August 31, 2016
Page 11
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Showdogs is a full service salon. We do
A pair of new futsal courts at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School support local youth program
and encourage children to live healthy, active lives. The courts were made possible by the Portland
Timbers and the team’s community sponsors.
baths, all over hair cuts, tooth brushing,
nail trims, soft claws, flea treatments, mud
baths, and ear cleaning. We also have health
care and grooming products to keep your
pet clean in between visits.
Futsal Courts for Healthy, Active Lives
Show Dogs Grooming Salon & Boutique
A pair of new futsal courts at
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
School in northeast Portland will
support local youth programs, and
encourage children to live healthy,
active lives. The recently construct-
ed courts signify a strong public
service commitment by the Port-
land Timbers and their community
partners.
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales
joined Timbers players Fanendo Adi,
Taylor Peay and Gbenga Arokoyo,
and others for a special dedication of
the courts earlier this month.
The unveiling marked the sec-
ond set of futsal courts present-
ed by the Timbers’ Fields for All
partnership. Since 2011, the pro-
fession soccer club has contrib-
Dmae Roberts will be reading from her memoir book on what it
means to be a mixed-raced adult on Thursday, Sept. 1 at ‘Another
Read Through’ bookstore, 3932 N. Mississippi Ave.
Journey through Biracial Identity
Dmae Roberts’ book The Letting
Go Trilogies: Stories of a Mixed-
Race Family traces four decades of
what it means to be a mixed-race
adult who sometimes called herself
“Secret Asian Woman.”
With her personal essays writ-
ten over a 10-year period, Roberts
journeys through biracial identity
and her interracial Taiwanese and
Oklahoman family amid love, loss
and letting go of past regrets and
grief.
You’re invited to join the author
when she reads from her memoir
book at Another Read Through
bookstore, 3932 N Mississippi
Ave., on Thursday, Sept. 1 from
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The presentation
is part of the Oregon Humanities
Conversation Project topic “What
are You? Mixed-Race and Interra-
cial Families in Oregon’s Past and
Future.
uted to 11 soccer fields and futsal
courts, providing the greater Port-
land area with organized outlets
for playing soccer.
Fields For All aims to identify
recreation deserts – communities
underserved by recreational activ-
ities for kids – and fill them with
safe, healthy and high-quality
playing surfaces.
926 N. Lombard
Portland, OR 97217
503-283-1177
Tuesday-Saturday 9am-7pm
Monday 10am-4pm
Yo dawg is gonna look like a show dawg
and your kitty will be pretty.