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Performers
Defy Gravity
Scholarship Help
The W om en’s Resource Center
is holding a workshop on Schol
arship Application ABCs from 3
to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 at PCC’s Cas
ca d e
C a m p u s,
705
N.
Killingsworth.Blvd.SSB Rm. 103.
Native American dream
catcher inspires dancers
Fast Friends
Make a fast friend when G rey
hound Pets o f Am erica has an
adoption event for retired grey
hounds from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 26
at Multnomah Greyhound Park,
944 NE 223 Ave., W ood Vil
lage. For more information, visit |
w w w .gpa-nw .org.
The Los Angeles-based Diavola Dance Theater
presents its newest work DreamCatcher on
Wednesday, Oet. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Portland's Keller
Auditorium.
Diavolo’s nine dancers will perform a thrilling
show that's uniquely kaleidoscopic, dangerous and
acrobatic, fused with the mythology, poetry and
experience of dreaming.
The production is inspired by the Native American
dream catcher, a woven spider web that catches and
hold’s one's bad dreams. DreamCather is performed
on, around, through, above and against a gigantic 18-
foot high wheel that spins and rotates as it alternately
attracts, repels, dangles and enfolds the dancers,
catching both the dreamers and the dreams.
The breathtaking performance is sponsored by
Whitebird, a non-profit organization that brings
excellence in dance to Portland, developing educa
tional and outreach programs that strengthen the
community through broadening the audience for
contemporary dance.
Tickets are $18 to $45, plus a service fee and
available at the Portland Center for Performing Arts
Box Officer Ticket Central at Pioneer Courthouse
Square and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Pasghettl Benefit
St. Charles Spaghetti and Meat-
ball Dinner, including salad,
bread, drinks, wine and dessert,
is from noon to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2
at the church on 42 Avenue and
Northeast Emerson. Dinners are
$8 for adults and $4 for kids.
Job Fair
PC C ’s Alumni A ssociation is
hosting its third annual jo b fair
( from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 23
in the CC B uilding on the
Sylvania Cam pus, 12000 SW
4 9 lh Ave. For more information,
call 503-977-4416.
Body, Mind & Spirit
A Body, Mind & Spirit Expo,
the largest health and wellness
expo o f its kind, is at the O r
egon C onvention Center, 777
NE MLK Jr. Blvd., from 10a.m.
to 8 p.m. Nov. 8 and from 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Nov. 9. W eekend ad
mission is $8. For more infor-
m ation.call 5 4 1 -482-3722.
Mevil performers perform on, around, through and
above an 18-foot gigantic wheel that spins and rotates
as it alternately attracts and repeals in Diavolo 's
DreamCatcher coming to Portland's Keller Auditorium.
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Mirror Mirror
A discussion on skin care and
body sculpting is the topic for
th e P ro v id e n ce W o m en 's
Wellness Series from 7 to 8:30 |
p.m. Nov. 12 at Providence Port
land Medical Center Amphithe
ater, 4805 NEGIisan St. For reser
vations,call 503-574-6595.
Colors of Fall
Support Soars for Local Youth Center
SEI expectations
exceeded with
$1 million pledged
The Hoyt Arboretum is teaching
a workshop on Mushrooms of
SelfEnhancement, Inc.’s 10th Annual Art
Northwest Oregon from 9:30 to | and Soul Auction and Gala hit a million
noon on Nov. I . $10. To register,
dollar mark for the first lime.
call 503-823-3601.
The Oct. 9 event also highlighted the
accomplishments of SEI students.
Chimps Gone Wild
Over 5(X) patrons packed the center's
Jane Goodall brings enthusiasts
gymnasiumon North Kerby Avenue, which
closertonature with "W ildChim
was converted into a ball room for an evening
panzees," through May at the
of food, philanthropy and performance.
Omnimax Theater, 1945 S.E. Wa
Sold out for the fourth consecutive
ter Ave. Tickets are $8.50. For |
m ore
in fo rm a tio n ,
visit
www.wildchimpanzees.org.
