May 2014
BUSINESS/CALENDAR
The Southwest Portland Post • 7
East end of Multnomah Village becomes a trove of treasures
THE COUNTRY STORE
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
Several new businesses have surfaced
in the village recently with most of the
activity occurring at the east end of
town. Some have dubbed it East Vil-
lage—the area northeast of Lucky Lab
on Capitol.
Mary Truitt’s Little House of Trea-
sures, located at 7435 SW Capitol
Hwy, offers one-of-a-kind objects on
consignment.
On the same side of the street, next to
Village Hut, is Hum, Strum, and Drum,
a music store featuring a colorful assort-
ment of banjos, violins, guitars, basses,
and ukuleles. Eventually the store will
offer music lessons.
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
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Portland Housing Plan: The
Portland Housing Bureau is hold-
ing a public hearing on their annual
action plan Tuesday, May 6, 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. at 421 SW 6th Ave, Suite
500, Portland, OR 97204. Voice your
opinion on rental housing, homeless-
ness prevention, home ownership,
affordable senior housing, home re-
pair, and more. For more information
contact the Portland Housing Bureau
at 503-823-2375 or email phbinfo@
portlandoregon.gov.
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A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff:
Following an initial sold-out run
Across the street, construction has
begun on the new Riversgate Church
sanctuary and offices. Riversgate has
been serving the community since
2003. The congregation of 300 uses the
Multnomah Arts Center every Sunday.
However, the administrative offices are
on Troy Street.
“It’ll be nice to have everything in one
place,” Pastor Jeff Golden explained at
a recent village business association
meeting.
“When we open [in the fall], there
will be a space for the community to
use and a small plaza will be out front
as an additional gathering area.”
Closer to the center of town Parsons
Farm Stand, on the corner of Southwest
35th Avenue and Multnomah Boule-
vard, has reopened daily for the third
year and will have a new neighbor on
May 15: the Flying Fish Company fea-
turing fresh, Northwest seafood.
Right next door and sneaking into
town without much fanfare, Lounge
Lizard opened last fall. It took over the
space occupied by Keith’s Auto Service.
East of here, along Multnomah Boule-
vard, the city has been removing trees,
adding sidewalks, and installing bio-
swales at a fast pace, yet construction
is still due to be completed in early fall.
“Because traffic seems to fly by
faster than the posted speed limit,”
s a i d o n e M u l t n o m a h re s i d e n t ,
“hopefully the construction on
Multnomah Boulevard and these
new businesses will slow everyone
down a bit.”
The Multnomah Village Business Associ-
ation welcomes new members and meets the
last Thursday of every month at O’Connor’s
annex, The Vault. For all the latest, please
visit www.multnomahvillage.org.
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff is back for
four encore performances presented
by Boom Arts. Don’t miss the chance
to experience Alicia Jo Rabins’s
spellbinding narrative song cycle
on the spiritual implications of the
2008 financial collapse, which one
audience member called “the most
significant performance I’ve ever
seen in Portland.” Performances will
take place Thursday, May 8 through
Sunday, May 11 at Portland State Uni-
versity’s Lincoln Hall Studio Theatre,
1620 SW Park Avenue. Tickets are
available now at www.boomarts.org.
For more information contact Ruth
Wikler-Luker, ruth@boomarts.org or
call 503-567-1644.
1920s, ‘30s, & ‘40s. Plus a salute to
early radio. Popular songs include
“On The Sunny Side Of The Street,”
“Are You Havin’ Any Fun,” “Happy
Days Are Here Again,” “Thanks
For The Memories,” and “Anything
Goes.” Performances at 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, May
14, 15, 16 and 17. Alpenrose Dairy
Opera House, 6149 SW Shattuck Rd.
Admission $5.00 at the door. Open
seating. Lots of free parking. Wheel-
chair/walker accessible. For more
information call 503-227-2003, email
bettymer@comcast.net or visit www.
nwseniortheatre.org.
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Northwest Senior Theatre:
A musical variety show fea-
turing songs from the fabulous
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Spring Swap Meet: Clean
out those attics, basements,
closets and more. Bring unused
good stuff and you get to shop (all
items are free). Also hosting toilet-
A variety of musical instruments can
be found at Hum, Strum and Drum in
Multnomah Village.
(Post photo by Erik Vidstrand)
ries drive for Neighborhood House.
Popular stuff in past includes cloth-
ing, toys, movies, electronics. Small
items please. All leftovers will be
donated to charity. Tuesday, May 20,
6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Garden Home
Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson
Rd. Portland, OR 97223. For more
information call 503-245-9932 or visit
www.wccls.org.
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Free Foreign Film Night:
“Aliyah” was an official se-
lection of the Cannes Film Festival’s
Directors’ Fortnight. From France. 88
minutes. In French with English
subtitles. Film shows Tuesday, May
27 at 6:30 p.m. at Garden Home
Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson
Rd. Portland, OR 97223. For more
information call 503-245-9932 or visit
www.wccls.org.
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