Category Archives: Events
Arbor Week Photography Show, Friday, April 9th, 6 pm to 8:30 pm
I love trees because…
“Of their determination to live, grow, produce and harbor life” – Matthew Scoggins
“They make me feel peaceful and happy” -Betsy Valle
“Like people, they feel, grow, change with the seasons, develop their own roots, and have so much potential to branch out and become individuals” – Crystal Miller
Celebrate all the reasons we love trees at an Arbor Week Photography Show Friday, April 9th, from 6 pm to 8:30 pm, at the Concordia Neighborhood Community Room at McMenamin’s Kennedy School, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.
Enjoy beautiful photographs from the students of our recent class, Photographing Your Urban Forest. Meet and mingle with these budding photographers and other tree lovers including Neighborhood Tree Stewards, Concordia Tree Team members and Urban Forestry Commission members.
This is a free event sponsored by Portland Parks and Recreation with generous donations from writer, photographer and instructor Bob Langan and Pro Photo Supply. The photographs will be for sale with all proceeds going toward tree planting projects in the Concordia neighborhood.
For more information, call 503-823-4484.
Submitted By
Bob Langan
Writer, Photographer, Instructor, Neighborhood Tree Steward and
Volunteer Extraordinaire
Last Thurday on Alberta Street to be discussed at CNA general Meeting Tuesday March 2nd.
Join us on Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00pm at the Kennedy School Community Room to learn about the history of Last Thursday on Alberta as well as it’s future.
Special guest include: Magnus Johannesson, Coordinator of Last Thursday and Paige Coleman, Executive Director of Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN).
Concordia Neighborhood Clean-Up, Saturday May 1st
Saturday, May 1st
PCC Workforce Training Center
5600 NE 42nd Ave corner of Killingsworth
Cost will be $5/car, $10/truck, $15/large truck, and $20+/oversized load.
All proceeds help your Concordia Neighborhood Association. We cannot take hazardous waste, batteries, tires, yard debris, sod, rocks, concrete, paint or oil.
We are looking for volunteers and also someone with a truck to help some of our elderly neighbors with their disposal needs on that day.
Contact Ken Forcier at 503-522-7660 or ken [at] gracewooddesign.com. A more detailed description of the event will be published in the April edition of the Concordia News.
We thank the PCC Workforce Training Center for letting us use their parking lot for our dumpster collection area again this year.
“On Lifes Term: The Middle Passage” Premiers at Miracles Club
Writer, Poet Nabeeh Mustafa and Producer/Director Floyd Cruse will reproduce their 2005 production of On Life’s Term: The Middle Passage at The Miracles Club with four performances, March 27-March 28 and April 3-April 4. This dramatic play parallels slavery and addiction, bringing awareness about the issues of addiction and recovery and the affects it has on individuals, families and the community.
The Middle Passage was adapted directed and produced by Floyd Cruse in 2005 from On Life’s Terms a play by Portland writer and poet Nabeeh Mustafa. On Life’s Terms: The Middle Passage, parallels slavery and addiction. The Middle Passage is the Atlantic slave trade, the triangular route from Europe to Africa to the New World. This play tells the realistic and powerful stories of people who have taken the journey or middle passage from drugs and alcohol to recovery. This play highlights the affect addiction and recovery has on us all, bringing awareness about the challenges and struggles individuals, families, and communities face. It also emphasizes the important role and influence, individuals and organizations can have in supporting recovery.
Miracles Club was established in 1992 by African Americans so that all people in recovery in North/Northeast Portland would have a sanctuary where they could maintain their sobriety with culturally specific support and encouragement. A nonprofit 501c3 organization, credentialed by AMH to provide multi-cultural peer delivered trainings, has operated with an all volunteer team, offering a variety of clean and sober social activities and educational forums, which has provided community outreach to more than 15,000 individuals and families since its inception. Miracles also conducts thousands of hours of peer services, health presentations, statewide summits and facilitates 23 twelve-step meetings per week to the people it serves. Currently Miracles is seeking additional funding to expand programming and services.
The play will be shown during two weekends Fri-Sat March 27-28 and Aril 3-4. All showings start at 7:00 at Miracles Club, 4069 NE M L King Blvd, Portland, 97212. Tickets can purchased at Elevator Coffee, Christopher’s, Geneva’s, One Stop Record, Reflections, and Miracles Club.
