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runs 1981 LIVE Comedian Bill Cosby • Thara Memory and his Creative Jazz Ensemble. AKtJUAKI ARTQUAKE WINS NEA GRANT CIVIC AUDITORIUM THURSDAY, ARTQUAKE '81 announced today that the National Endowment fo r the A rts has awarded the festival a $2,500 grant. The monies are earmarked to develop Oregon’ s first major jazz festival which will be presen ted as A R T Q U A K E '8 1’ s music program during the September festival. “ Major local, regional and national jazz artists w ill be selected to appear through an ap plication process,” reports the Executive Producer, Karen W hitm an. She states that A rt B arfield and Homer C la rk, Co-chairs o f A R T Q U A K E ’ s music comm ittee have worked w ith musicians, jazz club owners and jazz enthusiasts in the process o f preparing a city-wide jazz program to complement the Festival which will be on Portland's mall September 11, 12, and 13, 1981. Applications for participation will be released from the AR TQ U AKE office within three weeks. For more information call, 227-ARTS. M A Y 14 7-00 & 10:00PM ARTQ UAKES VOLUNTEER ARTS ARMY The work for AR TQ U AK E ’ 81 has already begun. W ith the “ B ill Cosby Live ” event volunteers have helped address letters and flyers to help sell tickets. They have distributed posters and will be at the event to sell ARTQUAKE posters, catalogs and buttons as well as recruit volunteers. There always seems to be a task waiting in the wings. You can be involved too. A ll you need to do is let ARTQUAKE know that you want to help. A call to the ARTQUAKE office to offer your name for a volunteer task w ill help make the Festival happen. Call today. You can make it shake. Be an ARTQUAKE ’81 volun teer. VOLUNTEER ARM Y ON THE MOVE! COSBY LIVE - IN CONCERT FOR ARTQUAKE A ll those rum bly rumors are true! B ill Cosby is coming to Portland for ARTQUAKE. See him live on May 14 - 7:00 and 10:00 PM at P o rtla n d ’ s C ivic Auditorium. Renowned as a comedian, actor, author, philospher, educator and family man, Cosby is a performer extra ordinaire. His comedy albums have sold over 11 million copies and he is a frequent as well as a popular attract ion at Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe. Recognition o f his acting ability came in three “ Emmy” awards as best actor when he co-starred with Robert Culp in "Z Spy. ” His most recent movie. The D e v il and M ax D evlin, opened in Portland last m onth. Education is probably Cosby’ s proudest achievement. He has a bachelor’ s degree from Temple University School o f C om m unication. The U niversity o f Massachusetts awarded his masters and doctor o f education in which he studied ways to meet the educational needs o f m in o rity children and the growth o f TV as an educational tool. “ The Cos” originated Fat A lb e rt shows which won the Children’ s Theater Association Seal o f Excellence in 1972 and Ohio State University Aw ard in 1975 fo r m eritorious achievement in educational Broadcasting. Married for 18 years. Bill and his wife, Camille, live a uietly in Am herst, Massachusetts w ith their five children. There he spends time weaving the stories o f a childhood spent in a Philadelphia housing project with vivid insights o f human vulnerability into an easy warm, open, honest dialogue. T h a t’ s Cosby. Who would do better fo r an A R T Q U A K E event perform ance to support the finest Northwest artists. Tickets ranging in price from $8 to $10 to $12 are available for both performances. Call 227-ARTS for in formal IO.I. They come from the greater metro area to help make Portland’s Festival o f the arts, ARTQUAKE. happen. They number about 1,000. They are hidden in a down town office building working at odd hours until the first weekend after Labor Day when they appear at dusk to begin constructing ARTQUAKE. Who are they? Among their number you w ill find a newcomer to our community, a homemaker, a teenager, a banker, a politician, a teacher or a retiree. A ll have o f fered their time and skills to support the finest N orth west artists who have come together fo r a three day showing o f their talents and their work. Volunteer Coordinator, Kate Marx (Seated) and Susie Shanklin assign volunteers to tasks at the check-in table during ARTQUAKE '80. (Photo: Lisa Stone) One might wonder why they give so freely, these volunteers? The answers vary from “ 1 love festivals” to “ I love Portland and AR TQ U AK E” to “ Its just fun” and fin a lly to “ I t ’ s the sights and sounds o f people coming together on the mall downtown. I feel good here, just soaking it all in.” We asked Volunteer Coordinator, Kate Marx, what kinds o f jobs are available. She said, “ We need people to run errands, type letters, sell AR TQ U AKE buttons and balloons, set up canopies, install walls, help children enjoy ARTQUAKE, conduct wheelchair tours, and a multitude o f other tasks before, during and after the festival. AR TQ U AKE is a year round project and I’ ve never failed to find a job for someone who wants to help.” LOCAL TALENT SUPPORTS COSBY Thara Memory and the Creative Jazz Ensemble will be the opening act fo r the AR TQ U A K E event, " B ill Cosby Live. ” Cosby w ill perform at 7:00 p.m ., and 10:00 p.m., at Civic Auditorium, May 14. The Creative Jazz Ensemble, a five piece group, will present a composite o f styles from jazz beginnings to avante garde. Group members Janice Scroggins, piano; Ron Steen, drum; Phil Baker, bass; Dick Springer, sax joined Thara Mem ory and his conceronet two years ago. In that time they have presented over 150 perfor mances to Oregon schools under the sponsorship o f Young Audiences o f Oregon. Thara Memory began his musical career at the age o f eight when he took up the trumpet. At 12 years o f age he had his first professional engagement in an Orlando Florida nightclub. His interest in the history o f Black American music and musicians dates from that time. Throughout his studies at Hampton Institute, Albama State U n ive rsity, F lo rid a A & M and M a rlh u rs t, he searched for other contributors. Their contributions are apparent in these performances. Children and adults alike p ro fit from his in terest and knowledge as he arranges, conducts and performs jazz from the ages. ARTQUAKE ’ 81 is delighted that the fifth anniver sary w ill begin with Thara Mem ory and the Creative Jazz Ensemble leading into " B ill Cosby Live. ” It is appropriate as AR TQ U AKE ‘ 81 w ill feature Oregon’ s first major jazz festival at ARTQUAKE: V. Meier & Frank Ticket O ffice Frederick and Nelson/Downtown Stevens and S on/L lo yd Center g . I. J o e s & Civic Auditorium
