Page tí Rortland/Observer ITiursday, iV tobcr >. 1972 M o st re a s o n a b le shop in town Like it is Carlos 2 8 7 -8 5 2 9 by E a rle C hisolm 2609 N. V a n c o u v e r Ave. P o rtland, O re g o n M U M 's "M e lin d a *’ : an action suuiwnse dram a under­ scored by a [ oignant love s to ry , stars C a lvin L o ckh a rt and Rosalind Cash ami co- sta rs Vonetta McGee, Paul Stevens, Rockne I a rk tngton and Ross Huge. Produced by fo rm e r Rams foo tb all s ta r I ’e iv is Atkins, Hugh R o tw rt- son d ire c t» ! the screenplay by L o m e E ld e r, m from a s to ry by Raymond C is th e ri, w ith m usic by J e r r y B u tle r. XII these cats are black' P u b lic is t D ick Bass, also a fo rm e r Ram s ta r, says the ch a ra c te rs in the film are real . . , that blacks can iden­ tity w ith ite m . oka y. maybe we have seen them , H it how many ot us have e ve r rubbed elbows w ith d isc lockeys, w ealthy businessmen, suc- Interviewed, Malcolm \ answers ---------------- solve slu rp cestul w rite rs ami rich M afia —__ . *" quest., »'*"**•— - •n “ Ma \ ” r‘ e i..tie - story based on t. e h e s t-s e lli g "A utobiography ot .Malcolm \ " . AA ,r-,e r R ro th ers is n re s e n ti g ty p e s ’ fh e p ic tu re , set in the film in cooperation w ith M r s . Betts xhabazz, w ,dew M.,u-olm \ . rhe Him is u r r e n t lv Ji IINNA M A l i l i s fabulous C a lifo rn ia , moves playing at the Alameda T heater. fro m tie fabulous pad ot I ran kie P a rk e r, to tte fa h l- lous yact ol I ank Robinson, to the taH ilous pad ot a lady m agazine e d ito r to the fabu­ lous . . . . Aw heck' " A in 't the re no poor black folks le ft no m o re ? '' O therw ise, it ’ s pretty much to g e th e r. L o c k h a rt is very good as a super egostical d is c jockey le r o , and Rockne T a rk in g to n is superb in his by j un (Doc > Rogers ro le as the s k ir t chasing e x- fo o ttvil playe r who is frontin g tin October 4 th (Wed hum anistic leaders ir. Black a business to r the mob. dents fo r a D em ocrat Society; nesdavj, Harvey G a rn e tt’ s h is to ry . \ ¡xiw ertul o ra to r Rosalind Cash is ve ry con­ the New Y ork Mau M au’ s .e tc . Alameda Theater I rough! to and in cisive w it, M alcolm X, v in cin g as the chick w ith the .Malcolm quickly became the Portland one ot the m ost before his assassi ition by "e ve n If you leave me. I ’ ll em bittered antagonist to rem arkable filin -e p ic s of our agents of powerful forces In alw ays love y o u " thing going M a rtin L u th e r King and his tim e . It is tie cinem ato­ A m erica, had become both fo r F ra n k ie . arm y of non-violent advo­ graphy version oi the m illio n the spokesman and symbol B lack B e lt Karans in­ cates. Act, both men were s e lle r , [HE AI TO BId of the young and angry Black s tru c to r J im K elly is re ­ of extrem e im portance to the GRAPHY OF M ALC O LM X. youth organizing in Pe urban sponsible, both as a c to r and Black L ib e ra tio n S truggle. The recently released tlim lUngles. Groups like student technical ad viso r, fo r some And .Malcolm X repeatedly ( f ir s t showing in P ortland at Non \ lolent C o o r d i n a t i n g e x c itin g action. expressed his respect and ad­ the Alainedai, lik e the cla ssic C om m ittee iIvanhoe Donald­ " M e lin d a " is not a "w ho m ira tio n fo r "K in g and a ll autobiography, is a painful son, Rap Brow n, stokely dun i t ” as much as it is a those Black kids . . . who go and abrasive depiction ot one C a rm ich a e l); SCI C: CORE; “ why was it d u n ? " a n d D lre c - scuth to ja il . . . and Like all of the m ost b r illia n t and B la ck Panthers; RAM; the to r Robertson does a very those heatings fo r our freedom courageous, in te lle ctual and B la ck m em bers of the stu - good job in cre a tin g and up here in the r a c is t N o r th ." But, M alcolm A believed holding