We are all familiar with the Hallmark images of St Valentine’s Day, the pink
and crimson hearts and rosy-cheeked cherubs and of course, oodles and
oodles of chocolate! But what do we really know about the origins of the
celebration? Perhaps the crimson hearts have a touch o’ the green in them!
There were many Christian martyrs named Valentine although the festival is
thought to be in honor of only two of them; Valentine of Rome and Valentine
of Temi. Both were martyred by evidently very unromantic emperors, about
the end of the second and beginning of the third cen...
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The evening attire was black and white, and so was the verdict. The best Ben &
Jerry’s Scoop Shops to embody the company’s progressive social mission is: the
independent owners of the SE Hawthorne and the newly-opened Clackamas
Town Center locations in Portland, Oregon.
Co-owner Tim Watters was led down the red carpet at the awards ceremony in
front of hundreds of his peers as he, and co-owner Kathy White, were presented
with the Ben & Jerry’s Mission Statement* award.
Co-Founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield presented the “Social Mission
Award&...
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Miracle Theatre’s Valentine production is Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda
(Between Pancho Villa and a naked woman), an award-winning modern,
romantic comedy presented in Spanish with supertitles in English at all
performances.
Scholarly Adrián is torn between following the advice of his hero Pancho Villa,
and the desires of Gina, the woman he loves when she takes up with a younger,
more sensitive lover. The production, a comedy written by Sabina Berman and
directed by guest artist Juan Carlos Vives, runs from Feb. 12-March 6, at
Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St.
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Community News February 10
Induction ceremony at Cleveland
To salute the accomplishments of distinguished athletes at Commerce and
Cleveland High School, the annual Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony
will take place on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 at Cleveland High. This event and the
funding for the recognition ...
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State of Southeast Uplift
The grounds around the Southeast Uplift building are in for a makeover.
Thanks to a grant from the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation
District, new bioswales, rain gardens and other landscaping features will
enhance the grounds and be more inviting for people to use.
“We want ...
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A new CD that could only be produced after years of listening, learning and
playing is Guitarred & Feathered. It is a delightful and emotional instrumental
recording of a single guitar played by one of our local songwriters, Brian Cutean
(or QTN as he is most often referred).
February is its official release date and Cutean is in concert twice to celebrate.
First, Friday February 26, an instore appearance at Music Millennium, SE 32nd &
Burnside at 6 pm. The next evening, performing two sets (one wordless and one
worded), QTN appears at the new TaborSpace Coffehouse, SE 55th and ...
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Portland Leads Climate Crisis Response
In the past few years, electrical costs have gone up by 75 percent, natural gas
prices by 91% and transportation fuel prices by 102%.
Most of what we spend on energy leaves the local economy, because the
energy comes from outside the state. This money spent on non-local energy
sources contr...
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Letters to the Editor Feburary 2010
Tree pruning cautions
To the Editor:
The photo and caption on the cover of the January 2010 issue could, I’m
afraid, lead to unnecessary tree pruning, and damage to the valuable tree
canopy many SE Portland neighborhoods are fortunate to have, partly due to
the hard work of ma...
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Ordinarily, a backyard shed doesn’t merit a second glance, but there is
something about a a well-designed, thoughtfully-detailed one that engages
people. They look. They admire. They walk around it and go into it. If they do,
that shed may well have been designed and built by Brennan Conaway.
Conaway designs and builds little buildings—micro-structures, he calls them
—such as bike garages, treehouses, sheds, backyard retreats, storage
buildings. He’s good at it and his buildings are well-proportioned, work well
for their intended uses, and fit in comfortab...
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3039 SE Stark St.
503.228.7883
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 6 am - 7 pm
Weekends, 8 am - 9 pm
Oblique Coffee Roasters opened in mid-January, having been a source of
interest and speculation in the neighborhood for years. Owners John and
Heather Chandler bought the building in 2007 and have spent the intervening
years converting it from a rundown beer-and-cigarette market into an airy
coffee shop and roastery.
Renovation of the 1891 building, located at 30th and Stark, was demanding.
The Chandlers took the entire building down to the studs. They also replaced
the foundation...
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