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SUMMARY:Lion Reborn Art Exhibit: Joshua Sin & Lark Pien
DESCRIPTION:August 25 – November 1 | Free with admission or membership \n\n\n\n\nSummary\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nAdmission\n\n\n\nParking\n\n\n\n\nExperience Overview\n\n\n\nFrom August 25 – November 1\, Lion Reborn invites you to explore the rich and layered history of one of China’s most beloved traditions: the lion dance. First\, discover an educational exhibit diving into the martial arts roots of traditional Chinese lion dance. Then\, immerse yourself in the work of local artists Joshua Sin and Lark Pien as you wander deeper into the garden. Through various mediums\, these two artists interpret well-known Chinese cultural practices\, philosophy\, and symbols—from kung fu and qigong to relationships and spirituality. Come get inspired and see how these legends and traditions endure today! \n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Artists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLark Pien\n\n\n\nInkblots & movement studies \n\n\n\nSome fifty years ago\, Ye-Ye\, Lark’s grandpa\, sat her at his desk and adjusted her grip to hold the Chinese brush upright. They dipped it into the ink reservoir and dabbed it on the block\, twirling the point and relieving it of excess. Painting bamboo and cherry blossoms in her grandfather’s office is one of her earliest childhood memories.  \n\n\n\nLark today colors graphic novels for YA authors (Christina Diaz Gonazles\, Gene Luen Yang\, and Jennifer Holm). She received a Harvey\, a Kim Yale award\, and a Koyama Micro Grant\, and her minicomic characters long tail-kitty and mr. elephanter are adapted into children’s books. Find her tai chi studies and Immortal Chicken comics on Patreon and Instagram. \n\n\n\nInstagram | Patreon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoshua Sin\n\n\n\nSoft Guardian & Kung Fu-inspired hats \n\n\n\nJoshua Sin is a Toronto-born\, Portland-based sculptor and installation artist. A former world champion gymnast\, he brings a lifelong discipline of repetition and precision to his work. After years in corporate design\, including Nike’s retail concept stores in Tokyo\, Seoul\, and Berlin\, Sin left the industry to pursue art independently. A residency with GLEAN and Recology\, working inside Portland’s Northwest Transfer Station\, reshaped his understanding of material. His ongoing Descendant Series\, rooted in a centuries-old family ancestral book\, reconstructs erased histories through reclaimed textiles. His work has been exhibited at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and the Portland Chinatown Museum.  \n\n\n\nInstagram | Website \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artwork | Joshua Sin\n\n\n\nSoft Guardian draws on the Chinese lion dance and the Five Animal Styles\, developed in the Shaolin Temple by Zhue Yuen\, Li Sou\, and Bai Yu Feng\, who looked to the tiger\, crane\, leopard\, snake\, and dragon not only as fighting forms but as a map of human development: courage\, compassion\, focus\, awareness\, and self-discipline.  \n\n\n\nThis work asks what protection looks like when it is soft\, stitched from reclaimed fabric\, worn martial arts uniforms and belts—cloth that has already trained and held a body. A suspended lion head presides overhead as a terrestrial guardian\, while four wearable hats become guardians of their own\, each one armor-shaped but soft to the touch\, carrying forward the same balance the old masters sought between hard and soft\, strength and stillness.  \n\n\n\n\nBaihu 白虎: White Tiger – West\, Metal\, Autumn\n\n\n\nZhuque 朱雀: Vermillion Bird – South\, Fire\, Summer\n\n\n\nCanlong 蒼龍: Azure Dragon – East\, Wood\, Spring\n\n\n\nXuanwu 玄武: Black Tortoise – North\, Water\, Winter\n\n\n\n\nPresented inside a classical Ming dynasty scholar’s garden\, a space built by men of wealth and power as a retreat from the pressures of public life into the humblingly grand and awe-inspiring natural world\, this work answers with a different inheritance: protection stitched by hand and passed without ceremony\, soft where the garden asks for stone.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Admission\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLan Su Members \n\n\n\nPlus eligible guests (Learn more) \n\n\n\n\nFree \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdults \n\n\n\nAges 19-61 \n\n\n\n\n$18.00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeniors & Students \n\n\n\nAges 62+ and students 18+ with ID \n\n\n\n\n$17.00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYouth \n\n\n\nAges 6-18 \n\n\n\n\n$15.00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChild \n\n\n\nAges 5 & under \n\n\n\n\nFree \n\n\n\n\n\nGet Admission\n\n\n\n\nLooking for additional discounts? See more options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParking & Directions\n\n\n\nFree Lan Su Parking\n\n\n\nThere is free first come\, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.
