Portland, OR. This July, Portland Center Stage at The Armory celebrates the 20th Anniversary of JAW: A Playwrights Festival. The two-week festival — during which artists from across the country collaborate to workshop and develop new scripts — culminates in the Big Weekend of free staged readings, along with community classes, dance, music, and other events at The Armory.
The JAW Big Weekend is July 27-29. Free public readings of scripts in development will be presented at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. For more information visit www.pcs.org/jaw.
JAW 2017, “In Old Age” by Mfoniso Udofia in rehearsal, director Logan Vaughn, playwright Mfoniso Udofia, and actors Jenny Jules and Marcus Henderson.
Actors in rehearsal for “Testmatch” by Kate Attwell, JAW 2017, (L-R) Renata Friedman, Laura Faye Smith, Mahira Kakkar, Dana Green, Tanya Selveratnam.
JAW’s BIG 2-0H brings the work of four dynamic playwrights to Portland. Meghan Brown serves up power, complicity, pleasure, fear … and food … with her outrageously funny play The Tasters. Clarence Coo presents an unusual yet entirely understandable preference to jays, sparrows and warblers over humans with The Birds of Empathy. Emily Feldman challenges the way we hear women’s stories, using humor and arresting imagery in Pick a Color. Finally, Matthew Paul Olmos brings magical realism and visceral theatricality together to explore how children are impacted by complicated adult fears in three girls never learnt the way home. Developing short scripts alongside these seasoned playwrights are the JAW Promising Playwrights, local high school students from Portland Center Stage at The Armory’s Visions & Voices program, who have been commissioned to write new scripts for the festival’s kickoff event.
2018 JAW FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018
8:00 p.m.
JAW KICKOFF: An evening of 10-minute plays written by six Portland-area high school playwrights
Ellyn Bye Studio
SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Community Artist Lab: You in Your Play: Autobiographical Writing for the Stage with playwright Emily Feldman*
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Panel: Where Are They Now with guest playwrights from JAWs past
Ellyn Bye Studio
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
In the Groove dance battle hosted by Michael Galen
Main Lobby
3:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Etsy Maker Fair
Mezzanine
4:00 p.m.
STAGED READING: three girls never learnt the way home by Matthew Paul Olmos
U.S. Bank Main Stage
7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Tribally influenced hip-hop with Stryk-9 and 2 8 THA NATIVE
Main Lobby
7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Food art installation from Shannon Sims, tasting at 7:45 p.m.
Mezzanine
8:00 p.m.
STAGED READING: The Tasters by Meghan Brown
U.S. Bank Main Stage
SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2018
12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Community Artist Lab: Stumbling Upon It: Exploring Writing From the Subconscious with playwright Matthew Paul Olmos*
12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Community Artist Lab: Table Work on Your Feet with Director Margot Bordelon*
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Harmony driven folk band Five Letter Word
Main Lobby
4:00 p.m.
STAGED READING: Pick a Color by Emily Feldman
U.S. Bank Main Stage
7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Tracing the Essence by Subashini Ganesan and collaborators
Main Lobby
8:00 p.m.
STAGED READING: The Birds of Empathy by Clarence Coo
U.S. Bank Main Stage
MEGHAN BROWN
THE TASTERS BY MEGHAN BROWN With a rebel army poisoning government leaders left and right, the women known as Tasters have an important political role: Every day, they eat delicious gourmet meals and wait to see if it kills them. When the rebellious Elyse starts a hunger strike, she kicks off a series of events that could change the course of history — but not before she puts all of the Tasters’ lives in jeopardy. Meghan Brown’s new play about power and complicity (and pleasure and fear and food!) is outrageously funny and undeniably timely.
