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It will kick off at 9 a.m. Aug. 5 with a Retirement Expo geared for ages 55 and older. Highlights include gospel songs by Nehemiah Brown, dancers from the Grand Finale Dance Studio, informational booths, Bingo games, and free breakfast, lunch and gift bags.

The Kiwanis Club will make your family a hearty breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Gladstone Senior Center, 1050 Portland Ave. Meanwhile, folks will be setting up outside in anticipation of the big parade. The marchers and floats will leave Gladstone High School at 10 a.m. and proceed down Portland Avenue to the park.

Festival highlights include live music, entertainment, vendor and food booths, a chili cook-off, a talent show, fire engine tours, and other activities. Inflatable toys, bounce houses and games will keep the youngsters busy.

A beer garden will be open to the 21-and-older crowd from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, noon to midnight Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in the park. Dances for the adults will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight -- featuring country western music by the Crossfire Band Friday and rock and roll tunes by Rockin' Robert Saturday. Admission is $3.

The Saturday entertainment lineup also includes the Dirt Farm Cowboys, Gladstone High School Jazz Band and pianist Mario Camboni.

Sunday festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stage shows include Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts, impersonator Kimberly Hall as "Reba," and the Portland Metro Concert Band.

A library book sale, raffles, historical tours, 5K and 10K walks and runs, more bingo games, and the annual Gladstone Honorees Ceremony will round out the weekend.

Visit http://chautauqua-festival.netbiz.com for more information.

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SANDY -- The Puckett family will present "Spellbinding Magic"  at 11 a.m. today at Meinig Memorial Park, 17670 Meinig Ave. in Sandy.

The free show concludes the annual summer reading programs at the Hoodland and Sandy libraries.

Registration is required. Contact  Monica Smith at 503-668-5537 or msmith@ci.sandy.or.us

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MILWAUKIE -- Magic-lovers can also catch Jay Frasier today at the Milwaukie Ledding Library.  The free Magic and Balloon Sculpture Show for ages 4 and older will be at 2 p.m. at 10660 S.E.

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&Nbsp;     Shown are the Bible quilt 1886 and pictorial quilt 1898 by Harriet Powers. Both quilts consist of numerous pictorial squares depicting either biblical scenes or celestial phenomena. Hand and machine stitched, they were made through appliqué and piecework, demonstrating both African and African American influences; they are notable for their bold use of these techniques in storytelling. The reason for Powers' interest in celestial bodies is unclear; it has been suggested that they had religious significance for her, or were related to a fraternal organization of some sort. Her interpretations of both quilts have survived, though they likely have been influenced by their recorders. Although we now know that Powers was literate, she might have used her quilts as teaching tools.       The history of the second quilt is unclear. One account suggests that it was commissioned by the wives of faculty members of Atlanta University, who had seen the first quilt at the Cotton States Exhibition in Atlanta in 1895. According to another source, the quilt was purchased in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1898. Whatever its origins, the piece was presented to the Reverend Charles Cuthbert Hall of New York City, who was serving as the vice-chairman of the university's board of trustees at the time. The reverend's heirs sold the quilt to collector Maxim Karolik, who then donated it to the museum in Boston.

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