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Black History Month Events
IFCC Gallery
The Interstate Firehouse Cul
tural Center kicks o ff Black His
tory Month with exhibitions o f
paintings and pen & inks by
Vancouver, W ashington artist
Philemon T. Reid that will con
tin u e th ro u g h F eb ru ary 27.
R eid’s oil paintings o f jazz and
blues musicians reveal a keen
ability to adapt m aterials into a
personal vehicle for expression.
The IFCC Gallery is located at
5340N. Interstate Ave. Call 823-
2000.
Reed College
Reed College will celebrate
Black History M onth with a se
ries o f lectures and a perfor
mance o f the Langston Hughes
Project by Flooney’s Theater
C om pany. A d m issio n to all
events, which are sponsored by
R eed’s m ulticultural resource
center, is free and open to the
public. For more inform ation,
call 771-1112,ext. 7891.
Arvle Smith, artist
Friday, February 19, 4 PM,
Vollum lounge
Arvie Smith is a Portland-
based African American artist.
His current work is inspired by a
journey to West Africa in 1996;
w hile th ere , he stu d ied the
people and art o f Ghana, Senegal
and Mali. Until the age o f 11, he
lived in rural Texas with his
grandparents and great-grand
mother, who had been a slave.
Flooney’s Theater Com
pany: The Langston Hughes r
Project
Tuesday, February 23, 7 PM,
Eliot Hall chapel
Flooney’s Theater Company
w ill p re s e n t th e L a n g sto n
Hughes Project, a dramatic per
formance that includes poetry,
short plays, and biographical
sketches from works by the pro
lific and insightful Langston
Hughes. Hughes was a literary
genius who wrote successfully
in the genres o f poetry, fiction,
a u to b io g ra p h y , jo u rn a lis m ,
drama, essay, translation, and
works for children for more than
40 years, from 1925 to 1967
Festival O f African Films
ARISTOTLE’S PLOT (1996,
Zimbabwe, 72 m in.), directed by
Jean-Pierre Bekolo. A multivalent
meditation on African cinema, a
film that speaks both to Holly
wood and to other African film
m akers. The film is set in a
anm eless, allegorical southern
African town, where a group o f
wannabe gangstas - who call
themseves Vann Damme, Bruce
Lee, Nikita, Saddam, and Cinema
- hang out at the Cinema Africa,
feeding on a steady diet o f action
flic k s . T he e a rn e s t young
C ineaste appears and tries to
convince the government to clean
up C inem a A frica, replacing
Schwarzenegger with Sembéne.
When the government shows no
interest, the Cineaste turns vigi
lante. In English.
Thursday, February 18, noon,
and Friday, February 19, 7:30
PM, in Terrell Hall, Room 122,
PCC Cascade Campus.
My D inner w ith the Devil
Snake (1987, USA, 15 min.) In
English.
Baba Wagué Diakité will serve
as the host o f the Family Film
Day. He is also the author and
illustrator of “The Hunterman and
the C rocodile,’ which won the
Coretta Scott King Award for Best
Illustrated C hildren’s Book in
1998. Saturday, February 20, 2
PM in TerrelkHaii, Room 122 at
PC C C ascadqügF
•“•FARAW’/MOTHER OF THE
DUNES (1997, Mali, 90 min.)
Q ire c te d by A b b d o u lay e
AsSofaré. Zamiatou finds herself
w ith a husband B roken both
physically and mentally by his
improper detainment in a govern
ment prison. Zamiatou, the eter
nal mother, is determined to pro
tect her family, and she ultimately
finds the inner wellsprings o f re
silience and ingenuity that will
b rin g them n o u rish m en t. In
Songhoi with English subtitles.
Thursday, February 18, 1:30
PM, and Saturday, February 20,
7:30 PM, in Terrell Hall, Room
122, PCC Cascade Campus.
THELAND
In R e m e m b e r a n c e
American life.
(1969,Egypt, 130min.)
Vessels Wedding Plat
Directed by Y usuf Chahine.
Workshop
“The Land”, which took eight
VESSELS, “Tableware \4|ith
years to make, is an epic story o f
the plight o f villagers who want - Meaning,” has scheduled its se
ries of popular w eddingplanning
only to be left in peace to till their
r p ro s p e c tiv e
w orksh o p s
land and lead their lives. How
,S-t6'-%e Titled
brides-
and
ever, they are at the mercy o f far-
the
Broom" Wed-
“Before
Jum
o ff bureaucrats who care only for
ding W orkshop!, ; couples can
the wishes o f the large landown
select from one o i w o convenient
ers. Like many films south o f the
dates, February 27 or Mprch 27.
