For details about

current volunteer opportunities, please contact Ita Lindquist,

Events & Volunteer Manager,

ital@visitahc.org or 503-231-7264.

contracts for our printed newsletter, News and Notes, for the 2012 calendar year.  Renewal notices and 2012 contracts are in your email box.  

To all businesses:  if you are interested in advertising in our printed

newsletter and are not a business member of the AHC, now is a great time to join.  Advertising in the newsletter is reserved for business members only.

Contact Holly Chamberlain for a membership package.

About the AHC... 

The Architectural Heritage Center is a non-profit resource center for historic preservation in the Portland area.  Owned and operated by the Bosco-Milligan Foundation, we offer a range of education programs to help people appreciate, restore, and maintain vintage properties. Over 40,000 people have participated in our talks, home tours, workshops, and gallery exhibits.

Tickets on sale now!  Details  here. 

For a preview of items and information on requested donations, see below in this newsletter and check back every two weeks!

Sponsored by:  Venerable Properties LLC 

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Upcoming Education Programs

From the Russian Steppe to the Pacific Northwest:
The Germans from Russia in Portland, Oregon
Wednesday, September 28, 2011     7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Members: $10.00     General Public: $15.00  

This program has proven to be popular, so if you plan to attend we suggest you get your tickets soon!

Join us as Steven Schreiber of the Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University, presents this one hour documentary chronicling the story of the German Russian immigrants that made Portland their home in the new world.  

For more information and to register, click here.  

DOCOMOMO TOUR DAY!
Reedwood Neighborhood Walking Tour (encore)
Saturday, October 8, 2011     10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Members: $10.00     General Public: $15.00  

Located in southeast Portland just north of the Reed College campus, Reedwood was platted in 1955. Over the next decade and a half, the neighborhood developed into an eclectic mix of well-designed and built mid-century homes. Constructed during an era when most residential developments were truly in the 'burbs, there are about 150 homes on the windy streets of Reedwood, providing a suburban feel to a neighborhood that is within 10 minutes of downtown Portland.

For more information and to register, click here.    

Find details on all Fall programs here . 

You are invited to a free educational lecture and artist talk this week at the AHC!

"Where the Trees of Rogareth Grow"

On exhibit through October 8th

Romanticism: Its legacy and Continuing Influence          

Lecture and Artist Talk  This Thursday, September 29th   6pm-7:30pm

In his presentation, CJ Hurley will discuss the Romantic Movement including Art, Poetry and Fiction.  He will offer his insight into Romanticism's continuing presence in the modern world.  CJ sees Romantic thought as an essential part of being human and has a special regard for Romanticism's position regarding nature.  This is a topic he often explores in his art and he will be relating these themes to the work on exhibit.     

More information on the exhibt 

25% of all artists sales are donated to the AHC.  Please join us to celebrate art, nature, architecture and historic preservation!

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Auction Donation Highlights       

16th Annual "Riches of a City" Heritage Auction

Saturday, October 15th, 6:00 p.m.

Melody Ballroom

Generously sponsored by Venerable Properties LLC

Auction Tickets -- on sale NOW, $100 & $75!

Auction Tables of 10 -- on sale NOW, $1,000 & $750!

Golden Raffle Tickets -- on sale NOW, $50!

The venue for our 16th annual "Riches of a City" Heritage Auction is the historic Melody Ballroom. Built in 1925 for the Woodmen of the World, the building was considered the largest and finest hall of its kind. It was designed by Portland architects Wallace William Lucius and Earl G. Cash. Explore this historic space, enjoy a festive evening and support the AHC!

Walnut Armoire

We have featured several of our live auction items in this space over the past several weeks, but remember, we also have our fabulous silent auction and regular raffle awaiting your inspection. Here is a sample of the many treasures that will be available at the auction:

German Harpsicord

Kitties Quilt

Get your GOLDEN RAFFLE TICKET while they last! Our new golden ticket raffle offers one winner a chance to select from over 20 live auction items. Imagine, a $50 ticket might just win you a week at a beach house, a fine German harpsichord, professional floor refinishing or a private gourmet dinner for 6 at a fabulous house. ONLY 100 tickets are available, so buy one (or more) now to enhance your chances of winning. Call 503-231-7264.

In our Live Auction: Private Tour and dinner at the Watzek House, designed by John Yeon:

Tickets for the auction are on sale now on our website, at Tickets, or call to arrange for a table. If you have questions

about donations, sponsorship, volunteering or tickets, contact Ita Lindquist, Events & Volunteer

Manager at ital@visitahc.org or 503-231-7264.

All proceeds from the auction benefit the programs and activities of the AHC.

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2011 Portland Architecture
and Design Festival 

The month of October will be packed full of fantastic events taking place throughout the city. Check the schedule and make plans to participate!

Details   here.

"The Quietude of Winter" by CJ Hurley

Many of you responded to our beautiful holiday cards last year and expressed interest in buying these cards for your own mailing. Based on your many requests, CJ Hurley has agreed to the use of his painting "The Quietude of Winter" for cards to be sold through the AHC. 

We would love to offer these for sale for the 2011 season, but we are unable to print without being certain we have sufficient interest. Please let us know if you would be interested in ordering. We won't hold you to it, but we do need to gauge interest! 

If you are interested in purchasing cards, please email Holly Chamberlain at hollyc@VisitAHC.org, or call the AHC at 503.231.7264 to let us know. We'd like to hear from you by October 7th so don't delay!

AHC visitors can enjoy a virtual tour of our extensive array of architectural artifacts at a computer station in the main lobby. Safety concerns and staff availability limit visitation to our storage warehouses but technology provides access to a broad overview of the range of items collected by founders Jerry Bosco and Ben Milligan, and those given to the organization by later donors. More items are constantly being added to the database, so be sure to take a look even if you have "clicked" before. Many thanks to all the volunteers who have helped catalogue and photograph artifacts over the years, and enter the data so that the information is available for all.

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