from press release Kick off Western New Year 2010 or shoo away Tiger Year 4707 at Colored Pencils Art & Culture Night. In a Pacific gateway city like ours, settled on the confluence of two majestic river systems and whole lot of intercultural history – both kinds of parties are necessary. Date: January 28, 2011. Tickets are $15 including food and non-alcoholic beverage and are available at eventbrite.com or at the door. Hosted by Ecotrust at 721 NW 9th Avenue, Portland 97209. Colored Pencils is Portland's multicultural family room. Some background: Colored Pencils is a Last Friday celebration led by traditional and contemporary painters and poets; presented by acclaimed as well as emerging musicians; and delivered by our city’s grandest elders, our tiniest dancers, and everyone of all ages, abilities, and orientations in between. Colored Pencils is a world of cuisine, lots of laughter, even unexpected tears. At bottom, we are a vision of a New Portland, an ethos ...
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