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Nineteenth Century Chinese Women Workers in the Northwest: Chuimei Ho

Portland Chinatown Museum 127 NW Third Ave, Portland

Dr. Chuimei Ho is an Art Historian and Archeologist who has written extensively on the Chinese in SE and East Asia and North America. She is co-editor, with Dr. Bennet Bronson, of CINARC, the website of the Chinese Northwest American Research Committee, and co-author of Coming Home in Gold Brocade: Chinese in Early Northwest America (2015) and Three Chinese Temples in California: Marysville, Oroville, Weaverville (2016). *Dr. Ho’s lecture is part of our ongoing series of lectures and workshops about nineteenth century Chinese workers in Oregon and the Northwest.

$10 – $12

Carol Clupny

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland

We welcome Carol Clupny, reading from her memoir The Ribbon of Road Ahead. Ten years ago, at age 50, Carol was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. For a woman who grew up riding horses, climbing trees, and tubing down the creek in Walla Walla, Washington, this was a devastating diagnosis. Retired from her career as a speech-language pathologist, she quickly became fed up with sitting in a recliner and feeling sorry for herself. She knew she had to keep moving -- first short walks, then longer and longer ones, eventually trekking the pilgrimage trails of the Camino de Santiago in France and Spain. A dusty bike discovered in the garage resulted in thousands of miles ridden locally and three rides on the Des Moines Register’s Annual…

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Westside Writing Group

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

A group for anyone writing nonfiction or memoir who would like company, support, and, most of all, accountability. Whether you’ve never written a word or you’re a published author, join us!

Free
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