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SATURDAY, APRIL 1
CLIMATE JUSTICE SUMMIT & NATIVE AMERICAN MARKETPLACE:
With special guest speakers, panel Q&A conversations. Summit
is 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. Marketplace in gym with native vendors, native
jewelry, native arts & Crafts, raffle and much more is 11 a.m. – 7
p.m. Friendly House, NW 26th & Thurman.
THE GREAT ELECTRIFYING EVENT: Bonneville Dam hosts a full
day of hands-on activities and videos. Come and check out all
the fun things to do at the Bonneville Dam. Free and fun activi-
ties for the whole family. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Bonneville Locks and
Dam, Washington Shore Visitor Complex, Mile Post 38.5 State
Road 14, North Bonneville.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 1 & 2
RHODODENDRON & DAFFODIL SHOW AND SALE: Annual show
and sale of rhodies and daffodils at the Crystal Springs Rhodo-
dendron Garden, 5801 SE 28th Ave. Portland, OR. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday, noon – 5 p.m. Sunday.
TUESDAY, APRIL 4
THE URBAN LEAGUE OF PORTLAND’S CAREER JOB FAIR: The ca-
reer fair is a wonderful opportunity for job seekers and career
changes. More than 70 employers participated last year and
organizers are expecting a similar turnout this year. Recruiters
from federal, state, county and city government will be there.
There will also be many other employers too! 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.,
Double tree Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah St.
HELP US PLAN LIBRARY SPACE: As our community grows and
changes, the library should change, too. Multnomah County
Library has been hard at work gathering information, listening
See Community Calendar on page 5
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Athletic Fields Close Until Friday
Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) has closed all city-owned athletic and ballfields until at least March 31, due to safety concerns and
saturated conditions related to continued rain. This closure impacts grass fields at Portland Parks & Recreation sites, and events which
PP&R had permitted at Portland Public Schools facilities. On Friday, PP&R will re-evaluate the grass fields and make a determination
on if they can be reopened, or if the closures need to be extended - with user safety in mind. The citywide closure does NOT impact
synthetic turf fields, which are designed for all-weather play. All people who have been granted permits for events on PP&R athletic
and ball fields will have their money refunded. Fields will also be closed for drop-in use.
Portland News Briefs
Portland ‘Dreamer’ Released From
ICE Detention
Francisco J. Rodriguez Dominguez, the 25-year-old
DACA recipient who was picked up by ICE agents at
his Portland home Sunday, was released from ICE
custody on bond following a public outcry over his
detention. Advocacy groups Causa Oregon, the Latino
Network, and the American Civil Liberties Union of
Oregon (ACLU of Oregon) credited the massive public
response to his story for the quick turn of events.
The advocates stressed that despite this week’s
victory, immigrant com-
munities are still under
increased ICE enforce-
ment. They said families
should call the Portland
Immigrant Rights Coali-
tion hotline at (888) 622-
1510 or the ACLU immi-
gration hotline at (971)
412-2258 if they encoun-
ter ICE agents.
Early Sunday morning
Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement (ICE)
agents picked up Rodri-
guez Dominguez without
a warrant at his home in
southeast Portland. Ro-
driguez Dominguez, 25,
has been part of the De-
ferred Action for Child-
hood Arrivals (DACA)
program since 2013.
Rodriguez Dominguez
arrived in the United
States at the age of five
from Morelia Michoac-
an, Mexico. He has lived
in the Portland metro
area since then and at-
tended Glenfair Elemen-
tary School, H.B. Lee
Middle School, Reynolds
High School, and Mt.
Hood Community Col-
lege to study information
technology. In December
2016, Rodriguez Domin-
guez entered into a DUI
diversion program. He
quickly completed near-
ly all of the requirements
of this program, attended
all his court dates and re-
quired meetings.
Disjecta Names Blake Shell New
Executive Director
Disjecta Contemporary Art Center has named Blake
Shell as its new Executive Director. Recognized for
her acclaimed exhibitions, publications, and work
championing artists, Shell is currently the Robert
and Mercedes Eichholz Director and Curator of the
Art Gym and Belluschi Pavilion at Marylhurst Uni-
versity in Oregon.
In making the announcement, Disjecta’s board of di-
rectors stated, “Blake Shell’s passion for supporting
artists at every stage of their career, her knowledge
of the challenges presented by risk-taking program-
ming, and her ability to increase resources will com-
plement Disjecta’s innovative Curator-in-Residence
and Biennial exhibition programs. She brings energy
and experience to us at a time when contemporary
art centers need passionate, dedicated and articulate
leaders to advance their work.”
Shell is a contemporary art administrator, curator,
and artist with over fifteen years of experience in di-
recting nonprofit galleries. As its Eichholz Director
and Curator, Shell provided the artistic direction and
leadership of the Art Gym, working on strategy and
development to increase funding through contribut-
ed income and grants to double the operating budget,
establish a brand identity, increase art programming
and publications, and certify the organization to pay
W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy)
level honorariums and provide art production sup-
port for artists.
She began her career as Gallery Manager of the
Oglethorpe Row Gallery, a fine art non-profit cooper-
ative gallery in Savannah, Georgia. From 2004-2008
in Tucson, Arizona, Shell served as Executive Direc-
tor of Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, a non-profit
gallery, and then Gallery Curator and Director of the
University of Arizona’s Joseph Gross and Lionel Rom-
bach Galleries, where she also served as an Adjunct
Professor of Art and Public Art Coordinator.
After her move to the Northwest in 2008, Shell
served as Director of the Archer Gallery at Clark Col-
lege in Vancouver, Washington, curating exhibitions
while also an Adjunct Instructor at Clark College and
at Washington State University’s Vancouver campus.
At the Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Shell cu-
rated exhibitions including a retrospective of the late
Kartz Ucci, national group exhibitions, and solo ex-
hibitions and projects by Heidi Schwegler, Michelle
Ross, Ben Buswell, Jen Delos Reyes, and Jack Ryan.
Shell’s current professional activities include the
Marketing Committee of the Association of Art Mu-
seum Curators; membership in the Northwest Art
Council of the Portland Art Museum; and Visual
Chronicle Panelist for the Regional Arts and Culture
Council Public Art Collections Committee. Most re-
See Briefs on page 5
