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[email protected] infill project United Neighborhoods for Reform, under city council a coalition of neighbors formed to specific date for a vote. consideration. oppose excess residential demolitions, “We have a work session January 29 (Phill Colombo) characterized the residential infill to discuss initial amendments,” said and support staff,” said Roberta Altstadt, proposal as a “one size fits all” plan. The Tracy. “We’ll have another work session APPLICATIONS, TriMet spokesperson. “Ultimately, 300 group suggested a better plan would in February to discuss amendments that buses will begin and end their trips at the PERMITS, UPDATES “require infill housing to be designed to council may introduce.” new facility.” be compatible with nearby housing, in In Arbor Lodge, Greenwich Portland Lofts Tracy added that a hearing on the TriMet will employ about 330 bus size, height and setbacks.” of Clackamas has plans under review amendments likely to move forward drivers at the Cully garage, plus up to The Rose City Park Neighborhood to build two new, three-story, 14-unit would be followed by a vote on the 100 maintenance, cleaning, training, Association, after receiving more than apartment buildings with basements at complete residential infill package. management and other support positions, 200 responses to an online survey 6814 N. Greenwich Ave. A 1100-square- Altstadt added. and meeting with its land use and foot manufactured home has occupied GROWTH PREDICTIONS SPUR The bus barn is in its design phase, with transportation committee, said most the property since 2004. construction slated to begin in 2021. Full respondents opposed the infill plan, TRIMET PLAN FOR SERVICE In Beaumont-Wilshire, Antonio and service is expected to begin in late 2022. taking the proposal to task because it Judith Stringer have been issued a permit AND FACILITY EXPANSION “As a national leader in the use of “did not promote affordable housing for to deconstruct a 2130-square-foot, single- Already operating thousands of bus and disadvantaged business enterprises, TriMet moderate or low-income residents.” family residence and detached garage train trips, carrying 300,000 passengers is once again maximizing contract work The association “strongly built in 1924 at 4537 N.E. 35th Place. Plans each weekday, TriMet is planning to with firms owned by women and people recommended” that council urge to build a new two-story, single-family of color,” said Alstadt. “As of summer 2019, conversion of existing homes rather than expand service and facilities to meet a residence are being reviewed. about 18-percent of the Northeast Portland demolition, preserve neighborhoods by predicted increase in transit use. garage design work had been performed by In Boise, Lois Nathan is seeking assistance helping residents remodel homes to create One expansion facet is a new bus disadvantaged businesses.” with applications to construct three new more units, implement higher densities garage in Cully at 4421 N.E. Columbia Expansion plans are also in the works attached, three-story townhouses at within walking distance of frequent transit Blvd. Buses are already being stored for MAX light rail’s Red Line, currently 3773, 3781 and 3789 N. Vancouver Ave. A corridors that promote the use of transit, at the location and plans are in place serving stations between Beaverton and 1900-square-foot single-family residence and enhance the vibrancy of higher to accommodate the return of higher- Portland Airport. with a detached garage has been on the intensity urban areas as identified in the capacity, articulated vehicles as well as “The line will be extended to Hillsboro, property since 1906. 2035 comprehensive plan. buses that run on electricity. providing more people with a direct trip In Concordia, Bar Drawer has requested Residential Infill Project Manager “In the near term, we need space for to the airport,” said Altstadt. assistance with plans to renovate, Morgan Tracy said council did not set a about 150 buses, operators, mechanics The line’s routing through Gateway seismically upgrade and convert a Transit Center will also be improved with 9600-square-foot single-story warehouse an additional track and boarding area built in 1929 at 3825 N.E. 