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BLACK HISTORY
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Conjure Women to dir nationally on February 13
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On Thursday, February 13, at
10:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard rime),
PBS w ill broadcast ( 'onjure U omen.
a 90-m inute perform ance-based
documentary by filmmaker Demetria
Royals that explores the artistry and
philosophy of four African-Ameri
can women. These women, born and
educated in the West, use their artis
tic disciplines to reclaim their
•‘Africanisms'—what their forebears
had to deny to survive.
In celebration of Black History
Month, Conjure Women is presented
by public television station WQED
Pittsburgh and the National Black
Programming to public broadcast
ing stations nationally.
Conjure Women, directed by
award-winning filmmaker Demetria
Royals and produced by Louise Dia
mond, won the second-place award
in the Cultural Affairs Documen
tary category of the 15th Annual
Prized Pieces International Film and
Video Competition.
Its world premiere occurred at the
1995 Mill Valley Film Festival, and
it ha been shown at the Slamdance
Festival and other film festivals in
the United States and abroad
The special features vocalist/com-
poser Cassandra Wilson; visual art-
ist/photography Carrie Mae Weems;
perfo rm an ce
artist
Robbie
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Carrie Mae W eem s
Cassandra Wilson
Robbie McCauley
M cCauley; and choreographer/
dancer Anita Gonzalez
Cassandra W ilson performs two
of her original compositions from
her latest album. New Mo'iin Daugh
ter, in a jam session with her band
and her own interpretation of "Amaz
ing Grace" Wilson has received
widespread critical and audience
acclaim for her musical artistry and
“has become America’s most im
portant and daring jazz vocalist,"
according to Tone magazine in a
March 1996 review of/Ve»v Moon
Daughter, her IOth recording. In
December 1996. Time magazine and
The New York Times listed New
.Moon Daughter as k I on lists ot
“The Best Music of 1996'
Carrie Mae Weems has unequivo
cally articulated her artists goals:
“Let me say that my primary con
cern in art, as in politics, is with the
status and place of Afro-Americans
in our country."
Returning to her hometown of
Portland, Oregon, where her family
migrated from Mississippi, a 15-
year retrospective of her work is
presented at the Portland Art Mu
seum and shared for the first time
with her family, friends and com
munity.
Ihe exhibit, organized by the
National Museum of Women in the
Arts, toured major museums nation
ally during the 1993-94 season and
served to “absorb, disarm and ulti-
mately engage in dialogue all but the
most intractable bigots" (Washing
ton Post).
Robbie McCauley is a celebrated
performance artist and theater di
rector whose personal vision has
consistently explored the “herstorx "
of Black women I he presentation
of her original work. Sally's Hope
winner of a 1992 OB1E Award tor
Best New American Play (performed
by M cCauley with Jeannie
Hutchison), examines "the silences
around racism in America that have
gotten nailed in place" while re
counting the life and survival of her
great grandmother, a slave on a
Georgia plantation
AnitaGonzalez, a founding mem-
Black History Month at Portland State University
• The Black Cultural Affairs Board
at Portland State University is spon
soring Black History Month events
throughout February, and beyond.
For details call 725-5660.
Schedule o f events:
Wednesday, February 12: Trib
ute to Black W om en-by black male
PSU students. 5 p.m., PSU’s Multi
cultural Center, Room 126 Smith
Center, 1825 SW Broadway, Free.
Thursday, February 13: Tribute
to Black Men—by black female PSU
students. 5 p.m., PSU’s Multicul
tural Center, Room 126 Smith Cen
ter, 1825 SW Broadway, Free.
Friday, February 14: Soulfood
Luncheon Past luncheons offered
barbecued chicken, greens, potato
salad, cornbread, and dessert, set
against a performance of live jazz.
II a m.-1:30 p.m., PSU Nordic
Room, Room 26 Smith Center, 1825
SW Broadway, $5.
Friday, February 14: Valentines
Evening of Jazz. Semi-formal dance
sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fra
ternity 8:30 p.m.-midnight. Smith
Center Ballroom. Room 355, 1825
SW Broadway. Call BCAB, 725-
5660, for admission information
February l7-19:“ KeepYourEyes
on the Prize”. Documentary series
on video about the civil rights move
ment and issues from the 1960s
Shown 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Multi
cultural Center. Room 126 Smith
Center, 1825 SW Broadway, Free.
Thursday, February 20: Discus
sion: “Brothas and Sistas, Can We
Talk?" 5 p in., PSU Multicultural
Center, Room 126 Smith Center.
1825 SW Broadway, Free.
Saturday , February 22: Black His
tory Celebration featuring dance,
such as the Pacific Northwest Afri
can-American Ballet, solo perform
ers, choirs, oration and plenty of
food. Benefits the Bridge Builder
organization which improves the
lives of young African Americans
Portland An Museum, Grand Ball
room, 1219 SW Park Avenue. $25;
call 725-5660.
Sunday, February 23: Film Festi
val. Short films showing African
American experience in and on film.
2-5 p.m., Harrison Hall, 1833 SW
I Ith, $1.50 general admission, $1
for students.
February 24-26: Art Show ex
hibit by local artists including sculp-
tor/mur^ist Michael Florin Dente
and painter/printer Travis Bonneau.
