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About The Southwest Portland Post. (Portland, Oregon) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 2008)
October 2008 CommuNIty lIfE By Don Snedecor The Southwest Portland Post Hillsdale Farmers Market con- tinues each Sunday through Oc- tober from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rieke School parking lot. The market has a policy of no dogs during the months May through October. The outdoor fresh produce market continues twice monthly from November through April. For parking, enter at Southwest Capitol Highway and Sunset Boule- vard. For information about current offerings, visit their website at www. hillsdalefarmersmarket.com. 5 Multnomah Historical Associa- tion will hold their next monthly board meeting at their new home in the Multnomah Office Building (2929 SW Multnomah Blvd) on Monday, October 6 at 7 p.m. Agenda includes a review of the Multnomah Centennial Celebration, budgets, plan for fall and 2009. For more information, visit www. multnomahhistorical.com. 6 Food Front Cooperative Gro- cery is celebrating the Hillsdale store’s grand opening Friday through Sunday, October 10-12, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Festivities include live music. Owned by the community, the organic co-op’s regular hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. The new store is located at 6344 SW Capitol Hwy. Contact 503- 546-6559 or visit their website www. foodfront.coop for more information. 10 The Southwest Portland Post • 7 fEatuRES Portland Country Dance Com- munity presents their monthly Family Dance on Saturday, October 11. Heidi Vorst will provide calling and live music for all ages of kids and their grownups. The family dances are on the 2 nd Saturday of each month at Fulton Park Community Center, 68 SW Miles, from 5 – 7 pm with a potluck af- terwards. $6/adult, $5/child, babies are free, max. $20/family. For information call 503-249-5070 or 503-981-2179. 11 More than 25 Jewish women art- ists will be showing and selling their work as the ORA Northwest Jew- ish Artists present “2008 Celebration of Art” on Sunday, October 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy. Media include collage, paint, silk, fused glass, fiber, precious metals, beadwork and photography. Come see the biggest exhibit of Jewish artists in Portland! For more information, visit www.northwestjewishartists.org. 12 Multnomah Neighborhood Association will hold their next monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oc- tober 14, at 7:00 p.m. at the Multnomah Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. Agenda includes transportation dis- cussion including plans for Barbur Boulevard, Capitol Highway. Steven Sikes has been invited to discuss the Multnomah Boulevard Sewer Project. SWNI small grant proposals will be reviewed as well. Multnomah Village Park work parties will resume once the rain returns in October. For more information call the SWNI office at 14 To Advertise Call: 503-244-6933 503-823-4592 or contact Randy Bonella, chair, at rmbonella@comcast. net. Berry Botanic Garden will host “Art & Music in the Garden,” a show and sale of artwork by Oregon landscape painters accompanied by harp and classical guitar on Saturday, October 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Attendees will be invited to meet special guest Michael Gibbons, acclaimed Oregon landscape art- ist, who will be paint- ing and displaying his works. Celtic harpist Heather Trujillo and classical guitarist Pam Beaty will perform. "Froggie," an acrylic painting by Sharon Segal, will be one Admission is $8 for of the exhibits at "2008 Celebration of Art,” October 12 at adults, $5 for children. Mittleman Jewish Community Center. For more information Third Annual Community Polic- call 503-636-4112 ext. 102 or email reg- ing Reception: Tuesday, October ister@berrybot.org. 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the Multnomah Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. The Southwest The second of three Hillsdale Neighborhoods, Inc. Crime Prevention Town Center planning sessions and Public Safety Committee will be is scheduled for Wednesday, October 22, hosting this event to honor and celebrate from 7-9 p.m. at Wilson High School’s the community policing efforts that cafeteria. The meeting will be presented that taken place in Southwest Portland by the Portland Bureau of Planning and this past year. Please contact Stephanie Sera Design. Contact Brian Sheehan, Adams, Southwest Crime Prevention west district planner, at 503-823-3111 Coordinator at 503-823-3131 for more or visit www.portlandonline.com/plan- information. ning for more information. 18 28 22
