcasting
(OPB). Watch Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four
Strings, a compelling portrait of the inspiring
and inventive musician whose virtuoso skills on
the ukulele have transformed all previous
notions of the instrument’s potential. The
acclaimed Hawai‘ian instrumentalist plays
jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk,
flamenco, and rock on his pint-sized
instrument. To verify showtimes, call (503)
293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>. To learn
more, visit <www. jakeshimabukuro.com>.
Asian Heritage Month events
at Lan Su Chinese Garden
May 1-31 (daily), 10am-7pm, Lan Su Chinese
Garden (NW Third Ave & NW Everett St,
Portland). Attend talks, demonstrations,
activities, and performances celebrating Asian
and Pacific Islander culture throughout the
month of May, which is Asian Heritage Month.
Performances representing the cultures of
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Pacific
Islands, Thailand, and Cambodia are
highlighted on Saturday and Sunday at 1:00pm
and 3:00pm. For info, or to obtain a complete
schedule of events, call (503) 228-8131 or visit
<www.lansugarden.org>.
“Filipino Entrepreneurs”
May 2, 5:30-6pm, Oregon Public Broad-
casting Plus (OPB Plus). Watch “Filipino
Entrepreneurs,” an episode of Lucky Chow
featuring PJ Quesada of the Filipino Food
Movement who explains Filipino cuisine in San
Mateo, California. To verify showtime, call (503)
293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>. To learn more,
visit <www.filipinofoodmovement.org>.
Tetsunori Tawaraya
May 2, 6-8pm, Floating World Comics (400
NW Couch St, Portland). Attend a book release
event for punk musician and underground
Japanese
artist
Tetsunori
Tawaraya’s
Telescope. The evening also features an exhibit
of original artwork and other eclectic items. For
info, call (503) 241-0227 or visit <www.floating
worldcomics.com>.
Mele Murals
May 2, 11pm-midnight; repeats May 4, 4-
5am; Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). Watch
Mele Murals, an episode of Pacific Heartbeat
exploring the transformative power of modern
graffiti art and ancient Hawai‘ian culture for a
new generation of Native Hawai‘ians. To verify
showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit
<www.opb.org>. See related story on page 12.
Yoonhee Choi &
Roya Motamedi
May 2-27 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5pm; May 4,
6-9pm (reception); May 20, 2pm (artist talk);
Blackfish Gallery (420 NW Ninth Ave,
Portland). View Yoonhee Choi’s “Sift” and Roya
Motamedi’s “Aptitude of Kindness” during the
month of May. Choi’s installation explores the
easily neglected and immediately abandoned
detritus of a consumer society, while Motamedi’s
collages of fabric and birch on paper are
concerned with pattern, repetition, and
interconnectivity to family. For info, call (503)
224-2634 or visit <www.blackfish.com>.
“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
May 9, 8-9pm, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Plus (OPB Plus). Watch Soul of a Banquet, a
show about Cecilia Chiang, the woman who
introduced America to authentic Chinese food.
Her internationally renowned San Francisco
restaurant, The Mandarin, opened in 1961 and
changed the course of American cuisine. To
verify showtime, call (503) 293-1982 or visit
<www.opb.org>.
May 30 & 31, 7:00pm
Portland State University, Lincoln Performance Hall
1620 S.W. Park Avenue, Portland
Off the Menu: Asian America
Watch kabuki performances in English of The Castle Tower, an occult, fantasy
romance full of magic and mystery set in Japan’s grandest castle, and The
Puppeteer, a virtuoso danced collage in which puppets turn into humans. For more
information, or to buy tickets, call (503) 725-3307 or visit <www.pdx.edu/boxoffice/
tickets>.
(Photo courtesy of the Portland State University)
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. The variety of perspectives
offered by the elders shed light on the ways that
Old Town’s Chinese-American and Nikkei
communities diverged and intersected with each
other at different moments. An open discussion
between panelists and audience members
follows the dialogue with the community elders.
