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Portland Observer, February 9, 1983 Page 9
PCC hosts
Black History
The Associated Students o f Port
land Com m unity College (A S P C C )
are sponsoring a num ber o f speak
ers during Black History Week this
February. Speakers will include Ron
H e rn d o n , L u th e r S tro n g , Lois
Marie Lewis, Dr. Nathan Anderson,
and D r. Virginia Philips.
Ron H e rn d o n is w ell know n
throughout the N o rth w est fo r his
co m m u n ity in v o lve m e n t and as a
representative o f the Black United
Front. He will speak about the his
tory and current status o f the black
com m unity here in P o rtlan d . This
event will be on February 16. at 70$
N K illin g s w o rlh , Cascade H a ll,
Room C 3, from noon-1 p.m.
Luther Strong has been a consul
tant to many colleges and universi
ties. He taught p o litic al science at
the University of W ashington after
leaving the N avy as a L ie u te n a n t
Commander. M r. Strong will speak
on careers in Health Science.
W inners of the King B roadcasting S cholarship
are P ortland C o m m u n ity Collage students Tarria
Travis. Kelly Bird snd Sylvia M cD aniel
PCC students earn scholarships
T h ree students en ro lle d in
P o rtla n d
C o m m u n ity
C ollege
broadcasting classes are winners of
$500 scholarships from King Broad
casting Company o f Seattle.
The winners include Kelly Bird.
M etzger, T e rri T ravis, Tig ard and
Sylvia M cD aniel o f northeast Port
land. A ll are second year students at
PCC's Sylvania Campus.
K ing B roadcastin g C o m p an y
owns and operates broadcasting sta
tions and cable television systems in
the Pacific Northwest and C a lifo r
n ia . It makes scholarship funds
available annually to broadcasting
students at selected schools in the
areas in which the com pany o p e r
ates.
Aim o f the scholarship program is
to assist economically or education-
ally disadvantaged students in the
communications field who, without
fin a n c ia l assistance, might be de
prived o f the opportunity to pursue
a broadcasting career. In addition to
financial need, scholarship winners
must show promise for achievement
in a broadcasting career as dem on
strated through academic achieve
ment or accom plishm ents in their
chosen field.
Review
Lois M a rie Lew is has had six
books published and is currently a
poet in residence for the Portland
Public Schools. She w ill be reading
and performing her works o f poetry
on Friday, Feb. 18, at Cascade Hall
Room C3 from noon-1 p.m.
N a th a n Anderson o f the Black
E d ucation al Center w ill present a
slide presentation and lecture on the
A fric a n O rig in o f Science and
Mathematics, on M onday, Feb. 14,
Room C 3 Cascade H a ll at noon.
M r Anderson teaches mathematics
and black history at the Black Edu
cational Center
D r. V irg in ia P h ilip s is a noted
psychologist and educator. She will
speak on “ T ren d s in the ‘ 80s in
black e d u c a tio n ,” Tuesday, Feb.
1$, in Room C3 at noon.
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
by Lucretia Gardner
In the beginning was the Ford fac
to ry. Representing South A fric a n
life where the w hite m a jo rity runs
the world on the cheap labor o f the
black m ajority, this is the first of the
stories, monologues, and vignettes
that make up the intensely personal
Sr'jwr Ransi is Dead now playing at
the Starry Night. The play wraps its
truths around the everyday lives o f
three men struggling to survive in a
society where as one o f them says,
“ The c o lo r o f o ur skin is our
tro u b le .” T h e ir hum an dilem m as
are both strange and fam iliar to us
as the hum or and hum anity o f this
production carries us along.
Rick Jones and A . Lee W ilso n
have done an adm irable jo b in co
producing, co -d irectin g (w ith the
able assistance o f stage m anager
Sandra P arker) and co-starring in
this limited run of a play that should
be seen by all lovers o f the kind o f
theatre that touches both heart and
mind.
It is easy to get involved as Rick
Jones brings high energy and spark
ling c h a ra c te riza tio n s to the tw o
characters he portrays. M r. Styles,
owner o f his own photography shop
is a man involved in recording wed
dings, graduations and other small
miracles in his "ro o m o f dream s.”
But he also records the b itte r
realities o f photos for Native Identi
fic a tio n cards that c o n tro l d aily
living in the South A frican system.
Jones also shines as B u n tu , the
street-w ise city dw ellet who leads
Sizwe through the com plexities o f
staying alive in a w orld where life
and pride may not be compatible.
A . Lee Wilson does a sensitive job
as the quiet bew ildered Bansi. He
comes to the c ity to fin d w ork to
feed his fam ily and runs afoul o f the
rigid bureaucracy. The conflict be
tween his feeling o f pride and d ig
nity and the necessity for feeding his
fam ily lakes him into an unfam iliar
struggle over what it means to be a
man.
Jones and W ilson have struggled
to put this production together and
hope it will be the beginning o f more
black theatre in Portland. They are
o f f to an exciting start with Sizwe.
Now at the Starry Night (227-0071),
it runs February I I , 12, 15, and 17
at 8 p.m . with a special all-ages per
fo rm a n c e on Sunday the 13th at
5:30. D on't let this one get away.
Cable group meets
N o rth /N o rtheast Cable Access Association w ill hold its monthly mem
bership meeting on M onday, February 14th, at 7:30 p .m ., at King Neigh
borhood Facility, 4815 N .E . 7th Avenue.
N N C A members have asked Portland Cable Access General M anager
Paul Steele to come speak before the group to discuss the potential o f cable
in Northeast Portland.
Persons interested in joining the group should contact N N C A secretary
James H ill at 221-0538.
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id e n tity in th e ir p ro d u c tio n o f Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, now showing at
Starry Night through Feb. 17.
(Photo: Dan Long)
MRS. C’s
Firehouse features'Home'
The Interstate Firehouse Cultural
C e n te r ( IF C C ) presents H om e, a
play by Sam m -Art Williams on Feb
ruary 4, 5 , 6 , I I , 12, and 13. The
p erform ances w ill be held at the
IF C C located at 5340 N . Interstate
on the first two weekends in Febru
ary at 8 :0 0 p .m . on F ridays and
Saturdays, and 3 p.m . on Sundays.
Hom e is directed by W rig h t H .
B rum field and features M ich ael J.
G ra n t, Sylvia King and W righ t H .
Brumfield.
Newly opened, the Interstate Fire
house C u ltu ra l C en te r serves as a
com m unity-based c u ltu ral center
w hich showcases the p erfo rm in g ,
literary and visual arts for the great
er Portland metropolitan area. The
IF C C is where P o rtlan d meets the
world.
For ticket inform ation for Home,
call 24 3-7 930 . Prices are $5 for
adults, $3 for students and seniors.
Reservations are being taken.
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