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“Beyond the Gate: A Tale of
Portland’s Historic Chinatowns”
Currently on display, noon-5pm (Thu-Sun), Portland
Chinatown Museum (127 NW Third 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). The exhibit is an expanded permanent version of the
display featured at the Oregon Historical Society in 2016. For
info, call (503) 224-0008 or visit <www.portlandchinatown.org>.
“A Dragon Lives Here”
Currently on display (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke
Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King
St, Seattle). Learn about Bruce Lee at “Do You Know Bruce?”
Part four of the display — “A Dragon Lives Here” — explores his
Seattle roots and the fact that Seattle, now known as a city for
innovation, technology, and entrepreneurs, also played a key role
in shaping Bruce Lee and his groundbreaking approach. For info,
call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>.
“Worlds Beyond Here”
Through Sep 15 (Tue-Sun), 10am-5pm, Wing Luke Museum of
the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle).
View “Worlds Beyond Here: The Expanding Universe of APA
Science Fiction,” an exhibit that looks at the connection between
Asian Pacific Americans and the infinite possibilities of science
fiction. The display features pieces such as an Augmented Reality
sculpture garden, a Connection Machine (early supercomputer)
from the Living Computers Museum, a local 14-year-old
cosplayer who creates robots out of cardboard, a mix of literary
and pop culture works, and more. For info, call (206) 623-5124 or
visit <www.wingluke.org>.
Communities of color workgroup
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GRASS-FED
BEEF FOR SALE
Jan 22, 2-4pm, State Office Building in Portland, Room 1A
(800 NE Oregon St, Portland). Attend the first public meeting of
the Tri-County Regional Behavioral Health Collaborative
Communities of Color Workgroup. The workgroup brings
together multiple sectors across the Portland metropolitan area
to collectively address and prevent behavioral health challenges.
Its focus is peer-delivered services and substance use disorder
activities that can make an impact in 12 to 24 months. For info,
contact Summer at (503) 753-9688, e-mail <summer.h.
boslaugh@state.or.us>, or visit website <www.oregon.gov/
OHA/HSD/BHP/Pages/Regional-Collaboratives.aspx>.
“Building Women:
Get Started in the Trades”
Jan 23 & 30; Jan 23, 5-6pm, Belmont Library (1038 SE César
Chávez Blvd, Portland); Jan 30, 6-7pm, Hillsdale Library (1525
SW Sunset Blvd, Portland). Wonder what it’s like to be a
carpenter, plumber, or electrician? Teens and adults are invited
to attend “Building Women: Get Started in the Trades,” an over-
view of what it takes to build a successful career in the trades,
whether you’re just getting started or looking for a change. For
info, call (503) 988-5123 or visit <events.multcolib.org>.
Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl
Call (503) 980-5900 for details
GRASS-FED & GRASS-FINISHED BEEF
Farm-raised in Newberg, Oregon
Beef available as:
q Quarter cow q Half cow q Whole cow
Beef is processed by a Portland butcher.
Pickup available in March at N.E. Sandy Blvd. location.
Jan 24, 7:30pm, Portland State University, Smith Memorial
Student Union (1825 SW Broadway, Portland). Attend “Being a
Stranger — a Story of a Wandering Jew,” a free lecture by Rabbi
Angela W. Buchdahl, the first Asian American to be ordained as a
rabbi in North America. The talk — the 14th Annual Gus and
Libby Solomon Memorial Lecture — is presented by the Harold
Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State
University.
For
info,
call
(503)
725-8449,
e-mail
<judaicst@pdx.edu>, or visit <www.pdx.edu/judaic>.
Free “Fix-It Fair”
Jan 26 & Feb 23, 9:30am-2:30pm; Jan 26, Ockley Green
Middle School (6031 N Montana Ave, Portland); Feb 23, Floyd
Light Middle School (10800 SE Washington St, Portland). Attend
a free City of Portland “Fix-It Fair” connecting residents with
money-saving, environmentally friendly resources and activities.
Exhibits and workshops offer information on home and personal
health, utility savings, food and nutrition, community resources,
recycling, yard care, lead testing, bike maintenance, and more.
The event also features a Repair Café as well as lunch, free
on-site childcare, and hourly door prizes. For info, call (503)
823-4309, e-mail <fixitfair@portlandoregon.gov>, or visit
<www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/41892>.
Talk Time at Central Library
Mark your calendar!
The Year of the Pig
begins February 5, 2019.
Display advertising space reservations for
our special Year of the Pig issue are due
Monday, January 21 at 5:00pm.
The Asian Reporter’s Lunar New Year special issue
will be published on Monday, February 4, 2019.
Jan 28, 5:30-7pm, Multnomah County Central Library, Room
2B (801 SW 10th Ave, 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) 988-5123 or visit
<events.multcolib.org>.
Martin Luther King Jr. events at PSU
Jan 28-29, 6:30pm, Portland State University, Smith
Memorial Student Union, Ballroom (1825 SW Broadway, Third
Floor, Portland). Attend activities held at Portland State
University in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Events include a
talk, “Living the Legacy: Confronting Economic Injustice in
Times of Crisis” (January 28), featuring Rukaiyah Adams, and
“Echoes of the Past: Portland Scholars and Activists Make
Connections to Dr. King,” a panel with scholars and activists. To
reserve free tickets, call (503) 725-3307 or visit <www.pdx.edu>.
January 21, 2019
“Postwar Constitution of Japan”
Jan 29, Feb 12 & Mar 5, 6pm, Portland State University,
Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 SW Broadway, Portland).
