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Regular MTNA Meeting - June19, 2013
Please join us for our next monthly
neighborhood association meeting at 7 pm on
Wednesday, June 19. 2013, at the Mt. Tabor
Presbyterian Church, located at SE 54th &
Belmont. No meeting in December. Click
here
to read the minutes of our May 15
meeting.
Visit the MTNA on Facebook
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“Marguerite Frances Sylvia - Life in a Greek
Village” - May 8 - May 30
This is described as a stunning exhibit of
paintings by American artist, Marguerite
“Peggy” Sylvia (1928-1973). Champagne &
Chocolate Opening Reception 5 pm - 7 pm May
8. This public exhibition features 25 pieces
from her collection of over 90 works.
Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum,
3131 NE Glisan St.
There is no charge for attending either the
exhibit or reception.
For more info go to
http://www.hellenicamericancc.org/
Annual Mt. Tabor Art Walk -
May 18-19
This juried event
showcases the many artists who live in the Mt.
Tabor neighborhood, and a limited number of
guest artists, and promotes high-quality visual
art in a variety of media. For details, visit
www.MtTaborArtWalk.com
Montavillage Fair - May
19
From 1-4 pm at the Creative Science
School,
1231 SE 92nd Ave.
Artists, vendors, businesses and
organizations from the community, including
Milepost 5, and Vibe of Portland will be
onsite. The event will feature live
entertainment by local musicians including
Juliana Bright.
The event is free and all attendees
receive a free raffle ticket for prizes
donated by local businesses. For inoe info
check
http://creativescienceschool.org/home/community/montavillage-festival/
Spring Concert at St. Andrews
Chapel - June 5
Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Doors will close at 7
pm for the performance. Enjoy an evening of
music featuring PDX Vox. PDX Vox is a cross
between a chorus and a “vocal band”, where pop
songs are performed a cappella and many of the
voices “play” the parts of instruments.
program is free and open to the public. Place:
St. Andrews Chapel 7617 SE Main Street, Phone:
(503) 257-7946
Run for the Parks - July 20
This inaugural Mt.Tabor
Park event features a "competition" among
Portland's five "quadrants" (i.e., SE, NE, SW,
NW and N) for the Rivalry Cup, to be awarded to
the quadrant with the best performing runners in
the 5K races Organizer Kiel Uhl, who run for
Iowa State University, says he hopes to attract
from 500 to 1,000 runners. One fourth of the
proceeds will go to the park system. For more
info or to register for the 9 am to noon event
visit run4theparks.org.
Sunday Parkways in SE
Portland - August 25
This is the fifth annual running of this
event, frm 11am to 4 pm. Take in the city
views from the top of Mt. Tabor!
Activities, food, vendors, music, and fun
will be in Laurelhurst, Colonel Summers,
Ivon, and Mt. Tabor Parks; plus Universal
Cycles Marketplace. If you go the full
route, it's a nine-mile ride. Click
here
to learn more.
Admisson is free to a new
kayak museum
At
least 30 full-sized, functional replicas of
Arctic hunting kayaks as well as other exotic
watercraft, are displayed in the museum at
5340 SE Lincoln St. Admission is free, but for
now the only scheduled open hours are from 4 pm
to 7 pm Wednesdays and from 9am-noon on Tuedays
and Thursdays.. Visitors are also welcome when
there is an “Open” sign in the window or by
arranging an appointment by calling the
building’s owner and the builder of the kayaks,
Harvey Golden, at 503-234-0264 or contacting him
at
harveydgolden@gmail.com
More information can be obtained by visiting
http://www.traditionalkayaks.com/locationhours.html
or
http://www.facebook.com/LSKCM. The
Facebook initials are for the museum’s formal
name, The Lincoln Street Kayak and Canoe Museum.
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