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Page 4 The Skanner Portland & Seattle January 2, 2019 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2019 brought to you by Portland Metro THURSDAY, JANUARY 3 WHAT’S IT WORTH TO YOU: This pay-what-you-can figure draw- ing session starts with short gesture poses and works its way up to 15- or 20-minute poses. Drop-ins welcome. $5 suggested donation, 6 - 9 p.m., High Low Art Space, 936 SE 34th Ave. FREE ADMISSION AT PAM: The Portland Art Museum offers free museum admission on the first Thursday of every month. 5 – 8 p.m. is free of charge! Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 URBAN TELLERS: Portland Story Theater brings its “Urban Tell- ers” series back to the Old Church, bringing you an array of true tales from local storytellers every first Friday of the month. 8 p.m., The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave. FREE FIRST FRIDAY: The Museum of Natural and Cultural History offers free admission on the first Friday of the month. Museum of Natural and Cultural History, 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 BLACK STORYTIME: The African and African American experience comes alive for children from birth to age 6. Black Storytime builds language and literacy skills your child needs to be ready for kindergarten. From 10:30 – 11:00 a.m., North Portland Li- brary, 512 N. Killingsworth St. SUNDAY, JANUARY 6 KERRY EGGERS: Longtime Portland Tribune sports columnist Kerry Eggers discusses his book, “Jail Blazers,” an in-depth look at the on-court triumphs and the off-court antics that earned the late ‘90 and early 2000s Trail Blazers team a “bad boy” repu- tation. Free, 7:30 p.m., Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 PCCEP STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING: Join the Portland Com- mittee on Community-Engaged Policing (PCCEP) Steering Com- mittee for its January meeting. You can share your ideas during the public comment periods of the meeting. From 5:30 - 7 p.m., 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 250. GENEALOGY BEGGINER’S BOOTCAMP: Join Laurel Smith at the GFO for a day of beginning genealogy. There will be sessions about the census, vital records, immigration and naturalization, discussions about genealogy software and database use, orga- nizing your research and more — all geared toward beginners. From 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., 2505 SE 11th Ave, Suite B-18. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 BROWN HOPE MONTHLY COMMUNITY MEETING: The Brown Hope Action Team is a space for Black, Brown and Indigenous people to work directly with White people in the pursuit of justice as a lived experience. Every second Wednesday of the month. Food and drink provided. 6:30 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi Ave. MARQUAM NATURE PARK NO IVY LEAGUE: Help remove English ivy and other invasive species from the park. Gloves and tools are supplied or you may bring your own. Please bring a water bottle if you have one, wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. From 9:00 a.m. - noon. Marquam Nature Park, SW Marquam St. PHOTOS COURTESY OF PORTLAND CENTER STAGE Visit us at a store near you ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Opens Jan. 18 Portland Center Stage at The Armory brings Kate Hamill’s hit adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” to Portland in a production originally created by renowned New York theater company Bedlam. Hamill’s fresh take on female-centered classics made her one of the most-produced playwrights across the country for the past two season. Bedlam’s production combines a traditional regency setting with a fast-paced, kinetic, theatrical staging. Eric Tucker, who directed the award-winning world premiere of Hamill’s “Sense and Sensibility” at Bedlam, directs a cast that includes Portland favorites Danea C. Osseni (“The Color Purple”) as Elinor Dashwood and Quinlan Fitzgerald (“The Humans” at Artists Repertory Theatre) as Marianne Dashwood. They are joined by Lisa Birnbaum, Kelly Godell, Lauren Modica, Chris Murray, Violeta Picayo, Darius Pierce, Ryan Quinn, and Jamie Smithson. The production opens Jan. 18 and runs through Feb. 10. For more information, including ticket prices, visit www.pcs.org or call (503) 445-3700. Portland & Seattle News Briefs AG Rosenblum Tours State to Hear from Oregonians on Hate Crimes Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will join her Task Force on Hate Crimes in Portland, Eu- gene and Medford next week to hear from Orego- nians impacted by hate-motivated conduct. During each listening session, members of the public are en- couraged to share their stories about hate-motivated incidents in their communities and their experiences with discrimination. Community members who wish to remain anonymous can testify without sharing their