6 • The Southwest Portland Post
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
group show of artwork by youth
6 A taking
classes at Multnomah Arts
Center will be on view in the Multnomah
Arts Center Gallery beginning May 6.
An opening reception with live music
and an art activity will be held Friday,
May 6, 5-7 p.m. at the Multnomah Arts
Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. The
exhibition may be seen through June
1. For more information contact Jaye
Campbell at 503-823-2787 or visit www.
multnomahartscenter.org.
Neighborhood As-
10 Multnomah
sociation will hold its monthly
meeting on Tuesday, May 10, at the
Multnomah Center, 7688 SW Capitol
Hwy.
Get updates on plans for Safe-
way, Fred Meyer, the Sears Armory,
Multnomah Boulevard and other
important projects affecting the neigh-
borhood. Call 503-823-4592 for more
information or visit www.swni.org.
CALENDAR
Winners of the 2011
Tall Tale Writing Con-
test will read selections
from their original es-
says on the theme, “Why
Woodpeckers Must Make
Holes,” at an awards cer-
emony at 1 p.m. prior
to the celebration. Writ-
ing submissions have
been received by over 400
first through sixth grade
students from around
the Portland Metro area.
Nineteen winners have
been selected. Refresh-
ments will be served.
The Celebration of
Woodpeckers and Tall
Tale Writing Contest
Award Ceremony are
free and open to the pub-
lic at Tryon Creek State
Natural Area, 11321 SW
Terwilliger Blvd. Enroll-
ment is limited so pre-
registration is requested
at www.tryonfriends.
org. Call 503-636-4398 for
more information.
Pileated woodpeckers will be celebrated May 15 at
“Scenes From the Tryon Creek Natural Area. (Photo courtesy of Friends
Dream” is a col- of Tryon Creek)
lection of vignettes that
reflect Portland’s Civil Rights struggle
worked with director/playwright Bruce
from the beginning of Oregon’s history
Hostetler to translate eight different
to recent times. As a part of their study
topics and events into a collection of
of the national Civil Rights Movement,
short plays. The plays are linked to-
Southwest Charter School’s middle
gether by music from the Civil Rights
school students examined the history
Era and the words of Martin Luther
of the black community in Portland.
King.
Students gained knowledge from a
The Middle School students will be
scavenger hunt that took them all over
offering a free performance of “Scenes
the city, interviewing elders who expe-
from the Dream” on the evening of
rienced it first hand, visiting the Urban
Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30pm at the
League and the Vancouver Avenue
Artists Repertory Theatre located at
First Baptist Church, watching videos
1515 SW Morrison St. For more infor-
and reading texts.
mation call 503-244-1697 or visit www.
Over the past two months, students
swcharter.org.
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celebration honoring the
15 A woodpecker,
one of Tryon Creek
State Natural Area’s most industrious
residents, will take place on Sunday,
May 15, from 2 – 4 p.m., following the
Tall Tale Writing Contest Award Cer-
emony at 1 p.m. The event is free and
the public is invited to attend.
Hosted by the Friends of Tryon
Creek, this fun family-oriented event
features woodpecker-themed activi-
ties on the park’s Trillium Trail and in
the Nature Center. Children can look
forward to making a toy woodpecker;
having their face painted woodpecker-
style; spotting snags up close with a
scope; and other great nature activities.
May 2011
31 Retired university professor Ar-
nold Panitch will conduct his walking
tour in the Lair Hill neighborhood, site
of the early settlements of Jewish and
Italian immigrants. The tour is split into
two one-hour segments and walkers
can leave after the first hour. Meet the
tour at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31 at
Lair Hill Café and Grocery, Southwest
1st Avenue and Meade Street.
Free on-street parking is available or
take TriMet buses #43, #44 or #35.
Arranged by Ride Connection. Con-
tact apanitch@comcast.net for more
information.
Oregon Humane Society
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“Animals are microchipped, spayed
or neutered, and receive all their vac-
cines,” Lytle said. A large room off the
main lobby dedicated to OHS includes
a counter for paperwork and a “get to
know your new pet room.”
Suzanne Hein, who owns LexiDog
Boutique & Social Club, sees the OHS
connection as a natural. “We’ve been
adopting dogs and cats for years, but
just a few,” she said.
Photos of animals and success stories
covered the wall, including Hein’s own
miniature pinscher Lexi. “Here’s Rex,”
Hein said. “He was our first adoption
in 2007. And, he still comes to daycare
every day.”
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