URL:https://lansugarden.org/event/lion-reborn-art-exhibit-joshua-sin-lark-pien/
LOCATION:Lan Su Chinese Garden\, 239 NW Everett Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Free with admission or membership
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SUMMARY:Taste of Home\, Where the Heart Belongs — Chinese Homestyle Cooking Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:Explore the flavors of home with culinary expert Anna in a Chinese cooking demonstration featuring simple\, authentic dishes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11 AM – 12:30 PM | Every 2nd Saturday\, May 23 – December 12\, 2026 \n\n\n\nFood in Chinese culture is more than nourishment—it is culture\, history\, and a vital medium for social connection\, care\, and love. It plays an essential role in both festive celebrations and everyday life. We warmly invite you to join this Chinese cooking demonstration led by culinary expert Anna. She will demonstrate how to use locally sourced ingredients to create simple\, authentic homestyle dishes that capture the true flavors of home. \n\n\n\n\nGet Admission\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured at the event: The Asian Food Pantry (AFP) Cookbook — a culturally inspired collection of recipes using ingredients commonly distributed through the pantry over the past six years. Cookbooks will be available for purchase\, with all proceeds supporting the Asian Food Pantry and its work serving low-income Asian seniors in our community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Demonstrator: \n\n\n\nAnna Xu is a passionate baker and home cook\, known for her expertise in traditional Shanghainese cuisine as well as Western pastries. She is the author of The Taste of Home\, Where The Heart Belongs 家的味道，心的归属\, a bi-lingual cookbook that celebrates the emotional connections we build through food and a fundraising initiative that supports the pantry’s mission. Anna also leads the Asian Food Pantry program at the Community for Positive Aging (Hollywood Senior Center)\, where she supports low-income Asian seniors by providing culturally familiar foods and fostering community connection. A longtime volunteer at Lan Su Chinese Garden\, Anna is deeply committed to promoting and preserving Chinese culture through her work and community engagement. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParking & Directions\n\n\n\nFree Lan Su Parking\n\n\n\nThere is free first come\, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.
URL:https://lansugarden.org/event/chinese-homestyle-cooking-demonstration/2026-09-12/
LOCATION:Lan Su Chinese Garden\, 239 NW Everett Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free with admission or membership,Learning
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SUMMARY:Koi Tales & Feeding Time
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays & Saturdays\, June 16 through Sept. 30 | 11:30–11:45 AM \n\n\n\nGather by the Lake Zither with Lan Su gardeners for a brief koi feeding and Q&A experience. Learn about the garden’s colorful fish resident\, their care\, and the stories and symbolism they carry in Chinese garden culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet Our Finned Friends!\n\n\n\nWe have 30+ koi and countless goldfish living in Lake Zither. Learn about their cultural significance\, care requirements\, and more in our Fish Guide! \n\n\n\n\nDownload Fish Guide\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParking & Directions\n\n\n\nFree Lan Su Parking\n\n\n\nThere is free first come\, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.
URL:https://lansugarden.org/event/koi-tales-feeding-time/2026-09-12/
LOCATION:Lan Su Chinese Garden\, 239 NW Everett Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Fun,Free with admission or membership,Learning
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SUMMARY:Tour + Pour (Ticketed Experience)
DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nParking & Directions\n\n\n\n\nSeries Overview\n\n\n\nNew to Chinese tea? Tour + Pour offers a welcoming introduction to two timeless Chinese traditions: garden appreciation and tea. Begin with a guided highlights tour exploring the symbolism\, stories\, and beauty of Lan Su’s classical Chinese garden. Then gather for a hands-on Tea 101 experience where you’ll learn the foundations of Chinese tea culture and practice pouring tea using a traditional gaiwan.  \n\n\n\nFriendly\, interactive\, and beginner-friendly\, this experience offers a memorable first step into the world of Chinese tea.  \n\n\n\nThe Tour + Pour Experience Includes: \n\n\n\n• 30-minute highlights garden tour of Lan Su Chinese Garden \n\n\n\n• 30-minute Tea 101 and gaiwan pouring experience \n\n\n\n• Introduction to Chinese tea customs and etiquette \n\n\n\n• Guided tasting and hands-on gaiwan practice \n\n\n\nFull Series Schedule\n\n\n\nSaturdays\, September 12 &19 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n\nExperience a guided garden tour followed by a curated tea tasting. Space is limited\, so reserve your spot early. Your ticket includes garden admission on the day of your tasting. \n\n\n\n\nLan Su Members & Guests: $28\n\n\n\nNon-Members: $34\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParking & Directions\n\n\n\nFree Lan Su Parking\n\n\n\nThere is free first come\, first served parking in our sister lot next to the garden at 424 NW Third Avenue. Additional metered parking and garages are available on surrounding streets.
URL:https://lansugarden.org/event/tour-pour-ticketed-experience/2026-09-12/
LOCATION:Lan Su Chinese Garden\, 239 NW Everett Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tea,Tours
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