Portland, February 27th, 2016. Nearly 300 community members came together to support Northwest Academy’s scholarship fund and they donated over $300,000. Barbara Hall and Susanne Orton were guests of Presenting Sponsor: Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation. The “Disco Fever” theme was contagious. In addition, Founder and Head of School Mary Vinton Folberg was honored and celebrated as she passes the baton this year and will focus on securing a permanent home for the school.
Head of School Mary Vinton Folberg.
Northwest Academy Staff, Debbie Hutchins, and guests Roger & Margaret Hinshaw.
Suzanne Geary, Head of School Mary Vinton Folberg, and Chris & Leah Swartley.
Northwest Academy students performing the Disco Fever finale!
Victoria Taylor, Scott Showalter, Lynn Getz, Lindley Morton, Kirk Taylor, and Corrine Oishi.
Northwest Academy staff: Sara Berglund, Laurel Keppy, and Morgan Kunze.
Whether they are researching their thesis essays or creating a multimedia visual project, Northwest Academy students approach complex concepts with intellectual curiosity. At every grade level, we respect our students’ abilities to comprehend challenging ideas and to demonstrate their understanding with insight and creativity. As a result of this trust, our students become self-motivated learners with a strong desire to explore new ideas.
PROFICIENCY-BASED LEARNING
At Northwest Academy, knowledge, skill, and academic maturity – rather than chronological age – determine a student’s placement. Appropriate placement is critical to the school’s proficiency-based program. Proper placement positively affects a student’s motivation, initiative, and risk-taking, and it also impacts a student’s ability to succeed in subsequent years of study in a subject.
STRONG ACADEMIC AND ARTS PARTNERSHIP
Our arts and academic partnership promotes an environment in both arts and academic classes where a student’s multiple intelligences can flourish. Through their arts experiences, our students acquire skills and strategies–such as attention to detail, self-discipline, self-awareness, and risk-taking–that help them succeed in their academic classes.
SMALL CLASS SIZES AND PASSIONATE FACULTY
Northwest Academy’s commitment to small class sizes and access to faculty help students succeed at high levels. In our classrooms, no student can disappear or remain passive about his or her learning. Combined with an environment that encourages free and open inquiry, our teachers’ passion for their subject areas motivates student interest in learning and creative thinking.
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND CAMPUS
Northwest Academy’s campus is located in downtown Portland’s cultural district, near its public transportation hub. Surrounded by the Portland Art Museum, the Central Library, the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, the Northwest Film Center, and Portland State University, Northwest Academy students and faculty participate in the cultural and academic offerings near campus.
Portland, February 20th, 2016. 225 guests joined Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington to celebrate 57 years of pioneering arts in education. Michelle and Synkai Harrison won the Golden Ticket for a trip to Cortona, Italy. The event at Pacfic Northwest College of Art raised a record $116, 000. (Photo credit, PDX Event Photography)
Joan McCray, Michael Agnew, Sonia Agnew (The Boeing Company)
Michael and Kathren Cavanaugh with Tim and Nancy Findlay
Faye Levinsohn (Marriott), L. Jan Robertson (Norris, Beggs & Simpson) and Lisa Harley (Marriott)
Tracy Moir, Guest of Honor Robin Mesher, Bob Mesher, Page Mesher
Patrick Lamb entertained the crowd for the afterparty which featured the Young Audiences’ roster artist Do Jump! dog on the dance floor (photo)
The evening started with a cocktail reception, a photo booth and lively silent auction. Guests enjoyed dinner and dessert by ChefStable Catering. Robin Mesher received the 2016 Sunburst Award for her dedication and advocacy during her tenure as a member of the Board of Directors of Young Audiences. The live auction included trips to France and Italy, A Date Night package and a Zamboni Party.
We inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts.
Young Audiences of Oregon was founded in 1958 as a local chapter of the nation’s largest arts-in-education organization. In 1989, the Portland-based organization merged with a smaller chapter in Vancouver to become Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington. We have steadily grown in scope and programming, evolving from presenting only classical music performances in our early years to currently offering a full range of educational arts programming in multiple disciplines and cultures—the only arts organization in the region to do so.