Attend free winter lectures presented by Portland State Univer-
sity’s Center for Japanese Studies. The theme of the series is
“Postwar Constitution of Japan.” Topics covered include “Consti-
tutional Amendments for the Future” (January 29, room 338) by
professor Koichi Yokota of Kyushu University, “The History of
Religious Freedom and Separation of Religion from State Under
the Constitution of Japan” (February 12, room 327/328) by pro-
fessor Helen Hardacre of Harvard University, and “The History
of Article 9 (the no-war clause) of the Postwar Constitution of
Japan: Its Establishment, Evolution, and Hollowing Out” (March
5, room 327/328) by professor Katsutoshi Takami, professor
emeritus at Sophia University. For info, or to reserve space, call
(503) 725-8577 or visit <www.pdx.edu/cjs/events>.
Last Boat Out of Shanghai
Jan 31, 7:30pm, Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burnside St,
Portland). Join Helen Zia as she presents Last Boat Out of
Shanghai, a poignant human angle to the experiences of
refugees. Shanghai has historically been China’s jewel, its
richest, most modern city. The bustling metropolis was home to
sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle
class when Mao’s proletarian revolution emerged victorious from
the long civil war. Terrified of the horrors the Communists would
wreak upon their lives, citizens of Shanghai who could afford to,
fled in every direction. Seventy years later, the last generation to
fully recall this massive exodus has opened the story to
Chinese-American journalist Zia, who interviewed hundreds of
exiles about their journey through one of the most tumultuous
events of the 20th century. From these moving accounts, Zia
weaves the story of four young Shanghai residents who wrestled
with the decision to abandon everything as refugees in Hong
Kong, Taiwan, and the U.S. The book event is sponsored by the
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO). For info,
call (503) 228-4651 or visit <www.powells.com>.
A Place Called Home:
From Vanport to Albina
Feb 3-4; Feb 3, 3-4pm, St. Johns Library (7510 N Charleston
Ave, Portland); Feb 4, 6:30-7:30pm, Albina Library (3605 NE
15th Ave, Portland). Attend screenings of oral history
documentaries held as part of the Vanport Mosaic living archive.
Through archival footage, historic photographs, and first-person
narratives, the collection of short films traces the story of
Portland’s African-American community from the 1940s to 1970s
and reveals the struggle, perseverance, and resilience that
continue today. The Vanport Mosaic is a community-driven,
artist-led nonprofit seeking to engage the public in remembering
the silenced histories of the Pacific Northwest in order to better
understand the present. For info, call (503) 988-5123 or visit
<events.multcolib.org>.
The Schoolhouse Gate
Feb 4, 7:30pm, Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burnside St,
Portland). Join Justin Driver as he presents The Schoolhouse
Gate. Driver, a constitutional law scholar who clerked for Judge
Merrick B. Garland, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Sandra
Day O’Connor, gives readers an engaging and alarming book that
aims to vindicate the rights of public school students, which have
often been undermined by the Supreme Court in recent decades.
From racial segregation to unauthorized immigration, from
anti-war protests to compulsory flag salutes — these are but a
few of the cultural anxieties dividing American society that the
Supreme Court has addressed in schools. Driver’s book gives a
fresh account of the historic legal battles waged over education
and illuminates contemporary disputes that continue to fracture
the nation. For info, call (503) 228-4651 or visit <www.powells.
com>.
I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck
Feb 6, 7:30pm, Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burnside St,
Portland). Join John Kim as he presents I Used to Be a Miserable
F*ck. Deep in post-divorce soul searching, Kim came to an
astonishing realization: He was a miserable f*ck who might just
be to blame for the problems in his life. Armed with this new
insight, he began The Angry Therapist blog — an admission that,
while he was a licensed therapist and life coach, he was no better
than the people who sought his advice. With a no-nonsense
approach that makes you laugh and think, I Used to Be a
Miserable F*ck takes readers on a rugged, rough-and-tumble
road trip of self-exploration and discovery. For info, call (503)
228-4651 or visit <www.powells.com>.
Melissa Iwai & Denis Markell
Feb 11, 7pm, Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing (3415 SW
Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, Ore.). Join illustrator Melissa Iwai
as she presents Thirty Minutes Over Oregon (written by Marc
Tyler Nobleman), a book that tells the important and moving true
story of reconciliation after war, in which a Japanese pilot bombs
the continental U.S. during World War II — the only enemy ever
to do so — and comes back 20 years later to apologize. Also
presenting at the event is Denis Markell, author of The Game
Masters of Garden Place, a quirky Dungeons & Dragons-inspired
adventure for middle readers. In addition to a reading of their
respective books, Iwai and Markell also discuss being a
household of children’s book creators. For info, call (503)
643-3131 or visit <www.powells.com>.
American Sutra
Feb 15, 7pm, Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing (3415 SW
Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, Ore.). Join Duncan Ryuken
Williams as he presents American Sutra: A Story of Faith and
Freedom in the Second World War, a book that tells about the
mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
that was not only a tale of injustice but a moving story of faith. In
American Sutra, the author reveals how, even as they were
stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-
American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses
of religious freedom in U.S. history, insisting that they could be
both Buddhist and American. In the face of discrimination,
dislocation, dispossession, and confinement, Japanese
Americans turned to their faith to sustain them, whether they
were behind barbed wire in internment camps or serving in one of
the most decorated combat units in the European theater. For
info, call (503) 643-3131 or visit <www.powells.com>.