Lan Su Transitions to Autumn
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News & Updates for Members - Autumn 2016 Lan Su Transitions to Autumn Welcome autumn with colorful foilage, new chrysanthemum Nine Free Days ������������������������������������������������������ page 2 tea blends, and more� Read the new and revised Listen to the Lantern Viewing Tickets On Sale Dec� 1 ������ page 3 Fragrance� Support the Oregon Food Bank with Nine Free Listen to the Fragrance Book Release ���������������page 4 Days ��� Learn about these and more beginning on page 2. December Artist Member Exhibition ����������� page 5 Nine Free Days: supporting the Oregon Food bank Free Admission from December 3-11 to Lan Su for all with a donation of non-perishable food for the Oregon Food Bank. Lan Su Chinese Garden is partnering with Oregon Food Bank to present Board of Nine Free Days beginning Directors Saturday, December 3 through Sunday, December officers 11� Lan Su will be open for Kathy MacNaughton, President free with a donation of a canned or non- Terry Smith, Vice-President perishable food items� Jill Chen, Treasurer Raymond W� Cheng, Secretary Oregon Food Bank takes a holistic Directors approach to ending hunger by bringing Shelley Dutton the community together to provide food, Connie Hiram education and hope to neighbors in need� Christine Lau Stephen Ledoux Last year Oregon Food Bank distributed Betty Jean Lee 96�2 million pounds to help feed 270,000 • Foods high in nutrients: canned fruits Greg Martin Shelley Peng people every month, 92,000 of them and vegetables (preferably with reduced Travis Rigby children� sodium and reduced sugar) Helen Ying • Whole-grain foods: brown rice, whole Kia Selley, ex-officio Nine Free Days is designed to help families grain cereal and whole-wheat pasta and the community visit Lan Su Chinese • Soups, chilies and stews (preferably with Lan Su staff Garden no matter their ability to pay� We reduced sodium and reduced fat) are honored to partner with Oregon Food • 100 percent fruit juice (canned, plastic or Leadership Bank to expand this reach� boxed) Lisa James, CFRE • Unsaturated cooking oils Oregon Food Bank Most Needed Vanessa Abahashemi • Other nutritious foods (preferably with Edward Hemmings • Shelf-stable milk Katie Hill reduced fat, sodium and sugar) Van Machado • Foods high in protein: canned meats Rebecca Mackey like tuna, chicken, or salmon, canned or Learn more about the Oregon Food Bank Scott Steele dried beans at www.oregonfoodbank.org Kathie Titzler Glin Varco Gary Wilson Nine Free Days staff Mandi Lynn Atkinson Pop-Up Shop Lynne Barrett Zoë Clark During Lan Su’s Nine Free Days, the Garden Chelsea DeLoney Shop overflows into the Hall of Brocade Stacie Duffey Clouds with a dazzling display of unique Catherine Elder-Ouchaou Addie Fernandez items to fit all of your holiday shopping DeAnna Gomes needs� Harris Goodman Calvin Hamann Featuring a selection of kid-friendly items, Sabrina Harris locally made mooncakes, visually stunning Maggie Lim Anne Perrigo paper goods and books, and more—the Leigh Quenton Garden Shop’s Holiday Pop-up Shop is the Venus Sun perfect place to find the perfect gift. 2 Lan Su Chinese Garden Membership Special - 20% off all Gift memberships Through the end of December, all gift memberships to Lan Su are 20% off! A membership to Lan Su Chinese Garden is the perfect gift for any of the students, seniors, couples, or families on your holiday shopping list� A break from the ordinary, this is a gift they’ll never forget� Holiday gift memberships come with a special Lan Su holiday card with personalized text if ordered in time� Purchase your holiday gift membership with the code GIFT20 online at www.lansugarden.org/giftmembership Chinese New Year Lantern Viewing Tickets on Sale Dec. 1 Cap off Chinese New Year with six nights of traditional lantern viewings from February 7-12, 2017. As part of Lan Su’s Chinese New Year Celebration, tickets for six nights of Lantern Viewing (February 7-12) with special performances, will be on sale for members beginning December 1� Lantern Viewing - Family evenings February 7 & 8 — 5:30-7:30 p.m. Member - $25, General - $35, children (3-11) - $15 Family evenings include entry to the garden, hot cider for all guests, open seating in the teahouse with purchase of tea, and a lit dragon procession� Lantern Viewing - VIP Evenings February 9, 10, 11 & 12 - 5:30-8 p.m. VIP Evenings (Regular) Member - $45, General - $55, children (3-11) - $20 six nights of lantern viewing evenings Tickets for VIP evenings include entry to the garden, See Lan Su come alive with beautiful lantern sculptures in Lake Zither, floating and hanging lanterns as the Chinese New Year Celebration ends hot cider for all guests, Chinese noodle box with Bahn with traditional lantern evenings February 7-12. Mi bites, Chinese dance performance and a lit dragon procession� Special Donor lantern viewing evening VIP Evenings (Teahouse Reserved) Lan Su is hosting donors at the $500 and higher level Member - $50, General - $60, children (3-11) - $20 to a special Donor Lantern Viewing Evening on Monday, Tickets for VIP evenings with Reserved Teahouse Seating February 6� This evening features food, wine, special include entry to the garden, a $15 tea and food credit ($10 music and dance performances, traditional Chinese art for children) in the Teahouse that evening, a Chinese dance demonstrations along with the lit dragon procession� performance and a lit dragon procession� Look for your Save the Date postcard with more details Teahouse gratuity not included. in the mail soon� For more information, contact Vanessa Abahashemi, Director of Philanthropy at 503�228�8131 ext Learn more and purchase your tickets at 1026 or [email protected]� www.lansugarden.org/lanternviewing. Lan Su Chinese Garden 3 Listen to the Fragrance: Literary Inscriptions in Lan Su Chinese Garden Be one of the first to own this updated and revised version of the definitive guide to the inscriptions in Lan Su - now in color! Lan Su is proud to announce the release of an updated edition of Dr� Charles Wu’s seminal work on poetry and couplets in the garden, Listen to the Fragrance: Literary Inscriptions in Lan Su Chinese Garden� The result of nearly a year’s efforts, the new edition builds upon the framework of the wildly successful first edition with all new color photographs and maps� Donald Jenkins, Curator Emeritus of Asian Art of the Portland Art Museum, said recently about Listen to the Fragrance, “Charles Wu leads us into the heart of Chinese garden culture in a way that no other author has ever done� His translations of the many calligraphic inscriptions scattered throughout the garden provide us with subtle hints and revealing insights that enhance the experience of our visit at every step along the way� It is as though we had a scholar poet from the Ming dynasty at our side”� Listen to the Fragrance is now available for $19�95 in the Garden Shop and is a must-read for any fan of Lan Su� Members Save As a special thank you for supporting Lan Su, members will receive an extra 10% discount (20% total!) on Garden Shop 20% off in items in the month of December� December (excludes consignment items, membership renewals, and gift certificates)� Lan Su announces expanded summer hours By moving to the new closing time of 7 p�m� during the summer (March 15-October 31), visitors will have an extra hour of visitation each day to explore Lan Su after work; enjoy beer, wine and sake in the garden’s Teahouse; or see the views in the garden transform during the magical early evening hours� New winter hours in place Additionally, Lan Su has made changes to the winter schedule� Lan Su now closes at 4 p�m� from November 1-March 14� Beginning March 15, Lan Su Chinese Garden is expanding However, Lan Su will also keep the retail Garden daily summer hours to 7 p�m� to provide additional time in Shop open an extra half-hour each day year round to the garden in the early evening for visitors and members� accommodate visitors and members� 4 Lan Su Chinese Garden December Artist Member 2016 Gifts to Date Exhibition & Reception Memberships & donations above $250 from November 2015 - October 2016. Lan Su Chinese Garden makes every effort to list your name and donation accurately. For any omissions or errors, please contact Van Machado, Director of Membership at [email protected] or Vanessa Abahashemi, Director of Philanthropy at [email protected]. $50,000 & ABOVE Matt Erickson Steven Fang The Estate of Devon O’Brien FlowerBox Dennis & Margaret Fritz $20,000 & 49,999 Lisa James JEZ Foundation The Collins Foundation Diane & Gregg Kantor John R� Gatewood and Mary Z� David & Regina Kawasaki Gatewood Fund of the Oregon Peter J� Kendall Community Foundation Adam C� & Betty Kobos Betty Jean Lee Nancy Locke & Don Harris $10,000 - $19,999 Hester Nau Florists’ Review Magazine Craig Norman Millicent Naito David Peterson & Nik Murrow David J� Pollock Portland Wholesale Flower Market $5,000 - $9,999 Stan & Kim Prosser Airbnb William & Anne Rasnake This December, Lan Su hosts the Artist Member Bella Casa RBC Wealth Management Goodman Family Foundation Reed C� & Christina B� Wilson Exhibition in the Reflections on Clear Ripples Pavilion. Herbert A� Templeton Foundation Richard B� & Marilyn Wong Jackson Foundation Yellow Mountain StoneWorks, Inc�� See the work of Lan Su’s artist members during this David Joslin & May Lim special exhibition� This is an opportunity for our Artist Julie & David Machado $500 - $999 Kathy MacNaughton Vanessa Abahashemi & Soren members to showcase their work inspired by Lan Su Northwest Evaluation Association Jorgensen Chinese Garden� NW Natural Lester Baskin, M�D� & Heather Oregon Arts Commission Baskin PGE Foundation Harry Beekman Lan Su’s annual Artist membership is designed for both Stewart Sokol & Larkin LLC Holly H� Black Travel Oregon Christine & Linden Chin professional and amateur photographers and artists Travel Portland Davis Street Tavern U�S� Bank Foundation Jane & Anthony DeMarco and their needs.