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T he P ortland O bserver • M arch 16, 1994
E N T E R T A IN M E N T
Inner City Blues Festival - March 26
March
cial Cruises
BERLIOZ & POL LENC
♦ .March 27, 7:30 pm
♦ March 28,8pm
♦ March 29,7:30pm
J aines D e Pre ist, uwu/utk*
Katia & M aneUe 1 ch eq u e, duo pianos
Sponsored by
Tht ( kegonuin
Spring Break Cruise
March 23, 24 & 25
1-3:00 PM
Berlioz Romeo et Juliette, G p l7
'Poulenc Concerto for Tuo llanos in I) minor
Tickets start at $10.50
Katia and
M anche l-abeque
(Students.seniors 1/2 price 1 h r before conce rt,
Dinner on one level, danc
ing on another, plus an open
top deck to enjoy the glittering
Portland skylinel These three-
hour cruises are among our
most popular events!
M a rc h 1 8 th
T h e RHYTHM CREW
Jazz/Pop/Rock
DUDLEY M O O RE
IN C O N C ER T
N orm an Leyden, conductor
Dudley Moore teams up wuh the Oregon
Symphony for an evening of music and
comedy, featuring Dudley himself playing
Gershwin j Rhapsody in Blue, Mozart's
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, and a
whole lot more .1
Tickets: $17.50-550
M a rch 2 5 th
’3 2 . 9 5
Norman Sylvester Band
The Portland Rainbow C oalition
is hosting the F ifth Annual In n e rC ity
Blues Festival on Saturday, March
26, 6:30 pm - 1 am at the Texas 11
Restaurant and Lounge, 1708 NE
Alberta.
This years event “ The Boogie
Cat & The Rose C ity A ll-S tars” w ill
feature the popular Norman Sylvester
Band starring 1992 M uddy Aw ard
W inning saxophonist Patrick Lamb.
Also stated is the Jim M csi Band
featuring Steve Bradley on guitar and
1993 M uddy Aw ard w inning vocalist
L ily W ilde. Special guest artists in
clude K ita M ontgom ery, Julianne
Johnson, plus a line up o f Portland's
best blues artists.
O p e n in g the s h o w w i l l be
L e n a n n e S y lv e s te r and Janice
Scroggins presenting a tribute to
B illie H ollida y. For the fifth straight
year, the master o f ceremonies fo r the
year w ill be Paul Knauls, form erowner
o f the C otton C lub and Geneva's.
Joining the featured performers
w ill be an impressive lis t o f some o f
Portland's best blues artists taking
time o ff from their busy schedules to
perform at the benefit. Invited guests
include Ralph Black, Paulette Davis,
M el Solomon, Linda Madison, Johnny
W ard and R ico Lopez.
T ic k e ts are S8.00 advance.
$10.00 at the door and may be p u r
chased from M usic M illen ium , L o
cals O nly, Mona's Ethnic Fashions, at
the Texas II or from the members o f
the Rainbow C oalition. A beans and
rice entree w ill be provided w ith the
price o f admission and B B Q dinners
w ill be available fo r sale by the Texas
II.
Due to O LC C regulations no
m inors w ill be allowed.
Proceeds from the event w ill go
to promote the ongoing activities o f
the Portland Rainbow C oalition. The
event is co-sponsored by the Cascade
Blues Association. CB A members w ill
be adm itted at $1 o ff.
per person
7 -1 0 PM
Children age 4-12 only $2.95
Adults only $ 10.95
Historical Narrations &
Scavenger Hunt Games
Our Easter brunch and dinner
cruises will give you the chance
to get away from it all and spend
some quality time with family
and friends.
Stemwheelers owned 9t operated by the Port ot Cascade Locks
I 223-3928 Ext. 141
•&THE BOOGIE CAT & THE ROSE CITY ALL-STARS *
Pratt was recently featured on CBS'
"Sunday M o rnin g ” ; don't miss his first
Portland performance!
