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Stage Combat
Seminar
A comprehensive seminar in Stage
Combat will be offered at Concordia
University in Northeast Portland on
February 19 & 20. The goal is to
expose students to beginning tech­
niques and the general principle nec­
essary for effective, believable and
safeexecutionofstagecombaL Units
o f study include general concepts,
peparation, basic moves, weapons
and presentation o f scenes. Prior
experience is not required.John
Armour, who has ten y ears o f experi­
ence in fight choreography and train­
ing, will teachtheStageCombatSemi-
nar. His work has been seen at Port-
landRepertory Theatre, Tygres Heart,
and Portland Opera. Armour has
conducted workshops for George Fox
College, Portland State University and
local schools. He is a member o f the
so c ie ty for A m eric an F ig h t
Directors.TheSeminarwillbeheld7-
10pm onFriday,February 19,and 10
am - 4 pm Saturday, February 20 in the
Fine Arts Building on Northeast 274’
at Conordia University. Continuing
Education Credits (CEU’s) are avail­
able. For an application form and a
class sylabus, please contact the per­
forming and V isual Arts Department
at 280-8614 or e-mail mflood@cu-
portland.edu.
Full Flute Family x
Takes Stage
Mighty Rush o f Wind, an en­
semble thtutilizes the entire flute fam­
ily from piccolo to alto flute and bass
flute, will performFebruary21,1999at
3p.m. in the fifthconeertofthe Warner
Pacific College Concerts in the Chapel
series.
The program will feature classical
music, Gaelic and Irish folk song ar­
rangem ents, hym ns, and gospel
tunes.
Concerts in the series are held in
the Schlatter Chapel on the campus o f
Warner Pacific College, southeast
68* and Division. Individual concert
tickets are $7 (5 for students and
seniors or $ 15 for family admission).
Tickets will be availableat the dooror
Exhibit and Event
Calendar 1999
This Calendar was issued Janu­
ary 2 5,1999 and features the 1999
exhibition schedule plus program
information through June, 1999.
Please observe the dates below as
they are the m ost accurate. All dates
are subject to change.
On Exhibit
Through M arch21: Earth2U,Ex­
ploring Geography
M arch 25-April 18: Jack in the
Search o f A it
April 10-Junel3:ImagesofJapan:
Through the Eyes o f Children*
June 25-September 6: Children ’ s
A rt from Russia*
S ept 30-Jan. 2,2000: Through the
Woods-Fairytales and Folklore o f
Germany*
January 27-May 11,2000:ChagaD-
Mystery in Art
Programs
Through March 21: Express Lanes
to a N ew Solution W orkshop
Through M arch 21: M ore Geog­
raphy Fun
February 20: M apping It Out
February 27: Smile Day
February 28: The W eb ofLife
March 6-7: Navigating
M arch 13: The W ebofL ife
M arch20-21 Navigating
April 10-June 13: Finding the Cen­
ter-Harmony in Japan
National Children’s Film
Festival
February 15-19: Film-M aking
W orkshop at T he C hildren’s M u­
seum, Seattle
A pril 15: Film s D ue to national
office
Imagination Station
February 1-28: Clay Tile Prints
Call for future artist information
W orkshops
Febmaiyl5-19:FilnHriaking W ok-
shop at The Children’s Museum, Se­
attle
April 12-16: Spring Break Work­
shop: Haiku
Call for summer workshop sched­
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Flooney’s Theater Company
Presents
The Langston Hughes Project
T h e F lo o n e y T h e a t e r C o m ­
p a n y p e r f o r m s th e w o rk s o f A f­
r ic a n A m e ric a n p o e t, L a n n g s to n
H u g h e s (1 9 0 2 -1 9 6 7 ) a t R e fle c ­
tio n s C o ffee H o u se & B o o k s, 446
N .E . K illin g sw o rth , P o rtla n d O r­
e g o n , T hursdays in F e b r u a r y
(F e b . 4 ,1 1 ,1 8 ,2 5 ) at 7 :3 0 p.m .
A d m is s io in is f r e e ( d o n a ti o n s
g r a te f u l ly a c e p t e d ) . T h e c o m ­
p a n y c o n s is ts o f F lo o n e y (see
b io a t t a c h e d ) , J a n i e W h itlo c a ,
L o n n ie N e ttle s -W h ite a n d B u tch
H ayes.