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Tally, left, and Jerry Leonard at the Lloyd Center Ice Rink. Grant, left, and Dung at the Portland Chess Club. Ron at Portland Bridge Club. LLOYD CENTER ICE RINK JOE BROWN’S CHESS CLUB enjoyed it immensely. Bridge is a fascinating community of When I was growing up in rural Idaho CARMEL CORN The Portland Chess Club has been people who enjoy the game and each everyone had their own skates. We did not The only original business remaining around since 1911. They are a non-profit other. Some people have been playing for drive to a mall and rent skates. We skated in Lloyd Center since the mall opened in organization devoted to all aspects of 60 years. If you’d like to learn, they have on ponds, outside, in nature. Sometimes 1960 is Joe Brown’s Carmel Corn. chess and recently found a new home at lessons. If you don’t have a partner Bridge Lloyd Center. The club offers adult play, we would fill our yards with water and try It’s in the exact same place today as it Pro David Brower will find you one. tournaments and activities for children. to make our own rink. was when it opened 60 years ago. The Here’s what I learned about bridge: They are beginning to organize summer Lloyd Center was the first shopping aroma of carmel corn has attracted There is basically no money to be won, chess camps for children as well. center in the world to have a rink. Jerry generations of Portlanders now and but cheating scandals are famous. Don’t Every Friday evening, the club has an and Tally Leonard have been skating there the glass window bay is still filled with cheat. Or don’t get caught. Or don’t cheat. open invitation for players of all abilities since the 1960s. A friend convinced Jerry, glistening, golden-brown corn that Do not play with your husband or to drop in for free, open play. I stopped who lived in Yakima, to come down to magically beckons. wife or significant other. Elwin, who by on a Friday evening and met a man Portland to meet Tally. has been playing for decades told me, The latest owner is a gregarious named Dung who drove from Eugene to “She told me there was a woman who Northeast Portland native named David check out the club and another man from “Women have been known to kill their skated just like me,” said Jerry. Ferguson. He remembers coming to Portland named Grant, who stopped in husbands.” I assumed he was joking, Now, 48 years later, the Irvington couple Lloyd Center to hang out as a kid and for the first time. Grant just happened to but then we got shushed. have two grown children, two grandchildren always stopping by Joe Brown’s for be drinking an Orange Julius. No joke. Friday at 5:30 is Happy Hour and and still skate four days a week. They wear some corn. When the opportunity came I really love that chess is a everyone is happy. For $10 you can chat matching outfits and, if you visit the rink to buy the business, he pounced. His multigenerational game that requires no with a light-hearted, smiling group of around noon, you’ll probably catch a excitement in owning the carmel corn common language. A 90-year-old man folks and have drinks and nibbles. Then glimpse of them, gliding around the rink. I shop is contagious. I think he must be who speaks Spanish could play chess with play bridge for 3 hours and 20 minutes. saw them on two different days and they are drinking Orange Julius and eating See’s a 10-year-old girl who speaks Swedish. Every time you play is $10. You can play breathtakingly beautiful. Candy and getting ready to become the For more info, visit www.pdxchess.org. almost every day if you want, but check Bob Slayton, the aforementioned owner next Warren Buffet. the online schedule. of Orange Julius, learned to skate at Lloyd Ferguson comes into the shop daily, PORTLAND BRIDGE CLUB As I was leaving Bridge Club, a seasoned Center. He met his wife skating. He’s still chatting with customers, helping his Bridge is a card game. I don’t know how bridge player told me I had to come back married. His children and grandchildren employees, laughing and telling stories to play, but when I went and observed the and visit again. have all worked at Orange Julius and he’s about his memories of the mall. He loves club in action one Friday afternoon, I was “If you don’t come back, I won’t tell you still a successful business owner. It all Lloyd Center and he loves his Joe Brown’s impressed. These people are dedicated about the whipped cream and hot tub started at the Lloyd Center Ice Rink. Carmel Corn Shop. He is determined to and serious. They might even shush you cheating scandal,” he said. For more information, call 503-288-6073 keep Joe Brown’s alive and thriving. if you’re being too loud. I was shushed For more information, call 503-252-1318 or visit www.lloydice.com. For more information, call 503-249-2124. many times. I found it endearing and or visit www.bridgewebs.com/portland.