Portland, February 24, 2016. 340 arts and business leaders gathered at the Portland Art Museum to celebrate some of the region’s strongest champions for the arts. The event was adopted by the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) following the dissolution of its previous producer, Businesses for Culture & the Arts (BCA) last year. At the event, Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish, The Standard’s Greg Ness, and emcee S. Renee Mitchell posed for a photo. (Photo credit, by Andie Petkus)
Performance by Portland Opera. Photo by Andie Petkus Photography
Umpqua Bank’s Raymond Davis with Portland Center Stage Artistic Director Chris Coleman. Photo by Andie Petkus Photography
The Standard’s Bob Speltz, RACC Board Member Ozzie Gonzalez, and U.S. Bank’s Stacey Dodson. Photo by Andie Petkus Photography
The Standard’s Kazunori Yamauchi and Greg Ness with Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish. Photo by Andie Petkus Photography
This year’s honorees included:
Top corporate donors to the arts, including The Standard, U.S. Bank, Portland General Electric, Umpqua Bank, Wells Fargo, The Boeing Company, Vulcan Inc., Nordstrom, Chipotle Mexican Grill, KeyBank, First Tech Federal Credit Union, Wieden+Kennedy, Nike, Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission and Stoel Rives.
The John C. Hampton Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts: Greg Ness, CEO, The Standard
Inspirational creative partnership: Umpqua Bank and Portland Center Stage
Small business champion: Bill Dickey, Owner, Morel Ink
Work for Art champions: Portland General Electric, Burgerville and the Oregon Cultural Trust
RACC also saluted Oregon’s own congresswoman, Representative Suzanne Bonamici, for her support of arts education at the federal level and for incorporating the arts into STEM education as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act which President Obama signed into law in December of 2015.
Portland, February 19th, 2016. Lines for Life‘s annual gala, held at Sentinel, drew a crowd of 500 people and raised more than $425,000 to support the organization’s mission of preventing substance abuse and suicide. Johnna Wells from Benefit Auctions 360 posed with keynote speaker, Sheila Hamilton. The local radio host is the author of All the Things We Never Knew a book about loving and losing someone with mental illness. 2015 was a record year for the Lines for Life crisis call center which received over 50,000 calls, (17,000 more than the prior year), from callers struggling with issues related to mental health, substance abuse and suicide. Many were helped to find a way forward, and where appropriate connected with referrals and resources. The dedicated military lines received over 25,000 calls and the YouthLine call and text volume doubled. (Photo credit, Andie Petkus)
Greg and Terry Ness, Honorary Co-Chairs for the Event shared a powerful personal story.
Lines for Life’s CEO, Dwight Holton and Senator Ron Wyden
Rick and Erika Miller, 2016 ‘Champion of Hope’ award recipients. The award was presented in recognition of their tremendous philanthropic support.
Dr. Claudia Taylor and her husband Clark Taylor.
Lines for Life also continued prevention work in schools and with community organizations, convened regional summits with influential stake holders on addressing prescription drug abuse and helped formulate policy, locally and nationally regarding the issues that define its mission. The event was a celebration of successes over the past year, and also an opportunity to recognize the challenge that the organization faces due to the ever-growing need for its services.
From Lines for Life:
We believe that ultimately the issues that define our mission touch everyone and were thrilled to have so many enthusiastic supporters join us last Friday because together, we can make a difference.
Lines for Life is a non-profit dedicated to preventing substance abuse and suicide because they touch so many families in our society. We have served thousands of people with addiction, mental health and suicide intervention services, treatment referral and drug prevention education.
Lines for Life Crisis Lines answered 54,127 calls in 2015. We are able to de-escalate 95 percent of the over 14,000 suicide line calls we receive. Our suicide LifeLine is available free not only to those in crisis, but to concerned friends & family members who sense something seriously amiss and need information on what actions they should take. (800) 273-TALK.
The Military Helpline offers free, anonymous assistance 24/7/365 to active duty service members, veterans and their families through telephone and text support. The texting service for the Military Helpline operates from 0900 to 1500 PST and can be reached by texting MIL1 to 839863 between 0900 and 1500 Pacific Time.
Our YouthLine offers a confidential teen-to-teen phone line and texting to help youth deal with bullying, depression, substance abuse or other issues that can make those years especially painful.
The Alcohol & Drug Helpline offers crisis counseling and referrals to appropriate treatment options.
The Lines for Life staff works closely with schools, parents, treatment professionals, law enforcement and the military. We train and support community anti-drug coalitions. We lead public awareness campaigns on underage drinking, youth access to alcohol and reducing illegal drug use.
