March/April 2004 NW Newsmakers
Community News
Portland World Theatre Stages William Butler Yeats
Angie Hughes and Ryan Davis are both teachers. In their weekends
and evenings they started the Portland World Theatre with the hopes of becoming
a non-profit theatre company that will run in perpetuity. They are located in
the red barn behind Fred Meyer's on 82nd and Foster. This intimate theater seats
thirty people, but they hope to eventually move to a larger space. "Our
mission is to provide the community with opportunities to view and participate
in underrepresented works and international approaches to theatre at affordable
ticket prices," says Angie.
Yeats’s stories come to life as history, biography, and
poetry, offering a provocative view of Yeats’ obsession with Irish politics,
life after death, and rejected love. Performances on March 6, 13, 26, 27 at 8PM,
and March 6, 7, 13, 27 at 2PM. $7 Regular admission $4 Student admission with
valid ID. Limited seating—call or e-mail to reserve your tickets now!
Portland World Theatre, 5207 SE 80th Portland, OR,
503.788.3307 or tickets@portlandwt.com,
www.portlandwt.com
Body Mind Spirit Expo
Opening Doors to Alternatives for Health and Wellness
Now in its 18th year and 30 states coast to coast, Body
Mind & Spirit Expos has become the largest health and wellness expo in
the United States. Expo founder Steve Strickland hopes that by providing these
venues around the country, those in search of change will be enabled to take
charge of their own well-being.
Body Mind & Spirit Expo comes back to Portland April 24-25
at the Oregon Convention Center, and May 1-2 in Seattle. Its exhibitors bring to
life a positive, healing environment, and introduce tools for achieving full
body wellness. There will be a variety of workshops (at $25) featuring authors
like Michelle and Kevin Hennelly on "Sex True or False" or Dean Van
Leuven on "Life without Anger – Your Guide to Peaceful Living."
There will also be exciting free lectures throughout the weekend, such as Amen
Ra’s powerful initiation in The Gates to Paradise: An Egyptian Meditation, or
the stories of visionary Glenn Kolleda. The weekend admission fee of $8 includes
entrance to the exhibit hall with over 100 exhibit booths and 60 free lectures.
Come rejuvenate! The expo offers a safe environment for growth and exploration,
so mark your calendars for April 24-25.
For a program of exhibitors and speakers, go to www.bmse.net.
Contact: Steve Strickland, Body Mind & Spirit Expos, (541) 482-3722.
The HeartMath® Solution - A Change of Heart Changes Everything
We have all spent years educating our minds. In this dynamic
workshop, learn how to engage the intelligence of your heart. Find your heart’s
wisdom in this time of fear and conflict. You can make a difference. The
transformative techniques explored during this workshop are the result of
breakthrough research from the world famous Institute of HeartMath®, leading
researchers on the power of the heart in human transformation. Their work has
been featured on many major television programs (including The Today Show,
ABC News, CNN) and reported in scientific journals as the leading edge in
human emotional transformation.
Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM at Unity of Beaverton, 12650 SW 5th,
Beaverton, OR
(5th and Angel) $65 includes workshop and lunch. Call 503-646-3364 by March 21
to register
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors to House the Art of Alex Grey
A Celebration and Benefit for The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors will
be held in Portland on Saturday, May 8th. The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors will
provide a permanent public exhibition of Alex Grey's most outstanding and widely
appreciated works of transformative art, welcoming people from all traditions to
cultivate a vision of interconnectedness, reverence for life and encouraging the
spiritual awakening of each individual.
The Sacred Mirrors speak to our highest aspirations as a
species: universal compassion, respect for all life, a deep appreciation of all
cultures and wisdom traditions, awakened consciousness and a full flowering of
human possibility. In a Chapel of beauty the Sacred Mirrors could contribute to
the radical raising of awareness we so desperately need if we are to
successfully navigate our way to a saner, more loving and life affirming
civilization.
For details go to www.sacredmirrors.org, www.alexgrey.com;
or see New Connexion’s online Calendar or call 503-768-4059.
"Alex Grey is one of the great art-mystics of our time. The
works are truly stunning…"
--- Donald Kuspit, Art New England
Creating The Work You Love
Is your job killing your spirit? Tama
J. Kieves, best-selling author of This
Time I Dance! Trusting the Journey of Creating the Work You Love
and a top Harvard lawyer, turned writer, spiritual teacher, and life/work
coach, reveals practical strategies she's used to help thousands unleash their
creative callings.
Local musician, Alan Peterson (another brave
soul who left his law practice to follow his dream), accompanies Tama with
lively, soul searching, original music. Packed with lots of real-world wisdom,
warmth and humor!
Sunday, March 14, 2004 2- 5 PM at Canby Pioneer Chapel,
corner of Northwest Third and Elm Street, three blocks west of Highway 99E in
downtown Canby. Canby is 21 miles south of Portland 503-559-1110. Tickets
$20 in Advance, $25 at the Door. Sponsored by Circle of Love
Productions www.shirleybennett.com
and www.alanpeterson.net
Mothers Moving from Frustration to Action:
Portland’s Mothers Day Parade Planned May 9th
On Sunday, May 9th, Portland women will be gathering together to
celebrate a new kind of Mothers Day for first time in Oregon. Parades and
rallies called "Mothers Acting Up" (MAU) are being held around the world on
this year’s theme, "Voting For Our Children: 2004 and Beyond!" By
mobilizing their gigantic political strength "Mothers Acting Up" wants
to ensure the health, education and safety of every child, not just a privileged
few. The parade organizers plan to make this a fun parade/rally that unites us
instead of creating more divisions. To learn more about ‘Mothers Acting Up’
go to www.mothersactingup.org. If you would like to volunteer for the
Portland event, email us at kateor@qwest.net or call Kate at 503-636-7243.
Parade route and rally gathering point will be announced soon.
Village Building Convergence 2004
May 21 - 30, Portland, Oregon
Come change the world with us this May! For ten days VBC4 will
transform the urban grid, sparking ecological and societal visions into
creative, living culture! Permaculture, Natural Building, Public Art,
Participatory Democracy, Localization of Economy. Evening presentations and
actions involving brilliant and passionate people, music, food, and the world’s
largest number of block parties in one day. Come outside and into the streets to
build and laugh, design and dance.
Event registration is less than $300 per person, which will
include on site lunches, dinner at the central venue, access to all sites and
events, and accomodations. To find out more or register to participate in VBC4
just email Karavbc@yahoo.com.
VBC4 is sponsored by The City Repair Project, SE Uplift
Neighborhood Coalition, and KBOO 90.7 FM Community Radio. For more information
on the Village Building Convergence 2004, you can go to www.cityrepair.org.or
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