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October 2011 COMMUNITY LIFE By Don Snedecor The Southwest Portland Post 3 Songwr i ter Circl e: S i n g er- songwriters Cal Scott, Richard Moore and Beth Wood will play at O’Connor’s Restaurant in Multnomah Village on Monday, October 3, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 each, from www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door. 7 Explorations in Fibers, an exhibit of interlacement techniques by the Portland Handweavers Guild, will be on view at the Multnomah Arts Center Gallery (7688 SW Capitol Hwy) beginning with an opening re- ception on Friday, October 7, 7-9 p.m. Wearables, utilitarian items and art pieces will be on display that are woven, knitted, braided, felted, plied and embellished. The exhibit will be display through October 26. For more information, contact Jaye Campbell at 503-823-2787. Artist reception at Knack with Karen Story Friday, October 7th from 4-8pm Knack in Multnomah Village will be hosting a show by encaustic artist Karen Story. Karen’s paintings in this landscape series are created on a wood surface using a mixture of materials, including beeswax, natural resin, and natural pigments. Each layer of wax is fused to the pre- ceding layer using a torch, allowing the layers to become one. Many tools are used in addition to the brushes, one of the most useful being a scraper, which keeps the surface of the paint- ing even. CALENDAR Layering and removal of layers keeps this process-oriented painting method archaeological in nature, as there is much digging back to reveal the often forgotten history of the painting. Knack is located at 7824 SW 35 th Ave, Portland OR 97219. For more information visit www.knack- pdx.com. 22 Stand Up for Neighborhood House comedy night is Sat- urday, October 22 nd . The sassy moms of the Time Out comedy crew will be bringing the funny to the Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, to raise funds for families in need. Tick- ets are $20 (general admission, with light hors d’oeurves included) and are available on the Neighborhood House website, www.nhpdx.org. Donate Your Purses For The Arts: The Wilson Area Arts Council is col- lecting new & gently-used purses, handbags and messenger bags for its purse sale. All proceeds will benefit Wilson High School’s choir, orches- tra, band, drama and visual arts. Once all the purses are collected, then come to the benefit pop-up purse sale on Sunday, November 13, 2011. Tax receipt given with all donations. Drop off your donations at: Switch Clothing in Multnomah, Paloma Clothing in Hillsdale, Sip D’Vine Wineshop in Multnomah , O’Connors Restaurant in Multnomah , Haircolor Salon Dirk in Hillsdale, KeyBank in Hillsdale , UPS Store in Hillsdale, or at the Wilson High School front office. PoSt ClaSSIfIEDS Just $32 per column inch or $2 per word. 503-244-6933 For Lease Multnomah Village Yoga, Classroom, Creative or Office Space 950 sq ft Available Now. Great open interior space with own restroom, heating and air conditioning. Special Rates Available Including Utilities. 503.680.3375 The Southwest Portland Post • 5 Capitol Hill School (Continued from Page 1) will be added. The trees are being donated by the City of Port- land’s Bureau of Envi- ronmental Services. A combination of parent donations and supporting grants raised the $50,000 need- (Photo courtesy of Martina Ford) ed to fund the second phase of the “Greening of the Play- linked fence environment. The video ground” renovation project. was shown at the PTA’s school auction According to Martina Ford, the proj- which helped raise more than $24,000 ect was originally created by Sid Scott, in donations. an architect and Capitol Hill parent. He The video was also a top ten finalist started the three-phase project while his in the KaBoom! Dr. Pepper Snapple son attended the school’s kindergarten. Playground Grant competition. At the time the playground consisted The school then competed in an of a small play structure island sur- interactive online voting contest and rounded by nearly two acres of asphalt. successfully placed in the top five, quali- Scott’s hope was to see the asphalt be fying for a $15,000 grant in playground removed and replaced with a softer and equipment. more natural environment for the kids Capitol Hill School also received sup- to play and explore. port from Depave, a local non-profit that The first phase was not completed helps communities remove unwanted until Scott’s son was in high school. In asphalt in urban areas. This project the spring of 2008, a large area of as- received a $9000 grant from the West phalt was removed from the perimeter Multnomah Soil and Water Conserva- of the playground providing space for tion District. students to plant trees. The completion of Phase II coincides Scott was called on again by a group with Scott’s kindergartener now attend- of parents to help them move forward ing his first year of college. According with the second phase of the project. to Martina Ford, Phase III involves the With the support of Jessie Higgins and addition of a turf field. his film crew with Nike, a short video On September 22, the Capitol Hill was made of a few of the students on Elementary School community had their the current playground. Back to School night, celebrating the The video portrayed the kids as significant improvements made to the prisoners in their asphalt and chain- playground over the summer months.