Portland, February 24th, 2016. The Hollywood Theatre in Portland will be showing the Oscars so fans can see nominees like Leonardo DiCaprio and Sylvester Stallone on the big screen. The nonprofit theatre is hosting an 88th Academy Awards party and red carpet coverage starts at 4:00 pm. The actual ceremony starts at 5:30 on ABC. At the theatre, admission is free or you can pay $25 for a VIP tickets (which include reserved seating, two drink tickets, and a special Oscar ballot).
The Theatre is located at 4122 NE Sandy Blvd Portland, Oregon
The Hollywood Theatre has a long tradition of throwing Oscar parties. They’ll be serving drinks inspired by the Best Picture nominees. The auditorium could be at capacity so VIP tickets and early arrival are encouraged.
See the full list of Oscar nominations 2016 here. Best Picture nominees for the 88th Academy Awards include: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room and Spotlight.
We can’t show you the stage in advance, but we can show you Derek sketches by the designer, Derek McLane.
Oscar nominees Brie Larson and Deniz Gamze Ergüven at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills.
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Mark Ruffalo at the 88th Oscar Nominees Luncheon.
Oscar nominees Kristie Macosko, Steven Spielberg and Marc E Platt.
Katharine Hepburn’s four Oscars are at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. In 2009, the National Portrait Gallery acquired Hepburn’s four statuettes as a gift from the Katharine Hepburn estate.
Here are more links to learn about the awards:
Actress in a Leading Role category is just as star-studded, with Cate Blanchett, Carol, Brie Larson, Room, Jennifer Lawrence, Joy, Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years and Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn. See the full list of Oscar nominations for the 2016 Oscars right here!
Portland, February 20th, 2016. The photo booth was entertaining for Riverdale School parents Michele Rosenbaum, Amber Hillman, Star Sanaee, and Jillian Cain. Teachers, staff and friends were treated to a Night in Havana at theEvergreenevent space at SE 6th and Alder. The Riverdale Parent Teacher Clubs benefit drew 160 people and organizers transformed the space into the streets of Havana. Street lamps, palm trees, old farm tables, wooden benches, cigar boxes, a “Cuban eats” menu and a choice of Cuban cocktails by ChefStable made the night memorable. DJ Max of Blackboard Music and the 12-piece salsa orchestra Melao de Cuba put everyone in the mood for the event billed as a “fundraising fiesta.” (PhotoBooth by instaPixnw.com )
View of A Night in Havana from the balcony level at Evergreen event space donated by Kurt and Heather Melonis Huffman.
A Night in Havana Chairwoman Shelly Morris with husband Mert Rockney
Wendy and Tim Tolls with Kari Lynn and Bill Dischinger at Riverdale’s A Night in Havana
The $65,000+ raised is earmarked for PTC programs and the Principal’s wish lists items such as the following:
Riverdale Grade School Principal Joanna Tobin sought to build on technology infrastructure purchased with funds from prior PTC Paddle Raises by purchasing interactive classroom technology such as Mimeo boards.
Riverdale High School Principal Paula Robinson sought to add electric keyboards to the school’s Music Program and to expand and coordinate Career Exploration and Service Learning opportunities for students.
PTC Special Appeal was made for the Outdoor Classroom at Riverdale Grade School.
Student performers included RGS Tuba Players and RHS cast members from the upcoming Pajama Game.
From Riverdale:
Welcome to Riverdale School District. For more than a century, Riverdale has focused on providing a rigorous and rich academic experience. We are a unique, distinctive and successful educational organization that demonstrates how a focused vision can have a profound effect on the learning outcomes for students. Among the many strengths of the District, first and foremost are our students. This is clearly evident in the range and depth of school activities they are involved in on a daily basis. Dedicated faculty enhances the strength of our students and involved parents who shine a light on the vibrant educational community we call Riverdale.
Our students are actively engaged in the learning process from their first day in Preschool all the way to their senior exhibition. They learn how to think for themselves, and when they graduate, they go on to a wide variety of selective colleges. More importantly, students leave Riverdale equipped with the skills and confidence to become leaders in today’s global community. Our alumni consistently tell us that the skills they developed at Riverdale set them up for success in college and beyond.
Riverdale students are also active outside the academic classroom. We want our students to lead balanced lives and encourage them to participate in the arts, athletics, and to create a passion for personal interests, a habit of critical thinking, and a deep understanding of civic virtue. The breadth of our programs and the size of our school create many ways for Riverdale students to get involved, and these opportunities lead families to choose Riverdale.
As you explore our website, we hope you will discover what makes Riverdale such a special place. Riverdale offers a close-knit community. At Riverdale, students develop meaningful relationships with one another and with their teachers, and our parents are actively involved throughout the school. We all come together within a safe, supportive environment.