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April Gutierrez, from your earnings. managing Those using Tax-Aide should make an Some taxpayers, especially those whose director appointment, if required, and bring the pay is automatically sent to the bank, may at Pacific previous year’s tax returns, Social Security want to increase the amount withheld to Northwest cards or taxpayer identification numbers cover taxes next year. The Tax Cuts and Tax Service in Sullivan’s Gulch, and government-issued photo ID. Jobs Act that affected withholding last says the tax act The Lloyd Center Tax-Aide site, 2027 year may still affect people who didn’t fill that affected Lloyd Center, has hours daily except Friday out a new W-4 form for 2019 taxes, said withholding last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday through April Gutierrez, managing director for year may still Wednesday and 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Tax affect people Pacific Northwest Tax Service. who didn’t aides take walk-ins only but advise coming The act was designed to generate bigger fill out a new early because space is limited. Help is paychecks through the year, but not to W-4 form for available in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, provide tax refunds if taxpayers didn’t seek 2019. (Pacific Mandarin and Vietnamese. Northwest Tax larger withholding, Gutierrez said. Service) Other North and Northeast Tax-Aide This year, the Internal Revenue Service sites include Concordia University at has new W-4 forms that taxpayers should ($111,700 for married couples filing to deduct a car charger installed in the Faubion School, Northeast 29th Avenue be sure to fill out, she said. jointly with exemption, phasing out at garage. Regulations also cover “new and Rosa Parks Way, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 The IRS also has new tax brackets for the $1.020 million). qualified fuel cell motor vehicles” that offer p.m. Fridays; Multicultural Senior 2019 and 2020 tax years. Brackets increase Other changes are part of a “tax a credit of between $4,000 and $40,000, Center, 5325 N.E. MLK Blvd., 9 a.m. to from year to year to account for inflation extender” law passed by Congress at the depending on the weight of the vehicle. 1 p.m. Friday; North Portland library, and to reduce “bracket creep,” which may end of 2019. Many extend tax deductions Another “extender” treats qualified 512 N. Killingsworth St., 12:30 to 4:30 happen with inflation, according to AARP. that had been eliminated for 2018 by the mortgage insurance premiums as interest for p.m. Thursday; Dishman Community Taxable income isn’t the same as total Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Those who wish to a deduction. This phases out for taxpayers Center, 77 N.E. Knott St., 1 to 5 p.m. income, however. Deductions lower the take advantage of them for two years must with adjusted gross income over $100,000 or Sunday; Peace Lutheran Church, 2201 figure used for assessing taxes. amend their 2018 tax returns then use $50,000 if married and filing separately. N. Rosa Parks Way, 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday; This year’s tax season has some happy them for 2019, Gutierrez said. The floor for medical expense Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th news because of changes in law. The Some of the extenders involve electric deductions has dropped from 10 percent Ave., 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. standard deduction for married couples vehicles, mortgage insurance and to 7.5 percent of itemized expenses not Tuesday and Thursday; New Columbia filing jointly rises to $24,400, an increase medical expenses. And, in case you covered by insurance or another means. Opportunity Center, 4610 N. 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I want to usbank.com/mortgage previously been home to a series of restaurants owned by Sally Krantz, give a huge shout out to the girls at Tiger including Saffron Colonial. McVetty and Tiger Salon and my friends at Crisp who Roberge took over the lease from Krantz do everything they can to help us. There and have no association with any of the are so many incredible places here on previous businesses. Williams, like Memoz, Vintage Workshop NeighborhoodIntroducing Mortgage “We’ve been serving peace, love and and Blithe and Bonney. Anyone visiting sandwiches for three months now,” said the area should definitely go see Elliot the BrokerReuben Reuben Berlin Berlin can McVetty. “I’ve always felt like a restaurant Tortoise at Reclamation.” was the best business to own. 