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Artful Glass. Henry Halem, art­
ist, instructor and author, gives a
lecture on the various aspects of
glass and its practitioners., 7pm,
The Bullseye Connection, 1308
NW Everett St., 227-2797.
Encore! The Heathman Pub
presents an encore performance of |
acoustic and electric guitar by Ter­
ry Robb and bass by Albert Reda,
beginning at 7pm through Satur­
day, Aug. 10,901 SW Salmon St.,
227-5700.
Gypsy Caravan. A tribal belly-
dance troupe, the Gypsy Caravan,
performs with special guests Barry
Bruce and Daniel O ’Donnell at the
Green Onion resaurant, 8 and
9 :15pm, 15 SW 2nd Ave., 288-
4355.
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Quartet. Leroy VinnegarQuar­
tet and Curtis Salgado & Friends
perform at the annual concert se­
ries to benefit Community Vision
Inc., beginning at 2pm, the Water
Tower Mall in Johns Landing,
5331 SW Macadam Ave., 274-
2786.
Be a writer. Willamette Writers
present “Focus on Craft”, a 2-day
writer’s conference featuring key­
note speaker, author Wh itney Otto
and special sessions, through Sun.,
Aug. 11, Sheraton Hotel, Portland
Airport, 452-1592.
Sci-Fi Heaven. OMSI presents
their first ever Science Fiction Col­
lector’s Fair, featuring rare col­
lectibles from Star Trek. Star (Cars,
Aliens, and other sci-fi programs
and movies. Special appearance
by Tim Russ, who plays Tuvock
on Star Trek: Voyager, IOam-4pm,
through Sun., A ug.II, 1945 SE
Water Ave., 797-4000.
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Blues & Food. The 1996 Blue
Heron Concert Series concludes
with a music festival featuring
blues, food, and an environmental
information fair, corner o f N.
Edison and Pittsburgh streets, next
to St. John’s Bridge, 289-5187.
Jazz Trio. Jazz de Opus & Opus
Too present the Dan Balmer Trio,
8:30pm, 33 NW 2nd Ave., 222-
6077.
African Music. Kukuva Ma­
rimba, an eight-musician ensem­
ble, plays contemporary and tra­
ditional southern African songs.
Bl ing picnic and blanket if you
wish. 12-5pm, Mt. Tabor Park
Crater Amphitheatre, 293-4942.
Amid stagehand com m otion,
Lenny Kravitz, one of Saturday’s
specialty acts at the 1996 H O R D E.
Festival, noticed a front-row fan try­
ing to get a note to his attention. It
was a marriage proposal to the fan’s
girlfriend.
The star took off on his task and
chimed, “Tara? Where’s Tara? He’s
got the ring and everything, baby.
He’s serious. Come on up, there’s
some jewelry up here for ya.”
Tara accepted, the audience ap­
plauded, and the show slid forward
into hours o f great music, happy
people, and an unusually peaceful
mood.
H O R D E made last Saturday a
special one for Portland Meadows,
its first Portland tour stop.
Ted Mankin the event’s producer
back in Atlanta, Georgia, said this
weekend’s attendance came in at
13,500. The festival’s initial trips to
San Diego and San Francisco recent-
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ly attracted 8,000 and 26,000, re­
spectively. Mankin was positive
about the Portland turnout and re­
marked, “That’s very, very good for
the first time in this market.”
The festivities featured talented.
eclectic, and varied groups including
Taj Mahal, Spirit of the West, Dave
Matthews Band, and Pete Droge and
the Sinners.
Not only was fluid folk-rock
present, but also information booths
advocating Greenpeace and hemp
cultivation, an on-site record store
featuring the artists, and various ven­
dors selling toe rings, temporary tat­
toos and tie-dyed garments.
Real, honest, vibrant melodies set
the mood and everyone's focus was
to simply have a good time.
Though the show hasn’t reached
the giant popularity status of other
summer hit concerts, its feel-good
undertones and idealism will reach
beyond the realms of Portland to
ensure a bigger turnout for next
year.
NBC sags ratings for Atlanta beat Barcelona
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NBC said Monday its Nielsen rat­
ings for the first 10 days of its Olym­
pic coverage showed that it beat its
performance at the Barcelona Olym­
pics of 1992 by 2 1 percent.
“We had a rating of 22.5 and a
share of 42. We are up 21 percent
versus Barcelona,” said NBC spokes­
woman Rose Pietrzak.
