It’s Happening at Chinook Winds in March ...
Sinbad Brings Uproarious
Comedy to Chinook Winds
The uproarious comedian Sinbad
will tell his real life stories and poke
fun at others at Chinook Winds Casino
on March 12-13.
After touring America on a self
proclaimed “Poverty Tour” (traveling
on a Greyhound bus, changing in
restaurant restrooms, and working for
meals), a stint on Star Search helped
raise Sinbad’s profile. Although he
never won, he was a finalist and
appeared on the show seven times.
This led him to his first pro
fessional break on The New Red Foxx
Show, playing Foxx’s son. Bill Cosby
also noticed Sinbad’s talents and cast
him on television’s A Different World,
where he spent four years.
Sinbad has hosted numerous TV
specials, including It’s Showtime at the
Apollo, Sinbad: Brain Damaged, and
several other HBO specials. His first
acting role was Necessary Roughness.
Parts in Cone heads and Meteor Man
followed before his first starring role in
Houseguest. His other films include
First Kid, J ingle All The Way, Homeward
Bound II, and The Cherokee Kid.
Tickets are $20 to $40 and are on
sale now. Showtime is 8 p.m. both nights.
From Porch to Backyard, Home &
Garden Expo Helps Spruce It Up
The Oregon Coast Home &
Garden Expo is set for March 26-28
in the convention center at Chinook
Winds Casino. Admission is free.
Show hours are noon to 8 p.m.
on March 26, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on
March 27, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
March 28.
Products and services for inside
and outside the home will be presented
throughout the Home & Garden Expo.
In just one trip, you can shop and
compare, purchase new products, and
plan building and garden projects.
While at the show, be sure to
register to win one of five spas. One
will be given away on Friday, one on
Saturday and three on Sunday. You
must be present to win.
Country Music Legend Kenny
Rogers Comes to Chinook Winds
Superstar Kenny Rogers will
perform at Chinook Winds Casino on
March 26-27.
Rogers has released 61 albums in
his illustrious career, with 19 going
platinum. Having sold more than 80
million records, Rogers is one of
music’s biggest crossover successes.
He’s received three Grammys, 11
People’s Choice awards, eight Acad
emy of Country Music awards, and five
Country Music Association awards.
Radio & Records named him Top
Adult Contemporary Artist of the ’80s,
and Billboard Magazine gave him
the honor of the decade’s hottest
crossover star.
The awards are just icing on the
cake. It’s the huge body of work and
accomplishments that distinguish
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Rogers from his contemporaries. A list
of his greatest hits includes some of the
best-known country songs around,
including Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love
To Town, Ruben James, Lucille, The
Gambler, Daytime Friends, She
Believes In Me, You Decorated My
Life, Lady, Don’t Fall In Love With A
Dreamer, We’ve Got Tonight, and his
most well-known duet, Islands In
The Stream.
With no signs of slowing down,
album No. 61, Back To The Well, was
recently released and includes duets
with Tim McGraw and Allison Kraus
as well as a song written by Dire Strait’s
Mark Knopfler.
Tickets range from $30 to $60 and
are on sale now. Showtime is 8 p.m.
both nights.
March 2004 -,
by Teresa Simmons
Comedy on the Coast Brings in
Big League Comics
Monthly installments of Comedy
on the Coast at Chinook Winds Casino
& Convention Center give stand-up
comedy fans the opportunity to laugh
themselves silly with comedians who
consistently play Las Vegas, Tahoe, and
Atlantic City. Bob Golub will headline
shows on March 19-20, with Benny
Ricardo as the featured comedian and
David Gee as host.
Bud Friedman, founder of The
Improv, called Bob Golub one of the
most unique comics working today. His
appearances on Comedy Central’s
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
demonstrate his quick and hard-hitting
genre of comedy.
Later this year, Dodo, Golub’s one-
man show about growing up in a
functioning dysfunctional family of 10
in Western Pennsylvania, will go to
Broadway. This rough and tough
childhood may explain how he got a
small role in Goodfellas.
When Benny Ricardo takes the
stage, members of the audience may
recognize his voice in between their
shouts of laughter. After covering sports
on San Diego radio for some time, He
now announces all Monday Night Foot
ball games in Spanish for Westwood
One Radio.
He also can be heard calling NFL
playoff games and the Super Bowl for
Westwood One. He must have been one
very funny place kicker during his 11
years in the NFL.
Ricardo has played comedy clubs
across the country for decades,
including the Playboy Club, and has
opened for Judy Tenuta and other well-
known comedians.
Bob Golub
David Gee has made folks laugh
before Bonnie Raitt, The Beach Boys,
and Ray Charles concerts. He’s
knocked them dead at some of the most
famous comedy clubs around, including
The Improv, The Friar’s Club, and The
Ice House.
Gee has performed at Las Vegas
hotels, including Caesar’s Palace and
The Mirage, and was voted “Best
Comedian in a Production Show” in Las
Vegas for four years in a row. Add to
this his appearance at comedy events
with Sid Caesar, Ray Romano, and Bob
Hope and it’s easy to see why Gee has
kept ‘em in stitches everywhere he goes.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; the show
starts at 8 p.m. A no-host bar will be
available. Show tickets, priced at $12,
are available at the box office.
HBO Boxing Series Continues
Chinook Winds has contracted with
HBO Boxing to show more than 30
boxing events in 2004.
Each month, top-name fighters as
well as up-and-coming boxers will be
featured. This calendared! be updated
periodically as
and additions
are made. *
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Featured Matches
March 13 - 6:30 p.m.
Shane Mosley vs. Winky Wright
March 27-7 p.m.
HBO Boxing After Dark
Dommick Guinn vs. TBA
Jermain Taylor vs. TBA
WWW.
April 10-TBA
World Championship Boxing