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Come be our valentine at the Po’ Shines Valentine’s Dinner Party! Featuring a specially prepared menu by Po’ Shine’s Chef James Bradley and LIVE MUSIC from great local Portland artists, including our very own E.D. MONDAINE & BELIEF.
Valentine’s Day isn’t just for the love birds… Bring your brother, your best friend, or even your grandma and enjoy a night of delectable food, rockin’ tunes, and fantastic company!

Tickets are $35/couple and $20/single.

Seating is limited. Please call Po’ Shines to make your reservation: 503-978-9000

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Looking south prior to starting construction.

Looking north prior to construction

First bit of framing - isolation booth 1 (camera view is looking north)

Achaia Records is in the early stages of building our very own recording space in the St. Johns area of North Portland… and we are VERY excited about it.

Our design team did a tremendous amount of research on studio design and created a great plan that utilized everything they uncovered in their research.

The design is a bit strange when compared to traditional building as studios seek to avoid parallel walls because of the way sound travels.  The design also calls for rooms to be entered through sliding double-pained glass doors.  This will increase visibility between each recording room and the control room.

There are two isolation booths at the north end of the studio that are framed separately from each other, which means that there are two walls separating the booths from each other with a 1/4″ air gap.  This will help prevent sound from “bleeding” into each room.  The large “live room” is in between the two isolation booths and the control booth at the south end of the studio.

There is another double wall separating the live room from the control room.  A feature we’re very excited about is that the walls separating the live room and control room are mostly glass.  There will be a sliding double pained glass door on one end of the walls and two 1/4″ thick 6′x3′ tall glass sheets on the other end.

We just finished the framing stage and are gearing up to start wiring and insulating.

There is also an adjacent room along the eastern side of the studio that we’re turning into a lounge where musicians and engineers can retreat to give their ears a rest and recharge their creative juices.

Check out the photos on the left to see the progress we’ve made thus far.  So EXCITING!

Looking north, iso-booth 1 and east wall

Looking north, iso-booth 2 & west wall

From the Control Room looking out to the live room & east wall.

South East corner of the Control room. Notice the odd wall angles.

Continue reading »]]> Achaia Records, Inc. wants to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas season!

We thank you for all of your help, support, well wishes, and words of encouragement. This has been a FANTASTIC year for us and we realize that none of it would be possible without YOU!

It’s been a long time coming, but we are finally in the beginning stages of constructing our very own recording studio!  We are VERY VERY VERY excited about this.

We will be posting pictures to share the progress of how the new space is shaping up. We have a fantastic team that has designed and is currently in process of framing the walls for our very first studio space.

For those of you looking for gift ideas, we have three albums from E.D. Mondainé & Belief filled with inspirational, uplifting, and encouraging music to refresh the soul.

Merry Christmas and may God bless you!

Continue reading »]]> The 25th HOUR will be performing during this year’s 11th Annual Proper FREE Thanksgiving Dinner at Celebration Tabernacle Church in North Portland.

Here is PROPER’s official press release for the event:

In collaboration with Po’Shines Café de la Soul and Celebration Tabernacle Church, PROPER is sponsoring its 11th Annual FREE Thanksgiving Feast on Thanksgiving Day, 12-4pm. A full Thanksgiving dinner with vegetarian options and live (and lively) entertainment, including award-winning singer and storyteller Anne-Louise Sterry and friends. Doing Thanksgiving community-style is a beautiful thing, come join us on this special day.

Volunteers and donations welcome.

* Donations — perishable and non-perishable Thanksgiving-related items, mostly turkeys and hams, or paper goods, coupons, vouchers
* Flyering the neighborhood — wear walking shoes, go with a group or do it on your own time!
* Event set-up — wear comfortable attire, ability to lift 20 lbs without assistance
* Administration — website development, marketing
* Signs and Banners, Decorate — hang banners in designated areas (appropriate materials and locations given) Help create other event signage if necessary. Some physical exertion required
* Prep food before the event — hand/wrist dexterity needed, be a team player, let us know if you have allergies
* Cook or bake — experience and food handler’s license required, traditional, vegetarian and vegan ingredients and professional kitchen provided, meals may be prepared in advance where presence is not required on event day
* Serve food at the meal itself — hand/wrist dexterity. Attitude of gratitude required to spread the love
* Runner — assist with serving food & beverages. Energy and sense of caution required
* Clean-up — wear comfortable attire, ability to lift 20 lbs without assistance preferred. General service clean-up throughout event
* Be a part of the Entertainment — call Deborah at 503-286-1488 (music, poetry, storytelling)
* Spanish translator — ¿Hablas español? (flyer translation, friend maker, “bridge builder”)
* Wall of Gratitude — (long or short) write your personal story and we will print for the Wall of Thanksgiving to encourage others. We’re hoping the end product is a wall showing a broad perspective of what it means to be thankful.

