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Tupac dies, we must reflect
m P am L ew is
/ ren d so m e w h e re th a t T u p a c
S h a k u r h a d p re d icted h is o w n vio
lent death. H e is sa id to h a ve to ld a n
interview er: “This was th e ro le I
was g iv e n ."
This gifted young perform er, who
played so many p a n s in his sh o n life
-- gangsta rap artist, convicted sex
offender, son (his m other had been a
member o f the Black Panther Party),
celebrity - apparently believed that
he had been cast in the role o f som e
one condem ned to die at an early age.
Like Tupac, all too many o f our
young people believe that they have
no choice but to act out one or another
destructive role: a perpetrator o r a
victim o f violence; a drug user or
dealer; a school dropout; a teenager
with an unw anted pregnancy; a hood
lum or a “ho” ; a "dum m y” ; a "trou-
‘T 'tiday t6e 27t6
Something Different.
B op-a-ganda & the Zen M onk
Punks present hip stories from the
A m erican Jazz Rap genre as per
form ed by Dr. Francesco Patricolo.
w ith
m u s ic ia n s
M ig u e l
M aldonado, Tim A cott and Sam
Henry, 8 p.m ., Rexall Rose Cafe,
2403 N .E. A lberta St., 282-9781
R&B Vocals.
Linda H ornbuckle. 9:30 p.m..
Key Largo, 31 N .W First Ave.,
223-9919.
Jazz Guitar.
H ear the cool sounds o f Larry
A dair, 7 p.m., Edgefield W inery,
2126 S W Halsey St.. Troutdale.
669-8610.
Sa&cideuf t/ie 2%tA
CD Release.
Pete M iser’s Solo C D release
party gets busy at 9 p.m .. L.aLuna,
215 S.E 9th Ave., 241-LU N A .
Saturday Market
Tunes.
B anjo2 from 11:30 a.m . to
12:30 p.m .; M oe N elson from 1 to |
2 p.m ., Robbie Kaye Band from
2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Portland S atur
day M arket’s M ain Stage, 108 W.
B urnside, 222-6072.
Seattle Punk
Nights.
Featuring Dumas, Rubber, Flat
Earth and M avens, Ash St. Sa
loon, 225 S.W . Ash St., 226-0430.
Quartet.
G o see the V ictoria Corrigan
Q u a r te t a t th e
B r a s s e r ie |
M ontm artre, 626 S.W Park Ave.
224-5552. (they also perform on
Fri.)
Stephen Cohen.
A coustic guitar, percussion and
vocals, 7 p.m ., Edgefield W inery,
2126 S.W . Halsey St., Troutdale,
669-8610
Scautatf
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Best Seller.
R o ger W illiam s, A m e ric a ’s
best-sellingpopularpiam st in his
to ry p e rfo rm s at th e A rle n e
S chnitzer Concert Hall. 3 and 8
p.m., S.W . Broadw ay and Main
St.. 228-1853.
No metal.
Molly M cG uire plays heavy
rock w ithout the metal, Satyricon,
125 N.W . 6th Ave., 243-2380.
Harvest Jam.
C eleb ratin g the beat o f life
through the drum , beginning Fri.,
at the O ld Ranch in Silver Creek
Falls State Park, call for times,
274-6969.
It's Elementary.
A cadem y A w ard-w inning d i
rector D ebra C hasnoff and pro-1
ducer H elen C ohen host this ben
efit prem iere o f their study o f the I
roots o f hom ophobia and how |
schools can encourage change, 7
p.m . N orthw est Film Center, 1219 |
S.W . Park Ave , 221-1156.
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that supports them so that they do not
have to act out their anger, or their
sexuality, in w ays that are hurtful or
self-destructive
In honor o f T upac Shakur, I invite
all o f you to follow the lead o f the
tens of thousands o f young people
w ho have given their talent and their
energy over the last 12 years to build
the All Stars. And I urge you to ask
all the adults w ho say they are con
cerned about violence -- your par
ents, your teachers, and the elected
officials in y o u r com m unity -- to
support program s that support our
youth.