Doors of Creativity
Northwest Medical Teams spon
sors the multi-mediaexhibit "Win
dows of Need, Doors of Hope"
from Nov. 12 through 18 at the
Doubletree Inn. Lloyd Center. For I
m o re
in fo rm a tio n ,
v isit
www.nwmedicalteams.org or cal I
503-624-1000.
Planting Neighborhoods
Friends o f T rees announces
neighborhood tree plantings
beginning with the Rose City
Park/R osew ay neighborhood
on Nov. 15. Those interested in
leading volunteers should at
tend training at 8 a.m. Nov. 15
at St. Rose o f Lima Catholic
Church, 2727 NE 54,h Ave. For
m o re in f o rm a tio n , v is it
w w w .friendsoftrees.org.
Beyond the Ribbons
The Breast C ancer Radio Arts
Project presents a townhall dis
cussion and perform ance "B e
yond the Pink Ribbon" from 6
to 8 p.m. Oct. 23. For more infor
mation,
visit
w w w .breastcancerproject.org.
year, the event set a gala record and ex
ceeded last y ea r's total by 30 percent, SEI
officials said.
The proceeds will support SE I's award
winning academic programs for local youth
and accounts tor half of SEI’s fundraising
goal for 2003-2004.
Chairwomen for this year's event were
Ms. Linda Wright, vice president and man
ager of community relations for US Bank,
and Jan Turner from JT Designs. Major
sp o n so rs w ere the M ay b elle C lark
Macdonald Fund, Ellison C. Morgan, Or
egon Steel Mills and Providence Health
Systems.
Tony Hopson. S E I's president and chief
executive officer, was overwhelmed by the
event's success, which exceeded expecta
tions,
"This community has definitely stepped
up to the plate in support of our kids and the
work we do," said Hopson. "There really
aren t words to express what this evening
means to us.”
The evening showcased the variety of
talent being honed in SEI's comprehensive
program. Youth involved in various after
school performing arts options such as the
Step Team, the Drum Corps, and the Sounds
of Soul Gospel Choir, treated guests to rous
ing performances. There were also touch
ing. dramatic performances by SEI’s drama
students program.
A special highlight of the evening was
the presentation o f the Life Has O ptions
Award that honors exemplary support of
the SEI mission to Ms. Maribeth Collins
from the C ollins Foundation, a longtime
supporter o f SEI. Past winners o f this
award include Ed and Sue Cooley, Bob
Pamplin, and Nike.
Baseball fans got a special treat this year,
as SEI was honored to have as a special
guest. Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith,
who was in town from St. Louis to visit the
SEI facility.
For more information on SEI. visit.
www.selfenhancement.org.
High End Grocery and Condos on Way
Complex to rise
above former
Farrell’s Ice
Cream site
hv L et P i riman
Tin-: P ortland O bserv er
A major new condom inium com ing to
northeast Portland will be home to the
Portland grocery chain Z u p an 's in a
couple o f respects.
The planned six-story structure by the
Aiyana G roup on a block bounded by
Northeast 16th and 17lh Avenues and
Broadway and W eidler Streets will have
anew 3 0 ,0 0 0 square foot Z upan's Market
as a ground floor tenant.
In ad d itio n , one o f the 88 c o n d o
m inium units on the five sto ries above
the m arket has been sold to John Zupan
him self, ow ner o f the hig h -q u ality m ar
ket chain.
The project w ill also contain three lev
els o f underground parking, with 75
spaces set aside for the store.
The project replaces a long-vacant
A Zupan 's Market on the ground floor
form er F arrell's Ice Cream and a small
will anchor a new multi-story conda
com m ercial structure. Two longtim e re
minium at Northeast 1 Th Avenue
tailers, A b e's Broadway C leaners and
between Broadway and Weidler.
Check Mart, have been moved to nearby
properties, while the last busi
ness on the block, Broadway
Floral, elected not to sell out
and will rem ain in its current
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P la g e r an d D a v id B ro o k ,
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Brook said that the cooperation shown
has le ase d 12 p a rk in g sp a ce s from
G ulch n eig h b o rh o o d s.
by both Aiyana and Z u p an 's is “exactly
W estm inster Presbyterian Church to re-
"This is the appropriate place for this the kind of relationship we want
duce em ployee parking in front o f hom es
kind o f developm ent," Plager said.
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