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Portland Observer Thursday. May 25. 1978 Page 5 Community Calendar The public is invited to join with members of "Dads," a group of noncustodial parents, in an informal address and conversation with (Iregou Circuit Court Judge llollie Pihl. Judge Pihl is past president of the Oregon Juvenile Judges Association and will present a view of domestic relations battles as seen from the bench. He will also offer some alternative suggestions for improving the judicial system and will answer questions from the audience. The address will be held at the June meeting of "Dads", Saturday, June 3rd. 2:00 p.m., at the King Neighborhood Facility. 4815 N.E. Seventh Avenue, (N.E. Seventh and Alberta). Jesse Colin Young, songwriter and singer, will perform a benefit concert for the Trojan Decommissioning Alliance on June 6th. Jesse is donating his time because he believes in a non nuclear future. Information on nuclear power and the alternatives will be available at the concert. People are encouraged to walk. bike, bus or carpool to the concert to save energy and reduce traffic. The show will begin at 8:00 p.m at the Paramount Theatre in Portland. Tickets are available at all the usual outlets. Sunday evening at 8:00 p.m., June 4th. at St. Mark's Parish, N.W. 21st and Marshall in Portland, a program of organ music from Baroque to Contemporary, and music for organ and strings, will be presented by Barbara Lane, organist; Steve Price, viola; and a student string quartet from PSU. Free, reception following sponsored by Delphi Hellenic University Club. Women in Transition, Inc. invites all Portland area women experiencing changes in their lives to attend the next workshop series beginning June 5th to June 16th, 9:30 to 3:30 at 607 N.E. Alberta. To register and for more information, call 234 0657. There is no charge for this workshop. The Vancouver Branch NAACP will hold its annual tea Sunday, May 28th, at the PUD Building from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend. A one month course in field Geology is being offeree! by lhe Oregon Museum of Science and Industry August 1st through 31st at its Camp Hancock Field Station in Central Oregon's John Day River valley. Applications may be obtained from the Camp Registrar. Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 4015 S.W. Canyon Road, Portland, Oregon 97221. Tuition of $300 covers food, lodging, instruction and transportation to and from Portland. The Northwest Regional Folklife Festival, a Memorial Day weekend tradition at Seattle Center, is scheduled for May 26th-29th this year. Now in its seventh successful year, this year's Folklife Festival will be the largest ever, with more than 2,000 performers and participants expected. Over a dozen indoor and outdoor stages will be filled with music. All folklife events are free to the public. General festival hours are: May 26th. 7:00-11:00 p.m. and May 27th, 28th, 29th, 12:00-11:00 p.m. Expecting a baby? Do you feel as ready as you would like to be? Multnomah County offers classes for expectant mothers to prepare you for the physical and emotional N A T A L IE CO LE by Allen Jone* “S PEC TR U M IN B L U E " - N A T A L IE CO LE In 1950. when Natalie Cole was born, her father. Capitol recording artist Nat “King" '.ole. was one of the industry's true “giants." Within the confines of her L.A. home, Natalie was inadvertently exposed to the spry jazzy sounds of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah , aughn, and Lamberts. Hendricks and Ross. There was no particular emphasis placed >n her father's fame, or on music in general, and her father rarely graced the piano. To ler, music was an environmental facet of her daily childhood, as natural as sunshine ind blue skies, but never overt. Perhaps that's why Natalie Cole is sliding so naturally into a career destined to •xtend the Cole legacy, yet in an utterly current manner with no stolen licks, or false iypc. Natalie's naturalness, her ease and grace, are contagious. She is confident without »retention. And yet the way in which she has grown up leads one to comprehend this ind appreciate it . . . and be thankful that that joy has found its way into the icrforming arts, and been translated onto her debut album "Inseparable." Her childhood days in L.A. were highlighted by appearing in the Greek Theatres resentation “Tm W ith Yen"<a Black “Gigi") with her father and Barbara McNrir. She ,as eleven, and