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Frank Groff and David Krause purchased the White House bed and breakfast in the Irvington neighborhood in Andrew Frazier 2017. The AAA of Frazier Wealth federation of motor Management has clubs recently moved his business recognized the to the former Albina property with Bank location in its coveted Four Beaumont Village. Diamond Award. (Jane Perkins) (Samer Saah) FRAZIER MOVES SIX Frazier was born and raised in Northeast IRVINGTON’S WHITE HOUSE ROLOFF CONSTRUCTION Portland and grew up in Laurelhurst. He has BLOCKS WEST IN BEAUMONT been president of the business association LANDS TOP HONOR FROM AAA RELOCATES TO FREMONT At the beginning of the year, Beaumont for three years and coaches soccer at Grant The AAA federation of motor clubs has Last April, Mike and Nathalie Roloff Business Association President Andrew High School in his spare time. recognized Portland’s White House, a bed moved the offices of Roloff Construction to Frazier of Frazier Wealth Management “I spent almost 15 years downtown and breakfast at 1914 N.E. 22nd Ave. in the 4300 N.E. Fremont St. in Beaumont Village. moved his business from 4605 N.E. working in the financial industry,” said Irvington neighborhood, with its coveted “We live in the neighborhood and Fremont St. in the Fremont Commons Frazier. “The greatest decision I made was Four Diamond Award. wanted to be closer to home and closer Only six percent of the 27,000 lodgings building to the former Albina Bank location to move my business to the Beaumont to the majority of our clients,” said at 4020 N.E. Fremont St. in Beaumont AAA inspects each year reach that status. corridor. I wish I had done it sooner. Nathalie Roloff. “We have always enjoyed Village. Also making the move with Frazier Frank Groff and partner David Krause Getting to know the businesses on the frequenting the businesses here and are is Wealth Advisor Greg Kimura. purchased the Greek revival mansion in street is one reason my experience has happy to be a part of the mix. We have “As much as we loved our previous December of 2017 for $1.9 million and have been so great and why signing a longer been in business for 20 years and opened location, this move was a no-brainer,” invested another $1 million in its renovation. term lease was such an easy decision. I said Frazier. “Our new location comes It was originally built in 1911 for timber in December of 1999.” with a long term deal, big windows on have thoroughly enjoyed working with baron Robert Lytle and now offers nine The Roloff team includes Wesley the street, a ton of sunlight and parking everyone to make improvements and host suites, several common areas and an 85-seat Callaway, production manager, Josh in the back. Our brand should get more events. I’m a big believer in giving back ballroom, available for wedding receptions, Hilton, architect, Ali Foster, field exposure with the street side location. to the district. I love the walkability of corporate affairs and celebrations. superintendent and Kerby, office dog. The build out was done over two months. Beaumont and I love running into people “David and I hired top-notch talent and “We are a design build firm, which The property manager’s contractor did I know everyday.” used only quality materials to revitalize the means we handle both design and most of the work and I followed up with For more information, call 503-719-5366 property,” said Groff. “We are particularly construction,” said Nathalie Roloff. “Our some cosmetic improvements.” or visit www.frazierwm.com. thrilled that this historic B&B is a point of in-house architect coordinates directly pride for our neighbors and now has been with our construction crew. We have a recognized by AAA with this distinction.” wonderful crew. We help make all the “AAA Four Diamond hotels are truly decisions for our projects, from laying the best of the best,” said Marie Dodds, out the space in the most effective way to public affairs director for AAA. “There are helping select every finish. We do a lot of many rating systems out there, but the up front work planning and scheduling, AAA Diamond Ratings are the only one to use professional inspectors who visit each so our projects run very smoothly. Mike property. Our inspectors look at everything is highly mechanical and building is in from cleanliness and ambiance to amenities his blood. Construction has been a great and hospitality. Every property must meet way for me to use my technical skills while and uphold our rigorous standards.” exploring my creative side.” AN SPANISH-LANGUAGE SHOW For more information, call 503-287-7131 For more information, call 503-245-0685 WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES or visit www.portlandswhitehouse.com. or visit www.roloffconstruction.com. FEBRUARY 6 – 29, 2020
