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The Spirit of Christmas; All-Day Activities, Tree-Lighting Event, Santa's Arrival: Dec 3, 2011 9AM-7PM
By admin - Posted on December 1st, 2011
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Tree Lighting, Santa & more!When: Sat Dec 3, 2011 9AM-7PM |
Celebrate the Season
Bring your family and spend the day enjoying entertainment, in-store specials, a visit from Santa, a parade and a tree-lighting ceremony in the city's Center for the Arts Plaza.
See events schedule below for times & locations.
The Grotto 'Festival of Lights' Family Discount Coupon, 5 Days Only: Nov 27-Dec 1, 2011
By admin - Posted on November 28th, 2011
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11/27/2011 - 5:00pm
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 Festival of Lights. Click to Enlarge |
5 Days Only!When: Nov 27-Dec 1, 2011 |
Presenting the sights, sounds and sensations of the season, The Grotto’s Christmas Festival of Lights is the largest Christmas choral festival in the world. The 2011 festival features nearly 170 indoor holiday concerts performed by many of the region’s finest school, church and civic choirs. Offering a family-oriented blend of traditional celebration and serene reflection, the 2011 festival theme “Joy to the World” reflects the special season of hope that Christmas offers to many thousands of families from around the Pacific Northwest.
Visitors are asked to bring a donation of canned or dry food benefiting Snow-Cap, the east county’s affiliate of the Oregon Food Bank.
St Aidan's Episcopal Church Wintergarden Crafts Bazaar: Nov 19-20, 2011 9AM-3PM
By admin - Posted on November 1st, 2011
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Handmade Crafts BazaarWhen: Sat/Sun Nov 19-20, 2011 9AM-3PM |
Holiday Gifts Galore
Handmade gifts, crafts, jewerly and foods. Exqusite quilt raffle. Santa photos and lunch too!
Click here for the Oregonian's complete list of 2011 Holiday Bazaar's
Happy shopping!
EEEeeekkkkk! Real Haunted Hospital, Terror Therapy: Oct 29/30, 5:30-9:30PM
By admin - Posted on October 1st, 2011
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Two Scary Nights Only!
When: Oct 29/30, 2011 5:30-9:30PM |
Who wants to go to a fake haunted house when you can experience a very real haunted hospital.
EEEeeekkkkk!
This Halloween weekend come to Troutdale and take a trip through one of the scariest and spookiest abandoned haunted hospitals around -- filled with years of ghostly visitations.
The Leadership Crew from Reynolds High School have taken over the old abandoned hospital in Troutdale near Edgefield -- the former county poor farm (learn more about Edgefield.) -- for an evening you won't soon forget. If you're familiar with this old building then you already know it's scary. Just imagine how really scary it can be at Halloween!
Gresham Farmers' Market brings fresh produce, crafts and more: Sat May 7, 2011 8:30AM-2PM
By admin - Posted on May 1st, 2011
05/07/2011 - 8:30am
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Saturdays, now thru October!When: Every Saturday, 8:30AM-2PM |
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. 29.
Anyone can garden, even without a plot of land. Free, Container Gardening Class: May 19, 2011 3:30PM
By admin - Posted on May 1st, 2011
05/19/2011 - 3:30pm
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Free Gardening Workshop!When: Thur May 19, 2011 3:30PM-4:30PM |
Green Thumb Not Required
Join certified organic gardener Joy Davies and master gardener Diane Liefeld as they demonstrate how anyone can garden, even without a plot of land. They will show you how a five-gallon bucket with good soil can yield a vibrant crop of vegetables, including tomatoes or peppers. Register below.
Celebrate The Spirit of Christmas, A Full Day of Holiday Magic & Tree Lighting: Nov 27, 2010 10AM-7PM
By admin - Posted on November 1st, 2010
11/27/2010 - 10:00am
11/27/2010 - 7:00pm
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 Here come the holidays! |
Kick-off the Season!
Stage performances, fun activities, Santa's arrival, tree lighting & fireworks! |
When: Saturday Nov 27, 2010 10:00AM - 7:00PM
Where: Three locations!
- Streets of Historic Gresham
- Gresham Station
- Center for the Arts Plaza
Gresham OR
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Free shuttle between locations!
Celebrate the Season
A full day of activities brings the holiday magic to Gresham. A main stage including community performances at 3rd and Main, trolleys to provide free shuttle service between Historic Downtown and Gresham Station, where you will find in-store activities in both places. And don’t forget the 6 p.m. arrival of Santa, followed by a tree lighting and fireworks display!
What is the Dog Days of Summer?
By admin - Posted on August 6th, 2024
Dog Days of Summer: July 3 - August 11
The “dog days of summer” occur during the hottest and muggiest part of summer.
 Dog Days of Summer? Click to enlarge |
The dictionary defines “dog days” as: 1: the period between early July and early September when the hot sultry weather of summer usually occurs in the northern hemisphere |
But where does the term come from? Why do we call the hot, sultry days of summer “dog days?” Here's the answer...
In ancient times, when the night sky was free from artificial lights people in different parts of the world drew images in the sky by “connecting the dots” of stars. These star pictures are called constellations, and the constellations as we know them came from our European ancestors.
Ancient star gazer's saw images in the stars of bears (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor), twins (Gemini), a bull (Taurus), and others objects, including dogs (Canis Major and Canis Minor). (more below...)
The brightest of the stars in Canis Major (the big dog) is Sirius, which also happens to be the brightest star in the summer night sky. In the summer, Sirius, the “dog star”, rises and sets with the sun.
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During late July, Sirius is in conjunction with the sun, and the ancients believed that its heat added to the heat of the sun, creating a stretch of hot and sultry weather they named the “dog days” -- after the dog star Sirius. |
 Summer sunset stars & constellations. Click to view" |
The conjunction of Sirius with the sun varies somewhat with latitude. And the “precession of the equinoxes” (a gradual drifting of the constellations over time) means that the constellations today are not in exactly the same place in the sky as they were in ancient times. Today, the "dog days" occur during the period between July 3 and August 11.
And now you know!
Season's Greeting and Happy Holidays!
By admin - Posted on December 22nd, 2022
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Bring Your Bear! Gresham's Teddy Bear Parade returns: Sat Sep 24, 2022 10AM-12PM
By admin - Posted on September 22nd, 2022
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Let's Have a Parade
When: Sat, Sep 24, 2022 10AM-12PM |
Source: The Ouloook Online
Colorful floats, high school bands, teddy bears to march through downtown Gresham
After a two-year forced hiatus, teddy bears will make their way back into downtown Gresham this weekend.
The 40th annual Gresham Teddy Bear Parade, hosted by Soroptimist International of Gresham, will loop through downtown from 10AM to noon Saturday, Sep 24.
The many colorful floats, classic cars, high school bands and cheerleaders, horses, dogs, and, of course, teddy bears will all stage at longtime parade partner East Hill Church. The route winds along Miller, Main, Roberts and Hood avenues, and down Fifth Street to return to East Hill. All the way, streets will be lined with thousands of visitors. The parade will be emceed by Carol Nielsen and Greg Matthews, reclaiming their roles as comedic hosts at the corner of Main and Third.
This year there won't be any political candidates promoting the upcoming race, because organizers want the parade to double down on being a special day for kids.
