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The Mt. Hood Jazz
Festival had it's 5th
Annual "Jam On
The Water"
benefit on the
Portland Spirit.
Gerald Veasley
and Dan Balmer
are shown
entertaining
guests on Sunday,
April 25.
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1999 The Portland O b o w .rr
Self-described “chemically-chal
lenged” Mark Lundholm has come
a long way from his days as a sui
cidal alcoholic “street guy” in Oak
land California. Since 1992, he has
performed in 48 states and five na
tions, doing comedy club engage
ments, shows for recovering sub
stance abusers, corporate presenta
tions, and college concerts.
Lundholm took the entertain
ment industry by surprise when his
1995/97 tour of “An Evening of 12-
Step Humor” sold out to alcohol-
free standing ovation crowds across
the country. The outstanding re
views generated many appearance
requests, including being the first
non-alumnus ever invited to enter
tain at the Betty Ford Center. The
current tour of Mark’s new show has
been accompanied by a phenom
enal increase in the number and va
riety of those pursuing him for time
and ideas.
Recovery may not be a particu
larly funny topic, and comedy’s not
a particulary sober world. That’s
the crux of Lundholm’s message:
the irony of it all. And everyone
loves it. Lundholm’s technical pro
ficiency and ability to take a hard
look at this serious disease in
the co n tex t o f a com edy
show has garnered serious at
tention from the entertain
m ent in d u stry as w ell as
from the top guns in the re
covery community. He has
been hired as a consultant
for two separate Hollywood ,
projects about the recovery
process — one film, one TV
series. The Betty Ford Cen
ter requested he be the first
presenter in their 23"* Annual
Public Education Series in
January of this year;
Hazelden has asked him to
host a video series for indi
viduals in a clinical setting.
Colleges across the nation
have engaged Mark to con
duct sessions for their profes
sors in the Chemical Depen
dency Departments and to
lecture at Alcohol Awareness Weeks.
On Monday, May 3, “I’m not
judgin'. I’m just sayin ... is coming
to Harvey’s in Portland, located at
436 NW 6‘h at Glisan. Showtime is
8 PM. Tickets are $10 in advance,
$ 12 at the door. Advance tickets are
encouraged 503/24T0338.
Ckcotó City
1st Annual Fund Raiser
for the Raphel House Shelter
For victims o f Domestic Violence.
May 27th, 1999
@ Berbatl's Pan • 231 SW Ankeny
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Call 449-3192
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