His mother played electric guitar, and his grandfather played the banjo. His grandmother wrote poetry, and his
father preached the gospel. Born in the Hacklebarney section of southeastern Iowa, where music is a way of life,
Greg Brown (right) grew up practicing the arts of songwriting, storytelling and music. At 18 he hit New York,
and from there Portland, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Since then he’s recorded his own albums, worked for
National Public Radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion” and toured nationally, playing his intricate mix of gospel,
blues, country, rock and jazz. Brown’s show at the WOW Hall will sell out, and rightfully so. You’ll only get in if
you get your tickets early. See Sunday Calendar.
In its 12th year, Fiesta Latina transforms the Washington-Jefferson Park into a traditional Latin
American street festival. With a schedule to please both the young and old, this year’s program fea-
tures numerous children’s events and activities, breakdancing, dance contests, live
music, an art exhibit, food from Latin American countries and even a per-
formance of capoeira (bottom right), a Brazilian dance/martial art.
LTD transportation is free. See Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Calendar and special schedule box this issue.
Lane Arts Council First Friday Artwalk is a free guided tour of
downtown art galleries and visual arts attractions. This week the
walk begins at 5:30 pm with a UO MFA exhibition (bottom left)
at Jacobs Gallery. At 5:50 it’s Figures in Bas Relief, work by
Miriam Kley at Karin Clarke Gallery. At 6:10 the walk features work
by William Baby, Shane Fortner and others at New Zone Art Gallery.
At 6:30 it’s beadwork by Nome May, Michael Rose and Chela Guyette at
Harlequin Beads & Jewelry. The last stop at 6:50 features work by Kris Ibach,
Sadie Smith and Cyndy Duerfeldt at LaFollette Gallery. See Friday Calendar.
Ed Rosenthal (bottom center) speaks about his battle with the federal government
over medical marijuana at 150 Columbia, UO. His speech, “My Fight With the Feds,” covers
Rosenthal’s conviction for cultivating marijuana, despite his legal authorization to do so
under California’s medical marijuana law passed by voters in 1996. Rosenthal’s legal battle
against the government has teamed him up with half of the very jurors who convicted him
this past February. See Friday Calendar.
On May 1 a great group of local musicians get together and play a benefit for the Justice Not
War Coalition at Sam Bond’s Garage. Sunken Grade, Dan Dolinger, Tom Heinl, Dan Jones and
the Squids and even Ed Coles and the College Girls of Tora Bora will support the
evening with their music. The coalition organizes community action for
global peace & justice, resists suppression of liberty in the
name of security, and speaks out against poli-
cies and actions that target people for
their racial, ethnic, cultural,
and/or religious
identity. See
Thursday,
May 1
Calendar.
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