Pam Lewis, 35 years old, is the Na
tional Producer o f the A ll Stars Talent
Show Network. An accomplished ac
tress and a performer, Ms. Lewis Is also
the Assistant to the Artistic Director o f
theCastillo Theatre in theSoHo area o f
New York City.
C h u n p sp Oppirw E v fp iii c o m <
ps
th p TV o r th w p s t
Larry Nobori Trio.
F e a tu rin g v o c a list V icto ria
C orrigan and Randy Porter, 6 to 9
p.m., W illam ette C afe 4949 S.W
Landing Drive. 225-1068
blem aker"; a “ loser" with no skills,
no jo b and no future.
As the national p ro d u ce ro fth e All
Stars Talent Show N etw ork - the
largest and m ost successful anti-vio
lence program for inner city youth in
the country -- my jo b is to support
young people to grow and develop
by breaking out o f such deadly and
deadening roles.
The All Stars Talent Show N et
work does not practice censorship.
We recognize that there is a differ
ence between the perform ance o f a
gangsta rap on a stage and pulling a
gun on the street! l.ikew ise, there is a
difference between the perform ance
o fa sexy dance routine on a stage and
having sex on the roof! We think it is
positive for young people to make
w h atev er cu ltural statem ent they
choose to m ake in an environm ent
Cuban natives Terisita and Sandy Perez, formerly with the
famed Afro-Cuba de Matanzas ensemble presents a two-day
workshop, entitled “Afro-Cuba!" Oct. 5 and 6 noon each day at
PSU.
Literary Arts Awards
The L iterary Arts, Inc. A dvisory
Council has announced that Eloise
Jarvis M cG raw , a ju v e n ile w riter,
will receive the C.E.S. W ood A w ard
for a distinguished career in letters.
Brain Booth, law yer, w riter, and
founder o f O regon Institute for L iter
ary Arts, was selected to receive the
Stewart H. H olbrook A w ard for o ut
standing curren t co n trib u tio n s to
O regon’s literary life.
Elosie Jarvis M cG raw has been
w riting fiction since she w as eight
yearsold. She has lived in O regon for
over forty years. She is know n as a
great w riter o f ju v en ile literature.
Her first book. Saw dust in H is Shoes,
was published in 1950 and since that
tim e she has published 20 books. She
has been the recipient o f a N ew bery
Award for her books, M occasinT rail
and G olden G oblet, and an Edgar
Award for the best ju v en ile m yster
ies o f the year for her tw o books.
Tangled W eb and A Really W eird
Summer. Besides her ju v e n ile nov
els, she has published an adult novel
and a play, and a book on the T ech
niques o f W riting Fiction.
Brain Booth is a long-tim e ad v o
cate o f the literary arts com m unity in
O regon. He is the founder and has
served as President for the O regon
Institute for Literary Arts, currently
known as Literary A rts, Inc. after
m erging with Portland A rts & Lec
tures in 1993. Booth is also a w riter,
h av in g re c e n tly w ro te his book
W ild m en , W o b b lies & W histle-
punks: Stew art H olbrooks’s Low
brow N orthw est wh ich was pub I ished
by O regon State U niversity Press.
T heC .E .S. W ood A ward is named
for C h arles E rskine Scott W ood
( 18 5 2 -1944), a w riter, poet, soldier,
lawyer, orator, bibliophile and patro
o f the arts who had great impact on
P o rtlan d ’s cultural and political life.
The H olbrook Award honors Stewart
H. H olbrook o f Portland, a colorful,
popular historical w riter w ho was
know n as “ Lum berjack B osw ell’’ for
his w riting on loggers and the tim ber
industry. U n derthe nam e “ Mr. O tis,"
H olbrook also painted in a style he
described as “m odern prim itive.”
