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Playing For Keeps
Michael Jordan and th e World H e M ade
Over the course o f his extraordi
nary career, Pulitzer-Prize winning
jo u rn a list and h isto ria n D avid
Halberstam has explored as no one
else could the dynam ic personali
ties and pivotal events that best
define crucial m om ents in A m eri
can history.
Now, in PLA YING FOR KEEPS:
M ichael Jordan and the W orld He
Made (Random House; $24.95)
H alberstam turns his attention to
our time, and our greatest star -
M ichael Jordan. In the course o f
chronicling his m eteoric ascent
from high school phenom to sex
time world cham pion with the C hi
cago Bulls, H alberstam presents a
m ulti-faceted portrait o f Jordan -
the brilliant athlete, the fiery com
petitor, the shrew d businessm an -
and explains the forces that have
converged to make an A merican
basketball player into a global icon,
perhaps the most famous being on
the planet.
P LA YIN G FO R K E E P S also
gives an inside look at the people
and com m ercial forces that have
dram atically changed the NBA. In
ju st over a decade, the NBA has
evolved from a struggling league
without corporate or network spon
sors to one whose popularity and
profile have virtually eclipsed that
o f football and basketball.
The transformation, due in large
p art to su p e rsta rs like M agic
Johnson, Larry Bird and M ichael
Jordan, has both benefited the new
generation o f players in the NBA
and c re a te d pro b lem s for the
league.
‘The world Jordan made ’ is mani
fest in the recent NBA lockout.
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press my love for blues and ja z z
through draw ing and p a in tin g .”
E lem ents o f an im age such as a
sax o p h o n ist or bluesm an h o ld
ing a gu itar take o f f in an im pro
v isatio n al dance form m irroring
the im provisational nature o f jazz.
T he solitary, com plex w orld o f
the bluesm an is rev erberated, for
exam ple, in R e id ’s H e a d in ’ For
the C ity B lues through elongated
lines, m an ip u lated im agery, and
exaggerated form.
T hrough the years, R eid has
been very active on the arts scene
in P ortland having served on the
boards o f A rtQ uake and the P a
cific NW C ollege o f Art and serv
ing as a p a n e list for the R egional
A rts and C u ltu re C ouncil.
T he In te rsta te F ireh o u se C u l
tu ra l C en ter, in p a rtn e rsh ip w ith
P ortland Parks & R ecreation, is a
n o n - p r o f it, c o m m u n ity -b a s e d
p e rfo rm in g and v isual arts c e n
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m u lticu ltu ral issues and persp ec
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M il GIBSON
"PAYBACK" GREGG HENRY MARIABELLQ DAVID PAYMER CHRIS BOARDMAN
M N McEVEETY " Æ
RICHARO STARK
BRIAN HIIGI1AND aid TEBRY HAYIS
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Sunday, February 14 at 7:30 pm
Murry Sidlin. conductor
Bring your sweetheart to our annual ‘Voncert for
lovers for an evening of romantic music performed
in the beautiful surroundings of the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Enjoy romantic arias from
(Above) Headin' For The City
Blues - oil painting, 1992 by
Philemon T. Reid
The In terstate F ireh o u se C ul-
iral C en ter kicks o f f B lack H is-
iry M onth w ith e x h ib itio n s o f
ain tin g s and p e n & inks by
a n c o u v e r, W a sh in g to n a rtist
hilem on T. Reid, February 4-27,
?99.
A free p ublic o p en in g recep-
on will be hosted by the IFCC on
le first T h u rsd ay , F eb ru ary 4,
om 5 to 7:30 PM . T he IFCC is
icated at 5340 N. Interstate Ave.
alle ry hours are T uesd ay - Sat-
rday, noon to 5 PM .
R e id ’s oil p ain tin g s o f jazz and
lues m usicians reveal a keen abil-
y to adap t m aterials into a per-
anal vehicle for expression. That
i, tailo rin g the sty les o f abstrac-
on and cubism to his subjects.
"O v e r the last sev eral years
ly subject m atter has been m usi-
al," acco rd in g to R eid. “ I ex-
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