Our schools welcome students from the Riverdale neighborhood and from the surrounding communities who join us as tuition or transfer students. Riverdale offers the best aspects of independent schooling in a public school setting.
Portland, February 7th, 2016. Native American community leaders are excited about helping their children. They broke ground on the housing development phase of their community hub called Generations. It’s a multigenerational development in SE Portland being built on land which was once home to Foster Elementary. The Native American Youth and Family Center (known as NAYA) project has been underway since 2013 and will provide stable housing and cultural support for foster youth, elders, and families. Generations was modeled on the multigenerational community, Bridge Meadows which is an intergenerational community for foster children, parents wishing to adopt, and community Elders. Local Native American leaders say the facility is vital because Portland’s Native students are perpetually under-served. They say 53% of Native students in Portland Public Schools do not obtain a diploma. At Generations, an on-site Long House community center will provide culturally specific educational, economic support, and a regional Early Learning Academy will offer early education for kids ages zero through Kindergarten.
After construction is finished, Generations will inclue 40 housing units, the Early Learning Academy and the Long House in Portland’s southeast Lents neighborhood. It’s on a 3.5 acre site which held a public elementary school. The site is near transit, shopping and public parks. The total project budget for Generations is estimated to be $22,100,000.
Keeping cultural traditions alive is important to the community. NAYA is partnering with Portland Public Schools and the City of Portland on the project. A Declaration of Cooperation was signed by Oregon Department of Human Services, Oregon Child Development Coalition, Oregon Housing and Community Services, Multnomah County, Lents Neighborhood Association, Capital Pacific Bank, Guardian Real Estate Services, Carleton Hart Architecture, LMC Construction, Legacy Health, and Social Venture Partners.
Here’s an informational video about the project.
From NAYA:Our Native American community has come together since time immemorial to identify priorities, solve problems and create positive change for our people. Portland’s Native American people, combining our diverse strengths, are united to address a long-standing inequity: one in five Native American children in Multnomah County is in child welfare custody – a rate 26 times higher than White children. Removed from our culture, our youth are more likely to age out of foster care, experience homelessness, drop out of high school, fail to obtain a diploma, and experience mental health and wellness issues. Our community, working with private and public partners, has devised an intervention – a place to provide Native American foster youth homes, families, and support to break the cycle of child welfare removal in our community.
Community members at Generations are not “clients.” They are families, neighbors and friends who are all deserving of love, respect and dignity.
Native American youth and their siblings in foster care are connected to adoptive parents in stable, affordable housing.
Community Elders become adopted grandparents and mentors who can “age in place” with a renewed sense of purpose, helping with child care and providing wisdom.
Given the opportunity to care for one another, community members come together to become a first line of intervention.
The Early Learning Academy and Long House create a center of community. A community like this can reduce poverty, improve health and wellness, and rebuild the cultural fabric of the Native community.
To the youth, parents, and Elders who live there, Generations is simply, finally, home.
The total project budget for Generations – land, construction, and soft costs – is estimated to be $22,100,000.
Almost half of the project funding has been committed at the current time.
With a recently-announced award of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from the State of Oregon Department of Housing and Community Services, funding for the housing component of the project is in place.
Funding strategies for other program elements are under active development. NAYA’s community supporters – individuals, families, and businesses – will be invited to plan their philanthropic support, as critical partners in achieving the vision this project represents.
Portland, March 5th, 2016. The Northwest Film Center is announcing this year’s Audience Award winners. Throughout the Festival, the 38,000 attendees were given the opportunity to register their opinions on each of the 97 features and 62 shorts screened at the 39th Portland International Film Festival.
Earning top audience accolades for Best Narrative Feature is A WAR (Denmark) directed by Tobias Lindholm. SONITA (Iran) directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami and LANDFILL HARMONIC (United States) directed by Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley tied for the Best Documentary Feature award. LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY (Hungary) director Károly Ujj Mészáros takes home the audience award for Best New Director Award. This year’s Best Short Film Award goes to director Dawn Jones Redstone for her film SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD (Portland). Redstone’s film is also the recipient of the Oregon Short Film Award.