the suspense as le that tfie white man in America paces the explosive action. had become so conditioned to In my recent review of violence— o r the th re a t ol " B la c u la ” I said that Vonetta v io le n c e --th a t it was ta c ti­ McGee couldn't act w o rth a c a lly sound fo r tlie Black man d a rn if her perform ance in to “ use any means ecessary that Him was any c rite rio n . to achieve his lib e r a tio n ." I am pleased to ad m it that I I ic tu red alxnte are Johnny M a th is a r t Ram sey L e w is , two ol M alcolm ratio na lize d his art 'w a s wrong, believe me the the neuen i l l y I i tali via e U ult Two m a jo r dance events children under 12 is $ i. vocacy of the use of both s is te r can re a lly operate. As television O ctober II at t l« Hec-I mmndson P a vilio n on the are scheduled in the L inco ln Das w ill p e rfo rm the violence and non-violent tac­ the m ysterio us "M e lin d a ” I D iversity ot Washington Cam pus. I use ;tar: together w it) H a ll T heater at P ortland State Kathak, a north Indian clas­ tic s by pointing out A m erica’ s whose death sets off a chain Aretha F ra n k lin . Bing C rosby, Bob Ho|w, Duke E llin g to n . l.on el U n iv e rs ity du rin g O ctober. sical dance that blends the p o licie s in south A frica ,A le t- of danger f o r everyone in ­ Hampton, N .ricv W Ua< 1 . R n a n lo M o t i l l on. Ruby I lee, Sammy The f ir s t , a P ortland Dance re lig io u s and m ythical e le ­ nam, L a tin Am erica andelse - v o lv e d , M s . M cG ee Joes a D avis, J r . , V ik k i ( ' i r r irrt many other . w ill p a rticip a te in tie T hea tre production including ments of two cultu res, Hindu w here. He said: "W e have p e rfe ct job. N o rm a lly a very f ir s t annual observance ot N itlo na l ( i l l ' I ,y . six teature dances, w ill run and M u s lin . He has been le a r n e d that the same beautiful lady, she becomes O ctober 13 and 14, The second The show w ill he presented at the C oliseum on O ctober p e rfo rm in g the dance to r 18 people, white people, that fascin atin gly sensuous in the IIth at 7:00 p jn . bring s Indian dance a rtis t, years in concerts and le c tu re - were colonizing o u r people in title ro le , she ould hecome C h itre sh Das, accompanied by de rno nstiatio s in Doth India K e n y j, were colonizing uur a sure null sev sym bol. tabla p laye r Shankar Ghosh and the L niteri States. people in the Congo, ana in " B la c u la " was |Ust a bad to the U n iv e rs ity O ctober 9. C u rre n tly dance in s tru c to r lla r le in , and in Chicago, ami t r ip fo r l »r; d ig her in The Portland Dance Theatre at t ie A ll Akhar C ollege of in south A fric a . . . ” " M e lin d a " and rave' group from the H ills id e Cen­ M usic in san Rafael, Cal if „ I have intentionally r e ­ te r in northwest P ortland in­ Das holds two gold medals stric te d this review to only a cludes a company of tw o men fo r the Kathak fro m Prayag few paragraphs («cause I want and six women. Although con­ Sangit S am iti. you to both read his auto­ sidered a modern dance croup, H is accom panist, Shankar biography and see the movie they also pe rfo rm c h ild re n 's Ghosh, also at the A ll Akhar at the Alameda. Black his­ dances, ba lle t and jazz dance. College, te a c h e s tabla to ria n s at the U n iv e rs ity oi Perform ances to he given classes. Ghosh studied tabla Chicago rece ntly liste d tfie Include: "S o lo fo r someone in India and has perform ed six outsianding B lack in d iv i­ on a C luttered Stage,” Jann w ith Ravi Shankar, V ila y a t duals in o u r tustorv that con­ M cCauley; "Ranbow in Curved Khan, .