For info, call (503) 224-0008 or visit <www.
portlandchinatown.org>.
provided college scholarships to area students
and honored community elders and service
organizations. Emceed by Zeke Smith, the 2017
banquet also featured performances by the Lee’s
Association Dragon & Lion Dance Team, the
Mandaue Children’s Choir, and Unit Souzou.
Read our special section about the annual event
in our May 15, 2017 edition. The May 5 screening
is on cable channel 30; the May 12 and 13
showings are on cable channel 29. To verify
showtimes, call (503) 288-1515 or visit <www.
opensignalpdx.org>.
Chinese immigrants &
Oregon’s hop industry
“Asian-American Life”
May 3, 7-8:30pm, McMenamins Kennedy
School (5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland). Attend a
screening, reading, and panel discussion about
the history of Chinese immigrants who farmed
and harvested hops in the Willamette Valley in
the early 1900s. The event features the
screening of three short videos by filmmaker Ivy
Lin about the history of hop farming and two
Chinese farmers, Ming Kee and Ah Coe, as well
as a reading of journalist Putsata Reang’s essay,
“Bitter Harvest,” which is part of the “This
Land” online multimedia project of Oregon
Humanities. For info, call (503) 241-0543 or visit
<www.oregonhumanities.org>.
“The Art & Culture of Japan”
May 3-28 (Wed-Sun), 11am-5pm, Columbia
Center for the Arts (215 Cascade Ave, Hood
River, Ore.). Join the Columbia Center for the
Arts for “The Art & Culture of Japan,” a
monthlong celebration of art, activities,
workshops, and more. In the gallery (May 3-28),
view contemporary Japanese prints, bonseki, a
retrospective exhibition of “Citizen Min: Minoru
Yasui,” artwork by Jimmy Mirikitani, pieces by
the Mashiko Ceramics and Arts Association, and
more. In the theater, attend “Poetry, Quilts &
Internment Stories” (May 7, 2pm), watch a
screening of The Cats of Mirikitani (May 17,
6pm), join the poTENtial Culinary Arts
Conversation Project (May 20, 4pm), enjoy a
taiko workshop (May 21, 12:30pm) and
performance (May 21, 3pm) by Unit Souzou, and
watch a traditional Japanese tattoo art
presentation (May 24, 6pm). In the studio, take
part in a Children’s Day celebration (May 7,
11am-1pm) as well as an animation workshop
(May 13, 1-4pm). For info, call (541) 387-8877 or
<www.columbiaarts.org>.
Kathy Liao
May 4-July 1 (Tue-Sat), 10am-5:30pm; May
4, 6-8pm (reception); Prographica/KDR Gallery
(313 Occidental Ave S, Seattle). View “Lingering
Presence,” an exhibit by narrative painter Kathy
Liao featuring mixed-media works that form a
record of an experience or a feeling made from
observations, layered with sharp and hazy
memories and recorded snapshot photos. For
info, call (206) 999-0849 or visit <www.
prographicagallery.com>.
2017 AR Foundation
banquet video replays
May 5, 12 & 13; 6pm (May 5), 8am (May 12) &
7am (May 13); Open Signal. Watch highlights of
The Asian Reporter Foundation’s 19th Annual
Scholarship & Awards Banquet. The event
May 6, 8-8:30am, Oregon Public Broad-
casting Plus (OPB Plus). Watch “Asian-
American Life,” a program that takes a look at
best-selling Asian-American authors and how
they’ve changed the literary landscape. To verify
showtime, call (503) 293-1982 or visit
<www.opb.org>.
“Return & Remembrance”
May 6, 2-4pm, Portland Expo Center, Exhibit
Hall A (2060 N Marine Dr, Portland). Attend
“Return & Remembrance: A Pilgrimage to the
Portland Assembly Center,” a free event
honoring people of Japanese descent who were
unjustly forced out of their homes and
businesses, driven away by wartime hysteria
and racism in World War II. The event features
the Remember Us Tag Project, which offers an
opportunity to participate in honoring those
incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center;
performances by the Minidoka Swing Band,
Unit Souzou, and Cascadia Composers; Anne
Galisky’s “Architecture of Internment: The
Buildup to Wartime Incarceration” exhibit;
speakers; and more. For info, or to register
(required), call (503) 224-1458 or e-mail
<info@oregonnikkei.org>. To learn more, visit
<www.oregonnikkei.org>.