Narrative Features
1. A WAR / Denmark / Tobias Lindholm *best narrative feature
2. THE FENCER / Finland / Klaus Härö
3. LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY / Hungary / Károly Ujj Mészáros
4. RAMS / Iceland / Grímur Hákonarson
5. THE JUDGMENT / Bulgaria / Stephan Komandorev
6. LET THEM COME / Algeria / Salem Brahimi
7. LAST CAB TO DARWIN / Australia / Jeremy Sims
8. THE THIN YELLOW LINE / Mexico / Celso García
9. DHEEPAN / France / Jacques Audiard
10. MARSHLAND / Spain / Alberto Rodríguez
Documentary Features
1. SONITA / Iran / Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
(tied with) LANDFILL HARMONIC / United States / Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley *best documentary feature
2. A GOOD AMERICAN / Austria, US / Friedrich Moser
2. OPEN YOUR EYES / Portland / Irene Taylor Brodsky
4. ROBERT BLY: A THOUSAND YEARS OF JOY / US / Haydn Reiss
5. 50 FEET FROM SYRIA / Portland / Skye Fitzgerald
6. FOR GRACE / US / Kevin Pang and Mark Helenowski
7. THE PEARL BUTTON / Chile / Patricio Guzmán
8. IRAQI ODYSSEY / Switzerland / Samir
9. THRU YOU PRINCESS / Israel / Ido Haar
Best New Directors
1. LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY / Hungary / Károly Ujj Mészáros *best new director
2. THE THIN YELLOW LINE / Mexico / Celso García
3. FOR GRACE / US / Kevin Pang and Mark Helenowski
Shorts
1. SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD / Portland / Dawn Jones Redstone *best short film
2. HOW I DIDN’T BECOME A PIANO PLAYER / UK / Tommaso Pitta
3. ROAD TRIP / Germany / Xaver Xylophon
Oregon Shorts
1. SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD / Portland / Dawn Jones Redstone *best Oregon short film
2. ONE WEEK / Portland / Rollyn Stafford
3. PEACE IN THE VALLEY / Portland / Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri.
Drawing an audience of 38,000, the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is the biggest film event in Oregon, premiering more than 140 international shorts and feature films to Portland audiences each February. Audiences experience a variety of parties, visiting artists, and plenty of festival adventure taking in this feast of cinematic fare.
Film critic Mark Mohan, Northwest Film Center’s Nick Bruno, author/film critic Shawn Levy and author Chelsea Cain.
Michou Jardini and Byron Beck (front) with Bill Foster, Northwest Film Center Director.
Filmmakers Richard Wilhelm and Sue Arbuthnot with Tim Williams, Executive Director of Oregon Film.
Festival Highlights: The Festival’s Global Classroom program serves as a point of introduction for the next generation of cinema lovers by enriching the high school classroom experience and broadening young people’s understanding of our world through film. With the support of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, Hillman Family Foundation, Lamb Baldwin Foundation, Anne A. Berni Foundation, and Chipotle, the Festival will screen five of this year’s Festival selections for students and teachers at special weekday screenings at the Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. Contact Mia Ferm at 503-221-1156 x25 or [email protected] for more information.
Join a hand-selected group of Oregon filmmakers for OUR MADE IN OREGON shorts program in the Whitsell Auditorium, followed by a Q&A facilitated by Ben Popp, NWFC’s Filmmaker Services Manager and a hosted reception just down the block at the Film Center offices (934 SW Salmon Street)
Sponsored by Sierra Nevada, Elk Cove Winery and Montinore Estate.
A late-night series—for the nocturnally inclined whose cinematic tastes are adventurous—offers special treats for devotees of genre films that push boundaries. All of the screenings take place at CINEMA 21.
The 39th Portland International Film Festival is sponsored by the James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation, Delta Airlines, LAIKA, Willamette Week, Regal Entertainment Group, Travel Portland, Umpqua Bank, The Autzen Foundation, Amtrak Cascades, The Lamb-Baldwin Foundation, Hotel deLuxe, Hotel Eastund, Voodoo Doughnut, TV5Monde, and many others.
The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts organization offering a variety of exhibition, education programs, and artist services throughout the region. The Center presents a program of foreign, classic, experimental, and independent works year-round at the Whitsell Auditorium, located in the Portland Art Museum. For more information, visit www.nwfilm.org.
Portland, February 7th, 2016. The Oregon Historical Society (OHS), in partnership with local dragon dance teams, hosted a mile long parade to celebrate the Year of the Monkey. The parade started in Chinatown and finished at the Oregon Historical Society at 1200 SW Park Ave. One special attraction was 60-foot dragon that required 21 people to operate; it hadn’t been seen in public for at least 10 years. Oregon Historical Society is opening two new exhibitions including “Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion” and “Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns,” that will open February 29th. (photo credit, Andie Petkus)
The Portland Lee’s Association Lion Dance Team has performed at thousands of events and is in demand throughout the year.
