Page 8 Portland Observer, June 23, 1962
ENTERTAINMENT
HAPPENINGS
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GETTIN' DOWN WITH REN
There just doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day for Ren Woods: the
25-year-old actress/singer who first gained national attention as "Fanta’ in
the telemovie “ Roots” is virtually everywhere in 1982.
Moviegoers can see her now in ‘Penitentiary 11,” Jamaa Fanaka’s follow
up to the successful “ Penitentiary” film. Those who prefer audio entertain
ment can discover her vocal talents on Azz Iss, her recently-released debut
album for E lek tra /A s ylu m Records. A n d, to put the icing on the cake,
Woods may be doing a concert tour this summer, if she can get another al
bum in the can first.
The territory Ren Woods has covered up to now is fairly extensive. Born
in Chicago in 1957, she grew up in Portland, Oregon. At age nine, she was
in a singing group called the Three Little Souls which ended up playing reg
ular dates at a local bar. A local talent manager named Larry Raphael even
tually took the band to Los Angeles. As Sunday’s Child, the group did spe
cials with Nipsey Russell, Redd Foxx and appearances on “ The Jack Benny
Show.”
Sunday’s Child broke up when Ren was 17, but she decided to remain in
Los Angeles. She landed the part o f "D o ro th y” in the Los Angeles theater
production o f “ The W iz ,” and during the show’s run, she took a break to
shoot “ Roots,” Those roles led to parts in the films “ 9 to 5 ,” "T h e Jerk”
and “ H a ir.”
Playing the girlfriend o f a boxer in “ Penitentiary I I ” was a step in a d if
ferent direction from those roles. “ Jamaa had been talking to me about
doing another film called ‘The D u ke,’ but I ran into Leon Isaac Kennedy
and he mentioned something about this role. I auditioned for it and got it ,”
she relates.
She wants to do more television in the future, though she’s a bit worried
about the effect those guest spots have on her overall career. “ Those shows
always seem to pop up again as re-runs, and when you least expect them,”
Woods notes. “ I don’t mean to put down this particular show, but a ‘White
Shadow* I was in was recently aired again. You’re trying hard to impress
people with a new record and then here comes this old ’White Shadow* epi
sode!”
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Coming
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Ren Woods
A zz /zz isn’t her first album, though it may be the first record buyers are
aware of. Ren maintains that her first album, Out O f The Woods, released
in the late 1970s on A R C /C o lu m b ia (E arth , W ind & Fire’s label), was a
“ well-kept secret,” adding that she really doesn’ t mind now because she
feels her new Azz /zz is much better. "This new one comes from me,” she
emphasizes. “ Also, there are songs by close friends on Azz Iz z ."
Woods only co-wrote one song on the new album, “ Lovin’ Power,” but
she hopes to write as many as six for the next. “ I ’m trying to get Teena Marie
to produce it. 1 think I ’ll be able to. She’s a big fan .”
W ith all her work. Woods still finds time for a personal life. She remains
ensconced in her small Los Angeles apartment. “ I don’t want to get into
that big rent mentality,” she concedes. Still, she manages to find room for
bout 30 plants o f all kinds, though she admits she hasn’t “ gotten good at
growing flowers yet.”
She dates a fellow musician, a drummer, and works out at the trendy
Jane Fonda’s Workout in Beverly Hills. In fact, it was here that she met one
o f her songwriters— Patryce Banks. Fans o f trivia may know that Banks,
under the name o f Chocolate, was the co-lead singer o f Graham Central
Station. “ I met her and she said she had some songs she wanted me to hear.
We went to my car and put on the cassette and I said ‘Yeah, this is it,’ ” re
calls Woods.
For all her accomplishments, Woods is still awed by those o f others. A t
the Black Filmmakers H all O f Fame awards show she got to meet veteran
singer Cab C allow ay and actor Yaphet K o tto . R eferring to C allo w ay,
she notes, “ He still sounds good singing ’H i De H o ’ at 70. He liked my per
formance so much he jokingly said I should be ashamed o f myself for doing
such a good show.”
Coming Attractions
“ A Touch of Class,” South Park
Blocks, Fridays, July 9 -A u g . 20,
7:00 p.m.
“ Big and Little Bands,” Laurel-
hurst P a rk , Sundays, July 11-A u-
gust 1.
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The 19th Annual Festival o f Arts
will he held June 24th through 27th
at Lakew ood Center (368 S. State
S t.) in Lake Oswego. Free. 636-
3634.
M t. H o o d C o m m u n ity College
w ill hold its O ld Fashioned Straw
berry Festival on June 26th, 10 am-6
p. D unk tan k , puppet show, arts
and crafts, strawberry desserts. 667-
7474.
Aszemar Glenn, pianist, will pre
sent “ Second Phase C oncert E n
gagement” in a benefit for T .H .E .
C . R . I . B . , June 2 6th , 7:30 pm at
King Center.
O regon Jam 1982 w ill be at
Autzen Stadium, Eugene, July 25th.
Foreigner, Blue Oyster C u lt, Joan
Jett, Taxxi.
Oregon Bach Festival will be held
June 28-July 11 at Beall H a ll, U n i
versity o f Oregon, Eugene. A fte r
noon and evening concerts, benefit
picnic, masterclasses. 686-5665.
Eddie W ied and Sky T r io , the
Vintage, June 21, 22, 23.
Spend July 2, 3 & 4 at the St. Paul
Rodeo. C arnival, fireworks. Night
events at 8:00 p.m.
Continuum Band, Saturday M a r
ket, west end o f Burnside Bridge,
June 27.
John Denver concert, M em orial
Coliseum, June 28th.
M t. H o o d C o m m u n ity College
Festival o f Jazz. M H C C , Aug. 6-8.
Theatre: The Man o f La Mancha,
Portland Civic Theatre, June 25-Ju-
ly 31.
A nnie— Civic A uditorium . June
15- July 11.
West Coast Latvian Choral Con
cert, Civic Auditorium , July 4.
“ In the V olcano” : Free concert
series. M t. Tabor Park, 7 p.m ., ev
ery Thursday. June 17-July 29.
O ’ Bryant Square Concerts. Wed
nesdays, 11:30 am , June 23-A ug.
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