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Page 8 Focus In Print ----------------- Ï J o r t l a n b © h e c r u e r May 9, 2001 The Inner Mind of a Controversial Black Panther BI.ACK STARZ! Will present the com pelling and controversial portrait o f a man who was loved and adm ired, feared and hated in the world prem iere o f “A Huey P. N ew ton Story,” on M onday, June 18 a t9 p .m . ET/PT. W ritten, created by and star ring Roger G uenveur Smith. “ A Huey P. Newton Story" is directed by celebrated helm er Spike Lee and produced in association with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and African Heritage N et work (AHN). Steven Adams. Bob L. Jo h n so n and M arc H enry Johnson o f Luna Ray Films are producers. signature solo th ea ter perform ance to t he screen, starring a s Huey P. Newton in the BLACK STAPZ! Original production o f “A Huey P. Newton Story. " Spike Lee, Director A H uey P. Newton Story- is a virtuosic and intim ate portrait o f Huey P. N ew ton, the late co founder o f the Black Panther Party for S elf Defense. A dapted from Smith ’s Obie Award winning off- Broadway solo performance o f the same name, Lee brings the play from the stage to the screen as only he could. Shot before a live audience in N ovem ber 2000, Lee uses his sig nature mixture o f film and archival footage, to capture N ew ton’s “ in- nerm ind.” The film is com plem ented by a m usical score o f period m aterial and original com positions from sound designer Marc A nthony Thom pson who received an Obie and Audelco A w ard for his w ork and features actor/com poser and Gram m y A w ard winner Branford Marsalis. Dalai Lama’s Historic Visit to Portland Sunday T ibet’s spiritual and political leader, the Dalai Lama, will make an historic first visit to Portland from May 13 to 15 for the “Pathways to Peace Festival.” The three-day fes tival events are expected to attract up to 75,000 people from the W est ern U.S. and beyond. Prior to the arrival o f the Dalai Lama, the W elcoming Celebration will provide a multicultural mix o f music, food and entertainment. Fea tured performers include the Oregon Ballet Theane, the Lions o f Batuada (Brazilian drumming group). Port land Taiko Drummers (Japanese drumming group), the Northwest T ibetan Cultural T roupe (traditional Tibetan dance) and the Mystical Arts o f Tibet (Tibetan monk music and dance group). The event is free and open to the public. The Dalai Inm a will arrive around 4 p.m. and will be greeted by Gover nor Kitzhaber, Mayor Katz and other local dignitaries before speaking to the crowd. Fifteen thousand people are expected to attend. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was bom in a small Tibetan village called Takster on July 6, 1935. In accordance with Tibetan tradition. Portland from May 13-15 to spread his universal message o f tolerance, mutual respect, and compassion. the young Dalai Lama was recog nized at the age o f two as the reincarnation o f his predecessor, the 13'h Dalai Lama. Tibetans con sider the D alai Lama to be the m anifestation o f Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva o f Com passion. A c cording to B uddhist tradition, B odhisattvas have chosen the path o f enlightenm ent to benefit all sentient beings. Just before he turned five, the Dalai Lama was officially en throned as the spiritual and tem poral leader o fT ibet in Lhasa, the capital city ofT ib et. There he re ceived a traditional Tibetan Bud dhist and political education. In 1950, C hinese soldiers entered Tibet. Shortly thereafter the 14,h Dalai Lama assumed lull political power at the age o f 16. The Dalai I^una continues to work tirelessly to negotiate a peaceful solution to confl ict between the Chi nese government and Tibet. CLASS BEGINS W ITH A HEARTY BREAKFAST Monday through Saturday: 7am to 10:30am Sunday: 7am to 11:30am 5736 NE 35r<l • Portland, Oregon (505) 2 4 9 -5 9 8 5 • w w w .m cm cnam ins.com