The parade started at NW 4th & Davis and moved through downtown Portland.
Kerry Tymchuk, the Executive Director of the Historical Society, connects with supporters at the celebration lunch.
The Monkey is ninth of the 12 animals in the recurring 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle. Every 12 years there is a Monkey year and 2016 is one of those years.
“Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns,”
Coming up at the Oregon Historical Society from “Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns.” Using both rare and seldom seen objects like Chinese opera costumes, theatrical sets, bilingual text, audiovisual media, and interactive visitor stations, Beyond the Gate tells a sprawling transnational story of contact and trade between China and the West, focusing on Portland’s Old (1850-1905) and New Chinatown (1905-1950).
The Lan Su two-week celebration is popular with families and individuals and features lion dances, glowing lanterns, cultural activities, and more. The celebration ends with four nights of Lantern Viewing Evenings when the garden is illuminated with colorful lanterns and lively dragon processions.
Portland, February 11th, 2016. Dave Hellfrey (aka Baron Von Goolo the Mayor of Frighttown) took the top honors at the Celebrity Spelling Bee. One of the sponsors, OnPoint Community Credit Union, thanked supporters for raising over $160K for Schoolhouse Supplies. Howard Jay Patterson of the Flying Karamozov Brothers came in second. Baron Von Goolo won with a correct spelling of saithe and trilobite. Ten local celebrities threw their hats in the ring to support Schoolhouse Supplies.
Hosts Pat Janowski and Mary McDonald-Lewis congratulate spelling champion Baron Von Goolo at the 2016 Schoolhouse Supplies Celebrity Spelling Bee, presented by Fred Meyer.
Schoolhouse Supplies provides supplies for kids in need. Here’s a video about the nonprofit’s work.
Here’s a humorous interview conducted by Schoolhouse mascot “Pencil Pete” with Entertainer Dave Hellfrey (aka Baron Von Goolo the Mayor of Frighttown.)
Baron Von Goolo’s past is murky, to be sure. What can be dredged up about him is…well, it’s hard to tell the fact from the fiction. While his origins are likely to remain a mystery (much like the whereabouts of his mayoral-race competitors from all past Frighttown election cycles), we did get this enigmatic aristocrat to divulge a few secrets about his youth, education and Celebrity Speller status in a recent interview:Pencil Pete: Who was your most influential teacher and why? BVG: Dr. Frankensss…uh, sense. Dr. Frankensense. It was Sunday school.Pencil Pete: In the yearbook, what were you or would you have been voted “most likely to___?” BVG: Most Likely To Be Chased By Angry Villagers With TorchesPencil Pete: Did you ever spend any time in the principal’s office? If so, why? BVG: I have five witnesses saying I was nowhere near the principal that day and besides, the police have no proof. Next question, please.Pencil Pete: What is/was your favorite school supply? BVG: Chainsaw. (It was graduate school.)Pencil Pete: Why did you decide to participate in the Schoolhouse Supplies Celebrity Spelling Bee? BVG: I assume it’s counting towards my community service.Pencil Pete: Time for some friendly trash talk. Do you know any of your competitors? Tell us something about a member of the panel that s/he won’t tell us themselves. BVG: Last Halloween when Cassidy Quinn interviewed me at FrightTown, she totally hit on me during the commercial breaks. She’ll deny it, though.What an allegation! Was it just competitive banter or does Portland’s fave girl-about-town really have a little crush on this dashing blueblood? Assess the situation for yourself at the Schoolhouse Supplies Celebrity Spelling Bee on February 11th?
The benefit raises funds to stock the “Free Store for Teachers” and ensure that every child in our community has the tools they need to succeed.
From Schoolhouse Supplies:
Our mission, “to serve classrooms in need by operating a volunteer-run Free Store for Teachers, which is stocked with supplies donated by the community,” is based on the belief that every child deserves school supplies and has the right to a quality education regardless of circumstance.
Schoolhouse Supplies operates Oregon’s first and only volunteer-run Free Store for Teachers to provide teachers with the classroom supplies needed to encourage the learning process for all students, and the Tools for Schools backpack program to support the highest-need school communities in Portland. Today, we are a nationally recognized leader in the Free Store movement, which creates direct links between students and members of the community.
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