For December Event Map: December First Friday Event List

Don’t forget to print a copy and bring it with you to the event — Also be sure to bring your coupons to receive spectacular discounts at local businesses.

Springcreek Coffeehouse
Art Exhibit: Kim Finn

Windhorse Coffee and Tea
Art Exhibit: Rob Ramage
Event: Author’s Corner

 

Bagetta Studios
Art Exhibit:  Poster Art

Under 300 Gallery
Art Exhibit: Laura Koppes
Jane Fitzgerald

City Hall
Art Exhibit: Gracie Campbell
Event: DYI Painting with Portland Waldorf School

Stanley Home Renovation
Art Exhibit:  Willi Works

Cha Cha Cha
Art Exhibit: “Dia de los Muertos”

St. John’s Episcopal Church
Art Exhibit:  Melissa Northway
Event: Poetry Reading

Libbie’s Restaurant
Art Exhibit:  Bob Mullison

Full Moon Creations
Art Exhibits:  Cowgirl at Heart Gallery
Jeremiah Fender

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November Event Map

1.  Make One
Live Music: Snake in a Cane

2.  Springcreek Coffeehouse
Art Exhibit: Kim Finn
Live Music: Howard Wade

3.  Ohana Hawaiian Cafe
Live Music:  Alokapai Morales

4.  Windhorse Coffee and Tea
Art Exhibit: Rob Ramage
Event:  Author’s Corner

5.  Milwaukie Masonic Lodge
Event:  Art Market

6.  Bagetta Studios
Art Exhibit:  Poster Art

7.  Under 300 Gallery
Art Exhibit: Laura Koppes
Jane Fitzgerald

8.  City Hall
Art Exhibit: Gracie Campbell
Event: DYI Painting with Portland Waldorf School
Live Music

9.  Wine:30
Event:  Wine Tasting

10.  Stanley Home Renovation
Art Exhibit:  Willi Works

11.  North Main Building
Event: Artisan’s Boutique

12.  Cha Cha Cha
Art Exhibit: “Dia de los Muertos”
Live Music

13.  St. John’s Episcopal Church
Art Exhibit:  Melissa Northway
Event: Poetry Reading

14.  Libbie’s Restaurant
Art Exhibit:  Bob Mullison
Live Music: Mark Elmer

15.  Duffy’s Irish Pub
Live Music:  Darby O’Gill

16.  Full Moon Creations
Art Exhibits:  Cowgirl at Heart Gallery
Jeremiah Fender

Here is a little bit about our Author Sarai St. Julien

Author of DreamLines: A Guided Journey Through the Landscape of Dreams and Relax Now!

A professional marketing and technical writer for almost 20 years, in 2002 Sarai left the corporate world behind and began her own company: The Intuitive’s Path.

Sarai’s mission is to help people both through the use of her intuitive gifts and by helping them to connect with their own intuition. She does so by leading workshops and classes on Dreams, Tarot, Intuition and Meditation; through private consultations, and by means of her CD: Relax Now!

Sarai lives in Milwaukie, Oregon with her husband Gale Charles Strong and their three cats: Peony, Joey and Kato. She loves spending time around trees (her house is surrounded with Hawthorns, Maples, Dogwoods and huge evergreens). She is a recent, albeit enthusiastic, convert to cycling.

A ferocious Scrabble player, Sarai’s friends describe her as a “wordie” because of her fascination with words and language. Sarai is an honor’s graduate with a baccalaureate in Spanish and French. She went on to study Italian and English Literature after graduation.

If you are a local author, and would be interested in joining us during a future event please contact us at: info@firstfridaymilwaukie.com

We will be hosting our Author’s Corner at Windhorse Coffe and Tea again this month.  We look forward to having you join us.  Windhorse is located at 10611 S.E. Main Street.  Here is a little bit about Amanda.

Amanda Morgan holds a BS degree in Anthropology from the University of Oregon and a Master’s degree in archaeology/prehistory from the University of Sheffield in England. Small wonder that her stories revolve around a female archaeologist. Amanda was reared in the small north central Washington where her stories take place and she draws on family legends and local lore for material for her trilogy, LEGENDS OF THE SANCTUARY TREE. Bookone, THE LIGHTS OF HOME, was published in 2005. Book two, IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON, is in publication, and she is hard at work on Book three, A LIGHT OFF THE STARBOARD BOW. Her work is available at Amazon.com and on her website, amandamorganbooks.com.

Our Authors Corner Event has changed Locations.  Please come visit with Kurt Nelson about his book Fighting for Paradise at Windhorse Coffee and Tea, located on Main Street between Harrison and Scott Streets.

Kurt Nelson

Author, lecturer, teacher, law enforcement officer, and lover of history, Kurt Nelson birings a wealth of exprerience and interest to his writing.

Having attended George Washington University, Kurt Nelson graduated from Portland State University with majors in Political Science and History.  Kurt has also earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Lewis and Clark College as well as a Certificate in Crime and Intelligence Analysis from the California State University in Sacramento.  With nearly three decades of criminal justice experience, Kurt Nelson has certification in crime analysis, corrections, and law enforcement.  He has taught criminal justice subjects at the college level, as well for local criminal justice agencies.

In addition, Kurt Nelson has served in the Peace Corps (Afghanistan), and has honorable discharges from the Marine Corps and Coast Guard.  Kurt Nelson has earned a Master’s License from the Merchant Marine, and was a mountain climbing leader for organizations such as the Mazamas and Outward Bound.

Further, his volunteer work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Park Service has added to a rich life experience.

Please join us at 8 Bit Cafe for the next installation of Author’s Corner.  For those of you not yet familiar with Scott Lazenby we have included a bit of information to bring you up to speed.

Scott Lazenby is the author of Playing With Fire. The city management novel was serialized on the web site of Governing magazine and is required reading at several universities. It has so far sold around 4,000 copies. Lazenby’s role model as a writer is the late Michael Crichton, who covered different genres but always with good stories. Following that example, Lazenby has written several other novels in the science fiction, young adult, and Christian fiction genres. He is working on The Hunter, a detective thriller, as well as a modern answer to Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.

In his day job, Scott Lazenby has been city manager of Sandy, Oregon since 1992. He has a bachelors degree in physics from Reed College, a masters in public policy & management from Carnegie-Mellon University, and a PhD in public administration & policy from Portland State University. He has been married to Sandy for 33 years; they spend their free time cycling, skiing, and sailing in the Pacific Northwest.

Please join us at 8 Bit Cafe for our second installation of Authors Corner.  We a pleased that Tom Larsen one of Miwaukie’s own city employees will be joining us this month.  He has written An Unusual Gift and Cantors Gate.  Tom would love to talk to you about both books, so bring all of your questions.  Don’t forget to ask him when the third book of this series will be completed.

8 Bit Cafe is located on Washington Street between Main Street and 21st Street.