Garden Home Recreation Center

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Special Events

• Sat Sep 14 at 11:00 AM - Caminata de Bienvenida y Festival Cultural de Cuentacuentos | Welcoming Walk and Cultural Story Time Festival

  

  ¡Únase a Venezuela's Voice in Oregon y a THPRD este evento familiar
  y gratis en celebración de la cultura, el compartir historias y admirar a la naturaleza! 

  Habrá:

  • Caminata de bienvenida
  • Caminata guiada por Fanno Creek Trail
  • Meriendas
  • Festival Cultural de Cuentos
  • Venta de arte y de cuentos
  • Cuentacuento bilingüe
  • Escritura de cuentos que serán donados para niños y ancianos en Venezuela

  En celebración de la Semana de Bienvenida | Welcoming Week y Latino Conservation Week

  EVENTO COMMUNITARIO Y FAMILIAR GRATIS
  

  Para confirmar su asistencia, por favor contacte a Venezuela‘s Voice in Oregon: venezuela.oregon@gmail.com

  Este es un evento de la Semana de Bienvenida y es organizado por Venezuela's Voice in Oregon y THPRD.

  11:00 am - Inicio del evento / Event Begins
  11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Caminata de Bienvenida / Welcoming Walk at Fanno Creek Trail (Meet behind Garden Home Rec Center)
  1:00 - 3:00 pm - Festival Cuentacuentos / Cultural StoryTime Festival (Garden Home Rec Center Gym)

  Join Venezuela's Voice in Oregon and THPRD in this free family-friendly event in celebration of culture, storytelling and nature!

  We'll have:

  • Welcoming Walk
  • Guided walk on Fanno Creek Trail
  • Refreshments
  • Cultural Story Time Festival
  • Art and short stories for sale
  • Bilingual storytime
  • Write stories that will be donated to children and the elderly in Venezuela

  This is a Welcoming Week and a Latino Conservation Week Celebration.

  11:00 am - Inicio del evento / Event Begins
  11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Caminata de Bienvenida / Welcoming Walk at Fanno Creek Trail (Meet behind Garden Home Rec Center)
  1:00 - 3:00 pm - Festival Cuentacuentos / Cultural StoryTime Festival (Garden Home Rec Center Gym)

  THIS IS A FREE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY EVENT
  

  Please get in touch with Venezuela’s Voice in Oregon at venezuela.oregon@gmail.com to confirm your attendance.

  This is a Welcoming Week event. Organized by Venezuela's Voice in Oregon and THPRD.

  
  
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• Sat Oct 12 at 10:00 AM - Shizue: An American Story

   This fall, Portland Opera to Go will come to Garden Home Recreation center! Come join us for a beginner-friendly, 50-minute opera experience.
  Shizue: An American Story
  composed by Kenji Oh with a libretto by Dmae Lo Roberts. This new piece illuminates the life of the remarkable poet and artist Shizue Iwatsuki. In 1916 at age 19, Shizue married to Kamegoro Iwatsuki and traveled with him to Hood River, Oregon to live on his apple farm. This opera is the second of Portland Opera’s Our Oregon Project, which commissions youth operas that highlight the experiences of Oregonians through a variety of lenses.

  This is a free event and all is welcome!

  
  
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• Sat Oct 26 at 3:00 PM - Sempoashochitl Festival

  Festival del Sempoashochitl | Sempoashochitl Festival

  Shochicalli Wellness & Art with the support of THPRD is hosting a free family friendly event that includes culturally specific resources, vendors, and activities.
  
  The Sempoashochitl flowers (Marigold) is a meaningful plant for the Anahuaca culture- native to what is known today as México. The Sempoashochitl Festival happens when the flower is harvested and many dishes, soups and teas can be made with the petals and leaves. The Sempoashochitl Festival is a time to celebrate life and nature. The event features vendors (arts and crafts), food vendor, and a variety of performances and one community altar.

   

  Shochicalli Wellness & Art, con el apoyo de THPRD, está organizando un evento gratuito y para la familia que incluye recursos culturales específicos, vendedores y actividades.

  La flor de Sempoashochitl (Marigold) es una planta muy significativa para la cultura Anáhuaca, originaria de lo que hoy se conoce como México. El Festival de Sempoashochitl se celebra cuando se cosecha la flor, y se pueden hacer muchos platillos, sopas y tés con los pétalos y hojas. El Festival de Sempoashochitl es un momento para celebrar la vida y la naturaleza. El evento contará con vendedores (artesanías), vendedores de comida, una variedad de presentaciones y un altar comunitario.

   

  
  
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• Thu Oct 31 at 9:00 AM - Spooky Tots

   More information coming out soon!

  
  
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• Sat Dec 14 at 9:00 AM - FitMas - Holiday Fitness Extravaganza

  Join our fitness and recreation staff for a fun and festive morning of fitness to holiday sounds, raffle prizes, healthy snacks and so much more.

  Wear your best holiday workout attire for your chance to win the best dressed prize too.

  Pre-registration required. Class ID GH22575.

  
  
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