Sponsored by
U S ITest
Mozart: Six German Dances
* Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in
E-flat Major, “Emperor"
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
D IN N E R D A N C E S
FOR RESERVATIONS AMD
. INFORMATION PLEASE CALL
T E X A S II, 1708 N E A L B E R T A ,S a t , M arch 26, 6 :30 pm - 1am
M ichael Morgan, conductor
Awadagin Pratt, piano
F R ID A Y
F IF T H A N N U A L
Inner City Blues Festival
BEETHOVEN & STRAVINSKY
♦ April 17,7:30pm
♦ Apnl 18,8pm
♦ April 19,7:30pm
W A L K IN ' A F T E R
M ID N IG H T
Urban Country
T icke ts stan at $10.50
Awadagin Pratt
( S tudents seniors 1/2 pnee 1 h r before concert i
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H u rry — L im it e d S e a t in g
ARLENE
S C H N IT Z E R
CONCERT
HALL
SW B R O A D W A Y a n d M A IN
P O R T L A N D C E N T E R F O R T H E P E R F O R M IN G
ARTS
" You can't keep fa u ltin g m e fo r doing the best
I can. I k n o w yo u the best thing ever cam e
ou t o f m y life. You w aiting fo r this tenure, I'm
w aiting fo r this gigolo, different prize,
M ay dee, h u t the need's the s a m e ."
NORM AN SYLVESTER BAND
withPatrick Lamb, sax
Music
Millennium
JIM M E S l B A N D w ith
S te v e B ra d le y ; L ily W ild e , voca ls
S P E C IA L G U E S T A R T IS T S
Kita M ontgom ery,
J u lia n n e J o h n s o n , and more
O P E N IN G T H E S H O W
L ive M usic
Friday &
Saturday
8pm -M idnight
L e n a n n e S y lv e s te r & J a n ic e S c r o g g in s l
presentin g a trib u te to B illie H olliday
w ith P a u l K n a u ls , M a ster ot C e re m o n ie s
$8 ad vance, $10 a t the door,
21 and ove r R ice & B eans Inclu ded, N o-H o st bar. B arb eque S p e cia ls tor sale
B enefit for the P O R T L A N D R A IN B O W C O A L IT IO N
co -sponso r C a sca d e B lues A ssoc. C B A m e m b e rs $1 off
tickets: M u sic M illenium , L o cals O nly, M o na's E thnic F a s h io n s,T e xa s II
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Narrated by Fran R eidelberger
Friday, M arch 18 • 7:30PM
Arlene Schnitzer C oncert HalJ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I Coming April 20, 1994: IRELAND - by Lynn & Julie Bramkamp
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231-8926
23rd &
NW Johnson
248-0163
Help N eeded
W ith
S hipm ent Of
Books To A frica
Wednesday
Jam Session
b y C heryl L. W est
MARCH 19 - APRIL 14
featuring Louisiana style
cuisine a t its finest
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At Bourbon Street we're proud io offer the finest ribs,
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Tickets $9 - $30
Box Office 274-4588
Tickets also available .it Fred Meyer la s tiw
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sponsored in part by a generous gift from
The w inter concert scries w ill
continueevery Sunday through March
27 at The O ld Church, 1422 SW 11 th,
The Gresham Sister C ity Asso Portland, Oregon, 222-2031.
ciation is currently w orking on an
exciting, global project called “ Books
For Y outh” / The goal o f the comm u
nity-based project is to send books and
other sorely needed educational mate
rials to schools in Gresham’s sister
c ity , O w erri, Nigeria. The people o f
O w erri are very excited about the
project and have already set up a sys
tem to receive and distribute the edu
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STARTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RP
cational supplies.
T o date, the response fro m the
c o m m u n ity has been o u ts ta n d in g .
V o lu n te e rs have c o lle c te d several
thousand boo ks and o th e r educa
tio n a l m a te ria ls , and have raised
a s u b s ta n tia l p o rtio n o f the funds
needed fo r s h ip p in g expenses.
From
Parliament
BODTSYS
RUBBER
Ken Onyima
Gresham Sister C ity Association
1333 N W Eastman Parkway
Gresham, OR 97030
The “ Books For Y o uth ” project is
an excellent opportunity to help our
N igerian frien ds help themselves
through education. I f there arc any
questions about the project or the Sis
ter C ity program, parties arc encour
aged to contact Ken O nyim a, 503-
669-2521 or 503-232-2772 o r Scott
M cClure 503-669-2668 or 503-654-
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3675.
PRESENTS
Bernie Worrell
lues Mar 29
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