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phenomenon is headed to Portland!
Eighty-eight years after the R.M.S.
Titanic first set sail, the legend o f the
greatest sailing vessel the world has
ever known is now a remarkable
theatrical adventure. The New Yorker
dubbed Titanic “the gem o f the
ocean,” while The London Spectator
called it “a masterpiece.”
The story behind the legendary
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Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
on April 23,1997. Titanic soon went
on to win five Tony Awards in 1997,
including Best Musical, Best Book,
Best Score, Best O rchestrations
(Jonathan Tunick) and the Outer
Critics Circ le Awards for Outstanding,
Scenic Design (Stewart Laing) and
Outstanding Lighting (Paul Gallo),
Board this ship o f dreams as the lives
and yearnings o f the crew, staff and
passengers unfold against Titanic's
awesome backdrop o f facts more
incredible than any fiction. The pride
o f nautical engineering, the largest
moving object in the world, the
“unsinkable” R.M.S. Titanic went
down in just two and a half hours after
steaming full speed into an iceberg.
D irected by Richard Jones, the
acclaimed British director. Titanic has
a story book by Academy Award-
and Tony Award Peter Stone (“ 1776,”
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Kay Walbye as Ida Straus and S. Marc Jordan as Isador Straus in the Tony Award-winning musical Titanic,
story and hook by Peter Stone, music and lyrics by Mury Yeston, and directed by Richard Jones.
"Woman o f the Y ear") and music and
lyrics by Tony Award-winner Maury
Yetson ("N ine," "Grand Hotel”).
Choreoography by Lynne Taylor-
Corbett, with sets and costumes by
Stewart Laing, and lighting design by
Paul Gallo. The original Broadway
c ast reco rd in g o f T itanic w as
produced by RCA Victor on the BMG
Classics label. Shortly after the album
was released, it became the fastest
selling Broadway cast recording in
RCA history and was nominated for
aGrammy Award.
Performances o f Titanic will be at the
Civic Auditorium, located at SW 3rd &
Clay. Tickets are $ 17.50 - $60 and can
be p u rc h a se d by phone at
Ticketm aster 503/790-ARTS and
Ticketmaster outlets, or the Portland
Center forthe Performing Arts on SW
Broadway and Main, and at the
Portland Opera offices, 1515 SW
Morrison. For more information,
call503/241 -1407 or see their website
at w w w .broadw ayseries.com or
www.portlandopera.org.
Step back in time at the historic
Bybee House on Sauvie Island
A summer tradition for more than 30 years, the James F. Bybee House on
Sauvie Island opens for visitors June 3,2000. The house will be open on
weekends from 12 pm - 5 pm through September 3, 2000. There is a
suggested admission donation of $3. The Classical Revival house mirrors
theculture and development o f the m id-1800’s settlement period in Oregon
and is located in the Howell Territorial Park on pastoral Sauvie Island.
Grounds include an Agricultural Museum, PioneerOrchard, wetlands and
picnic grounds.
The house is furnished as it may have looked between 1858-85 and
encompasses the lives ofboth the Bybees and the Howells. The Agriculture
Museum, which illustrates typical nineteenth-century fanning practices in
Oregon, grown from stock carried over the Oregon Trail, contains more
than one hundred different apple varieties. The Oregon Historical Society
offer interpretive tours o f the residence and the Agricultural Museum.
Metro Parks and Greenspaces operates the park and facilities.
The Oregon Historical Society will offer a series o f family programs on
select Sundays throughout the summer at the Bybee House. A Day in the
Country Heritage Series presents the perfect opportunity for families to
ring a picnic lunch and learn about nineteenth century country life. Each
program features hands-on activities for children o f all ages and house/
bam tours related to each topic. Specific emphasis for these programs will
be on Sauvie Island - it’s past and unique culture and the Victorian Age
in general. All programs are from 1 -3 pm. and are free. Someofthe programs
require registration, which can be made upon arriving at the park.
On June 11, Explore Family History. Learn about the Bybee Family and how
to trace your own family line. Registration begins at 12:30 pm. Call 503/
306-5221.
IFCC Gallery and works by Carolyn Mills & Davis McGinty
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P ortland O b se rm r
The Interstate Firehouse Cultural
C enter presents tw o exhibitions
during June from artists Carolyn Mills
and Davis McGinty. The shows run
June 1-30.
The Main Gallery features Carolyn
M ills’ exhibition focusing on rape
and society’s complicity through
silence. Steel and m ixed-m edia
sculpture, drawings, and text are
utilized to deploy the artist’s creative
intent around this difficult subject.
The piece, / become silence for
example, boldly embodies the subject
matter: a stark, white, sculpted, female
form set within a framed blood-red
backdrop. Provocative texts are used
th ro u g h o u t the e x h ib itio n to
encourage a societal dialogue.
Davis McGinty’s large-scale, acrylic
and oil paintings are featured in the
Entry Gallery. These valorous works
cap tu re the m oral c h aracter o f
individual subjects based on the
collective experience o f the African-
American male from the past glory o f
the BuffaloSoldiertothecomplexities
o f modem man.
Like his paintings, the 44-year old
artist, is physically massive. In fact,the
nationally recognized body-builder
was awarded the Mr. Oregon title in
1984 and in 1991 placed eighth in the
Mr. USA contest. For several years
McGinty found creative satisfaction
singing and playing saxophone in
Portland-area blues bands. But after
a nearly tw enty year hiatus, he
returned to the artistic passion he’d
abandoned following college.
He describes his work as “black
culture art” which contains strong
social m essages that reflect his
positive upbringing in a family with
20 siblings.
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Live Music Nightly
Redeemer by Davis McGinty, 1998.
Acrylic and oil on canvas.
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OnJunel,from5to7:30pm.,IFCCwill
be having a free, public opening
reception. IFCC is located at 5340 N.
Interstate Avenue (Tri-Met Bus #5).
Gallery hours are Tuesday- Saturday,
from noon to 5 pm.
Spirits /Available in M any Forms
Most blacks believe that race still haunts us, and most
whites think w e’re getting beyond it. But Americans on both
sides are baffled as to why blacks and whites see so many
things so differently. Finally, here is the definitive answer for
anyone who has contact with people o f another race - in
companies, schools, neighborhoods, or other social situations
- a book that finally reveals that race is not the unfathomable
mystery it is usually made out to be. In a revealing, accessible,
and stimulating discussion based on little-known facts and
innovative research, Jim Myers explains why whites are uneasy
about blacks and how blacks react to this, why blacks suspect
the worst from whites and why white explanations don ’ t work,
why myths about sex remain so prevalent, why blacks and
whites don’t watch the same TV shows, why they often think
differently bout their hair and their bodies, and what they can
do together to make their relations better.
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