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Page B4 Hiv ^Iortlaxtò ffîbseruer JB alon 618 X January 23,2002 Bringing their hilarious style o f classical ballet to Portland are the , Trocks, an all-male dance company Not Your Typical Ballet Performance 6844 N. Interstate Ave. 4 E N T E R T A IN M E N T CUIDE Afghan Film at Cinema 21 Portland, OR 97217 HORACE SIM PSON 503-247-3165 GERALD TA Y LO R YOU DESERVE IT...SO WHY NOT GET First Quality ßflu^Sy fÒlu#'$9 fblves. Louisiana Q uitar Red G uitar Mac T-Bone Stone T he T ro c k s, as they are affectionately known, is an all-mate professional dance com pany that will astound and entertain all by presenting a classical ballet in parody form on Wednesday, Jan. 23,7:30 p.m. at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Formally known as The Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the troupe was founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of present ing a playful, entertaining view of tradi tional, classical ballet in parody form. Since then, this all-male ballet company has found enormous critical and popular success all over the world, not only for its humorous take on classics like “Swan Lake” and “Giselle” but for the astonish CD’s Only $12 + S&H (559) 442-5805 www.videouptownrecords.com ing fact that these men dance en pointe, and do it extremely well. The humorous sight of male bodies deli cately balancing in toe | j shoes as swans, sylphs ' * and water sprites - the gleeful leaps, poses and plunges - delight, amuse and serve the Trockaderos’ original purpose: to bring the pleasure of dance to the widest possible audience. @ i n Aicvirs “Black Hawk Down” is the heroic account of a Featuring The Kirk Green Band d iers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in Oct. 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping op lieutenants of the So Josh Hartnett plays Eversmann on a special peacekeeping mission in Somalia in “Black Hawk Down. " mali warlord, Mohamed Saturday, February 16, 2002 ^9:00 pm - 2:00 ai Sheraton - Airport - Hotel 8235 N.E. Airport Way Tickets A vailable from Cannon's Rib Express 503/288-3836 E-Z Nail - 288-3110 Hair Creations - 503/281*1185 (Fred Meyer) Fastixx 224-8499 Any AAMC Member One Slop Music, Inc. - 284 2435 AAMC - In the Community For the Community Saturday, Jan. 26 Saturday, Jan. 26 Circus Act at Rose Garden to abduct several top That Special Lady In Your Life Deserves To R e Pampered ! ! ! Frl., Jan. 25 Local cabaret artist Liz K eever, accom panied on piano by R ichard Bow er pays tribute to five funny ladies in an evening o f songs and stories about famous Jew ish women on stage: M olly Picon, Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler. ( eration. Their mission: Ooa^ r ana» °oa^n,e, Warner Pacific College Concert Classical pianist Dr. Heidi Louise Williams will perform selections by Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, and Bar ber on Friday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in McGuire Auditorium on the campus of W amer Pacific College, located at 2219 SE. 68th Ave. Congregation Beth Israel group of elite U.S. sol ValenlinesT^all Thurs., Jan. 24 M cM enam ins Kennedy School will present a live show featuring top local m usicians to honor the trum pet m asters who helped shape jazz as we know it: King O liver, Louis A rm strong, Bix B eiderbecke, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy G illespie, M iles D avis, Clifford Brown and Freddie Hubbard. The tribute is open to all ages. M cM enam in’s Kennedy School is located at 5736 NE. 33rd Ave. Call 249-3983. Sundance Rim Festival Based on actual events, 2002 Annual Jazz Tribute at McMenamlns Most ftlmgoers are familiar with the Sundance Film Festival. Known forits yearly hype, new filmmakers and independently produced feature films will be shown at the historic Hollywood Theatre. A premiere screening of the films will be on Jan. 26. Call 209-2440 or go online to www.hollywoodtheatre.org. Black Hawk Down AFRICAN AMERICAN M EN’S CLUB, INC. Thursday, Jan. 24 Cinema 21 will be showing an Afghan film called “Kandahar” on Thursday, Jan. 24, located at 616 NW. 21“. Ave. This is a partially fictionalized documentary that illustrates the suffering o f Afghan women under the Taliban regime in the year 2000. A refugee living in Canada returns to save her suicidal sister from being oppressed by the ruling government. Disguised in heavy head-to-toe burka, she begins her journey. Call 2234515. Farah Aidid, as pat of a strategy to quell the civil war and famine that is ravaging the country. Young Rangers and veteran