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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).
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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