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November 20, 2019
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
photo by m iChael d urham /C ourtesy o regon Z oo .
On Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22-23, the Oregon Zoo will host BrewLights: a ZooLights experience just
for the 21-and-over crowd.
100th Anniversary
Brewlights
for
21+
Crowd
of Modern Dance
In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of modern dance
icon Merce Cunningham’s birth, French company CNDC-Angers/
Robert Swinston will perform two Cunningham masterworks,
Beach Birds and Biped, for three performances Thursday, Nov.
21 through Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Newmark
Theater, downtown. Presented by White Bird, the performances
are the only ones planned in the Northwest of Cunningham’s
work and feature live music by Gavin Bryars.
The Oregon Zoo’s annual walk-
through winter wonderland of
brightly colored lights gets a pre-
view this weekend exclusively for
the 21+ crowd.
On Friday and Saturday, Nov.
22-23, the zoo will host its third
annual BrewLights, a unique
ZooLights experience for adults
with beer, live music, food carts
and more. From 5 p.m. to 9:30
p.m., visitors can sample local
beers, seltzers and ciders while
strolling among forests of bright-
ly lit trees and dazzling 3-D light
sculptures.
Terra Heilman helps a
resident pick holiday fabric for
reusable gift wrapping bags
as coordinator for The Repair
Clark County reuse and recycle
program which helps residence
reduce their waste.
Part 17
Understanding Pain:
Cut Waste with
Reusable Wrap
Why do you have it?
How can you get rid
of it?
Q: My friend constantly takes
pills. I’ve tried to convince her
to see a Chiropractor. Can you
make any suggestions?
A: You might try asking your
friend this: “If you heard a fire
alarm going off in the middle of
the night, would you call the Fire
Department or would you
Yank the wires out of the wall
and calmly go back to sleep?”
You see, pain is your nervous
system’s fire alarm. Pain pills
may alleviate the pain but will do
nothing to take the stress off the
spine and nervous system. When
the body yells, “Fire!” and you
experience pain; it is trying to
get your attention that it is being
injured. When there is stress
in the nervous system, this is a
serious problem.
The nervous system controls
every other function of the body
and left untreated can cause ill-
“If you’ve ever wondered what
ZooLights would be like without
the kids, BrewLights is for you,”
said zoo event coordinator Barba-
ra Bennett-Heck.
Admission includes a souvenir
light-up cup and 10 tasting tickets.
Visit oregonzoo.org/brewlights.
Dr. Billy R. Flowers
health in other areas of the body
as well. Our specialty is finding
the cause of your problem and
taking care of it, painlessly,
without drugs…Just as nature
intended. If you suffer from pain,
stop pulling the alarm wires
from the walls. Together, we can
put the fire out…for good!
To find out how Chiropractic
might be able to help you or for
answers to any questions you
might have about your health,
please feel free to call us at the
phone number shown below.
Flowers’ Chiropractic Office
2027 Lloyd Center Mall,
Portland Oregon 97232
Phone: (503) 287-5504
Harris Photography
503-730-1156
On Site Printing
4x6
5x7
or 8x10
antonioharris@mac.com
4545 N.E. MLK 97211
A reuse and recycle program in
Vancouver is helping residents re-
duce their waste this holiday sea-
son by sewing reusable wrapping
bags from upcycled fabric and dis-
tributing them to the public.
Sewing pros will transform fab-
ric into reusable holiday gift wrap-
ping bags during three free events,
Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov.
23 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Van-
couver Night Market, located at
Warehouse 23, 100 Columbia St.;
and on Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Holi-
day Farmers Market, located at the
Vancouver Hilton, 301 W. Sixth
St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Residents can bring their own
treasured fabric (vintage table cloth,
linens or tree skirt for example) or
choose from a limited selection of
recycled holiday fabric. There is a
limit of three bags per person. The
events are sponsored by Repair
Clark County, a program of the Co-
lumbia Springs Natural Area.