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November 1 1 ,1992...The Portland Observer...Page 5
Portland Observer
ENTERTAINMENT
Victor Borge In Concert
Special Screening Of “Malcolm X”
To Benefit Urban League Of Portland
Atwater’s To
Feature Vocalist
Shirley Nanette
On Thursday
Nights
W arner Bros., A ct III Theatres and
Spike Lee havechosen the Urban League
of Portland to be the beneficiary of a
special screening o f W arner B ros.’
highly anticipated film “ Malcolm X,”
starrin g D enzel W ash in g to n . The
screening will be at 7 pm Tuesday,
November 17 at the Fox Theatre (833
SW Broadway). The Urban League will
produce the event as a fundraiser. The
film opens in theatres nationwide on
November 18.
A catered Patron reception will be
held before the benefit screening in the
lobby of the Fox Theatre from 5:45 pm
to 6:45 pm (tickets are $5 0 .0 0 -call the
Urban League at 280-2600 for more
information). G eneral Admission tick­
ets are $6.00 (Balcony) and $9.00 (Main
Floor), and are available at all Fred
M eyer Fastixx oudets (to charge by
phone, call 224-TIXX) and One Stop
Records (1615 NE Killings worth) .Tick­
ets are subject to a service charge. A
free poster will be given away to each
person attending the benefit.
Corporations are being invited to
sponsor high school students to attend
the benefit screening. For a $750.00
donation, 50 high school students will
be able to see this important film free of
A tw ater’s Restaurant and Lounge
will feature jazz voclist and recording
artist Shirley Nanette on most Thurs­
day evenings in November and Decem­
ber.
Located on the 30th floor o f the
U.S. Bancorp Tow er, 111 S. W. Fifth
Avenue, A tw ater’s features som e o f
Portland’stopjazzactsevery weeekend.
There is no cover charge or drink mini­
mum, and live music runs from 8:30
p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Victor Borge
V ictor Borge, the piano prince o f
com edy, performs his one-man show at
Arlene SchnitzerC onccrt Hall at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 12.
If you haven’t seen Victor Borge
for awhile, you’re in for a wonderful
treat: H e’s funnier than ever-if that’s
humanly possible. Borge always m an­
ages to please audiences and send them
into the streets holding their sides while
recounting his lovably outlandish sto­
ries.
But Victor Borge is more than a
keyboard comic. He is an acclaim ed
musician with the rare ability to laugh
at the music he worships, at life and
easily above all, at himself.
It’s his unique gift-making fun and
music-that has made him an interna­
tional star with the same box office
magnetism o f rock and pop artists.
Borge has brought new audiences to
the concert hall by making them feel
comfortable with classical music. His
strong following with the young has
also won a new fans to the beauty o f the
music.
C om edy may w ell be V ictor
B orge’s claim to fame, but he is an
accom plished pianist, utilizing a key­
board talent that ably supports his an ­
tics. He has recorded an audio cassette
called “T he T w o Sides o f V ictor
Borge,” one side for com edy, the other
for serious piano interpretations.
Tickets are $18, $23 and $28.50,
available at the PCPA box office, 1111
SW B roadw ay, and at G .l. J o e ’s
Ticketm aster outlets. Prices include
user fees and are subject to service
charge. To charge tickets on VISA or
M astercard, call (503) 248-4496.
VH-1 Honors
Epic Recording Artist Sade
As January Artist Of The Month
MUSIC
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charge. The tickets will be distributed
to Portland Public School students by
the Urban League. The film is rated PG-
13. To take part in this program , contact
Mike Pullen o f the Urban League at
280-2615.
The Urban League of Portland is a
non-profit, community based agency
which operates programs serving at-
risk youth, students, job seekers and
seniors. The League’s stated mission is
to help African Americans and others
achieve parity and economic self-suffi­
ciency through advocacy, community
problem-solving, partnerships, and by
cond u ctin g program s desig n ed to
strengthen the growth and development
o f individuals, families and com m uni­
ties.
The Portland benefit screening o f
“ Malcolm X ” is being presented by
NIKE, Inc. and is sponsored by A ct III
Theatres, KPTV Channel 12, The O r­
egonian, U.S. Bank and Casa U-Betcha
Restaurants.