M cGraw and Booth will be pre
sented with their awards at the tenth
annual Oregon Book Awards cerem o
ny, scheduled for Novem ber 14,1996
in the Scottish Rite Center. Author
Ivan Doig will serve as master o f cer
em onies at the event, O regon’s prima
ry celebration o f the written word. The
public is warmly invited to attend.
The 1996 O regon Book Awards
will also honor the authors o f out
standing w orks in fiction, literary
nonfiction, poetry, dram a, and young
readers literature. Finalists in eacl
category will be announced in earl)
O ctober W inners will not be an
nounced until the night o f the aw ards
All w inners as well as the recipient:
o f the C .E .S W ood and H olbrool
aw ards will receive $ 1,000.
Sample Global Theatre
A revival production, a w orld pre
miere and special guest artists mark
University T heatre’s 1996-97 main-
stage season w hose five productions
span various periods and styles rang
ing from a traditional Italian com edy
to a contem porary A m erican m usical
to an Asian fusion piece.
Each o f the plays will be per
formed on the Robinson Theatre stage
at Villard Hall, 1109 O ld C am pus
Laane in the northeast corner o f the
University o f O regon cam pus. All
regular perform ances begin at 8 p.m.
An additional pertorm ance, b enefit
ing a local nonprofit, social service
agency, will be scheduled for each
play
Tickets for individual Robinson
Season plays, on sale Oct. I , are $9 for
the general public; $7 for senior citi
zens, UO faculty and staff, and non-
UO students; and $4.50 for UO stu
dents. Season tickets currently are on
sale at a considerable savings from the
single-show price, and group rates are
available for 10 or more patrons.
The U niversity T heatre Box O f-
fice is open from noon to 6 p.m.
T uesdays through Friday and from
noon to 8 : 15 p.m. on days o f perfor
m ance. For inform ation, call the box
office, ( 5 4 1) 3 4 6 -4 1 9 1.
Kirk Boyd, associate artistic d i
rector o f the O regon Shakespeare
Festival at A shland, will guest direct
the 18th-century Italian com edy “The
Servant o f Tw o M asters” by C arlo
G oldini, set Nov. 8 -9 ,1 4 -1 6 , and 22-
23.
Boyd, w ho grew up in Eugene,
re tu rn s ho m e a fte r 15 y e a rs at
A shland. He began his theater career
as an actor, director and stage m an
ager with the O regon Repertory T h e
atre in Eugene.
In recent years, Boyd had directed
“ M uch Ado A bout N othing,” “ Light
in the V illage,” “ H eathen V alley”
and “ Tw o R oom s” at the O regon
Shakesphere Festival;” “ A M idsum
m er N ight’s D ream ” a, the Idaho
S hakespeare Festival; “All in the
T im ing” at C entralia C ollege; and
’ The G o v e rn m e n t In sp e c to r” at
Southern O regon State College.
A fu ll-p ro d u c tio n ( h iñ e se O pera
will ta k e p la c e a t th e W a sh in g to n
C enter f o r P erfo rm in g A rts in d o w n
tow n O lym pia a t 7:30 p .m . on O cto
ber 5.
Tickets for the opera are $ 16 g en
eral adm ission. $13 students and se
niors. $10 for groups o f 20 or more;
forticket inform ation, call the W ash
ington C enter Box O ffice, 360/753-
8586.
Portland residents can take a g u id
ed bus tour to see the event for $60
(includes bus to and from O lym pia
that evening, box dinner and talk by
Reed Professors C harles Wu and
Harry Kuoshu along the way, and
opera ticket): m ake your reservation
by calling the Northwest China C oun
cil. 503/725-4567.
Fhe evening features episodes o f
The Monkey K ing,T he W hiteSnake,
and The W oman W arrior; three o f
the m ost popular C hinese operas.
