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Group Presents Latin
American Folk Music
Grupo Condor is a touring folk music
ensemble based in Portland that performs
traditional music o f Latin America. Their
concerts and school programs focus on
the blend of European, African and Native
American influences which are the roots
of this multicultural music style.
The group will be giving a concert at the
Old Church on Thursday, April 25, located
at 1422 S.W. 11“1 at 8 p.m. Special guests to
appear are from Chile, Venezuela and the
United States.
For more information, call 503-469-8906
or go online to www.grupo-condor.org.
Celebration at Waterfront Park
Through a collaboration be
in Mexico where merchants sell
tween the sister cities of Port
their wares and, just as in
land and Guadalajara, the an
M exico, authentic artisans
nual Cinco de Mayo festival
demonstrate and sell hand
returns. The event showcases
crafted art work.
Mexican food, music, dance
In addition, there will be a
and Latin rhythms featuring
family carnival, Saturday night
popular L atino artists and
Fireworks Spectacular, Natu
groups.
ralization Ceremony and a
The fiesta will be held at
Mariachi Mass.
Waterfront Park, from Thurs
Kids can find interesting ac
day, May 2 through Sunday,
tivities at the Children’s Plaza
May 5.
which entertains thousands
Gudalajara’s internationally
with puppet shows, face paint
famous folk ballet and the
ing, Mexican children’s arts
Guadalajara Mariachi will again Adding to the colorfulness o f the
and crafts, continuous piñata
bring their music and dance
Cinco de Mayo festival are the
breaking, balloon art magicians
from Portland’s sister city.
Mariachi dancers from Gudalajara
and performing clowns.
There are plazas for mer
For more information about
chants and artisans in the expanded “Plaza de
the Cinco de Mayo event at W aterfront, call 503-222-
Artesanos,” which is reminiscent of a typical town
9807.
Members o f the musical group Grupo Condor.
‘Portland/Çuadalajara
’ Sister City Association
Puerto Rican Environmentalist Honored
(AP) — Beyond narrow roads
winding through the mountains
o f Puerto Rico’s Cordillera Cen
tral lies a tropical paradise lush
with giant ferns, philodendrons
and pockets o f orchids.
Less than a decade ago, this
nearly became an eyesore of mile
wide craters dug in a search for
copper, silver and gold. But Alexis
Massol, a 58-year-old civil engi
neer, led a community struggle
against the government and the
mining industry to stop the area
becoming an open-pit mining
zone.
M assol’s 15-year effort to pre
serve the forests around his na
tive Adjuntas is being honored
Monday with a Goldman Environ
mental Prize — sometimes called
the “Nobel o f environmentalists”
presented each year to eight
people.
“This achievement makes me
proud to be Puerto Rican. We
have assumed responsibility for
our community,” Massol said in a
telephone interview from a San
F ra n c isc o h o te l w h ere the
$125,000 awards are being pre-
Environmentalist Alexis
Massol was recently honored
for his 15-year effort at
preserving Puerto Rico's
Cordillera Central.
sented.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the
government of this U.S. Carib
bean territory granted mining per
mits for 37,000 acres of Puerto
Rico’s central mountain range.
Experts say the mining would
have affected a third o f the island.
Aside from a major loss of forests,
toxins likely would have polluted
the Vivi and Pellejas rivers that
supply drinking water to the more
than 1 million residents of north
ern Puerto Rico.
Massol reacted in 1980 by cre
ating Casa Pueblo.
“As a community, we united to
break dependency on the govern
ment and determ ine our own
mechanisms to deal with prob
le m s ,”
M a sso l
said.
But many feared opposing the
government. Toattract more sup
porters, Casa Pueblo — or “the
People’s House” — evolved into
a cultural center. Massol led his
group to neighborhoods, small
town plazas and schools, and held
concerts.
In 1986 and 1993, Casa Pueblo
beat back two attempts to mine
the mountain area.
Finally, in 1995, Gov. Pedro
Rossello signed a law banning
open-pit mining.
Massol sought more protec
tion, and the following year the
governor designated the area as
P uerto R ico forest land and
handed control to Casa Pueblo. It
was dubbed “The People’s For
est.”
“Itw asa 15-year struggle,” said
Massol. “W e took a project of
death and turned it into a project
oflife.”
Opening Day Parade
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Music & Dance Entertainment at various
stages (Main, Plaza. Celebration, and Artisans,
Sunday Mariachi Mass
Education House
Lowrider Showcase
Guadalajara Ballet & Mariachi
Oregon Tobacco Prevention
Community Resource Center
H "Playtime" Stage
Artisans Plaza
Authentic cuisine
' Family Health & Science Fair
Art
SB Children’s Plaza
“ Funtastic” Carnival Rides
Naturalization Ceremc
And more!!!
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Entry free Thursday-Friday 11am-5pm only.
For more information, go to www cincodemayo.org or call (503,222-9807.
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