MEGHAN BROWN is an Ovation Award-winning playwright based in Los Angeles. Her full-length plays include The Pliant Girls, The Kill-or-Dies and Shine Darkly, Illyria. She is a founding member of The Temblors. Meghan wrote the book and lyrics for a new musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma with composer Sarah Taylor Ellis. Emma has been workshopped throughout the U.S. and in London, and was the pilot musical for Apples and Oranges Studios’ THEater ACCELERATOR. Meghan wrote the lyrics for the song cycle Untuned Ears Hear Nothing but Discord, which premiered at Lincoln Center as part of In Need of Music: The Songs of Ben Toth. Current projects include the original musical These Girls Have Demons (music by Sarah Taylor Ellis, workshopped as part of Pittsburgh CLO’s SPARK festival) and Cowboy Elektra (with Rogue Artists Ensemble, music by The Dustbowl Revival’s Zach Lupetin). meghanbrown.net
CLARENCE COO
THE BIRDS OF EMPATHY BY CLARENCE COO Nathan is alone. His ex-boyfriend has gotten engaged, his mom has retired to Costa Rica, and his social life has devolved into a parade of unsatisfying encounters. But Nathan loves birds — watching them, discovering them, identifying with them. So when an unexpected visit from an estranged neighbor threatens to destroy his routine, Nathan has to confront a crucial question: Does he even need people when he’s got jays, sparrows and warblers?
CLARENCE COO is the recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award and the winner of the 2012 Yale Drama Series competition. His plays include Beautiful Province (Belle Province), People Sitting in Darkness and The God of Wine. His work has been developed at Atlantic Theater Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, New York Theatre Workshop and Bay Area Playwrights Festival. He has received fellowships from The Dramatists Guild of America, Rita Goldberg Playwrights’ Workshop at The Lark, New York Foundation for the Arts and Playwrights Realm. He received his M.F.A. in playwriting at Columbia University. Currently he is a resident playwright at New Dramatists, a member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab and the manager of academic administration for Columbia University’s M.F.A. Writing Program.
EMILY FELDMAN
PICK A COLOR BY EMILY FELDMAN
Pick a Color follows four women taking refuge in a local nail salon to momentarily escape the stresses, heartbreak — and joys — of the busy winter holiday season. Playwright Emily Feldman uses her consciously theatrical storytelling style to present intimate portraits of women digging within themselves for the strength to fight off an army of reasons to despair. Shot through with humor and arresting imagery, the play celebrates the resilient emotional lives of women of middle age living in the American present.
MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS
EMILY FELDMAN’S work has been developed by The Playwrights’ Center, Colt Coeur, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Magic Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company and Playwrights Realm. She has been an Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition finalist, an Ashland New Play Festival winner and a member of The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm. She’s currently a member of Interstate 73 at Page73 and The Orchard Project NYC Greenhouse. Emily is a recent Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights’ Center and is the 2017-2018 Shank Playwright in Residence at Playwrights Horizons. This summer, she’ll be working on a new play at The New Harmony Project and Wild Wind Performance Lab. She holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from University of California San Diego and a B.A. from Middlebury College.
THREE GIRLS NEVER LEARNT THE WAYHOME
BY MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS
Matthew Paul Olmos’ play focuses on the friendship of three minority girls, who find themselves straddling two different worlds after being bussed to a newly integrated school. Using elements of magical realism and visceral theatricality, three girls never learnt the wayhome explores the question of what happens to children caught in the middle of complicated adult fears.
MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS is a three-time recipient of a Sundance Institute fellowship/residency; a resident playwright for New Dramatists, Center Theatre Group and Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Swan Lab; and has received a Princess Grace Award and La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Emerging Playwright Award, as selected by Sam Shepard. Mentored for two years by Ruth Maleczech (Mabou Mines/SUITE), he is a New York Theatre Workshop fellow, Baryshnikov Arts Center resident, Echo Theater resident, Ensemble Studio Theater lifetime member and proud Kilroys nominator. His work has been presented nationally and internationally, taught in university, and published by Samuel French and NoPassport Press. Current works include American Nationalism Project (New York Theatre Workshop’s Adelphi Residency); a play with music, We Walk Along the Christmas Bridge (Center Theatre Group’s L.A. Writers’ Workshop); a three-play cycle about questionable presidents; and his completed three-part cycle So Go the Ghosts of Mexico, Part Three (world premiere at Undermain Theatre in 2019).
