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Page 10 November 8, 2017 VETERAN’S DAY Special Edition Arts & ENTERTAINMENT Showdogs is a full service salon. We do 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. Show Dogs Grooming Salon & Boutique 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. Special performances to enjoy and experience the cultures of peoples from around the world are celebrated during International Week at Clackamas Community College. Celebrate International Week You’re invited to experience Africa, Peru, Brazil and the Phil- ippines during Clackamas Com- munity College’s International Week celebration, Nov. 13-16. Special activities will take place from noon to 1 p.m. each day in the Community Center on the Or- egon City campus, focusing on a different country; West African folktales, stories and dance; Peru- vian music like Cajon box-drum- ming and Zapateo foot stomping; Brazilian culture and music; and Philippine dance. Pathway to Housing Celebration Enjoy music, food and drink and giving back Live music, spoken word per- formances and works of art created by artists from the African Amer- ican community will highlight a kick-off party for the Pathway 1000 housing initiative by Port- land Community Reivestment, Inc. Mingle Lounge Upscale Hip-Hop/R&B Nightclub 25 and Older 322 NW Everett St • FRI-SAT 8PM-2AM Blacque Butterfly Ro Deezy (PCRI), a program to bring 1,000 new affordable housing units to north and northeast Portland that are reserved for people who have been displaced by gentrification. Portland singer Tamara Ste- phens and spoken word artists Blacque Butterfly and Ro Deezy will perform during the Tuesday, Nov. 14 open-to-the public cele- bration and fundraiser in the ball- room at the Oregon Public House, 700 N.E. Dekum St. PCRI is offering a free food delivery service for organizations on the day of the fundraiser for groups ordering at least 50 lunch- es or dinners. A portion of all food and drink sales will be do- nated to the non-profit organiza- tion. The entertainment will take place during happy hour, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. It’s estimated that from 1990 to the year 2010, 10,000 peo- ple, mainly people of color, were forced to relocate from inner city neighborhoods to “the numbers,” neighborhoods past 82nd Avenue. As a solution to this housing epi- demic, PCRI’s Pathway 1000 Ini- tiative will mitigate gentrification by building 100 homes per year, over the next ten years, totaling 1,000 affordable homes available for rent or purchase. For more information, visit pcri- home.org.