Neighborhood Notes

Red Ribbon Party taking place on Thursday November 20th at 6 p.m. to raise money for CAP (Cascade Aids Project) and bring awareness to World's AIDS Day on Dec. 1st. The party is free and will include food from Red Star, drag bingo, karaoke and a live auction and raffle of more than a dozen weekend stays at hotels across the country (many including airfare or train tickets). Please Join Us for a Fun-Filled Evening. Bingo with Ida Slapter and Katherine Heartburn! Live Auction by Miss Mylar Evening Emcee'd by Poison Waters Karaoke DJ - Raffles - Speciality Martinis Beer from the Oregon Brewers Guild Appetizers from Red Star A specialty cocktail and beers from the Oregon Brewers Guild will be offered throughout the evening for only $5. All proceeds donated to CAP.

Looking for some family fun activities now that the rains have set in? Check out the world-class storytelling performances at the Tapestry of Tales Storytelling Festival hosted by Multnomah County Library - most events are even free! Events include:
• Eavesdropping on Life: An evening of Storytelling with Syd Lieberman on Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m. at Mittleman Jewish Community Center. For adults only, tickets $10.
• Music and More: A Family Song and Storytelling Concert with Bill Harley, Grammy Award-winning artist, on Friday, November 21, from 7- 8:30 p.m. at Parkrose High School. Kids tickets $5, adult tickets $10.
• Free matinee performances at many Multnomah County Library branches on Saturday, Nov. 22. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
• Free Tellabration finale performance on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 7-9:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church in downtown Portland. For more information on these events and others during the festival, ch
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When midnight strikes on the third Thursday of November, bars, restaurants, bistros and pubs around the world can begin serving the new wine of the harvest. This French tradition has received its share of fanfare as revelers around the globe take up the chant, "Le Beaujolais Nouveau Est Arrivé!" And the "New Beaujolais" will indeed arrive for the 7th annual Beaujolais Nouveau Fête and Wine Auction on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 6 p.m. Chef Philippe Boulot of the Heathman joins the French-American Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest and the Alliançe Française de Portland to roll out the newest vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau from both Georges Duboeuf and Domaine Drouhin , along with additional wine tastings from Oregon wineries, Amity Vineyards and WillaKenzie Estate . Chef Boulot and his culinary team will feature a grand buffet including a roasted whole wild boar, seafood, charcuterie, cheese and a dessert spread from
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Looking for some family fun activities now that the rains have set in? Check out the world-class storytelling performances at the Tapestry of Tales Storytelling Festival hosted by Multnomah County Library - most events are even free! Events include:
• Music and More: A Family Song and Storytelling Concert with Bill Harley, Grammy Award-winning artist, on Friday, November 21, from 7- 8:30 p.m. at Parkrose High School. Kids tickets $5, adult tickets $10.
• Free matinee performances at many Multnomah County Library branches on Saturday, Nov. 22. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
• Free Tellabration finale performance on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 7-9:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church in downtown Portland. For more information on these events and others during the festival, check out the website at http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/events.html

Looking for some family fun activities now that the rains have set in? Check out the world-class storytelling performances at the Tapestry of Tales Storytelling Festival hosted by Multnomah County Library:
• County Library branches on Saturday, Nov. 22. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
• Free Tellabration finale performance on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 7-9:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church in downtown Portland. For more information on these events and others during the festival, check out the website at http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/events.html

Macy's announced its holiday parade planned for Friday, Nov. 28 in Portland, will follow a new route. The parade is scheduled to begin at 8:45 a.m. at Lincoln High School, travel north on Southwest 14th Avenue, east on Southwest Alder Street, past the soon-to-be re-opened Downtown Portland store, south on Southwest Second Avenue and west up Taylor Street to an ending point near Lincoln High. New floats this year include a dinosaur, rocking horse, Callie the Caterpillar and the Candyland Express. After the parade, Santa will arrive at the lower level of the downtown store's Santaland , which will be open for photos through Dec. 24.

Come see Christmas the way it was meant to be! A delightful Holiday Tradition in the Portland area for 46 years. Making Music and Memories since 1962. Tickets range from $12-$75.00 plus service fees. Learn more here .
HOURS:
Nov 28 2:30 & 7:30
Nov 29 2:30 & 7:30
Nov 30 1:30 & 6:00
Dec 4 7:30
Dec 5 7:30
Dec 6 2:30 & 7:30

Our focus is grounded in cooperative concepts. Locally founded! Locally organized! Local Artisans! For the ARTISTS, by the ARTISTS! We are a community of local crafters, artisans and artists who focus on promoting unique handcrafted items which you can purchase directly from their creators. 10am-6pm
Admission is free  

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 Painting
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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.