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Page 8 April 25, 2018 Arts & ENTERTAINMENT A melon is transformed into a flower during the annual celebration of Southeast Asian culture and heritage called “New Year in the Park,” an annual event returning to Glenhaven Park in northeast Portland on Saturday, April 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Celebrate Asian Culture You’re invited to join Portland Parks and Recreation for the 4th annual New Year in the Park fes- tival celebrating Cambodian, Lao, Thai and Burmese cultures on Sat- urday, April 28 at Glenhaven Park, located at Northeast 82nd Avenue and Siskiyou. The day-long event is free and open to all. Featured attractions will include cultural music and dance performances, food made from authentic recipes, vendors, traditional games and more. The festival is an opportunity to celebrate the cultures of Southeast Asia and to reaffirm that Portland parks are inclusive -- and a safe place for everyone. That goes for all neighbors, whether they’ve been in Portland for a week -- or for their entire lives,” said Port- land Parks Commissioner Aman- da Fritz. Thousands of people attended last year’s New Year in the Park. “I love seeing the community coming together to celebrate this joyous festival,” said Saron Khut, one of the festival’s creators. 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. photo by K elsey W allace , courtesy of the o reGon Z oo Old Friends Welcomed Back Kids play on a camel sculpture in the newly reinstalled Warren J. Iliff Sculpture Garden at the Oregon Zoo. The garden’s five popular statues, a hippo, bighorn sheep, bear and her cubs, a mouse and camel calf, were brought back after having been in storage since construction began on the Elephant Lands habitat in 2012.