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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