Seattle Center API
Heritage Month Celebration
May 7, 11:45am-5pm, Seattle Center (305
Harrison St, Seattle). Join the festivities at
Seattle Center Festál’s Asian-Pacific Islander
Heritage Month Celebration. The free event
includes cultural dance groups, youth drill
teams, martial arts demonstrations, art,
hands-on activities, games, a lively marketplace,
and more. Scheduled performers include the
Filipino Youth Activities Drill Team (12:15pm),
the OBG Band (2:30pm), Seattle Thai Dancers
(3:15pm), Kaze Daiko (4:15pm), and many
others. For info, call (206) 684-7200 or visit
<www.seattlecenter.com>.
George Nakata talk
May 9, 9-10pm, 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 O’ahu in Hawai‘i in the film,
seeking stories that reflect an evolving Asian
Pacific America and the role food plays in the
lives of people. To verify showtime, call (503)
293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
Visions in the Dark:
The Life of Pinky Thompson
May 9, 11pm-midnight; repeats May 11, 4-
5am; Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). Watch
Visions in the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson,
an episode of Pacific Heartbeat exploring the life
of Myron “Pinky” Thompson, who, after being
injured during World War II, became a social
worker and a mentor. To verify showtimes, call
(503) 293-1982 or visit <www.opb.org>.
Ryu Goto
May 11, 8pm, Hult Center for the Performing
Arts (One Eugene Center at Seventh Ave &
Willamette St, Eugene, Ore.). Enjoy “Alpine
Symphony,” a Eugene Symphony concert
featuring violinist Ryu Goto. The performance
includes works by Beethoven, Bruch, and R.
Strauss. For info, or to buy tickets, call (541)
682-5000 or visit <www.eugenesymphony.org>.
Pacific Heartbeat marathon
May 13, 10am-8pm, Oregon Public Broad-
casting Plus (OPB Plus). Spend your Saturday
watching a Pacific Heartbeat marathon. Various
episodes from the past five seasons are featured.
To verify showtimes, call (503) 293-1982 or visit
<www.opb.org>.
Midsummer Night’s Dream
May 13, 7:30-8:30pm, Glenn & Viola Walters
Cultural Arts Center (527 E Main St, Hillsboro,
Ore.). Attend Midsummer Night’s Dream, a
performance by the Anjali School of Dance that
brings Shakespeare’s enchanting tale of fairies
and bumbling, star-crossed lovers to the stage
using classical and modern Indian dance and
music as well as a sprinkling of Beethoven and
hip-hop. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503)
615-3485 or visit <www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/
WaltersConcerts>.
Washer/Dryer
May 14 & 20, 7pm (Sun), 2pm (Sat), Gerding
Theater at the Armory (128 NW 11th Ave,
Portland). Watch Nandita Shenoy’s Washer/
Dryer, a comedy about a Chinese- and Indian-
American inter-ethnic newlywed couple in a
single-unit New York co-op apartment who must
navigate their marriage, a formidable mom, a
nosy co-op manager, and an endearing gay best
friend trying to resolve conflicts between
everyone. For info, or to buy tickets, call (503)
445-3700 or visit <www.pcs.org>.
May 7, 5-6:30pm, Cerimon House (5131 NE
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Submit your Asian-related calendar listings to:
The Asian Reporter, Attn: Events Calendar
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News Department e-mail: news@asianreporter.com w Fax: (503) 283-4445
Submission Format: List event title, date, time, location with address, 2 to 3 brief
sentences describing the event, and a contact phone number (required) that
can be published. High-resolution photos, if available, may also be included.
Submission Deadline: Monday prior to the next issue date.
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