Portland
Metro Calendar
May 17 (Saturday 6:30 pm - 8 pm) May
Dine-out at It's a Beautiful Pizza. Have a hankerin’
for some pizza? How about some great local music? Well, come on over
to It’s a Beautiful Pizza at 3342 SE Belmont on Saturday, May
17. We’ll grab some grub and chat about the fun times from VegFest!
Show up at 6:30pm and for $10 you’ll get a couple of nice-sized
slices of pizza and a salad. Drinks are on your own (some will brew
it and some will go for the fizz!). Contact Cat at monroycathy@hotmail.com
or give me a buzz (503) 778-0223 and I’ll get you in! I’ll
be giving Karl (pizza guy and owner) a count by Thursday, May 15, so
let me know by then. Peace to all!
Sunday, May 18 (5 pm – 7:30 pm):
Northwest VEG Eastside Potluck.
Join Northwest VEG for our monthly potluck at the Friends Meeting Hall,
4312 SE Stark Street in Portland. Please bring a vegan or vegetarian
main dish, salad or dessert, a card listing its ingredients, and plates
and utensils for your use. If you come alone, figure the amount to serve
4-6; increase the amount 4 servings for each additional person in your
party/family. Northwest VEG potlucks are alcohol-free events and we
start eating about 5:15 pm.
May 18 (6:30 pm) Proper Eats Presentation. Even if
you can’t make the potluck, please come to hear Piper Dixon of Proper
Eats Market and Cafe discuss buying produce for the restaurant and
grocery he co-owns. There are many practical challenges in operating
a vegetarian establishment and buying organic food, in season and locally
grown. A native of Indiana and a horticulturist by profession, Piper
has transitioned to chef and then business owner. For more information
call (503) 224-7380 or email info@nwveg.org.
If you can volunteer to help at the potluck, please contact volunteer@nwveg.org
or call (503) 224-7380. A donation of $2-5 per person is suggested to
help cover the cost of the room rental.
Thursday, May 29 (6:30 pm – 9 pm):
Northwest VEG Vancouver Potluck. Join
Northwest VEG for our monthly Vancouver potluck event. The potluck will
be at the Clark Public Utilities Service Center, 1200 Fort Vancouver
Way, Vancouver, WA 98663. Exit at the East Mill Plain Blvd Exit, head
east 0.1 miles, and it is just south on Fort Vancouver Way. [See
map] Please bring a vegan or vegetarian main dish, salad or dessert,
a card listing its ingredients, and plates and utensils for your use.
If you come alone, figure the amount to serve 4-6; increase the amount
4 servings for each additional person in your party/family. Northwest
VEG potlucks are alcohol-free events.
May 29 (about 7:30 pm): Vegan Chef Presentation. After
the meal at Vancouver's potluck, Vegan chef, instructor, and cookbook
author David
Gabbe will be our speaker.
Sunday, June 1 (11 am – 3 pm):
Whole Life Market's First Day! The
National College of Natural Medicine presents the Whole Life Market
every other Sunday, June 1 - Oct. 19. Vendors
will reflect a wide range of produce, health care products, and handmade
items. Each market will include talks, demonstrations or short classes
on topics like acupuncture and cooking. Kides activities, too! Location:
The NCNM campus, 049 SW Porter St., Portland, at the west end of the
Ross Island Bridge. For more info, call Tom Coward, market coordinator,
at (503) 552-2011.
Thursday - Thursday, June 7-14: Try Vegan
Week!
The Portland vegan community is one of the strongest and most active
in the world. With thousands of vegans, several activist groups and
dozens of businesses we are planning an unprecedented outreach campaign
to support hundreds of Portlander's interested in making a change in
their diet. As a community we will all work together to support anyone
interested in trying veganism for a week. Check out a week of daily
events, including hundreds long-time vegans paired with aspiring vegans
and curious carnivores. Lectures, dine-outs, store tours, and vegan
prom! Contact www.tryveganpdx.com.
Sponsored by Northwest VEG and Foodfight!
