Here comes your community calendar for this weekend, July 31 and Aug 1st.
Iron Tribe is hosting “The City of Roses Annual Resource Festival” This Saturday. The goal of this event is to connect Portlanders to organizations that offer resources for all people, including people experiencing homelessness and people transitioning out of prison. There will be food, drinks, music and crafts making it a day of celebration and outreach. Thats this saturday from 10am to 6pm at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland. Visit sisters of the road.org for more details.
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This Saturday “In Other Words Bookstore”, the last surviving non-profit feminist bookstore in the United States, will host a Rummage Sale and veggie-friendly BBQ Benefit from 12 to 5. They will be accepting donations of you're unwanted stuff up until the sale. In Other Words is located at 8B NE Killingsworth street in Portland. Contact Celeste @ in other words. org to arrange the drop off of larger items.
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Party in the Park, brought to you by the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District, is a daylong festival of fun and free activities for people of all ages. It’s this Saturday, July 31, at their main recreation complex at 158th & Walker Road, in Beaverton. There will be giant inflatables, climbing walls, face painting, pony rides, a collector cars, trucks and motorcycles show, and more. For complete details, visit www.thprd.org.
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The provisions of the “Convention on Cluster Munitions” become fully and legally binding for the countries that have signed and ratified it on August first. Join people from across the globe this sunday at “Beat the Drum to Ban Cluster Bombs” and urge the united states to adopt the convetion as well. Meet at the Portland Peace Memorial, at the East end of the Steel Bridge at N.E. Interstate and NE Oregon St, at noon, and bring something to bang on. Head to stop cluster munitions . org / countdown for more information.
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The homegrown theater company, Atomic Arts, Continues Trek in the Park this weekend with the iconic episode: SPACE seed. Performances will be Saturday and Sunday at 5pm in the amphitheater at Woodlawn Park at the corner of NE Claremont and Oneonta. Visits www. atomic-arts .org for more information.
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You have just heard the KBOO Community Calendar on 90.7fm Portland, 100.7fm Corvallis and 91.9fm Columbia Gorge. For information about any of these events call the KBOO front desk at (503) 231-8032 or check out the listings at kboo dot fm slash communitycalendar. Thanks for listening to independent, non-commercial, volunteer-run radio supported by listeners like you. Have a lovely weekend!
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