Neighborhood Notes

Decemberville is Coming! Come to the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood for a week of the best holiday deals in town! During the week of Monday, December 1 - Sunday, December 7, over 80 businesses will be offering specials, discounts or sales on their goods and services. Shop locally with unique businesses this holiday season. In addition to the famous Antique Row, kiddie boutiques, and yummy bakeries, Sellwood-Moreland has many treasures to offer shoppers this holiday season. Start off with a warm-up and some bulk coffee or tea at Schondeken Coffee Roasters-Portland's first and oldest coffee roaster. Head on over to Vital Body Studio to pick up a gift certificate for Pilates and Gyrotonic sessions for your friends' New Year's resolutions. And you can even check Fido off of your list at Sellwood Dog Supply that specializes in hand-made dog apparel, toys and treats. These are just a hint of the amazing deals to be had all over the neighborhood. On Saturday, December 20, there will be
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Martha Wallulis is so happy to announce a 3 artist show opening in December '08 and running through January '09. Three friends and artists come together for The Evening and the Morning Stars, a group show of spectacular multi-media work. Lisa , Carolina , and Julianna are all fabulous painters and artists whose works resonate both separately and combined in this group exhibition. All three artists often use narrative, figurative imagery, their own developed (often autobiographical) symbolism and metaphor. In some works, we see whimsical almost fairy-tale scenarios comprised of intriguing characters in a reality that tends to be quite surreal or dream-like. This is one of the main threads tying the artists together. There is reference by all three artists to dreams, emotive imagery, autobiographical elements, and emphasis on the subconscious. Each artist has refined her own highly individual artistic voice, vision, language, and technique. Wednesday, December 3 6-9 pm 322 NW
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Youth Only Art Studio projects Include 12/3 Holiday Cards, 12/10 Door Knob Bells, 12/17 Gift Making.
Ages 1-5 with caregiver assistance

Wednesdays, Dec 3, 10, & 17
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Cost: $15 per session

For more information call (503)232-3457 or visit us online .

Discover a new experience at Museum of Contemporary Craft's highly anticipated holiday sales event. Wednesday, December 3, The Museum's upstairs Lab space transforms into the festive and playful Holiday Shop, a seasonal store furbished with a moving train by local artist Hilary Pfeifer and handmade works not ordinarily seen in The Gallery. The Holiday Shop presents the Museum's most extensive selection of beautifully handcrafted objects of the year created by 50 local, regional and nationally recognized artists. Shoppers will find gifts for all ages and budgets. Offerings include limited-edition holiday ornaments by John and Robin Gumaelius, colorful clocks by Chris Giffin, wooden furniture and a choice selection of sale items. The Holiday Shop kicks off with a public preview reception Wednesday, December 3, 6:30-8:30 PM and lasts through January 4. Museum of Contemporary Craft members receive 10% savings on items in The Holiday Shop. Artists Laura Berman, Joanna Bloom, Dani
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Don't miss this year when the CRAVE Holiday Shopping Party goes GREEN! A festive holiday celebration and glam-gal gathering featuring SPECIALTY SHOPPING (over 40 of the best local designers and boutiques) highlighting SUSTAINABLE FASHION, live fashion shows on the catwalk and music while sipping and noshing with your girlfriends. Get your all of your holiday shopping done in one place with special deals and products you won't find anywhere else! 5–9 p.m. Look who's coming to the party ... Get tickets ($15)   

Decemberville is Coming! Come to the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood for a week of the best holiday deals in town! During the week of Monday, December 1 - Sunday, December 7, over 80 businesses will be offering specials, discounts or sales on their goods and services. Shop locally with unique businesses this holiday season. In addition to the famous Antique Row, kiddie boutiques, and yummy bakeries, Sellwood-Moreland has many treasures to offer shoppers this holiday season. Start off with a warm-up and some bulk coffee or tea at Schondeken Coffee Roasters-Portland's first and oldest coffee roaster. Head on over to Vital Body Studio to pick up a gift certificate for Pilates and Gyrotonic sessions for your friends' New Year's resolutions. And you can even check Fido off of your list at Sellwood Dog Supply that specializes in hand-made dog apparel, toys and treats. These are just a hint of the amazing deals to be had all over the neighborhood. On Saturday, December 20, there will be
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Trying to save money during the holidays, but you still want to get your family a little something? Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to support your local early childhood education preschool at the Montavilla Community Center. This bazaar will have homemade gifts at low prices, a children's craft corner where your child can make a special project at no cost, and a "Little Tykes Shopping Village" just for kids with piggy bank price tags (.25-$1). Enjoy yourself in this festive atmosphere, find unique gift items, have some free popcorn and cider, while supporting a great cause. This wonderful event is provided through the volunteer efforts of The Friends of Montavilla Early Childhood Education Program.
Montavilla Community Center is located at 8219 NE Glisan St. The parking lot is located to the North of the building off of 82nd Ave.  

New work by Evan B. Harris and his papa Robert. A heart warming show featuring sculpture and paintings by Oregon's finest father and son art team. Evan's rich color washes over Robert's solid and salvaged wood sculptures. Grass Hut 's been looking forward to this Autumnal art show for over a year now, so you just know this one is worth leaving the house for. If you can't be here in person get on the digital preview lister by sending the secret password "I love Grass Hut" to grasshut.corp@gmail.com

Fontanelle Gallery presents Oregon Painting Society, an exhibition featuring multimedia works, handmade masks, musical instruments, installation, and a performance by the Portland art collective Oregon Painting Society. Oregon Painting Society is a collective of artists who met while studying at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Current collaborations delve into the world of witchery, neopagan ritual, and psychedelic transcension, citing influences by Dutch master Pieter Brueghel the Elder's Beekeepers drawing, Scandinavian folk art, Neomedievalism, the irreality of Jorge Luis Borges, the ballads of Joni Mitchell, and the romantic poems of Robert Frost. Living in the Pacific Northwest is an important identifying factor for the group, favoring gray skies, lumbering evergreens, and "getting back to the garden". Oregon Painting Society combines relics of the natural world with existentialism and a focus on the unreal, or even surreal. This vision guides the Oregon Paint
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First Thursday in December Hotel Monaco will host artists from SCRAP for DIY eco-ornament making in the lobby. Open to the public, and free to create your own, SCRAP will provide supplies and have artists on-hand to assist. Seasonal ales and Christmas cocktails for $5 donation, non-alcoholic hot chocolate on-site. From 5pm - 7pm All proceeds go to SCRAP. Throughout December, they will sell DIY ornament kits for a $5 donation at the hotel.