Music on Sunday & WEKA Event
Happening this weekend in the sanctuary is another WEKA (Western Early Keyboard Association) event on Saturday, May 3, at 2:00 pm, open to the public and FREE for St. Michael’s parishioners. “Continental Connections: from Mount Vernon to Leipzig” is a harpsichord recital featuring Joyce Lindorff (pictured) of Temple University.
Organization as Resistance
This week, several news outlets reported an incident at a Dutch museum where a celebrated painting was damaged during an “unguarded moment.” The work—Rothko’s Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8—was on display in a special “Depot,” an open-storage annex of Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. These publicly accessible spaces allow for expanded exhibition capacity and a closer, more intimate experience of extraordinary art – without the usual barriers and tight security of traditional galleries. In this case, a child inadvertently touched the unvarnished painting, leaving light scratch marks on the €50 million masterpiece.
Cake Auction on Sunday
Our traditional post-Easter Cake Auction will be held between the 9:00 and 11:00 am services this coming Sunday, April 27. Hosted by the MOW/WOWs and Dishwasher Committee, this exciting event features cakes, pies, cookies and the like, all baked by St. Michael’s members and auctioned off to the highest bidder to benefit the Dishwasher Fund.
Advocacy Action Activity
The Advocacy Action committee will be in the Gallery on Sunday, April 27, with a letter for folks to sign supporting the Climate Action Plan now being written by the Multnomah County Commissioners. This is an important issue, so please take a moment to stop at the table on your way to the Cake Auction.
Music News
Thank you to all our choirs at St. Michael’s for bringing such power and passion to our Holy Week services. We sang in English and Spanish (and Latin), enjoyed participation from young and old, combined or shared musical responsibilities with multiple choirs, and provided the score to our journey through the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.