Beijing O pera (Peking O pera) is
the quintessence o f Chinese theatri
cal art. Its colorful and highly styl
ized perform ance requires the skill
ful blending o f singing, dancing,
martial arts, acrobatics, costum e, and
m akeup.
Personify ing this beautiful but dif
ficult art is the lead perform er (play
ing the W om an W arrier), M argaret
Li, w ho rose to fame in the early 80s
as an outstanding descendant o f the
greatest Beijing O pera artist o f the
century, Mei Lanfang. Chen Cao.
also from Beijing, plays the M onkey
King, Prom inent N orthw est m usi
cian W arren C hang, professional
m usicians from C hina, and accom
plished am ateurs perform the music.
Rose Jang, faculty m em ber at The
Evergreen State C ollege, is project
director and organized this event
The even in g ’s perform ance is pro
duced by the E vergreen State C o l
lege, whose students (trained by Chen
C ao) participate in episodes o f The
M onkey K ingand The W hite Snake
C osponsors o f the event include
the Hwa Sheng C hinese O pera Club
o f Seattle, S en io r’s Research G roup
o fC h in ese O pera and M usic o fV an -
couver, B.C.. the C hinese Art and
Music A ssociation, and the* N orth
west China C ouncil, located in P ort
land.
A... My name is still Alice
I niversity Theatre will kick o f f the
1996-97schoolyear on Oct. 3 with three
p e rf ormances o f the m usical revue
“A... M y Nam e Is Still Alice, ” a revival
fr o m its 1996M a d Duck Repertory The
atre S u m m er Season.
Conceived by Joan M ickl in SI iverand
Julian Boyd,“A...MyNameIsStill Alice”
will continue on Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 4-5. All performances will begin at 8
p m. at Robinson Theatre, 11 ()9Old Cam
pus Lane next to the law school on the
University o f Oregon campus.
Pickets are $9 for the general public;
$17 for senior citizens, UO faculty and
staff, and non-UO students; and $4.50 for
UO students.
"A . My Name Is Still Alice” is the
critically acclaimed sequel to the hit revue
“A...My Name Is Alice,” which itselfhad
a successful run in University Theatre’s
Mad Duck Repertory Theatre during the
summer o f 1995. This latest collection of
songs and sketches - created by a wide
variety ofcomposers, lyricists and writers
- featuresa lively and richly comic explo
ration o f what it means to be a woman in
the 1990s. Both very funny and extreme
ly topical, “A.. My Name Is Still Alice”
includes music that runs the gamut from
gospel to rock and from country to pop.
Dion Reschedules
C eline Dion, o rig in a lly sc h ed
u le d to p la y th e T heater o f th e
C louds in th e R o se G arden on A u
g u s t 31st has been rescheduled.
The new date is Saturday, M arch
29th at the T heater o f the C louds in
the Rose G arden. Show tim e re
m ains 8pm. Tickets from the Au
gust 31st show will be honored at
the new March 29th show.
Som e tickets w ere still available
for the original show. T hese tickets
will go on sale now at the Rose
Q u a rte r T ic k e t O ffic e an d all
I icketniaster ticket centers or charge
by phone at (503) 224-4400.
G ram m y aw ard w inning artist
C eline Dion is one o f pop m usic’s
fast-rising stars, and has been tour
ing in support o f her last album,
“ Falling into Y ou,” featuring the
smash it "B ecause You Loved M e.”
New perspectives on an age-old idea
W h a t are angels? M an y people believe in
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angels, b u t few can define these enigm atic
spirits. N ow theologian M atthew Fox and
biologist Rupert Sheldrake-pioneers in
m odern religious th in k in g and scientific
-J a p '
th e o ry -la u n c h a ground-breaking exploration
in to the ancient concept o f the angel in The
Physics o f
Angels
P H Y S IC S
OF A N G E L S
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illennium
(HarperCollins).
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o f M illennium
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(Riverhead
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Bloom reveals
how the
concept o f
angels have
always played
a central role
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