Monday January 31, 2005
06:30 PM : Writing for Radio w/ Ketzel Levine
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1/31-2/28 Writing for Radio with Ketzel Levine. For those wishing to write for public radio, whether political commentaries, scripts, or essays. Strong emphasis on the art of broadcasting – voicing one’s own script. All participants will record at least one broadcast quality piece. 6:30-9:30pm. To register call 503.768.6161 or email: pbrooks@lclark.edu.
Saturday July 29, 2006
11:00 AM : Chicken Coop Tour @ Portland
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Portland's 3rd Annual Citywide Chicken Coop Tour - 7/29/06
Tour de Coops: Portland's 3rd Annual Citywide Chicken Coop Tour organized by Growing Gardens in partnership with the Northwest Service Academy
July 29th, 2006
11:00 am- 4:00 pm
Come enjoy a self-guided tour of some of Portland's fabulous chicken coops! Owners will be standing by at each site to show you their coop and answer your pecking questions.
Guide Books will be sold at 2 locations:
People's Food Co-op, 3029 SE 21st Ave, Portland
Buffalo Gardens, 3033 NE Alberta St., Portland
The cost is $5 per Adult and Children are FREE!
Books will only be sold the day of the tour from 10:30 am -3:30 pm!
Biking and alternative transportation are encouraged!
Saturday September 16, 2006
11:00 AM : Build It Green Home Tour @ Portland
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16 SATURDAY
Build It Green Home Tour
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Join this self-guided tour of 20 extraordinary residential green houses and remodels throughout the Portland metro area. A post-tour information fair features green building products and services, entertainment and free refreshments, 4:30 - 7 p.m. at Environmental Building Supplies, 819 SE Taylor, in Portland. Limited number of tickets available. Advance purchase only. $15 adults; $10 car-free; $10 students/seniors, FREE for children under 14. Available online at www.sustainableportland.org or at Environmental Building Supplies (819 SE Taylor St. 503-222-3881). For more info call 503-823-7222.
Office of Sustainable Development, Metro and the Solar Energy Association of Oregon
Friday November 3, 2006
12:00 PM : Hiroshima mon Memoire @ PSU Littman Gallery
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PSU's Littman Gallery, in the Smith Center, in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies shows materials, photographs and videos from the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945. The exhibit is not suitable for most children under 12, the bombings either. On Friday November 3, Mr. Sasao Akira presents The Personal Account of a Survivor of the Nuclear Attacks, at noon in Smith Center room 228. Mr Akira was 18 years old and living in Nagasaki at the time. November 10, at 6PM Lisa Yoneyama presents, Competing Views on the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, not sure of the location, Yoneyama is the author of Hiroshima Traces: Time, Space and the Dialectics of Memory and professor at UCSD. The gallery is open noon-4 weekdays and 11-3 Saturday http://www.pdx.edu
Saturday April 14, 2007
09:30 AM : Animal tracking practice @ Smith and Bybee Wetlands
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Animal tracking practice at Smith and Bybee Wetlands
Metro volunteer naturalist and experienced tracker John Halsell is starting a new, monthly tracking program at this wetlands area in North Portland on the second Saturday of each month. Metro's 2,000-acre Smith and Bybee Wetlands offers tracking on sand, mud, trees and the forest floor, often finding evidence of a variety of urban wildlife including beaver, deer, coyote, raccoon and rabbits. Most of the time will be spent walking on sand or paved trail to find and discuss tracks and other wildlife evidence. All skill levels are welcome; suitable for adults and teens. Meet in the parking area on North Marine Drive. Free. Advance registration required; call (503) 797-1715.
Sunday April 22, 2007
12:00 PM : Earth Day @ Earth
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Thursday September 27, 2007
06:40 PM : Portland Traffic and Transportation Class @ PSU
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Take the Portland Traffic and Transportation Class!
When: Thursday evenings, 6:40-8:40pm, September 27-December 6, 2007.
It's a once-weekly lecture course on how transportation decisions are made in Portland. Subjects cover transportation history, policy, operations and funding.
And it's FREE to interested citizens! It's designed to help YOU advocate about transportation issues you care about. It was started by Earl Blumenauer when he was on the City Council. I loved this class, and I suppose it even eventually led me to my current career.
Work with decision and policy-makers, planners, scholars and engineers to better understand how to get your neighborhood transportation project going.
