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Page 6 Portland/Obeerver Thursday, February 22, 1973 ? Seattle artist shows paintings ». .* ■ Jr J I lW r n J • j Selected paintings of Seattle artist and columnist Eddie Walker will be on display in the Albina Multi-Service Cen- ter, 5022 N. Vancouver, Feb ruary 19 28. The exhibit is in conjunction with Portland State University's Black Cul tural Month. Walker will give a lecture Monday noon, February 26, in 327 Smith Memorial Cen ter on “Black Art and the Cultural Revolution." Owner and operator of a Seattle art studio. Walker attended the University of Washington School of Art and has studied under Seattle I drawing and painting instruc tors Michael Dailey and John Hafermehl. Walker has been involved in many projects for the Pam G r ie r stars as Gozelda, a sensuous young beauty, who in h e r quest fo r fam e and fortune, would sell h e r sou! to the devil fo r the rig ht p ric e . 'H itM a n ' is playing at the Alameda T h e a te r. Appearing with saxaphon ist-flutist Lloyd will be gui tarist Tom Truhillo, bassist Robert Miranda and drum mer Woody Theus. Lloyd received a Masters degree in music composition at the University of Southern California. His quartet has travelled throughout the world covering 17 major countries besides numerous appearances in the United States. Lloyd was named Jazz Man of the Year by Downbeat Magazine for being 'Am bassador' of jazz throughout the world. Pianist Herbie Hancock will be accompanied by bass ist Buster Williams, drummer Billy Hart, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, f l u t i s t Bennie Maupin and trombonist Jul ian Priester. Both a pianist and compos er, Hancock performed with the Chicago Symphony at age eight. His albums "Fat Albert Rotunda“ and “Mwadishi" were nominated for Academy Awards in 1971 and 1972 respectively. Hancock was recently awarded an honora ry Doctorate of Music Degree by Grinnell College for his artistic excellence. Admission for both con certs is $3. Tickets are available at the door or by contacting the Black Cultural Affairs Board at PSU. OBSERVATIONS IN COV ERING THE NIGHT BEAT: Billy Ford and his Thunder birds, featuring songstress C.E. Vara, a recording quin tet, are now breaking it up at Joe's Pier 52 Showboat. The instrumentals featured in the combo are trumpet, electric piano and drums. Bill Ford and his Thunder birds came to Joe's Pier 52 after many successful en gagements at the Dune, Las Vegas, El San Juan Hotel, Puerto Rico, and the Latin Casino, Camden, N.J. The group, which records for the independent company of Su- sal, are also featured on the college circuit tours. Billy Ford and his Thunderbirds, some years back, came to national recognition w h e n they came up with three consecutive disc smash hits, “La Dee Dah”, "Lucky I.ady Bug”, and “Over The Moun tain". Shirley Basaey, a huge success at the Miami Deau ville, had one of her per formances recorded live for an album. Sunday K ^/1 2 7220 N. F m ln d tn Ex-Heavyweight C h a m p Muhammad Ali has reluc tantly placed h i s palatial $250,000 mansion in Cherry Hill, N.J. up for sale, even though he says he loves the “dream house". The reason: Muhammad's wife, Belinda, can’t stand the place! Mrs. Ali is just plain home sick for her n a t i v e Chicago, which is also where Muham mad's in laws all live, and she's given the ex-champ an ultimatum that he'd better make a choice between his dream house and his dream wife while he still has a choice to make. Ali's wife, the mother of t h e ex champ's t h r e e children, misses her family in Chicago so much that, according to Muhammad, s h e spends most of her time telephoning her relatives for long-dis tance chats. That's why Ali admits his telephone bill is averaging out to an astonish ing $12,000 a y ear!. . . Meanwhile, buying a man sion in the "wrong” location isn't the only unusual, un foreseen “mistake" that Mu ham mad has made recently. Ali. who has waited a long time to accept the first of many movie acting roles he’s been offered, finally agreed to make a deal with Warner Brothers to star in an up dated all-Black version of the old ‘Here C ones Mr. Jordan" about “Angels” sent back to earth from heaven. Warners is all set to star Ali and Godffrey Cambridge in the remake of the comedy flick that originally starred Robert Montgomery a n d Claude Rains, but Muham mad may be forced to cancel out of his screen debut, because the Muslim religious sect, of which Ali is a leader, doesn’t believe in "ghosts" or in men coming back from the dead, even as heavenly angels. The Mus lima are taking a dim view, to say the least, of Ali's choice of screenplay that they've been pressuring him to drop out of the epic . . . Bill Cosby recalls that one of the happiest moments in his life came when he fired his mother - from drud gery. “For many years, my mother scrubbed floors for a living,” the CB8-TV comedy star told me. “One of the things I always wanted was to be able to fix her up with a little cottage where she could do nothing all day long hut each fudge and watch TV if she wanted to. 284-2296 B inyon O ptical Dispensers of Fashion Eyewear Cheryl Wilson, s member of theNorthwestBlackArts Society, In c, rehearses for Black Culture Month program. Capturing reality as op posed to creating