FIRST SATURDAY PDX
  • Welcome to First Saturday PDX
  • Current Season (2020 - 2021)
    • Quick Preview of Season 2020 - 2021
    • Season Schedule 2020 - 2021 >
      • Collecting Under Socialism: Philately in 1950s China, 12 September, 2020
      • Myriad Treasures: Celebrating the Reinstallation of the Soreng Gallery of Chinese Art Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 3 October, 2020
      • The Real Mulan? Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th century China 7 November, 2020
      • Spice it Up! ​How the Chile Pepper Flavored Chinese Culture 5 December, 2020
      • A Century of Collecting Chinese Painting at Oberlin College 9 January, 2021 ​
  • PAST SEASONS & PROGRAMS
    • Past Seasons & Program Highlights >
      • Season 2019 - 2020 >
        • CNY/ 20th Anni 2021
        • Quick Preview of Season 2019 - 2020
        • Season Schedule 2019 - 2020
        • Mawangdui: The Tomb of China’s Sleeping Beauty, 7 December 2019
        • Field Notes from Sichuan: Learning To Be a Foreigner, 5 October 2019
        • In Search of Korean Liberation in China, 2 November 2019
        • From an Architect's Perspective: 3, 5, 7, 9 Column Halls: Status and Hierarchy in a Confucius Society, 7 December 2019
        • China Under the Covers - ​A Bookbinder’s Journey to the Roots of Books 11 January, 2020
        • Lunar New Year Lunch, 1 February, 2020
        • Early Phonetic Rendering Schemes for Chinese Characters, 7 March 2020
        • The Garden of Elk Rock at Bishop's Close, 4 April 2020
      • 2018 - 2019 Season >
        • Quick Preview of Season 2018 - 2019
        • Season Schedule 2018 - 2019
        • Notable Women of Portland, 8 September 2018
        • Mooncakes: A Hallmark of Tradition of the Mid-Autumn Festival, 6 October 2020
        • Music: A Universal Language for Healing and Touching the Soul, 3 November 2018
        • China: In the Pursuit of Happiness, 1 December 2019
        • Babur's Gardens: An Illustrated Introduction, 5 January 2019
        • Chinese New Year Lunch 2 February, 2019
        • Living with Penjing: Three Dimensional Poetry, 2 March 2019
        • Discovering the Intellectual and Sensory Essences of Chinese Literati Gardens, 6 April 2019
        • Sino-Japanese Cultural Connections in the Yuan Dynasty, 4 May 2019 ​​
      • 2017 - 2018 Season >
        • Quick Preview of Season 2017 - 2018
        • Season Schedule 2017 - 2018
        • Developing Patronage: Chinese and Asian Pacific Heritage, 9 September 2017
        • Every Plant Has a Story to Tell: Bamboo, 7 October 2017
        • Wonders to Enjoy: Chinese Snuff Bottles, 4 November 2017
        • Sichuan Shadow Theater: Messages from Hell Courts, 2 December 2017
        • Legacy of the Qing Manchu Culture: The Sibe of Northwest China, 6 January 2018
        • Chinese New Year Brunch, 3 February 2018
        • Classical Tradition: Ancient Musical Instruments of China, 3 March 2018
        • Ancient Traders of the Silk Road: The Uyghur People of Xinjiang, 7 April 2018
        • "Poetic Exposition on Heaven and Earth": A Third-Century Chinese Verse on How the Cosmos Began, 28 April 2018
        • Word Play: The Art of Xu Bing, 2 June 2018
      • 2016 - 2017 Season >
        • Preview of Season 2016 - 2017
        • Season Schedule 2016 - 2017
        • Contemporary Chinese Society: A View from the Films of Zhang Yimou, 6 May 2017
        • The Uyghurs: History of a People at the Center of Asia, Part 1, 4 March 2017
        • Chinese New Year Brunch, 4 February 2017
        • Tea Poetry of the Tang Dynasty, 3 June 2017
      • 2015 - 2016 Season >
        • Season Schedule 2015 - 2016
        • Guzheng and Erhu: A Dialog Between the Strings, 2 April 2016
      • 2014 - 2015 Season >
        • Season Schedule 2014 - 2015
      • 2013 - 2014 Season
      • 2012 - 2013 Season
      • 2011 - 2012 Season
      • 2010 - 2011 Season
      • 2009 - 2010 Season
      • 2008 - 2009 Season
      • 2007 - 2008 Season
      • 2006 - 2007 Season
      • 2005 - 2006 Season
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Video List 

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Welcome to our First Saturday PDX growing list of videos, starting with the current 2020 - 2021 twentieth anniversary season - our debut collection of online programs!  Stamp Collecting in 1950's China,   The History of the Chile Pepper in China,  Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th Century China, The Chinese Textile Collection at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and ​​Historical Tea Preparation and Consumption in China are all part of this season's schedule.​

This season runs from 12 September, 2020 through 5 June, 2021 - registration is required for each of the free live events; available on the Upcoming Presentation page. ​  Links to our YouTube Channel below:

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2020 - 2021  -  Our 20th Anniversary Season! 
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12 September, 2020  - ​Collecting Under Socialism:  Philately in 1950's China 
Wendy Larson, Ph.D.  University of Oregon 
Further information here
Video here

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3 October, 2020   -  ​​Chinese Art Collection at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art  
​Anne Rose Kitagawa, M.A., Chief Curator of Collections and Asian Art, Director of Academic Programs,  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon 
Further information here
Video here

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7 November, 2020 - The real Mulan? Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th century China
Cecily McCaffrey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Willamette University  
Further information here
 
Video here​

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5 December, 2020  - Spice it Up! ​How the Chile Pepper Flavored Chinese Culture 
Brian Dott, Ph.D., ​Associate Professor of History, Whitman College
Further information here 
Video here

