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I am not sure how you may have missed Ryan Birkland's art if you are you around PDX. If this is your first time hearing about him you must check him out at p:ear in the next couple weeks. You really should come out to First Thursday and see his great works. Great as is in some huge work as well as the "healthy energy" and "newlife" he gives to old windows and glass. I have only peaked at this show a bit though the window of P:EAR's new space. I look forward to the work he too may have done with the youth.
This weekend is the 21st Annual Creative Metal Arts Guild, "Jewelry and Metal Arts Show and Sale" ! It is at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 N.E. Martin Luther King Blvd., Friday April 24 – Saturday April 25, 10 a.m. -9 p.m., Sunday April 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Attendance is free. The show is also a benefit for CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates for children. Creative Metal Arts Guild, CMAG is a non-profit organization supporting metal artists. CMAG currently has approximately 100 members throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho! www.CMAGuild.org
Photo from H2M - I am not talking about Couples that look like Siblings. I am wondering about Everyone Who Looks Like You- the upcoming show by Hand2Mouth Theatre -I thought it was going to be called Things We Talk About. If you have seen a H2M show you know the actors and the creators like many family and make the best of whatever they are given and make it work. I think some of them already kinda do look alike. May 14-24 you can see Hand2Mouth come together again at MilePost 5 and put on another great show. This piece is inspired from their own lives and will be very "For Real". H2M states, "Using their own lives and families as source materials, the company members re-create, imitate and initiate the complexities of family life – of living and breathing with those who know you best and least. As this house of five moves through furious dances, ear-piercing fights, unlikely reconciliations and meditative storytelling, a picture of universal family life emerges from the raw and personal. This springtime performance is a prelude to the full fall premiere. “The idea of performing a story about your family is as old as storytelling itself. But this new performance pushes our company into new, difficult terrain. We set an impossible task on ourselves; to convey the love, confusion and feeling of belonging in each performer’s own family relations. From this mash-up of multiple family sagas we hope to create a family setting surprisingly familiar to the audiences own experiences. We’ll do this via a dense blend of performance styles so as not to allow our story to slip into easy clichés or let audiences ever think I've seen this story before,’” says Jonathan Walters, Hand2Mouth’s Artistic Director. Everyone Who Looks Like You. May 14 –24, Thursday – Sundays, 8 p.m. Milepost 5, 900 NE 81st Avenue, Portland, Oregon $15 general admission, $10 on Thursdays. $25 for May 15 Opening Party. Tickets: mail@hand2mouththeatre.org, 503-235-5284
On Tuesday, April 7th, dine at any participating establishment and 25% of your bill will be donated to Mercy Corps to change the world for the better. Mercy Corps and your neighborhood restaurants wish for a world that is free of suffering, poverty and oppression. Help them get there!
Lizard Lounge sent me this hot invite via Twitter - First Thursday April 2nd from 7-10pm
Photo from quatuorebene.com As much as I love my CD's and itunes I love most hearing music on the radio. Tonight Friends of Chamber Music were to announce their 2009-2010 season and will do reprise the announcement tomorrow at the at Ebène Quartet performance at Reed College. And for the first time, starting on Wednesday FOCM will be offering their patrons and fans streaming music from concerts via Instant Encore on Wednesday, March 18. Check out instantencore.com
The mission of Raphael House is to provide a foundation of hope for a life free from family violence, and we have been working in this community—offering domestic violence survivors the tools they need to build violence-free lives—for more than 30 years. Raphael House serves a diverse community of families escaping domestic violence, and also works to eliminate the causes of intimate partner violence through educational outreach in the community.
Wow, Look who is on the CAN Board. I signed up and have sent a few emails to help out and no wonder I have not heard back... These are the busiest and most involed Art Leaders in Portland. The Creative Advocacy Network, a new non-profit working towards a regional dedicated funding solution for the arts, is working hard to make sure that the Regional Arts and Culture Budget is preserved by Portland City Council. On March 12th at 2:00 RACC( 2008 annual report) will be giving their “State of the Arts” presentation to Portland City Council and describing how last year's investments in the arts benefitted the City. It is important that City Council see strong support and solidarity from the arts community.
The Arts CAN, and must live here. Please RSVP to info@theartscan.org if you think you can make it on March 12th. Tag, your it. BuzzByBrian
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It is this week and This is Gareth of Wales, a Welsh Terrier who currently resides in Portland Oregon but will not be on the runway this Friday night for Boutiques Unleashed. The event should be very "HOT" according to a Gossip Girl friend of mine that will be coming into town just for this! Please go if you can, bid on the auction for me, or do some shopping here. Friday I will be volunteering for another event but will be there in spirit and will definitely make donation soon to Dove Lewis. For more information about DoveLewis 24 hour ER & ICU Animal Hospital visit dovelewis.org
Anka Gallery will host the First Thursday Reception in April for The Chair Affair, benefiting Portland's Community Warehouse. I have a couple talented artist friends that are contributing chairs for it. I just got this picture from my friend Julianna Paradisi whose stunning chair is above. Julianna's work is entitled Resurrection Chair is an antique child's chair with driftwood collected from the banks of the Willamette River. The Chair Affair Auction itself is on April 23rd at Staver Locomotive and include more than just chairs to bring home- tickets are only $50 or you can buy 8 tickets for the price of 6! More details on Paradisirn’s blog or Community Warehouse.
Will it be a Red Dress Reunion this year? I was doing some undercover work tonight and found out some important details about this years RED DRESS PARTY. First, cancel or move the date of Julian's Bar Mitzvah ! Red Dress is definitely going to be May 2, 2009. The Location is old Corbery Press Building, now The BodyVox Space- NW 17th and Northrup. Last year Chelsea showed up(late) but together Portland raised more than $35,000 for Esther's Pantry, SHARE, and Outside In! Oh, SHARE is on the beneficiary list again and Our House of Portland. Buckle your seat belts because the theme will be REDEYE! So look for those flight stewardess dresses. Go to the next Fat Fancy sale or Buffalo Exchange, Redlight, Goodwill! We just bought our VIP Tickets – join us.
It's never too late to endorse a good rally. This one today I am traveling to is to support Stand for Children! Serena's cousin Rebecca explains, "Our goal is to show the Legislature that Oregonians stand with them and behind them as they make the tough choices demanded by the current economic crisis, but we also want to make a statement about how important education is for Oregon's kids and call for them to prioritize and protect our schools. Specifically: Invest what we have wisely, funding programs that produce the best results. Make prudent use of reserves and the federal stimulus that comes to Oregon. Responsibly raise revenue, and change the way the state forecasts revenue to end the boom-and-bust budget cycle. Pass this on to anyone who might have the day off and wants to feel the energy of a major rally for change. " Look for me at the State Capitol. Quick sign up for a bus!
PearlGirl keeps sending me reminders how we can help Oregon Food Bank ! I finally realized how we can join together and make this good work-greater. Oregon Food Bank reaches over 9,000 people each month. It feels so good to support a great organization this time of year. Consider even $10 to Donate. Or send this to a few friends? Bloggers Click Here. Let's not do Happy Hour this week.
