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Jan 5,2009
Portland Neighborhood Wallpaper for Your Computer
by pearlgirl
In 2008, we captured some really great photos of Portland's neighborhoods and have selected our 15 favorites to share with you. We invite you to download the images from our Flickr photo gallery and use them as your computer wallpaper. Enjoy! About the photographs All of these photos were taken using a technique called high dynamic range (HDR). Each photograph is a composite of over and under-exposed images, combined into a single photograph on the computer. This technique provides extraordinary detail in the shadows and highlights, far beyond what a single image can capture. In addition, some images were also shot using a digital camera adapted to shoot in infrared—a spectrum of light not visible to the human eye. These photographs were finished with hand coloring in Photoshop. Sunlan Lighting, Boise Ladd's Addition, Hosford-Abernethy Skidmore Fountain, Old Town Chinatown
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Jan 2,2009
Cinema Junkies » The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
by roxanne
If you have been thinking about seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , run, don't walk to see this remarkable film on the big screen. The film was directed by David Fincher (Fight Club) and based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story of the same title. Fitzgerald wrote that the story was inspired by a comment made by Mark Twain that it was "a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end." The film has the kind of voyeuristic feel of early Truman Capote or Carson McCullers, whose fiction always seemed to capture a microcosm of humanity that was both fascinating and exposing of the dark underbelly of the deep south. Benjamin Button is an emotionally complex epic, touching all of the deep places in the heart. It is a well-told tale that centers around the big themes in life; love, separation, fear of differences, and vulnerability related to aging and mortality, to name a few. In short, this is a moving story you can really sink
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Jan 1,2009
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 01/15/2009 08:00 PM
Event Location: Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Avenue
Event Location: Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Avenue
The problematic relationship between a sailor and the daughter he has not seen for almost twenty years. A compelling account of a young woman's decline and subsequent salvation, O'Neill presents a realistic and painful exploration of family conflict and the harsh reality of women's lives in the early part of the twentieth century. More Info: EVENT DAY(S): 01/02/09-01/04/09 01/08/09-01/11/09 01/15/09-01/18/09 01/22/09-01/25/09 01/29/09-01/31/09 $20 general, $17 Students/Seniors
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Dec 28,2008
9th Annual New Year's Eve BarFly Bus Tour
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 12/31/2008 07:00 PM
Event Location: Barfly Bus, TBA
Event Location: Barfly Bus, TBA
Say goodbye to 2008 and auld lang syne BarFly style aboard the BarF Bus for NYE! Trust BarFly to ring in the New Year properly - and amateur-free! Leave the driving and the planning and bullshit to them, and all you'll need to do is figure out what to wear (no dress code on the Bus!) and who you're gonna kiss at midnight. Midnight champagne toast, infernal noisemakers, silly hats, and all the traditional NYE trimmings, included. 7pm-1am $25 apiece All cover charges, hors d'oeuvres, drink specials, champagne toast, infernal noisemakers and traditional NYE paraphernalia included! WARNING: Last year, all six BarFly Buses sold out in record time - get your tickets early!
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Dec 28,2008
Needle Felting Workshop at Naked Sheep Knit Shop
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 01/21/2009 06:00 PM
Event Location: Naked Knit Sheep Shop, 2142 N Killingsworth
Event Location: Naked Knit Sheep Shop, 2142 N Killingsworth
Turn unspun fiber into beautiful three-dimensional figures, objects, and embellishments. No knitting or crocheting involved! $35, 6pm-9pm Naked Sheep Knit Shop
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Dec 28,2008
"Bean Sprout" Story Hour
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 01/08/2009 11:00 PM
Event Location: Overlook House, 3839 N. Melrose Drive
Event Location: Overlook House, 3839 N. Melrose Drive
Join instructor Esther Brock in "Bean Sprout" story hour for kids! This multi-faceted children's hourly program is full of fun activities, educational learning tools and is a positive interaction experience for kids 1-4 years of age. Free. Time to be announced.(503) 823-3188
www.historicoverlookhouse.org
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Dec 24,2008
Facets of Africa
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 01/29/2009 11:00 AM
Event Location: IFCC, 5340 N Interstate Ave
Event Location: IFCC, 5340 N Interstate Ave
This season's Facets of Africa gallery exhibit features Kenyan artist Jacob Wachira Ezigbo and photography focusing on the Matatu and the lives and culture of Kenyans living in Nairobi. Free.(503)823-4322 Jacob Wachira Ezigbo was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1975, he cannot recall a time he was not drawing or painting. One of his favorite things to do was to create brightly colored murals on the sides of the houses in Mathare. Mathare is a gigantic slum in Nairobi where Jacob was born and spent his childhood. Jacob has traveled about the world yet he has chosen to return to Mathare where his lives today. After completing primary and secondary school Ezigbo went on to study graphic design at The Kenya Polytechnic in Nairobi. In 2002 Ezigbo won "The Best Artist Award" in Kenya under the Ruth Hunt Wood Foundation. When asked were his artistic inspiration comes from, Ezigbo says "My paintings are the only voice which I have, and which I sometimes hide behind, as people who
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Dec 24,2008
FAT PIG a play by Neil LaBute
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 01/08/2009 08:00 PM
Event Location: IFCC, 5340 N Interstate Ave
Event Location: IFCC, 5340 N Interstate Ave
How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus sized-and then some. Neil LaBute's sharply drawn play not only critiques our slavish adherence to Hollywood ideals of beauty but boldly questions our own ability to change what we dislike about ourselves. (503) 823-4322 January 8th - 31st, Thurs - Sat 8pm and Sun at 2pm
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Dec 14,2008
Penny's Puppets New Year's Celebration
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 12/29/2008 10:00 AM
Event Location: Overlook House, 3839 N. Melrose Drive
Event Location: Overlook House, 3839 N. Melrose Drive
Happy New Year! Celebrate the New Year 2009 by helping Penny and her Puppets welcome it with singing, giggling and laughing together. Admission $5.00 each or 4 guests for $17.00 (under 1 free). A One-Woman Puppet company specializing in Puppet Shows, Storytelling and Consulting. Penny Walter has her Masters in Early childhood Education. Her Master Thesis was on "Teaching with Puppets". She taught primary grades in the Portland, Oregon area schools for three years before following her dream of becoming a full time puppeteer and storyteller. Monday at 10am & repeats at 11am
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Dec 14,2008
Penny's Puppets Christmas Pageant
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 12/22/2008 10:00 AM
Event Location: Overlook House, 3839 N. Melrose Drive
Event Location: Overlook House, 3839 N. Melrose Drive
Join Penny and her Puppets and sing along with your favorite puppets for the Puppet Christmas Pageant. Admission $5.00 each or 4 guests for $17.00 (under 1 free) A One-Woman Puppet company specializing in Puppet Shows, Storytelling and Consulting. Penny Walter has her Masters in Early childhood Education. Her Master Thesis was on "Teaching with Puppets". She taught primary grades in the Portland, Oregon area schools for three years before following her dream of becoming a full time puppeteer and storyteller. Monday at 10am & repeats at 11am.
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