The Vestigial Avengers Present: An Appendix Worth Keeping
Portland Public Library, 4 to 6 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

March 16: From Art to Language
Adopting Deaf Children: Margaret Chastel will speak in American Sign
Language (ASL) on being a deaf person and adopting deaf children from
different countries. Interpreted by Shelly Keniston
Lois Morin speaks on Deaf Culture. (tentative) Shelly Keniston

Advocate for the Arts: Advocate for the arts in elementary level schools.
This talk includes a participatory art activity. Kristen Sutton

March 30: Off the Grid
Hurricane Hits Home: Presentation of damage done to the place I call home,
one year after Hurricane Katrina. Original photographs illustrate the
personal narrative. Kaitlyn Metcalf

Off The Grid: A discussion about living off the grid. Lola Fennimore

Life on the Farm II: A report on the follies of farm life. Lea DeForest

April 13: More Perspectives on Place in Time
30 One-Minute Say: Video projection. An assembly of 30 people from
different background given one minute to say anything in this world. This
is an investigation on perspective, individual and collective voice, and
what holds value in each person, "if we had only one minute to say
anything in this world." Yumiko Murakami

The Sliding Scale of Property: Presentation of invented model that can be
used for assessing the value of found urban materials, discarded, broken
and lost. Investigation of city as ecological habitat. Justin Cote
w/Nina Petrochko

Drawing Connections Within Space and Time: PowerPoint images about a
Portland place we all know intimately. An exploration of its history,
function, appearance, and the lives of the people who lived there. The
intention is to create awareness of the past's influence on today. "Does
community include the citizens of the past?" Lisa Pixely