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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1986)
trators. tour guides, connoisseurs, students, friends of the artists, three- m artini-lunch women, and even one of the artists. Share the m agic of the exciting clim ax as one of the patrons discovers the hidden "m yste ry" of the Agnes Vaag sculptures. Reservations are advised. 2 SUNDAY The Clinton Street Theater hosts a benefit for the 11,000 Navajo facing forced relocation at Big Mountain, A rizona at 7:30 p.m. The evening w ill feature Broken Rainbow, an international awards- w inning Native Am erican film , described as "a n ethnographic description of N avajo and Hopi life as it was and as it is now, an appeal to stop the destruction of M other Earth," and the Navajo relocation. $5.00 and a donation of dried food w ill get you in. 5 WEDNESDAY In recognition of Black History Month, the Sm ithsonian Institution exhibit Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds, w ill be on d isp la y at the IFCC A rt G allery, located at the Interstate Fire house C ultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Avenue. The exhibit w ill be up February 5-M arch 1, and the g a lley is open 10:00- 5 :00 M onday thru Saturday, as w ell as before and during weekend per form ances. Black Women: "Achievements Against the O dds” is an exhibit consist ing of twenty panels which depict the Iives of 110 black women who have made great achievem ents in various field s, inc lud ing Education, Government, M edicine, Business, Entertainment, etc. 6 THURSDAY The Hardly Boys perform at the Ea*t Avenue Tavern (727 E. Burnside), 9 p.m. 1 SATURDAY Blue Sky G allery. 107 N.W. 5th Ave., w ill present the work of Portland photo grapher. Lucy Capehart through Febru ary 26. These large color photographs are of the interiors of apartments that have becom e thickly encrusted with things that reflect their occupants' personalities. Blue Sky G allery is open from noon until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. In recognition of Black History Month, and a lso of Oregon Artsweek during February, the IFCC Thea tre presents the W est Coast Prem iere of The Resurrection of Lady Lester, a play about ja zz m usi cian Lester Young. W ritten by Black playw right OyamO and first produced at Yale Repertory Theatre in 1981, The Resurrection of Lady Lester is subtitled "A Poetic Mood Song Based on the Legend of Lester Young." It is a provocative play, suffused with the great tenor saxophonist's special music and poetry, follow ing the story of his life in fragm ented, flashback style, alw ays 10 returning to his last day in a cheap New York hotel in 1959. The Resurrection of Lady Lester w ill p la y Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., through February 22. Tickets are $8 on Thursday and Sunday, $9 on Friday and Saturday. Reservations are strongly advised; call the IFC C at 243-7930 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m .. Monday through Saturday. The IFCC is located at 5340 N. Interstate Avenue, on Tri-M et Bus Routes #5 and #71. The theatre is wheelchair accessible. Sto re fro n t Theatre continues its love a ffa ir with Tina Howe by producing Museum at Storefront N.W. (2235 N.W. Savier). If you enjoyed Ms. Howe's apprai sa l of the restaurant world in "Th e Art of D ining ," then you are sure to enjoy Museum as she turns her attention to w orld of modem art. Museum w ill play Thurs., Fri. and Sat. at 8.00 p.m. through March 15. Museum is about the last day in the life of an exhibition in a m ajor metropolitan art museum. Join the fun as twelve actors portray the forty-five "cha ra cters" who visit the exhibit that day: guards, adm inis 3 _________MONDAY to m idnight. The H e a rt Thea tre presents The Lid off the Pot, an evening of sa tirical one-act p la ys from Latin America. Directed by Katie Laris, the plays w ill be performed at the Heart Theatre, 1624 NW G lisan, Mon day and Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM, February 3 & 4 through February 23 & 24. The February 11 performance w ill be a benefit for the Portland Central America So lid a rity Committee. Reservations at 222-3397, tickets $5 general seating. The three plays poke fun at many ele ments of contemporary society while con fronting the universal struggle for survival. "Th e Story of the Man Who Turned into a D o g " (by O svaldo Dragun) is the satiric tale of an unemployed man forced to work as a dog to support his family. In "R .I.P ." by Jose M artinez Queirolo) a wealthy decadent couple attempts to re kind le a spark of excitement in their rela tionship from beyond the grave. In "The O rg y" (by Enrique Buenaventura) an old woman com pels a group of beggars to a ssist her in the re-creation of an event from her past. 7 4 ________ TUESDAY Between the Covers is a regular Tues day morning program on KBOO which features national and local authors read ing from their work and discussing their art. The O regon-based series of program s be ginning January 7 and running through March 11 is designed to celebrate the wealth of w riting talents that choose Ore gon and the Northwest as home. At 9:30 A.M., Joel W einstein, publisher of Mississippi Mud, a Portland-based literary arts publication, talks about his role in keeping Mississippi Mud viable for the past 12 years. He reads from a story in an e a rlier edition of the som etim es con troversial quarterly. FRIDAY The W orld Music Foundation presents Ancient Future in concert at 8 p.m. at the O ld Church, 1422 S.W. 11th Ave., Portland. Tickets are a va ila b le through Artichoke M usic, BASS, and M usic M illenium . They are $6.50 in advance and $8 at the door. Devoted to the idea of w orld fusion m usic, Ancient Future has developed a strikin g ly o rig ina l synthesis of the rhythmic know ledge of A frica, Ba li, India, and the A m e ric a s; the harmonic knowledge of Europe; the m elodic knowledge of Asia and the im provisational elem ents of ja zz and rock. Follies, Stephen Sondheim 's monu m ental and b rillia n t tribute to an age past, opens tonight on Po rtla nd Civic Th e a tre 's M ainstage and continues through March 8. The production plays Thursd ays, Frid a ys and Saturdays at 8 p.m ., and Sundays at 7 p.m. Tickets, $12 ad ults, $10.50 students and seniors, are currently on sa le at the PC T box office, 226-3048. H e a rt-Stro ng Womyn, dram atic perform ance by V ic LightSm ith brings to life the w orks of Marge Piercy, Susan G rif fin, Irena Kle p fisz and others. An electrify ing literary journey through fem ale experi ence. Feb. 7th & 8th, 8 p.m.. Echo Theatre, 1515 S.E. 37th Ave., $4.00 at the door. 8 SATURDAY "Th e Path of the G oddess — An Experi mental W orkshop on Fem inist Ritual- M a king ," led by Susan Arrow. Learn how to create ritual. Slid in g scale fee $3 to $15 (work exchange available). At First Unita ria n Church, 1011SW 12th. Men may at- Just Out, February. 1986