Since launching in 1999, JAW: A Playwrights Festival has created a space for playwrights to have complete creative control and the resources to work on whatever they want to develop in their scripts. Each year, playwrights are chosen from nearly 200 submissions nationwide to collaborate with directors, dramaturgs, actors and other theater professionals from across the United States. Since its inception, 82 scripts have been developed at JAW and 17 JAW plays have received fully staged productions at Portland Center Stage at The Armory, giving Portland a strong national reputation for not only incubating new work, but helping to see that work to successful fruition. JAW plays have also gone on to receive world premiere productions at professional theaters across the country and beyond, including New York Theater Workshop, Steppenwolf Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
THE JAW COMPANY
Portland Center Stage at The Armory’s Associate Artistic Director Rose Riordan is the JAW Festival Director. Joining her on the JAW team are JAW Festival Co-Producers Kelsey Tyler and Brandon Woolley; JAW Literary Manager Benjamin Fainstein; JAW Festival Company Manager Will Cotter; Education and Community Programs Associate Clara-Liis Hillier; Promising Playwrights Director Matthew B. Zrebski; a slew of guest artists, both local and from around the country, including directors, dramaturgs, actors and other theater professionals; and the hardworking staff and volunteers of Portland Center Stage at The Armory who bring their talents and energies to JAW each year.
LOCATION: All public JAW events happen at The Armory, 128 NW Eleventh Ave., Portland, Ore., 97209
ACCESSIBILITY: Portland Center Stage at The Armory is committed to making its performances and facilities accessible to all patrons. Learn more at http://www.pcs.org/access/.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Most JAW events are recommended for high school age and up.
PORTLAND CENTER STAGE AT THE ARMORY
Portland Center Stage at The Armory is the largest theater company in Portland and among the top 20 largest regional theaters in the country. Established in 1988 as a branch of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the company became independent in 1994. Around 150,000 visitors attend The Armory annually to enjoy a mix of classical, contemporary and world premiere productions, along with a variety of high quality education and community programs. Eleven productions are offered each season, in addition to roughly 400 community events created — in partnership with 170+ local organizations and individuals — to serve the diverse populations in the city. As part of its dedication to new play development, the company has produced 26 world premieres and presents an annual new works festival, JAW: A Playwrights Festival. Home to two theaters, The Armory, which was originally built in 1891, opened its doors in 2006 as the first building on the National Register of Historic Places, and the first performing arts venue in the country, to achieve a LEED Platinum rating.
JAW: A PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
JAW: A Playwrights Festival is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts; The Kinsman Foundation; and Don and Mary Blair. Portland Center Stage at The Armory’s 2017-2018 season is funded in part by Season Superstars Tim and Mary Boyle and Lead Corporate Champion Umpqua Bank. Further support comes from Season Sponsors the Regional Arts and Culture Council, The Wallace Foundation and the Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency funded by the state of Oregon and the National Endowment for the Arts. Mark Spencer Hotel is the official hotel partner. Portland Center Stage at The Armory was selected as a participant of the Wallace Foundation’s Building Audiences for Sustainability Initiative, a four-year effort with a nationwide cohort of 26 performing arts organizations.
Portland, OR. Portland’5 Centers for the Arts just launched its 13th annual Music on Main outdoor summer concert series in downtown Portland. The free concerts are held on Main Street, between Southwest Broadway & Park Avenue, next to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Nine Wednesday evenings, starting in July, Portland’5 hosts the free outdoor concert series featuring popular local and regional musicians playing a diverse collection of music.
