COMMUNITY LIFE
By KC Cowan and Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
Concert at the J: The Jew-
8 Spring
ish Community Orchestra, featur-
CALENDAR
events. Learn about the Vikings at the
last rainy day documentary afternoon
mini-series. See the film, “Vikings
Unearthed,” the PBS documentary
directed by Harvey Lilley. This event
takes place on Sunday, April 8, at 2
p.m. at the Garden Home Library
Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road. Free.
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ing mezzo soprano Laura Thoreson,
will perform works by Bizet, Saint-
saëns, and Dvořak among others at
its Spring Concert. This event will
take place on Sunday, April 8 at 3 p.m.
at the Mittleman Jewish Community
Center, 6651 SW Capitol Highway.
Tickets are available at the door on
the day of the concert: $10 adults, $8
seniors, $5 students. Children under
6 are free. For more information call
(503) 244-0111.
New Art to Peruse: The art of
Kristin Pesola and Andy Ken-
nedy is featured this month at the
Multnomah Arts Center Gallery. Meet
the artists at their opening reception
on Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m.
Their show, “Closer to Being,” fea-
tures woven paper and ceramic sculp-
ture. The exhibit runs through May 1
at the MAC, 7688 SW Capitol High-
way. For more information, call (503)
823-2787.
Vikings Unearthed: Garden Home
Library is celebrating the neighbor-
hood’s Nordic heritage with several
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Tryon Creek Walk: This
month’s SW Urban Trails walk
will be led by Lee Buhler. Carpool to
the Fourth Av-
enue entrance
to Tryon
Creek State
Park. From the
trailhead
walkers will
go through
some outer
loop trails in-
cluding Lewis
and Clark
Trail, Cedar
Trail, and Red
Fox Trail. See
a variety of
native
forest
High Bridge over Tryon Creek. (Wikimedia photo)
April 2018
flowers and critters.
Trillium should be
blooming. The loop is 6
miles with 630 feet ele-
vation gain. There is
also a shorter loop
available. The trails
may be a bit muddy so
dress accordingly. Meet
on Saturday, April 14,
at 9 a.m. behind the
bleachers, near the food
carts, at Wilson High
School (Sunset Boule-
vard and Capitol High-
way). Well-behaved
dogs are allowed if on
leash. For more infor-
mation, visit swtrails.
org. To volunteer to
lead a walk in your
neighborhood, contact
Sharon Fekety, fekety@
hevanet.com.
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Garden Advice:
Discover how
beautiful native (and Portland Opera will present the company’s fifth
non-native) plants can annual Big Night concert on April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at
bring more birds, bees, the Keller Auditorium, downtown. Music Director
and butterflies to your George Manahan will lead soloists, orchestra, and
yard, helping fight chorus in an evening of opera’s greatest hits. (Above)
pests and improve gar- Soprano Vanessa Isiguen and Manahan in 2017.
den productivity. Learn (Photo by Cory Weaver/Portland Opera)
how to plant and care
for them without harmful garden
Highway. For more information, or
chemicals. This event takes place on
for tickets, visit https://wilson.
Sunday, April 15, 2 – 3:30 p.m. at the
schoolauction.net/auction2018.
Capitol Hill Library, 10723 SW Capitol
Highway. Registration required; reg-
Facts or Misinformation?
ister online, in the library or by calling
Learn to tell the difference
(503) 988-5123.
between news and propaganda. This
workshop uses real world examples
That Wilson 70s Show: Dust
of political ads, news headlines, the
off your 70s wardrobe for the
effect of word choice in messaging,
annual Wilson High School Auction
statistical data and other types of in-
on Saturday, April 21 at 5 p.m. Come
formation so you can learn to distin-
as the disco queen or funky soul king
guish truth from fiction and become
and help support Wilson’s clubs,
your own fact-checker. This event
sports, academic programs, and staff-
takes place on Saturday, April 28, 11
ing. Tickets include dinner and two
a.m.–12:30 p.m. at the Capitol Hill
drinks. The fun is at PDX Sports Cen-
Library, 10723 SW Capitol Highway.
ter, 8785 SW Beaverton Hillsdale
Call (503) 988-5123 for details. Free.
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