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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1985)
1_________ MONDAY The IFC C A rt G allery w ill d isp la y the fa b ric artwork of the Hmong people of Laos at the Interstate Firehouse C ultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Avenue, through July 27. The pa ndao. or "flo w e r cloths,” are a p p liq ue d or em broidered textiles, a tra d itiona l handcraft sewn by Hmong wo men now living in Am erica. The vibrant colors and abstract m otifs reflect their na tive forest environment, and the pieces often tell stories or have sym bolic mean ing s related to b u ria l, courtship or festival custom s. The IFC C Art G allery is open to the p u b lic free of charge, and is handi ca pped-a ccessible. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5 :0 0 p.m ., M onday through Saturday, and d uring weekend perform ances. For further inform ation, p lea se ca ll 243-7930 (voice or TTY). 2 3 WEDNESDAY Your Zoo and AN Th a t Ja zz, W ashing ton Pa rk's Seventh Annual Concert Series continues through July and today features the C alvin W alker Band with pianist bedroom where Raina has no choice but to save him from her own people. Later on, Shaw pits Serguis, the cynical Rom antic, aga inst Bluntschli, the Romantic rea list, in a battle of ardor rather than arm s. W ith Shavian pen sharpened, G eorge Bernard bursts the bubbles of fa lse nob ility and ridiculous Romance and show s us the p o ssib ilitie s for real emo tions and rational attitudes towards the world. For reservations, ca ll 222-2487. 4 THtIRSDA C elebrate your kind of patriotism on the 4th of July with the Dem ocratic S o c ia lists o f America. Join us for strawberry sundaes, strawberry daiquiries, and sp e c ia l guests. Stew Albert and TUESDAY Tw elve robots created by C alifornia a rtist and teacher Clayton Bailey are featured in the Oregon School of Arts and C ra fts' Hoffman G allery from July 2-31. “Re inca rna ted " from abandoned parts of what Ba ile y term s "p rim itive robots” (old a p p lia nces, discarded m achine parts, various m etal found objects), these robots perform such benign ta sks as te llin g tim e, playing rad io m usic, and m a king toast. The ir physiognom y, how ever, is often more controversial. Fem inists have taken um brage at the '52 C a d illa c bum per b ulle ts im planted in fem ale robots. Ba ile y is a form er ceram ist who b ille d him elf "D r. G la d stone" in the '70s and trum peted discoveries o f'K a o lith ic fo ssils of the Pre-C redulous Era." As the "c ra zy " Dr. G ladstone. Ba iley w as nom inated for a Nobel Prize in Physics. Currently, Ba iley w orks as Professor of Art at C a lifornia State University at Hay ward. He earned his BS and M S degrees at the University of W isconsin. His art p a ro d ie s have been covered by several a rtic le s in publications such a s Am erican C raft, Artweek, and C eram ics Monthly. Once a teacher of sculpture to Leon Sp in ks. Ba iley a lso hold s the distinction of having invented the w orld 's first com bina tion toilet-teapot. For more inform ation a nd /o r photos, p le a se contact Kristin Koester at O SAC. 297-5544. Hoffm an G allery hours are 10-5, M on d ay through Thursday, and 10-4 Friday through Sunday. Hoffman G allery e xhib i tions are supported in part by the M etropolitan Arts C om m ission. The O regon School of Arts and Crafts is a non-profit organization. A unique collabortion between an artist and the p ub lic w ill occur July 2-27 when Portland painter and sculptor M ichael C urry p a ints a series of w orks based on id e a s from the general public. Using the m ain g a lle ry of Northwest A rtists W orkshop a s h is w orking studio, C urry w ill be paint- 10 ing during many of the W orkshop's open hours. He w ill begin with eight blank 4 x 5 foot canvasses on July 2 and complete the p a inting s by the end of the 3 -week exhibit. An inform al opening reception w ill be held at NWAW on July 2 from 2-9 p.m. Since the paintings w ill not be finished until the end of this show, there w ill be a la rg e closing reception and view ing on Ju ly 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. p.m. until August 31st. Tickets are $8 on Thurs. and $9 on