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Free. 503-284- Feb. 20. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Parents may “Connect to 1726. [email protected]. Broadway Books, SEE BLACK HISTORY Kindergarten” at an open house. Meet the principal 1714 N.E. Broadway. Feb. 1-29. Library hours. The Black History Traveling and learn about the kindergarten program. Pick up a HEAR MORRISON LEGACY Museum, created by metro-area high school students registration packet to return by May 1. Because of a Feb. 8. 1-2:30 p.m. Explore the life and legacy of Toni partnered with Black Student Union, is made possible by lack of space, this is a parents-only event. 503-916- The National Endowment for the Humanities Fund of The Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 6766. Beverly Cleary Hollyrood campus, 3560 N.E. 1993. Her work examines racial and gender identity in Library Foundation. Free. 503-988-5123. www.multcolib. Hollyrood Court, north of Knott Street. org. Albina library, 3605 N.E. 15th Ave. and North America, especially the experiences of Black women. Portland library, 512 N. Killingsworth St. AUTHOR TO READ Free. 503-988-5123. Hollywood library 4040 N.E. Feb. 21. 12-12:45 p.m. Northwest Tillamook St. Also 2:30-5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at North PRACTICE READING author April E. Allen reads from Portland library, 512 N. Killingsworth St. Feb. 1. 3-4 p.m. Continues her book, “I Love Being Saturdays. Children from MEMOIRISTS TO READ Me.” The story centers on Feb. 10. 7 p.m. Pam Houston and Stephanie Land read kindergarten to second Liberty Belle, known as grade listen to a story, from their most recent books. Houston’s memoir, “Deep Libby, who has a joy Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country,” includes her practice reading with for life and a level of a teen volunteer meditations on caring for the land and creatures on her self-confidence that 120-acre homestead in the Colorado Rockies. Land’s and take home is contagious. Free. a small craft. book, “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will 503-988-5123. to Survive,” explores the reality of being in service to Free. Registration www.multcolib. required: 503- upper-middle class Americans. Free. 503-284-1726. org. North Portland Broadway Books, 1714 N.E. Broadway. 988-5123. Gregory library, 512 N. Heights library, 7921 Killingsworth St. BOOK CITES ACTIVISTS N.E. Sandy Blvd. Feb. 12. 7 p.m. Marcy Cottrell Houle reads from ENJOY SCIENCE, ART ST. ROSE OPENS DOOR her book, “A Generous Nature: Lives Transformed by ROBBI K. PERFORMS AT Feb. 22. Oregon.” It includes profiles of 21 conservationists and Feb. 3. 6 p.m. Learn 1-2:30 p.m. Celebrate about the PreK-8th grade activists who have helped preserve the state’s wild and NORTH PORTLAND LIBRARY African American families education at St. Rose School. natural places. She is joined in conversation by Michael FEBRUARY 29 and art with interactive The comprehensive programs McCloskey, a former director of the Sierra Club who is science, story and art activities. include art, music, Spanish and more profiled in the book. Free. 503-284-1726. Broadway An Opportunity Designed for children in kindergarten in helping to form life-long learners. RSVP: Books, 1714 N.E. Broadway. for Dialogue through second grade with a favorite adult. strosepdx.org. 503-281-1912. [email protected]. St. Free. 503-988-5123. www.multcolib.org. Hollywood FLU CHANGES HISTORY Rose School, 5309 N.E. Alameda. library, 4040 N.E. Tillamook St. Feb. 27. 6:30-7:30 p.m. In a Pageturners book group, LEARN JAVASCRIPT discuss “Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How PERFORMER UNITES US Feb. 4. 4-6 p.m. Learn JavaScript in a workshop with It Changed the World,” by Laura Spinney. Free. 503-988- Feb. 29. 12-12:50 p.m. Robbi K. performs in many Pixel Arts Game Education using WoofJS to make games. 5123. www.multcolib.org. Hollywood library, 4040 N.E. languages (Spanish, Hebrew, Hindi, Yoruba, Zulu, Arabic, Free. Registration required: 503-988-5123 or www. Tillamook St. Latin and English) to look at cultural elements that multcolib.org or in Kenton library, 8226 N. Denver Ave. unite all people. Free. 503-5123. www.multcolib.org. WRITER JACKSON TO TALK FIND BEST BOOKS North Portland library, 512 N. Killingsworth St. Feb. 29. 7 p.m. Mitchell S. Jackson, who grew up in Feb. 4. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Teens in grades 8-12 gather Northeast Portland, is in conversation about his book, “Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family,” to discuss books published in the current year that FORARTLOVERS are possible nominees for the American Library with writer Cheryl Strayed. Tickets $17. https:// Association’s Printz award for young adult literature. VISIT A STUDIO www.broadwaybooks.net/event/mitchell-jackson- Group members select the best books for teens for Feb. 1. