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•t . &• ’• ÄS April 7, 1999 Page A5 <Etje Portiani» © bsem r New Multi Family Complex Poetry Month M ultnomah County L ibrary’s Central Library will host four free events in celebration o f National poetry M onth in April. On W ednesday, from 7-9 Will Schneberg (O regon Literary Arts Fellow ship R ecipient and author o f “Box Poems") leads “The Poetry o f Place,” a w orkshop for adults focusing on the role o f place in poetry. Participants will find out how inspirations from places such as childhood homes, vacation lo cales, towns only read about and the sites o f im agination can be come vibrant m aterial for poems. The group will read poems by con tem porary poets and view slides from fam iliar and exotic clim es in which place is a central focus, then write poems and share them. Par ticipants are asked to bring copies o f a place poem they have already written. The workshop will be held in the U.S. Bank Room and space is lim ited and on a first-com e, first- served basis. A ll N atio n al P o etry M onth events are free and open to the public. Central Library is located at 801 SW. 10th Ave., Portland. For more information, call 503/306-5578. Developer Bill Reed is planning to build a multi-family bousing structure on the block bounded by North W illiams and Vancouver Avenue and Fargo and Cook Street.The building will have 6 ,0 0 0 square feet of ground floor retail space along W illiams and Cook, and a 100-car garage, beneath 70 units of rental housing in a structure 6 0 feet high. Reed says he plans I to submit a land use proposal to feet of ground city sometim e In April. Texaco, A m e r ic a n S ta t e Bank P a rtn e r s P O w it h R P o r tla n d T L C o m m u n ity A N C o lle g e in C o m m u n ity M u ra l C o n te s t D Is Your Vision Big Enough? If your ability to see the big picture in the Northeast Portland community is only matched by your artistic abil ity, Portland Community College wants to hear from you. A m erican State Bank, Texaco and PCC are banding together to find the right artist to m ake their mark on the south wall o f American State Bank o ff N ortheast M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd. W ith the them e "T ransform ed by Tim e - A H istory o f Com m unity Strength,” artists w ill be asked to present judges w ith artw ork that captures the history o f the com m unity. The m ural will cover a 16-foot by 50- foot surface. A n official unveiling M ozart and Tchaitovsky's to Highlight Symphony Sundays Concert Portland N ative and pianist Su san Dewitt Smith will jo in A ssoci ate Conductor N orm an Leyden and the Oregon Symphony to perfrom Franz L iszt's dazzling Piano Con certo No. 1 in E flat major, at the Symphony Sundays Center for the Performing Arts M edia support for symphony Sundays is provided by 1190 KEX and Sforzando. Leyden also will conduct Mozart ‘ s enchanting Overture to “The Magic Flute,“ Dvorak's“ Two Slavonic Dances (O p.46.N o.3 and O p.72, N o.2), “Johann Strauss' Viennese Waltz: W here the Lemon Trees Bloom, Rimsky- Korsakov's The Young Prince and the Princess“ from “ Scheherezade “ and Tchaikovsky's thrilling “ 1812“ Overture. G eneral adm ission tickets are $ 16 for adults. $ 11 for students, se niors and children (12 and under) may be purchased at the Oregon Symphony Ticket Office (923 S. W. W ash in g to n ) M onday -S atu rd ay , 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets also may be purchased at all Ticket m aster out lets (790-A R T S) or through the S y m p h o n y 's W eb s ite at ’ w w w .o rsy m p h o n y .o rg . S ervice fees may apply. r o f the com pleted mural is tenta tively scheduled for September. A rtw ork m ust be subm itted to the A ssociated Students o f Port land Community College (ASPCC) office at P C C ’s C ascade Cam pus, SC 103, by 5 PM, W ednesday, M ay 12. F or artw ork design specifics and subm ission and application d etails, call Kendi Esary at 978- 5781. Inform ation can also be ob tained by attending a k ick o ff cer em ony for the mural art contest on T uesday, A pril 6 at the Cascade C am pus, 705 N. K illings w orth, in Room 122 ofTerrell Hall, from noon to 1 PM. Older Women and Affordable Housing Saturday, April 10,1999 The Portland Chapter o f the Older W omen’s League (OWL) in vites m id-life and older women to an open meeting and discussion opportunity. Time: 9:45 a.m. to Noon Speaker: Ms Diane Luther, Exec. Director, NW Housing Alternatives Title: “Are Midlife And Older Women Priced Out O f Affordable Housing?” Place: Portland ImpactCenter,4707 SE Hawthorne Bus: #14 Free Site: Wheelchair accessible For information about O W L. or about the meeting, call 771 -2583