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Portland Observer
ENTERTAINMEN
A lvin Singleton
the C om poser
Whitney Houston
a Star Sfuded Show
Super Star Whitnew Houston will be in concert here, Wed May 8th at
the Memorial Coliseum, accompanying her will be the popular singing
group After 7. It's gauranteed to be a Sizzler. the show goes on to
Seattle Washington the next Day.
Moment With Keith M itchell's A fter 7
Sinfonia Diaspora is A lv in Single­
ton’ s most recent composition among a
body o f orchestral essays which in ­
clude Shadows, A Yellow Rose Petal,
and A fter Fallen Crumbs.
As in his other works, Singleton is
less concerned w ith melody, per se,
than he is w ith color and texture. The
long interweaving, overlapping lines
which form the deliberately dramatic
shapes o f his orchestral works evolve
from motives which grow, interplay,
and m irror each other as they change,
resulting in a structural development
that is best described as “ o rg a n ic " in
nature.
“ Titles, according to the composer,
“ are merely sources o f identification -
like names o f people. O nly through
getting to know a person is one able to
give that name meaning.” A title is
also a springboard fo r creativity. “ The
choice o f a title is something that cre­
ates an image unto its e lf,” he co ntin ­
ues. “ M y titles arc often chosen long
before any o f the music is written, and
so are related by association.” In the
case o f Sinfonia Diaspera, the meta­
phors which the title generates are
appropriate to the music. Sinfonia, in
its fractional usage, im plies a sense o f
completeness, wholeness and unified
structure. Diaspora, on the other hand,
implies diversity, dispersal and a
“ jou rn e y” o f sorts - in the same man­
ner as when a people and its culture,
spread far beyond its place o f origin,
changes and develops w ithout losing a
sense o f “ where it has been.”
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WEDNESDAY MAY 1
Nine Days Wonder
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THURSDAY MAY 2
Josephine Ocean
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FRIDAY MAY 3
Watch This Space
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SATURDAY MAY 4
Blubinos
The singing group After 7
school, “ even though you may m ajor
in one subject it may lead you to an­
other. ’ ’ That’ s what happened to Keith.
He majored in business and ended up
w ith A fte r 7.
Kevin and M elvin Edmonds are
brothers to Baby Face and their Hits
just keep on coming. They plan a new
release in September this year. C an't
Stop, Heat o f the Moment, One N ight,
and others. The sad part is M T V never
played their music videos on their show.
This was very disappointing to After 7.
Platinum Gold: W hat’ s up M T V ?! I f
you can’ t get their support, you d e fi­
nitely have ours. Best Wishes!
3Y TONY W A SHINGTON
Bringing in entertainment takes long
tard work. That’s what Keith M itchell
:xplains. Keith M itche ll and Kevin
idmonds arc graduates o f Indiana U n i­
versity. M usic is the dream, and A fte r
r focuses on ballets. However they do
)thcr things w ith their music. Portlan-
lers w ill have the pleasure o f seeing
kfte r 7 live at the M em orial Coliseum,
vlay 8, 1991 w ith W hitney Houston,
fhe show promises to be a good one.
Ceith has words fo r our community,
vlaybe we need to listen and leant. He
mcourages all kids to really stay in
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The M etropolitan A rts Com m is­
sion is seeking A frican and Atrican-
American artists o f all disciplines to be
included in the Orcgon/Washington
Ethnic M in o rity Directory. I f you arc a
visual artist, perform ing artist, literary
artist, media artist, or fo lk artist, you
can be listed in the directory free o f
charge. The directory w ill place your
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PORTLAND'S OWN
APOLLO NIGHT
AT THE
ROSELAND THEATER
GREATER PORTLAND-METRO AREA
AFFORDABLE RATES
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Artistic Director
Joseph Wyatt
School Director
Guest Faculty:
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Stephanie A d elm an
L o rra in e Graves
H aydee G u ttie rre z
C herie N o b le
Bruce Sm ith
For registration and
information contact:
The School of
Oregon Ballet Theatre
1120 S.W. Tenth Avenue
Portland. OR 97205 • (503) 227-6890
Jefferso n H igh S chool
proudly presents th e
“ KMHD (FM89.1)
1991 R a d io th o rr
The annual on-air fundraiser for
public radio K M H D w ill be held May
3rd through to the 12th, K M H D station
manager Tom Costello announced.
