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VANCOUVER SYNPHONY ORCHESTRA LAUNCHES 38TH SEASON
WITH ANNUAL FAMILY- FRIENDLY OUTDOOR CONCERT AT ESTHER
SHORT PARK: The concert, with familiar and lively classical mu-
sic will feature a 70+ member orchestra. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Esther
Short Park, 605 W. Columbia St., Vancouver.
FRIDAY, JULY 29
FLICK ON THE BRICKS: Tonight’s showing will be Aladdin with
pre-movie entertainment by Common Dear. Admission is free
and attendees are encouraged to bring low back lawn chairs,
pillows, cushions, blankets or bean bag chairs. 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.,
Pioneer Courthouse Square. Downtown Portland.
SATURDAY, JULY 30
FOURTH ANNUAL ROX IN SOX FESTIVAL AT PORTLAND’S KING
PARK: Rox in Sox will host a free festival of children’s music and
reading. Admission to Rox in Sox is free with donation of new
shoes, socks or books for children in need. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., King
School Park, 4906 NE 6th Ave.
8TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST BOOK FESTIVAL: Over 100 critically
acclaimed local and national authors will be featured at this an-
nual event. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Pioneer Courthouse Square.
SUNDAY, JULY 31
WILLAMETTE RIVER FESTIVAL: FREE: All are welcome. Live
bands, Bluegrass, Blues, Zydeco, with dance lessons, food carts,
beer garden, environmental fair, guided walks, children’s dance
troupes and much more. Noon – 7 p.m., Cathedral Park Water-
front, N. Philadelphia & N. Crawford St.
MONDAY, AUGUST 1
LEAD POISONING PREVENTION WORKSHOP: Free workshop
where participants learn how to prevent lead exposure in their
own home. Qualiied participants receive a free kit of safety and
testing supplies. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m., East County, WIC, 600 NE 8th
St., Gresham.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
EASTSIDE COMMUNITY PICNIC & NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: The
Fircrest Neighborhood invites you to come get to know your
neighbors and celebrate National Night Out. Free activities in-
clude a movie (“Zootopia”), corn hole games, turtle scooter and
much more. Food will be available for purchase, tons of infor-
mation booths and fun for the whole family. 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Haagen Park, NE 9th St. W. of NE 136th Ave., Vancouver.
KERNS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES NATIONAL
NIGHT OUT WITH A PICNIC: Kerns Neighborhood Association is
hosting our annual picnic for National Night Out and invite our
neighbors to join us for food, music and fun. Anyone who lives,
owns property or works in the Kerns neighborhood is invited to
attend. 6 p.m. –dark. Oregon Park, NE 30th and Oregon St.
CLASSIC CRUISIN: 6TH Annual Classic Cruisin – beneitting the
Good Samaritan Food Bank of St. Johns. Live music, dancing in
the streets in downtown St. Johns, food vendors, wrestling &
rales. 3 p.m.-9 p.m. Pattie’s Home Plate Café & Fountain, 8501
N. Lombard St.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
LEGACY’S COMMUNITY WELLNESS FAIR: Free fun and educational
activities for all ages. Bike helmets for $6, child car seat checks
plus recycling of old seats, health & wellness ideas and much
more. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Randall
Children’s Hospital, 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
22ND ANNUAL COLUMBIA SLOUGH REGATTA: Join our on-the-wa-
ter festival and celebrate the Columbia Slough! Over 400 people
will meet at the St. Johns Launch to launch into the safe slack
water of the Columbia Slough. Individuals and families are wel-
come to bring their own boats. A donation of $8 per person is
requested. No one is turned away! 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Borrow a boat
or bring your own. 9837 N. Columbia Blvd.
PHOTO BY JERRY FOSTER.
Portland Metro
THURSDAY, JULY 28
Black Parent Initiative
On Saturday, the Black Parent Initiative held a “Cultivating Culture” BBQ and garden launch party outside their headquarters in
Northeast Portland. Pictured here are Jon Isaacs, Oregon Public Afairs Manager at Uber, Charles McGee, President and CEO of the Black
Parent Initiative and Heather English with Uber at the Cultivating Culture BBQ and garden launch party by the Black Parent Initiative.
The Cultivating Culture” BBQ and garden launch party was sponsored by Uber. Uber shared information on how to earn extra income as
an Uber Driver-Partner and gave interested attendees the opportunity to begin the driver on boarding process on site.
