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Be Seen! Get Heard!When: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12PM-2PM |
Join community members for a celebration of the Rockwood Art and Media Project on Saturday, January 12th, 2013 at The Rockwood Building, Gresham. Parents and youth are hosting an event for the community, “Be Seen! Get Heard!” a Showcase featuring photos, art, and talents of youth
 Nadaka Nature Park, Gresham OR |
Volunteers needed!When: Sat, Jan 19, 2013 10:30AM-12:30PM |
| Friends of Nadaka have received grants for the development of the Nadaka Nature Park which requires matching volunteer hours so your support is needed and greatly appreciated. See you at the park! |
Event info
We will having a general clean-up of Nadaka. Be prepared to get a little dirty and to have fun by supporting and volunteering with Friends of Nadaka and Wilkes East Neighborhood Association.
Rain or Shine! Come dressed for weather and help improve Nadaka Nature Park. Bring working gloves & a water bottle if you have them. Volunteer as long as you can. Drinks and snacks will be provided for volunteers.
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Handmade Crafts BazaarWhen: Sat/Sun Nov 19-20, 2011 9AM-3PM |
Holiday Gifts Galore
Click here for the Oregonian's complete list of 2012 Holiday Bazaar's!
Happy shopping!
 Oregon Renaissance Band |
"As it fell on a holie eve"
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Admission: $15 general, $12 students and seniors.
Tickets will be available at the door.
What on Earth is a sagbutt?*
The 13 musicians of the Oregon Renaissance Band will perform "As it fell on a holie eve," the second concert in Concerts @ 3:00pm series at St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, 17405 NE Glisan in Gresham, December 30th, 2012. This concert of Christmas and New Years is by 16th and 17th century composers for early instruments and voices. Celtic, Italian, German, English, Spanish, and French music will be featured by composers including O'Carolan, Playford, Praetorius, and Holborne, Byrd, Du Caurroy, and includes the performance of a Magnificat.
The instrumentalists and singers play music of and others on period instruments including violin, viola da gamba, lute, sackbutts, recorders, cornamusen, bagpipes, racketts, tartold, spinettino, krummhorn, tabor, and others. The program will include the splendid Magnificat by Pachelbel's son Charles who worked in 18th century South Carolina.
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Handmade Crafts Bazaar
Sat/Sun Nov 19-20, 2011 9AM-3PM |
Holiday Gifts Galore
Click here for the Oregonian's complete list of 2012 Holiday Bazaar's!
Happy shopping!
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Kick-off the Holiday Season
When: Sat Nov 17, 2012 10AM-3PM |
A lasting vestige of East Multnomah County's agricultural roots
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.
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Every Saturday
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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. 27.
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1874 Zimmerman House. Click to Enlarge |
Beware of Ghosts and Gobblins
When: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10AM-3PM |
A lasting vestige of East Multnomah County's agricultural roots
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.
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Every Saturday
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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. 27.
 Annual Teddy Bear Parade |
Bring Your Bear!When: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 10AM-12PM |
Teddy Bears Everwhere
The parade will feature floats from local merchants, service organizations, schools, neighborhood groups and individuals. As always, participants will be carrying teddy bears or will be dressed in bear costumes.
For three decades, the Soroptimists have put on this annual Fall parade to celebrate the “child in all of us” and create a tradition that helped Gresham’s “quaint and special downtown area” to thrive. In addition to the parade, the Soroptimists organize fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for scholarships for deserving women and girls in our community.
Thank You!
Wilkes East Neighborhood would like express our gratitude to the following for their generous contributions & continued support:
• Jazzy Bagels, Main St & Powell
• Parkrose Hardware, 106th & Sandy
• Growers Outlet, 162nd & Glisan
• SOLV, Bringing Oregon together
• Albertsons, 181st & Glisan
• And, all the many volunteers!
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