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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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E v e ry o n e 's C h ild . Zim babw e. March 4, I p.m. and March 6,7:30 p.m.
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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Black History
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