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ENTERTAINMENT
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Del icious Vinyl artists The Brand New Heavies, featuring guest vocalist N ’ Dea
Davenport, arrived direct from London to perform at M TV ’s spring break jam in
Florida. The group delighted fans by performing their forthcoming single, “Dream
come True ’92", on M TV ’s “Beauty & The Beach.” Pictured (1-r) are Maxton
Beasley (BNH), N ’Dea Davenport, “ Beauty & The Beach” co-host Tisha Campbell
(House Party) and Simon Bartholomew (BNH). The BNH’s U.S. tour is scheduled
to kick off in early May. (The B rand Ne Heavies/Delicious Vinyl our interest. Thank
Stephanie Yu and Z Wright, cohosts for 3-2-1 contact Extras, help kids from a New York ecology club explore
the natural resources of Manhattan. Look for "Get Busy: How Kids Can Save the Planet" and "A Popular Little
Planet" scheduled to air on Earth Day on public television. Photo: Richard Termine (4/2/92, 8:00 p.m. ET, one
you.)
"A... My Name Is Alice", A Review
hour)
A rtis ts o f A ll D is c ip lin e s
The Oregon Arts Commission an
nounces upcoming touring and resi
dency opportunities for artists o f all
disciplines.
Shelley Matthews, Minority O ut
reach Coordinator for the Metropolitan
and Oregon Arts Commissions, will
facilitate an A rts-In -E d u catio n A p
plication Sem inar on T h u rsd ay , A pril
9th, from 3-5 p.m. The seminar will be
held in the City Hall Building, Room
321,1220 S.W. Fifth Avenue. The m is
sion o f the Arts-In-Education program
is to offer lifelong learning in the arts to
all O regonians, to enrich the educa
tional experience for children K-12 in
all arts with the guidance o f profes
sional artists, and to support the arts as
basic to education. A pplications are
currently being accepted for Jackson
and Jo sep h in e C o u n tie s, D ouglas
County, Coos andC urry Counties, Lin
coln and Tillamook Counties, Eastern
Oregon, and Film/Video.
Touring artists may now submit
applications to the Oregon Arts Com
mission for inclusion in Oregon On
Tour! Oregon on Tour! contains a juried
selection o f professional touring artists,
ensembles and com panies based in O r
egon which represent a wide variety o f
performing arts disciplines and styles.
Oregon on Tour! is published every two
years and applications for the 1993-95
publication must be submitted by May
1, 1992.
For applications or further infor
mation on these or other Arts Com m is
sio n p ro g ra m s , c o n ta c t S h e lle y
M atthewsat the Metropolitan Arts Com
mission , 1120 S . W . Fi fth Avenue, Port
land, Oregon 97204, or call (503) 796-
5111. Inquires may also be addressed to
the Oregon Arts Commission, 835 S urn -
mer Street, NE, Salem, OR (503) 378-
3625.
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Make 1992 your year to dis
cover the IF C C . W e’re located on
Interstate Avenue in a vintage F ire
house and we celebrate C u ltu ra l
diversity through the performing
arts, serving as a C enter where
artists and the community come
together. IFCC...the place for T h e
a tre , featuring scripts with a cul
tural slant, for Classes creating new
works in theatre and dance, for
viewing art with an ethnic flair in
our G a lle ry , for exploring the char
acter o f diverse cultures through
our New Faces script readings, and
for an introduction to some o f the
best performing companies in our
C om m unity.
Discover the IFCC!
Call 823-2000
BET F a sh io n
P re v ie w ‘92
F rom A fric a
to A m e ric a
The
3 4 lh A n n u al
EBONY
Fashion
Fair
Presents
Sponsored by
Portland Chapter
The Links, Inc.
Benefit of
LINKS EDUCATIONAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Masonic Temple
1119
S.W .
P ark
Ave.
Portland, Oregon
F r id a y , A p r il 24, 199 2
8:00 p.m.
Ticket Price:
$25.00
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT:
Mrs. C's Wigs, 707 N.E. Fremont
House ot Sound,
3606 N. Williams Ave.
P&J's B eauty & Barber Supplies.
2948 N.E. ML.K.Jr. Blvd.
Ticket Prices:
(Includes 1 yr subscription to EBONY/EM or 6-month subscription to JET)
B ET’s firstannual cultural couture
fashion extravaganza, “BET Fashion
Preview ‘92—From Africa to A m erica”
was aired on BET, Saturday, March 28.
The event was recorded at Los
A ngeles’ Biltmore Hotel January 13.
H o sted by co m e d ia n T om m y
Davidson and actress Sheryl Lee Ralph,
this fashion extravaganza included a
line-up o f contem porary sportswear,
business wear, evening wear, high-fash
ion African wear, and cultural couture
from some o f the hottest and brightest
African-American designers in today’s
fashion industry.
The evening’s entertainm ent fea
tured performances by recording artists
Vesta W illiam s (A&M ), Tony Terry
(E pic), Jennifer H olliday (A rista),
Shanice W ilson (Motown) and C hristo
pher W illiams (Uptown/M CA).
To help aid the current crisis of
infant mortality within the com m uni
ties, the proceeds from the fashion show
were given to the W atts Health Founda-
tion/D rew -M edical “ H ealthy Black
Babies Project.”
B O S T O N ’S M IN I M A R K E T
N E E D S Y O U R SU PPO R T!