The rating is the percentage of all
U.S. households with a TV tuned to
a program during the average minute.
The share is the percentage of house­
holds viewing a program out o f the
total households using television, she
said.
The two highest-rated Olympic
nights, women’s gymnastics finals
for teams and individuals, are al­
ready past, but NBC said it has high
hopes for viewing figures for the
men’s 400 meter finals, Thursday’s
200 meter finals and the men’s bas­
ketball finals on Saturday.
“Several o f our first nights have
BY
U of P orchestra
auditions
Openings are available for all
musicians, especially string and brass
players, interested in joining the
University of Portland Community
Orchestra. The 40-member orches­
tra, part of the University’s music
department, is comprised of students,
faculty, staff and musicians from the
Portland-Vancouver area.
Rehearsals will be held Tuesdays,
7-9 p.m., beginning August 24. The
orchestra performs four times a year
on campus with a repertoire ranging
from classicai to pop.
For more information, contact the
University of Portland Community
Orchestra conductor, professor Ken
Kleszynski at 283-7294 or via e-mail
at kkleszyn@uofport.edu.
been 38 percent above (audience
expectations given to advertisers),”
Pietrzak said.
Dick Ebersol, the president of
NBC Sports was quoted by the New
York Times Monday as saying the
Olympics would make NBC $20
million in profits, a big turnaround
after the $100 million it lost in
Barcelona in 1992.
This is more impressive when tak­
ing into account that NBC paid $454
mi I lino for the Atlanta rights, 10 per­
cent more than the $405 million it
paid for the Barcelona rights.
It augued well for the decision a
year ago to offer a mighty $1.27
Rickie Lee Jones (above), self-accompanied by her soothing
accoustic guitar, extended her mesmerizing, child like voice and
clever lyrics to the H.O.R.D.E. Festival crowd at Portland Meadows
last Saturday.
Jazz Fest Still
Northwest Favorite
billion to secure U.S. television rights
to the 2002 Summer Olympics in
Mt. Hood Community College
Sydney, and the 2002 Winter Olym­ hosted the 15"’Mt. Hood Festival of
pics in Salt Lake City.
Jazz last Saturday, as crowds lent
NBC said it was hard to predict the lirst standing ovation to the Brian
what effect the Olympic bombing Setzer Big Band.
would have on ratings. Although
The festival overflowed with
NBC alone carries Olympic cover­ quality jazz this year, featuring
age, all networks can share in news among many the Louis Bellson Big
coverage.
Band Explosion, Hank Crawford
NBC has insurance in place should and Jimmy McGriff.
terrorism cause advertisers to take
As roaring sounds echoed from
flight and cancel their Oly mpic slots, the main stage, a secondary stage
but it should not in any case affect attracted many listeners out of sight
ratings, analysts say. “ I don’t think and earshot of the primary' focus.
anybody is going to turn their TV off Cyrus Chestnut and his trio held the
because of that," Dougherty said.
Call for extras
in Eugene
attention of many fans with their
contemporary jazz improvisations.
The festival took on several
changes this year and was met with
a fair share of complaints from the
crowd of nearly 10,000. With the
dual-stage set-up, many expressed
discontent about having to make
choices between bands and moving
from good seats to catch another act
at the alternative stage.
The changes were said to be nec­
essary for the 23-act event to sur­
vive in an increasingly competitive
summer music market.
C R O W N IN G
Warner Bros, and On Location
Casting, Inc. are looking for thou­
sands of people to fill the stands at
the U niversity o f O re g o n ’s
Hayward Field on Saturday, Au­
gust 10 and Sunday, August I
Gates will open at 6:30 a m. Film­
ing will begin at 9 a m. until 7 pm.
Anyone interested in being an
extra for one or both days in the
fiimingof“PRE” should call (54
431-8130 for free ticket informa­
tion.
“We’re calling it the Prefontain
Party," says Tina Kerr o f On Lo­
cation Casting, Inc. “It should be
fun day. Concessions will be
open and there will be live enter­
tainment, raffles and prizes for the
best 70s threads...something for
everyone. Bringyour family, bring
your friends, bring your family’s
friends.”
Parking will be available at
Autzen Stadium with a shuttle run­
ning every lOminutestothe track.
“PRE,” a film about the late
Oregon running legend Steve
Prefontaine.
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