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FUNDRAISERS
Valentine projects mean busy February weekend for SnowCap
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| At SnowCap's annual dinner and auction last year, Jean Johnson, from left, Judy Allen and Marily Munger pause to pose for the camera for a moment while perusing the silent auction items. |
| Courtesy: LeeAnn Gauthier |
First is the agency’s seventh annual Valentine Dinner and Auction on Feb. 7 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Mount Hood Community College, 26000 S.E. Stark St, in Gresham.
“Our Valentine dinner and auction event is especially important this year, a year of sharply increasing demand and declining resources,” said Executive Director Judy Alley. The event features a silent auction that starts at 5 p.m., a buffet dinner at 7 p.m. and an oral auction ending at 9 p.m. SnowCap hopes to raise at least $55,000 this year. Tickets are $50 per person and reservations are required. Contact Dolores at 503-674-8785, ext. 17, or dolores@snowcap.org to reserve seating.
The event was given a good start with a $5,000 pledge from Boeing Company and a $5,000 grant from PacifiCorp, which will be used to match funds raised for energy assistance. “Boeing and PacifiCorp have been steadfast SnowCap sponsors,” Alley said. “They provide resources needed to feed, clothe and warm many needy east Multnomah County families, especially those with children.”
The other significant February event to benefit SnowCap is in collaboration with Oregon Cats. Oregon Cats hosts a show at the Memorial Coliseum on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 7 and 8. Attendees who donate two cans of dog or cat food for SnowCap will receive a $2 admission discount. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for seniors, students and handicapped persons. Children six and under are free.
The event features more than 300 purebred cats in competition in several categories, including agility, best costume and a prize for older cats.
“Families in crisis often have to choose between feeding themselves and feeding their pets,” Alley said. “We appreciate the help in providing for four-legged friends who are hungry too.”
SnowCap Community Charities is a philanthropic organization created to provide food, clothing, advocacy and other services to the poor in much of east Multnomah County, including Parkrose, Gresham, Troutdale, Wood Village and Fairview.
Crab, beer, wine and a bib
The fifth annual Grotto Crab Fest is Saturday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. in the Grotto Conference Center, 8840 N.E Skidmore St. The cost is $45 per person. All proceeds benefit The Grotto.
Enjoy fresh crab and special accompaniments prepared by The Grotto’s own chef, Steve Hardmeyer. Guests will enjoy this buffet-style dinner, appetizers, salad and great Northwest wines and beer, all while wearing a fantastic bib. The evening will conclude with dessert and enjoying the spectacular view from the Meditation Chapel. To register, please call 503-254-7371 or e-mail events@thegrotto.org.
A violin, a piano and you
Rodel Flores and his daughter will perform on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. at Montavilla United Methodist Church, 232 S.E. 80th Ave. Flores, a violinist, and his daughter Amanda, a pianist, offer this performance as a fundraiser for the Optimist Club of Lloyd Center. Contact Ruth Olandria at 503-252-8871 or Teresa Wallace at 503-805-1776 to purchase tickets in advance: adults $15, youth $12.
Tickets will also be available at the door: adults $18, youth $15.
Benefit concert rescheduled
Snows in December forced cancellation of the Michael Allen Harrison benefit concert at Parkrose High. The concert in support of the high school choirs will be rescheduled in March. The exact date is yet to be announced, but tickets purchased for the December show will be honored. To learn more or to buy tickets, contact Lesley Bossert, choir director, at 503-408-2695. Tickets are $10 for students and seniors and $12.50 for adults.
Foundation gathering items for auction
Volunteers have been working diligently to plan the largest fundraising effort of the year for the Parkrose Educational Foundation. Its annual dinner and auction is set for Saturday, April 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn-Airport, 8439 N.E. Columbia Blvd. Organizers can use your help. Donate auction items such as time at your vacation home, a product or service from your business, handcrafted items or a special gift basket. Volunteer to help organize the event. And most importantly, plan to attend. Learn more at www.parkroseedfdn.org.
THE ARTS
Art classes focus on creativity
Portland Fine Arts Guild meets on the first three Mondays of the month at the Russellville Grange, Northeast 121st Avenue and Prescott Street, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for instruction classes and demonstrations. Classes are $12 for nonmembers and $10 for members; however if you are a first-time visitor, the class fee will be waived.
Classes on Feb. 2, 9, and 16 will be taught by John Halvorson — a local award-winning artist who specializes in acrylic, but is equally comfortable in watercolor — and encourages each artist to work in the medium they are most comfortable with. His topic for the month will be creativity, and he plans to challenge attendees with exercises to help develop this ability. Bring your own supplies.
Coffee is provided. Please bring your own lunch or visit one of several nearby fast food restaurants. To find out more, please visit www.portlandfineartsguild.org.
MHCC Performing Arts Department presents “Guys and Dolls”
There’s no way a missionary would go on a date with a gambler. Wanna bet? “Guys and Dolls” is the Broadway musical about Damon Runyon’s memorable gang of gangsters, dancers, sinners and saints. You can put your money on having a great time at the Mt. Hood Community College Performing Arts department rendition of this classic.