sang "It's A Bore.” She doesn't recall whether she was any good, as he usually was spirited from stage to stage door to home and bed. She saw her father perform several times, and considers him a great “unintentional fluence " She preferred watching him from the audience than from backstage. "He was just >o good . . . I liked being in the audience better because their reaction as electric and I wanted to share it. He was captivating." She left L.A. to go to the University of Massachusetts as a pre med. loved Amherst, id stayed on one summer to waitress at a local club called “The Pub." She ended up onting a band on weekends, doing her first professional gig on July <. W l . She was soul and rock enthusiast and already obviously well versed in jazz. Her influences ere as diverse as early Motown (early Marvin. Tempts. Supremes), Aretha, straight i to rockers like Leon Russell and the Allman Brothers. She wanted to bring in all pea of sounds . . . and blend the contemporary innovations with that jazz age scipiine she had cut her eye teeth on. It worked brilliantly. With a repetoire that eluded "Honky Tonk Women." "Killing Me Softly." “You Are The Sunshine Of My ife " as well as “Que Sera Sera" (a la Sly) and her father's own “Mona Lisa (the only mg from the "King's" material that she did) fully reshaped, she tore apart the ortheast circuit. . „ . . i j u . That iminent stardom took a significant turn in October. 1974 when she played Mr elly's in Chicago, and met Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey. They were taken with w and booked her into Curtis Mayfield's exclusive Curtom Studios. They cut some emo tracks, came to Capitol, and soon a deal was struck. On signing at Capitol, her ither’s label of fame and fortune, she commented: "Daddy would be surprised . . . and pleased, and I think my being at Capitol would •ally have knocked him out!!" The “King" would be proud. Finally a play about us! A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Honsbory’s classic Black drama M a y 25, 26, 27 Thurs, Fri., Sat. 8:15 In the Evening Portland State University Park Theater Shattuck Hall S.W. Broadway and Hall Tickets $3.50 A d u lts/$2.00 Students and Senior Citizens Last Weekend ! I Produced by Black Cultural Affairs Board changes that occur during pregnancy and the care and growth of the baby after delivery. The classes will be held in various locations in North and Northeast Portland. A fee is charged based on your ability to pay but no one will be turned away. For more information and to sign up for the program call 248-3816. The 45th annual YWCA Strawberry Breakfast is scheduled for June 3rd from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Downtown YWCA, 1111 S.W. 10th Avenue. The benefit is to provide campships to enable people of all ages, faiths and races to go to Westwind, YWCA camp on the Pacific, and to enable children of working parents to attend YWCA day camping programs including Downtown, Eastside, and St. Johns. Free tours of the Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Historical Society, neighbors of the Downtown YWCA, are scheduled following the breakfast. Tickets for the Breakfast are $2.50 for adults and $1.25 for students and children. The tickets may be purchased at the Northeast YWCA, 126 N.E. Alberta. Bethel Senior Usher Board will hold its annual Rainbow Tea Sunday, June 4th at the home of Commissioner Charles Jordan, 7138 S.E. 13th, between 1:00-5:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The public is cordially invited to a “Champagne Sip" sponsored by the Paris Texas Club. The NAACP will benefit from this affair. This affair will be held Sunday, May 28th, at Prince Masonic Temple, 120 N.E. Russell Street, 5:00-9:00 p.m. Donation $3 per person. The Fifth Annual St. Andrew Catholic Church Pacific Rim Luau will be held Saturday, June 3rd, at the St. Andrew Community Center, N.E. 8th and Alberta. The entertainment starts at 7:30 p.m., dancing at 9:00 p.m., followed by the luau buffet at 10:00 p.m. The cost for adults is $5.25 per person and includes everything - entertainment, dancing and the luau buffet. Tickets can be obtained by calling the St. Andrew rectory at 281-4429. The Senior Women's Auxiliary of the General Baptist Convention of the Northwest (Portland area) will hold their annual Spring Tea Sunday, May 28th, at the Morning Star Baptist Church, 106 N.E. Ivy, 1:30-5:30 p.m., donations. Everyone is invited to attend. "Nursing Homes