#SalemOR City Club presents: Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis – Fri. Jan. 24th

Salem City Club presents:

Gun Violence: A  Public Health Crisis

Friday, January 24, 2020 | 11:30 AM (doors open) 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (program)

Willamette Heritage Center | 1313 Mill St SE, Salem

OSHU will present information about why gun violence has become a health crisis.

Cost:

• Program is free for City Club Members
• $10 for NON-Members
• Lunch (optional, requires RSVP) $16 cash, $17 credit/debit

To RSVP: salemcityclub.com/event-3610899/Registration

Willamette Heritage Center
1313 Mill St SE
Salem, OR 97301

The #SalemOR Audubon Society presents: Bird Identification Workshops

The Salem Audubon Society presents:

Bird Identification Workshops

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Headquarters

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on the following days:

• January 18, 2020 – Raptor ID. Register for this workshop by clicking here. 

• March 14 – Hummingbirds of the U.S.

• April 18 – eBird and Birding Resources.

• May 2 – Land Birds (Woodpeckers, etc.)

• July 25 – Owls of the Pacific Northwest.

• October 3 – Sparrows.

All bird identification workshops are held from 10 am to noon, at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Headquarters, 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr SE, Salem

($10 each, check future Kestrels for further information on each workshop.)

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Headquarters
4034 Fairview Industrial Dr SE
Salem

Howard Street Charter School Ribbon Cutting and Public Tours in #SalemOR – Mon. Jan. 6th

Howard Street Charter School Ribbon Cutting and Public Tours

Monday, January 6, 2020 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Howard Street Charter School | 625 Marion St NE, Salem

Phone: 503.399.3408

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LifeSource Natural Foods in #SalemOR presents: Maker Fair! – Sat. Nov. 16th

LifeSource Natural Foods presents:

Maker Fair!

Saturday, November 16, 2019 | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

LifeSource Natural Foods

Featuring Original Art, Unique Crafts, and Handmade Gifts

• LifeSource Deli Holiday Pie Samples
• Hot Mulled Cider & Wine
• A Drawing for Handmade Prizes

10% of sales to benefit Salem for Refugees

LifeSource Natural Foods
2649 Commercial St. SE
Salem OR 97302

Willamette Art Center presents: Empty Bowls in #SalemOR – Fri. Nov. 15th

Willamette Art Center Presents:

Empty Bowls

Benefitting Marion Polk Food Share

Friday, November 16, 2019 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Willamette Art Center | Oregon State Fairgrounds

Join us for a Pre-Sale Reception

Ceramic bowls and art objects created by local artists make great holiday gifts. Your purchase helps feed hungry families, seniors and children in our community.

RSVP for this event is required!

Respond to djano@marionpolkfoodshare.org or 503.581.3855 by November 12th. Space is limited.

 

A Wednesday evening series in #CorvallisOR: Contemplative Practices for Life, Death, Dying & Grief – Nov. 6, 13, & 20th

A Wednesday evening series:

Contemplative Practices for Life, Death, Dying & Grief

November 6, 13, and 20, 2019 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

1st Presbyterian’s Dennis Hall | (9th & Monroe Entrance)

Co-sponsored by Contemplative Studies, 1st Presbyterian Church, and Lumina Hospice.

Free and Open to All. Donations to Lumina Hospice welcome.

• November 6: A talk with Sharon Edwards – Yoga Teacher, Spiritual Director and 1st Presbyterian Associate Pastor

Living Well. Dying Well

Those who have died with intention have taught us a way of being to enhance our living. This will be experiential evening, together we will practice offerings that involve the mind, body, and heart.

• November 13: Reading, music, and discussion with Janine Carranza, RN and author of Bedside Portraits: On Hospice Time

An Invitation to the Bedside

The voice of the dying calls out to us. Sometimes it is a whisper or no words at all. Sometimes even when the voice is loud, we are not there to hear it. Hospice invites us to be there. A contemplative community invites us to listen, experience and respond. The writing and reading community invites us into the world of language, poetry, stories, prose, and more.

You are invited to hear first-hand stories and poems of 7-years reminiscing the lives and deaths of people who have inspired through connection. Beatrice Rose, a harpist thanatologist, will guide us with her expressive harp through real life story readings.

Janine Carranza, RN’s portraits from her newly published book BEDSIDE PORTRAITS, On Hospice Time, will be interlaced with the poetry of local social worker Mary Brutsaert, massage therapist Troy Maddox, chaplain Scott Wilson, Transitions facilitator Bob Daley, and Hospice nurses Rachel Houck and Mary Ellis.

Grass Roots Books and Music will be present for book purchases; author-signed copies to be available.

Following the performance, the acting members will lend themselves to conversation with the audience, in question-and-answer form, and discussion as inspired.

• November 20: A talk with Cathy Neumann – Tibetan Buddhist Teacher

The Six Bardos: Journey of Mind Thru This Life & Beyond

In this presentation, the six bardos (or transition states of mind) will be discussed. From a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, each bardo presents an opportunity to awaken to our true nature and thus gain freedom from suffering in cyclic existence based on karma. Practices from the Buddhist tradition that help prepare us for this journey of mind will be highlighted.