LANGSTON H U GH ES
L a n g s to n H u g h e s is o n e o f
A m e r ic a ’s L ite ra ry T re a s u re s , a
cro w n je w e l o f th e H a rle m R e ­
n a issa n c e , an d a c r e a tiv e g en iu s.
F o r m o re th a n f o rty y e a rs , he
d e m o n s tra te d a p r o d ig io u s ta l­
e n t s u c c e e d in g e q u a lly in p o ­
e t r y , f ic t io n , a u t o b io g r a p h y ,
jo u r n a lis m , d ra m a , e s s a y , tr a n s ­
la tio n , a n d w o rk s fo r c h ild re n .
B o rn in J o p lin , M is s o u ri, F en . 1,
1902, H u g h e s s p e n t h is e a rly
y e a r s w ith h is g r a n d m o th e r .
L a te r, he an d h is m o th e r m o v e d
th ro u g h o u t th e M id w e s t s e ttlin g
in C le v e la n d w h e re h e g ra d u a te d
fro m h ig h sc h o o l.
H e sp e n t tw o y e a rs in M e x ico
w ith h is fa th e r b e f o r e e n te rin g
C o lu m b ia U n iv e rsity in 1921. H e
q u it a f te r a y e a r an d b e g a n a fo u r
y e a r jo u r n e y a ro u n d th e w o rld .
H u g h e s w ro te h is firs t p o e m s in
h ig h sc h o o l a n d p u b lis h e d h is
firs t m a jo r p o e m , “ T h e N e g ro
S p e a k s o f R iv e r s ” in T h e C ris is
m a g a z in e in 1952. T h a t y e a r he
e n te re d L in c o ln U n iv e r s ity in
P e n n s y lv a n ia w h e re h e e a rn e d
h is B a c h e lo r o f A rts d e g re e . H e
c o n tin u e d to w rite fo r T h e C r i­
sis , an d in 1962, p u b lis h e d h is
f i r s t v o lu m e o f p o e m s , T h e
W e ary B lu e s.
H e p u b lis h e d h is f ir s t n o v e l,
W ith o u t L a u g h te r , in 1930 and
T h e W ay s o f W h ite F o lk s , a c o l­
le c tio n o f s h o rt s to r ie s , in 1934.
H is firs t e f f o rts in th e a te r, th e
1935 p ro d u c tio n o f M u la ffo , ran
for a y e a r on B ro ad w ay . H u g h e s ’
w ritin g w as in f lu e n c e d b y h is
g r a n d m o th e r ’s ta le s o f th e s e lf
re lia n c e o f his fo re b e a rs, th e c o n ­
n e c tio n he fe lt w h en he first w en t
to A fric a , an d th e la te -n ig h t b o y ­
h o o d r e a liz a tio n th a t h e w a n te d
to w rite s to r ie s a b o u t “ N e g ro e s
- tru e th a t p e o p le in fa ra w a y
la n d s w o u ld re a d th e m - e v e n a f ­
te r I w as d e a d .” H is w o rk is
in fu se d w ith rh y th m s o f ja z z and
b lu e s , an d is ric h w ith b la c k fo lk
c u ltu re . H e sp o k e in th e g e n e r a ­
tio n o f p o w e rfu l a n d e x p lo s iv e
c u ltu r a l a n d p o litic a l a w a re n e s s
o f A fr ic a n - A m e r ic a n s . It w as
w ith fie rc e p rid e th a t he c o n s id ­
e re d h im s e lf n o t ju s t an a r tis t
b u t a “ N e g ro A r tis t” .
H u g h e s re m a in e d a c tiv e u n til
h is d e a th in 1967. T ra v e lin g ,
w ritin g , le c tu r in g , h e s e ttle d in
H a rle m a n d fo r 20 y e a rs w ro te a
co lu m n b a s e d on h is fo lk c h a ra c ­
te r Je s s e B. S e m p le r o r “ S im p le ”
- th e b la c k e v e ry m a n w h o se o b ­
s e rv a tio n s c o m b in e m o th e r w it,
M t. H o » d C o m m u n ity C olleg e • G res h .
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"Just w hat an ice
show should be!”
The Flooney Theater company consisting o f Flooney, Janie Whitloca.
Lonnie Nettles-White and Butch HAyes.
c y n ic is m , n a iv e te ’, an d in sig h t.
T h e sim p le c o lu m n s w e re c o l­
le c te d in to fiv e v o lu m e s an d are
c o n s id e r e d th e b e s t o f h is lite r ­
a ry a c c o m p lis h m e n ts .
