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P ortland O b server,P a g e 5
ENTERTAINMENT
IB C H J M D
REBOOT
BEHIND THE
SCENES
By Garland Lee Thompson
For the first time in recent history, in
the City of Portland, there were five
critics in town from major newspa­
pers (Steve Winn & Bernard
Weiner - San Francisco Chronicle,
VVayne Johnson - Seattle Times,
Joe Adcock - Seattle Post-Intelli­
gencer and Bob Hicks - the Ore­
gonian) and Time Magazine.
They came to review the opening
of Oregon’s oldest professional
theatre company, the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, at the Port­
land Center for the Performing
Arts.
Based for the past fifty five years in
Ashland, Oregon (ten miles from
the California border), this South­
ern Oregon theatre company, is
under the artistic directorship of
'Jerry Turner. It is one of the oldest
in the United States to feature the
. works of William Shakespeare
and many recognized literary
drama classics of the Western
World. The new nom de plume of
this $1.6 million “theatrical mar-
- nage” of the Ashland Company
and Portland's new Performing
Arts Center is called Portland Cen­
ter Stage.
A CRITIC’S PLAY
j It's probably correct and fitting that
the opening production of Port­
land Center Stage is “ Heartbreak
House,” a critic’s play, written by
George Bernard Shaw, who had
been, among other things, a music
critic in England before premiering
i as an Irish playwright in London
(1856-1950).
Those same visiting critics in town,
that are mentioned above, joined
a panel discussion on “the Role of
the Critic,” moderated by Bob
Hicks at the Heathman Hotel. This
standing room only (SRO) event
was sponsored by the Portland
Area Theatre Alliance. It followed
on Sunday morning (11:00 AM -
1:00 PM), after the gala black tie
opening of “ Heartbreak House,"
which took place at the Intermedi­
ate Theatre in the PCPA. The pro­
duction runs through December
3rd.
It isn’t everyday in town, we see a
new company doing Shaw, with
the stylized talent of Demettra
Pittman (as “ Hesione Hush-
abye”), Sandy McCallum (as
“ Captain Shotover” ), Robynn Ro-
driguez (as “ Ellie Dunn” ), Sharon
Laughlin (as "Lady Ariadne Utter-
word”), Henry Woronicz (as “ Hec­
tor Hushabye”), Phillip Davidson
(as “ Mazzini Dunn” ), Paul Vincent
O’Connor (as "Boss Mangan” ),
Michael Kevin (as “ Randall Utter-
word” ) and Richard Elmore (as
“ The Burglar”). Its unusual for us
to witness such an old, estab­
lished company riding into "Our
Town,” smacking of “bucks, tradi­
tion, Pomp and Circumstance,”
but that’s what’s happening with
this new “gang” that's in town!
“Write on!”
Jerry Turner’s team gives us grad
diva costumes designed by De­
borah M. Dryden, an old english
country house set, styled as a
ship, by William Bloodgood, lit
dramatically by James Sale and
sound by David Maltby, to keep
us from being bored with such
mountains of words of english wit,
in this anti-World War I english
drawingroom, farce comedy by
“the word-smith,” himself, GBS.
Scholarship renewed
For the second consecutive year,
a high school student participating
in the Urban League of Portland’s
Career Day will win a one-year,
$675 scholarship from the Mt.
Hood Community College District
Foundation.
The motion was
made and unanimously approved
at the October 26 breakfast meet­
ing of the MHCCD Foundation
Board.
The Urban League of Portland is a
community social agency funded
in part by the United Way and
staffed with professional social
workers. Its annual Career Day,
held at the University of Portland in
November, is one way it promotes
education and skill development
for would-be victims of discrimina­
tion, said MHCC instructor Adri­
enne Miller, a member of the
league’s Education Committee. A
drawing for available scholar­
ships is held at the conclusion of
the event.
In other business, the Foundation
Board recognized Tektronix, Inc.
of Beaverton for its donation of five
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MEMBERS t QUESTS
oscilloscopes to be used in the
college’s Electronic Engineering
Technology program. The oscil­
loscopes are valued at approxi­
mately $4,000.
Office of College Advancement -
Contact 667-7214
Spellman Gets early Christ­
mas Gift: Comedian Bill Cosby
and his wife, Camille, gifted At­
lanta’s Spelman College $20 mil­
lion for a new academic center that
will double the school’s class­
room space. It is the largest gift in
the 107-year history of the black
women’s college, and the largest
single contribution ever to a black
college. The new building will
also house a research center
dedicated to the works of black
women. It is hoped that his gift will
mark the beginning of a trend that
will began to offset the financial
problems of many black colleges.
