Portland Chinatown Museum

Screening & Conversation with Lisa Kori
Saturday, June 20 | 3–4 p.m.
Portland Chinatown Museum

The Portland Chinatown Museum is pleased to present a special screening of Asian PaCIVICS, a nationally broadcast television series featuring artists from The Slants Foundation’s AAPI artist-accelarator program. On Saturday, June 20, from 3:00–4:00 p.m., this free event will feature a viewing of the last episode of their third season, highlighting musician and artist Lisa Kori, who will also be in attendance.

In this episode of Asian PaCIVICS, viewers are given a behind-the-scenes look at Lisa Kori’s multiyear project, Daughter of the West, and her search for early Asian-American music. Although she discovers that much of the history is lacking due to systemic forces, she finds Flower Drum Song, a song that would have been brought over by early Chinese immigrants. Rewriting it with a protagonist who wanders the American West, Kori creates an alternate history where the songs and stories of early Asian-American immigrants are not forgotten but celebrated as American folk culture. Lisa Kori will be present to introduce the episode and host a Q&A at its conclusion.

https://www.orartswatch.org/telling-tales-of-portlands-chinatown/

Join PCM and MediaRites this Sunday, May 31, at 1:00 pm for an afternoon of stories and snacks!

The latest -Ism Storytellers Project from MediaRites features stories from Chinese-American elders, highlighted in this special presentation curated and hosted by Roberta Wong. Hear stories from two pairs of siblings who will tell stories about a Portland Chinatown that no longer exists due to gentrification and the displacement of Chinese American residents to outer Portland: siblings Melvin Lee and Frances Lee Perkins, and siblings Barbara Janac and Ronald Wong.

This event is free, no rsvp required. Refreshments will be served.

Telling tales of Portland’s Chinatown • Oregon ArtsWatch Portland Chinatown Museum and The –Ism Project will present stories of the city's Chinese American population. Plus: The season-ending night of stories from Solo Speak.

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! If you’re looking for opportunities to learn and celebrate why this month is important, join PCM and MediaRites on Sunday, May 31, for “Remembering Chinatown: Chinese American Elder Oral Histories.”

Their latest -Ism Storytellers Project features stories from Chinese-American elders, highlighted in this special presentation curated and hosted by Roberta Wong. Hear stories from two pairs of siblings who will tell stories about a Portland Chinatown that no longer exists due to gentrification and the displacement of Chinese American residents to outer Portland: siblings Melvin Lee and Frances Lee Perkins, and siblings Barbara Janac and Ronald Wong.

This event is free, no rsvp required. Refreshments will be served.

Event time: May 31st at 1pm at the Portland Chinatown Museum

https://www.pcs.org/kristina-wong-foodbankinfluencer

Coming up at Portland Center Stage at the Armory:

In a SNAPpy (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that is!) musical comedy like no other, Kristina Wong, self-proclaimed gives us a karaoke fueled education on America’s emergency food system. After experiencing the lacking food distribution from New York to the Navajo Nation, Kristina Wong returns, as only she can, with this hilariously irreverent examination of food insecurity, government assistance, and grassroot solutions to global issues.

Click on the link below for performance times and tickets!

Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer | Portland Center Stage In a SNAPpy (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that is!) musical comedy like no other, Kristina Wong, self-proclaimed gives us a…

https://www.wweek.com/arts/visual-arts/2026/05/15/one-of-portlands-oldest-restaurants-gets-a-vibrant-new-mural/

One of Portland’s Oldest Restaurants Gets a Vibrant New Mural Republic Café & Ming Lounge has been in Old Town Chinatown since 1922.

https://www.orartswatch.org/as-america-marks-250-years-rich-chinese-history-lives-on-at-portland-chinatown-museum-which-which-plans-major-exhibit-changes/

Thank you to Amy Wang and Oregon ArtsWatch for this wonderful spotlight on the Portland Chinatown Museum and Chinese American history in Oregon!

As America marks 250 years, rich Chinese history lives on at Portland Chinatown Museum, which plans major exhibit changes • Oregon ArtsWatch A new book, "Portland's Chinatowns," will accompany planned exhibit update/redesign — funded by a gifts campaign — that will represent Chinese life through the 1980s.

Looking for a fun activity to do with Mom this Sunday? Celebrate Mother’s Day with Mahjong and Chinese American history! Every second Sunday of the month, the mahjong tables are set up for play from 11 am to 3 pm at the Portland Chinatown Museum. Free instruction is provided with the price of admission, and all levels are welcome.

PCM Admission:

Adults: $8

Seniors: $6

Students & Educators: $5

Children under 12: Free

Coming up on Saturday, May 2!

Please join the Portland Chinatown Museum and the Creative and Emerging Technology Institute (CETI) for the celebratory launch of CETI’s AR (augmented reality) pop-up book, “XRchive: (Hi)stories and Visions of Block 14 at Lone Fir Cemetery,” an adaptation of the location-based immersive experiences.

“XRchive: (Hi)stories of Block 14” is a reflection, a remembrance, and an XR (hi)storytelling of the Chinese community buried at Lone Fir Cemetery.

The book launch will be held on May 2, 2026, 11 AM–3PM at the Portland Chinatown Museum, as part of our programming for Oregon Rises Above Hate. It is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund. Click on the link below to learn more!

https://ceti.institute/event/xrchive-block-14-book-launch/

It was a full house at the Oregon Historical Society on Saturday for Kristin Wong’s “Portland’s Chinatowns” book talk! Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special look at the history of Portland Chinatown, and to Kristin Wong for a wonderful presentation.

Copies of the book are available in the PCM gift shop. If you missed her April 18 event, you can catch Kristin Wong again on May 16 at the Architectural Heritage Center.