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Home Garden Tours Return
Focus is on organic gardening
Gardens of Natural Delights tours are back! After
the program ended in 2009, third-generation sustain
able gardener Lucy Hardiman, whose yard was fea
tured for years on M etro’s garden tours, has pushed
to resurrect her passion for growing organically and
share her ideas with others.
May through July, the tours bring beginning and
experienced gardeners together to view and discuss
organic home gardens around the region.
From high-volume composting to low-use water
systems, hosts like Hardiman and other experienced
gardeners will share their tips and tricks for growing a
garden that’s beautiful, abundant and chemical-free,
making it safer for people, pets and the planet.
This year’s tours include the home gardens of
Oregonian garden writer Kym Pokomy, “Garden Diva”
Laura Crockett, Lucy Hardiman, Debbie and Jim Krekos
and many more. One great organic garden will be
featured most Sundays.
“So many people are afraid of starting because they
don’t know where to begin,” Debbie Krekos said. “But
if you think about you want in your backyard, start
your compost pile early and do one project at a time,
it will get done.”
Participants will learn how to improve soil health,
create low-maintenance landscapes and bring helpful
birds, bees, and butterflies to their backyard. Host
gardeners will also share their reasons for gardening
organically and strategies for success.
Participants can register on Metro’s natural gar
dening website, oregonmetro.gov/garden, or by phone
through the Metro’s recycling hotline at 503-234-3000.
C h ild ren ’s T heatre -- In
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the spirit of Narnia and Harry
Potter, Oregon Children’s The
atre presents,
A Wrinkle in Time, a
new adaptation to a classic sci
ence fiction novel by Madeleine
L 'E n g le . S how s c o n tin u e
through Sunday, June 5 at the
Newmark Theater, 1111 SW
J Broadway. Tickets are $ 13-$26.
L’ For more information, contact
the box office at 503-228-9571 or TicketMaster.
.
• Birthdays
• Funerals
• Anniversaries
• W eddings
Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm
Saturday 9am til 2pm.
Website: avalonflowerspdx.com
email: avalonflowers@msn.com
Cori Stewart—
We Offer Wire Services
Owner, Operator
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IM A X Film - OM SI’s largest
M iracle T h eatre - Lazarillo is a new, bilingual adap
K ing F arm ers M ark et - For a third season of farm-
tation of the classic Spanish book, Lazarillo de Tormes,
and will premiere onstage through Saturday, May 28
at Miracle Theatre on 528 S.E. Stark St. Admission is
$ 14-$25; discounts for students, seniors, and advance
purchases. For more information and purchase of
tickets, visit milagro.org or call 503-236-7253.
fresh produce, baked goods, meats, cheeses, seafood,
and other specialty foods, visit the King Farmers
Market on the intersection of Northeast Seventh Av
enue and Wygant Street in the parking lot adjacent to
King School Park. Now open Sundays from 10 a.m. to
2p.m.
M a R a in ey ’s B lack B ottom --Julianne Johnson stars
M el B row n L ive - Portland jazz giant Mel Brown
in the Portland Playhouse pro
duction of Ma Rainey’s Black
Bottom, a play about the legend
ary blues singer known for both
her music and her attitude. The
story by Pulitzer Prize playwright
August Wilson is set during the
C hicago Black Renaissance.
Show s have been extended
through the month of May, at Portland Playhouse, 602
N.E. Prescott St. Call the box office at 503-205-0715 or
visit portlandplayhouse.org.
performs at Salty’s on the Columbia every Friday and
Saturday night. Known as the “Gentleman of Jazz,”
Brown has a career spanning over 40 years.
p ass
R e p erto ry
T heatre’s presentation
o f ‘Tis Pity S h e 's a
W hore’ will shock mo
res and prissy tastes with
an almost 400 year old play about incestuous love: an
obsessed boy intent on getting what he wants: a girl,
A full service
flower experience
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Kukatonon
Children’s African Dance Troupe invites you to its
Spring Annual Fundraiser Friday, June 3 from 7 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. at the Center for Self-Enhancement, 3920 N.
Kerby St. Purchase tickets in advance: $ 10 Adults, $5
Children under 12 by contacting Lionel Clegg at 503-
380-8482 or lclegg@pps.k 12.or.us.
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520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250
wise yet captive to the pas
sions o f m en. Play runs
through May 29 at the Ethos In
terstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340
N. Interstate Ave. Shows are Thursday through
Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are
$20; and $ 10 on Thursdays. Call
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or v isit
compassrep.org.
IMAX Film Festival, now open
through June 26, will highlight 24
giant motion pictures including
the heart-warming new hit Bom
to be Wild, narrated by Morgan
Freeman. The film looks at or
phaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordi
nary people who rescue and raise them. Tickets are
$8.50 for adults and $6.50 for youths and seniors. Visit
omsi.edu/filmfestival, for schedule and specials.
A frican D ance T rou p e F u n d ra iser -
Avalon Flowers
C u riou s G eorge: L et’s G et C urious! — Portland
Children’s Museum exhibit introduces children to the
world of that unforgettably nosey monkey Curious
George, leading visitors on a fun, interactive math,
science and engineering-based adventure. Show runs
through Sunday, June 5.
D iscou nt T ickets — Local low-income families and
indi viduals can purchase $5 tickets to classical musical
performances in Portland as part of a unique program
called Music for All. Participating organizations in
clude the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, Oregon
Ballet Theater, Chamber Music Northwest, Portland
Youth Philharmonic, Portland Baroque Orchestra,
Friends of Chamber Music, Portland Chamber Orches
tra, Portland Piano International, Portland Symphonic
Choir, Cappella Romana and Portland Vocal Consort.
MAY JUNE
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SPONSORED BY
Hugh Mackwortti and Joie Mendoza
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