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.