Craft Circle: Textile Mending
This week's Craft Circle will focus on Textile Mending. Bring in those socks you've been meaning to darn, your favorite worn jeans for patching or that shirt that's just missing a button.
We'll have some supplies and books on hand to help you get started.
The Black Resources Collection (BRC) offers a wide variety of materials relating to the Black Diaspora.
Native American Heritage Month: Weaving Pine Needle Baskets
Did you know that you can weave with English ivy, pine needles, or cedar? Learn basic basket weaving with the renown fiber artist, and Karuk basket weaver, Celeste Whitewolf. Celeste brings knowledge, warmth, patience, and fun to this day-long workshop. You'll learn to create a basket using locally sourced, pliant pine needles! This class is suitable for tweens and older.
Celeste is a member of the Columbia Basin Basket-weavers Guild, the Northwest Native American Basket-weavers Association, and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla.
Native American Heritage Month: Weaving Pine Needle Baskets
Did you know that you can weave with English ivy, pine needles, or cedar? Learn basic basket weaving with the renown fiber artist, and Karuk basket weaver, Celeste Whitewolf. Celeste brings knowledge, warmth, patience, and fun to this day-long workshop. You'll learn to create a basket using locally sourced, pliant pine needles!
This class is suitable for tweens and older. Celeste is a member of the Columbia Basin Basket-weavers Guild, the Northwest Native American Basket-weavers Association, and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla.
The Black Resources Collection (BRC) offers a wide variety of materials relating to the Black Diaspora.
Holistic Healing for Black Mental Health and Wellness
This workshop will provide participants an opportunity to learn about the benefits of holistic healing and culturally specific modalities for improving Black individuals mental health and wellness. We will engage in discussions pertaining to generational, ancestral and racial trauma. Education will be provided on the benefits of reiki, vibrational sound healing, aromatherapy, meditation and breathwork for healing through anxiety, depression and trauma. Join us for this beautiful program led by Sankofa Center for Healing founder, ZaDora Williams, LCSW.
Holistic Healing for Black Mental Health and Wellness
This workshop will provide participants an opportunity to learn about the benefits of holistic healing and culturally specific modalities for improving Black individuals mental health and wellness. We will engage in discussions pertaining to generational, ancestral and racial trauma. Education will be provided on the benefits of reiki, vibrational sound healing, aromatherapy, meditation and breathwork for healing through anxiety, depression and trauma. Join us for this beautiful program led by Sankofa Center for Healing founder, ZaDora Williams, LCSW.
Hillsdale Library history
Though not officially named “Hillsdale” until the 1980s, the Southwest Portland neighborhood library had been serving residents in the area for decades prior. The current building holds LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification, with some of the materials coming from local manufacturers. The building was designed by Thomas Hacker and Associates Architects, Inc.
Holgate Library history
Add summaryHolgate Library opened in its current location in 1971, replacing the Arleta and Lents branch libraries, which had been serving this region of Southeast Portland since the early 1900s. The library was renovated in 2000. In 2020, Multnomah County voters approved a capitol bond project to build and modernize library buildings. Holgate Library is being rebuilt on its current site. The new Holgate Library will reopen in 2024.
Seahorse Story & Crafts with Sara Behrman
Come hear author Sara Behrman read from her picture book The Sea Hides a Seahorse. Kids will enjoy this charming book filled with fascinating facts and charming illustrations. After the story, kids will get creative with seahorse crafts.
Seahorse Story & Crafts with Sara Behrman
Come hear author Sara Behrman read from her picture book The Sea Hides a Seahorse. Kids will enjoy this charming book filled with fascinating facts and charming illustrations. After the story, kids will get creative with seahorse crafts.
Laolao's Dumplings Author Visit and Craft
Join Oregon Book Award-winning author Dane Liu for the release of her new picture book Laolao’s Dumplings, which Publishers Weekly called a “moving tale of intergenerational and community bonds” in a starred review. Dane will read aloud, answer your questions, and together we will make our wishes for the new year and wrap them into dumpling ornaments. For ages 4-9. Each family will receive a free copy of Laolao's Dumplings. Free tickets available 30 minutes in advance.
Library teams bring Native author to local teens & families
Multnomah County Library's Indigenous and teen services teams will welcome acclaimed Native author Cynthia Leitich Smith (Mvskoke) to two high schools.
Sellwood-Moreland Library history
Sellwood-Moreland Library began as a reading room in 1905. In 2002, after several relocations, this Southeast Portland library found its new home in a mixed-use facility.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.
Tween Craft Club
Kids are invited to get crafty! Come hang out with us and use your creative skills. All materials and supplies will be provided. Ideal for tweens (ages 9-12) but younger and older siblings are welcome.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.
Tween Craft Club
Kids are invited to get crafty! Come hang out with us and use your creative skills. All materials and supplies will be provided. Ideal for tweens (ages 9-12) but younger and older siblings are welcome.
Community Craft Circle
Got a work in progress collecting dust? Want to start a new project but need a little more guidance? Or maybe you just want to spend some time with crafty and creative people? Bring your projects and let’s work through them together. Light refreshments will be offered.