Sahara, The Land brings to life
Each session sail run from 1-3
the intimate relations between the
PM and will be held at VESSELS,
peasant men and women and the
at 2605 NE M artiJLuther King Jr.
land (as well as the water) that
Boulevard, com erpfR ussell The
sustains them. It also shows what
cost is $5 per person. Seating is
happens when they say enough
limited; reservations are required,
is enough. In Arabic with English
by
calling 503/249-1952. The
subtitles.
grooms-to-be are admitted free!
Thursday, February 25, noon,
The workshop will feature de-
and Saturday, February 20, 7:30
tails^n wedding invitation proce
PM in Terrell Hall, Room 122,
dures and traditions and offer
PCC Cascade Campus.
many helpful do's and don’ts to
MORTUNEGA
follow in announcing tikis big
(1988, Guinea-Bissau, 85
event.
Other segments include
min.)
important
things to consider when
Directed by Flora Gomes. Set
planning
the
wedding, and sug
durng the Liberation struggle
gestions for ad d in g cu ltu ra l
(which ended in 1973) and imme
touches into the wedding cer
diately after, is the story o f one
emony.
woman, Diminga, whose hus
Voices O f C olor
band, Soko, is fighting on the
Celebrate Black History Month
front lines, her devotion to him
at a book launch for Voices o f
and to the cause o f indepen
Color, a thought-provoking new
dence, and the high cost o f the
anthology
featuring political, femi
war against the Portuguese. In
nist
and
cultural
perspectives of
Portuguese with English sub
African
American,
Chicacana/o,
titles.
Asian Pacific American and N a
Thursday, February 25, 2 PM
tive activists. Northwest contribu
and Saturday, February 27, 7:30
tors and civil rights fighters will
PM in Terrell Hall, Room 122,
read and sign books. Saturday,
PCC Cascade Campus.
February 20, at 1 PM. Hosted by
B lack T h eatre Production
Reflections Coffee and Bookstore
The perform ance o f “ O u r
and Freedom Socialist Party. Re
Young Black Men are Dying and
flections Coffee and Bookstore,
Nobody Seems to C are,” on Mon
446
NE. Killingsworth, Portland.
day, Feb. 22 in the Little Theatre
Everyone
is welcome. For rides or
on the Sylvania Campus (12000
childcare, call 503/228-3090.
SW. 49'h Ave.) at noon, and the
Wheelchair accessible.
North Star Ballroom at 635 N.
Bridge Builders
Killingsworth at 7 PM. The James
The Bridge Builders will be hold
Chapman play tells stories o f hope
ing their Third Black History
and despair, and the struggles,
Month
Celebration and The Pro
obstacles and triumphs o f the Af
spective
Gents Club “Rites of Pas
rican-American male. The Wash
sage”
Announcement
at the Port
ington Post, Boston Herald and
land
Arts
Museum
on
Sunday,
The Village Voice have all given
February
28
at
7
PM.
Call
503/306-
high-praise to Chapman and his
2960.
• m oving portrayal o f A frican-
C e r e s B e h a v io r a l
H e a lt h C a r e S y s t e m s
pays tribute to
P a
Bessie Coleman (1893-1926)
Known to the world as “Brave Bessie" and the “Nervy
Lady," Bessie Coleman was the first licensed African
American pilot.
Ronald McNair (1950-1986)
On January 2 8 ,1 9 8 6 , on his last Challenger mission, that flight
ended in a tragic explosion. All seven crew members were killed
that included Sharon Christa McAuliffe, the first social studies
teacher chosen from The Teacher In Space program.
N inth Annual Cascade
Festival of African
Films Shines at PCC
All films are free and open to the public,
thanks to our many community supporters!
Black History Month
Phone 224-2214
Fax 219-6892
Opening night film at McMenamins Kennedy School
K in i and A d a m s , Burkina Faso/Zimbabwe, Feb. 4 ,7 and 9 p.m.
Other Films at the PCC Cascade Campus,Terrell Hall 122
T a a fe Fanga, Mali, Feb. 11,12 p.m., and Feb. 12,7:30 p.m.
Seaside Motel 6 #4062
T a b le a u F e rra ille , Senegal, Feb. I I, 1:30 p.m. and Feb. 13,7:30 p.m.
A ris to tle 's P lo t, C am eroon/Z im babw e, Feb. 18. 12 p.m. and Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.
F araw ! M o th e r o f th e D u nes. Mali, Feb. 18, 1:30 p.m. and Feb. 20,7:30 p.m.
John Wolf
T h e L an d ( A l-A r d ), Egypt, Feb. 25, 12 p.m. and Feb. 26,7:30 p.m.
M o r tu N e g a , Guinea-Bissau, Feb. 2 5,2 p.m. and Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m.
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S a tu rd a y F a m ily F ilm Day: Picc Mi (L ittle Bird), Senegal,
Fary, L'Anesse (Fary.the D onkey), Senegal,
and My D in n e r w ith the Devil Snake, U.S.A., Feb. 20,2 p.m.
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