Other pre- during- and post-event positions available .

Shifts are evenings and weekdays typically 2-4 hours depending on the position. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older to participate. Family positions available.

LOCATION:
Celebration Tabernacle
8131 N Denver Ave, North Portland 97217
503.890-5393 – info@properusa.net – properusa.net

Street parking, TriMet 4, 6, MAX Yellow- Kenton Station

Landmarks: Po’Shines Cafe (next door), Posies Cafe (across street), Rite-Aid and 7-11 (Denver/Lombard, 2 intersections N on Denver), Paul Bunyan statue (2 blocks S), Fred Meyer Interstate at Lombard (3 intersections E on Lombard, 2 intersections N on Denver)

PROPER’s Holiday Feasts are an extension of our summer networking festivals – always free, family friendly, vegetarian-friendly and all about “Uniting Community Across All Lines.”

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We had a LOT of very positive feedback, a ton of fun, and some great eats.

We’ll be having another one soon – so stay tuned!

Thank you again for all of your support.

Continue reading »]]> Achaia Records, Inc. and Po’Shines Café De La Soul invite you to join us on Saturday, October 15th at 6pm for an evening of free music and great soul food.

The dinner theater is FREE for the whole family and will feature the smooth R&B Gospel sounds of E.D. Mondainé & Belief next to Portland’s favorite soul food, cooked up by Po’Shines Café De La Soul.

The event will kick off at 6pm with the bluesy contemporary Christian sounds of Rob and Company, a fantastic local artist who recently returned to Portland from an extended stay in Kansas City, MO.

E.D. Mondainé & Belief have been regular performers at these increasingly popular dinner theater events at 8131 N Denver, Ave in the Kenton District of North Portland.  People have come from all around the Portland area to experience the stellar performances and succulent soul food.

You can reserve a table for your party by calling Josilyn at 360.909.2641 or emailing jbell@socialgracesep.com.  Seating is limited, so reserve your seat soon.

Be sure to join us on October 15th at 8131 N Denver Ave on the corner of Denver and Kilpatrick starting at 6pm for a night of stellar FREE live entertainment.

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Click the play button above to listen to the live broadcast of E.D. Mondainé and members of Voices of a Thousand Angels as they were interviewed on Portland’s 88.3 KBVM on Friday July 8th on “In Person” with Dina Marie.

Pastor Mondainé and the Angels group discussed the Angels’ Cry Loud benefit concert to help them on their mission to Joplin, MO where they will be helping that community rebuild from the devastating tornado that wiped out a large portion of the city. They also talked about the history of the Angels organization, their past missions to Pennsylvania and Utah, and what they hope to accomplish with their upcoming flight to Joplin.

The broadcast ends with E.D. Mondainé singing an inspired version of Cry Loud live over the air.

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The group’s airfare is courtesy of a VERY GENEROUS donation by the good people of ALASKA AIRLINES!

The group will be flying into St. Louis, MO on Tuesday evening and from there will be driving to Joplin, MO and surrounding areas to volunteer, share their music, and fellowship with the people as they work to rebuild their community and each other.

Concerts in cities surrounding Joplin are being planned to help raise awareness and funds for various charitable organizations in Joplin that were decimated by the tornado that ravaged the town.

The group will be in the Joplin area until Tuesday August 2nd when they return home to Portland.  The very next evening, E.D. Mondainé & Belief will be at Unthank Park off N Haight & Shaver in Portland from 6-8pm for “Gospel Night’s at Unthank Park” where they will be sharing their music as well as stories from their mission to Joplin.