BY D. BELL
The Oregon Stage Company is once
again producing the popular musical
revue "A... My Name Is Alice".
The revue is a thoroughly resound
ing trek through the pratfalls and vul
nerabilities of being a woman.
The solid Five m ember cast portray
various aspects of being a woman from
childhood to mature triends. 1 hey also
among other tilings take a look at women
Landrum, Gail Hebert, and Chrisse
Roccaro, possess excellent voices, and
lend vitality to the various characters
they p o rtra y . D ire c to r M ic h e lle
Blackman keeps the action crisp and
fast paced, moving smoothly from one
skit to the next.
You may V:atch the performance at
the Rock Creek Campus o f Portland
Community College now through April
in the office.
All the performers; Brenda Phill
ips, Patti Voglino, Quigley Provost-
26th.
For ticket information, you may
cal’ 224-8499 nr 690-7328.
Unforgettable Performance
Following her "Unforgettable"performance at the world famous Apollo
Theatre on February 21, 1992, Elektra recording artist Natalie Cole
greeted her guests at the door of Sylvia's where the reception was held.
The performance was a benefit to raise money for the effort to turn the
Apollo Theatre into a non-profit performance center. Pictured from left to
right are Natalie Cole, Dexter Moore, Director of Writer-Publisher
Relations BMI, and Frances Preston, BMI's President and CEO.
T.N.T.
Cleo-Lilliann
Social Club
P LE A S E SUPPO RT Y O U R C O M M U N IT Y S TO R E
I T ’ S A M U S T.
P LE A S E R E F R A IN F R O M D R IN K IN G
The Theatre of New Tricks o f fers a
factory for theatrical minds every Sun
day at 1:00 p.m. at The Howling Frog
Cafe, 314 N.W. Sixth. 4 m o’ info dial
241-8622 or 233-5967.
A D V E R T IS E ’’
O N T H E STO R E G R O U N D S
Featuring
A N D O N T H E O L D FR E D
M E Y E R P A R K IN G LO T.
U N N E E D E D P R O B LE M S .
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Param ount’s Comedy Series for
CBS-TV Returns W ednesday, April 8
at 8:00 p.m.
The Royal Fam ily, the half-hour
comedy series starring Della Reese and
Jackee, from Eddie Murphy Television
in association with the Network Televi
sion division of Paramount Pictures,
returns with seven new episodes on
W ednesday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m.
The Royal Fam ily premiered last
fall, starring Redd Foxx and Della Reese.
A fterFoxx’sdeath,E m m y Award-win
ning actress Jackee (“227”) joined the
cast. Jackee portrays Ruth aka Coco,
Victoria R oyal’s (Della Reese) long-
lost, free-spirited daughter who moved
in after her father A1 Royal (Redd Fox x)
passed away.
The scries also starts Mariann Aalda
as daughter Elizabeth, who returns to
her parents’ home to raise the children
when her marriage breaks up; Sylver
Gregory as the 16-year-old feminist
Kim; Larenz Tate as the “city-w ise”
15-ycar-old Curtis; Naya Rivera as 4-
year old Hillary and Shabaka, whopor-
trays W illis Tillis, an old friend of A1
Royal who fills in as a “father figure”
for the kids, and has had a crush on Ruth
since high school.
The Royal Fam ily was created by
Eddie Murphy who is executive pro
ducer. The cc-cxccutivc producers arc
Mark McClaffcrty, Lenny Ripps and
Rob Dames. Shelly Jensen, D avid
Garber and Deborah Leschin arc pro
ducers.
3 2 N D & E BURNSIDE
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Kathy Sledge considered calling
her new album KATHY W ITH A “ K”
because, she says, so many people m is
takenly spell it with a “C .” But it’s hard
to imagine anyone mistaking her styl
ishly seductive voice after listening to
HEART. KATHY SLEDGE’S debut
album for Epic Records and her first
solo outing since leaving her sisters
Debbie, Kim and Joni in the acclaim ed
pop-soul group Sister Sledge.
HEART is Kathy Sledge with a
’90s edge. It’s an album filled with
songs about strength and sweetness and
sometimes-sad conditions for which
there are no easy solutions. But love,
illuminated by the first single “Take
Me Back (To Love),” is never far away
- and K athy’s clear, assured voice con
veys everything she knows about long
ing and vulnerability. “Sledge’s in
stantly recognizable voice, “ wrote Bill-
board, “ sounds as powerful as it did on
classics like ‘We Are Fam ily.’ W e’re
waiting on the edge of our seat for her
comeback album, H EA RT.”
The wait is over. Kathy co-wrote
three songs on HEART, including “Ev
ery Little W ay,” “C areful” and the title
track, “heart.” “This project is my
baby,” she says with justifiable pride.
“ I’ve nurtured it, and I feel really good
about it. It’s m e.”
Kathy Sledge was but a child when
she discovered her g lorious gift o f song.
Both her parents were entertainers: her
mother was a singer, and her father part
of the tap-dancing duo Fred & Sledge,
which broke color barriers on Broad
way and television. Kathy and her
sisters made their performing debut at
the W illiams Temple Church in Phila
delphia. Their grandm other, opera
singer Viola Beatrice W illiams, nur
tured their deep love for spiritual m u
sic. “She taught us how to harm onize,”
Kathy remembers. “Some of my earli
est memories are singing at her tea
parties and banquets as ‘ M rs. Wi 11 iams ’
grandchildren.’ ”
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