Leisure

Comet ISON MHCC Planetarium website

Comet Fever When: Tue Nov 05, 2013 Show Times: 6PM, 7:15PM, 8:30PM Where: Mt Hood Community College Planetarium Sky Theater 26000 SE Stark St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Admission $2. MHCC students are admitted free.
The Sky Theater is wheelchair accessible.

Comet Fever and Comet ISON
“Comets can arouse public curiosity when they are bright and disappoint people when they don’t live up to their hype,” says Pan Hanrahan, Planetarium director. “While Comet ISON will not be the ‘Comet of the Century,’ it still has a chance to be visible to the naked eye". Comet ISON will make its closest approach to the sun on Thanksgiving morning and if it survives, may even show its tail in the blue sky just after sunrise.

There are three shows this evening, with start times at 6:00PM, 7:15PM and 8:30PM.

The Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) Planetarium opens the year with more great public shows, a move to a new night and coming soon, a state-of-the-art projection system.

Each show is presented under a realistic representation of the night sky, featuring the latest galactic, stellar and planetary images.

Visitors are encouraged to ask questions during each program. Children are welcome to attend.

1874 Zimmerman House. Click to Enlarge

Kick-off the Holidays When: Sat Nov 16, 2013 10AM-3PM Where: Zimmerman Park 17111 NE Sandy Blvd Gresham, OR Get Map!

A delightful 1874 Victorian farmhouse
Take a step back into history at the Zimmerman House, a Victorian era farmhouse, built in 1874 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This beautiful farmhouse is a perfect reflection of typical Columbia River dairy farm life in the late 1800s. The Zimmerman Heritage Farm is a unique cultural education and recreational resource that is being created for the benefit of the public on a 5.98-acre historic site in Gresham, Oregon.

We'll visit some of Gresham's historically significant graves and learn a little about the lives of those within them.

The tour group will meet at the Spring Water Corridor entrance into Main City Park. From there the group will walk a short distance to the Pioneer Cemeteries.

The tour is absolutely free.

Crafts Bazaar! When: Sat Nov 23, 2013 9AM-4PM Where: St Aidan's Episcopal 17405 NE Glisan St Gresham OR Get Map!

Kick Off Your Holidays!
Come to St Aidan's Winter Garden Crafts Bazaar.

Arts and crafts vendors selling handmade gifts, edible goodies, jewelry, dog dresses, goat milk soap, toys, holiday decorations, and much much more!

Pictures and sodas with Santa for the kids. Bicycle clinic (learn how to winterize your bicycle). Luncheon 10AM-2PM. Raffles of gift baskets, lap afghans, paintings, and ceramics. Reasonable prices.

Dusty Galaxy MHCC Planetarium website

Wonders of the Fall Sky When: Tue Oct 01, 2013 Show Times: 6PM, 7:15PM, 8:30PM Where: Mt Hood Community College Planetarium Sky Theater 26000 SE Stark St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Admission $2. MHCC students are admitted free.
The Sky Theater is wheelchair accessible.

Wonders of the Fall Sky
There are three shows at this evening's show, with start times at 6:00PM, 7:15PM and 8:30PM.

The Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) Planetarium opens the year with more great public shows, a move to a new night and coming soon, a state-of-the-art projection system.

In “Wonders of the Fall Sky,” planetarium director Pat Hanrahan will show visitors how to locate the planets, nebulae, galaxies, star clusters and a current star nova in the night sky.

Each show is presented under a realistic representation of the night sky, featuring the latest galactic, stellar and planetary images.

Visitors are encouraged to ask questions during each program. Children are welcome to attend.

Public input welcome When: Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall 1333 NW Eastman Pky Gresham OR Get Map!

Gresham is updating its rules for food and beverage carts (coffee carts, mobile food vendors, taco trucks) and temporary uses (farmers' markets, Christmas tree lots, fruit and veggie stands, and similar uses).

The City Council will consider changes to rules, processes, fees and inspections at its 6 p.m. Oct. 1 meeting. Public comments are welcome.

Changes include:

• Sorting uses into four categories: Temporary, Intermittent, Interim and Food and Beverage Carts
• New definitions.
• Clarify where uses are permitted.
• Establish safety rules, including for lighting, site ingress and egress, pedestrian hazards, fire separation and rules for drive-throughs.
• Set compatibility rules, including for setbacks, increased distance from residential uses, adequate parking and bathrooms for food service uses.
• Provide appearance rules, including for signage; screening; maintenance; quality of shelter for customers; and not allowing food carts in motorized vehicles if they are to remain on a site for more than four hours.

All meeting locations are ADA accessible.

Final 4 Weeks! When: Every Saturday, 8:30AM-2PM Where: NW Miller & Third St Historic Downtown Gresham, OR Get Map!

Fresh & Local
Shoppers will find all-natural meats and cheeses, fresh-picked produce, nursery stock and fresh-cut flowers, hand-crafted jewelry, soaps, artwork, and much more. Live music and food are always part of the market.

Located on Northwest Miller Avenue between Second and Third Street 8:30AM to 2PM each Saturday now through Oct. 26.

Just 3 Weeks Left! When: Every Saturday, 8:30AM-2PM Where: NW Miller & Third St Historic Downtown Gresham, OR Get Map!

Fresh & Local
Shoppers will find all-natural meats and cheeses, fresh-picked produce, nursery stock and fresh-cut flowers, hand-crafted jewelry, soaps, artwork, and much more. Live music and food are always part of the market.

Located on Northwest Miller Avenue between Second and Third Street 8:30AM to 2PM each Saturday now through Oct. 26.

Gresham Historical Society. Click to view.

Let's Go Walking! When: Sat Oct 12, 2013 11AM-12:30PM Where: Meet at Gresham History Museum 410 N Main Av Downtown Gresham Get Map!

Come tour Historic Downtown Gresham, and learn about its historic buildings and homes, historic graves and trees, some historic local figures, and about the shops that used to line Main Ave. Tours weave throughout Historic Downtown Gresham, are fast paced, and will cover around a mile of mostly flat level ground.

Tours leave at 11:00AM sharp, rain or shine, and are free. Donations are always accepted and much appreciated. Parking is available in the lot behind the museum.