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Page B6 ®||e ‘Jjlortlanò ODbserUer_____________________ __________________ November 13, 2002 WINNER! 4 T O N Y IK e m e tin e Poets create atmosphere of openness, honesty by D avid P lechl T he P ortland O bserver Sam uel Irving has been w riting poetry since he w as five years old, after the death Above Emotions poet Marquis Stoudamire embraces an audience member after his o f a close friend prom pted an array o f em o reading at Sweetwaters. Below, a spoken word artist Turiya Atry performs an origional work. Poets meet every other Wednesday for an evening o f entertainment and food. tio n s. “For years I ju st kept it to m yself," he said. “1 was afraid to let anyone inside.” All that changed when Irving met som e one in high school that challenged his iso lation. M arquis Stoudam ire w rote poetry as well and intuitively the tw o understood each other. They shared w ork and encouraged one an o th er’s aspirations. “W e’ve been friends ev er since,” said Stoudamire. —excerpt from a poem < Now that friendship has blossom ed into a by Marquis Stoudamire. | collaborative literary project called A bstract V isionz. The tw o poets w ill produce their own books and c d ’s and are hosting Em o He feels comfortable performing in the atmo his son is doing. “It’s a very expressive art form ,” he said. tions, a tw ice-m onthly poetry and spoken sphere Irving and Stoudamire have created. “It’s a com bination o f love, scrutiny, and “You can talk about race in this en v iro n w ord night, at Sw eetw aters in Southeast Portland. C over is ten dollars and includes a m ent," he said. “ I ju st enjoy being able to get problem solving. I’m really im pressed by th is.” it out.” hearty meal. The cast of friends know s there may not be Themes o f expression range from life and Irving said the poetry and spoken word a lot o f money in the art they pursue, th e y ’re scene in Portland was in need o f some new death, to sex and relationships, but beneath it all ju st doing w hat feels right - and telling it like there is an awareness of a higher meaning and a blood. it is. search for truth. Here, you don’t have to worry “Poetry w asn ’t being represented,” he “ I really d o n ’t know how I ’m surviving, said. “W e w anted to bring som e light to it.” about saying the wrong thing you just say , ’m ju st doing w hat I love to d o ,” Stoudam ire The light shed by Irving and his closest w hat’s on your mind. “We w ant everyone to ju st be them selves,” said. “T his is my passion. Its all about h o n friends is unfiltered, unstaged and all to gether elegant. On the first W ednesday of Stoudam ire said. “ You got to have a sense o f e s ty .” A bstract V isionz and other spoken w ord E m otions a talented handful o f artists cam e b elonging.” and poetry guest artists w ill m eet for E m o Irv in g ’s father, also called Sam uel, was out to rhym e and rap to the truest rhythm s of tions again on W ednesday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. listening in last W ednesday night. As a p rac the heart. Usman Ally is a student at Lewis and Clar^. ticing ja zz m usician he appreciates the w ork at Sw eetw aters, 3350 SE M orrison. Your love was refreshing like the cold side o f a pillow on a hot summer’s night, constantly /lipping it over every five minutes. KOGNITO’S twcmb UPCOMING EVENTS F R ID A Y , N O V E M B E R 2 2 N D @ lls O Ô P M OCEAN S03 BIND Doug Woy Paintings; til Nov. 30 1 ’ I 1 A A I North Portland artist Doug Woy pre sents a new solo collection of mixed media pieces at Needful Things, 325 NW 6lh Ave. With a vision beyond his 22 years, Woy utilizes texture, complex layering techniques and found objects to create social com m en tary about poverty, domestic violence and other troubles found in blue- collar American life. of 27,h and Highland, For more infor mation call. 503-280-8614. GLIDE A C A D IA N B A L L R O O M I B S , N t A lb e r ta c a v e r *1 .0 0 F O M M O R K IN F O L O C O N T O W W W .tO lS T K P P E llS .C O M V.S.O.P. ITchKunGl and Culture Jam, Friday, Nov. 15 PRESENTS: I lilt, SOCC II 2 my pockets records & Hig Dubva 's a I 11r (J