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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.
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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