in the State of Oregon and Multnomah County” will be the subject of the next meeting of the City-County Commission on Aging. The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 1st at 9:30 a.m. in the Water Service Building Basement Auditorium, 510 S.W. Montgomery. Interested individuals are invited to attend. There will be an Area I Citizen Advisory Committee Regular Meeting to be held on May 30th at 7:30 p.m. at Beach School, 1710 N. Humboldt. The purpose of the meeting is to hear from the Jeffersc". Area Study Committee and other citizens about reorganization. The topic of reorganization pertains to the suggestion that some K-8 elementary schools be changed to K-5 primary schools or 6-8 middle schools. Phil McLaurin gives canvassing materials to volunteers of Albina Voter Registration and Education Project. Materials were left with Albina area citizens urging them to register and vote. Nick Barnett and friends leave King Neighborhood Facility on their way to urge residents to vote. A R V E C volunteers went house to house assisting people to register and operated registration tables in local supermarkets for several weeks prior to the May 23rd election. JOE'S PLACE SEE SPORTS ON GIANT SCREEN T V. The Friendly Tavern Tr. ( td llftC C P y ... IX * Owner: The Love Congregation is sponsoring a “Love Awakening" for Saturday, May 27th, 6:00 p.m. at the Portland Community College Auditorium. The program will include dance, guest speakers and of course songs sung by the Love Congregation. Joseph Benjamin ....................." ~ “ SFP.Vi □ 1* MERE AFT ' A WINE 1801 NE Alberta 288-8768 Salem NAACP plans Wine Taste The Salem Branch NAACP will hold its Fourth Annual Wine Taste and Fashion Show on June 17, 1978 at the Black Angus Restaurant in Salem, 8:00 p.m. This year's theme is "Together We Stand” and tickets can be purchased at Stevens and Sons, the branch office located at 309 Oregon Building in Salem, or at the Portland NAACP Office for $8.50. Fashions this year are being provided by the following stores: Anderson and Crockatt Clothiers; Bishop's Store for Men; The Clothes Circuit; Dotz Ling and Lounge; The Garmetree; The Trend; and Scotty’s Shoes and are being coordinated by Zoe A. Wilson. She will also commen tate along with this year’s Guest Com mentator, John Davis of KGW-TV 8 o She’s pregnant. She’s deserted. She needs help. She should call 221-0598 B irth rig h t free confidential counseling for pregnant girls Mayer Building at 1130SW Morrison ° News. The Guest Models this year are Pat McCarthy, Chairman of the Marion County Board of Commissioners and his lovely wife Betty. Models include the following: Donna Burgess, Geri Coulter, Julie Greco, Eve Hawkes, Jeanne Large, Karen Lemar, Jean Johnson, Jackie Loville, Jill Parks, Sandra Thompson, LaNell Wilborn, Jeri Williams, Sherree Willson, Irene Young, Greg Batiste, Darrell Buttice. Bob Clay, Karl Craine, Scott Dunn, Richard Foster, Jim Hill, Mike Hobbs, Ray Johnson, Arche Mc Adoo, Charles Minor, loanee Mize, Olu Sazz, Des Young, and James Wilborn. A dance will follow the show with the sounds of Black Velvet, a nine piece jazz band from Jefferson High School in Portland. Students display projects On Saturday and Sunday, May 27th and 28th, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry will host an exhibition of up to 100 science and engineering projects completed by students from schools throughout the Pacific Northwest. Dis plays will be open to the public between 1:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday. Many of the student exhibitors will be on hand to explain their work. The exhibition is part of a pilot program to encourage Northwest stu dents to carry out individual and group research projects in the fields of science, math, and engineering. If this effort is successful, OMSI and the Oregon Science Teachers Association will co-sponsor u similar program open to all schools in the Pacific Nortnwest next year. Ninety nine percent of science teachers responding to a recent questionnaire, which was circu lated by the two organizations, indicated that they favored such a program as a way to spark interest on the part of gifted students in science and technology. D IS C O U N T IM P O R T S AFRO STATUES LAMPS • DRIED PLANTS • FEATHERS ★ FREE ★ ■ ■ G IF T W IT H C O U P O N A N D SB**» O F F E V E R Y T H I N G 11:00 to 7:00 Tue.-Sat. (Closed Sun-Mon.) ¿Blue 1601 N.E. 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