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April 11, 2001
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Serving Portland and its culturally diverse communities
Volume XXXI Number 15
A look at Portland and its entertainment
R E V IT A L IZ IN G
D A W SO N P A R K
Also
Inside:
The Focus
Entertainment
G uide
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In Print
Profiles of
Enduring Black
Love
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o h n B l a c k ( p r o m l e f t ) e n j o y s a s p r i n g p i c n i c w it h
C o n n e r , D o m im ic a n d o t h e r c h i l d r e n i n t h e f i r s t o f a s e ­
r i e s O F W E E K L Y P IC N IC S AT D A W SO N P A R K AT N O R T H S T A N T O N
a n d W i l l i a m s i n t h e E l i o t n e i g h b o r h o o d . (P h o t o b y M a r k
W a s h in g t o n /T h e P o n t i a n d O b s e r v e r )
S e e sto r y in s id e F o c u s , pa g e 3
Masters of
Rap
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