This year’s annual performing arts department musical production features a talented cast and crew of current and former students and instructors. With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, this moving and hilarious show includes the songs “Luck be a Lady,” “A Bushel and a Peck” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat.”
“Getting twelve gangsters to pull off three complicated dance numbers can be quite a challenge,” said Rick Zimmer, theatre arts director. “Our talented actors simply say, ‘Bring it on,’ and then work their tails off to make it happen. Dancing for this show will be hands down our best ever.”
A wine and cheese reception will precede the opening night performance, catered by and benefiting the MHCC Hospitality and Tourism program. The reception will be on Friday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Jazz Cafe. Tickets are $10 at the door for five wine samples and food. (This price does not include admission to “Guys and Dolls.”) Tickets for the reception may be purchased at the door. No reservations are required.
“Guys and Dolls” will run from Friday, Feb. 20 through Sunday, March 1. Friday and Saturday evening performances are at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. in the MHCC Theater on the Gresham Campus, 26000 S.E. Stark St. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, call the MHCC box office at 503-491-7154 or visit www.mhcc.edu/theatre. Tickets may also be purchased at the door, but space is limited and reservations are recommended. For more information, call Rick Zimmer at 503-491-6969.
Individuals requiring accommodations due to a disability may contact the MHCC Disability Services Office at 503-491-6923 or 503-491-7670 (TDD). Please call at least two weeks prior to the event to ensure availability.
Students take on a classic play
“The Crucible” is one of playwright Arthur Miller’s best known works. He takes on the political leaders of the 1950s, namely Joe McCarthy and his quest to eradicate the United States of communism, and infusing this with chronicling the Salem witch trials of 1692. Fear and ignorance led to drastic consequences then as they did in the middle of the last century.
Please join the Parkrose High School Theater troupe as it explores these issues onstage. Performances are at 7 p.m. on Feb. 26, 27 and 28, and March 6 and 7 in the PHS Theater, 12003 N.E. Shaver St. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students 18 and under and for seniors. To learn more, call 503-408-2718.
EVENTS
Check out origins of our solar system
Billions of years ago did the death of a star send shock waves through a cloud of interstellar dust and gas, jumpstarting the formation of our sun and solar system? That is the question Doug McCarty, director of the Mt. Hood Community College Planetarium Sky Theater, will investigate in the presentation entitled “Death of a Star” on Monday, Feb. 2 at 7 and 8 p.m. Admission is $1.
View images and learn how the explosion of massive stars often triggers the formation of new stars and planets. The evidence regarding the origins of our own solar system comes from meteorites dating back 4.6 billion years. Audience members will have a chance to hold ancient artifacts on display in the planetarium.
The planetarium is located on the MHCC Gresham Campus, 26000 S.E. Stark St., in Room AC1305. Planetarium shows run on the first Monday of every month through August.
Visitors are seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Children are welcome, and the planetarium is wheelchair accessible.
The Planetarium Sky Theater offers live, customized one-hour programs to school and community groups and private parties on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays now through Aug. 22. A $75 facility use fee is charged for each program, and the maximum capacity is 70.
Individuals requiring accommodations due to a disability may contact the MHCC Disability Services Office at 503-491-6923 or 503-491-7670 (TDD). Please call at least two weeks prior to the event to ensure availability.
Valentines from the heart, for the future
This Valentine’s Day, give your loved one a green gift that shows you care — now and for years to come. For $35 you can order a Gift Tree and for $100 you can order a Gift Grove of six young native trees from Friends of Trees. Friends of Trees will plant them in local natural areas in need of restoration.
Your order can be placed at Gift Trees at www.friendsoftrees.org. Provide the name of the honoree and a personal message, and Friends of Trees will print your gift acknowledgment card and mail it for you within three business days of the date you place your order.
If you’d like to meet someone to love, join a Friends of Trees planting on Valentine’s Day. Many couples have met this way, including one that was married this January. On Feb. 14, Friends of Trees will host two Valentine’s Day plantings: a six-neighborhood planting that begins at 9 a.m. at the Friends of Trees office, 3117 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., and a restoration planting that begins at 9 a.m. at Beggar’s Tick Natural Area, Southeast Foster Road and 111th Avenue.
In addition to slowing climate change, trees reduce air and water pollution by trapping pollutants in their leaves and roots. Buying a gift tree leaves a living legacy for the people you love. As Friends of Trees founder Richard Seidman said, “Planting trees is planting hope.”
To learn more about Gift Trees or Friends of Trees, visit www.friendsoftrees.org or call Melissa at 503-282-8846, ext. 23.
Take a step back in time
Treat your sweetie to a guided tour of Zimmerman Heritage Farm House on Saturday, Feb. 21. Experience a Victorian Valentine exhibit and get a sense of what life was like more than 100 years ago.
Tours are available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $3 for ages 12 and up. Younger children are admitted free.
An evening for fathers and daughters
The David Douglas Dads Club will present A Knight for a Princess, its annual father/daughter banquet on Wednesday, Feb. 25 in the high school south cafeteria. It will include dinner, pictures, entertainment and dancing. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person and must be purchased in advance at the DDHS Activities Office, 1001 S.E. 135th Ave. Tickets will be available beginning Monday, Feb. 9. If you have questions, please call Kara Kauble at 503-262-4409.
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