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Jazz in the square.
Linda Hornbuckle, 5 to 7 p.m..
Pioneer Courthouse Square, 223-
1613.
Not Rated.
Controversial and/or banned
videos, 8 p.m., Froelick Adelhart
Gallery, 817 SW 2nd Ave., 222-
1156.
Larry Nobori Trio.
Featuring vocalist V ictoria
Corrigan and Randy Porter, 6 to 9
p.m., Willamette Cafe, 4949 SW
Landing Dr., 225-9125.
Go-go.
Portrait o f a go-go dancer in the
60's, Fri. thru Sun. Sept 13-29,
Portland Women's Theatre Com
pany, 1807 NE 39th Ave., call for
times, 777-9086 or 235-4347.
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Legendary Ray
Charles.
The amazing music icon comes
to Portland, 7 p.m., Sokol Blosser
Winery in Dundee, $32.50 from
TicketMaster, 224-4400.
Wild Zakk.
Form er g u itarist for O zzy
Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, 3 p.m.,
Music Mellennium Northwest,
801 N.W. 23rd Ave., 231-8943.
Oktoberfest.
Bavarian treats, arts and crafts,
sports, classic car show, animal
farm, music and o f course, beer!
A11 proceeds to non-profit organ i-
zations, Thurs. thru Sun., Sept.
12-15, noon to midnight ( 11 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Sun.), take Woodburn
exit on 1-5, south to State High
way 214, 845-9440.
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Music of the Night.
Favorite production numbers
from Evita, Phantom o f the Op
era, Cats and more, by Andrew
Lloyd Webber, sung by Melissa
M anchester(startedthe I Oth, ends
on the 15th), Civic Auditorium,
790-ARTS.
Andre Watts.
Charming pianist discovered at
age 16 and began to play on na
tionwide TV with the New York
Philharmonic. Sun. thru Tues. 7:30
p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert
H all, $10 to $32 from
TicketMaster, 224-4400.
Spyder Williams.
Jazz guitar, Portland Saturday
Market, outdoors at W. Burnside
and 1st Ave., 2 p.m., 222-6072.
John Denver.
O rig in a lly w ith the Chad
Mitchell Trio, Denver embarked
on a solo career in the early 70's,
and zoomed up the pop charts, 7:30
p.m.. Rose Garden Arena Theatre
in the Clouds, $27.50 to $35 from
TicketMaster, 224-4400.
Annie Pelts delves into ‘Dangerous Minds ’
Most television viewers would
agree that Annie Potts (“ Designing
Women,” “ Love & War”) does not
immediately come to mind for the
sta rrin g ro le m ade p o p u la r by
Michelle Pfeiffer in the hit dramatic
film, “ Dangerous Minds.”
However, executive producers
“ D iane F ro lo v and A ndrew
Schneider" dug deep into the charac
ter o f Louanne Johnson and immedi
ately knew that Potts, their friend o f
many years, would capture the heart
and soul o f that character as no one
else.
“When Diane and I first read the
script, Annie popped right into our
minds. The character’s speech, her
cadence with the language, and know
ing Annie, made her our first choice
for the role,” says Executive Produc
er Andrew Schneider.
“Dangerous Minds” is a new one-
hour drama based on the experiences
o f Louanne Johnson, an ex-Marine
who arrives at a northern California
school to teach English in a special
program geared towards bright but
at-risk students.
Johnson tackles her new assign
ment with the stalwart determination
o f her previous career. Like taking a
A cartoonish, cheesy and surpris
ingly campy apocalyptic actioner,
'Escape from L A.' is spiked with a
number o f funny and anarchic ideas,
but doesn’t begin to pull them to
gether into a whole.
Designed to return Kurt Russell’s
violence-prone Snake character to
the screen after a 15-year layoff and
Left (from left) is Greg Serano, Tamala Jones, Cedrick Terrell, Annie
Potts, Maria Costa, LaToya Howlett and Vicellous Reon Shannon.
hill during a battle, she takes on the
daunting job as teacher in Parkmont
High School’s special education pro
gram, “the Academy.”
