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Amerie (above) and Ashanti (right) took three Soul Train nominations each.
Ladies Lead in Nominations
(A P ) — R & B in g en u es "Foolish” and Amerie' s "Why D on’l
A sh an ti an d A m erie c o l­ We Fall In Love ” were among nomi­
lected a leading three nom i­ nees for best female R&B single.
natio n s fo r the annual Soul
A sh an ti, w ho w on tw o honors
T rain M u sic A w ards.
fo r fav o rite new hip-hop-R & B
A sh an ti’s self-titled a l­ a rtist and new pop artist at the
bum and A m erie’s “All I A m erican M usic A w ards and has
H a v e ” w ere nam ed in the fiv e n o m in atio n s for the u p co m ­
best fem ale R&B album cat­ ing G ram m y s, w as also n o m i­
e g o ry , w h ile A s h a n ti’s nated for soul o r rap album o f the
year.
Amerie had an ad-
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d itio n al m en tio n for
best new artist.
T he S oul T rain M usic A w ards,
started 17 y ears ag o by the sy n ­
dicated m usic show “Soul T ra in ,”
c e le b rates a rtists in R & B , hip-
hop, rap and g o sp e l m usic. T he
aw ards w ill be p resen ted d u rin g a
M arch 1 cerem o n y at the P a s a ­
den a C iv ic A u d ito riu m .
T he aw ard s arc d e te rm in e d by
a gro u p o f rad io sta tio n p ro fe s ­
sionals, ta len t m an ag e rs and p e r­
form ers.
I M I L IA IS HI M
A d m its
Go to Paris without leaving Portland
P a te r n ity
(A P ) — Ice-T , a sta r o f
television’s “Law & Order: Spe­
cial Victims Unit, "acknowledged
he’s the father o f a school clerk ’s
15-m onth-old son and w as or­
dered to pay $4,000 a m onth for
tem porary support for the child.
He w aived his right to a p ater­
nity trial last week after M anhat­
tan Family Court Hearing Officer
D avid K irschblum said a DNA
report proves the rapper-actor is
the father o f K evin Ice M arrow.
Ice-T, w hose real nam e is
T racy M arrow , initially denied
he was ever intim ate with Linda
M arie Sanchez, 27.
S an ch ez’ law yer, Suzanne
Law & Order actor Ice-T
K im berly Bracker, asked for
$ 8 ,0 0 0
a m o n th ,
but
K irschblum aw arded Sanchez
$4,(MX) a m onth, pending the
outcom e o f a trial on a final
support am ount.
Ice-T told the court he earns
about $25,000 for each o f 22
episodes a year o f his televi­
sion show . He also lectures a
few tim es a year for about
$5,000 to $ 10,000 per appear­
ance and is starting a new
clothing line called Ice W ear.
B racker said Sanchez lives
in the B edford section o f the
Bronx and takes hom e $589
every tw o w eeks as a clerical
worker.
Until M arch 23, the Portland A rt M useum will feature Paris to Portland:
Im pressionist and Post-Im pressionist M asters in Portland C o llections.’
The show includes 165 w orks draw n from private collections in the
Portland area and has w ork by C ezanne, Renoir, M onet, G auguin, Picasso
and prints by T oulouse-L autrec, am ongst others. S om e o f these w orks
have never before been seen in public.
Sculpture on paper by Paige Saez
Show ing until Feb. 28 at D isjecta, Paige Saez will present her new w orks
on w hich she doctors old m edical file stickers into inform al geom etric
shapes that resem ble floor plans, cruise ships, cityscapes or robots with
a limited color patters or red, w hite and black. W ith sparse architecturally
inspired designs o f stickers and enam el, S aez’s w ork em anates a m uted
com m otion o f m echanics and m athem atics that appeals to both material
and spatial sensibilities.
Rob Scheps Big Band returns
A fter a m onth-long perform ance hiatus in the C anadian R ockies to
com pose new w orks fo r the b and to show case th ro u g h o u t the m onth
o f F eb ru ary , the R ob S ch ep s B ig B and is back w ith a m am m oth
in carn atio n o f m usic. A lan Jo n es is back on the kit and D ick
T itte rin g to n jo in s the band on trum pet. T he g ro u p w ill play at
D isjecta on M onday, F eb. 24 from 9 p.m . to 12:30 a.m . A d m issio n is
$5 and the show i i open to all ages.
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Sonia Sanchez poetry
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Vkk» hemf (7001) S Nnrsmrtti Bcieftoll Hoi ni feme's lobe W Bunn Awnrd (1999)
D avid Parks, original m em ber o f
indi-rock band H itting Birth and
founder o f hip-hop group H ungry
M ob is ready to set P ortland on fire
w ith his new band ‘R eparations.’
The group blends a mix o f hip-hop,
R& B, jazz and A frican rhythm and
they will play in celebration o f Black
H istory m onth w ith G em ini, a duo
o f ladies that fall into place with a
neo-soul sound, the rising reggae
singers o f B lessed Love and the
hot R&B cover band B lack N otes •
with D JO G O ncatthe Fez Ballroom,
316S.W . 1 l lh S t.,on Saturday, Feb.
Lover Cha
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A frican A m erican author Sonia
Sanchez will read her poetry and
sign any o f her 16 books at the Reed
C o lle g e K aul A u d ito riu m on
W ednesday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Sanchez, nationally know n for her
involvem ent in the B lack A rts
M ovem ent, has read her poetry
and lectured nationw ide about her
w ork during the civil rights m ove­
m ent. She is the author o f ‘H om e-
com ing,’ ‘W eaB addD D D P eople,’
‘H om egirls and H andgrenades,’
‘W ounded in the House o f a Friend,'
and m ost recently, ‘Shake Loose
M y S kin.’
Back to the Doo Wop days
High school friends from D etroit’s
N orth End, Levi Stubbs, R enoldo
“O b ie” B enson, A bdul "D u k e”
F akir and Law rence Payton began
m arveling their audiences with an
infectious blend o f pure vocal pow er
and sweet harm onies in 1954. Once
they signed with M otow n R ecords
in the 60s as the F our T ops, the
group churned out hit after hit even­
tually ending with an induction into
the Rock and Roll Hall o f Fame.
W ith 43 years o f playing history,
the group will play at C hinook
W inds C asinoon Friday. M arch 21
and Saturday, M arch 22 at 8 p.m.
T ickets are $25 to $40 depending
on seat location. For m ore inform a­
tion o r to buy tickets, call 1-888-
624-6228, or Fastixx at 1-800-992-
8499.