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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 2015)
Page 8 December 9, 2015 Boss Hogg Christmas Tree Lot Arts & ENTERTAINMENT Any Doug Fir 5-7 ft. $25.00 Any Grand Fir 5-7 ft. $25.00 Any Nobel Fir 5-7 ft. $35.00 New Location: Corner of MLK and Lombard Blacksmiths working at a forge and anvil during at Fort Vancouver. Christmas at Fort Vancouver Experience the sights and sounds of the 1840s Victorian-era winter holiday season at the annu- al “Christmas at Fort Vancouver” special event on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 .pm. at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Visitors to the reconstructed fort at 1001 E. Fifth St. in Van- couver, will experience caroling by the Madrigal Singers and en- joy warm holiday wassail, games, music, and historical dancing. The park will provide materi- als needed for attendees to make wooden toy tops, wreaths, and potpourri ornaments. Popular blacksmithing and black powder demonstrations will also be held throughout the holiday event. “There will be several ongoing handcraft activities so families can make their own Victorian-era holiday treasures to decorate their homes or to give as gifts,” said park Superintendent Tracy Fort- mann. Admission is $5 for adults and free for those 15 years and young- er. Black Nativity Holiday Classic A gorgeous holiday classic that celebrates gospel music and Af- rican-American history comes to Portland when PassinArt: A The- atre Company presents “Black Nativity,” a soul-stirring play that fills the theatre with thrilling voic- es, exciting movement and glori- ous gospel music. This powerful retelling of the Nativity story was written by the late African American poet and playwright Langston Hughes, with local direction by Jerry Fos- ter and musical direction by Tom- my Hammond. “Black Nativity” runs from Friday, Dec. 11 through Sunday, Dec. 20, with Friday and Saturday shows at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows at 3 p.m., at the Greater St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church, 3605 N.E. Mallory Ave. Admission is $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Group rates for 10 or more visitors are available at $15 per person on advance purchases. A special community night per- formance on Thursday, Dec. 10 is $12.50 per person. Tickets are available at pas- sinart.net or at JP’s Custom Pic- ture Framing & Gallery, 418 N.E Killingsworth St., and Elevated Coffee, 5261 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Write Around Portland Celebrates A local nonprofit that focuses on bringing literary and creative writing workshops to low in- come communities is excited to host their 49th anthology of par- ticipants’ work, “Headed Home, Looking Back.” Featuring writing from both adult and youth participants from their fall workshops, the publication will be celebrated with a public reading at Collins Hall at First United Methodist Church, 1838 S.W. Jefferson St. at the Goose Hollow TriMet Max stop on Friday, Dec. 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. While admission is free, do- nations of any amount are ac- cepted and go to support the work of the organization’s workshops. The nonprofit will also be collecting new journals for writers for their 2016 work- shops. For more information, visit writearound.org.