FLO O N EY
T h e fo u n d e r o f th e T h e a te r
C o m p a n y , F lo o n e y ( h is f u ll
n a m e ) w o rk e d in th e a te rin P o rt­
la n d from 1968 th ro u g h 1979 b e ­
fo re g o in g E a s t to stu d y A fr i­
c a n -A m e ric a n c u ltu re at M o rg an
S ta te U n iv e rs ity in B a ltim o re .
H e a c q u ire d a B a c h e lo r o f
A rts d e g re e in A fr ic a n - A m e r i­
c a n H is to ry an d c o n tin u e d h is
e d u c a tio n p u rs u in g a g ra d u a te
d e g re e th ro u g h th e A fric a n S tu d ­
ie s a n d R e s e a r c h C e n t e r a t
C o rn e ll U n iv e rsity . T h ere he m et
an d s tu d ie d u n d e r su c h lite ra ry
m a ste rs o f A fric a n A m e ric a n lit­
e r a tu re su c h as Ja m e s B a ld w in ,
A m iri B a ra k a , S o n ia S a n c h e z ,
G w e n d o ly n B r o o k s , a n d m a n y
o th e r s .
H e w e n t o n to r e c ie v e h is
T e a c h e r ’ s C e r t if ic a te fro m th e
S ta te U n iv e r s ity o f N ew Y o rk at
C o r tla n d .
A f t e r tw e n ty - f iv e
y e a rs , F lo o n e y d e c id e d to b rin g
h is tw o lo v e s , th e a te r a n d A f r i­
can c u ltu re , to g e th e r and
fo rm e d F lo o n e y ’s T h e a rte r
C o m p a n y , c o m m itte d to b r i n g ­
in g a tte n tio n to A r ic a n - A m e r i-
ca n p la y w r ig h ts a n d to g iv e A f ­
r ic a n - A m e r ic a n a c to r s an
a p p o r tu n ity fo r N o r th w e s t a u ­
d ie n c e s to e x p e r ie n c e th e b o u n ­
tif u l c o n tr ib u tio n s o f A f r ic a n -
A m e r ic a n s th r o u g h e d u c a tio n
an d e n te r ta in m e n t.
F lo o n e y h a s b e e n s e e n as
R a m b o n e in T w o T ra in s R u n ­
n in g ; as J a c k in D e a th o f B e s s ie
S m ith ( S la p to w n ); R o m e o ’s f a ­
th e r in R o m e o a n d J u lie t; R ic h ­
a rd II ( P o r tla n d S h a k e s p e a r e ) ;
W illia m s in O n e F le w O v e r th e
C u c k o o s N e st ( S la p to w n ); C la y
W illia m s in T h e D u tc h m a n ; O ld
M an in W in e in th e W ild e r n e s s
( P o r tla n d B la c k R e p e r to r y th e ­
a t r e ) ; G e o r g e in G r a p e s o f
W r a t h ; a n d S i m p l e in th e
L a n g s to n H u g h e s P ro je c t
( F lo o n e y ’s T h e a te r C o .)
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P ic k U p Y o u r F R E E P a s s e s A T
C u s to m 3 ra n tin g
N ew S ong C o m m u n ih j C e n te r
418 N. Killingworth
Portland. Oregon 9721!
(MLK & NE Russell)
'Saturday
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Music Galore and
Galore Paging
3213 NE Mlkblvd
Portland, Oregon 97212
8:00 p.m.’12:00 a.m.
Desserts, Coffee, Non-Alcoholic Beverages, and .Appetizers
w ill be available fo r purchase.
For more
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Donation At the Door
call 282-6081
I nvites Y oe A nd a G eest T o S ee A ny R egular S howing O f
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Michelle Kwan
longs to be “part of
that world" when
she goes “under
the sea" as Ariel
and skates to a
medley from the hit
animated film,
“ The Little
Mermaid’ in
“Michelle Kwan
Skates to Disney’s
Greatest H its,’'
airing Saturday,
February 2 7 ,8 -9
P M (E T /P T ) on
ABC.
“Jam es W oods ignites the screen...a m eaty,
m ajor role worthy of his ta le n t.”
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“M elanie G riffith...in her best perform ance to date."
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Story telling Circle
A different story each Monday
Holidays (Museum Closed)
April 4: Easter Sunday
November25: Thanksgiving Day
December 25:Christmas Day
Opening Date February 12, 1999 Koin Cinema
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