This interactive Portland State University class is open to all Portland citizens and full scholarships are available to qualified applicants.
The class will take place at PSU's downtown campus, Thursday evenings, 6:40 - 8:40, beginning September 27th
Led by Rick Gustafson, transportation planning consultant and former Metro executive officer.
More info here, or contact Scott Cohen at 503-823-5345 or scott.cohen@pdxtrans.org.
Saturday November 10, 2007
01:00 PM : Airport Futures @ PDX
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The City of Portland and the Port of Portland invite you to an Airport Futures-PDX Open House: Find out what’s new at your airport!
The City of Portland and the Port of Portland have just begun “Airport Futures,” a three-year planning process for Portland International Airport. Find out more about this project, tour the airfield, and share your ideas.
You will also be able to offer your input and suggestions on other important projects:
North Runway Extension
PDX Deicing System Enhancements
Plus, see how the airport works: a limited number of tours of the PDX airfield will be offered at the November 10th meeting–please RSVP today!
In Portland:
Airfield Tours: See the airport in action!
Saturday, November 10, 2007, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Airport Futures facilitated workshops: 1:30 and 3:00 p.m.
Portland International Airport, 7000 NE Airport Way – 1st floor, south end of bag claim
A limited number of airfield tours will be available: please RSVP to secure a spot on the tour by clicking below or by calling 503.944.7151.
In Vancouver: Learn more about airport projects!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. (No reservations are necessary)
Airport Futures facilitated workshops: 6:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Hudson’s Bay High School, 1601 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver, WA
Parking validation provided, or take MAX light rail Red Line to the PDX terminal and receive a free all-zone ticket for the ride home. For more details, please call the Port of Portland at 503.944.7047 or 800.547.8411, ext. 7047.
Related Links:
www.flypdx.com
www.pdxairportfutures.com
Tuesday November 13, 2007
07:00 PM : Special Winter Bike Commuter Workshop @ BTA
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Are you loving commuting by bicycle but unsure on how to deal with winter's wrath?
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance is holding a special commuter workshop to steel you against Old Man Winter on Tuesday, November 13th from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the BTA offices at 233 NW 5th Ave. RSVP is required. Click here for more details. To plan a transit trip to this event, click here .
Monday November 26, 2007
07:30 PM : Jay Boss Rubin @ PSU
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Jay Boss Rubin's Portland Challenge
Jay Boss Rubin Will Lecture About His Work!
Monday, November 26, 2007 at 7:30pm
PSU 5th Avenue Cinema, Room 92
510 SW Hall ST at SW 5th
Jay Boss Rubin is a native of Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Lincoln High School in the year 2000, and attended Boston University from 2000 to 2002. He is the founder and organizer of the annual Portland Challenge, wherein participants must cross the Willamette River in downtown Portland without the use of money, motors, or bridges. Portland Challenge is a fundraiser for the House of Peace and Love Project, a community education initiative in Visiga, Tanzania. Rubin worked off and on as a doughnut fryer for Voodoo Doughnut, between 2003 and 2006. In 2004, he began offering free, Monday night Swahili lessons at the downtown Portland pastry emporium. Rubin is currently writing a work of nonfiction, about his travels in Tanzania and the United States, called The Bongo Diaries.
Portland State University's Art Department offers free public lectures every Monday night of the school year. This is the eighth lecture in the PMMNLS for this season and the final lecture for the Fall Quarter. PMMNLS will resume January 7, 2008 with Marc Fisher from Temporary Services. The PSU MFA Monday Night Lecture Series is supported in part by PICA, Reed College, PNCA, Lewis & Clark College, and PSU's Department of International Studies. If you or your organization are interested in becoming a supporter of the lecture series please let us know.
Wednesday November 28, 2007
12:30 PM : Chris LaSalle @ PNCA
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Wednesday, November 28
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
PNCA Swigert Commons
Chris LaSalle Lecture
It's only rock and roll, but I like it - from Hip Hop to Punk Rock
"I will never forget the first time I heard a Run D.M.C. record....hearing that sound was a turning point and my inspiration for pursuing a job in the music business"
Chris LaSalle is the Label Manager for Hellcat Records, and a record label executive who has worked with musicians, artists, producers and managers as diverse as Run D.M.C., Rancid, Joe Strummer (The Clash) And The Mescaleros, The [ Read More... ]
Ticket info: Free and Open to the public