a v i g lil b o n 1 ITchKunG! is an artist collective, experimental percussion and theatre troupe comprised of musicians, fire workers, performance artists, martial artists, welders, painters, sculptors, graphic designers, videographers, activists and clowns. Culture Jam has all of these elements plus some speakers, poets, comedians, architects, alchemists and raving lunatics. This avant-guard show with an ‘extremely special guest’ is either at Plan B, 315 SE 3rd Ave, or at The Medicine Hat, 1834 NE Alberta, or at both. Tickets are $8.99 at the door. For more misinformation, call 503-231 -0039 or 503-231-0039, or both. Children of a Lesser God; Nov. 14 through Nov. 23 November 23„ 2002 Location: Airport • L i \ mc 9pm until Sheraton Soul Iroin the 70 s SO S & 9 0 S ( ¡nest A ppearance by BIG D U B YA Free CD's to the first 50 people t ree DVD Player to the 500th person Advance at all Fasttixx outlets 503 224-8499 Dress Code'. Impressive A V.S.O.P Production 503.358.0562 America Graphics 503.358.2160 The Portland Community College Theater Department presents Mark M edoff s deeply moving, beautifully written play about the romance and marriage of a spirited deaf girl and the devoted young teacher she meets at the school for the deaf. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 14 through Nov. 23. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for general admission. For more information, call 503-977-4323. On the Verge; Nov. 15,16 and 17 Concordia University Theater presents Eric Overmyer’s com edy, On the Verge: Or the Geography of yearning, a zany tale about three adventur ous Victorian ladies who set out on a journey in 1888 and end up traveling forward to 1955. Described as a cross between Jack Kerouac and Oscar Wilde, Overm yer’s script leads these ladies through their discovery of twentieth century gadgets, catch phrases and cliches - all seen through the eyes of Victorian anthropologists. On Friday and Saturday showtime is7:30p.m .,onSundaythereisa2p.m . matinee. The Concordia University Fine Arts Building is located two blocks north of Ainsworth on the com er Jungle Book; Friday, Nov. 15 through Dec. 1 Tears o f Joy Puppet T heater Fam ily Series presents Jungle Book, featuring the adventures o f M ow gli as he tries to discover w hether he is a m onkey, a w olf or a man. Show tim es at the PCPA D olores W inningstad T heatre, 1111 SW B roadw ay, are F ridays, at 7:30 p.m ., S aturdays, at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m . For information, call 503-284-0557. Compania Nacional De Danza, Tuesday, Nov. 19 Led by w orld fam ous artistic d irecto r and choreographer, N acho D uato, S p ain ’s prem ier dance com pany m akes a one night ap p e ar ance at the Keller A uditorium, SW 3rd and Clay, at 7:30 p.m. Com pania will perform ‘Bach: M ultiplicity, Form s o fS ilen ce and E m ptiness,’ a full evening o f w ork inspired by the life and m usic o f Johann Sebastian Bach. T ickets are $ 18 to $39 and can be found at the PCPA Box O ffic e on SW B roadw ay an d M ain, T ic k e t C e n tra l at P ioneer Square and at all T ick etm aster locations or by calling 503- 224-4400. Derrick Bell reading, Tuesday, Nov 19 Derrick Bell, an internationally recognized legal scholar, civil rights activist and author of E thical A m bition: L ivin g a L ife o f M ea n in g a n d W orth, will host a discussion, reading and book signing at Powells Books nn U a ir n c i a t ”7 • TO F> m American Idol; Tuesday, Nov. 19 G et a chance to see the A m erican idol finalists live in concert at the Rose Garden. See Kelly Clarkson, Justin G aurini, Nikki M cKibbin and oth er top finishers as they perform songs from the television show and from the soon to be released CD. The event will be at the Rose Garden on Tuesday, Nov. 19,7:30 p.m. Call 503-224-4400 or go online to w w w .rosequarter.com or w w w .ticketm aster.com . Happy Birthday Shay Washington— fro m y o u r fa m ily B il l y R e e d ’ s R estaurant l B ar People can’t seem to get enough of our great food.Great specials daily! IT’S THE BEST IN TOWN! We are the perfect after work hangout. 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