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Portland Observer, April 17. 1906, Page 5 ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK Stereos. TVs. Appliances. VCRs iwWh f ' t . t M ° n t h a . O ( w Jo« "Bean " Keller, Entertainm ent Editor > ee 6th A venue opens up No credit references No deposit Everyone W elcome Order by phone W e deliver same day 936 N.E. B roadw ay Portland'« newest over-21 club and night «pot w ill ba hawing It« Grand Opening on Wednesday. April 24. 6 p.m . 'til 2 a.m . at tha 6th Awa. Club. 15 N .W 8th (formarty Old Tow n Saloon! It'« «oon to ba com a ona of tha city'« hottaat live entertainm ent «pot«, hosting a va riety of Portland'» artl«t» from Rock to R&B The public is Invited to attend tha grand opening and ba entertained by tha mualc of No Shoot Tha M .C .'s for tha evening w ill ba tha 2100 M orning Zoo. Gary Bryant. Loma Dae and tha 2100 Jam m ln Salmon. Sea you there. Gene Diam ond & Frances Dunlap Invite you to attend their Rick M itchell, mualc critic for Rolling Stone record magazine and The Oregonian, and founder of tha Electric Gan M ai. a Latin term that directly translate« to "big bad." and n o w com m only refer« to ma|or electric short-circuiting In the human brain akin to an epileptic episode. Of course, only the hopeleea intellectual w ill form »oma imaga connec tlon. although Mltchall doe« plan an original composition for tha par form anca entitlad "Seizure Later." Gran M ai mem bers are all n otaN a and active in other band» Calvin W alker, lead vocalist; Dam ien Dillon, drums; John Mazzocco. ba«»; Dan Brandt. keyboard-synthasizar; John Jansen, trum pet; Warren Rand, saxophone, and Rick M itchell and Curtis Craft on percussions Gran M ai is scheduled to debut at Kay Largo on April 28. opening for El Com bo Caribe, then headlining on the same stage M a y 8. by Lam ia Duke music. Wonder's songs w ere banned from South African radio stations re cently after W onder dedicated his Oscar to M andela, leader of the o u t lawed African National Congress. M andela has served 22 years of a life sentence for treason and sabotage. " If m y being banned means people w ill ba free, ban ma m age times, said W onder w h o w on tha Academ y A w ard for best song "I Just W ant to Say I Love You" from the m otion picture "The W om an In Red " Those wishing to show their support for Stevie W onder should call their local stations and ask that they have a Stevie W onder Day of Music. ALL THE SPAGHETTI YOU CAN EAT! M A Y 3rd (F rid a y ) OM > $ 5 0 0 WITH 1319 N.E. 7th Ave. & Clackamas SERVED FROM 5 30 p m 8 30 p m iConpw* fknnp» Saue A 4/o ALL MONEY USED TO HELP SEND KIDS TO CAMPS THIS SUMMERI Advance T icket Inform ation: Winzel L. H am ilton. 2 4 M 8 3 9 (Eve.) Mary's Restaurant and Lounge (Formerly Milton and Oscar's) 5700 N.E. Union Ave. D r <*<¿4-* f i t Q LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Thurs. thru Sunday, 9:00 P.M. until 2:00 A.M . Business Hours: 366 Days a Year - 7 a m until 2:30 a m G RASSROOT NEW S. N W — If middle-class America is anything like it was portrayed in a film enitiled “ Seventeen,” then our youth are truly in trouble. And racism is alive, perpetuated and ingrained in everyday attitudes, actions and thoughts. "Seventeen” was the youth seg ment in "M idd leto w n ,” a multi part documentary portrait of Muncie, Indiana in 1982. Underwritten by Xerox Corporation and the Public Broadcasting System, "Seventeen” was never broadcast in the " M id dletown" series. The reason lies with the content. The filmmakers shadowed a white 17-year-old female for iwo years through her involvement with a Black basketball star, her relationship with her high school teachers and her inter actions at home. The scandal for Xerox and PBS was the youth and her peer group's very limited vocabulary — four letter words — with outside interests equal ly narrow — drinking beer and smok ing marijuana Bettering one's self, going to col lege or even completing homework assignments were never discussed by the youth Also, a consistent disre spect for adults was quite evident throughout the film. The main character. Lynn Massie, is infatuated with a Black youth. However, when she's alone with him, she chastises him to the point o f cas tration — "W h y are you always tell ing lies? W hy aren't you home?” On an interracial double date when one o f the Black youths is perceived as being embarrassed because he's out with a white girl, Lynn counters with, "Listen, you guys ain’t the ones get ting the bad name — we are White girls don’t mess with no Black guys, but we swallow our pride cause we care about you so much.” KIDS UNDER 5 FREE Taking Place At LLOYD CENTER TEMPI t BAPTIST CHURCH restaurant The Staple Bros ThaFn & Sal Apm 12th E» 1»h a M ary's Restaurant and Lounge ■ I I I I I I I I e I t a e la e a e A . » e 5700 N.E. Union Ava. «—STWX SLI 281 1178 2for1 DINNER HOURS Mon thru Sunday 5:00 p.m until 10:00 p.m. Free Dinner with Purchase of One of Greater or Equal value V iM and M a tta r Card Accaptad Praaant the Ad 10 Racarva Coupon Card I 2 For 1 Dinner Coupon •Promotion» •Managing •Booking • Publicity •Protect Layout» •Program Coordination C om plete Entertainm ent Services x* *• * ..'