Café au Play will celebrate the changing of the seasons and our second anniversary with a festive community supper that warms the soul and benefits Café au Play. An elegant and distinctive dinner will be prepared by award-winning Chef Cory Schreiber, founder of Wildwood Restaurant & Chef Instructor of The Art Institute of Portland. Menu includes mesquite grilled chicken breast with mustard, lemon and rosemary, farro salad with beets, pear and goat cheese, late summer tomato salad with basil, roasted eggplant with balsamic vinegar and thyme, apple crisp with currants vanilla and cinnamon and ice cream by Salt & Straw (vegetarian option available).

It will be an evening to remember with live original folk music by Bird Flying South featuring Emily Stebbins & Chris Vita and traditional Irish music by Erik Killops & Felim Egan accompanied by Irish dancer Maldon Meehan. There will also be a silent auction with wonderful items including date night packages, artwork, baskets full of local goodies and a special MC guest appearance by actor Darius Pierce (Les Miserables, Leverage, Portlandia) dariuspierce.com.

Dinner is September 16, 2012 from 4:30 to 8pm at Cafe au Play located at 5633 SE Division St, Portland, OR.

Event tickets @ $65.00 per person which includes wine, beer and dinner. Puchase tickets online here. Additional incentives for table purchase.

Support Café au Play by buying Half & Half Raffle Tickets for $20.00 each. The funds raised by the sale of the raffle tickets will be placed in a single pot. The winner will receive half, and the other half will go to support Café au Play. The winner will be announced at the Harvest Sunday Supper on September 16th. Although, we would rather see you at the event, you do not have to be present to win. Raffle tickets can be purchased online here.

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About Café au Play

Café au Play is a nonprofit community center coffeehouse that serves as a gathering place and support center for families, caregivers and children in Southeast Portland. The coffeehouse provides a welcoming environment where adults and children can gather on a daily basis, develop lasting relationships and exchange resources. Café au Play provides the community with programs for children and adults such as parenting workshops, art & music activities, and story times. Another important aspect of Café au Play’s mission is to facilitate community between generations including young adults who are sometimes segregated from younger children. As part of our efforts to reach out to young adults, Café au Play has developed a Volunteer Barista Program that provides high school and college students with job skills training in coffee and cafe operations and encourages young adults to interact with children and families. For more information about Café au Play visit us online at cafeauplay.org or at facebook.com/Cafeauplay.

For additional info or questions, please contact Kristin Heying, Cafe au Play Director, 503.231.2707 or kheying@gmail.com.