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| PORTLAND METRO - Stafford Birthday Events For January 2009 | |||
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| Jan 3 | Saturday | 2 p.m. | Tigard - Public Library Event Title: "William Stafford and the Poetry of Place" Contact: Bill Siverly or Steve Rauch Location: 13500 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard OR 97223 (Get Map) Hosted by: Bill Siverly and Michael McDowell. Featuring Sean Patrick Hill, Shelley Kirk-Rudeen, Katy McKinney, and FWS Board Member Ann Staley. |
| Jan 10 | Saturday | 2 p.m. | Milwaukie - Ledding Library Contact: Greg Chaimov or Tom Hogan Location: Pond House, 2215 SE Harrison, Milwaukie, OR 97222 (Get Map) Hosted by: Greg Chaimov and Tom Hogan. Featuring Judith Barrington, Marlene Hill, Susanna Lundgren, Helen McNaughton, Heidi Pullen, Ron Rasch, Susan McKee Reese, and FWS Board Member Paulann Petersen. |
| Jan 11 | Sunday | 2 p.m. | Beaverton - City Library Contact: Cindy Williams Gutiérrez Location: 12375 SW 5th Street, Beaverton, Oregon 97005 (Get Map) Hosted by: Cindy Williams Gutiérrez. Featuring FWS Board Member Scot Siegel. In addition, Oregon Poet Laureate Lawson Inada and William Stafford archivist Paul Merchant will read at a historic literary event which both marks Oregon Reads 2009 (in celebration of Oregon’s 150th birthday) and celebrates the life and work of Oregon’s most beloved poet. Titled “Oregon Poets, Oregon History: A Reflection on Social Justice in World War II,” this event will commemorate William Stafford’s life as a conscientious objector, as well as the internment experiences of the Yasui family relayed in Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler, the book chosen for Oregon Reads 2009. Inada will read poetry from his own experiences in an interment camp. He will be joined by Paul Merchant who will read from Stafford’s writings in conscientious objector camps. |
| Jan 11 | Sunday | 2 p.m. | Welches - Wy'east Book Shoppe & Art Gallery at the Rendezvous Center Contact: Rita Ott Ramstad or Sandra Palmer at 503-622-1623 Location: 67149 E. Highway 26, Welches, OR 97067 (Get Map) Hosted by: Rita Ott Ramstad. Featuring FWS Emeritus Board Member Sharon Wood Wortman. In addition, Josh Baker, Tony Volk, and Lindy Delf will be leading a reading/writing workshop focused on Stafford's poems. Each will use a Stafford poem as a springboard for participants to do their own writing. |
| Jan 13 | Tuesday | 7:30 p.m. | Portland - Annie Bloom's Books Contact: Annie Bloom's Books or Jessica Lamb Location: 7834 SW Capital Highway, Portland OR 97219 (Get Map) Hosted by Jessica Lamb. Featuring Jeff Coleman, Annie Lighthart, Melissa Madenski, Harriet Wingard, and FWS Board Member Don Colburn. |
| Jan 14 | Wednesday | 7 p.m. | Vancouver - Barnes & Noble Contact: Shawn Sorensen Location: 7700 NE Fourth Plain Boulevard, Vancouver WA (Get Map) Hosted by: Shawn Sorensen. Featuring Christopher Luna, Toni Partington, and FWS Board Member Don Colburn. |
| Jan 17 | Saturday | 3 p.m. | Lake Oswego - Holy Names Heritage Center - Marylhurst University Contact: Joan Maiers or Holy Names Heritage Center 503-607-0595 Location: 17425 Holy Names Dr., Lake Oswego, OR 97036 (Get Map) Hosted by: Joan Maiers. Featuring Ritz Kyoko Mori, Dorothy Stafford, and FWS Board Member Pat Carver. |
| Jan 17 | Saturday | 7 p.m. | Portland - First Unitarian Church - Elliot Chapel (Salmon Street Sanctuary) Contact: Dianne Stepp or Katie Radditz 503-228-6389 ex. 17 Location: 1011 SW 12th., Portland, OR 97205 (Get Map) Hosted by: Dianne Stepp. Featuring Emily Frey, Jane Glazer, Melanie Green, Dianne Holland, Mike Langtry, Stephen Pearce, Suzanne Sigafoos, and FWS Board Member Sulima Malzin |