The free concerts are open to the public and run from 5pm to 7pm – tickets are not required. The ArtBar & Bistro will be serving seasonal fare and libations starting at 4:00pm. (Tables are for food and beverage patrons only and are available on a first come, first-served basis)
Music on Main is made possible through the generous support of: Full Sail Brewing, OnPoint Community Credit Union, Underwood, Acrobat, Trinchero Family Estates, Bridgeport Brewing, Willamette Week, Boomtown, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, Monopolova Extra Dry Gin, Wild Roots Pear Vodka, El Jimador Tequila, Tito’s Vodka, Old Forester, Kings Ridge, Lunetta Prosecco, and the Portland’5 Foundation.
We bring over 1,000 music, theater, dance, and lecture performances to Portland each year because we know that art matters. Art brings joy, inspires the mind, and unites communities. Art changes lives.
As the 5th largest performing arts center in the U.S., we are national leaders in keeping art and culture thriving. Our five venues draw over one million patrons to downtown Portland’s Cultural District and generate an average of $60 million in regional spending every year. With the help of Metro and the Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission, we are able to connect with the public to offer the performances that are most valuable to our community.
Portland, OR. If you love to take cute photos of your pets, this contest is for you. Your images can save help shelter pets and you might win a prize, including a two-night stay at the beach. Beauty comes in all species, so there are three categories: Top Dog, Top Cat and Top Other Pet. A fourth category—OHS Choice—will be selected by OHS staff from all photos submitted.
Top Dog?
Here’s a photo of Gepman, a 18-year-young cat who always has his purr motor running.
Details – Create an account, upload your photos and then the public votes for their favorites. Hint – it’s easy to get more votes by sharing a link to your photos on social media.
One of the winning photos will be on the cover of the OHS magazine. All winners and runners-ups will be featured in a magazine feature story.
This is the OHS Staff pick winner from 2017. Callie Attanasio was the winning photographer.
The winning photographers in each category will receive a professionally printed and framed photograph of their entry and a $200 gift card from Frame Central. Plus, each winner gets a special gift basket of pet treats and toys donated by local businesses. The grand prize winner, with the most overall votes, will receive a two-night stay at the Hallmark Inns on the Oregon coast.
There is a $10 fee to enter and $5 fee for five votes. All entry and voting fees go directly to help the animals at OHS. Our goal is to raise $15,000 to help create “picture-perfect” happy endings for shelter pets.
The deadline for submitting photos and voting is 11 p.m. Aug. 15, 2018.
Portland, OR. The Portland Police Sunshine Division is dubbing its first year at the Waterfront Blues Festival a rousing success. For 30 years the festival was run by the Oregon Food Bank and it raised over $10 million and 20 million pounds of food but this year the nonprofit turned over management to Fuller Events and agreed to share donations. The Portland Police Sunshine Division stepped up to pitch in and benefit. The nonprofit offers food and clothing assistance. Kristi South, Director of Development & Communications for the Sunshine Division says, “The festival has been a great awareness builder for the Sunshine Division with a lot of media exposure. We are the food drive beneficiary this year and raised about 5,000 pounds of food the first two days. Our role also entails soliciting and coordinating about 1,500 volunteer positions.”
Recruiting volunteers is no small undertaking for an organization the size of Sunshine Division (with 13 staff members). However, volunteerism has been strong for the event as there are many returning volunteers and enthusiastic new volunteers filling positions.
Sunshine Division solicited and managed over 1,500 volunteer positions for the festival.
Sunshine Division’s truck ready to accept donations and spread the word about its mission
Regular Sunshine Division volunteers “off the clock” and supporting the WBF.
Performer Norman Sylvester.
The Waterfront Blues Festival is the largest celebration of blues, soul, funk, and rhythm & blues west of the Mississippi. (James Patrick Hurley)
4th of July fireworks helped kick off the Waterfront Blues Festival.
Historically the Waterfront Blues Festival raises an average of 17 million dollars in revenue for the City of Portland.