1st Presbyterian’s Dennis Hall
114 SW 8th St
Corvallis, OR 97333

There is now a Death Cafe in #SalemOR – Thurs. Oct. 3rd

Death Cafe Salem Oregon

Thursday, October 3, 2019 | 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM

Ike Box | 299 Cottage St NE, Salem

Where there is life there is death. Yet, in our society, we talk about “it” in hushed tones – if at all. The funeral industry has further distanced the living from the dead by literally taking the dead out of our hands.

A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea or something, listen, and discuss death.

Jon Underwood, Founder of Death Cafe, said it best: “I’m motivated to do this work because I believe that engaging with death is both important and overlooked. My experience tells me that death can play a role in helping us enjoy life. I also believe that focusing on death can play a part in helping us get to grips with some big challenges – like supporting older people, climate change, a broken economic system and chronic global inequality. This may not immediately make sense but if we can face up to death we can face up to anything, no?” — Jon died on June 27, 2017 at age 44

“Tea and cake are one of the most important features to the event. They assist with creating a nurturing and supportive environment.” (Underwood, 2015).

Our guiding principles are respect, openness, and confidentiality. We are not pushing any religion or anti-religion, not selling anything, not an action or political group, not a support or grief counseling group, and do not meet to debate anything.

Our objectives are to gather together to listen and talk about about something we all have in common: death.

If you accept those principles, please join us!

We currently meet on the 1st Thursday of each month from 6:15 PM to 7:30 PM at Ike Box, 299 Cottage St NE, Salem.

Everyone is welcome to bring any thoughts about death and mortality including personal experiences, feelings, strong convictions, speculation, and just listening if that suits you. Come as you are and bring your ideas.

For more up-to-date information please look for Death Cafe Salem Oregon on Facebook and at DeathCafe.com‘s website: deathcafe.com/deathcafe/9829/

Contact Death Café Salem facilitator at deathcafesalemor@gmail.com for clarifications.

The Lord & Schryver Conservancy presents: Botanical artist, Janet Parker in #SalemOR – Sat. & Sun. Oct. 5th & 6th – CANCELED!

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED!

The Lord & Schryver Conservancy presents:

Botanical artist, Janet Parker

Saturday and Sunday, October 5 & 6, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (both days)

Gaiety Hollow, 545 Mission St. SE, Salem, OR

Come and sketch the beautiful plants, flowers, architectural details, insects – every delightful thing you see – in the Gaiety Hollow garden. You will receive basic instructions for drawing botanical subjects, and demonstrations of a variety of media including graphite, colored pencil, pen & ink, and watercolor. All artistic materials will be provided. Participants should bring a sack lunch for each day. Open to high school age and up. Limited to 10 participants.

Janet Parker is a graphic designer and botanical artist with a BFA from Parsons School of Design, and a certificate in Botanical Art from the New York Botanical Garden. Her botanical art has been commissioned for packaging by Williams Sonoma, and has appeared in Horticulture magazine and the Wall St. Journal’s weekend magazine, and was recently included in the American Society of Botanical Artists’ 22nd Annual International Show, on display at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross, California from October through November, 2019. She lives Portland, Oregon, and teaches there and elsewhere, including the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology on the Oregon coast.

Cost: $250 for two days

Register for Sketching in the garden

At Oregon State Capitol in #SalemOR: Hispanic Heritage Day – Día de la Hispanidad 2019 – Sat. Sept. 14th – TOMORROW!

Hispanic Heritage Day – Día de la Hispanidad 2019

Saturday, September 14, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Location: Oregon State Capitol

Come and celebrate the rich diverse Hispanic and Latino cultures that we have in Oregon. Join us for music, dance, art, poetry, and bilingualism.

Vengan a celebrar la riqueza y la diversidad de la cultura hispana y latina que tenemos en Oregón. Les invitamos a un día de música, danza, arte, poesía y bilingüismo.

Performance Schedule in the Rotunda:

• 10 a.m. Peña Charra del Oeste with Woodburn Mariachi Band
• 11 a.m. MB Peru Baila Asi
• 12:30 p.m. Maria Olaya Master Guitarist Performance
• 1 p.m. Maria Olaya Guitar Lesson Given in Hearing Room D
• 1 p.m. INKA JAM

Tower tours given at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.

Oregon State Capitol
900 Court St NE
Salem, Oregon 97301

UPDATED! #SalemOR CityWatch Meeting – Sat. June 8th

Next Meeting:

Salem CityWatch Meeting

Saturday, June 8, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Broadway Commons – 3rd floor meeting room

Guest Speaker:

2nd of 2 programs on transportation issues:

• • • Allan Pollock, Cherriots General Manager, will tell us about some new developments in public transportation.

Broadway Commons
1300 Broadway St NE
Salem, Oregon
salemcitywatch.org