For more information contact: Floyd Cruse (503) 284-0985 Email: f.cruse@comcast.net
Celebrate Black History Month at Concordia University
Concordia University will be hosting a series of inspirational religious leader for Black History Month events this February. All events are free and open to the public. For more information download the program of events, or visit Concordia University for more information.
CARNIVAL at Newspace Center for Photography, February 5th through 28th
CARNIVAL
February 5th through 28th
Newspace Center for Photography
1632 SE 10th Ave.
Portland, OR 97214
503.963.1935 phone
www.newspacephoto.org
Opening Reception
Friday, February 5th, 6-9pm
FEATURING:
Jessica Acevedo, Marah Anderson, Michelle Bates, Meg Birnbaum, Adam Blackman, Craig Blankenhorn, Calvin Chen, Carrie Crow, Mark Crummett, Peter Eckert, Gene Faulkner, Jay Fiorenza, Tim Goodspeed, Raymond Haddad, Josh Hobson, Robert Hogan, Hall Jameson, Robb Johnson, Christen Kelly, George Kelly, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Jim Leisy, Isa Leshko, Stuart Allen Levy, Fritz Liedtke, Craig, Litten, Jim Lommasson, Kjrsten Madsen, Janet Matthews, Jody Miller, Andrea Murrill, Jim Neidhardt, Oliver Ogden, Robert Pallesen, Chris Raecker, Steve Rockoff, Meryl Schenker, Rachel Shaich, Ward Shortridge, Blake Tarpley, Lorenzo Triburgo, Simona Turin, John Tynes, Bill Watt
Mayor Sam Adams & City Commissioner Amanda Fritz invite you to a community meeting about Last Thursday on Alberta
Monday, February 8th, 2010
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Acadian Ballroom
1829 NE Alberta
The Mayor and Commissioner will take public testimony from stakeholders of Last Thursday on Alberta, including residents, business people, neighborhood activists, vendors, performers, and attendees.
The Mayor & Commissioner areconsidering options for Last Thursday, including:
• Continue the event as is
• Continue the event with significant changes
• End Last Thursday on Alberta
They would like to hear your opinion on these or other options.
Please attend and bring your neighbors and co-workers with you. Your opinion is important and needs to be heard!
To help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will reasonably modify policies/procedures and provide auxiliary aids/services to persons with disabilities.
Call 503-823-9970,
TTY 503-823-6868 with such requests.
If you are unable to attend this community meeting, consider writing about your experience with Last Thursday and sending it to the Mayor and Commissioner Fritz.
Mayor Sam Adams
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 340
Portland, Oregon 97204
Phone: (503) 823-4120
E-mail: Samadams@ci.portland.or.us
Commissioner Amanda Fritz
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 220
Portland, Oregon 97204
Phone: (503) 823-3008
E-mail: amanda@ci.portland.or.us
What is Green Building?
Discover why an increasing number of home builders in the Northwest are implementing green building certification programs: Earth Advantage® New Homes, ENERGY STAR® Homes, and LEED® for Homes. Discover the value and benefits of sustainable building practices and learn about the future of the residential green building market.
February 10, 2010
8am-10am
Earth Advantage Institute
16280 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd
Portland, OR 97224
Register at www.earthadvantage.org
or call Annah Henige at 503-968-7160 x10
Cost:$10
Portland Plan to be discussed at February CNA general meeting
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Tuesday, February 2nd at 7:00pm at the McMenamins Kennedy School Community Room
Deborah Stein from the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability will be presenting the Portland Plan at the CNA general meeting on Tuesday, February 2nd at 7:00pm at the McMenamins Kennedy School Community Room.
Building on the visionPDX process the Portland Plan will identify how to ensure Portland is a thriving and sustainable city for the future, with opportunity for all.
The Portland Plan is taking a variety of issues such as education, human health, civic engagement, housing, transportation and the environment. The City is also partnering with a wide range of public agencies to ensure alignment of actions and investments.
The Portland Plan will be developed over the next 12 months. The current phase of the process is looking at baseline conditions – where are we now? To view the work plan for the Portland Plan and the other phases of the project, please visit www.pdxplan.com. You can also review the draft Portland Plan Handbook and background reports as well as take a survey online.
The City will be accepting public testimony on the background reports at three upcoming Planning Commission hearings on January 26, February 9 and March 9. However, comments on the background reports will be accepted until late 2010. The public is welcome to submit comments by mail, FAX, e-mail or online. Please visit www.pdxplan.com for more information.
For more information download the latest Portland Plan brochure.