PHOTOS: These portraits of teen-parent families are among those on display at Paragon Arts Gallery, 815 N Killingsworth, Portland, through June 12. Photographer Eden Swartz has been photographing teen families for three years. Photographer Eden Swartz doesn’t want her exhibit “Illuminating Family, Reframing Teen Parenthood” to be the culmination of her project. She hopes it…
BROADWAY ROSE THEATRE COMPANY Tigard, OR • 503-620-5262 • broadwayrose.org Summer performances – “Mamma Mia!” (June 27-July 22) and “Guys and Dolls” (Aug. 2-19) – will be performed at the Deb Fennell Auditorium (at Tigard High School), 9000 Durham Road in Tigard. Broadway Rose has been producing professional musical theatre in the Portland area since…
Photo: Portlander Ted Scheinman poses with Hon Ra and her husband, Mab Meong, in front of the home he helped build for the couple and their two children in the O’Trach Village, Cambodia. Meong earns about $80 per month as an unskilled construction worker in Thailand. Ra takes care of her children and some of…
JUNE 2 & 16/JULY 7 & 21 Young Family Tot Shabbat (0-5 years). 10:15am in Zidell Chapel, Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland. Join other young families for singing, dancing, stories, indoor picnic-style lunch and Shabbat fun. 503-246-8831 Kiddush Club for K-2nd Graders. 10:15am in Room 19, Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful…
Triathlete Cymon Kirsch finishes strong Cymon Kirsch competed on Team USA in the 2017 World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam last September. Cymon was featured on the May 2017 cover of Oregon Jewish Life. At the world championships she finished sixth in her age group and was the fastest American in her age group. The…
Through June 17 “I and You” at ART. See article. June 1-2 Presence, Light, Manna: A Contemplative Shabbat at Havurah Shalom. Beginning Friday evening, then continuing all day Saturday from morning through Havdalah, we will immerse ourselves in contemplative Jewish practice. tinyurl.com/ContemplShabbat June 3 Neveh Shalom Men’s Club Texas Hold’em Charity Tournament. 4 pm at…
Three-advisor Portland team joins Stifel On April 23, Stifel Financial Corp. announced that the team of Ken Miller; Tony Urdes, CIMA; and Bianca Urdes has joined the firm’s broker-dealer subsidiary, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., in Portland. The team has more than 65 years of investment industry experience and comes to Stifel from UBS Financial…
“King David the Musical” premieres in Portland May 16. “King David The Musical,” with words, music, and script by Cantor Eyal Bitton, was originally performed as a theatrical concert at Montreal’s Saidye Bronfman Centre, then as a musical at Montreal’s Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, followed by another production at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre. It was…
The 26th Annual Portland Jewish Film Festival, co-presented by the Northwest Film Center and the Institute for Judaic Studies, will screen about 18 films June 10-24 at the Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., Portland. One film to be featured in this year’s festival is “The Testament” (Austria/Israel), the dramatic story…
While researching stories for our Actively Senior section, I learned a lot of interesting facts about the aging face of America. It’s all good. Seniors today generally enjoy better physical health, financial comfort and respect. According to AARP, 10,000 Americans turn 65 each day, and they can look forward to a healthy life ahead. Men…
