22nd Portland Jewish Film Festival June 15-29, 2014 Produced by the Northwest Film Center and the Institute for Judaic Studies General Admission: $9, Students and Seniors: $8 Festival Passes: $125 Tickets available online at portlandjewishfilmfestival.org or nwfilm.org. Location: Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium inside the Portland Art Museum at 1219 SW Park Ave. Welcome to…
Greg Ewer, founder and artist director of 45th Parallel, shares his love for the violin, chamber music, the Oregon Symphony and the opportunity to push musical boundaries in Portland. His replies to the following questions have been edited for brevity and clarity. Where did you get the name for the chamber music 45th Parallel? I…
Musical prodigies aren’t exactly a dime a dozen, but acquiring the technique required to play violin or piano at concert-level ability often manifests in early childhood. Precociously talented young musicians, from Mozart to violinist Joshua Bell to pianist Lang Lang, are hardly uncommon. It is far more unusual, however, to find a young musician with…
They say you can’t tell a book by its cover, blah blah blah. But in the case of Portland resident Jay Papish, you think you’ve grabbed a title in the fitness section … then you flip it open, and you find you’re actually in the philosophy aisle. Yes, of course, Jay is a bodybuilder. (Look…
The Foundation School at Congregation Neveh Shalom has long been at the forefront of early childhood education. When Rabbi Joshua Stampfer created the city’s first Jewish preschool in 1954, it was also one of the earliest child care facilities registered with the state of Oregon. The school’s license number is 33 – “That would have…
Last summer at B’nai B’rith Camp, Tala Schlossberg heard a presentation about the Alexander Muss High School and realized, “I could learn math and science in a classroom or learn it in Israel and visit places and study history. That sounded like a much better experience.” So instead of sitting in classes at South Eugene…
A Nosh of Jewish Wisdom: I can chew for you, but you have to swallow for yourself. Dear Helen: I’m godmother/fairy godmother to my friends’ son. His parents have trained him to talk to me if he has a serious problem. It only happened three times, when they were close to a divorce that didn’t…
“Are you ready for the summer?” is more than just the musical question posed by the classic summer comedy “Meatballs.” For parents it is a call to arms; soon school will be out and kids all across America will begin uttering the dreaded words, “I’m bored!” Before your household descends into a maelstrom of chaos…
Portland Parks & Recreation Cool off on hot summer days by finding a splash pad (Essex Parks Splash Pad pictured) at portlandoregon.gov/parks/article/454927! Splash pads, park fountains, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, day camps, and many other fun activities make Portland Parks & Recreation synonymous with summer fun. Find summer fun right in your neighborhood, including…
The Portland metro area is host to numerous museums, theaters, galleries, music venues and festivals including the Rose Festival every June and the Waterfront Blues Festival July 3-6. But the rest of the state also has well-known and unexpected festivals that enrich the summer options. Ashland serves up the popular Oregon Shakespeare Festival (osfashland.org). The…