realism in Black-oriented motion pictures is currently a subject of ex tensive debate. Producers of the forthcoming feature-length documentary. “Wattstax" feel they have come as close to projecting reality as any pro ject produced to date. The reason is quite simple: They avoided a cast of professional actors and a preconceived script. Thereby, all featured in the innovative new film did no more than simply be and act themselves. “Wattstax." has been aptly described as a screen depic tion of "the living world.'' It features performances of a dazzling array of talent from the Memphis-based Stax Or ganization during last sum mer's seven-hour Wattstax 7 2 concert. Their message in song enhanced by dialogue of community people and acid commentary by comic Richard Pryorall highlighted the lyr ics of life. The three ap proaches blend effectively into an insightful, penetrating doc- by Joey Sasso 7:00 BUDGET DRY CLEANERS ument that promises to re- main unique for generations to come. While the elements are distinctly original, there is a unifying theme that passes through all the presentations, both rehearsed and spontan eous. The feature film blends the creative talents of the Stax Organization in their film- making debut with the highly respected style of award win ning documentary film com pany the Wolper Organiza tion. The film is not based on the Black experience - it is the Black experience. Music still plays a vital role in com m unication among Black people and each song performed in "Wattstax" re flects the inspiration of the particular artist or group. The subject matter covers the full range of the human experi ence and the music is supple mented by the thought snd ideas of people in the com munity. Preparation was minimal in terms of an actual script and the ultimate results ar free- flowing, reflecting onscreen the individual talents and creative contributions of some 32 recording artists, plus community people and the skilled senaitivity and techni cal expertise of co-producers Iarry Shaw of Stax and Mel Stuart of Wolper. The unifying them e is Blackness, presented with mo menta of pride, humor and happiness. It all represents a rase of an exciting experience captured on film just like it happened. Still, thia document will long reflect the concern of those who pursued serious filmmaking and the results that sincere intentions can bring with just a minimum of traditional moviemaking prep aration. 630 SW Broadway 2 2 6 -6 6 8 8 Jantzen Beach 283-3195 B SIDNEY THOMAS DISPENSING OPTICIAN W attstax” real Soul Stuff Dorothy Lamour 10 cleaning and pressing claim tickets good for 1 Sib. load of cleaning and pressing. »» PSU books jazz group Two noteJ jazz artists will bring their groups to Port land State University as part of Black Cultural Month. The Charles Lloyd Quartet will give a concert at 8 p.m.. Saturday. February 24 in the Smith Memorial Center Ball room. Herbie Hancock and his group will perform at 8 p.m., Wednesday, February 28, also in the Ballroom. SAVE YOUR CLAIM TICKETSI University of Washington. He created and taught an accred ited course in Afro-American art in 1969 and has been the University's Black Art curri culum adviser. Also, he in structed art in the Seattle public schools from 1969-70 and was arts coordinator for the 1972 Seattle Black Com munity Festival. In 1971, Walker developed and published three Black children's coloring books, "The Black A lphabet", “Numbers" and “Good and Bad Values." The artist has had numer ous ex h ib its throughout Washington as well as a showing in the Newark. N.J. public library and New York's Summer Art Fair 1971. Dr. L. W esley A p la n a lp O ptom etrist Soft and Regular contact lenses Associa» optometrists: BRIGGS. HATTEN. MILLER «■ STENGER 287 - 2887 Exclusive Premier He aims to please. M G M p « w n t. H IT M A N ' Stwnn, BERNIE CASEY Co.tamn, P A M E L A GRIER | Screenplay by GEORGE A R M ITA G E Bawd Upon the Novel 'Jack'» Return Home' by TED LEWIS Produced by GENE C O R M A N D,reeled by GEORGE A R M 1ITAGE IT / M ETROCOLOR IRR — , <») Tamp* begin 2nd ten The fabulous Temptations, Motown recording stars for more than ten years, begin t h e i r second "Decade of Hits" with their newest single release, "Masterpiece." An album of the same name will follow shortly. The T em pts recently placed number one for many weeks on the national charts with their release of "Pappa Was A Rolling Stone,” and the smash LP, "All Direc tions." Both their past re cordings and newest product will be produced by Norman Barrett and Paul Risner. From Initial sales, it seems that the Tempts have anoth er monster hit to add to their long string of best-aell- ing and gold recording ef forts. The m em bers of the Tempts include Otis Wil liams, Melvin Franklin, Den- nia Edwards, Richard Street, and Damon Harris. Their newest release will coincide with the Temptations "Dec ade of Hits” festivitiea, which has already begun at the world famed Copacabana in New York. 'MELINDA' CALVIN LOCKHART ROSALIND CASH MONETTA McGEE IONNE ELDER III RAYMOND CISTHERI hrrtzmry PERVIS ATKINS HUGH A ROBERTSON KSTIICTt* Mctrocutor © MGMj Monday Saturday.............................7:00 p.m. Sunday...........................................Call for Time* Visit the Northwests only Black Owned Theater during
