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ENTERTAINMENT
Boyz II Hen To Hit Portland Stage
T ickets are now on sale at
T ic k e tm a ste r o u tle ts in P o rtlan d
for the u p com ing co n cert o f Boyz
II M en
T he h ig h ly -a c c la im e d and
aw ard in g w inning group w ill take
to the M em o rial C o liseu m stage
F rid ay , M arch 3 at 7:30 p.m .
T ick ets are $25 and $35.
“T he last tw o and a h a lf to
th ree y ears have been a c o n tin u
ous jo y rid e ,” said g ro u p m em ber
M ichael M cC ary, his boom ing
bass b eam in g w ith jo y . “ W e ’ve
b e e n w e lc o m e d a ll o v e r th e
w orld. W e 'v e been h o n o red by
our p eers and fans. W e ’ve been
su ccessfu l. W e ’ve stra ig h te n e d
out our b u sin e ss. T he next thing
for us to do was o u r seco n d a l
bu m .”
Boyz II M en is fo llo w in g up
on an album th at p ro d u ced m ore
than seven m illio n sales w o rld
w ide. tw o G ram m ys, th ree A m er
ican M usic A w ard s, tw o Soul
T rain A w ards, tw o N A A C P Im
age A w ards, tw o M TV A w ards,
one W orld M usic A w ard, and a
fo u n d atio n o f fans that m ade a
C h ristm as album go platinum af
te r only one single.
T he album II, the second c o l
lectio n o f orig in al m aterial from
B oyz II M en, p ro v id e s a look at
all the shades, stages and rhythm s
o f rom ance. B oyz II M en update
the b est M otow n tra d itio n s: The
T e m p ta tio n s ’ to u c h , T he S u
p r e m e ’s s e d u c t i o n , S m o k e y
R o b in s o n ’s s o n g w r itin g an d
o v erall top p ro d u c tio n .
T heir first sin g le, “ I ’ll M ake
L ove To Y o u ,” re u n ite d them
w ith one o f the fin est so n g w riters
W anya Morris (from left), N a te Morris, S h a w n S to c k m a n a n d M ichael S. M cC ary o f B o y z // M en will b e
in P ortland M arch 3 for a c o n c e rt a t M em orial C oliseum .
o p e ra tin g in co n te m p o ra ry m u-
sic today - B ab y tace “ End o f the
R oad" held the N o. 1 p o sitio n on
the p o p u la r m usic ch arts for 13
w eeks, lo n g e r than any single for
an e n tire g e n e ra tio n s - e c lip sin g
E lvis P re s le y 's m ost su ccessfu l
c h a rt p e rfo rm a n c e 25 y e a rs be-
fore.
PCC Cascade African
Film Festival
The Cascade Festival o f Afri
can Films, held annually at the Cas
cade Campus o f Portland Commu
nity College,began this year on
Thursday, Feb. 2.
Now in its fifth year, the festi
val is part o f the month-long Black
History Month celebration which
takes place each February at the
North Portland campus. All events
are free and open to the public.
The 1995 festival opened with
a showing o f Sankofa on Feb. 2.
The two-hour film was made in
Ghana and Jamaica in 1993. Pro
ducer Hile Germina will be in Port
land on that day and will be present
to introduce and discuss the film.
The show ing will take place at 7:30
p.m. in the auditorium o f Jefferson
High School, 5210 N. Kerby.
Other films to be shown will
take place in Room 122 o f Terrell
Hall at the PCC Cascade Campus,
705 N. Killingsworth Street. The
films are:
• O n Feb. 16, Sam ba T ra o re
(B u rk in a F a so ), d ir e c te d by
I d r is s a O u e d r a o g o , w ill be
show n, also at 2 and 7:30 p.m .
A young man takes the w ealth
from b ig -city living back to his
villag e, w here he is very p o p u
lar as a re su lt, u n til his p ast
begins to catch up w ith him.
• M andabi (The Money Or
der) from Senegal, directed by
Ousmane Sembene, is planned for
Feb. 23. The story is o f an older
man livingcontentedly with his two
wives outside Dakar. His life is
turned upside down when he re
ceives a money order from his neph
ew who is working in Paris. This
film is 90 minutes long.
Family Film Day will take place
Saturday, Feb. 25, beginning at
p.m. in Room 122, Terrell Hall
F o u r sh o rt films based on W est
A frican folktales will be shown
•T h e G o o d and the Evil(Ivo
ry Coast) and T he Lesson of the
Th ree Th ieves (Gambia). Each fi Im
runs 26 minutes.
O n M arch 2, the film festival
will conclude with the African
W omen’s Documentary Day. There
will be two showings, at 2 and at
7:30 p.m. Tw o films will be shown
each time. They are:
• These H ands, a 1992 film
d ire c te d by F lo ra M 'm b u g u -
Schelling. It is about Tanzanian
women whose work is crushing
stones for use as concrete in the
construction industry. In additioh
the women care for their children
and each other, breaking the monot
ony with an occasional song or
dance. Without dialogue or narra
tion. the film is engrossing and even
hypnotic.
• W om en W ith O pen Eyes
was made in 1994, and is directed
by Anne-Laure Folly. Four contem
porary West African women dis
cuss marital rights, sexual health
and reproduction, female genital
mutilation and women’s role in pol
itic and economic life o f their coun
tries. This film won a Silver Medal
at the International Television Fes
tival in Monte Carlo last year. It is in
French with English subtitles and
lasts 52 minutes.
For more information on the
Cascade Festival o f African Films
or other Black History Month
events at PCC, call Sonya Key-
Bender at 978-5256.
Join us in celebrating the
A N N IV E R S A R Y
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W ORLD
A Miracle In Portland
The magic o f dance is that it
changes lives.
Without dance, at least one lit
tle girl might not have learned to tell
one day o f the week from another.
And she certainly w ouldn't have all
the self-esteem and confidence she
has today. You see, this little girl
was a cocaine baby. And although
she was eventually adopted by a
loving mother, it w asn't the end o f
her difficulties. As she grew , her
m other noticed that she was h av
ing tro u b le le a rn in g ; for in
stance, she c o u ld n 't tell the days
o f the week ap art Then, through
her school, she heard ab o u t O r
egon Ballet T h e a tre 's o u treach
program o f A Jrican D ance and
she w anted to go The c la sse s
were tree and h e ld on Tuesdays.
Her m other en ro lle d her in the
ass
She loved African Dance She
participated. She practiced. She
waited eagerly for each class. Each
Tuesday. Before long, this little girl
knew which day Tuesday was -- and
she knew all the days in between
too.
Then another m iracle hap
pened.
Her African Dance teacher
from OBT noticed how much she
loved dancing - and how talented
she was. Through another OBT
outreach program, project FIND
(Find a Inspire New Dancers), she
was invited to audition, and was
accepted, for the special program
which offers sliding scale fee class
es for talented and motivated stu
dents from minority and low in
come families. Today, you'll find
that young lady dancing working
hard and happily, growing in skill
and confidence as she takes her
classes every Tuesday
BEAT
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DANCE PARTY
Feb. 23, Obo Addy & Kukrudu
March 23, La Mayor Salsa Orch.
April 20, Boka Marimba
May 5, Cinco de Mayo Party
8-11 p.m.
Admission: 2-for-$7 on Thursdays; $7 for May 5.
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