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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 2000)
Fortiani» (©beeruer January 26, 2000 Focus Page 5 PCC highlights African made films Screen for T he P ortland O bserv er The Black Entrepreneurs Faircomes to Cascade Campus Student Center on Jan. 31 to Feb.4 to share goods, services and ideas with students and the community. Cascade Campus is located at 705 N. Killingsworth. At the college’s Rock Creek Campus, 17705 NW Springville Road, the Grant High School Gospel Choir will perform on Feb.2 at noon in building 3. Jam es W. R eede, JR ., noted community activist and lecturer, will speak at both Cascade and Sylvania campuses on Black inventors on Feb.9. His presentation, “The Best Kept Secret in America: The genius o f African American Inventor,” can be heard at Cascade Campus at 10 a.m. in Terrell Hall, Room 112; and at the Sylvania Campus in the upper mall o f the CC Building. On Feb. 12, PCC hosts the uplifting musical e x p e rie n c e , th e G ospel Explosion, at the Bethesda C h ristia n C hurch, 109 N. Emerson. In its 16 year, proceeds from ribbons sold for $ 1 will be on sale to benefit the PCC Foundation’s Robert Wright scholarship fund. W right, w ho had p re v io u sly organized the event and was president ofcascade campus student r body, died last year from AIDS. Womyn with Wings, a choreopoem w ritten by A frican- American playwright J .H ., will be held at all three campuses. The fast-paced performance also includes music and dance. On Feb. 21, the play will be performed at noon at the Sylvania Campus; and at 7p.m. At the North star Ballroom next to the Cascade campus at 635 N. Killingsworth. It wi II be performed at the Rock Creek Campus at noon on Feb.22 in the Forum, Building 3. JCHNTAt’S IMDCOTH) !<1A<<< I ACCESSORIES NCW botN CM M C N F A H H •NAMEBRAND CIGARETTES-$3.00 • GPC’s - $2.30 P U R S E S -$15.00 & UP W ALLETS- $10.00 Love Brewed in the African Pot. D irected by K w aw P. Ansah •HAIRWEAVE- $7.75 & UP OW NERS JOHNNY & THORRESA HUFF CLOSED ON SUNDAY • MICROBRAIDS - $2.95 & UP • INCENSE - $1.00 2535 NE ALBERTA • HAIR ACCESSORIES (503) 331-1422 •T-SHIRTS Ellington from page 4 Duke Ellington’s Washington is illuminated by the memories of Washingtonians who grew up in the middle and upper classes o f the community, as well as historians who have studied its people and places. Woven throughout the story o f the neighborhood are stories of Duke Ellington’s early years - his birth in 1899, his parents, his education, and his first success as a local bandleader. Featured are jazz pianist Billy Taylor, historians James O. Horton and Edward C. Smith, Charles and Virginia Williams (who fell one of Duke Ellington’s composition, “I Let A Song Go Out o f My Heart”), Alice Spraggins (daughter O f Henry Grant, Ellington’s first music teacher), photographer Robert H. McNeill, architect Paul Devrouax, and many others. •HATS E-MAIL THORESSA@AOL.COM •W IGS FAX (503) 331-1422 •BACKPACKS PORTLAND OREGON 97211 •PHONECARDS •CIGARETTE LIGHTERS JOHNTAE’S IMPORTED TOBACCO 1 $1.00 OFF • WILD GROWTH - $7.00 •MON-FRI10 am -6pm •SAT llam-6pm BUY FIVE PACKSG ETSI.00 OFF OFFER EXPIRES LOCATED ON CORNER OF 26TH & ALBERTA XXZS3 L U U U I I U
