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Page 4 The Skanner March 7, 2018 Community Calendar 2018 brought to you by Visit us at a store near you Portland Metro THURSDAY, MARCH 8 N/NE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: Topics and discussions include: (1) Down payment assistance, (2) N/NE Oversight Committee annu- al report. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., New Song Community Center, 220 N. Russell St. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 “GET CERTIFIED” FREE FAST-TRACK STATE COBID CERTIFICATION EVENT FOR ALL SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTORS: Learn how to prequalify with prime contractors to maximize opportunities, prepare for current and future projects and much more. Regis- ter at http://bit.ly/2c5601e please specify what kind of business you own. 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Oregon Association of Minority En- trepreneurs, 731 N. Hayden Meadows Dr. SATURDAY, MARCH 10 PHOTO BY WADE OWENS PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF AUGUST WILSON RED DOOR PROJECT News Events & Announcements August Wilson Monologue Finalists to Head to New York The fourth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition Portland Regional Finals took place Feb. 26 at Newmark Theatre. Twelve Portland-area high school students delivered monologues from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. The three finalists, pictured here, will head to New York City for the national competition. Pictured here, from left to right are: third-place finalist Alyssa Marchant, a junior at Rex Putnam High School; first-place winner Noreena McCleave, a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School; and second-place finalist, Kai Tomizawa as Becker from Jitney, a freshman at Grant High School. ST. PADDY’S FOR KIDS: Calling all families, come join us for in- door fun at the Luepke Center! This free, family activity fair will feature activities for children of all ages. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Luepke Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver. Portland News Briefs SATURDAY – SUNDAY, MARCH 10 – 11 DeRay Mckesson to Speak at OJRC Fundraiser VANCOUVER WOMEN’S SHOW: If there’s one thing about the Van- couver Women’s Show, it’s the fact that you will always find the latest and greatest in fashion, health, beauty, hair and much more. Tickets are $10 at the door (children under 12 are free) 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Clark County Event Center, 17402 NE Delfel Rd., Ridgefield. SUNDAY, MARCH 11 VIKING PANCAKE BREAKFAST: This pancake breakfast features all-you-can-eat Viking pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, fresh fruit and more. Adults $8, children ages 5 – 12 $4, children under 5 are free. 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Norse Hall, 111 NE 11th Ave. A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUTH IN THE JUSTICE SYS- TEM: The Judges of the Multnomah County Circuit Court would like to invite you to a community conversation about youth in the justice system. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, MAHB Auditorium, 705 N. Killingsworth St. FRIDAY, MARCH 16 AN EVENING OF MULTICULTURAL MUSIC AND DANCING FREE AND OPEN TO ALL: The free Portlanders Stand with Refugees & Immigrants event is a public celebration, which includes mul- ticultural music and dance performances. Enjoy food carts on site, serving throughout the event. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th Ave. SUNDAY, MARCH 18 HOME ORCHARD SOCIETY’S 43RD ANNUAL FRUIT PROPAGATION FAIR: This event takes place once a year. The Propagation Fair of- fers attendees hundreds of varieties of free scions and cuttings. Admission is $7 per person, $12 per family. People who join the orchard society at the door will be admitted for free. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Clackamas County fairgrounds, 694 NE 4th Ave., Canby. Seattle Metro SATURDAY, MARCH 10 POULSBO SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK: Poulsbo Second Satur- day Art Walk is free and kids are welcome. Come gallery hop, shop, wine and dine in historic downtown Poulsbo. 5 p.m. – 8 p.m., Downtown Port Orchid, 1230 Bay St., Port Orchard. See Community Calendar on page 5 View the Community Calendar and regularly updated News Briefs for Seattle and Portland at Activist organizer, and educator DeRay Mckesson will speak at 6 p.m. March 15 at First Congregational UCC, 1126 SW Park Ave. DeRay is noted for his civil rights activism, capitalizing on contemporary ways of reaching people and organizing them online through social media but also known for being in the streets for protests such as those in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland, after the deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray. The cost of the event, which is a fundraiser for Oregon Justice Re-source Center, $125 for meet-and-greet including light hors d’oeu- vres and drinks and priority seating for the speak- ing event. General admission to the speaking event: sliding scale $25, $45, $65. Free entry is available for formerly incarcerated people, and scholarships arev ailable as well. To learn more, visit https://ojrc.info/deray. TriMet Rolls New Bus Lines Into Service TriMet inaugurated its largest service expansion in years Monday morning, March 5 with simultane- ous ribbon-cuttings around 6:30 a.m. on two new bus lines – Line 74-162nd Avenue on the east side and Line 42-Denney/Hall on the west side. Three new bus lines and other improvements to existing bus service and MAX Red Line schedules come in the third year of TriMet’s 10-year service expansion plan. The improvements reflect transit in- vestments in Beaverton, East Portland, Gresham, Mil- waukie, Tigard and Troutdale, and offer new oppor- tunities to connect people with jobs, schools, services and other opportunities throughout the region. Oregon Historical Society Announces March Calendar of Events The Oregon Historical Society has announced the following events upcoming in the month of March: Latinas in Oregon History: Women’s Stories from the Latino Roots Project Sunday, March 11, 2018 Presented by Gabriela Martínez and Lynn Stephen 2pm at the Oregon Historical Society Free Admission Drawing from the Latino Roots in Oregon Project, professors Gabriela Martínez and Lynn Stephen will address the history and stories of contemporary Latinas whose contributions to our cultural, social, economic, and political life are signifi-cant and on- going. They will showcase short selected videos with compelling women’s stories and will also discuss the challenges for first- and second-generation migrant women, including issues of gender asylum in the state of Oregon. Gabriela Martínez is associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication and Direc- tor for the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS). Martínez is a communications re- searcher and a documentary filmmaker who has pro- duced/directed over fourteen documentary films/ videos. Her creative work focuses on topics of his- torical memory, immigration, social movements, and human rights issues. Her research centers on inter- national communication and the political economy of global media and telecom-munication. Martínez is co-creator of the Latino Roots in Oregon Project. Timber Culture Monday, March 19, 2018 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Oregon Historical Society A traveling exhibit created by the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center Free Admission This reception will welcome Timber Culture, a trav- eling ex-hibit curated by the Maxville Heritage Inter- pretive Center (MHIC). Timber Culture is an exhibit providing an inclu- sive look at Oregon’s multicultural logging industry. Consisting of twenty framed photographs, it depicts the lives of loggers and their families drawn togeth- er from different cultures during the great mi- gration. The ex- hibit is created by the Maxville Herit-age Inter- pretive Center, which seeks to gather, catalog, pre-serve, and interpret the rich history of the multicultural log-ging community of Maxville, Oregon, as well as similar communities in the Pacific Northwest. Gwen Trice, founder and Executive Director of MHIC, will offer remarks about the exhibit and the organization’s work. For this evening only, several additional artifacts, not in the standard exhibit, will be on display for viewers to enjoy. Genealogy Workshop: ‘Bury the Dead, Not the Liv- ing: Organizing Your Records’ Saturday, March 24, 2018 Presented by Hannah Z. Allan 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Oregon Historical Society $20, $15 for OHS members Organization is the key to productive and success- See Briefs on page 5
