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Location not listed; please RESVP to JB at jbl@wllovillage.org or at (503)308-8223.
WLLO hosts a running series of Monday Ted Talks, open to all villagers.
Every Monday at 1 pm they watch a pre-selected Ted Talk, followed by a discussion and ideas for next week. They often enjoy lunch while meeting.
Please remember to mute yourself!
To RSVP, please contact JB at jbl@wllovillage.org or at (503) 308-8223.
RWV Art Club
River West artists: missing your art groups? Our Art Club, led by Shelley Radovich, has gone virtual. Get together online with fellow artists to show and tell what you’ve been working on while staying safer at home. Our Virtual Art Club has a few happy artists that have been graciously sharing their work with us. At the moment they are developing new work and projects. So, we invite any other artists in River West Village to send us photos of past and present projects. Are you a quilter, photographer, yard art compiler, wood worker, garden developer, sewer, knitter or some other creative? Please send photos with a short explanation of your delight in your project.
Click on this event to see information on how to join the Art Club meeting.
This month‘s Online Nerd Night: Trivia for Adults hosted by the Garden Home Library will be on election night, Tuesday, November 3rd from 6:30 - 8:00 pm.
The River West Village Triviots are planning to participate while we await (or avoid) election returns.
Registration is required on the Garden Home Library website. Those interested in participating on the Triviots Team should email info@riverwestvillage.org
For more information and to see the link to the Nerd Night registration, click on this event.
Ballot Drop Off Locations or County Elections Offices
It is too late to mail in your ballot for Tuesday‘s election!!
Ballots Must be Dropped off at Collection Locations or at County Elections Offices by 8 PM
Official ballot collection sites in SW Portland include branches of the Multnomah County Library and A-Boy in Burlingame. Ballots also can be dropped of at your County‘s Elections Office.
For links to current lists of Multnomah and Washington County drop off sites, click on this event.
If you can‘t get out to a drop off site and need a Village volunteer to deliver it for you, call the River West office, 971-266-3187.
VIRTUAL ONLY - RWV Men‘s Coffee - Informal Social Online Event
Click on this event to see information on how to join the coffee!
Description: Informal social event for men involved with River West Village each Wednesday morning. Please join us online for general discussions, ideas, and community.
RWV Women‘s Coffee Online
Click on this event to see information on how to join the coffee.
Description: Brew your own beverage. Talk to you soon!
Friday RWV Virtual Happy Hour
Curl up next to the fireplace with your computer, tablet or smartphone - and your favorite beverage and snack - and join other RWV folks for a virtual happy hour on GoToMeeting.
Click on this event to see link and info to join the online Happy Hour!
Online via Zoom - sponsored by Viva Village.
Making Homes More Age-Friendly
Special Programs with Income-Qualified Funding
• Paul Williamson, Community Action
• Anthony Grimaldi, Habitat for Humanity
With COVID-19 forcing seniors and older adults to spend more time at home, many are looking for ways to make their homes easier to live in. Be sure to catch Viva Village’s four session online series, “Aging with Grace in Your Age-Friendly Home,” which will help older residents start the process of making desirable changes.
The sessions are scheduled for Oct 17, 24, 31 and Nov. 7 for 1.5 hours – 11am-12:30pm.
All will be free and open to the public.
Click the event to find more information and the link to register.
From the Moon to Mars: The Next Giant Leap for All Mankind - VWW
What‘s next in humanity‘s quest to explore the frontiers of space? In this special live session presented by Jason-Flor Sisante, M.S., Ph.D., and a NASA-JPL Solar System Ambassador, Village Without Walls will explore this question and much more. Dr. Sisante, who specializes in making science accessible to everyone, will speak about NASA’s plans to return to the moon and travel onwards to Mars.
To join, RSVP to vwwactivities@gmail.com to receive a link to the online event.
Location not listed; please RESVP to JB at jbl@wllovillage.org or at (503)308-8223.
WLLO hosts a running series of Monday Ted Talks, open to all villagers.
Every Monday at 1 pm they watch a pre-selected Ted Talk, followed by a discussion and ideas for next week. They often enjoy lunch while meeting.
Please remember to mute yourself!
To RSVP, please contact JB at jbl@wllovillage.org or at (503) 308-8223.
Monthly online meeting of the River West Village Governing Council
Click on this event to learn how to join the Governing Council Meeting via GTM
VIRTUAL ONLY - RWV Men‘s Coffee - Informal Social Online Event
Click on this event to see information on how to join the coffee!
Description: Informal social event for men involved with River West Village each Wednesday morning. Please join us online for general discussions, ideas, and community.
RWV Women‘s Coffee Online
Click on this event to see information on how to join the coffee.
Description: Brew your own beverage. Talk to you soon!
