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About The Southwest Portland Post. (Portland, Oregon) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 2012)
December 2012 FEATURES Zidell Waterfront Concept HOLIDAY GUIDE By Don Snedecor The Southwest Portland Post 1 Christmas Tree Sale benefiting Boy Scout Troop 351 will take place on the corner of Southwest River Parkway and Gaines Street, Saturdays, 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., December 1-15. The non- profit sale funds the Boys Scouts and Venture Crew’s summer camps and activities. It is run by volunteer boys, girls and parents. For more information call 503-775-2848 or Facebook them at BoyScoutTroop351Portland. Holiday Bazaar and Used Book Sale will take place on Saturday, De- cember 1, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Garden Home Recreation Center, 7475 SW Oleson Rd. Books sales benefit the Garden Home Community Library. For more information call 503-245-9932 or visit www.wccls.org. The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Flying Circus is a comedic play being performed by the Robert Gray Middle School theater department, December 1, 7, and 8 at 7:00 p.m. and De- cember 9 at 2:00 p.m. Performances will be held at the school, 5505 SW 23 rd Ave. The winter play tells various charac- ters’ stories from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in a Monty Pythonesque style of humor. Tickets are $5 and $7 and can be purchased at the door or online at www.rgms.schoolauction.net/theatre/ register. For more information, con- tact Denise Bruce at 503-310-1628 or monkadenise@gmail.com. 7 Multnomah Village Holiday Gala starts on First Friday, December 7. Includes horse drawn carriages start- ing at 4:00 pm. staging at both the MultnomahArtsCenterandKeyBank. Tree lighting at 6:42 p.m. at Southwest 35th Avenue and Capitol Highway. Carolers perform throughout the eve- ning. Stores open late. On Saturday, December 8, events in- clude a pancake breakfast with Santa at 8:30 a.m. sponsored by Southwest Hill Kiwanis at the Lucky Labrador Pub. Carolers sing throughout the day. Find Golden Ticket specials throughout the Village through December 31. Christmas in Dairyville . Get your family in the holiday spirit with a stroll down Storybook Lane at Alpenrose Dairy, 6149 SW Shattuck Road. The Cadonau family opens the grounds to Dairyville for this holiday tradition that The Southwest Portland Post • 5 Thomas Lindsley stars as Bob Wallace and Leah Yorkston as Betty Haynes in Lakewood Theatre Company's production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas playing December 12 - 23. (Photo by Lake Oswego Photographers) has been around for decades. The dairy will be open Fridays 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., December 7-23. Includes 300 flocked trees, farm animals, carolers singing, pictures with Santa, vintage storefronts, holiday gift shop, and holiday movie screenings at the Opera House, and more. Proceeds from various sales at Storybook Lane will benefit charities throughout Or- egon including 4-H programs. For more information, visit www.alpenrose.com. 18 2JazzGuitars will be perform- ing swinging jazz standards and Be our guests for Christmas Eve Monday December 24, 2012 - 7:00 pm “The Signs Of Christmas” Join us for our fun, festive and heartwarming way to celebrate this wonderful holiday. You are also invited to be our guest any Sunday: Sunday school for all ages at 9:00 am Upbeat relevant worship at 10:30 am Child Care provided all morning Vermont Hills United Methodist Church Corner of SW 55th Drive and SW Iowa Street (next to Pendleton Park and Hayhurst Elementary School) 503-246-1213 6053 SW 55th Drive Portland, OR 97221 A Congregation of Reconciliation Where Our Hearts, Minds, and Doors Are Truly Open to All iconic pop tunes at the Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Rd, on Tuesday, December 18, at 7:00 p.m. Adults only. Call 503-245-9932 or visit www.wccls.org for more informa- tion. 23 Handel’s “Messiah” will be performed by the Portland Chamber Orchestra, featuring vocal soloists, the Oregon Chorale and the Portland Boychoir at Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College on Sunday, December 23 at 3:00 p.m. For tickets and information, visit www. portlandchamberorchestra.org. (Continued from Page 3) keeps failing,” he said. City planner Troy Doss warned that this probably isn’t in the cards. “There was a very active debate as to whether to have a road on the greenway, and the decision was not to,” he said. According to Doss, “It can’t go into the greenway, and it can’t be a regular street. Two lanes with parking isn’t an ‘accessway,’ it’s a street. The greenway is just 100 feet wide, and it’s chocked full of programming.” Commission members discouraged the Zidell team from pursuing this course. “There would be a lot of push- back,”KathrynSchultzsaid.“Itcould derail all your good work,” David Wark said. Commission chair Gwen Millius added, “There’s a 100-foot setback for a reason.” FI NE A RT PH O T O GRA PH E R BARRy PERIl PREsENTs HIs HOLIDAY PHOTO SHOW & SALE Saturdays, 12/1 & 12/8 11:00am - 5:00pm at O’CONNOR’S VAULT 7840 SW Capitol Highway in Multnomah Village www.barryperil.com