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9 January, 2021  - A Century of Collecting Chinese Painting at Oberlin College  
Kevin Greenwood PhD,  Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum (ANAM) at Oberlin College
Further information here 
Video here

PLEASE REGISTER  on our Upcoming Presentation page to receive online attendance details.
Our program series is co-sponsored by Portland State University's Institute for Asian Studies, and is free and open to the public.​    
When we return to onsite programming, our regular monthly location is here with an elevator and is wheelchair friendly with unrestricted viewing and tables for note taking.  9:30 - 11:00 am  (click on address for directions):    
Portland State University, Academic & Student Recreation Ctr (ASRC),  Room 230
1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201

Excellent MAX and bus transportation is right by the venue; plan your Trimet trip HERE.   There is also a nearby parking structure at SW 6th and Harrison with an entrance on 6th Avenue is also available.
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​​First Saturday PDX 
​(Monthly onsite meeting location)
Portland State University, Academic & Student Rec. Ctr  (ASRC),  Rm 230 
1800 SW
 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201
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​© 2014 - 2021  First Saturday PDX
  • Welcome to First Saturday PDX
  • Current Season (2020 - 2021)
    • Quick Preview of Season 2020 - 2021
    • Season Schedule 2020 - 2021 >
      • Collecting Under Socialism: Philately in 1950s China, 12 September, 2020
      • Myriad Treasures: Celebrating the Reinstallation of the Soreng Gallery of Chinese Art Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 3 October, 2020
      • The Real Mulan? Tales of a Female Rebel in 18th century China 7 November, 2020
      • Spice it Up! ​How the Chile Pepper Flavored Chinese Culture 5 December, 2020
      • A Century of Collecting Chinese Painting at Oberlin College 9 January, 2021 ​
  • PAST SEASONS & PROGRAMS
    • Past Seasons & Program Highlights >
      • Season 2019 - 2020 >
        • CNY/ 20th Anni 2021
        • Quick Preview of Season 2019 - 2020
        • Season Schedule 2019 - 2020
        • Mawangdui: The Tomb of China’s Sleeping Beauty, 7 December 2019
        • Field Notes from Sichuan: Learning To Be a Foreigner, 5 October 2019
        • In Search of Korean Liberation in China, 2 November 2019
        • From an Architect's Perspective: 3, 5, 7, 9 Column Halls: Status and Hierarchy in a Confucius Society, 7 December 2019
        • China Under the Covers - ​A Bookbinder’s Journey to the Roots of Books 11 January, 2020
        • Lunar New Year Lunch, 1 February, 2020
        • Early Phonetic Rendering Schemes for Chinese Characters, 7 March 2020
        • The Garden of Elk Rock at Bishop's Close, 4 April 2020
      • 2018 - 2019 Season >
        • Quick Preview of Season 2018 - 2019
        • Season Schedule 2018 - 2019
        • Notable Women of Portland, 8 September 2018
        • Mooncakes: A Hallmark of Tradition of the Mid-Autumn Festival, 6 October 2020
        • Music: A Universal Language for Healing and Touching the Soul, 3 November 2018
        • China: In the Pursuit of Happiness, 1 December 2019
        • Babur's Gardens: An Illustrated Introduction, 5 January 2019
        • Chinese New Year Lunch 2 February, 2019
        • Living with Penjing: Three Dimensional Poetry, 2 March 2019
        • Discovering the Intellectual and Sensory Essences of Chinese Literati Gardens, 6 April 2019
        • Sino-Japanese Cultural Connections in the Yuan Dynasty, 4 May 2019 ​​
      • 2017 - 2018 Season >
        • Quick Preview of Season 2017 - 2018
        • Season Schedule 2017 - 2018
        • Developing Patronage: Chinese and Asian Pacific Heritage, 9 September 2017
        • Every Plant Has a Story to Tell: Bamboo, 7 October 2017
        • Wonders to Enjoy: Chinese Snuff Bottles, 4 November 2017
        • Sichuan Shadow Theater: Messages from Hell Courts, 2 December 2017
        • Legacy of the Qing Manchu Culture: The Sibe of Northwest China, 6 January 2018
        • Chinese New Year Brunch, 3 February 2018
        • Classical Tradition: Ancient Musical Instruments of China, 3 March 2018
        • Ancient Traders of the Silk Road: The Uyghur People of Xinjiang, 7 April 2018
        • "Poetic Exposition on Heaven and Earth": A Third-Century Chinese Verse on How the Cosmos Began, 28 April 2018
        • Word Play: The Art of Xu Bing, 2 June 2018
      • 2016 - 2017 Season >
        • Preview of Season 2016 - 2017
        • Season Schedule 2016 - 2017
        • Contemporary Chinese Society: A View from the Films of Zhang Yimou, 6 May 2017
        • The Uyghurs: History of a People at the Center of Asia, Part 1, 4 March 2017
        • Chinese New Year Brunch, 4 February 2017
        • Tea Poetry of the Tang Dynasty, 3 June 2017
      • 2015 - 2016 Season >
        • Season Schedule 2015 - 2016
        • Guzheng and Erhu: A Dialog Between the Strings, 2 April 2016
      • 2014 - 2015 Season >
        • Season Schedule 2014 - 2015
      • 2013 - 2014 Season
      • 2012 - 2013 Season
      • 2011 - 2012 Season
      • 2010 - 2011 Season
      • 2009 - 2010 Season
      • 2008 - 2009 Season
      • 2007 - 2008 Season
      • 2006 - 2007 Season
      • 2005 - 2006 Season
  • Videos
  • Partners
  • Join our Email List
  • Contact Us
  • Volunteer
  • Zoom!