Fri. and Sat. Please call 224-4001 for reservations. Soph is a grand m ix of Vaudeville, Burlesque, C abaret and a backstage chat with a funny old gal who loves to let herself flow over. — Bob Hicks, Oregonian Portland's own Wendy W esterw elle is m em orable to local audiences for her roles in Babes on Burnside, Emergency Room, and Angry Housewives to name a few. W ith Soph she b ring s to the stage her lifelong fascination with this great Jew ish sin g e r and com edienne in an evening of song and reflections. Wendy w as aw arded an ind ivid ua l artist grant from the O regon Arts C om m ission to help her re a lize this dream. Audiences w ill travel with Sophie from her e a rliest days sing ing in her parents' restaurant in Hartford, through the streets of New York at the turn of the century, to the g litte ring and tawdry d ays of burles que and vaudeville. A s Sophie sing s the o ld m elodies and shares her intim ate m em ories of the fam ous nam es of her day — Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, Flo Zie g - fie ld — theatregoers get a g lim p se of the woman who becam e a legend here and abroad. It is W endy's hope that audiences leav ing the theatre w ill be hum m ing the m elodies Sophie sang to her generation, feeling as if they have just had a personal v isit with the late and great “Last of the Red-Hot M am as." This is the last tim e Soph w ill be pre sented in Portland. In Septem ber, the show w ill go on tour nationally. 6 Steven C la rk Pachosa and Karen Hallm ark in Arms and the Man. Ja nice Scoggins. The Band performs ja zz sta nd a rd s and o rig in a ls in a contempo rary style with hints of soul, blues and rock. The concert starts at 6:30 p.m. and is free with a regular zoo adm ission. The New Rose The a tre w ill open Arms and the Man by G eorge Bernard Shaw through July 20. Arms w ill play W ednes d a ys through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sun d a ys at 2 p.m. One of G eorge Bernard Shaw 's "P le a s ant Pla ys," Arms and the Man is a b rillia nt sa tire of Rom antic attitudes toward love and war. Raina Petkoff, daughter of the only Bulgarian M ajor fighting the Serbs, is p rop erly betrothed to the Byronesque Se rg u is Sranoff, hero of a decisive Bulga ria n cavalry charge. At this crucial time she receives a m idnight visitor who shat ters a ll her illusions. Bluntschli, escaping the very battle of which Serguis was the hero, clim b s to her balcony and into her Judith C lavir-A lbert, co-editors of The Six ties Papers and co-organizers of C hicago '68, People's Park, and the W om en's March on the Pentagon. $5 at the door, kid s free. Potluck lunch. Noon to five on the 4th, at 5215 NE 30th. W ashington Park Zoo has a special 4th of July Zoograss Celebration in the w orks from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A full day of b lueg ra ss featuring Dr. Corn’s Bluegrass Remedy, Sunny South, and Hollis Taylor Band. The concert is free with regular zoo adm ission. 5 __________ FRIDAY Sto re fro n t Theatre re-opens Soph with Wendy W esterwelle Soph w ill play Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 SATURDAY The N orthw est Him Stud y C ener pre sents at 7 & 9 p.m.. Permanent Vaca tion, (1980). An early film by the Director of Stranger than Paradise. Jim Jarmusch. Tw o and a ha lf days in the life of Aloysious Parker, a young w anderer with no home, no school, and no job. A portion of the m usic is done by John Lurie. W ith Jim B la sh fie ld 's Suspicious Circumstances 7 SUNDAY The N orthw est Him Stud y C enter presents at 7 p.m. Koyaanisqatsi, (1982). W ith a stunning score by composer P h ilip G la ss, Koyaanisqatsi breaks from narrative traditions and invites us to re-evaluate our view s of progress and a technological world. Charlie Murphy, Jamie Sieber and their band w ill perform in Portland, Satur day, July 6th to celebrate the release of their new album . Fierce Love. They w ill appear with a five-piece band in a dance concert, 9 p.m. at Echo Theater, 1515 SE 37th. The concert w ill benefit The A llia nce newspaper. Since the release of his first album , Catch the Fire, in 1980, M urphy has been identified a s a songw riter of deep p o liti cal com m itm ent and exciting m usical Just Out July 1985