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Tut: P oru and O bskrvi r • OC 1.22, 1997 P agi B3 {The Jtìurtlanù O bserver ENTERTAINMENT Dorsey guest of honor at Live Jazz JJappy ß i r t l J at «ry ß r o u m ! ijour friends a n d [awiiftA ^MJJP-89.1FM 77?e JAZZ Station with DINNER JAZZ in the evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. fine dining... fine wine... fine lazz Tia Dorsey o f Portland is the special guest and N/Toughjam s at Saturday's Live Jazz at Fernando's Hideaway, 824 S. IV. First Ave. Dorsey graduated from Portland Sate University and Washington High School. She is the vice president o f Human Resources for Blue Cross and Blue Shield and serves in several organizations, including the Urban League o f Portland and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. (Photos by M. Washington they go together! MT. HOOD COMMUNITY CO LLEG E * GRESHAM rw people have earned the F right to be called a ‘liv in g legend" and Patti LaBelle is one o f them . For m ore than three de cades, “T he high priestess o f g o o d vibrations" as The N ew Y ork T im es calls her, has been at the trend-setting foretiont o f the m usic w orld, enjoying phenom enal success as a m em b er o f tlie legendary girl group, Patti LaBelle& the B luebel les in the sixties, as leader o f the flam boyant Label le in the seven ties, and as a G ram m v-w inning solo artist in the eighties and nineties. Throughout her career, she has w on adm iration not only fo rh erm u sic, but JU N G LE f B . BO O K 1 also for her tireless charity w ork and devotion to her fans. N ow , after a three y earhiatus from recordingduring which Patti spent tim e gathering m aterial to r h ernew C D and writ ingher best-selling autobiography, the queen o f rock and Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays November 1 - November 9 C o lu m b ia A rts C enter - Vancouver sou I say s: “ I feel I ike I" ve dusted oft'm y soul and now 1 can shine.” “ Flam e.” Patti's first C D since she bared her heart and soul in her m oving m em oir, is filled with the sam e fire, the November 14 - November 30 W in n in g s ta d Theatre - Portland sam e passion, the sam egut-w renching em otion that put “ D on’t B lock The Blessings” on every national bestseller list and earned it the N A A C P Im age 695-0477 - Vancouver / 248-0557 - Portland Children >9.00 / Adults >12.00 Season Tickets Available fo r $8 a Seat! For Times & Tickets Call: A w ard for outstanding literary work. Produced by Patti and a nu m b er o f top flight talents inc I uding Jim m y Jam and Terry Lewis, “ Flam e” features a h o s to f © f ive star m usicians in a variety o f roles (e.g., A nn N esby and Lisa Fischer on background vocals; N ajee on saxo phone; B renda Russell, w h o co-w rote the title song; and G erald LeV ert co n tributing to the producing, w riting and TREATSEATS TREAT5EAT5 coupons fo r t ic k e t discounts d a v a ila b le a t T a rg e t. arranging.) Patti’s unique ability to raise our spirits and our consciousness through song, the w ay she uses m usic to show us the way past pain, is on full display on “Flam e.” It w as m usic that helped sustain Patti through the m ost difficult tim es o th e r I ife, including the deaths o f all three o f her sisters to cancer before their 44th birthday, and m any o f the songs on “ Flam e” reflect her hard w on lessons about love and loss. O n tunes like “ I fB y Chance,””Flame”and “ Don ’, Block the Blessings” (w hich w as co written by Patti’s husband and m an ager, A rm stead Edwards), Patti shares m any o fth e insights that led her. at age NABCJ OREGON CHAPTER Presents: The loth Annual All Male Fashion show and Dance Celebration***** 52, to a new found sense o f peace and purpose and a deep personal under stand ing o fw h at’s im portant in lifeand how it’salw ays there fo r a llo f u s - ifw e d o n ’t block the blessings. The song “ Y ou Saved M y Life” is particularly special to Patti because, as she puts it,“ it'sa love lettertom y fans.” “ Ihere have been tim es in m y life when I w as hurting so bad that even m y blues had blues," Patti explains. “N o matter what I w as going through, m y fans w ere alw ays there form e, show er- ingm e with loveand appreciation. Even when I didn’t have a hit record, they cam e out to see m e anyw ay. A ny artist will tell you, that’s special. A nd I want m y fansto know how m uch it m eans to me. Y o u S av ed M y L ife’ is m y w a y o f saying thank you.” "Men in Black" Saturday November 1,1997 Holiday Inn Hotel at 1021 NE Grand Avenue 8:00 to 2:00AM Music, Fun****Door Prizes $10.00 In Advance $15.00 At The Door Music By “ The Pitt Doctor” Leslie Taylor Tickets Available At: Geneva’s Shear Perfection - 5601 N.E. MLK Jr. Blv House of Sound------- 3620 N. Williams Ave. JP’s Framing & G allery----- 418 N.E. Killingswortl Mrs. C’s W ig s--------707 N.E. Freemont THE HUNTER IS TRACKING THE KILLER. BUT THE KILLER IS SETTING THE TRAP. S w itc h b a c k MMfllM n s HIISH M U H I ns« (M it Wf SI HI M i m I JIB SlWta « H « ' JARED II10 III II VINI M t# E S S ä m h l l M i a il l l lÄ K l i l iW J I l M I I ’nstlU N ItB W JIlS im i « ■MtwniinmusDiBiMBi »mmmwa Ç ) ^ 2 T C ) B E R ^ 4 PR'rïï «ma
