June 10, 1992...The Portland Observer...Page 7
Portland Observer
ENTERTAINMENT
Urban Talent
Offers Classes
The Urban Talent Association w ill
be offering acting classes fo r children
and adults beginning the week o f June
22. For Class schedule and registration
inform ation call 287-8065.
H appy 17 th
B irthday
Chaka Khan To Be Honored
By The I.A.A.A.M.
In addition to all Fred Meyer Fasti xx
Outlets, tickets for Portland’ s A p ollo
N ight can be purchased at House O f
Sound, One Stop Records and Studio
14.
A p ollo N ight is Saturday, June 27,
1992 at The Roseland Theater. Tickets
are $7.00 advance and $9.00 door (does
not include service charge).
Produced by the Urban Entertain
lonka Martin
ment C oalition.
Love Mommy
Oyter Band
To Play Free Show
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M U S IC
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Material Issue In Store
Friday, June 19th-3PM
C hicago’ s M aterial Issue make
their second in store appearance at Music
M ille n n iu m ’ s Eastside location (32nd
& Burnside) on Friday, June 19th at
3PM. Touring in support o f their new
Mercury Records release “ Destination
Universe,” M aterial Issue play guitar
driven-hook laden pop, featuring tight
harmonies and smart songwriting. M a
terial Issue is Jim Ellison (vocals, g ui
tar), Ted Ansani (bass, vocals)and M ike
Zelenko (drums).
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Four-Star Line-Up Featured In
“Siskel & Ebert Talk About The New Black
Cinema With Whoopi Goldberg, Spike Lee, John
Singleton And Wesley Snipes”
One-Hour Special Addressing media Images O f African-Americans
To Air On Station Across The Country June 5-21
Additional Outlets
Added For Apollo Night
K B O O welcomes Oyster Band to
play a Free a ll ages show at 8:00 p.m.,
June 14,1992 at the Roseland Theater.
Pick up your free tickets now to see
Oyster Band juxtapose dark lyrics w ith
an up-tempo delivery. For an emphatic,
bubbly, bouncing evening come to the
Roseland Theater and see Oyster Band.
Free tickets are available at Music
M uillennium East or Northwest 23rd.
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Hot from the success o f both a
Billboard number one (# 1) Dance Single
and an R & R number one (#1) Urban
single for “ Love You A ll M y L ife tim e ,”
Warner Bros. Records recording artist
Chaka Khan w ill be receiving an award
from the International Association o f
African-Am erican Music (I.A .A .A .M .)
on June 13th. Ms. Khan w ill be honored
for her years o f excellence in the music
in d u stry. Her newest alb um , The
Woman I Am , has been receiving rave
reviews from music critics alike.
Plans are currently being made fo r
a Chaka Khan summer tour in the United
States while her Japanese tour is play
ing to sold-out audiences.
The I.A .A .A .M . is a non-profit
organization created to preserve and
promote African-Am erican music.
In their newest hour-long special
“ Siskel & Ebert Talk About The New
Black Cinema W ith W hoopi Goldberg,
Spike Lee, John Singleton And Wesley
Snipes," movie critics Gene Siskel and
Roger Ebert address a subject straight
out o f today’ s headlines: media images
o f A frican Americans.
W hoopi Goldberg, Spike Lee, John
Singleton and Wesley Snipes jo in their
hosts fo r a critica l look at where A frican
americans are in the movies today, as
w ell as what lies ahead. The special w ill
air on stations across the country June
5-21 (check local listings fo r date and
time).
A t the fabled Cannes F ilm Festi
val, Roger Ebert catches up w ith actress
W hoopi Goldberg and director Spike
Lee. An Oscar-winner fo r “ Ghost,”
Goldberg stars in the soon-to-be re
leased film version o f the Broadway hit
musical “ Sarafina! ’ which recently took
her to South Africa. She is one o f the
few A frica n American actresses ac
knowledged as a m ajor box-office star
and knows firsthand the d iffic u lty black
women have making their mark in H o l
lywood.
No stranger to controversy, Lee,
director o f the acclaimed “ Do the R ight
T hing” and “ J ungle Fever,” is currently
editing “ M alcolm X ,” his epic biogra
phy o f M alcolm X , and one o f the first
film s ever to have a black hero as its
central character.
In Los Angeles, Gene Siskel talks
to actor Wesley Snipes and director
John Single’on. snipes, star o f such
film s as the recently released “ W hite
Men Can’ t Jump,” “ New Jack C ity "
and Lee’ s “ Jungle Fever,” is one o f the
fastest-rising A frican Am erican actors
today. C ritics and audiences agree that
his performances have made him a
powerful screen presence.
Singleton, who made his directo
rial debut w ith the acclaimed film
“ Boyz *N ’ the Hood,” is the first A f r i
can Am erican to be nominated fo r a
Best D irector Oscar as w ell as the
youngest nominee in that category. A
native o f Los Angeles, he speaks about
the recent events on his home turf,
offering his perspective on the crisis
that captured the w o rld ’ s attention.
A ll four m ovie professionals talk
about the pressures o f being an A frica n
American in the film industry, inclu d
ing their frustrations w ith the system
and t
e sweetness o f their triumphs. T o
gether w ith Siskel and Ebert, the
special takes a personal look at the
lives o f these four entertainers and
e xam in e s the r o le , o f A fr ic a n
Am erican’ s in cinema - past, present
and future.
“ Siskel & Ebert” is distributed by
Buena Vista Television, which is a
subsidary o f The W alt Disney com
pany.
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