According to a recent study in the
Wall Street Journal, trends are
shifting in the racial mix on black
college campuses as many black
institutions must admit whites in
order to keep their doors open. In
fact white enrollment at the nation's
104 historically black institutions
has been on the rise for years.
Whitney Houston executes
$100 million housing plan:
Superstar, pop singer Whitney
Houston has announced plans to
create a $100 million low and
middle income housing project in
her hometown of Newark, New
Jersey. The plan, which was out­
lined by her father, John Houston,
calls for 2,000 units to be built on an
180-acre site. Six hundred units
will be designated for low and
middle income households and
will include child-care and senior
citizen facilities. Construction on
the project is slated to begin once
the city names a developer.
Japanese Toy Manufacturer
Makes Amends: Sanrio Inc., the
Japanese maker of racially offen­
sive toys and beachwear, has
announced, through its American
subsidiary, that it will donate
$250,000 worth of toys to needy,
inner-city kids, as part of a pro­
posal aimed at building a closer
relationship and understandina
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER RECRUITMENT
The Oregon Department of Corrections is currently re­
cruiting for Correctional Officers. Openings currently exist in
Salem at the Oregon State Penitentiary, Oregon Women’s
Correctional Center and the Oregon State Correctional
Institute. In Pendleton, openings currently exist at the East­
ern Oregon Correctional Institution. The Correctional Offi­
cer's main duty in these facilities is to supervise and control
inmates to maintain security and enforce discipline. The Cor­
rectional Officer is responsible for the safety of life and pre­
vention of the destruction of properly at their work sites. The
monthly salary for these positions range from $1,641 to
$1,997. The State offers liberal fringe benefits.
The applicant for Correctional Officer must take two tests:
1. a reading comprehension and language arts test and 2. a
multi-choice video test. The multi-choice video test covers
work related situations portrayed through the use of a video
system. Only those applicants passing the reading compre­
hension and language arts test will be allowed to take the
multi-choice video test. The video test requires 4 hours to
complete.
The reading comprehension and language arts test and
the video test will be administered in Portland on Saturday,
December 10,1988, at Portland Community College, Cas­
cade Campus, Jackson Hall, Room 104. The reading com­
prehension and laguage arts test will begin at 10:00 a m. The
multi-choice video test will begin at 12:00 noon.
Individuals interested in being tested must bring to the
testing site a completed employment application for the
State o, Oregon. This form may be obtained from any State
employment office or from the Urban League of Portland
office at 10 North Russell Street. Employment applications
will also be available at the testing site at 9:00 a m. However,
the employment application form must be completed before
admission to the reading and language arts comprehension
test Applicants will be required to show photo identification
before admission to the video test.
Applicants may simply come to the testing site the morning
of the test. However, it is recommended that space be
reserved by calling the Department of Corrections Personnel
Division in Salem at (503) 378-2497.
Females and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply.
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between the company and racial
minorities in the United States.
The company was blasted earlier
this year by members of the Con­
gressional Black Caucus for its
manufacture of little “ Black
Sambo” toys. The company has
since stopped production of the
line at an estimated loss of $50
million in projected profits, and
has expressed a desire to meet
with Caucus members. The com­
pany has also stressed how seri­
ously it takes the problem caused
by it’s product line.
Another Successful Forecast
fo r Black Designer Geoffrey
Beene:
Top fashion designer
Geoffrey Beene, recently showed
off his new spring collection to a
most enthusiastic audience at the
Hotel Pierre in New York. After 26
years in the industry, Beene is
commanding the recognition once
reserved for major white fashion
designers, even if Women’s Wear
Daily still refuses to report on his
doings. Nonetheless, it's been
said of Beene that he “ makes
women look like princesses." But
as good as it all looks, most of us
won’t be coming away from the
store with too many, as his prices
range anywhere from $700 to
$8,000.
A nother Prom otion for Rock­
w e ll’s Earl W ashington: Earl
Washington, who was anointed by
Black Enterprise last year as one
of the hottest black managers in
corporate America, has been pro­
moted from Executive Vice-Presi­
dent of the Autonetics Marine Sys­
tems Division of Rockwell Interna­
tional, has presently been ap­
pointed as the new Vice-President
and General Manager of the divi­
sion.
A Los Angeles native,
Washington joined the company
in 1969 as a Market Analyst. Next
week: A look at what some black
toy manufacturers will have to offer
this holiday season.
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