The program was designed as a
last chance safety net to catch failing
students who, though bright, were
unable to stay in the mainstream o f a
school system too encumbered to
accommodate their individual prob-
Mozart Opera
Premiere
Noted vocal coach and opera
diva Ellen Faull will be producing
the Oregon premiere o f the Mozart
Italian comic opera La Finta
Giardiniera at George Fox Uni
versity’ on Saturday September 14,
1996.
The complete original Italian ver
sion o f the opera, written by Mozar,
when he was only 18, was discov
ered in 1978 in Czechoslovakia.
“This production will provide
several aspiring Northwest opera
singers the opportunity to develop a
role and add a performance credit to
their resumes while providing the
community the opportunity to see
an unknown Mozart work,” said
Ms. Faull. “The music is simply
beautiful. It’s hard to imagine such
beautiful music being composed by
such a young man. Many elements
that make the music o f M ozart's
later m a ste rw o rk s, like Don
Giovanni, so wonderful are already
fully developed in this early work.”
Since 1991, when she moved to
Oregon from New York City, Ms.
Faull has been active in supporting
young opera singers in the North
west. Ms. Faull founded Bel Canto
Northwest, a summer institute for
operatic training, and funds the an
nual Ellen Faull Gordon Vocal
Competition.
“It's an honor to col labórate with
Ms. Faull on such a marvelous piece
and to work with singers o f such
high calibre,” said Ms. Powell.
“This production provides me the
opportunity to explore the techni
cal and artistic parallels between
opera and S h a k e sp e a re .” Ms.
Powell, the founder ofTygres Heart
Shakespeare Company in Portland
is a lso the p re sid e n t o f the
Shakespeare Theatre Association
o f America.
The performance will begin at
7:30 PM at the Woodmar Theatre
at George Fox University, 414 N.
Meridian St. in Newberg. There
will be a suggested donation o f $5
at the door.
Nutcracker Auditions
Artistic Director James Canfield
has announced that Oregon Ballet
Theatre (OBT) will hold open audi
tions for dancing and non-dancing
roles for the beloved holiday classic
The Nutcracker.
I he auditions are scheduled for Sat
urday, September 2 1, at Oregon Bal let
Theatre, located in the North Wing of
the Portland Art Museum, 1120 SW
10th Ave. in downtown Portland.
Auditions for boys, ages 7 to 18,
will be held from 1:30pm to2:30pm .
Auditions for girls, ages II to 18,
will be held from 2 :30 pm to 4:00 pm.
Girls must be no taller than 5’6" and
have a minimum o f three years of
classical ballet training. Both boys and
girls will have the opportunity to audi
tion for roles o f party children, sol
diers, mice, pages, dolls, Arabian at
tendants, pastry chef assistants, and
Russian candies. OBT is also seeking
gymnasts for The Nutcracker, both
Failed to ‘Escape’ criticism
B y T odd M c C arthy
Above: Rapper Coolio teaches Louanne's class about the mathe
matics o f sex and HIV when he guest stars in the pilot episode of
"Dangerous minds" airing Mondays at 8:00 pm (ET/PT) on ABC.
to gain maximum mileage out o f the
public’s delight in seeing the worst
possible fate visited upon SoCal,
this serving o f sloppy seconds will
score its biggest hit with teenage
boys.
Paramount should look to make a
quick getaway with as much B.O.
booty as possible from potent open
ings, as staying power looks meager.
boys and girls between the ages of 11
and 15. Auditions for gymnasts will
also be held on September 21 from
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Gymnasts must
be no taller than 5’2" and have ad
vanced tumbling skills.
Call OBT at (503) 227-6890
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Louanne’s students are equally as
skeptical o f their new teacher, until
the former Marine shows them what
she’s made of.
They may not all like her right
away, but she quickly wins their re
spect.
Her motley crew inc ludes Gusmaro
Lopez (Greg Serano), who fancies
himself a Casanova and tries to win
Louanne over with his charms.
Callie Timmons(Tamala Jones) is
a bright sixteen-year-old single moth
er o f a three-year-old who struggles
to hold down a full time job while
caring for her child and still manag
ing to make time for school.
