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Portland Observer Thursday. April 6, 1978 Page 5 Entertainment Guide by Allen Jones SEATTLE AT NIGHT Melvin Nelson and I were two of over 3,000 Portland Trailblazer fans who cruised, flew, or trained their way up to Seattle U witness the last game of the season between the two rivaling teams. The injury riddled Blazers fell to the Seattle Sonics 86 101. This game marked the first time this season that the Sonics defeated the Blazers, and this joyous victory was evident everywhere you went in and around Seattle. It s been a year since I’ve reported on the Seattle night life in any detail, so I welcomed this assignment with particular delight. In checking with friends who reside in Seattle, I was surprised to hear that many new clubs have opened around town. So armed with good friends and an excellent itinerary we set out to see what was happening in Seattle at night. JOE S BAR AND GRILL * * * - Don't let the name deceive you, located in Pioneer Square Joe s is intimate and elegant, with a fine menu and live disco on a small scale There’s nothing in Portland that compares. Expensive. SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK JONAH AND THE WHALE * • • — There are two, one in Bellevue and one Downtown Seattle. Downtown features the exciting Dave Holden five nights a week. Intimate dining and a separate cocktail lounge. Dave Holden is reason enough to go. Moderately expensive. THE GOOSE * * - This is a nice spot to meet someone after work for a drink in the Downtown area. A converted movie theater - dining upstairs and cocktails downstairs. Moderate. SUNDAY’S * • - This is a good spot if you want to dine, wine, and dance. They offer live disco and the cover charge is high. Moderate. VANCOUVERS • * * - Located in West I^ake this is a popular club that attracts people from all over. It's new, with food and drinks only. Moderate - stiff cover. Portland Biadi artist, Rosemary Allen, will direct the Black Cultural Affairs Board production of “Raisin." PARNELL'S » • • - Many Portlanders are hip to this one - noted for their jazz, beer, wine, sandwiches, and atmosphere. Moderately priced. Actors sought for 'Raisin’ LATITUDE 47 • * * - Another West Lake disco with a moderately priced menu. You'll enjoy this one. Moderate. Audition» for the classic Black drama, "A Raisin In The Sun." will be held Thursday and Friday. April 6th and 7th at Portland State University in Smith Memorial Center, room 230, at 6:30 p.m. Final auditions will be held at the Albina Art Center. 8 N.E. Killingsworth, April 8th at 10:00 a.m. There are roles for three Black fe males; ages 16 to 65 and five Black males: ages 5 to 40, and one caucasion male about 35 to 40. Stage hands are also PIER 70 * * - This one is catching on slowly but surely featuring live disco, beer and wine, lunch and dinner menu. Inexpensive. needed. The play is being produced by Portland State University's Black Cultural Affairs Board and directed by Rosemary Allen, who wrote and directed the Black musical revue "Stardust." “A Raisin In The Sun" is the most notable and first complete play written by the late Black play weight, Lorraine Hansberry. who died in 1965 of cancer. “Raisin" opened in New York in 1959 and won the Critics Circle Award for that year. The production will open in PSU's theater in Shattuck Hall May 12th. For more information call 229 4075 or 231-4120. EMMITTS * • • - One of the more popular discos in Bellevue. Dining and wining offered. Moderate, small cover. THE PLANK • • * - A laid back atmosphere you’re sure to appreciate - lounge chairs and sofas, dining and wining, with a view - this will impress her. Expensive. 1 am sure Melvin Nelson joins me in thanking the following people for making our three day trip a mellow one. Laval and Carl, Kitten, Gertha, Nancy, Karen, who flew in from Denver and will be graduating from law school in May, Zelda and a very special thanks to Jimmie Nicholson for being such a gracious host - we had a ball!! KBOO hires by Anita Quiton “Sweet Honey in the Rock," a Washing ton D.C. based group of four Black women singers will be featured in an “Evening of Women's Music" on Wed nesday, April 12th, at the Theatre Elan, 614 S.W. 11th in downtown Portland. Other performers that evening will be Alice Gerrard singing and playing tradi tional music on banjo and guitar, and an after-concert dance with Baba Yaga, a local women's jazz band. The concert will lead off at 7:30 p.m. with a set by Alice Gerrard followed by two full sets by "Sweet Honey." Patricia Johnson, Yasmeen Williams, Evelyn Harris and Bernice Reagon make up “Sweet Honey” and combine their voices in a unique \ apella s«.yle to create a musical experience that reflects their lives and heritage as Black women. The name of the group is based on the choral refrains of a traditional Black song. As used by the group, it symbolizes the unique characteristics of Black woman hood; strength, consistency, warmth and Michel Wells The Board of Directors of KBOO radio Friends Service Committee, Pacific station announced the appointment of Northwest Regional Chapter. Michael Wells as the station's general