Sunshine Division leaders say everyone surrounding the event from organizers, artists, volunteers, and attendees has been welcoming and supportive of their involvement with the event adding, it’s refreshing to see the sense of community this event brings to Portland. The Blues Festival ran from July 4th – 7th.
We offer food assistance six days a week at our N Thompson location, four days a week at our SE Stark location, as well as 24/7 through our partnership with the Portland Police Bureau who store food boxes at each police precinct that can be dispatched to people in need at any time. In addition to food relief we also offer new and gently used clothing.
Free Food & Clothing Assistance: Depending on the client’s situation, they can receive services six times within the period of one year. If you need assistance or want to learn about eligibility for our services & programs, click here.
About Oregon Food Bank:
Oregon Food Bank works to eliminate hunger and its root causes… because no one should be hungry. Oregon Food Bank believes that hunger starves the human spirit, communities thrive when people are nourished, and everyone deserves healthy and fresh food. Oregon Food Bank helps feed the human spirit of more than 700,000 people through a food distribution network of four Oregon Food Bank branches and 17 regional food banks serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Oregon Food Bank also leads statewide efforts to increase resources for hungry families and to eliminate the root causes of hunger through public policy, local food systems work, nutrition and garden education, health care screening and innovative programming. Find out how to feed the human spirit at oregonfoodbank.org.
About Waterfront Blues Festival:
Since 1988, the Waterfront Blues Festival has served as downtown Portland’s signature Fourth of July celebration. With four stages and more than 125 musical acts pulling capacity crowds to Tom McCall Waterfront Park, the festival provides a platform to keep blues music alive and add cultural, arts and entertainment value to the City of Portland and region. It is the largest blues festival west of the Mississippi, the second-largest blues festival in the nation, and one of the most revered festivals of its kind in the world. It is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Memphis-based Blues Foundation’s coveted Keeping the Blues Alive Award for ‘Best Festival.’ Since its inception, the festival has been committed to elevating the presence of local non-profits through fundraising and exposure. More information is available at waterfrontbluesfest.com.
31 Years Fighting Hunger
The Waterfront Blues Festival is committed to providing a world-class event to the community of Portland and beyond that presents diverse musical arts, culture, and entertainment. The festival has been committed to using its broad platform to create awareness and support of hunger relief efforts for 30 years.
Portland, OR. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and SW Washington is raffling off a one-year lease on a 2018 C300 Mercedes to raise money for its programs.
Each ticket sold for the 2018 Mercedes Helping Kids Raffle helps extend hospitality to seriously ill children and their families, by offering them a “home away from home.” Tickets are $100.
Drawing information: Ticket sales will remain open through Monday, July 16, 2018, at noon or until all 300 tickets have been purchased, whichever comes first. The winning ticket will be drawn at the conclusion of the Ronald McDonald House Charities Golf Classic on Monday, July 16, 2018. The winner will be notified within two (2) days. Need not be present to win.
From Ronald McDonald House Charities:
Every year, thousands of families travel to Portland and Bend to get the best medical care possible for their seriously ill or injured child. And for more than 30 years, our Ronald McDonald Houses® have offered these families comfort, support, and a beautiful place to stay just moments away from their child’s bedside. Last year we welcomed 1,825 families for a total of 17,917 nights at our three Oregon Houses, hosting 2,861 children across the state. And since opening our doors, we have provided a “home away from home” for more than 35,000 families.
STAY WITH US
Information for Portland and Bend guests
Reserving a room in Portland
Click here to reserve a guest room in Portland as a returning guest.
Click here if you are a Social Worker or Hospital Staff seeking to refer a family.
Looking for room availability for tonight? Please call our Family Placement Coordinator at (971) 230-6702 to see if there is availability at one of our houses.
Please click here to download a brochure on how to reserve a room.
To qualify to stay at a Portland Ronald McDonald House:
Families must have a patient 21 years or younger being treated at a Portland hospital. Parents under the age of 18 must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.
