Oregon
MAHJONG COMMUNITY TIPS FOR FINDING MAHJONG GAMES:
Please confirm if they are still scheduled or are being postponed. Thank you!
- If you don’t know somewhere to play near you or where you are visiting, a great place to search is the website Meetup.com.It is free to join and search. Use different spellings of mahjong (mah jong, mahjongg, mah jongg) when searching.
- Other members have found games by searching the Nextdoor app. Also, use different spellings.
- When searching on Google, great searches include separate searches using Mahjong, Mahjongg, Mah Jongg and Mah-Jongg and the following terms:
- instructors
- classes
- drop in
- game
- newcomers or newcomers club
- the area you are looking for city, county, library, Temple, Church, community center
- Institute for Learning in Retirement
4. Many libraries, continuing education classes, temples, churches, senior centers
- Ashland, OR: Thursdays, 12:30 - 3:30 pm Ashland Senior Center, 1699 Homes Avenue, 541-488-5342. Confirm before attending.
- Astoria and Warrenton, OR: Mahjong for Experienced Players — 1 p.m., on Tuesday and 1:15 on Wednesdays at the Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Exchange St. For more current information, call before attending 503-325-3231. https://www.dailyastorian.com/life/community/community-notes-may/article_f0fa271c-7764-11e9-818b-37b19255d819.htmlConfirm before attending.
- Beaverton, OR: Beaverton Mahj Group, Fred Meyer store, https://www.fredmeyer.com/stores/details/701/00482 marciamcc00@comcast.net Confirm before attending.
- Beaverton, OR: http://www.thprd.org/facilities/recreation/elsie-stuhr-center, Elsie Stuhr Center, Tony Rizzutto 503-810-1248, ho3carver@frontier.com Confirm before attending.
- Happy Valley, OR: https://www.happyvalleyor.gov/services/happy-valley-library/adult-programs/ Happy Valley Library (Sunnyside) 503-783-3456, 503-454-0346 cjchervey@sbcglobal.net. Check Library schedule for classes. Confirm before attending.
- Keizer, OR: https://ksascenter.com/cards-and-games/ Confirm before attending.
- Lake Oswego, OR: https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/acc Lake Oswego Adult Community Center, multiple days and times of games. Confirm before attending.
- Milwaukie, OR: Milwaukie Center https://ncprd.com/milwaukie-center, englishimport@gmail.com, Confirm before attending.
- Portland, OR: Portland Mahjong Meetup (for both Chinese style and Riichi). We play every other Thursday afternoon and every other Tuesday evening in person. Our events on Meetup are here: https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Mah-Jong-Meetup
- Portland, OR: Mittleman Jewish Community Center, https://www.oregonjcc.org/ Several different days and times, Experience preferred, suekatzathome@aol.com, 503-720-9460 slopdx@yahoo.com, 503-977-7866, judyandruby@netzero.net Classes starting: https://www.oregonjcc.org/arts-culture/upcoming-events
- Sherwood, OR: https://www.sherwoodoregon.gov/community/page/marjorie-stewart-community-center Confirm before attending.
- Tigard, OR: Tigard Senior Center, http://tigardseniorcenter.org/ Onehotchick45@gmail.com Confirm before attending.
- Tualatin, OR: Juanita Pohl Center, https://www.tualatinoregon.gov/ Tony Rizzutto 503-810-1248, ho3carver@frontier.com Confirm before attending.
- West Linn, OR: https://westlinnoregon.gov/parksrec/adult-community-center-0 West Linn Adult Community Center 503-557-4704, 503-636-0181 Confirm before attending.
CANASTA COMMUNITY TIPS FOR FINDING CANASTA GAMES:
We are starting to compile an online resource to find Canasta games. Please email us city, state and contact information for games. Please do not include private home addresses. Email is preferred.
TIPS FOR FINDING CANASTA GAMES:
1.If you don’t know somewhere to play near you or where you are visiting, a great place to search is the website Meetup.com.It is free to join and search.2.Other members have found games by searching the Nextdoor app. Also, use different spellings.
3.When searching on Google, great searches includeseparate searches using Canasta and the following terms:
- instructors
- classes
- drop in
- game
- newcomers or newcomers club
- the area you are looking for city, county, library, Temple, Church, community center
- Institute for Learning in Retirement
4.Many libraries, continuing education classes, temples, churches, senior centers and community centers offer classes or are great resources to find a game.
5.The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is an amazing foundation and has institutes across the country. They offer many different courses, which at times include Canasta. It’s another great idea to search.The information below is accurate when posted. Confirm before attending. Please email us if there are any incorrect listings and/or for us to add additional places to play! If you have any information to share, please email us at ModernMahjong(at)gmail.com to add to our Directory.