Wells views the coming year at KBOO manager. Wells becomes the eighth with optimism. manager in the station's ten-year exis "The biggest event on KBOO's hori tence. zon? There are several,” he said. The appointment fills a vacancy creat "In the next six months we’ll try to ed by past manager Ed Richter’s resigna consolidate all the gains from the past tion in mid-February. .year. We want to finish several of the Wells, a native of central California, is really promising projects that got start a twelve-year Portland resident. His ed." These include construction of new career has included the founding and studios, installation of a new transmitter, operation of two community newspapers and conducting the station's annual as well as staff work on a weekly Pledge Week May 15th-21st. Portland paper. He has worked as a "When these are done, we should be broadcast engineer and holds a First able to provide some of the best program Class FCC license. ming in the Pacific Northwest," said The new manager has been a volunteer Wells. at KBOO since its beginnings in 1968, and KBOO is a non-commercial, non-profit has hosted the station's morning classical radio station that depends on listener music program on a weekly rotation the subscriptions for financial support. The past five years. station has earned a national reputation Wells, 34, is married and is the father for its vigorous growth, licensed to a of two daughters. He serves on the public foundation with no institutional Executive Committee of the American ties. EBONY Sweet Honey plays here FASHIO N FAIR PRESENTS Tk&Kdt] gentleness. The group has been together for over four years and will have a new album released soon on Redwood Records which will be available in Portland. "Sweet Honey's" extensive repertoire includes children's game songs, work songs, blues, religious materials, and contemporary music based on Black traditional song styles. Workshops, concerts, festivals, school presentations and celebrations are some of the formats they use to reach various audiences. Remember April 12th, 7:30 p.m. at the Theatre Elan for an "Evening of Women's Music.” It promises to be an exciting and highly energizing evening of music. Tic kets are $4 for adults and $2 for 10-16 year olds and children under 10 years of age will be admitted free. Free childcare is provided if you make arrangements before April 19th by calling 236-0330. Tickets are available at the Woman's Place Bookstore, 1300. S.W. Washington Street, the Mountain Moving Cafe, corn er of Southeast 39th and Stark Street, and the House of Sound, 3606 N. Wil liams. American State Bank 2 7 3 7 N.E. U n io n 2 8 2 -2 2 1 6 THE BLUE PENGUIN Emporium 'Grand Opening Sale’ A fro Statues D rie d F e a th e r Plants Vases Big a n d Small W a ll P laq u es Offer Expires A pril 30th 11:00 to 7 :0 0 Tue - Sat. Closed S u n .-M o n . 2 8 1 -8 4 8 9 1601 N.E. Killingsworth Bt. Lawwc ÊMMÏld DENTAL -Attitude/ Mafadt sponsored by P o rtlan d C h a p te r of Links, Inc. Benefit of Links Educational Fund Portland It's luxurious and u tte r elegance all in one - Bill Blass' bright yellow satin skirt with shoulder revealing cashmere fringed top and border touching sash. Ebony Fashions visits Portland The 20th annual Ebony Fashion Fair will appear in Portland. Oregon at the Paramount Theatre on April 14th. This famed traveling fashion show is produced by Ebony magazine in Chicago and is sponsored by The Portland Chapter of Links. Inc. The show here will benefit The United Negro College Fund, NAACP. The Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund (Portland State Uni versity), The Mental Health Clinics. The array of spectacular garments were personally selected by Mrs. Eunice W. Johnson, producer and director of the show, during her visits to the fashion centers of the world -- Rome, Naples, Paris and London, as well as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Some of the designers whose garments will be featured in the show are Marc Bohan for Christian Dior, Balestra, St. Laurent, Ungaro, Guy Laroche, Karl I^gerfeld for Chloe and Calvin Klein. Mrs. Johnson has also selected outstand ing creations from Black designers S te phen Burrows, Jack Fuller for Nuance, James Daugherty, Scott Barrie for Barrie Sport and Jay Jaxon for Muney. The traveling show consists of some 200 fashions complete with accessories, ten female and two male models, a commentator, music, director, stage and business managers and wardrobe staff. Mrs. Jewel Johns, chairperson of the Portland benefit performance indicates ticket sales are going exceptionally well and expects an even larger attendance than last year. Tickets may be purchased at Stevens and Son Jewelers, Lloyd Center; Lipman's "The Ticket Place” (Downtown store); Allan Bowen, 525 N.E. Killingsworth and from members of the Portland Chapter of Links. Paramount Theatre Portland, Oregon Friday, April 14,1978 8:00 P.M. DR. BERNARD ADVISES... AU Admission (10.00, $12.00 Students (6.00 |up to 12 grade] D e n ta l IN S U R A N C E A c c e p te d M a k e H ealth-W ise Use Your D en tal Insurance To Benefit: NAACP. 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