RWV Virtual Salon - Library Services in the Time of COVID
Description: We are depending on our libraries for reading material, entertainment and resources. With the advent of autumn (though it‘s felt like winter this week) and the spike in virus cases, we will be spending more time inside. Gesse Stark-Smith, Outreach Library for Multnomah County, and Heather Waisanen, Adult Services Programmer at the Garden Home Library, will highlight library resources and how to access them online. They will also answer questions and tech help with technology, including Kanopy.
Please email Heather at hlbryan@mac.com if you have questions.
Click on this event to see information on how to join the salon.
Normal Aging vs Not Normal Aging - WLLO
This is an informal training/informational webinar with some discussion to it hosted by WLLO Village member, Suanne Jackson, who is a certified trainer of Positive Approach to Care curriculum.
We will watch a video of someone who is normally aging and a video of someone who is not normally aging, in the same scenario. Teepa Snow, an occupational therapist with forty years of clinical practice experience, is one of the world’s leading educators on dementia and the care that accompanies it. We will talk about the differences between them. Then we will look at the umbrella of Dementias, briefly mention some of the more common ones and talk about some conditions that can look like Dementia but are not.
Contact info@wllovillage.org for Zoom info.
Discussion of the film "Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream." Discuss the film that you have watched ahead of time on your library‘s Kanopy media streaming service or on Amazon Prime.
For more information about Kanopy, on the movie, to weigh in on the date and time of future Kanopy movie discussions, and to gain access to the link to the van Gogh Kanopy Zoom discussion on Nov 12th, click on this event.
Also, you can learn about Kanopy by attending the RWV Salon on Wednesday starting at 12:30 PM - see the calendar entry on Nov 11th for more information.
Online via Zoom. RSVP to: vivavillageor@gmail.com to obtain the link to the Cafe.
Age Cafe provides a bi-weekly forum for attendees to enjoy stimulating small group conversations, exploring issues, thoughts, and feelings on topics relevant to older adults. It is a collaborative effort of Viva Village, the Beaverton City Library, and Washington County Disabled, Aging, and Veterans Services (DAVS). Audience: Seniors, but open to folks of all ages.
RSVP to: vivavillageor@gmail.com to get the link to the Zoom meeting.
Friday RWV Virtual Happy Hour
Curl up next to the fireplace with your computer, tablet or smartphone - and your favorite beverage and snack - and join other RWV folks for a virtual happy hour on GoToMeeting.
Click on this event to see link and info to join the online Happy Hour!
No Guilt Book Club - Online
"No Guilt" Book Club shares book lore - bring a title to share or listen to others talk about a book they’ve enjoyed. Everyone is welcome!
No required book to read! The genius of the No Guilt Book Club is each of us shares the highlights of a book we are currently enjoying or a long time favorite. Anyone may just show up ready to enjoy hearing about others’ books. It is delightful and enriching for those of us who have participated.
If you have questions, contact Vivian Allison: vallison41@gmail.com
Click on this event to see more info about the Book Club and on how to connect online.
WLLO Village Monday Ted Talks
WLLO (West Linn, Lake Oswego) hosts a running series of Monday Ted Talks, open to all villagers.
Every Monday at 1 pm they watch a pre-selected Ted Talk via Zoom, followed by a discussion and ideas for next week. They often enjoy lunch while meeting.
Topics for Nov 16th:
EXPANDING YOUR CIRCLE OF COMPASSION - 18 Minutes
A VIRUS DETECTION NETWORK TO STOP THE NEXT PANDEMIC - 6 minutes
Please remember to mute yourself!
For more information please contact JB at jbl@wllovillage.org or at (503) 308-8223.
Click on this event for more information about the TED Talks and to gain access to the Zoom link.
RWV Art Club
River West artists: missing your art groups? Our Art Club, led by Shelley Radovich, has gone virtual. Get together online with fellow artists to show and tell what you’ve been working on while staying safer at home. Our Virtual Art Club has a few happy artists that have been graciously sharing their work with us. At the moment they are developing new work and projects. So, we invite any other artists in River West Village to send us photos of past and present projects. Are you a quilter, photographer, yard art compiler, wood worker, garden developer, sewer, knitter or some other creative? Please send photos with a short explanation of your delight in your project.
Click on this event to see information on how to join the Art Club meeting.
RWV Match Game - Virtual Game Show
Participate in River West Village’s virtual version of the classic game show Match Game!
Email hlbryan@mac.com if you’d like to sign up to be a panelist or a contestant. If you just want to watch, RSVP or just show up!
If you need a refresher or haven’t ever watched Match Game, you can watch a vintage version from YouTube!
To watch the YouTube Match Game video, to get more information about the the RWV Match Game, and to find the link to the event, click on this event.
VIRTUAL ONLY - RWV Men‘s Coffee - Informal Social Online Event
Click on this event to see information on how to join the coffee!
Description: Informal social event for men involved with River West Village each Wednesday morning. Please join us online for general discussions, ideas, and community.
RWV Women‘s Coffee Online
Click on this event to see information on how to join the coffee.
Description: Brew your own beverage. Talk to you soon!
