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April 8, 2015
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Perilous Journeys to School
The Northwest Film Center presents “On the Way to School,” Pascal Plisson’s award-winning
documentary extolling the true worth of getting, and getting to, an education. Shot in Kenya,
Patagonia, Morocco, and the Bay of Bengal, the film follows the perilous journeys of four
children on their ways to school with breathtaking cinematography. Screens on Saturday,
April 11 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Portland Art
Museum. Admission $9.
Author Back for Book Awards
Award-winning author and
homegrown Portlander Mitchell
S. Jackson will be back in Port-
land this week to host the 28th
Annual Oregon Book Awards Cer-
emony courtesy of Literary Arts,
Oregon’s most prominent literary
organization.
Jackson’s debut novel, The
Residue Years, was selected by the
Multnomah County Library to be
their highlighted book of the year
through their Everybody Reads
program, and his work has gar-
nered critical acclaim throughout
the United States.
In celebration of Literary Arts
30th anniversary and with the sup-
port of the Brian Booth Writers’
Fund, the Oregon Book Awards &
Fellowships program is granting a
total of $59,000 to Oregon’s writ-
Mitchell S. Jackson
ers and publishers this year, all of
whom will be announced at the
ceremony.
The celebration takes place
Monday, April 13h at the Gerding
Theater at the Armory, located at
128 N.W. 11th Ave., from 7:30 to
9 p.m. Tickets start at $10 and can
be purchased at brownpapertick-
ets.com.