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juStpUt; ? cunette Financial Group, LLC Theater Program Enriches Youth Some of Portland’s youngest playwrights and songwriters will have their work performed by some of the region’s greatest talents, supported by accomplished musi cians and in a grand theater venue, Nov. 5. Now celebrating its fourth year, Play Write empowers “youth at the edge" with ttxils to make them selves stronger through a carefully structured process of creating art. The program is a playwriting workshop targeting youth in' underserved areas but is expand ing into other creative media such as songwriting. The session involves a two- week residency bringing young peo ple together with coaches from the Katz of the Athens Boys Choir will perform during Transgender Portland performing arts communi Day of Remembrance at Portland State University. ty who are trained by PlayWrite. Activities will culminate Nov. 20 for Students work one on one with coaches, honing the Transgender Day of Remembrance with a perform tools for creating a play while learning that putting ance by spoken word artist Katz of the Athens Boys feelings into language is a healing, restorative and Choir and a candlelight vigil to recognize and nurturing process that transforms lives. remember people who have been victims of anti “PlayWrite frees kids of this baggage and helps transgender hatred or prejudice. to bring honesty and clarity to these young artists’ Athens Boys Choir uses engaging wordplay, work,” said Julianna Jaffe, coach and host of the razor-sharp wit and hip-hop rhythms to spread “the event. good word," throwing down hard-hitting poetry The evening will begins 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in that deals with issues of gender, politics, love, sex Gerding Theater at the Armory, 128 N.W. 11th and everything in between. This free performance Ave., with hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction starts 7 p.m. at PSU’s Multicultural Center in followed by student songs and one-act plays craft Rixim 228 of Smith Memorial Student Union, ed by teen participants of PlayWrite. They will be 1825 S.W. Broadway, after a 6 p.m. candlelight performed by Portland stage favorites Wade vigil in the Park Blocks between Southwest Park McCollum, Sharon Martini, Michael Stone, Noah Avenue Montgomery Street. Jordan and many others. Musical accompaniment A Trans 101 workshop will be held from 1 to will be performed by the dynamic duo of Doug 2 p.m. Nov. 16 in Room 236 of Smith Memorial Fraser and Mel Kubik. A live auction featuring Student Union. A panel of experts representing a fantastical array of donated items will also be some of the major Portland organizations working a part of the evening’s festivities. Samantha Swain with transgender people, including the Sexual works as the fund-raising consultant. Minority Youth Resource Center, TransActive and “PlayWrite gives children an opportunity to Outside In, will discuss what being trans is and discover in the same way 1 did when 1 started in what resources are available and will share their theater and learned from professional theater personal stories. Afterward the student group artists,” said McCollum. “For me, PlayWrite is a gift Queers and Allies will host a movie night from where 1 am able to give back and empower these 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at PSU’s Queer Resource Center kids as 1 was empowered." in Smith Room 401. Tickets are available for Transgender Day of $75 at www.playwriteinc.org. Remembrance is held in November to honor Breakfast for 'Bigs' Rita Hester, whose mur Many members of the der in 1998 kicked off queer community have the "Remembering Our found Big Brothers Big Dead” Web project, and Sisters of Metro Portland to coincide with a San a welcoming and gratifying Francisco candlelight organization deserving of vigil in 1999. Since then, their time and money. the event has grown to When filmmaker Aaron encompass memorials in Kirk Douglas encountered dozens of cities across the the Big Brothers Big Sisters world and on many col table at Portland Pride two lege campuses is observed years ago, he immediately as part of Trans Awareness decided to get involved. Month. “I couldn’t believe with For more information all the fear and bad press gay call 503-725-9742 or Noah Jordan and Julianna Jaffe act in Continued on Page 10 Daniel Trejo's play, fove Always. visit www.qrc.px.edu. 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