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Actor and comedian Robin Williams
will arrive in Portland as part o f his
first live stand-up comedy tour in 15
years on Wednesday, April 24 at 8
p.m. in the Keller Auditorium. For
ticket information, call Ticketmaster
at 224-4400.
• Accessories
The 13th annual Inner City Blues Festival features Lenanne Sylvester (above)
and Janice Scroggins performing the music o f black divas like Besse Smith,
Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey and others. Performances by local musicians are
included. The festival will be on Saturday, April 2 0 at the Melody Ballroom,
615 SE. Alder, from 6:30 p.m. - 1 2 : 3 0 a.m. Tickets are available at Music
Millennium, Genevas, Reflections, McPeets Pub and Laughing Horse Books.
7618 N. Interstate Blvd. • Portland • S03.285.9500
M F 117 / Sol 114 • www steppingoutmensweai com
At the Movies
for the love of ^azz
Blade 2: Bloodhunt
Examining
Vanishing
Cultures
Bv W ade D avis
N ational
G eographic ;
2002
Renowned anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Wade
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8 0 vibrant images from the many thousands o f photographs he has taken over the
course o f 2 5 years o f exploration. Beautiful and haunting in their intimacy, these
photographs reveal the wonders o f the “ethnosphere" - the wealth o f human
A bbas K iarostami and his assistant, Seifollah
Sam adian, travel to Kam pala, U ganda at the
request o f the U N ’s International Fund for
Agricultural Development. For ten days, their
cam era captures and caresses the faces o f a
thousand children - all orphans - w hose
parents have died o f AID S. R ecording tears
and laughter, m usic and silence, life and
death, the film attests to A frica’s sunny
resilience in the face o f so m uch suffering and
d isease. (G e n re : d o c u m e n ta r y ; R a tin g :
M P A A ; R u n n in g tim e: 83 m ins.)
diversity and the lim itless potential o f the human imagination.
C O ASTAL
R hythm & B lues
Women’s History Month at IFCC
Through March 30
One-Woman Musical Comedy
April 1 2 ,1 3 ,19& 20
The Interstate Firehouse C ultural C enter, in celebra
tion o f W o m en ’s H istory M onth will be having tw o
gallery presentations. T he M ain G allery w ill feature
Ping K haw -Sutherland’s m ultidisciplinary project
“ Perspectives in P eace” and Shezuet M iller’s “ Heal-
ing in M otion.” Both w orks are available for view
until M arch 30. IFCC is located at 5340 N. Interstate
Ave. Call 503-823-2072.
A new one-w om an m usical com edy called “C hoco
late C onfessions” will prem iere at the O ld Church,
located at S.W . 11* and C lay on A pril 1 2 ,1 3 ,1 9 and
20. T he show focuses on chocolate shop ow ner
Coco Bliss as she w elcom es an array o f am using
custom ers to her show. Call 503-224-8499 fortickets.
Comedy at Central Library Sun., March 31
Norm an Sylvester Band
Saturday
April 27, 2002
Doors open 6pm
Music 7pm * 12:30am
21 and over only
Master Jam
12am to 12:30am
All 3 bands on stage
Standup com ic A lex St. A ndrew s is having her new
11 /2 w om an show , “ R unning with Scissors” on Sun
day, M arch 31,3:30 p.m. at the Central library for free.
This is a theatrical, interactive, spiritual and often
hysterical jo u rn ey to m etaphysics, quantum phys
ics, illness, untapped potential and the daily “reali
ties” oflife. Call 503-957-2137.
IFCC Art Gallery
The Interstate Firehouse Cultural C enter will be
show casing art, draw ing and prints o f H ector Hugo
H ernandez and Sher D avidson. H ernandez uses the
tradition o f mural painting to express his understand
ing o f hum an relations and nature. D avidson uses
photographs to capture the rom ance o f Latin people.
The exhibits can be seen from April 4 - 27 at 5340 N .
Interstate. Call 503-823-4322.
Lakewood Theatre Auditions
Paul deLay Band
Patrick Lamb Band,
featuring Debra Crowe
April 4 - 2 7
April 6 & 7
L akew ood T heatre C om pany will be having open
auditions for the m usical “Q uilters" on Saturday,
April 6 and Sunday, April 7. The director is seeking
seven w om en, betw een the ages o f 20 and 60 to play
m ultiple roles. “Q uilters” is a story that depicts the
harsh challenge and abiding rew ards o f frontier life.
Call 5 0 3 -6 3 5 -3 9 0 1 to schedule an appointm ent time.
Radical Women Book Group Wed., April 10
Tickets on sale, Monday, February 25th
$12 in advance ~ $15 at the door
800-992-TIX X (8499) or 888-M A IN ACT
Radical W om en will be having a book review and
discussion on Leon Trotsky’s “W om en and Family.”
The topic: “Can equality exist in the household or is the
nuc lear fami ly inherently oppressi ve?” The event wi 11
be on W ednesday, April 10, 7 p.m. at the Bread and
RosesCenter, 819N . Killingsworth. Them eetingis free
and open to the public. Call 503-240-4462.
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ABC Africa
Davis has traveled the world studying the mysteries o f sacred plants and celebrating
the diversity o f human culture. In “Light at the Edge o f the World," Davis presents
A new breed o f creature is on the loose and
feeding on the run-of-the-mill vampires, turn
ing them into creatures called Reapers. Deadly
and monstrous, Reapers suck blood through
a nasty, fanged apparatus that passes for a
mouth. To exterminate the creatures, Blade
forms an uneasy alliance with a band o f elite
vampires. (G enre: horror, action; R ating: R)
Luau at Pacific University
Sat., April 13
Pacific University Hawaiian C lub’s4 2 n,)annual Luau
is scheduled for Saturday, April 13. The them e for the
Luau is “ ’N o Task Is T oo Big W hen Done T o
gether.” T he evening will feature Polynesian dance,
music and entertainm ent, as well as an authentic luau
menu. The Luau meal is scheduled for4:30 p.m. in the
U niversity C enter on the cam pus in Forest Grove.
Call 503-359-2107.
Oregon Children’s Theatre
April 13 & 27
O regon C h ild re n ’s T h e a tre p re se n ts “O n the
T h re sh o ld o f Life: A n n e F rank R e m e m b ered ,”
ad ap ted from A nne F ra n k ’s d ia ry by Jan B arros.
T he p lay w ill be p erfo rm ed in co n ju n ctio n w ith
the “ A n n e F rank: A H isto ry fo r T o d a y ” ex h ib it,
from A pril 7 - M ay 5 at the Lloyd C enter on Satur
days, April 13 and 27 at 2 p.m. Call 503-228-9571 or
go online to www.QCtC.org.
Lakewood Theatre Company Sun., April 14
Lakew ood Theatre presents Eugene O ’N eill’s clas
sic “com ing o f age” com edy “Ah, Wi ldem ess!” This
sunny sum m er tale, laced with hum or, centers on the
M iller fam ily and their teenage son R ichard, w ho is
teetering on the edge o f m anhood. Perform ances o f
“Ah, W ildem ess!” continuesuntil Sunday, April 14.
For reservations, call 5O3-635-39OI.
Portland Center Stage
Through April 14
Mae W est com es alive in the Portland C enter Stage
play called “Dirty Blond.” In the story, Jo and Charlie
are obsessed w ith M ae W e st's sexy screen goddess
image. Both are aw kw ard, unlikely acolytes, but then
Mae m ade an art - or at least an entertaining act - out
o f being different. Perform ances are from M arch 26
- April 14 at the N ew m ark Theatre, located at 1111
S.W. Broadw ay and Main. Call 503-248-6309.
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