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COMMUNITY / A.C.E. September 4, 2023 THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 15 Events calendar “Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns” Currently on view, 11am-3pm (Fri-Sun), Portland Chinatown Museum (127 NW Third Ave, Portland). View “Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns,” a display of rare objects such as Chinese opera costumes, theatrical sets, bilingual text, audio-visual media, and more 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). For info, or to purchase tickets, call (503) 224-0008 or visit <www.portlandchinatownmuseum.org>. “Boundless: Stories of Asian Art” Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Wed-Sun), Seattle Art Museum (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Boundless: Stories of Asian Art,” a display highlighting themes central to arts and societies of Asia, such as worship and celebration, visual arts and literature, and clothing and identity. The museum’s south galleries feature art inspired by spiritual life and the north galleries show art inspired by material life. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (206) 654-3210 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>. “Deities & Demons: Supernatural in Japanese Art” Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Wed-Sun), Seattle Art Museum (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Deities & Demons: Supernatural in Japanese Art,” a display of paintings, sculptures, prints, and textiles from the museum’s collection that presents the rich visual culture of the supernatural in Japan. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (206) 654-3210 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>. “Resisters: A Legacy of Movement from the Japanese American Incarceration” Through Sep 17, 10am-5pm (Wed-Mon), Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View “Resisters: A Legacy of Movement from the Japanese American Incarceration,” an exhibit that presents first-person accounts, historical material, and artifacts connecting Japanese-American resistance movements during the World War II era to modern BIPOC justice movements and activism today. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>. “The Curious World of Seaweed” Through Oct 1, 11am-4pm (Tue-Sun), Pacific Maritime Heritage Center (333 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, Ore.). View “The Curious World of Seaweed,” an exhibit focusing on the marine flora that oxygenates the water and creates habitats for countess organisms. The display, which is presented by the Lincoln County Historical Society, features color “portraits” of seaweed and merges history, art, and science through stories that highlight Indigenous peoples’ and women’s connections to seaweed. It also examines the vital role of seaweed at the base of the food chain. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (541) 265-7509 or visit <www.oregoncoasthistory.org>. “Bue Kee: An Artist’s Life and Legacy” Through Oct 8, 11am-3pm (Fri-Sun), Portland Chinatown Museum (127 NW Third Ave, Portland). View “Bue Kee: An Artist’s Life and Legacy,” an exhibit that tells the unknown story of a Portland-born Chinese-American artist whose work — watercolors, paintings, lithographs, drawings, and ceramics — captures an intimate view of Portland Chinatown and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Bue Kee (1893-1985) was a painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Portland Chinatown who later moved with his family to Clackamas County to help manage a hops farm. Hard of hearing, he could read and write but did not finish grade school. In 1927, he and his family returned to Portland and Kee attended the Museum Art School. After receiving the school’s Carey Prize, he went on to work as an artist. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (503) 224-0008 or visit <www.portlandchinatownmuseum.org>. “A Question of Hu” LOVE IN EXILE. “Love in Exile” is the trio of vocalist Arooj Aftab, pianist Vijah Iyer, and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Usmaily. Their upcoming concert takes place on Friday, September 22 at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton. (Photo courtesy of the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts) University (1855 SW Broadway, Portland). View “A Question of Hu: The Narrative Art of Hung Liu From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,” an exhibit featuring prints, tapestries, and paintings by groundbreaking Chinese-American artist Hung Liu (1948-2021). The display is drawn entirely from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, who has been collecting Hung Liu’s work for more than 20 years. The exhibit and all related programs and events — tours, lectures, storytime (Sept. 9), and writing workshop (Sept. 21) — are free and open to the public. For info, call (503) 725-8013 or visit <www.pdx.edu/museum-of-art>. “Renegade Edo and Paris: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec” Through Dec 3, 10am-5pm (Fri-Sun), Seattle Asian Art Museum (1400 E Prospect St, in Volunteer Park, Seattle). View “Renegade Edo and Paris: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec,” an exhibit that uncovers the shared renegade spirit that characterized the social cultures of these two dynamic cities. The display features more than 90 Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings from the Seattle Art Museum’s collection alongside private loans of works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (206) 654-3100 or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>. “Nobody Lives Here: The People in the Path of Progress” Through Mar 17, 2024, 10am-5pm (Wed-Mon), Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King St, Seattle). View “Nobody Lives Here: The People in the Path of Progress,” an exhibit about the high toll of transit infrastructure on vulnerable communities. In the display, artist and historian Tessa Hulls illuminates the businesses, homes, and people who were displaced when the I-5 freeway was built through the Chinatown-International District in the 1960s. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>. Continued on page 16 Through Dec 2, 11am-5pm (Tue-Sat), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) at Portland State Questions about your health care? are? e? Find us in your neighborhood. 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