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Samyak Yamauchi opens conversation-cheryl-strayed or in Broadway Books, a Mock Printz workshop. Free. 503-988-5123. www. the studio with small acrylic, offbeat paintings for 1714 N.E. Broadway. multcolib.org. Hollywood library, 4040 N.E. Tillamook St. viewing and for sale in a series called “Little Loves.” www.samyakyamauchiart.com 503-939-3996. CATCHAFILM SEE S. AFRICAN HISTORY 3004 N.E. 23rd Ave. Feb. 8. 12:30-1 p.m. The South African Gumboot and SEE BLUE NOTE LEGACY Pantsula Dance Performance uses rhythm and dance SEE PERSONAL ART Feb. 19. 8 p.m. See “Blue Note Records: Beyond the to tell the story of South African mineworkers migrating Feb. 1 to March 20. Library hours. Artist Heather Notes,” which journeys behind the scenes of the iconic from their homeland to Johannesburg. Free. 503-988- Goodwind uses paint, ink and graphite to create a label that was home to Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, 5123. www.multcolib.org. Albina library, 3605 N.E. 15th personal anthology of archetypal images which she Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Art Blakey Ave. Also scheduled 5-5:30 Feb. 10 at Kenton library, presents as a permanent record of her experience. plus today’s Robert Glasper, Ambrose Akinmusire and 8226 N. Denver Ave. She has studied in Latin America and China as well Norah Jones. Archival footage reveals conversations with as Oregon. Free. https://www.cu-portland.edu/ HEAR BLACK WRITING the artists and recording sessions, offering a window into academics/libraries/library-calendar. Concordia the creative process and links between jazz and hip hop. Feb. 8. 1-3 p.m. A read-in brings local community University Library, 2800 N.E. Liberty St. Tickets $10. www.hollywoodtheatre.org/tickets/11469. leaders, teachers, students and community members 503-281-1142. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd. together to read work from their favorite African VIEW WATERCOLORS American writers. Free. 503-988-5123. www.multcolib. Feb. 4-March 3. Center hours. Exhibit of watercolors org. North Portland library, 512 N. Killingsworth St. by members of a class meeting weekly on Tuesday HEARMUSIC afternoons to learn the artistic technique. Free. 503-284- LEARN JUNIOR SPORTS HEAR ‘SUPERBACH’ 3377. Northeast Community Center, 1630 N.E. 38th Ave. Feb. 11-March 17. 1:15-2 p.m. Ages 3-5 participate in Feb. 2. 2 p.m. The Bach Cantata Choir of Portland junior sports and movement. Pre-registration required. LEARN NATIVE ART presents its annual” SuperBach” concert featuring Members $52, non-members $66; scholarships Feb. 13. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Learn about Native American Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata No. 38 and Cantata available. www.necommunitycenter.org. 503-284-3377. art expressed in basketry, canoes, longhouses, burial No. 149. Both feature chorus, soloists and orchestra, Northeast Community Center, 1630 N.E. 38th Ave. platforms, rock art and bead work with Tracy Prince, including brass musicians. Also featured are the “Double Concerto for Two Violins” and works by Venetian GAIN WITH GAGA BALL a Portland State University historian. She also notes contemporary artists whose sculptures and paintings composer Giovanni Gabrieli. Free-will offering. Rose City Feb. 11-March 17. 4:55-5:55 p.m. Ages 8-11 gain are internationally known. Free. 503-988-5123. www. Park Presbyterian Church, 1907 N.E. 45th Ave. skills with an obstacle course and GaGa ball. Members multcolib.org. Hollywood library, 4040 N.E. Tillamook St. $52, non-members $66; scholarships available. www. JAPANESE MUSIC SLATED necommunitycenter.org. 503-284-3377. Northeast USE BLACK ARTISTRY Feb. 2. 3-4 p.m. Enjoy traditional and original Community Center, 1630 N.E. 38th Ave. Feb. 16. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Honor Black heritage in a contemporary music played on the shamisen, taiko and bamboo flute. Learn about the history of the instruments HOST MASON BEES painting class for exploring various art techniques used by African American artists. Free. Registration required: and Japanese culture. Free. 503-988-5123. www. Feb. 15. 1-2:30 p.m. Children in kindergarten and older multcolib.org. Kenton library, 8226 N. Denver Ave. join a parent in making a house for mason bees, a native 503-988-5123 or www.multcolib.org or in Kenton species and popular pollinator. Free. 503-988-5123. www. library, 8226 N. Denver Ave. BAYOU BOYZ PERFORM multcolib.org. Gregory Heights library, 7921 N.E. Sandy Blvd. Feb. 3. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Continues Mondays. The FORBOOKLOVERS Bayou Boyz play blues, rock, gospel, zydeco and more, ENJOY MAGIC, HUMOR interpreted through their Louisiana roots. All ages. No Feb. 15. 