.'V«»- <* ,V'i.V r M UTTES ESTERtAiaaEST ATTRACT«)«» METW0«« tf: •Band» •Dancer» •Actor» •P A Equipment •Lighting •Dtaco Unit 6 D J. Contact Joe (Bean) Kader • Home 232 9 8 7 T O f f * * 283 24B6 Music by: Banny Wilson trio featuring Gene D iam ond AH Musicians invited to Jam * Royal Esquire Club 1 7 « N.E. Alberta PBS nixes interracial film Radio personallty/actlvlst Bob Law, host of "N ig ht Talk," has called for Black Am ericans - especially Black radio stations - to show na tionw ide solidarity for Stevia W onder and his public support of Nslson M andela, the imprisoned South African leader Law has asked Black radio stations across the country to play a day of Stevia Wonder's GET TOGETHER 9:00 p.m. t * 2:30 a.m. Give Good Lova." Stevie W onder D ay urged and April 21st. 1966 N ew Arista signing W hitnay Houston made har first soio N aw York City appaaranca at S w a a tw a te r’s. previewing tongs from har |uat- reieased debut album . "Whitney Houston '' Tha LP faaturaa production contributions from Kaahif (Including tha singla. "You Glva Good Love." Jerm aine Jackson. M ichael M a s te r and Narada M ichael Walden Tha Ave-night S w eetw ater's engagem ent, which drew raves from tha press. attracted show business personalities such as Gregory H ints and singer Patti Austin, as w all as many radio and retail people who came out to te a tha young singing discovery Shown at S w eetw ater's follow ing ona of Houston's shows are (l-r): Austin; W hitnay Houston; Kaahif; Cissy Houston; LaLa. w riter of "You 'Seizure Later' by Gran M a i a, young Aries Birthday Party W hitney Houston's N.Y. solo debut I I I I I J Nationally renowned entertain are. including »uch w ail-know n personalities a * M ’ A ’ S’ H star David Ogden S tiers. actress Jean Stapleton, and talk «how host Dick Cavatt. w ill help launch Pub He Radio Cam paign "85. This na tionw ide on-alr effort, designed to assist NPR m em ber station« in local fund-raising, is scheduled for April 22 - 27. a w aak of special ly produced perform ance and news program from National Public Radio and m em ber sta tion«. 27th Annual But Lynn's caring for the basket ball star is short-lived. After seeing she does a roll call o f “ I've done him so wrong with Ted. Jim, Harry, etc___ ” W hile still involved with the relationship, the local Ku Klux Kian burns a cross in her yard and her friends call her a "nigger lover." “ I think it's death when Black and white get together. I think it sucks!," says a while male to her in a pool hall. Lynn, without defense, puts up with the criticism but immediately breaks o ff the relationship when Black girls begin to call her home with threats. Lynn replies to these assaults with a tirade of “ Black Ebony Fashion Fair Presents Sponsored By The Links, Incorporated Potlland Oregon Chaplet Friday. April 28 1985 8 30 P M Red Lion Motor Inn Jantzen Beach Portland. Oregon b-ches!” "Seventeen" was shown last week end, sponsored by the Northwest Film Study Center. There were only two scenes when a Black youth kissed a white girl Both times, while couples in the audience left. Now. if this hap pens in Portland where interracial dating is so visual, just think how those folks at PBS and Xerox took it. J. Hoberman from the Village Voice summed up “ Seventeen” this way: “ The fear of presenting an interracial couple on TV is a greater scandal than any romance could be." “ Seventeen" is a slice o f America in the raw Because it seemed so real, and it was real, it takes one inside the youth o f America and what it shows is that they are in trouble. Benefit of Links Educitlonzl Fund Purctuu tickets it Stevens 4 Son Lloyd Center Meier ft Frink Oownlown M n C i W iqi Celebrity » n ric llo n fT . * > Proceeds to American Heart Association ol Oregon Inc Kerr Young Parents Program Ethiopian Aid — Links' Educational & Art Scholarship Fund Ticket Price JIB 00 Ticket prices include a one year subscription to EBONY or Six months to JET " " T h iz e n s Group« for th« month of April preeant the Staple Bros.. Cavalcade of Star». Roy Dall & Co w ith "Lady M ag ic“ Paulette. Strictfy Root«. Gena Diam ond and Tiffany. All at tha Royal Esquire Club. Royal Esquire Club 1708 N .E . A lb e r t a H A P P E N IN G S
