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March 2015
CALENDAR
COMMUNITY LIFE
By KC Cowan and Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
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Meet the artists: The Multnomah
Arts Center (7688 SW Capitol Hwy)
will hold a reception for the artists of its
March exhibit on Friday, March 6 at 7:00
pm. The show features figurative works
by Isabel Deaver, Poppy Dully, Nancy
Gillespie, Gail Simmons and Sue
Svoboda. “Encountering the Figure”
runs through March 31.
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Metropolitan Youth Symphony
will hold a community concert
featuring Year Two Beginning Strings,
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Vivaldi Strings, and Concert Orchestra
on Saturday, March 7 at Lewis & Clark
College, Evans Auditorium. Tickets Are
$10 for adults and $5 for students. To
purchase tickets online or for more
information visit the MYS website
www.playmys.org.
Help plant a new garden: On
Saturday, March 7, a work party to
help create a new community garden
for the Multnomah-Hillsdale area will
take place at the Hillsdale Community
Church, site of the proposed garden.
The event is scheduled from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at the church, 6948 SW
Capitol Highway. For more information
contact Leslie Pohl-Kosbau at info@
portlandcommunitygardens.org or
David Sexton at 503-452-7538.
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Book sale: Admit it; you can always
use a few more books. The
Mittleman Jewish Community Center
will hold a used book sale Sunday,
March 8 through Tuesday March 10 at
the Mittleman Jewish Community
Center, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy.
Author Richard Thompson will give an
illustrated presentation based on his book
on the history of the Willamette Valley
interurbans in the early 20th Century. Long
before modern light rail transit, electric
trains provided Portland and beyond
with reliable, elegant transportation.
His one-hour talk takes place Tuesday,
March 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Garden Home
Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Rd.
(Above, Oregon Electric Railway stops at
Fulton Park circa 1912. Photo courtesy of
pdxhistory.com)
The value of the local paper: In
2009, American writer Clay Shirky
predicted that “every town in this
country of 500,000 people or less” was
likely to sink into “casual, endemic,
civic corruption” fostered by the
decline of local newspapers. How
does this prediction stack up against
what is actually happening nationwide
and here in Oregon? Come hear
journalist Michael Andersen explore
why information is changing, who’s
winning, who’s losing, and what the
future holds for local news. Sunday
March 8, 2:00 p.m. at the Central
Library, 801 SW 10th Ave. Free.
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Nashville singer-songwriter
Buddy Mondlock and Texas-
based bassist, Mike Lindauer perform
in concert. Mondlock’s songs have been
“Hairspray,” the Broadway musical, is where 1960s-era teenagers fight bigotry and cookie-
cutter conformity to make the world a better place. This 2007 adaption of John Waters'
1988 film features a cast and crew of 100, and 20 dance numbers. Performances begin at
7 p.m. on Friday March 6 for a six-day run at Portland Community College’s Sylvania
campus (performing arts center). Tickets are $10 general admission, or $5 for groups of
12 or more, and are available in advance at the PCC Sylvania Bookstore or at the door.
For more information call 971-722-4323.
recorded by the likes of Joan Baez and
Peter, Paul and Mary. Saturday, March
14 at 7:00 pm at O’Connor’s Vault, 7850
SW Capitol Hwy. Tickets are $12 in
advance. For more information, contact
Matt Miner at 503-484-8196.
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Tax talk: Have some questions
about your taxes? H&R Block
will offer general tax advice and
answer tax related questions. Tues.,
March 17, 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Capitol
Hill Library, 10723 SW Capitol Hwy.
Registration is required; register online,
in the library or by calling 503-988-5234.
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Life in Madagascar: Corie
Hinton will share her experiences
living and working in Madagascar as a
Peace Corps volunteer with a talk,
slideshow and an exhibit of her own
paintings about the country. Prints of her
work will also be available for purchase.
Tues., March 24, 7:00 pm at the Mittleman
Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW
Capitol Hwy. It’s free and open to
everyone.
The man behind the store: Fred
G. Meyer changed the way we
shopped when he opened his grocery
stores and supermarkets. Learn about
his life and the stories behind this retailer
on Tuesday, March 31, at 6:30 pm at the
Capitol Hill Library, 10723 SW Capitol
Hwy. The presentation is based on Fred
Leeson’s book, My-Te-Fine Merchant:
Fred Meyer’s Retail Revolution. Free.
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