3-3:45 p.m. Mr. Fantastic delivers a magic show WRITERS TO READ cover. Mekong Bistro, 8200 N.E. Siskiyou St. with humor that families will enjoy. Free. 503-988-5123. Feb. 4. 7 p.m. Poets Elaine S. Nussbaum, Leanne www.multcolib.org. Kenton library, 8226 N. Denver Ave. Grabel, Geraldine Foote and Gwen McNeir read – CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 18 THE STAR NEWS WWW.STAR-NEWS.INFO: SERVING NORTHEAST AND NORTH PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOODS FEBRUARY 2020 HSTAR NEIGHBORHOOD CALENDAR SONGS, STORIES PLANNED FUN WITH ZUMBA GOLD LEARN E-DEVICES Feb. 13. 9-11 p.m. Fellow Pynins and Hanna Haas present an acoustic Feb. 3. 9-10 a.m. and continues Mondays. Feb. 7 at 3:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 11 and 25. 9:45 – 11:45 a.m. Computor tutor John Lucas offers evening of storytelling and song. $10-$12. www.albertastreetpub.com. continues Fridays. With Zumba Gold, dance to the beat of Latin-inspired and 45-minute sessions for one-on-one guidance to understand an electronic Alberta Street Pub, 1036 N.E. Alberta St. world music while making both low and high intensity moves. All fitness levels device. Bring the electronic device and charging cord. Appointments welcome. Free. 503-288-8303. Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. required: 503-288-8303. Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. THE SIRENS TO SING March1. 3 p.m. The Sirens, a Portland women’s vocal quartet, presents “You MOVE WITH GENTLE YOGA CAREGIVERS GAIN AID Gotta Have Heart,” a concert of pop, Broadway and jazz tunes. The quartet, Feb. 3. 10-11 a.m. Continues Mondays. Gentle yoga includes movement off Feb. 11-March 17. 1-3 p.m. A six-week “Savvy Caregiver” program, developed formed in 2013, each year chooses a non-profit to benefit. This year’s and on the mat. Students must be comfortable getting on the floor. Bring by Emory University researchers, helps decrease caregiver stress and increase organization is The Community Transitional School, which seeks to provide a yoga mat. Beginners welcome. Free but donations welcome. 503-288- confidence of those caring for a family member or friend living with dementia. a stable educational environment for students in K-8 grades who live with 8303. Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. Learn skills to manage daily life, communicate more effectively, what to do when routine tasks become challenging, strengthen family and community homeless and transient families in Multnomah County. Free-will offering. ENJOY LUNCH 503-459-3090. Handicap accessible. Rose City Park United Methodist resources and feel better about care giving. Free. Registration required: 503- Feb. 4 and 6. 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Continues Tuesdays and Thursdays. 288-8303. Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. Church, 5830 N.E. Alameda. Meals on Wheels People lunch. $3 for seniors over 60. $7.89 for those under 60. 503-288-8303. Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. HELP WITH DEMENTIA SEEAPLAY Feb. 12. 1-3:30 p.m. Continues second Wednesdays. Feb. 23 at 2-3:30 LEARN PINOCHLE p.m. Continues fourth Sundays. Alzheimer’s caregivers support groups offer HUMOR IN ‘SORDID LIVES’ Feb. 6. 10:15-11:15 a.m. Continues Thursdays. Learn and play beginning care givers and family members opportunities to share ideas for coping and Feb. 2,6, 7, 8, 9. Thursday to Saturday 8 p.m. Sunday 3 p.m. “Sordid Lives” pinochle or refresh your game. $1 donation suggested. 503-288-8303. caring. Drop-ins welcome. Free. 503-288-8303. Hollywood Senior Center, puts a comedic twist on a story of unconditional love, acceptance and Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. coming out in a colorful, small-town Texas family. The clan has converged REMEMBERING AT CAFÉ for the family matriarch’s funeral, a good Christian woman who died after CELEBRATE LOVE Feb. 6. 4:30-6 p.m. Continues first Thursday of the month. Those with Feb. 14. 1-3 p.m. A Valentine’s Day party, “Love Is Love,” includes karaoke, tripping over her lover’s wooden legs in a seedy motel room. The menagerie Alzheimers and other types of dementia, along with their care givers, of family members must come to grips with the calamity in the midst of live music and friendship in a partnership between the Hollywood Senior are invited to the “Memory Café” for socializing, singing along with the Center and SAGE, which offers advocacy and services for LGBT elders and feuds, resentments, remorse and reconciliations. Tickets $20-$24. www. Hollywood Ukulele Group and enjoying Thai food. Sponsored by Emerson TwilightTheaterCompany.org. [email protected]. Twilight allies. $2 donation suggested. 