November 1, 2007

An aptly-named breast cancer awareness event, “The Support Show,” happens during First Friday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m., at Columbia Center for the Arts, 213 Cascade, at Third Street.

Design teams comprised of fashion designers, high school art students and fiber artists will collaborate to create 12 wearable art bras to be modeled by breast cancer survivors in a fashion show in our theatre.

The bras will be auctioned on Nov. 8 at the Melika Holiday Fashion Show and featured in a calendar that can be purchased in the gallery throughout the months of November and December.

Admission is free and are available at Columbia Center for the Arts. There is a suggested donation of $5.

Funding from the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and support from Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital and Celilo Cancer Center in The Dalles make this event possible, according to organizers.

During the Support Show event and throughout the month of November, artist, Peny Wallace will display life-castings of five cancer survivors in the show, “Beauty Remains.” In the show, Wallace presents three-dimensional portraits of the human form that she describes as “a moment stopped in time.”

Details on Columbia Art Gallery openings can be found in Happenings, page C3.

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The Eleventh annual Hood River County Christmas Project Fashion Show will be Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Best Western Inn Gorge Room.

Tickets are $15 and are available at participating merchants: Frolik, Plenty, Ruddy Duck, Wind Wear, Melika, Beyond Casual, Parts and Labour, Zella, Ananas, Boutique Nouvea, Doug’s, IPS skate shop, Mt. Hood Meadows, Mark Nilsson, Flow Yoga, Jennifer Thomas Designs, Pistil, Foils, That’s Swank.

Hood River Christmas Project registration dates have been set for the upcoming 2007 holiday season.