names, or can submit written testimony. Rosenblum’s task force, chaired by Oregon DOJ’s Legislative Director, Aaron Knott, has been meeting since last May. Its members represent a broad swath of policymakers, advocacy groups, religious organi- zations, law enforcement and others. The task force’s role is to make proposals to the 2019 Oregon legisla- ture to strengthen Oregon’s hate crime laws, and look into whether law enforcement have the appropriate tools to investigate and combat these horrible crimes. The listening sessions will provide an opportunity for community members to inform the work of the Task Force, to expand upon the conversations at Task Force meetings, and help shape future legislation. • Portland: Jan. 7 at 6-8 p.m., Unite Oregon, 700 N Killingsworth Street • Eugene: Jan. 8 at 6-8 p.m., Harris Hall, 125 E. 8th Ave • Medford: Jan. 9 at 6-8 p.m., Medford Public Library 205 S. Central Ave Wyden, Merkley to Hold Series of Town Halls in January Seattle Metro SUNDAY, JANUARY 6 Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden will kick off 2019 with a series of town halls throughout the state. Both senators’ schedules follow. PRISONS, POLICING & ABOLITION MEETING: For this installment of the #BecauseWeveRead book club, discuss the racist history of policing in America and beyond as explored in the book Po- licing the Planet, a collection of essays and interviews on global policing. 12 p.m., Estelita’s Library, 2533 16th Ave. S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s January Town Halls: Jan. 2 Multnomah County: 10:30 a.m. at East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th Ave. in Portland. Washington County: 2 p.m. at Conestoga Recreation and Aquatic Center, 9985 SW 125th Ave. in Beaverton. Clackamas County: 6 p.m. at Gladstone High School, 18800 Portland Ave. in Gladstone. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 BLACK HISTORY 101 MOBILE MUSEUM: Yakima Valley College’s 2018-19 Diversity Series hosts the Black History 101 Mobile Mu- seum on the Grandview campus. Founded by Khalid el-Hakim, the mobile museum is an award-winning collection of over 7,000 artifacts of Black memorabilia dating from the trans-Atlantic slave trade era to hip-hop culture. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Yakima Valley Community College, Activity Center, Building #52, Yakima. Jan. 3 Lane County: 10:30 a.m. at Hamlin Middle School, 326 Centennial Blvd. in Springfield. Benton County: 2:30 p.m. at Philomath High School, 2054 Applegate St. in Philomath. Linn County: 5:30 p.m. at Timber Ridge School, 373 Timber Ridge St. NE in Albany. Jan. 4 Jefferson County: 11 a.m. at Madras Performing Arts Center, 412 SE Buff St. in Madras. Deschutes County: 3 p.m. at Mountain View High School, 2755 NE 27th St. in Bend. Crook County: 7 p.m., Crook County High School, 1100 SE Lynn Blvd. in Prineville. Sen. Ron Wyden’s January Town Halls: Jan. 4 Yamhill County: 1:30 pm, Linfield College, Ice Au- ditorium at Melrose Hall, 900 SE Baker St,. McMinn- ville. Washington County: 5:30 pm, Sherwood Center for the Arts, 22689 SW Pine St., Sherwood. Jan. 5 Lincoln County: Noon, Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln City. Tillamook County: 3:30 pm, Port of Tillamook Bay Officers Mess Hall, 6825 Officer’s Row Road, Tilla- mook. Jan. 6 Clatsop County: Noon, Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Dr., Astoria. Columbia County: 4 pm, Meriwether Place, 1070 Co- lumbia Blvd, St Helens. Jan. 7 Marion County: 9:30 am, Woodburn High School Auditorium, 1785 N Front St, Woodburn. Port of Seattle Promotes Mian Rice to New Director of Diversity in Contracting The Port of Seattle has promoted Mian Rice to the position of Director of Diversity in Contracting. He was in the acting-director role from his prior posi- tion as Small Business Program and Policy Manager. The promotion is effective immediately. Rice’s work history includes time at CH2M Hill, where he supervised public projects overseas, King County, and Seattle; the City of Seattle—where he served in several roles during the Nickels administra- tion—as a Transportation Policy Advisor, the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, and the Department of Executive Administration; Turner Construction; and a prior stint at the Port of Seattle as an aviation planner at Sea-Tac International Airport. The position supervises the Port’s new diversity and contracting initiative that aims to increase to 15 percent the amount of spend on WMBE contracts and triple the utilization of women and minority busi- ness suppliers over the next five years. The position will also define and drive broader small and WMBE business development initiatives that create middle class jobs and support Seattle’s working waterfront and Sea-Tac International Airport. For more information on bid opportunities, visit: www.portseattle.org/business/bid-opportunities.