Happy Hour with Backyard Habitat
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View Upcoming EventsJoin us for a Native Gardens pre-show Happy Hour with Backyard Habitat Certification Program Manager, Susie Peterson and founding member and current program habitat technician Robin Jensen to learn how this program is turning more than 5,500 urban and suburban yards into natural habitats that create a network for native pollinators and other wildlife in our region.
Backyard Habitat, in partnership with Columbia Land Trust and Portland Audubon, have teamed up to create a unique program that supports urban gardeners in their efforts to create natural backyard habitats. It’s through their collective efforts to revitalize urban landscapes that positive change is made. Together they make our cities a healthier place, for ourselves and for wildlife. The community of Backyard Habitats is over 5000 strong, and growing every day.
Susie is passionate about helping community members create vibrant and beautiful spaces in their yards and neighborhoods. Before joining the Land Trust she worked at Friends of Trees helping neighbors at community planting events. Susie loves nearly any outdoor activity, but especially enjoys hiking, camping, birdwatching, and looking for interesting flora and fauna.
Robin is a founding member of the Backyard Habitat Certification Program, where she still plays a vital role as one of their habitat technicians in SW Portland. She is an active member of the Friends of Marquam Nature Park, where she’s served as board president. She’s also an active member of the West Willamette Restoration Partnership and has been a Master Gardener and an Oregon Master Naturalist.
Current & Upcoming
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Improvisation Classes for Beginners
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Nassim
From Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (creator of the Off-Broadway smash hit White Rabbit, Red Rabbit) comes an audacious new theatrical experiment, presented in collaboration with Boom Arts. Each night, a new, unrehearsed local performer joins the playwright on stage, while the script waits, unseen, in a sealed box... Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, NASSIM is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us.
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Coriolanus
Shakespeare’s tragedy about the war hero Coriolanus and the fight between the elite and the deprived masses will be fueled by a dynamic female and non-binary ensemble with a muscular, movement-focused staging.
Portland Center Stage is committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA).
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