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Website: avalonflowerspdx.com email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services One Year Anniversary ^îortlanh (Obstruer December 28, 2011 P ride & P assion - The Central Library downtown hosts Pride & Passion: The African-American Base ball Experience, a traveling exhibition that ex amines the chal lenges faced by black baseball players as they so u g h t equal opportunities in their sport beginning in the post-Civil War era until Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. The exhibit will be on display until Jan. 22. Body Worlds - OMSI hosts the exhibit “Body Worlds and the Brain” for a limited engagement. The show deciphers the mystery and com plexity of the human body and brain with more than 200 authentic human specimens, preserved through a revo lutionary preservation method. A ngels in A m erica — Portland Playhouse presents “Angels in America,” a play set in 1985 against the backdrop of greed, politics and the cries of a sweep ing AIDS epidemic. P e rfo rm s th ro u g h Saturday, Dec. 31 at the World Trade Cen ter Theater, 121 S.W. Salmon St. For tickets call 503-205-0715 or visit portlandplayhouse.org. C hristm as Festival o f Lights - The Grotto’s Christmas Festival of Lights (Northeast 85th and Sandy) features five indoor concerts each evening. Nearly one million lights are spec tacularly presented about The Grotto’s pristine gardens. The festi val continues through Friday, Nov. 30 from 5 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for children. N orm an Sylvester Band — Boogie Cat Norman Sylvester and his band perform Friday, Dec. 30 at Fat Tuesdays in Vancouver; and Friday, Jan. 6 at the West Linn Saloon. O M N IM A X : Flying M onsters - For audiences of all ages, OM SI’s new IMAX film , Flying M onsters, takes viewers to a prehis toric world. The world’s leading naturalist Sir David Attenborough sets out to uncover the truth about the giant flying reptiles whose wingspans of up to 40 feet compare to that of a modem jet plane. Oregon Zoo invites visitors to brighten their holiday nights with ZooLights. Spar kling lights and brilliant hues transform the zoo*into a winter wonderland with entertainment each night through Jan. 1. Hours are Sunday through Thursday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday through Saturday, 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. A friqu e B istro B en efit -- Afrique Bistro, 102 N.E. T reasu res o f the V au lt -- An Egyptian statute that once Russell St., opens its doors each last Saturday of the month to raise donations for the African W omen’s Coalition. Great Caribbean and African music along with good drinks and fun people, 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. $10 at the door. greeted visitors to the former Aladdin Restaurant at Lloyd Center, a U.S. Army uniform from Oregon’s earliest days, and many other gems that have been tucked away in the Oregon Historical Society vaults have been collected for a new exhibit, now showing at the downtown History Center through Feb. 12. Z ooL ights Illum inate the H olidays - The A nti-H oliday C om edy — Elf-dom gets a fresh coat of M agical Forests in Pictures — The magical world of a naughtiness in the third annual production of The Santaland Diaries at Portland Center Stage’s Ellyn Bye Studio. Now playing Tuesday through Sunday through Saturday, Dec. 31. Tickets start at $31 for general admission or $25 for those under 30 T erry F amily F u n era l H ome forest is captured in a special photo exhibit at the World Forestry Center Discovery Museum at Washington Park. 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