| Jan 19 | Monday | 10 p.m. | Portland - KBOO Radio 90.7 FM Contact: Barbara La Morticella Hosted by: Barbara LaMorticella, with readings from "Another World Instead." Featuring Peter Sears, FWS Board Member Paulann Petersen, and other FWS Board members and friends. |
| Jan 20 | Tuesday | 7 p.m. | Lake Oswego - Public Library Contact: Bill Baars or Scot Siegel Location: 706 4th St. Lake Oswego OR 97034 (Get Map) Hosted by: FWS Board Member Scot Siegel. Featuring Carolyn Moore, Deb Stone, Claire Sykes, Corey Van Landingham, and FWS Board Member Patricia Carver. |
| Jan 21 | Wednesday | 7 p.m. | West Linn - Public Library Contact: Cheryl Hill or David Hedges Location: 1595 Burns, West Linn, Oregon 97068 (Get Map) Hosted by: David Hedges. Featuring Walt Curtis, José Knighton, Sharon Roso, Scottie Sterrett, Virginia Euwer Wolff, and FWS Emeritus Board Member Joseph Soldati. |
| Jan 22 | Thursday | 7 p.m. | Oregon City - Literary Arts Center, Clackamas Community College, Roger Rook Hall 220 Contact: Kate Gray Location: 19600 Molala Ave., Oregon City OR 97045 (Get Map) Hosted by: Kate Gray. Featuring students and teachers from Clackamas County high schools and FWS Board Member Tim Barnes |
| Jan 22 | Thursday | 7 p.m. | Portland - University of Portland, Buckley Center 163 Contact: Herman Asarnow Location: 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland OR 97203 (Get Map) Hosted by: Herman Asarnow. Featuring Susan Denning, Sarah Guest, Zachary Schomburg, b.t. shaw, Elizabeth Simson, and FWS Board Member Tim Barnes. |
| Jan 25 | Sunday | 2 p.m. | Hillsboro - Hillsboro Main Library Contact: Karen Mejdrich - 503-615-6500 or Barbara Drake Location: 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro OR 97124 (Get Map) Hosted by: Barbara Drake. Featuring Marie Buckley, Lucinda Huffine, Celeste Thompson, and FWS Emeritus Board Member Sue Einowski. |
| Jan 25 | Sunday | 2 p.m. | Portland - Multnomah Central Library, US Bank Room Contact: Joseph Soldati Location: 801 SW 10th Ave. Portland OR 97205 (Get Map) Hosted by: FWS Board Member Joseph Soldati. Featuring Don Colburn, Kirsten Rian, and special guest Jim Scheppke, State Librarian of Oregon. With a presentation by Ellen Louise Hart and Holly Springfield: “Where the Right Word Again Begins Time: William Stafford and Emily Dickinson.”. |
| Jan 25 | Sunday | 2 p.m. | Vancouver - Community Library Contact: Sally Anderson or Arnie Dyer Location: 1007 East Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663 (Get Map) Hosted by: Arnie Dyer. Featuring David Benedicktus, Dennis Cole, Den Mark Wichar, and FWS Emeritus Board Member Sharon Wood Wortman. |
| Jan 27 | Tuesday | 7 p.m. | Portland - Broadway Books Contact: Roberta Dyer 503-284-1726 or Harold Johnson Location: 1714 NE Broadway, Portland OR 97232 (Get Map) Hosted by: Harold Johnson. Featuring Casey Bush, Paula Lowden, Joanna Rose, Mazarine Treyz, Stephanie Van Horn, and FWS Board Member Tim Barnes. |
| Jan 29 | Thursday | 7 p.m. | Portland - Portland State University, Branford P. Millar Library Contact: Kimberly Willson-St. Clair 503-725-4552 or Shelley Reece (Get Map) Location: 1875 SW Park Avenue (Park & Hall), Portland OR 97201 Hosted by: Shelley Reece. Featuring Michael Achtrman, Kate Bucko, Chris Cottrell , Michele Glazer, Verlena Orr, and FWS Board Member Shelley Reece. |
| Jan 31 | Saturday | 3 p.m. | Portland - Looking Glass Book Store Contact: Looking Glass Books or Willa Schneberg Location: 7983 SE 13th Ave., Portland OR 97202 (Get Map) Hosted by: Willa Schneberg. Featuring Frances Payne Adler, Christine Delea, Robert McFarlane, John Morrison, Emma Oliver, and FWS Board Members Dennis and Helen Schmidling. |
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