Boones Ferry Concert: Features 1920s and 1930s jazz music by the Stolen Sweets - Jen Bernard, Keith Brush, Pete Krebs, David Langenes, Lara Mitchell and Erin Sutherland. 7:30 p.m. Sat, Jan. 25. St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, 8818 S.W. Miley Road, Wilsonville; $15 in advance, $18 at door; http://www.boonesferryconcerts.org

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Workshop Series:TheWilsonville Public Libraryis hosting a poetry course in celebration of the 100th birthday of former Oregon poet laureate William Stafford (1914-1993).

John Ehrstine, a professor emeritus of English at Washington State University, will conduct the first seven seminars in the library's Oak Room. Classes will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 29-March 12, at8200 S.W. Wilsonville Road.

Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen will kick off the series with a presentation and discussion about Stafford, who was chosen by the Oregon Library Association as this years Oregon Reads celebrated writer.

In 1942, Stafford registered with his draft board as a conscientious objector and was interned in Civilian Public Service camps where hard physical labor and discipline helped shape his career.

He began his life-long habit of writing in the early hours of each day. In 1964, he was awarded the Shelley Memorial Award, and in 1970 he was named a Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Four years later, Gov. Tom McCall appointed him Oregons fourth Poet Laureate. Stafford also was a professor at Lewis & Clark College for many years.

Kim Stafford, William Stafford's son, will conclude the series on Wednesday, March 19, with a presentation titled You Must Revise Your Life: William Stafford on Poetry and Peace.

The Portland-area author will speak from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at McMenamins Wilsonville Old Church,30340 S.W. Boones Ferry Road. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Admission to the Jan. 29 and March 19 sessions are free.

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