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December 4, 2013
Avalon Flowers
520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250
A full service
flower experience
•Birthdays
• Funerals
•Anniversaries
• Weddings
Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm
Saturday 9am til 2pm.
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Owner, Operator
Website: avalonflowerspdx.com
email: avalonflowers@msn.com
We Offer Wire Services
Christmas Tree Lot
Any Doug Fir 5-7 ft. $20.00
Any Grand Fir 5-7 ft. $20.00
Any Nobel Fir 5-7 ft. $30.00
6500 NE MLK Jr. Blvd.
On the comer of: MLK Jr. & Rosa Park
ENTEriAINMENT
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Williams Avenue Shop Late —
Eight small businesses along North
Williams Avenue, between Beech
and Shaver streets will stay open Peninsula School Holiday Bazaar -
late Friday, Dec. 6 for their annual
- Discover the cultural side of the
holiday shopping event, Shop Wil­ holidays at the Peninsula School
liams Late.
Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 7 from
9:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. at 8125 N.
Crumpet the
Emerald St. The event celebrates
E lf Returns -
the many cultures of the school
Darius Pierce
with homemade gifts, live mu­
retu rn s
as
sic, food and bake sale items.
Crumpet the Elf
Proceeds benefit the Peninsula
in P o rtlan d
School PTA.
Center Stage’s
cuce
a backdrop o f regional and na­
tional labor movement milestones
through words, images and artifacts,
plus activities for the young and
young at heart. Runs through Dec.
31.
Birth o f Freedom -- The National
Park Service at Fort Vancouver Na­
tional Historic Site presents the new
exhibit: A New Birth of Freedom:
annual holiday
Chicago Steppin’ Classes - Vancouver Barracks During the Civil
hit The Santaland Diaries. Now play­
Learn the fastest growing urban War. The free exhibit explores the
ing through Dec. 29. For tickets and
dance at the Billy Webb Elks Lodge, role of Vancouver’s military post in
more information, visit pcs.org.
6 N. Tillamook each Friday at 6:30 the 1860s, as well as some of the
p.m. Classes also at 7 p.m. on the larger themes of the conflict. Runs
first, second and third Mondays of through March 30.
the month at the Rockwood Com­
Saturday Morning Kids Theater --
munity Center, 124 N.E. 181st. No
Traveling Lantern Theatre Company
partner is needed. Your first two
lessons are free. For more informa­ presents performances for children
tion, call Denise Johnson, 503-819- each Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the
Artists Repertory Theater’s Alder
4576.
Street Lobby. The family-friendly
performances are only $5 for all who
attend over 5 years old and can be
p u rc h a se d at the d o o r o r at
artistsrep.org.
Holiday Favorite for All Ages -
Stumptown Stages presents the
holiday classic for all ages “It’s a
W o n d erfu l L ife ” w ith show s
through Dec. 22 at Hatfield Hall at
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, 1111
S. W. Broadway. Tickets are the box
office, by phone at 503-248-4335 or
at any Tickets West outlet.
Dickens gets Twisted - Portland
Center Stage brings the genius of
The Second City to the stage this
holiday season with the comedy
twist on aclassic. A Christmas Carol:
Twist Your Dickens is now playing
through Dec. 22. For tickets and
more information, visit pcs.org.
Norman Sylvester - Boogie Cat
Norman Sylvester and his band
plays Saturday, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. in a
public fundraiser for Doembecher
Children’s Hospital at Midnight
Roundup in Gresham, 345 N.W.
Burnside; Sunday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. at
Unity Church for a “Soul-Filled
Gospel” concert; and Wednesday,
Dec. 11 for a Cascade Blues Asso­
ciation C hristm as Party at the
Melody Ballroom.
Creating Art by Folding Paper ~
The Oregon History Museum hosts
the traveling exhibit Folding Paper:
T he In fin ite
Possibilities of
Origami. Orga­
n ized by the
Jap an ese M u ­
seum in Los
Angeles and In­
ternational Arts & Artists of Wash­
ington, D.C., the exhibit shows
through Jan. 11.
Fourth Sunday Jam Night - A
friends and family variety comedy
show in a Saturday Night Live for­
mat with local recording and per­
forming artists, bands, dance crews,
poets, and drama groups, takes place
each Fourth Sunday at 7 p.m. at
Celebration Tabernacle, 8131 N.
Denver Ave. The free event is open
to the community.
The Soulful Showcase — Blacque
Benefit Christmas Tree Sale - A Butterfly presents spoken word, live
Christm as Tree sale to benefit music and featured artists on the
L ’ Arche, a non-profit helping people second and fourth Thursdays of
with and without intellectual dis­ each month at 8 p.m. at E ’Njoni Café,
abilities, takes place daily through African-Mediterranean cuisine at
Dec. 22 at the Grocery Outlet park­ 910 N. Killings worth St.
ing lot at Northeast 45th Avenue Fourth Sunday Jam Night-Afnends
and H ancock and the fo rm er and family variety comedy show in a
Safeway parking lot on Southeast Saturday Night Live format with local
82nd and Burnside.
recording and performing artists,
Labor: A Working History - Clock bands, dance crews, poets, and drama
in at the Clark County Museum in groups, takes place each Fourth Sun­
Vancouver to learn about the area’s day at 7 p.m. at Celebration Taber­
nacle, 8131 N. Denver Ave. The free
work and workers in this brand new
event is open to the community.
exhibit tracing their history against