U of P Conference on Food Issues

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After hosting a wonderfully successful conference on water in the spring of 2010, the University of Portland is back this year with Food for Thought, a conference on food issues from April 14-16.

The conference will be keynoted by best-selling author Michael Pollan and features an impressive array of both national and local leaders, including Kevin Concannon, Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services for the United States Department of Agriculture, and University of Portland alumnus Fedele Bauccio, founder and owner of Bon Appétit Management Co. and member of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production.

This will be an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in the many issues surrounding food and food production, from nutrition and genetic modification to justice and sustainability.

All events of the conference – including the Thursday evening meat tasting and lecture on meat production, the Friday evening screening of the film “Fresh,” and the four day-time plenary sessions on Saturday – are free and open to the public. Michael Pollan’s lecture, taking place at 7 p.m. on April 16 in the Chiles Center on campus, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., requires tickets, which are available online at TicketMaster or in person at the Chiles Center box office.

For more information and a complete schedule of events: https://pilots.up.edu/web/foodforthought

Curious Comedy Update

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From Curious Comedy Theater:

We are so excited for this weekend, and here’s why:

Thursday
We are proud and excited to host the UCB Theater’s Tourco company. UCB has produced such modern comedic talents as Amy Poehler, Horatio Sanz, Rob Coddry, and many many more and remains one of the most prominent improvisational and sketch comedy theaters in the country. Don’t hesitate to get your tickets as they are selling fast. Doors 8:15PM, Show 9:00. $15. (Groupons NOT accepted)
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INA Market to Open in Cascade Square

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Chong Ball, the new owner of the Cascade Square storefronts at 8th and Killingsworth, contacted the King Neighborhood Association recently to introduce herself, solicit neighbor concerns, and assure that under her ownership the strip will be much improved. She detailed the investments she is making in the building such as addressing maintenance items that had been deferred for many years, upgrading the electrical systems, adding security cameras and removing bars from the windows in favor of roll down security doors to be used at night. There will be new lighting and signage.

Cascade Square was the former location of the infamous Boston Market corner store which Ms. Ball said she evicted for non-payment of rent. She is opening her own store, the INA Market in the former Boston Market space. She explained that she has run a successful market in the SW suburbs and has recently sold that business to invest in NE. A few years ago she would not have purchased there, she said, but now the area appears to her to have potential. That potential is also apparent to Rodney Muirhead who moved his popular Podnah’s Pit restaurant to a large space just eight blocks east.

City Club Education Forum in N. Portland

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Many Left Behind or All Out in Front: What WE Can Do to Assure Excellence and Equity for All Students

Date: April 5, 2011 – 5:30pm – 7:45pm
North Portland Public Library, 512 N Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR 97219

Join City Club to discuss how we can achieve excellence and equity for all students in our public education system. What are the features of schools and classrooms that are closing the achievement gap while increasing all students’ chances for success, excellence, and engagement? What works? What are the challenges? What can each of us here tonight do to assure that all schools provide all children the opportunity to realize these goals? We will discuss segments from Waiting for Superman, Race to Nowhere and an Edutopia film on project learning as a way of addressing these questions. Panelists will include two high school students, two teachers, a principal and a member of Governor Kitzhaber’s education team.

RSVP recommended to amy@pdxcityclub.org or 503-228-7231 x110.
5:30: Meet, Greet, & Eats (snacks provided; please bring your own water); 6:00: Program Begins