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BAZAARS
Browse for crafts, baked goods, fresh produce
The St. Rita Catholic Church annual Fall Festival and Bazaar is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors will find many new vendor tables as well as a boutique, baked goods, fresh produce and white elephants. Lunch will be available all day.
The church is located at 10029 N.E. Prescott St. For more information call 503-254-0305 or 503-153-8810.
Handcrafted items featured
The community is invited to It’s a Dickens of A Christmas, the annual bazaar at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 11229 N.E. Prescott St. The bazaar will be in the parish hall on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
This event claims to be one of the largest in the metropolitan area and boasts that church members handcraft 95% of the items offered for sale. Products include gourmet food, quilted items, hand-painted wooden decorations, hand-embroidered dishtowels, aprons, wall hangings and pillows.
A handmade quilt patterned of stars and arrows, called Hunter Star, will be raffled. A snack bar will feature soup, sandwiches and pies.
Childcare will be available for children 3 and under. Call 503-252-5720 to find out more.
Spaghetti dinner combines with bazaar
Gateway Elks Lodge #2411 17th Annual Community Charity Spaghetti Dinner will be held at the Gateway Elks Lodge, 711 N.E. 100th Ave., on Sunday Nov. 5 from noon to 6 p.m.
The funds from this dinner are used to support various youth functions within east Multnomah County, including scout recognition awards, scholarships for graduating high school seniors, annual co-ed free throw contest, drug-free graduation parties, Meadowood Springs Speech and Hearing Camp for children in Pendleton, Ore., the Elk Children’s Eye Clinic in the Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health Sciences University, and the annual donation of 300 Christmas food baskets.
Held in conjunction with the Gateway Elkettes Christmas Bazaar, this all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will be served to adults for $6, children under 12 for $3, children under 3 are free.
Gateway Elks Lodge #2411 is celebrating its 37th anniversary as a Gateway community neighbor and is reaching out to members and friends to join in a day of friendship and good food.
THE ARTS
“Biloxi Blues” reading scheduled
Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre Company continues its seventh Readers Theatre season, titled Down through the Decades, by featuring great plays by decade.
In October, The Rep will perform Neil Simon’s “Biloxi Blues” from the 1940s, directed by Trisha Pancio Armour. This Tony Award winning Broadway comedy follows Eugene, the hero of “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” as he is sent to army boot camp in Biloxi, Miss., where he comes to learn about the wide world around him.
This play does have adult content and language and is suitable for teens and older.
“Biloxi Blues” will be read at the Reynolds Middle School Theater, 1200 N.E. 201st Ave. at Halsey in Fairview, on Monday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. Admission is $7.
For more information call The Rep at 503-491-5950 or visit the Web site at www.mthoodrep.org.
Community invited to sing along
Almost everyone loves to sing, and almost no one thinks they can. For the past 14 years, hundreds of residents of the Pacific Northwest have found their voices at Portland Sacred Harp's Annual Shapenote Convention. It's that time of year again, and the group, also known as PoSH, hopes everyone who's ever dreamed of being able to sing loud and long will stop in and learn how.
On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14 and 15, PoSH hosts its 15th annual Shapenote Singing Convention at the Polish Library Hall, 3832 N. Interstate Ave., from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., continuing a 200-year-old American folk tradition of exuberant community singing in unaccompanied four-part harmony. No experience is needed, and folks will find that Shapenote music can be mastered quickly in this relaxed and welcoming setting.
Shapenote singing in the region has exploded in the past five years, with the convention doubling in size in the past three years. In 2005, over 200 people from all walks of life attended.
Reflecting the region's own diversity, Shapenote singers are young, old, black, white, wealthy and working class, hailing from places as varied as the West Hills, North Portland, and Mid-Multnomah County. "This is truly popular music," said one convention organizer. "It's raw and raucous; there are no leaders and everyone is welcome. It's genuinely the music of the people." Singers from all over the country as well as the Pacific Northwest are expected to attend this year's convention.
To initiate newcomers and inspire seasoned participants, a singing school taught by Peter Irvine of the seminal folk-punk band Cordelia's Dad will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 9:30 a.m. until noon.
The Shapenote tradition of a potluck lunch will be shared at noon on both days. Attendees are welcome to come and go throughout the weekend. Admission is free. Donations will be accepted.
MP3 samples of Shapenote singing and photos of earlier conventions can be downloaded at www.portlandsacredharp.org. General information about the tradition can be found at www.fasola.org.
Call 503-504-0759 or e-mail tunefulpower@gmail.com if you need more information.
Self-directed tour of artist studios upcoming
Each fall Portland Open Studios gives residents a chance to see how art is made. The event showcases 95 artists at work in their own workplaces making sculpture, paintings, prints, drawings, pottery, jewelry, fabrics, glass and photographs. The artists will share with you the secrets of their art -- the materials, the tools, the techniques and the ideas that contribute to the creation of artwork.
This year the tour includes a Mid-county artist. Portrait artist Diane Russell's paintings show more than just the likenesses of the people she paints. Many of her paintings reflect her passion for music and dance, as well as people from all walks of life. You can almost hear the music in her portraits of musicians. She began her career as a fashion illustrator. The care and detail she takes with the clothing of her subjects reflects that beginning.
Environmentally and health conscience, Russell paints with oil that is a solvent-free and environmentally friendly medium of walnut oil and natural alkyds, which she applies in many thin layers to achieve the vibrant and translucent color in her paintings.
East side, west side, all around the town. The studios are everywhere, in our own neighborhoods and across the river. There isn't a better way to discover all the neighborhoods that make Portland so vibrant. Because so many artists' studios are in their homes, you will get the added treat of seeing the Portland Open Studios artists' gardens as well. Their art frequently flows over to outdoor space.
The $15 Tour Guide contains tickets for two adults for all days and includes a map, pictures of artists' work and complete contact information in a usable calendar format. Buy the guide at Art Media stores, New Seasons Markets, Powell's Books and other outlets listed at www.portlandopenstudios.com. Kids are free.
Studios on the west of the Willamette River will be open Saturday and Sunday, Oct.14 and 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tour east side studios on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21 and 22, also 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Portland Open Studios is a juried event. The jurors are members of the professional art community who are not part of the tour. Artists who would like to be considered for next year must apply by March 15, 2007, for the October 2007 event. Check the Web site for information beginning in January.
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