Can we come together and work toward common goals - Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
The recent election further highlights how divided we are as a nation. At Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, we don‘t think there are any easy answers. In fact, pretending like it‘s easy and that we don‘t have real differences can actually be offensive. People are passionate about their ideas, and they should be. This year‘s Collins Summit explores the question of whether we can come together and work toward common goals. What might healing our nation look like? Too soon? Impossible? Join us as we explore these and other challenging questions.
Through a special virtual format, we will explore these racial, political and social divisions, asking how we bring our whole selves to the table and stay engaged in light of our differences, not in spite of them.
Featured speaker: Lisa Sharon Harper. Ms Harper is one of today‘s leading voices on the topics of poverty, racial and gender justice and transformational civic engagement.
Please register to get the link. Fee $10 (Scholarship available)
Please click on this event to gain access to the registration link.
Online via Constant Contact
OHSU Marquam Talks: "Redrawing Story Lines: Improving Health for Older African Americans"
Assistant professor of Neurology and medical anthropologist Dr. Raina Croff combines neighborhood walks with active reminiscence to forestall memory loss in older African Americans, while reclaiming their sense of place, self and social connection.
The talk is free but registration is required.
Click on this event to see more information and to register for the talk.
Viva Village Online Age Cafe
The Viva Village Online Age Cafe provides a bi-weekly forum for attendees to enjoy stimulating small group conversations, exploring issues, thoughts, and feelings on topics relevant to older adults. It is a collaborative effort of Viva Village, the Beaverton City Library, and Washington County Disabled, Aging, and Veterans Services (DAVS). Audience: Seniors, but open to folks of all ages.
Click on this event to get the link to join the Zoom Age Cafe.
Friday RWV Virtual Happy Hour
Curl up next to the fireplace with your computer, tablet or smartphone - and your favorite beverage and snack - and join other RWV folks for a virtual happy hour on GoToMeeting.
Click on this event to see link and info to join the online Happy Hour!
Location not listed; please RESVP to info@wllovillage.org or at (503)308-8223.
WLLO hosts a running series of Monday Ted Talks via Zoom, open to all villagers.
Every Monday at 1 pm they watch a pre-selected Ted Talk online, followed by a discussion and ideas for next week. They often enjoy lunch while meeting.
Nov 23rd: Why We Should All Take Laughter More Seriously
Please remember to mute yourself!
To RSVP, please contact info@wllovillage.org or at (503) 308-8223.
NorthEast Passage: The Inner City and the American Dream - North Star Village Online
There was so much interest in the film that preceded Priced Out that North Star Village has planned another online Documentary and Discussion evening on Monday, November 23 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. when we invite everyone to join us in viewing NorthEast Passage: The Inner City and the American Dream, the first film about gentrification in Portland‘s Albina neighborhood.
RSVP to lizkennedy@wscribe.com.
VIRTUAL ONLY - RWV Men‘s Coffee - Informal Social Online Event
Click on this event to see information on how to join the coffee!
Description: Informal social event for men involved with River West Village each Wednesday morning. Please join us online for general discussions, ideas, and community.
RWV Women‘s Coffee Online
Click on this event to see information on how to join the coffee.
Description: Brew your own beverage. Talk to you soon!
RWV Pre-Thanksgiving Gathering
A few of us are getting together Wednesday afternoon to discuss "Nature, Beauty and Gratitude," a TED Talk featuring cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg. Then we‘ll share our own gratitude stories. We hope you will join us!
What‘s your pandemic silver lining? Mine are quite prosaic: pandemic hair and masks have made sunscreen unnecessary and OHSU no longer has shared patient rooms. I‘m grateful for both.
Watch the TED Talk ahead of time; it will take just 10 minutes.
Click on this event to see the links to the TED Talk and to the Gathering.
Friday RWV Virtual Happy Hour
Curl up next to the fireplace with your computer, tablet or smartphone - and your favorite beverage and snack - and join other RWV folks for a virtual happy hour on GoToMeeting.
Click on this event to see link and info to join the online Happy Hour!
Location not listed; please RSVP to info@wllovillage.org or at (503)308-8223.
WLLO hosts a running series of Monday Ted Talks via Zoom, open to all villagers.
Every Monday at 1 pm they watch online a pre-selected Ted Talk, followed by a discussion and ideas for next week. They often enjoy lunch while meeting.
Please remember to mute yourself!
To RSVP, please contact info@wllovillage.org or at (503) 308-8223.
RWV Readers Theater: Casserole Meet Zoom Play
RWV Readers Theater has produced a Zoom video version of John Donnelly‘s play ‘Casserole Meet." It is a short one-act play about the first meeting of two neighbors, who find a common interest in books and casseroles. The video play was acted and recorded remotely via Zoom. The video is approximately 20 minutes in length. A Q&A and discussion with the playwright, actors, and producers follows the showing.
Click on this event to find the link to the Zoom play.