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December 8, 2010
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Hawthorne Holiday
Stroll Thursday
The Hawthorne Boulevard District of southeast Portland hosts a Holi
day Stroll celebration on Thursday, Dee. 9 with extended business hours
for local merchants, live music and entertainment, complimentary snacks
and hot drinks, neighborhood carolers, and kid friendly festivities.
The events, from 6 p.m.to 9 p.m. will involve over a hundred businesses
that are dedicated to the ideals of community involvement and making
Hawthorne a desirable place to work, shop, and live. Get ready, get set,
shop local!
This year the Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association is teaming
up with Impact NW to facilitate a living holiday tree auction to raise
donations for emergency food and help to people in need. Participating
stores will also donate a portion of sales to Impact NW.
Visit thinkhawthorne.com for details on the day’s events.
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A H oliday Revue will run for 4
performances from Saturday, Dec.
11 to Saturday, Dec. 18, also at
Keller Auditorium . The lineup in
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kind world premiere that was cre
ated out of the stories and traditions
of the Oregon Ballet Theatre’s own
dancers, and will showcase the wide
variety of nationalities, cultures, and
backgrounds that make the com
pany so unique.
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Oregon Ballet T heatre’s 21st
season will ring in the holidays
with two festive productions this
year - the beloved classic George
B alanchine’s The N utcracker -
and the World Premiere of A H oli
day Revue, choreographed by
C hristopher Stow ell, with live
music by vocalist Susannah Mars
and pianist Richard Bower.
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Locally-made Film Festival
Tim e for hot toddies, holiday
cheer, and docum entaries! On Fri
day, Dec 10 at the M ission T he
ater, 1624N.W. Glisan St.,all-new
locally-m ade docum entaries will
hit the big screen.
Sponsored by NW Docum en
tary, “Hom egrown D ocFest” will
feature films produced during a pie, Taiko drum m ing, and a mad
year o f workshops by the non dash wedding in Reno.
profit group.
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These quirky, enlightening and throughout the evening. C onver
e n d e a rin g sh o rt d o cu m en tary sation with the film m akers will
films will introduce a host of col follow the screening. Doors open
orful, local characters, and topics at 6 p.m. with the show starting at
such as Ethiopian coffee, apple 7 p.m.