TIGER TIGER:
A FREE celebration of our AAPI Community
SUNDAY, July 17th 2022
4-9pm
Fernhill Park (NE 37th Ave. & Ainsworth St)
Performers
June Magnolia
Portland’s indie chamber-folk darling, led by Korean-American and mixed race musician Julia McGarrity. NPR Tiny Desk Concert Finalist 2021.
SURRIJA
Electro Art Pop project based in Los Angeles, led by Asian-American Jane Lui, an immigrant from Hong Kong. Recently, her contributions were featured on the soundtrack of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Joe Kye & the Givers
Portland’s joyful violin-looping blending pop, jazz, and rock, led by Korean-American immigrant Joe Kye. Proud father of twins.
Cloud Castle
Fijian-born rapper Cloud Castle blasts lyrical flows from PDX. Nerd, dreamer, and lover.
AMI PATEL
Ami Patel (she/her) is a queer, diasporic South Asian multi-genre writer and artist. She is a two-time Voices of our Nations Arts (VONA) alum, a Tin House YA Fiction alum, and a Visual Communications Armed with a Camera Fellow.
Kevin Aipopo
Kevin Aipopo is a Black American and Samoan student leader and community advocate based in Portland. Through dialogue, poetry, and solidarity, Kevin hopes to become an influential voice in the fight for climate justice.
Alex Chiu
Alex Chiu is an Asian-American visual artist renowned for his community-activating murals. He’ll lead a community mural at Tiger Tiger with the theme “What does AAPI mean to you?” Attendees are encouraged to paint!
Food
(Available for purchase)
MATTA PDX
Richard Van & Sophia Le present their viet kieu (foreign-born Vietnamese) food experience with roots ranging from San Jose to Phan Rang and Hue. Oregonian’s Best New Food Cart 2019.
BAON KAINAN
Ethan and Geri Leung of Baon Kainan present their Filipino-American narrative through seriously delicious food. Not your tita’s cooking. (Portland Monthly’s Greatest New Food Cart 2021)
HEYDAY PDX
Pastry Chef Lisa Nguyen has been slinging her delectable rice flour donuts all over Portland, her pop-ups selling out on a regular basis. (Portland Monthly’s “Bakeries You Should Try Right Now.”)
GRINDWITTRYZ
Tryzen Patricio and Candace Lachesis started their Hawaiian cart in 2019 and promptly became a “massive hit.” (EaterPDX) Family vibes abound here.
YOONIQUE TEA
Yooniquely crafted tea, bubble tea, milk tea and food at an airy cafe in Foster-Powell.
CommunitY Partners
Portland Parks & Recreation
Tiger Tiger is presented in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation’s Summer Free-For-All Concert Series.
City of Portland’s Community Healing Arts Initiative
Performer funding generously provided by the City of Portland’s Community Healing Arts Initiative.
APANO
APANO unites Asians and Pacific Islanders to build power, develop leaders, and advance equity through organizing, advocacy, community development, and cultural work.
KOREAN AMERICAN COALITION
The Korean American Coalition (KAC) is a national non-profit, non-partisan community advocacy organization. KAC Oregon started in July 2014 with a mission to foster a strong Korean American community in Oregon by promoting Korean American participation in civic, legislative and community affairs through advocacy, community service, leadership development and cultural education. KAC represents the interests of all generations of Korean Americans including adoptees and those of mixed heritage.
Japanese American Citizens League
Founded in 1929, the Japanese American Citizens League is the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. A membership-driven national organization whose mission is to promote and uphold human and civil rights, and to promote and preserve the cultural heritage and values of Japanese Americans.
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
The C.A.C.A. Portland Lodge's mission is three-fold, to develop leadership, serve the community, and promote civil rights.
UTOPIA PDX
Utopia’s mission is to provide sacred spaces to strengthen the minds and bodies of QTPIs – Queer and Trans Pacific Islanders in the Portland and Vancouver areas – through community organizing, political engagement, and cultural stewardship.
Philippine American Chamber of Commerce
PACCO is a welcoming and inclusive community organized to build generational wealth to empower economic resiliency, affordable sustainability, and purpose-driven global commerce especially for historically marginalized, economically disadvantaged, and those underserved communities through relevant impactful programs and meaningful connections.
Portland Chinatown Museum
The Portland Chinatown Museum (PCM) is Oregon’s first museum about Chinese American history, art, and culture. Opened to the public in December 2018 in an historic building at NW Third Avenue and Davis Street, the Museum honors Portland Chinatown’s past, celebrates its present, and is helping to create its future.