Patients age 18-21 must be accompanied by a support person who is age 18 or older.
Families with an unborn baby can request to stay two weeks prior to delivery, with a doctor’s recommendation.
Families must live more than 30 miles from their child’s Portland area hospital.
If you meet these qualifications, take the next step by calling one of the phone numbers below to get a referral to stay with us:
Portland, OR. The Portland Children’s Museum has welcomed more than 4 million visitors since opening in 1946 and now hosts more than 300,000 people a year. One group that’s especially enthusiastic visits courtesy of the Autism Society of Oregon. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm, autistic kids are special guests at the museum. A quieter, calmer, low-sensory playtime is open exclusively to families with children who experience disability. Friends and siblings are also welcome and no registration is required. It’s a program called Friends and Family Access Play and it will take place on July 17th this month. For more information, please CLICK HERE.
The Portland Children’s Museum is open from 9 to 5 almost every day, year round and features special exhibits.
Exhibits and programs are designed for children aged 0-12. The Pet Hospital exhibit has everything kids need to explore animal health.
Portland Children’s Museum is located off Highway 26 in Washington Park, across from Oregon Zoo.
From Portland Children’s Museum:
We believe that children are interested in things worth knowing about. We are dedicated to making visible the ways children think, imagine, design, invent, and create when given intelligent materials including the tools of the arts and sciences.
Address:
4015 SW Canyon Road Portland, OR 97221 (503) 223-6500
Portland, OR. The Oregon Humane Society is gearing up for Independence Day. On July 5th, animal shelters across the country will face the daunting task of caring for the many lost dogs and cats who bolted from their homes because they were terrified of fireworks. Sadly, some lost pets are never reunited with their owners.
The Oregon Humane Society urges all pet owners to keep their pets indoors, in a safe and secure area. “Even if you think your pet will be ok, don’t take a chance,” says Tanya Roberts, OHS training and behavior manager. “A panicked pet can quickly escape a fenced yard or get loose.”
Here are some additional suggestions to keep pets safe:
Dogs and cats who are distressed should be placed inside a room with closed windows and a secure door. A screen door will not stop a frightened dog. Don’t take a dog to watch a large commercial firework display, as this increases the likelihood of your pet becoming lost in an unfamiliar area.
Make sure all pets, even indoor-only cats, wear a collar with an identification tag that includes your name and telephone number. An identification microchip is even better, as it is embedded in your pet and cannot be lost. These simple precautions will go a long way towards ensuring a rapid reunion with a lost pet.
At home, a ThunderShirt, flower essences, pheromones or gentle touch can also help ease a pet’s anxiety.
Walk dogs in the afternoon, well before nightfall, to prevent undue stress from noisy fireworks.
For dogs with extreme reactions to fireworks, talk with your veterinarian about medication.
More ideas from the Oregon Humane Society Training and Behavior Department can be found here:
1) Check with your local animal control agency. Many agencies have lost-and-found listings on their website (OHS, by law, cannot accept stray animals).
2) Post on Nextdoor, Craigslist, and other lost pet websites.
Put up flyers with a photo and description of the missing pet.
4) Search your neighborhood and your own property thoroughly. Lost cats, for example, are often found hiding under a bush in front of their owner’s home.
Hugs are given freely at the Oregon Humane Society.
If you find a stray animal, please keep them with you until your local animal shelter is open and ready to receive them. Below is contact information for shelters in the Portland metro and Southwest Washington areas:
The Oregon Humane Society is the Northwest’s oldest and largest humane society. OHS receives no tax dollars to support its adoption, education, and animal cruelty investigation programs. Visit oregonhumane.org for more information.
Portland, OR. Comedian and automobile collector Jay Leno visited the Rose City to help launch the new Portland Art Museum exhibit The Shape of Speed: Streamlined Automobiles and Motorcycles. At a special preview event on June 16th, patrons like Kathleen Ames had the chance to meet Leno before he took the stage for a conversation with guest curator Ken Gross.