W arner Bros, presents, in associa­
tion with Largo International N .V .,a4 0
Acres and a Mule production o f a Marvin
W orth production of a Spike Lee Joint:
Denzel W ashington in “M alcolm X ,”
starring A ngela Bassett, Albert Hall, A1
Hall, A1 Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo and
Spike Lee. The editor is Barry Alexander
Brown: the production design is by
W ynn Thom as; and the film is photo­
graphed by Ernest Dickerson, A.S.C.
The original music score is by Terence
B lanchard. The co-producers are Monty
Ross, Jon Kilik and Preston Holmes.
The screenplay is by Arnold Perl and
Spike Lee, based on the book The A u­
tobiography o f M alcolm X as told to
Alex Haley. The film is produced by
Marvin W orth and Spike Lee. The di­
rector is Spike Lee. Distributed by
W arner Bros., a Tim e W arner Enter­
tainm ent company.
'A STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT!'
‘A WILDLY ROMANTIC MASTERPIECE!'
23RD & N W JOHNSON
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Lou Rawls Gets Early Jump
On Holiday Post Office Rush
Videos From New Release, “Love Deluxe’’
To Be Aired in Heavy Rotation
VH-1 announces Epic Records
re c o rd in g a r tis t S a d e , B r ita in ’s
“smoky, sultry soul queen”, as VH-1
January Artist of The Month. This
tribute is in support o f her fourth re­
lease, “Love Deluxe”, her first collec­
tion o f new songs since “Stronger
Than Pride”, released in 1988.
The first single released from
“Love D eluxe” is the ballad, “ No O r­
dinary Love”, which world premiered
on VH-1 on Monday, O ctober 12. This
simmering soul classic was shot in Los
Angeles by award-winning director
Sophie Muller.
VH-1 plans to spotlight Sade in
V H -1 Inside Music segments, and her
second video release will run in heavy
rotation on V H -1 throughout the month
o f January.
Sadc’s career took off i 1984 with
the release of her first album, “D ia­
mond Life”, which spawned the U.K./
Europe top ten single “ Your Love Is
King”. “ Diamond L ife” clinched a
Grammy Award for Sade as best New
Artist, and it remains the all-tim e best­
selling debut album by a British fe­
male singer. By December o f 1985,
Sade’s second release, “Promise” , was
at the top o f the U.S. charts and “Sweet­
est Taboo” was in the Top 5. “Stronger
Than Pride”, which inc luded the dance
h it“Paradise”, was the first album that
was produced and arranged entirely
by Sade and her band. It was in 1988
that Sade first embarked upon a full-
scale arena tour o f North America.
According to Nielsen data released
for the November 1992 cable network
universes, VH-1 now reaches 50.2%
o f U.S. television households and can
be seen in 46.7 million households.
VH-1 is a registered trademark o f
MTV Networks, a division of Viacom
International Inc. MTV N etw orks
owns and operates three cable net-
w o rk s-M T V : M u sic T e le v is io n ,
V H -1, and N ickelodeon/N IC K at
NITE, all of w hich are registered
tra d e m a rk s o f M TV N e tw o rk s.
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STA R TS FR ID A Y
N O V E M B E R 13TH
Grammy Award winner Lou Rawls, who hosts the annual “Lou Rawls
Parade of Stars" telethon, beat this year’s holiday crowd by mailing his
greeting cards early. Rawls said the message he's sending to 3,000 of his
closest friends is to encourage them to “watch the telethon on December
26, make a pledge and share the dream of a college education with young
people across America. " The telethon, now in its 13th year, benefits the
United Negro College fund and its 41 member institutions.
Open Mon. - Fri. 9:00am to 5:00pm
NOVEMBER 29
THE POWER OF THE PEN
A radical new Oregon program
teaches sex offenders dating skills and
sexual technique. Do we want public
dollars spcnlto help rapists meet women?
Or are better relationship skills exactly
what sex offenders need to rehabilitate?
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For B raiding & W eeving
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to attend one o f these programs.
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NOVEMBER 22
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Townhall For November
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