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T he P ortland O bserver • A pril P age 5, 1995 B3 (Ehe 'JJortlanò (Db ser tier ENTERTAINMENT Disney Names New President For TV Dennis F Hightower has been promoted to president o f Walt Disney Television and Communications, re placing Richard Frank. Hightower previously worked as a Disney executive for consumer products for Europe and the Middle East. He is credited with elevating the quality and creativity o f Disney prod ucts in the region and boosting retail sales from $650 million to $4.5 bil lion over an 8 year period. “His proven skills as a leader and builder match up well with the talented and creative staff cultivated under the leadership o f Rich Frank,” said Disney Chairman Michael D. Eisner. D uring H ightow er’s tenure, Disney’s European publishing oper ations grew from 120 different Disney D en n is F. H ightow er magazines and comics published in 16 different languages to 180 maga zines and comics published in 27 different languages. He also established Disney cre ative centers at strategic locations around Europe. Hightower said he is looking forward to his new assignment. “The Disney brand has never been stronger worldwide and I am excited to be part o f a team who will make it ever more successful,” he said. Before joining the corporation, Hightower was a partner and manag ing director o f Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc., an international ex ecutive consulting firm. Earlier, he was with Mattel as vice president o f corporate planning and as a corporate officer. He also worked for Xerox, the consulting firm of McKensey and Co. and Gen eral Electric. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and an mas ters o f business administration from Harvard Business School. Author Says Women I lave Betrayed Women Are today ’ s “second wave” fem inists fighting for w om en's rights - or simply perpetuating male bash ing? Who Stole Feminism?: How W om en Have B etrayed W omen (T ou ch sto n e B ooks/A Sim on &. Schuster Trade Paperback, $12) by Christina H off Sommers answers that question in a way that is sure to spark controversy and debate nationwide. Sommers, philosophy professor and self-proclaim ed feminist, ex poses the convictions o f the radical new fanatics who she believes are hijacking classic feminist theory and tra n sfo rm in g it into poorly re searched, highly inflammatory argu ments that set women against men in all spheres o f life. Challenging influential women such as G loria Steinem, Naomi Wolf, Christina H off S o m m e r s , au th o r o f W h o S to le F e m in ism ? Susan Faludi, and Marilyn French, Sommers evaluates the feminist in stitutions and ideologies currently in America’s Only Black Arts Magazine Premieres Collage: The National Journal o f African Americans in the Arts makes its national debut in March as the only magazine in the country devoted entirely to coverage o f Afri can Americans in the visual, literary' and performing arts David B. Brown, Publisher and E ditor-In-C hief o f Collage said, “there are certainly oth er publications that cover limited areas o f the arts or include arts cov erage with general editorial or travel and leisure features, but Collage will focus only on the too often over looked. but highly sought after work o f African Americans in the arts.” The cover story, entitled May The Forces Be With You, focuses on the Forces ofN ature Dance Compa ny whose unique works enjoy a for midable reputation on the East coast but lacks national exposure. Brown says, “Our selection o f Forces’ was quite calculated. We want our read ers to know that Collage will always offer something different. It’s our jo b to present the full spectrum of African American artists--not just the household names but the brilliant artists whose work might not other wise survive the fierce competition for the limited arts pages in the main stream media. Collage recently hired eight new editors to coordinate coverage in each o f the specific arts disciplines that will be highlighted in the publica tion. The editors, Kim Jack Riley, former Executi ve Editor o f Sazz (Ex ecutive Editor); Francesca Simon, a veteran celebrity interviewer and m edia p ro fessio n al (E d ito r-A t- Large); K. Leander Williams, a jazz critic and writer "with several pages o f feature credits including every thing from the Village Voice to J a z z iz ” (Ja z z E d ito r); T hom as DeFrantz, a dance critic and doctoral candidate a, NYU (Dance Editor); Sharon Skeeter, a poet; lecturer and former Editor-in-Chiefof Black Ele gance (Poetry and Literature Edi tor); and Linda Armstrong, a