K M H D ’ s general manager, John
Rice agreed w ith his station manager.
“ W e are, after a ll, a public radio sta­
tion. The m ajority o f our funding comes
from our listeners. Our license-holder,
M t. Hood Com m unity College, pro­
vides about 43%, local businesses
contribute approximately 8%, and the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
provides nearly 13%. I f it weren’ t for
our contributing listeners we couldn’ t
operate at anywhere near the level we
do now .”
K M H D first went on the air in
1984, and has since become one o f the
top-rated jazz radio stations in the na­
tion. Despite the station’ s popularity
w ith radio listeners, funding has been a
challenge.
For further information contact Tom
Costello at 667-7233._____________
performing its 1991 repertoire
of original works
Intermediate Theater
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Tuesday and Wednesday
May 14 and 15
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SERVICE OF
Sum m er W orkshop
Novelist and short-story writer Jane
Sm iley concludes the 1990/91 Portland
Arts & lectures series, Thursday, May
9. Underwritten by Nordstrom, the
evening w ith Ms. Smiley takes place in
the Arlene Schnitzer Concert H all at
7:30 pm.
In her tw o most popular works,
The Age o f G rie f (1987), and the com­
bined novellas Ordinary Love & Good
W ill (1989), Jane Smiley s k illfu lly
extracts aspects o f fam ily life that exist
under the surface o f everyday livin g;
fleeting observations take on forebod­
ing implications. Furthermore, in an
age increasingly obsessed w ith fam ily
issues, Sm iley’ s stories provide an in ­
triguing and unconventional wisdom.
Smiley also wrote The Greenlan­
ders (1988), “ each long chapter...has
its expansive theme, just as the theme
o f the Great Extinction runs through
the entire novel. But the cadences o f
day-to-day village life , the larger so­
cial dynamics as w ell as the domestic
particulars, comprise the true riches o f
The Greenlanders” (Howard Norman,
The New Y o rk Times Book Review).
Smiley received her B.A. in Eng­
lish from Vasser in 1971, and her doc­
torate from the U niversity o f Iowa.
C urrently a teacher o f creative w ritin g
and literature at Iowa State University.
Sm iley lives w ith her husband and two
daughters in Ames, Iowa and Lac du
Flambeau, Wisconsin.
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name in the hands o f 700 galleries,
social service agencies, organizations,
and individuals interested in locating
and showcasing ethnic m inority artists.
Take action now! Contact Shelly
Matthews at 796-5111 to get listed in
the Orcgon/Washington Ethnic M in o r­
ity Directory. The deadline fo r listings
in the 1991 directory is May 17.
Portland Arts &
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(N O M IN IM U M HOURS)
Oregon Dance Consort’ s resident
choreographers, Ray T e rrill and Judith
Catterall, in 1988, began mounting their
twice-yearly concerts at the Portland
Center for the Performing Arts, they
also launched their T icket Subsidy
Program for Forgotten Audiences.
Catterall says the idea began to
percolate in 1987 after she attended a
meeting in which art marketing leaders
discussed audience demographics and
development. She was appalled at the
casual way in which whole segments o f
our society were treated as non-entities
because it was unlikely that they could
ever afford to become paying custom­
ers at arts events.
Making use initially o f a grant from
US West’s matching G ift Program, ODC
sought to build a cooperative spirit into
the foundation s o f the program. T ic k ­
ets and educational materials are placed
in the hands o f organizations w ith d i­
rect links to the targeted audiences,
insuring that they are distributed for
maximum impact. Since 1988, over
600 disadvantaged and m inority c iti­
zens have attended ODC events cour­
tesy o f their Ticket Subsidy Program,
and nine different organizations have
been involved-ranging from The Inter­
state Firehouse C ultural Center to the
NE Y W C A and the African American
Journal to the Northwest P ilot Project,
which serves senior citizens o f lim ited
resources.
O D C ’s next event is a concert o f
two new m ulti-cultural works at the
Intermediate Theatre o f the PCPA on
May 10 and 11. I f your organization
would like to participate in the ticket
Subsidy Program as a recipient, or if
you would like to sponsor tickets to one
o f the shows, call Judith at 286-6472.
African And African-American Artist
Sought For Directory
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SUNDAY MAY 5
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