Portland News Briefs
Portland Heroes Unite to Support
Innovative Lung Cancer Research
Hundreds of local residents are joining forces to
ight lung cancer, united in the belief that surviving
lung cancer should be the expectation, not the excep-
tion. These everyday superheroes will be meeting at
the Portland Free to Breathe 5K Run/Walk and 1-mile
Walk on Sunday, August 21 at the Eastbank Espla-
nade – Main Street Plaza. All proceeds from the event
support Free to Breathe, a lung cancer research and
advocacy organization dedicated to doubling lung
cancer survival by 2022.
It’s easy to join the ranks of these lung cancer he-
roes. Simply register, raise funds, and run or walk.
“More treatment options are needed, and the inno-
vative research we’re funding can help ensure every-
one diagnosed with the disease has a ighting chance,”
said event chair Glenna Marshall of Portland.
The Free to Breathe events community has raised
over $14 million to support groundbreaking research
and educational programs since 2005. This year the
organization will be funding two new lung cancer re-
search grants totaling over $1.2 million dollars.
Last year, participants raised $34,900. Event chairs
hope to surpass that total in 2016, which will go a long
way in supporting programs speciically designed to
ensure that more patients become survivors. Every
dollar counts to the more than 224,000 people diag-
nosed in the U.S with lung cancer each year. In Ore-
gon alone, an estimated 2,970 residents will be diag-
nosed with lung cancer in 2016.
This year’s event will feature a 5K Run/Walk and
1-mile Walk. The day will also include kids activities,
the musical stylings of a local DJ, the chance to win
prizes and fun for the whole family. Special recogni-
tion will be given to top inishers and fundraising he-
roes. Gather your superhero squad, and join us for an
inspiring day focused on doubling lung cancer sur-
vival. To register and begin fundraising, visit www.
freetobreathe.org/portland.
Portland Underground Graduate
School Hosts Class on African
American Poetry and Protest
The Portland Underground Graduate School (PUGS)
is ofering a 4-week course, Elegizing Black Lives, on
African American poetry of mourning and protest.
Targeted at anyone interested in learning the history
behind recent racially-charged killings and the Afri-
can American community’s poetic responses to those
losses, the course will read poetry through a historic
and contemporary lens. The class will read poems by
Jean Toomer, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes
and Claudia Rankine, among others.
African American poetic elegies protest a long his-
tory of racist violence, from slavery and lynching
to recent police killings and incarcerations. Relect-
ing on the death of Michael Brown, the poet Claudia
Rankine wrote: “national mourning, as advocated
by Black Lives Matter, is a mode of intervention and
interruption.” Our discussion of poems from earlier
eras will give participants tools to better appreciate
contemporary artistic responses to racial violence,
from poetry to Beyonce.
The PUGS class will meet Wednesdays, August 10-
31 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the People’s Food Co-Op in SE at
3029 21st Ave. The course costs $100, and space is lim-
ited to 28 students. This course is for everyone--those
who love poetry and those who have never read a line.
Facilitated by Gabriele Hayden, the class will bring
to bear her experience teaching African American
poetry at Reed College and her scholarly research,
including her discovery of an unpublished poem se-
quence by Langston Hughes on racism, policing, and
incarceration.
For more information, visit the PUGS web-
site: http://www.pugspdx.com/elegies.
The Portland Underground Graduate School is half
learning, half community and operates an 11-month
rotating calendar of 4-week courses designed to pro-
vide afordable ways to never stop learning.
For enrollment queries, scholarship requests and
general inquiries, contact Valerie at coordinator@
pugspdx.com
North Portland Library Announces
August Computer Classes
The North Portland branch of the Multnomah
County Library announces the following computer
classes in August:
iPad Part 1*
2-part class to learn to use your iPad.
Mon, August 1 & 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Start Here: Code Your Own Website*
This class will give you an understanding of how
HTML, CSS and JavaScript work to make a webpage
display and function.
Tues, August 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Beginner’s Guide to the Cloud*
Everyone’s talking about “the cloud,” but what do
they mean? Take this class to ind out.
Wed, August 3, 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Start Here: Game Programming*
We will be learning some of the basics of program-
ming by writing code for a game!
Tues, August 9, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Gone Blogging*
A blog (web log) is a great way to share your knowl-
edge, practice writing and to express yourself.
See Briefs on page 5
