Saturday, July 19, 2008

July 19 Being Outdoors in Midsummer

The Grass Hut Camp continues, in which you can earn patches for having fun. Today beginning at the store at 10AM it's bike fun. Tour the Springwater trail (accessible right from the Burnside Bridge via the Eastbank Esplanade!) This trip includes visiting some mad old buildings along the way, hunting for nutria, a stop at an old school hobby shop in Oregon City and swimming at Elk Rock Island. Meet up at the store 10AM bring water, swim gear and go. www.grasshutcorp.com 10AM Free


The Lone Fir Cemetery is the spooky one at the corner of Morrison and SE 20th. Tonight, to encourage new visitors there are musicians and costumed characters wandering about. 5PM-8 Free


Absent the superpower of flying, tonight is a night of choices. Another is an unusual event at Reed College. Local multi-artist Sarah Dougher has composed a choral work based on the works of poet Robert Duncan and artist Jess, subject of the Reed Coolley Gallery exhibit. Both artist and poet were part of the San Francisco beat movement. Dougher's work will be performed by the Flash Choir in the Elliot Chapel which will be followed by a lecture, Eye of the Ear: Jess and the Poets, by Steve Dickison, director of the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University. Musician Tim Duroche also plays in the library, adjacent to the gallery. www.reed.edu 7PM Free


The South Waterfront has an art program. Tonight sculptor-installationist Bill Will has teamed with curator-choreographer Linda Johnson to stage a modern dance performance amid a sea of gently bending poles streaming flags of old VHS video tape. A large group of Portland modern dancers are the movers. Gather about 8, bring a picnic, watch it all unfold under a rising moon. Performers include Daniel Addy, Katie Arrants, Tracy Broyles, Rebecca Harrison, Tahni Holt, Kathleen Keogh, Eric Nordstrom and Noelle Stiles, Linda Austin, Gregg Bielemeier, Lynde Mah, Margretta Hansen, Lila Hurwitz, Wendy Hambidge, Caroline Oakley and Paul Scheer. Soundscape by Seth Nehil. www.southwaterfront.com/art_and_design/artist. Corner of SW Moody and Curry. Streetcar or bike would be an excellent way to go. 8PM to 10ish Free


Finally Disjecta reopens in Kenton, where the Paul Bunyon statue is, on the light rail. Disjecta has been successful in finding edgier performers than PICA and presenting them at a reasonable price. The new space is renting to artists and includes an excellent dance-performance studio with a wood floor. They have a long term lease too. Disjecta's new visual arts program is curated by guest curators, including this first show, with artists Gordon Barnes, Ryan Burghard, Shelby Davis, Justin Gorman, Dean Spella and Makerlab - Ben Foote, Anselm Hook, Marlin Pohlman and Paige Saez; curated by Igloo Gallery's Damien Gilley. www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate 6PM-9 Free