Vegan Grocery
Wednesday, June 11 ( 6 pm - 7:30 pm)
Northwest VEG Book Club Meeting. The Northwest VEG book
club will meet on June 11 at Borders Café downtown (3rd &
Yamhill) to discuss The World Peace Diet by Will Tuttle. "The
World Peace Diet has been called one of the most important books
of the 21st century: the foundation of a new society based on the truth
of the interconnectedness of all life. It is the first book to make
explicit the invisible connections between our culture, our food, and
the source of our broad range of problems—and the way to a positive
transformation in our individual and collective lives. The World
Peace Diet is an award-winning book: http://peaceabbey.org/awards/cocrecipientlist.html.
If you want to understand the big picture of our culture and why we
have the unyielding dilemmas we face, and how we can solve them, this
book is for you." Learn more at http://worldpeacediet.org.
For more information about book club, contact bmcinnisnwveg@gmail.com.
Sunday, June 15 (5 pm – 7:30 pm):
Northwest VEG Westside Potluck.
Join Northwest VEG for our monthly potluck at the West Hills Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship, 8470 SW Oleson Road, in Portland. Please bring
a vegan or vegetarian main dish, salad or dessert, a card listing its
ingredients, and plates and utensils for your use. If you come alone,
figure the amount to serve 4-6; increase the amount 4 servings for each
additional person in your party/family. Northwest VEG potlucks are alcohol-free
events and we start eating about 5:15 pm. For more information call
(503) 224-7380 or email info@nwveg.org.
If you can volunteer to help at the potluck, please contact volunteer@nwveg.org
or call (503) 224-7380. A donation of $2-5 per person is suggested to
help cover the cost of the room rental. PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED
Friday-Sunday, June 27-29: Let Live Animal
Rights Northwest Conference. This conference at Portland State
University is for first-timers, experienced activists, and anybody in
between who hopes to make a real difference for animals and build a
stronger, more effective community and animal liberation movement. Speakers
include Isa Chandra Moskowitz (The Post Punk Kitchen), Mark Hawthorne
(Striking at the Roots), and lauren Ornelas (Food Empowerment Project),
among others. Contact www.letliveconference.org.
Tuesday – Friday, August 26-29: Raw
& Living Spirit Retreat. Immerse yourself in nature. Delight
your taste buds. Treat yourself to health. The best of raw food culture
and food! Location: Mollala, OR. Presenters include the Raw Family featuring
Victoria and Valya Boutenko, Abeba Wright, John Kohler, Dr. John Switzer,
Dr. Doug Graham, and others. Contact (503) 650-4447 or www.rawandlivingspirit.org.
Saturday, September 6: Tour d'Organics
Bike Ride. OrganicAthlete Portland invites you to join them for
the Tour D' Organics Portland. This year the ride will explore Vancouver
and Clark County, Washington. There are three ride options: 35, 65,
and 100 mile routes. For more info and to register, visit www.tourdorganics.com/content/view/68/112
or call Jim Stuck at (503) 775-3160.
Second
Wednesday
Northwest
Resistance Against Genetic Engineering Public Meeting/Video Night
When: Second Wednesday of the Month, 7:00 pm -
8:30 pm
Join NWRage on
the Second Wednesday of every month for their public meeting and a Screening
of Videos relating to Genetic Engineering and discussion on how you
can help to promote a safe and sustainable food supply. Location: 3347
SE Belmont St. Office #5, Phone: (503) 239.6841. Confirm
first to make sure it's happening.
Saturdays
Volunteer
Work Party at Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary
When: Every other Saturday, 10 am - 1 pm
More than 100 rescued farm animals reside at this sanctuary near Scio,
OR, east of Salem. Volunteer work parties provide an opportunity to
visit the farm and help with routine chores, after which everyone
stops for lunch and a roundtable discussion of any topic concerning
animal welfare. Please bring your own vegetarian lunch. For more information
contact (503) 581-0122, info@lighthousefarmsanctuary.org,
or www.lighthousefarmsanctuary.org.
Free
Veg Dining
When: Every other Saturday, 5 pm - 8 pm
Enjoy complimentary healthy international cuisine, sponsored by the
Bhakti-yoga Club at Portland State University. Check it out at Food
for Thought Café, Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825
SW Broadway, Room 026. Contact: bhakti@pdx.edu.
Confirm first to make sure it's happening.
