Summer is here, at last. This Saturday we will be celebrating, pondering, and discussing what it means to be a community at our discussion panel. Moderated by the effervescent Sandy Sampson, the panel is composed of P:ear youth, Project Grow artists, and City Repair.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Our Community
Summer is here, at last. This Saturday we will be celebrating, pondering, and discussing what it means to be a community at our discussion panel. Moderated by the effervescent Sandy Sampson, the panel is composed of P:ear youth, Project Grow artists, and City Repair.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Come spend some time with us! Hoedown! Community!


Come celebrate the reclaiming of land. Just months ago the new lot was covered in blackberries, bottles, and old car parts. Now it’s not only beautiful, it’s growing food. See the new lot for yourself, and join us in a night of celebration - there will be live music, beverages, and fun.
Live music by:
SAFE / Jeffrey Jerusalem / and a special guest
Project Grow Panel Discussion about "Community"
Take part in the next installment of our lecture / discussion series...
6-7 pm Cello Music
7-8 pm Panel Discussion with members:
w/ p:ear youth & City Repair & Project Grow artists
*p:ear builds positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth, through education, art and recreation.
*City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live.
*Project Grow is an art, yoga, farm, and music program inpsired and empowered by adults with developmental disabilities located in inner North Portland.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Sustainability
–verb (used with object)
1. to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
2. to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).
3. to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving or yielding.
4. to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.
5. to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.
6. to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.
7. to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.
8. to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.
9. to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it: The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.
10. to confirm or corroborate, as a statement: Further investigation sustained my suspicions.
Dan McClary, Linda Colwell, Ryan Pierce, and Tim Donovan will be elaborating on 'sustainability' at Friday's celebration starting at 6:45.
This eclectic celebration will also include music by Brainstorm and Jeffrey Jerusalem, films curated by Jesse Malmed, and the works of the Project Grow artists in the studio.
Oh and need we mention Widmer beer and wine?
It's all free. Donations are welcome.
See you there!