March 2008

Events Around the Community

Citizen's Participation Organization (CPO) #1 (Cedar Mill/Cedar Hills)

Monthly Meeting, every first Tuesday at 7 pm, held at the St. Vincent Hospital Auditorium (to the right off the office block entrance), 9205 SW Barnes Road.

For more information about CPO1, see www.cpo1friends.org

For more information about CPOs, visit http://www.osu.orst.edu/extension/washington/citizen.htm

* March 4, 2008, 7 pm

Cedar Mill Business Association

Monthly Meeting, every second Tuesday at 12 noon, held at the Cedar Mill Community Library, upstairs meeting room. Free. Open to anyone interested in business in Cedar Mill.

*March 11, 2008. noon.

Events at the Cedar Mill Community Library   503-644-0043

Library Film Club

Library Film Club features are shown on the last Wednesday of each month in the library’s upstairs meeting rooms. Lively discussion follows each showing. The films are around 2 hours in length, so we will begin promptly at 6:30 pm and close up around 9:00 pm. These films are for ages 18 and over only. Refreshments will be provided.

Contact volunteer Vik Savara for more information, 503-805-5958.

These films are free and open to the public and are brought to you by a grant from the Washington County Arts, Heritage & Humanities Coalition with funding from the Oregon Cultural Trust.

* Wednesday, March 26. 6:30 pm. March's Feature: "Arranged"

Owl Book Club

Join us in the upstairs meeting room at 10:30 am on the last Friday of the month. Newcomers always welcome!

* Friday, March 28. 10:30 am. January's selection: "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan

Voices in Verse

Join us every 4th Saturday for Open Mike Poetry. Come and read or just listen. We will be meeting at 10 am in the upstairs meeting room. See you there!

* Saturday, March 22. 10 am.

Writer's Group: Writer's Mill

Whether you’re hoping for publication, planning to self-publish, or writing just for fun, join us for a hands-on inspiring gathering of people who love to write. This ongoing group is open to people from a wide range of writing interests but no poetry, sci fi, horror or fantasy, please. Newcomers always welcome!

Bring 5 copies of 1,000 words that is representative of your writing to share and submit for critique. To RSVP and receive a 1-page info and goal-setting sheet, contact Becky Lovejoy, Facilitator, at la-beck@juno.com or (503) 626-7665. Becky is a published author and experienced group leader, and is currently working on a series of articles and a second book.
 
* Sunday, March 16. 1-3 pm.

Sussefusse

Sussefusse, a Portland based international folkdance troupe will perform at the library.  The troupe’s name means “sweet feet” in German and is composed of young dancers nine to eighteen years of age under the direction of Heidi Vorst. Sussefusse dancers will perform in brilliant costumes representing a variety of heritages and will be accompanied by live musicians. Please join us for this joyful event as we close our 2008 Winter Reading & Arts Festival.

* Saturday, March 15. 1 pm.