mem ber o f Drama Desk, who has spent the last eight years as a theatre writer for New Y ork's Amsterdam news and others (Theatre) are currently working on the second issue o f Col lage. Highlights include an interview with Dorothy West, the acclaimed Harlem Renaissance author o f The Wedding, the Harlem Festival O r chestra, the only professional Afri can America symphony orchestra in the world, in-depth coverage o f the second annual International Confer ence on Blacks in Dance and much more. C o llag e w ill be p u b lish ed six tim es per year w ith an in itial c ir c u latio n o f 3 0 ,0 0 0 . The annual su b scrip tio n p rices are $19,95 for in d iv id u als, 2 9 .9 5 for o rg a n iz a tio n s and $ 3 9 .9 5 for lib raries. For m ore in fo rm a tio n , call 212- control o f disseminating public in formation about women. Sommers sees herself as a mem ber o f the “equity feminists,” whose main goal is to achieve equity be tween the sexes, especially within politics and education. She argues that “gender fem inists,” such as Catherine MacKinnon and Patricia Ireland, whose doctrine states that w om en, even m odern A m erican women, are under siege by the sys tem o f male dom inance, portray wom en as victims and lack a grass roots constituency. To rally women in sup port for their cause, the gender fem inists seek ammunition bolstering their belief that our institutions - schools, families, workplace — op press women by operating under the notion that men are the dominant sex. W hen it com es to m aking records, former basketballer and pe rennial artist o f conscience Michael Franti is a leaper. Just as the avant- garde junkyard funk of The Beatnigs (his first crew) could hardly have predicted the aggressive industrial rap of the Disposable Heroes O f Hiphoprisy (his second crew), so the music of Hiphoprisy is a tar cry from the soul-based hip hop o f Spearhead (his new crew). No longer a simple member o f - or partner in - a band, Michael is the founder and leader of Spearhead. “Spearhead is my vision,” he says. “I wanted to make a record that you could listen to from start to finish, again and again - at home or , M U S I C I A N S 'B A L L 'W h a t w e p la y W e in h n rd s P r iv a t e R e s e r v e *s l i f e ” L o u is A rm s tro n g I 77 ban ds on 11 s ta g e s S a tu rd a y A p r il 2 2 j P o r tla n d M e m o r ia l L C o lis e u m t ic k e ts n t T ic k e tm a s te r n u t le t * s t a t e w it to o r c h a rg e -try p h o n e (5 0 3 ) 2 24 4 100 T h e P o rtla n d M u s ic p r o d i i c c r i l» y A s s o c ia tio n „,ecent»H h»A Hpnrv Weinh.ird's Private Reserve • sponsored by: the Oregonian s A & E. AGON 92 3 fm ¡ X . X i 9 4 . i K W U r><»0. PytanrtdA'e BMI Musrc Mrllenn.em A TtckHm aster ol Orngmy 2 6 7 -1 1 1 0 . Advertise in (Elje J lo r tïa n b (O bstruer call (503) 288-0033 r The 37th Annual EBONY FASHION Presents ‘TTzc Music Millennium Shining SionrOf ‘fashion 9 4 / 95 Sponsored by P O R T L A N D CHAPTER THE LINKS, IN C . Benefit of LINKS EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP F U N D 5 32nd 6 E.Burnside 231 -8926 OREGON CONVENTION CENTER Friday, April 21,1995 8:00 p.m. Tickets available a t Mrs C’s Wigs - 281-6525 707 N.E. Fremont House of Sound - 281 -1502 1606 N. Williams Ave. |. Kurls & Co. - 282-5809 2948 N.E. MLK Blvd. 23rd & NW Johnson 248-0163 L and by rasta chanter Ras I Zulu. Roundingout Spearhead's lineup are Liane Jamison, keyboards, back ground vocals; Keith McArthur, bass; James Gray, drums: and David James, guitar. Key to the realization o f M icha e l's new musical ideal was Joe “the Butcher" Nicolo, who co-produced Home. The engineer on smash al bums by Cypress Hill, House O f Pain, and Kriss Kross, N icolo "taught me an incredible amount about mak ing records that sound really warm and really phat - records that make people feel good." says Michael. He sum m ed up the B u tc h e r’s role “groove approver.” (Ehe Ç n rilan ù (í^hserucr j P r e s e n te d by H e n ry in the car.” His goal was the timeless durability o f his own musical heroes, artists like Bob M arley, C urtis Mayfield. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Won der, and Sly & the Family Stone. “ Hiphoprisy was about gettin in people’s face," he notes. “Spearhead is more about seduction" Indeed, H om e, S p e a rh e a d 's Capitol Records debut, is the warm est, funkiest and most exuberant al bum o f M ichael’s career. Instrumentally, it combines and recombines soul, jazz, and reggae flavors. Vocally, Michael the rapper is flowing better than ever and sing ing for the first time. 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