\ik h il banerjee and A ll trib u te d m ost s ig n ilica n tiv to A ir , ’ ’ Jack Y antis. "A oices Akhar Khan. o u r freed om . They were: In sid e ,” Cathy Evleshin; Iiesides the 8:30 p jn . p e r­ ( l j r r e t e n c k Douglass, i? ‘ ‘Sometimes Running,” Pat form ance in the L in co ln H all I ut die, . i '.1 : US E m e l; and "T h e Here La st Auditorium , Das w ill give a G arvey; (4 i M a rtin L u th e r Bead Game” and ’’ Interlude m a s te r lesson in Kathak and King; |5) Honorable I lija h w ith an Ironing Board,” Judy Ghosh a lesson in tahfa. M uha.limed; jn d <6, M a l­ Pa Bon, Admission fo r students is colm X. T im e s fo r the concert are »1.50 and lo r He public, Re U t l« nook ana ta k e y o jr H:3o p jn . F rid a y , O ctober 13 $2.50. T im e , location anti sons md daughters to the and Saturday, O ctober 14 and p rice s fo r the m aster essons m ovie. A ou owe them that a Saturday, 2 p j n . matinee w ill te announced la te r. w itn e s s to tlie ir proud h e ri­ fo r childre n. Evening p e r­ T ickets to r both program s tage. la ke care . . . the s p irt form ance p rice s are > 2 3 0 are now available at t ie Ps( C ongratulations were in o m e r iftc of M alcolm \ s till lives m and $I«5U. Matinee fee lo r box office . conducted the New York P hilhar. m any of tlie young b lacks I've Play Pool Hob ‘W o u ly’ AAotxIarri of Inn er C ity lievelopm ent C o ni|« ny dem onstrates tl« M a rs e illa is pool shot at Geneva's Re­ gulation In b le s. GENEVA’S 4228 N. W i 11 ¡a m * Black Book Reviews: On being black in white America America loves w hat the Colonel cooks It 's finger lickin ' ' Buy it by the Box Bucket or Barrel Portland Dance Center plans fall events P e r fe c t f o r P a rtie s, Picnics, I.unch, o r I m iner I ake I t H om e. I at It H e re , o i In A o u i ( a i the R estau ran ts S ee Y ellow P a g e s fo r S to re N e a r e s t You EXCLUSIVE PREMIER STARTS October 4 ALAMEDA ™ 3000 N. E. Alberta St. m et n P ortland .state and Adams llig t we shall p te - v a li. ONE GIFT WORKS MANY WONDERS THE UNITED WAY Electricity is 20 years behind the times: In price AA hilc prices for most everything have risen, the aver­ age cost of a unit of residential dectneilv is actually less today than it was 2(1 years ago Really' I hat makes elec tricits one o f the greatest household values you'll tmd Hui. though It S behind the limes in price, electricity s as modem as today in convenience The typical home now has twice as many work-saving appliances as it did ; years ago. A flc r all. we re economical, but not old- fashioned! Pacific Power -I a iko vsky Specta. u l a r " th a t d re w w hat one o rc h e itr a o nc.ii» ! described as the la rge st ludience ever • i attend i leal m usic p ro g r cn anywhere. T l* rowu that througe to ( :et tra i P a rk in New Y o rk lo r the program nu m le re : 75,90*1. It V IS p a rt of tbe tre e , public concerts in t l« pa rks of New Y ork w t i. h t l« P h ilb a n n o u . presents mnually under the o -sp o c so rs h ip ol the Jo s. S chlitz Brew ing Company. Sharing the post o n ce rt ju b ila tio n or I e w ls, conductor ol the New Jei ,ev Symphony ( ir c !« s tr n who was making Ins le.'ut ..it: the New Y o rk P h ilh a rm o n ic, were r ’.arlos M oseley ( le ftj, P hilh arm on ic p re s id - i, . . . ' , irfcin, s d . iit z pul II re l i < A yuat igo > :iitz sponsored tie first D izon, the oted black i onductor who had le ft the I rate 2u years igo to study md p e rfo rm in i .u ro j« . PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS N O RTH I N .E. PORTLAND .ONE DAY SERVICE KNIT BLOCKING OUR SPECIALTY We Give « * book«*»’'*1 rvilu Auditions scheduled • -- - His own story... on the screen as it really happened. «*• 1!« lu a la lJ i A alley P la yers w ill hold a u d .tio n s I rila v ai»J Saturday, O cto b e r 6 and 7, for "T h e ftw l ami the Pi. , a t,” t in t 2 play of the 1972 2 sea ,on. Based upon his best seling autobiography. »nn „ X ■■ . . . ,h* ****« > « "> ' ’■'»*— -6 " ' j in n fiM A K H r rj» M * I «, ( il M M with the a