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ENTERTAINMENT
“Spies Above’’: Discovery Channel
has been granted exclusive access
to film the behind-the-scenes world
o f counter-intelligence for the first
documentary to expose the
heretofore undisclosed genesis and
proliferation o f space-based
espionage. Narrated by Gillian
Anderson, co-star o f Fox’s The X-
Files, Spies Above makes its world
television premiere on Monday,
March 11, from 10:00-11.00 PM
(ET/PT) and 2:00-3:00 AM (ET/PT).
This program examines how and why
surveillance satellites were
developed and used by the United
States and the former Soviet Union,
and how space-based intelligence
gathering changed the course o f
history. Featuring a host o f firsts,
the program takes viewers to places
where film cameras have seldom, if
ever, been allowed. Pictured: Gillian
Anderson, narrator.
Photo By: Michael Lavlne/Fox.
Inventions
Exhibit Comes
To Portland
N O W O P EN
Food For The Soul!
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The Black Inventions Museum trav-
elingexhibit featuring the accomplish­
ments o f African Americans in the
field o f technology and product inno­
vation is coming to Portland during
Black History Month courtesy o f the
“ I Have a Dream” Foundation o f Ore­
gon.
The exhibit will be housed in the
community room o f Immaculate Heart
Catholic Church, 2926 N. Williamson
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23 and Feb.
24.
The special works promote posi­
tive images and self-esteem in chil­
dren and adults and teach people o f all
nationalities about the contributions
Africans have given to society through­
out the world.
The “ I Have A Dream” foundation
assists more than 400 students in Port­
land in academ ics, helping them grad­
uate from high school and continue
career training and education at the
college level
Phil Christian, “ I Have A Dream”
project coordinator, launched the ef­
fort to bring the museum to Portland
after viewing it on tour in Dallas.
The Black Inventions Museum was
founded tn 1988 in Los Angeles by
children’s author Valerie J.R. Banks,
also known as Saia Sakmut Shabazz-
Bey.
The museum became a non-profit
corporation in 1993 and has travelled
to some 14 cities annually since its
inception.
The Black Inventions Museum is a
mobile museum which highlights in­
ventions o f Africans and African
Americans with special focus on in­
ventions created before, during and
after slavery.
The exhibit will be open public
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23
and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb.
24. There is no admission charge, but
donations will be accepted.
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“ Star T re k ” spawned a fan net­
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lary o f K lin g o n , but next month,
the Screen A c t o r s G u ild w ill g iv e
the s c i-fi series an honor for its
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The A m erican Scene A w ard is
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versity in castin g since the o r ig ­
inal debuted 30 years ago, fo l-
lowed by T V and m ovie sp in o ffs.
“ D espite the fact that it’ s set
in another place and time, I be­
lieve ‘ Star T r e k ’ is seen by e v­
eryone as a m irror for the here
and now ,” S A G president R ic h ­
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"A lth o u g h it b o ld ly goes where
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