503-288-8303. Hollywood Senior Center, House. Information and RSVP (206) 324-8670 or [email protected] 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. Theater Company, 7515 N. Brandon Ave. or [email protected]. Authentic Thai, 3829 S.E. Division St. MEET LOCAL ARTIST HEAR ABOUT EYE HEALTH FORSENIORS Feb. 18. 8:30 a.m. Riders Club meets before traveling to see art and join Feb. 7. 1-2 p.m. Dr. David Sanders from Providence Portland Medical in conversation with artist “Isaka Shamsud-Din: Rock of Ages.” He came to GRANDPARENTS GAIN AID Center presents “Shining a Light on Eye Health and Wellness.” Free eye glass Portland from Texas as a third-grader and has been honored for his work Feb. 3. 10-11 a.m. Continues first Mondays of the month. Grandparents cleaner kits offered to those who attend. Free. Registration required: 503- as an artist and social justice leader. Free. Registration required: 503-288- and other relatives, raising children they may not have expected at this time 288-8303. Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. 8303. Meet in lobby at Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. in their lives, meet to share ways to deal with the stresses and joys of the EXPLORE NUTRITION ‘A WILL IS NOT ENOUGH’ life changes. Find proper ways to deal with the changes for the emotional Feb. 10. 9:30-11 a.m. Continues second Mondays. A nutrition, health Feb. 18. 1-2:30 p.m. “A Will is Not Enough in Oregon” is a workshop covering and physical health of the adults and children. Free. 503-288-8303. Bridge and wellness support group offers support for exploring all things food how to safeguard assets and health care wishes. Attorney Richard Schneider Meadows library room, 8502 N. Wayland Ave. and nutrition in food-related struggles and successes. Free. Registration presents information about a living trust, guardianship, conservatorship, power BALANCE WITH TAI CHI required: 503-288-8303. Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. of attorney and how to avoid probate. Free. Registration required: 503-288- Feb. 3 and 5. 10-11 a.m. “Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance” is a program PILATES INTRODUCED 8303. Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 N.E. 40th Ave. developed by Oregon Research Institute researchers. The eight forms derived Feb. 11. 9-10 a.m. An introductory class in Pilates offers exercises to suit all HEAR ABOUT B.B. KING from yang-style tai chi progress from easy to difficult and the program abilities for building strength, flexibility, coordination and balance. Taught by Feb. 19. 1-2 p.m. Gordon Neal Herman presents “B.B. King: Master Blues reduces chances of falls. Free but $1 donation appreciated. Information: Solara Jean, who has taught Pilates for more than 20 years. Free. Registration 503-288-8303. Bridge Meadows, 8502 N. 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an art contest for children in grades 1-12. Artwork is displayed during the event and prizes are awarded. The real joy, however, is to see the junior handlers, dressed in their best, proudly showing off their dogs. Working with animals is a great way for children to learn responsibility and compassion. Agility drew the biggest crowds. Susan Arnold, an Oregon Humane Society did you say volunteer, says that she adopted her Border Collie, Bunnie, with the intent of TREATS? practicing agility. BY LISA LAKES “The dogs just love it,” Arnold said. Salty’s Pet Supply [email protected] Watching from the sidelines I can report 4039 N. Mississippi Ave that two-legged creatures love it as well. 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Shelter advocates the Northwest, it draws thousands of are struggling to check pet overpopulation participants from all over the nation. and support puppy mill laws. This year, 173 breeds were judged. Oregon Humane Society Volunteer Susan Arnold and her border Many breeders now label themselves Competitions included agility, obedience, collie Bunnie wait their turn during the agility competition at as “breed conservators.” Perhaps the the Rose City Classic Dog Show in January. (Lisa Lakes) rally, good citizen and temperament. choice to own a dog is not a simple Courtney Lewis has been showing Ryker, Judging by the sea of grooming tables, purebred vs. shelter dog dilemma. her Spinone Italiano, for about six years. blow dryers, brushes, sprays and kennels, Judging by the turnout at this year’s Fang! Pet & Garden Supply When asked why she enjoys dog it appears to be a lot of work. event, there appears to be enough dog 3131 N. 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