James Revill (Cedrick Terrell) is
the class clown who is not only fun
ny, but quick and smart with a heart
o f gold
C ornelius Hawkins (V icellous
Reon Shannon) is a troubled teen in
need o f guidance as he years for a
seemingly impossible better life. Best
friends Alvina Edwards (LaToya
I low lett) and B lanca Guerrero ( Mar
ia Costa) are an inseparable pair who
are more interested in each other’s
nails and hair than what’s going on in
class.
For Emmy Award nominee Annie
Potts, the road to capturing the role
had a few more obstacles.
“ Honestly, I didn’t see the mov-
ie,” Potts recalls. “ Mv husband [di
rector) J im Hayman got the jo b to do
the pilot before I was cast. We came
to work together on this completely
by coincidence. They suggested that
I should look at the script because I
might be interested in the role.”
Potts continues, “The next day I
called my agent and had them send
the script over. I think that the net
work and studio wanted a young,
pretty Michelle Pfeiffer-type. And
why wouldn’t they? I knew that I’d
have to give the audition o f my life.
I felt like I knew the character so
well, that if I went into the audition
and could hold my nerves in check,
they couldn't deny me this role.”
For women of color
I linnan side to legal issues
Marylhurst College is hosting a
traveling photo-journal exhibit, Fac
es ofLiberty, sponsored by the ACLU
Foundation o f Oregon.
The free exhibit runs from Sept. 9-
26 and will be in the Streflf Gallery of
Shoen Library on the college campus.
Library hours are from 9 am to 5
pm through Sept. 19, when summer
Crazy for you
Crazy for love? Crazy for laugh
ter? Crazy for dancing?
Then you'll be crazy for Crazy
fo r You, the new Gershwin musical
comedy which opens at 8:00 pm on
Friday, September 13th.
W innerofthe l992TonyAward
for Best Musical, Crazy fo r You
features great music, witty lyrics
and a nonstop sense o f exuberant
fun.
Perform ances will continue
through Sunday, October 20, play
ing Thursday through Saturday
nights at 8:00 pm and Sundays a,
7:00 pm. The theatres is located at
Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368
S State St. in Lake Oswego.
Tickets are $18 for adults and
$ 17 for students and senior citizens.
For reservations call 635-3901
NEW Y O R K
T R U N K SH OW
W orld Village G ift Emporium lo
term ends. Monday through Friday, 9
am to 6 pm Saturday and 1-5 pm
Sunday.
A special voter registration will be
held in the gallery on Sept. 24 and 25
from 3-8 pm.
The stories include those o f a Gre
sham firefighter viciously harassed
on the job for attending a gay-rights
political rally and a Vernonia youth
barred from playing junior high foot
ball for refusing to compromise his
privacy in a mandatory drug test.
For more information call the li
brary at 699-6261.
cated at 5 132 N E M L K , Jr. Blvd., 249-
3790, invites the public to attend an
exclusive trunk showing o f fall mer
chandise selected by owner, Diana
M eKnight, dunngherrecenl New York
buying trip.
M eKnight says, "This collection is
fairly different I rom previous mcrelian-
dise." Her focus this trip was prim arily
finding unusual and elegant pieces for
“ W om en o f Color.”
Shopping hours are Thursday, Sep
tember 19, I9*J6 from 4:00 pm-8:00
[Tin w ith refreshments served, and Fit-
lay 10:00 am-6:(X) pm.
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SEPT. 24 • 8PM • 21 & OVER
WHERE
World Village Cyift Emporium/Boutique
5132 NE M LK, JR
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September 19, 1996; *4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
September 20. 1996; 10:00 pm - 6 00 pm
R S V P 2*9-9790
* Refreshments served
We Would Love To See You At
Our New York Trunk Show
In September
Wor Id Village is having its first trunk showfeaturing merchan
dise from our N Y buying trip.
We would love for you to be our guest during this time.
Listen to soft ja zz and enjoy refreshments while you make
fashion selections from Indonesia, Africa, France and other parts
o f the world at unbeatable prices.
GOODIE HOB & GUESTS
FRI. SEPT. 27 • 9PM • ALL AGES
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