II a.m.-3 p.m., PSU Multicultural
Center, Room 126 Smith Center,
1825 SW Broadway, Free.
Thursday, February 27: Black Pan
ther Party Newspaper Committee. A
talk about development and distribu
tion of the Black Panther newspaper,
dedicated to the Party's goals and
based on theory and teachings of co
founder an chieftheoretician, Huey P.
Newton. 7 p i n , Smith Center Ball
room, 1825 SW Broadway, Free
Friday, February 28: Lecture by
Bobby Seale, co-founder (with Huey
P. Newton)ofthe Black Panther Party.
Currently Seale is founder director of
R E A C H., an organization that
teaches community organizing tech
niques 8 30 p.m. ( Tentative). Smith
Center Ballroom, Room 355, 1825
SW Broadway, $5 admission
Saturday, March I : Black Cul
tural Affairs Board Dance Semi-
formal attire: dress to impress Mu
sic provided by disc jockey Mix
Masta KD 8:30 p.m.-2 p.m.. Red
Lion Hotel's Maxi's, Downtown.
310 SW Lincoln, $6.
he strength
ber of and performer w ith the dance
theater com pany Urban Bush
Women, is now artistic director ot
Bandana Women, a performance
group The text and imagery for her
dance. Totem (perform ed by
Gonzalez with Dor Green)—which
marks the transformations in the
journey toward "womanhood —com
bines her personal dreams with Na-
tive-American and southern Afri
can-American religious practices in
order o, as Gonzalez has stated, re
create dance in the ancestral sense
C onjure Women is one ot three
national PBS specials presented by
the National Black Programming
Consortium in February. H fc' B. Du
Bois—A Biography in Four loices.
lacing the Millennium, produced
by Debra Farrar-Parkman, will air
February 25 at 10 p in on PBS.
Dr. Walter Reynolds and staff
salute
Black
History
Month.
2800 N. Vancouver, Portland OR 97211
503-287-4532
to move obstacles
begins in your mind.
African American veterans honored with medals
The nation honored seven Afri
can American veterans of World
War II today with its highest mili
tary decoration for heroism, the
Medal of Honor. The seven men,
one of whom is still living, are the
only African American soldiers who
have received the Medal ot Honor
for World War II.
The President of the United.States
presented the medals to First Lieu
tenant Vernon Baker of St. Maries.
Idaho, and family members ot the
six deceased soldiers in a White
House ceremony.
veterans nunuicu
wv.v.
The Veterans
honored were
Vernon Joseph Baker
Vernon
Baker. St. Maries. ID.
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Edward A. Carter, Jr. (Deceased)
Home of record. Los Angeles, CA:
Family lives in Cerritos. Ca
John R Fox (Deceased) Home of
record,Cincinnati,OH; Family lives
in Houston, TX
Willy F. James, Jr. (Deceased)
Home of record. Kansas City. MO
Ruben Rivers, (Deceased) Home
of record. Oklahoma City, OK. I am -
ily lives in Oakland. CA
Charles L. Thomas (Deceased),
Home of record and family. Detroit.
Ml
George W atson. (Deceased).
Home of record, Birmingham, AL
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College
contest Ethnic
seeks
Cultural Plurism
murals
" r a B which reflect
Minority Students.
ered by 5 p^m. to the Security Desk
A rtis t
ArUS
cultural plurism on the Clark Col
lege campus could win cash prizes
or donations to a grant tund tor
students in an art contest spon
sored by the College s Cultural
Plurism Committee and the Clark
College Foundation.
The purpose to the contest is to
reward members ot the College
com m unity whose artw ork en
hances the recognition o f cultural
plurism as an integral part ol the
campus and to develop a signifi
cant resource ot artwork which
symbolizes the ideals included in
the C ollege's C ultural Plurism
policy.
Submissions may be designed
for indoor locations; various art
forms are acceptable, including
collage, photography, painting,
textiles, and mixed media art
Prizes tor any wiimcis who aw
full-time students w ill be cash, prizes
for other entrants will be donations
in the w in n ers' nam es to the
Constance Baker Motley Grant tor
Deadline for entries is Friday,
March 14. Artwork must be deliv-
in Ga.ser Hall
Foran application, call 9 I - , »
Celebrate Black History Month at the
Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center
IFCC Gallery presents:
Voices in Stone; Art of Zimbabwe
Stunning Shona stone sculpture and textiles.
Monday-Friday noon-5:30 pm through February 28. Free.
This is the spirit o f Black I listory Month. Its sigml icance
is well-rooted in the belief that no obstacle is impossible
to overcome through hard work and perseverance. In
celebration o f that spirit. Bank of America is proud to
salute our great heroes and heroines who have conquered
infinite odds; and helped to turn stumbling blocks into
stepping stones. It's these people who have taught us all
that there are no obstacles too large to overcome as long
as our heart is w illing and our spirit rem ains strong.
IFCC Theatre presents:
Driving Miss Daisy
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm through March 15,
Tickets $10-15. Call 287-5929 for reservations.
IFCC Student Matinee Series presents:
Driving Miss Daisy
For grades 6-12. Thursdays at 9:30 am through March 6.
Tickets $4. Call 823-2071 for reservations.
and _
John Ole Tome, Maasai Tribe Cultural Leciurei
For pre-K through grade 8 February 26 A 28 at 10 am A 1 pm.
Tickets $4. Call 823-2071 for reservations
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