Again, a HUGE thank you goes out to the people of Alaska Airlines for helping make this trip possible and to all of you for your prayers, encouragement, donations, and support.

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E.D. Mondainé & Belief recently wrote and recorded a special tribute to the community of Joplin, MO entitled “Cry Loud.”  Joplin is the town in southwest Missouri that was recently devastated by the most destructive tornado to hit the United States in over 60 years.

E.D. Mondainé actually wrote the lyrics for the song about a week before the tornado hit.  He says felt the inspiration of the Holy Spirit prompting his pen to write in a way that he had never done before.  The lyrics touched heavily on Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, a subject that he had never previously touched.  Upon hearing about the tornado in Joplin, Pastor Mondainé felt called to offer aid and support to the people of Joplin and to use Cry Loud as the anthem for this call.

Only a few days after feeling called to help the people of Joplin, he visited their community and walked amongst them.  As he moved throughout the city, he came upon a single statue standing in the midst of a field of rubble.  It was Mary, battered, dirty, but standing firmly in prayer.  Pastor Mondainé believes this was a sign confirming that Cry Loud was indeed intended for the people of Joplin.

The group Voices of a Thousand Angels, which was founded by E.D. Mondiané in 2006, is currently organizing to travel from Portland, OR to Joplin, MO in order to bring messages of hope through music to a healing community.  All proceeds from the sale of Cry Loud will be used to aid their efforts to reach the people of Joplin and also to help fund relief agencies that are on the ground helping to rebuild the city and people of that community.

You can purchase a copy of Cry Loud by clicking here.  You can also listen to the single by clicking the play button above.

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Po’ Shines Café de la Soul, Achaia Records, Inc., and Voices of a Thousand Angels present E.D. Mondainé & Belief live in concert on Saturday July 9th at 6pm. This special event is a fundraising dinner theater to help Voices of a Thousand Angels reach Joplin, MO in order to aid in the healing of the people recently devastated by the most destructive tornado to hit the United States in over 60 years.

Po’ Shines Café, known throughout Portland for their community outreach, is generously donating all proceeds from food and beverage sales made at the dinner theater to the Angels group in order to help them take flight for what will be their third and most ambitious mission yet.

Voices of a Thousand Angels is a Portland based group that was created in 2006 by Pastor Elbert Mondainé following news of the shooting of five Amish girls in their school house in Lancaster County, PA.
Pastor Mondainé’s inspiration led the Angels to their first mission just a few short weeks after the Amish tragedy.  Members of the group flew across country at their own expense, met with local clergy and media, and hosted the first Voices of a Thousand Angels concert in downtown Lancaster, PA.
A year later, the Angels were again in action, this time to Price, UT.  The Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah’s coal country collapsed in August of 2007, trapping six miners below and leaving a community in need of hope.  In just three weeks after the initial collapse, the Voices of a Thousand Angels had connected with local clergy and city officials, in particular Mayor Joe Piccolo, traveled hundreds of miles at their own expense, and helped organize a musical tribute and candlelight vigil that was highlighted by a mass choir of children singing “Oh Ye God Alone,” a song written by Pastor Mondainé specifically for the event.
Now, the group is again preparing to travel to a community left picking up the pieces following the most devastating tornado to hit the United States in over 60 years.  The Angels are heading to Joplin, MO.
Contacts with leaders of the Salvation Army and local officials in Joplin have been made and arrangements for the event to take place the week of July 17th are in process.  Funds and donations are being made to help the group travel.  Cry Loud, a song written by Pastor Mondainé for the people of Joplin, is available for purchase on their website (http://achaiarecords.com/belief-music/).  All proceeds from sales of Cry Loud and their fundraising efforts will go directly to help the group reach Joplin as well as to relief agencies that are on the ground helping to rebuild the city and people of Joplin, MO.
The fundraising dinner theater concert on July 9th to help Voices of a Thousand Angels get to Joplin, MO is free for all to attend; though, donations of any size will be warmly welcomed. Po’ Shines Café is putting together a special menu for patrons of the event to purchase and enjoy.

The dinner theater will take place adjacent to Po’ Shines Café at 8131 N Denver Ave in the Kenton Neighborhood of North Portland. For more information about Voices of a Thousand Angels, please visit http://voicesof1000angels.org.