One item on display is this 1934 BMW, R7 Concept Motorcycle. Photo: Peter Harholdt.
A kickoff event was held at the Dossier Hotel.
Lana Finley, Sharon Barnes, and Janet Geary taking picture with Jay Leno
Tina Skouras, Jerry Logan, Susie Conley, and Kim Ziebell
Janet Geary and Cameron Davis
Sheryl Acheson, Jay Leno, and Karen Benson
Eileen McNulty, Jay Leno, Yaw Sarpong, Carlene Pride-Sarpong, Natalie Hummert Horter, Eavanson Horter, and Parker McNulty
Bob and Barbara Brady
Ruth and Charles Poindexter
Susie Conley, Jerry Logan, Kim Ziebell, and Karen Benson enjoy the talk with Jay Leno during Portland Art Museum’s opening night celebration for The Shape of Speed, June 16, 2018.
The Shape of Speed will be on display through September 16th, it features 19 rare streamlined automobiles and motorcycles from 1930–1942.
Portland Art Museum is located at 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205,
Portland, OR. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the nonprofit helping homeless youth and other marginalized people, Mayor Ted Wheeler declared June 21st, “Outside In Day.” The celebration at The Evergreen event space in SE Portland included a tribute to the nonprofit’s life-saving work in the community by Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury, and a personal statement of support by film director Todd Haynes. It was also a party for retiring Executive Director Kathy Oliver after 38 years of leadership. (Photo credit, Ashley Courter)
Commissioner Chole Eudaly, film director Todd Haynes, Kathy Oliver, and Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury.
Mayor Ted Wheeler presents a city proclamation of “Outside In Day” to Kathy Oliver.
Our mission is to help homeless youth and other marginalized people move towards improved health and self-sufficiency.
We are…
Service providers and advocates.
Experts in understanding adolescents.
A Federally Qualified Health Center.
A licensed Mental Health Agency.
Leaders in serving LGBTQ youth.
We believe…
In dignity, hope, and resiliency.
In innovation.
Our clients can get through current challenges.
Young people need trusting adults to thrive.
In meeting people where they are.
In a strengths-based approach.
Outside In recognizes that our clients and employees have unique experiences rooted in and affected by race, culture, gender and gender identity, age, belief systems, social class and income, sexual orientation, physical ability, and other aspects of individual identity. We acknowledge the beauty, strength, and opportunities that come from such diversity as well as the destructive and pervasive consequences that come from prejudice and oppression. We are deeply committed to dismantling overt and covert oppression, and to building personal and institutional diversity and inclusiveness.
Portland, OR. 130 friends and neighbors were mixing and mingling at the Dunthorpe home of Mimi and Doug McCaslin on June 27th, to learn more about the work of New Avenues for Youth. The nonprofit is celebrating its 20th year working toward the prevention and intervention of youth homelessness. Since 1997, its programs and services have impacted more than 20,000 young people as they work to overcome barriers, pursue goals, and realize their potential.
Event organizers included Philip Virga, Jessica F. Elkan (New Avenues Director of Development), Cherie Renee, Mimi McCaslin, Elliott W. Moore, and Frances McCarty.
The evening featured Vibrant Table food and wine from Maisons Marques & Domaines. Vanessa Sturgeon, the current President & CEO of New Avenues and Mitch Hornecker, founder and board member, encouraged guests and community members to become involved with the organization.
From New Avenues for Youth:
Our mission is to work in partnership with our community to prevent youth homelessness and provide young people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness the resources and skills needed to lead healthy, productive lives.
Here’s a video about the 20th anniversary of the program.
New Avenues for Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention and intervention of youth homelessness. Since 1997, our programs and services have impacted more than 20,000 young people as they work to overcome barriers, pursue their goals, and realize their potential. From supporting basic needs like meals and counseling to providing opportunities for education, job training, employment, and housing, we meet youth where they are—and help them get where they want to go.
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