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Portland Observer
ENTERTAINMENT
Dance Theatre of Harlem Photo
Exhibit Continues at IFCC and Urban
League
The Godfather of Soul is Nominated
for Grammy-Caps Off Banner
Comeback Year!!!
“ Retrospective,” an exhibit o f 37
photographs tracing the evolution of
the Dance Theatre of Harlem, contin
ues in Portland with exhibitions at the
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center and
the Urban League o f Portland. The
exhibit is on view at IFF, 5340 N.
Interstate, Mondays through Saturdays
from 12 to 5 p.m. through February 7.
From February 10 through 28 the ex
hibit will show in the Urban League of
Portland’s W hitney M. Young Jr. Edu
cation and Cultural Center, 10 N. Russell
St. Viewing hours are Monday to Thurs
day from 1 to 7 p.m., Fridays from 1 to
5 p.m.
Dance Theatre o f Harlem was
founded in 1969 by former New York
City Balletstar Arthur Mitchell follow
ing the assassination of Martin Luther
King, Jr. Mr. M itchell’s goal was to
give H arlem’s disadvantaged youth an
outlet for cultural achievement. From
humble beginnings the company has
grown into a world-renowned ensemble
known for its blend o f classical and
contemporary works. “ Retrospective”
captures that evolution through photos
O nce again, music legend Jam es Brown has proven that his music is still as
timely as ever. “ Love Over Due, Mr. Brow n’s first album release in over 3 years,
has been nominated for a Grammy in the R&B category for Best Vocal Perform
ance, Male.
This nomination is yet another example of the enorm ous reception the
G odfather of Soul receives whenever he releases an album. This year, in addition
to this nom ination, James Brown will be honored with both the Award of Merit (a
lifetim e award) on the American Music Awards as well as the Lifetime Achieve
m ent Award on the Grammy telecast.
Jam es Brown winning the Grammy award for “ Love Over D ue” would make
him the fourth artist in the history o f the Recording Academy to win a Grammy the
same year as receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. The other three artists
are Frank Sinatra in 1965, Duke Ellington in 1966, and V ladimer Horowitz in
1990.
Jam es Brown is currently on tour. He is scheduled to perform at the Paramount
Theatre, which is part of Madison Square Garden, in New York on February 28,
1992.
OREGON BALLET THEATRE & 5
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campaign and for organizing a number
of food and fund raisers to benefit hungry
children;
• Frank Mungeam, Senior Producer
for KATU’s “ Town H all” program,
for writing and producing “ Faces of
H unger,” a 30-minute documentary on
childhood hunger in Oregon;
• Bridget Flanagan, Public Affairs
Director for Safeway, Inc., for serving
on O FB ’s Board of Directors and or
ganizing Safew ay’s involvement in
hunger-relief efforts statewide, particu
larly the annual Superm arket Saturday
food and fund drive; and
• G ennie Sluder, Clatskanie High
School Student Council President, for
organizing the “ Clatskanie Challenge”
in which over 50 high schools through
out the state raised 20,000 pounds of
food and $6,000 to benefit the Cam
paign to End Childhood Hunger.
A special surprise Stone Soup award
was given to D ana Clark, personnel
director for KATU Channel 2, for five
years of support as an OFB board
member. She has served as board chair
since 1990.
Oregon Food Bank is a private not-
for-profit organization serving a net
work of nearly 600 agencies that dis
tribute food to hungry people through
out Oregon and Clark County, W ash
ington.
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of some of the com pany’s most famous
productions of the past three decades.
The exhibit is sponsored by the
School o f Oregon Ballet Theatre and
was organized by a local Audience
Development Task Force working to
promote Dance Theatre of H arlem ’s
upcoming visit to Portland. The cele
brated dance com pany-w hose Portland
engagement is being presented by
Oregon Ballet Theatre and Security
Pacific Bank—will perform at Portland
Civic Auditorium February 7 ,8 and 9.
The task force is a community-
based group of volunteers working to
increase the diversity of Dance Theatre
of H arlem’s audience. “ We are pleased
to be able to share this positive ex
ample of African American cultural
achievement with the community dur
ing Black History M onth,” said task
force co-chair Joe W yatt, a former
member o f Dance Theatre of Harlem
and currently director of School of
Oregon Ballet Theatre. The task force’s
outreach campaign focuses on schools,
churches and community groups in the
Portland area.
present
KATU Channel 2 and Oregon High
School Student Among Those
Honored for Hunger-Relief Efforts
Oregon Food Bank’s Board of
Directors bestowed special honors on
KATU Channel 2 and four individuals
for their efforts to help alleviate hunger.
T he Oregon Food Bank Board’s annual
Stone Soup Awards were presented
January 29th in Northeast Portland.
The Stone Soup Award (presented
as a pair o f agate bookends with an
engraved brass plate inscription) takes
its name and spirit from an age-old
fable about a village full of people so
poor they don’t have enough food to
eat. O ne o f the townspeople comes up
with the idea o f making a big pot of
soup broth from a stone. The tow ns
people, caught up in a sense o f common
good, donate what little food they can
spare—a carrot here, an onion there
until a fine, healthy soup results, enough
to feed the entire village.
In selecting individuals and organi
zations for Stone Soup Awards, the
OFB board looks for outstanding con-
' tributions and com m itm ent to the com
mon good of alleviating hunger in O re
gon’s communities. Stone Soup hon
orees this year were:
• KATU Channel 2, for their media
sponsorship o f Oregon Food Bank s
Cam paign to End Childhood Hunger;
• Joella W erlin, Public Affairs D i
rector for KATU Channel 2, for spear
heading K A TU ’s “ Help Hungry K ids”
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