Delta Force soldiers must fight side by side against overwhelming odds. For 18 harrowing hours, they remain trapped and wounded until a rescue convoy can Jan. 26 & 27 Coming to the Big Tent, better known as the Rose Garden, with the Royal Hanneford Circus is the M otor cyclist extrodinaire, The Cyclones. Numerous other acts will perform, including Siberian and Bengal tiger, aerial and a high wire act that currently holds a record in the Guiness Book o f W orld Records. For tickets, go online to www.rosequaner.com. www.ticketmaster.com or call 224-4400. Lakewood Theatre Presents Jan. 27, Feb. 3 & 17 Unexplained lights in the sky, strange noises and a bridge disaster Lakewood Theatre Company begins the new year with the opening of “Fiddler on the Roof,” an exuberant and touching musical based on Sholem Aleichem stories.* There will be matinee performances at 2 p.m. on Sun days, Jan. 27, Feb. 3 and 17. The theatre is located at 368 S. State St. in Lake Oswego. For reservations, call 635-* 3901. are just a few in a series of strange events that transpire in a small Talisman Gallery, The Blue Show Through Jan. 27 West Virginia town. Psychic visions and winged alien creatures are A unique group of artists will premiere their works in an exhibit around the theme color o f blue in the “Blue Show.” The opening reception of 17 artists will be on the Last Thursday, Dec. 27, from 5 :30 p.m. - 9 p.m. at 1476 NE. Alberta St. The Talisman Gallery has 2-4 Group shows annually and rotates 2-person shows year round. All even‘s are free and open to the public. be mounted to retrieve them. (Genre: adaptation, drama, p o liti cal, war, historical; Rating: R) The Mothman Prophecies supposedly at the root of these oddities. Hoping the occurences will be a link to his wife’s mysterious death, reporter John Kline goes to investigate. (Genre: adaptation, romance, sci-fi, thriller; R at ing: P G -I3; Theatrical Release: 1/25) Portland International Auto Show Jan. 31 - Fob. 3 ' Hé g e ts r e st. S h e g e t s to s h o p , n e y b o th g e t to e s c a p e . Make plans to start your engines and head on down to the 2002 Portland International Auto Show. Featuring hundreds of the latest cars, trucks, minivans and sport- utility vehicles, this automobile extravaganza will take place Thursday, Jan. 31 through Sunday, Feb. 3 at the Oregon Conventional Center, 777 NE. Martin Luther K ing Jr. B lvd. F o r in fo , go o n lin e to www.autoshowusa.com. W . . I end G e ta w a y Oregon Symphony Youth ConcertsThurs.,Feb.7 $ 1 1 9 -0 0 T h , best part? Everyone get» to save. Because now a room for tw o, break fast for tw o and free parking are all Just $ 1 1 9 * A d d to th at the fact that we re titu ated In the heart of do w n to w n S e a ttle - near »hopping, d in in g Jt attraction»—and It’s easy to »ee w h y w e re the perfect w eekend escape for her an J him For reservation», call 8 0 0 - 5 2 1 - 4 7 6 « C row ne P ! « . , Seattle 1113 S ix th A v e n u e S e a ttle . W A ? 8 lO i Teaching local, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders about composers’ great moments o f inspiration, the Oregon Symphony will perform enduring musical phrases o f composers like Beethoven, Bach and Haydn in a Youth Concert called “Got It! Composer’s Brainstorms” led by Resident Conductor Murry Sidlin on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Call 228-4294. The NW Afrlkan American Ballet Chinese Garden Celebration Feb. 12 - Mar. 3 The Portland Classical Chinese Garden welcomes the Year of the Horse with a multi-layered Chinese New Year celebration, Feb. 1 2 - March 3. During the first week, the first 100 visitors each day during the celebration will receive a hong bao, a traditional New Year’s gift. The garden is located at NW. Third and Everett. 0 Brother Where Art Thou Concert The N ew A d d re a a fa r Savvy th e T r a v e le r ? •Be«e4 or availability Vabd for leisure travei Thur Sun only Other restrictions may apply T n A gratuity not included Fxpervs 3/31/02 1 Sat., Feb. 9 The Heritage Concert presented by Target Stores will be celebrating Black History Month with a performance by the Northwest Afrikan American Ballet at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call224-8499. Feb. 13 The Coen Brothers and T Bone Burnett wil be taking the hugely successful music from the feature film “O Brother, Where Art Thou” on the road for the first time. The tour, entitled “Down from the Mountain,” will be stopping at Portland’s Schnitzer Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 13,7 p.m. F or tic k e ts, call 2 2 4 -4 4 0 0 o r go o n lin e to WWW.i '
