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THURSDAY, JULY 27
SNOWCAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES 50TH ANNIVERSARY PICNIC:
Snowcap Community Charities is celebrating 50 years of serv-
ing our neighbors in need in East Multnomah County with a pic-
nic open to the public. The picnic will begin at 4 p.m. There will
be food carts and beer garden. Attendees are also welcome to
bring their own food and non-alcoholic drinks. First 200 attend-
ees will receive a free door prize. 4 p.m. – 9 p.m., Gresham Arts
Plaza, 488 NE 3rd St., Gresham.
SATURDAY, JULY 29
VANCOUVER MALL 40TH ANNIVERSARY COMMUNITY CELEBRA-
TION: Help Vancouver Mall celebrate its 40th birthday with a
fashion show, big giveaways, exclusive retailer offers, fami-
ly-friendly entertainment and much more! Noon – 5 p.m., Van-
couver Mall, 8700 NE Van Mall Dr., Vancouver.
9TH ANNUAL NE BOOK FESTIVAL: Please join 9 Bridges for the
9th Annual NW Book Festival, happening in downtown Port-
land’s Pioneer Courthouse Square. As always, the festival is free
and open to the public. 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Pioneer Courthouse
Square in downtown Portland.
SATURDAY – SUNDAY, JULY 29 – 30
RENEGRADE CRAFT FAIR: Renegade Craft Fair is a two-day event
at the Rejuvenation in Portland. This event showcases products
like craft and handicraft, gems, jewelers, toys, food and so
much more. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Rejuvenation, 1100 SE Grand Ave.
SUNDAY, JULY 30
ART IN THE ROSE GARDEN 2017: Join friends of Peninsula Park
Rose Garden’s Third Annual Art Show and Sale. The show fea-
tures affordable art from more than 35 local vendors, enter
the event day long raffle, food vendors and children’s activities
booth. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.. Peninsula Park Rose Garden, 700 N. Rosa
Parks Way.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5
PORTLAND IRANIAN FESTIVAL: This year’s celebration will in-
clude: Live music, dance performances, delicious and local Ira-
nian food and desserts, traditional arts & crafts, fun activities
for children and adults and much more. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., South
Park Blocks, PSU.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6
SUMMER IN THE CITY: Augustana Lutheran Church is hosting
its 25th annual Summer in the City neighborhood party. All are
welcome to this free outdoor event celebrating the diversity of
Portland. The event will feature a barbecue, a book sale, chil-
dren’s games and music. 4 p.m. – 7 p.m., Augustana Lutheran
Church, on the corner of NE Knott and 15th St.
23rd ANNUAL COLUMBIA SLOUGH REGATTA: Regatta celebrates
recreation opportunities on Portland’s hidden gen of local wa-
terways. Participants can visit with local environmental and
water-based organizations and much more. To register call (503)
281-1132. Suggested donation of $10 per person, $25 per family.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Multnomah County Drainage District Launch,
1880 NE Elrod Dr.
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Events & Announcements
PAM Presents African American Portraits
On display at the Portland Art Museum from July 29 -Dec. 29, “Representing: Vernacular Photographs of, by, and for African Americans”
brings together studio portraits from an important North Portland family album, alongside vernacular snapshots and Polaroids to
demonstrate the rich diversity of African American life and experience from the late 1800s through the 1990s. Together, these varied
and personal photographs – produced throughout the United States during significant eras of its history — challenge racial stereotypes
and assumptions, and demonstrate how African Americans chose to portray themselves. This exhibit is organized by the Portland Art
Museum and curated by Julia Dolan, Ph.D., curator of photography. For more information, visit www.portlandartmuseum.org.
Portland News Briefs
18th Annual Iranian Festival Takes
Place Aug. 5
‘Off the Rails’ Opens July 30 in
Ashland
Portland’s 18th annual Iranian Festival will take
place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 5 in downtown Port-
land’s South Park Blocks.
The festival features live music and dance perfor-
mances, local and authentic Iranian food and dessert,
traditional arts and crafts, vendor booths with fun ac-
tivities for children and adults, and more.
Attendance is free, thanks to the generous support
of the Andisheh Center, hardworking volunteers and
the participating local businesses. This year, we are
proud to support the Oregon Food Bank – and en-
courage canned food donations. Join us in this joyous
celebration of Iranian cultural heritage. For more in-
formation, please visit www.andisheh.org.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will reach a
long-overdue milestone this month with the opening
of the world-premiere production of Off the Rails, the
82-year-old Festival’s first play by a Native writer.
Playwright Randy Reinholz’s irreverent and subver-
sive adaptation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Mea-
sure, directed by OSF Artistic Director Bill Rauch,
previews July 27, 28 and 29, opens July 30 and runs
in the Angus Bowmer Theatre through the end of the
2017 season.
Described by Reinholz as “Blazing Saddles meets
Shakespeare — with Native Americans taking the
reins,” Off the Rails explores the painful legacy of
Indian boarding schools in part through music and a
surprising dose of humor.
In the play, the arrival of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Show coincides with the sentencing of a Pawnee teen-
ager named Momaday, who is to hang for his forbid-
den love affair with an Irish-American girl. The harsh
judgment and strict law-and-order attitude of presid-
ing officer Captain Angelo are put to the test by Mom-
aday’s sister, Isabel.
The cast, which includes seven Native performers,
features Lily Gladstone as Isabel; Shaun Taylor-Cor-
bett as Momaday; Barret O’Brien as Angelo; Truett
Felt as Caitlin; Brent Florendo as Grandfather; and
many more. All actors also play ensemble roles.
Augustana Lutheran Church Hosts
Summer in the City Aug. 6
Augustana Lutheran Church (on the corner of NE
Knott and 15th) is hosting its 25th annual Summer
in the City neighborhood party from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Aug. 6.
All are welcome to this free outdoor event celebrat-
ing the diversity of Portland. The event will feature a
BBQ, a book sale, children’s games, and music provid-
ed by some of Portland’s most notable jazz musicians.
There will be a Jazz/Gospel worship service begin-
ning at 6:00pm.
For more information call (503) 288-6174 or visit
www.Augustana.org.
Organizers Announce Aug. 6 March
for Freedom, Solidarity and Justice
On June 4,
Portland Stands
United Against
Hate, with the
endorsement of
70+ community,
faith, labor, and
student organi-
zations, peace-
fully rallied at
City Hall with over 1,500 concerned residents to send
a message to far right bigots, who were staging a
“Trump Free Speech” rally across the street.
On Aug. 6, these same extremists are staging a
“Freedom March” on the waterfront at the Salmon
Street fountain.
Counter-demonstrators affiliated with the groups
listed below are gathering in solidarity with com-
munities who are under attack and calling on activ-
ists and concerned residents to join a peaceful mass
mobilization on the Portland waterfront, in front of
the Battleship Oregon Memorial (SW Pine) at 1:30 pm.
Aug. 6.
Initial endorsers for this event include:
Portland Interfaith Clergy Resistance
VOZ Workers Rights Education Project
Council on American Islamic Relations - Oregon
Portland Jobs with Justice
See Briefs on page 5
