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April 23. 2003
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A rt H op C om ing to A lb erta
Annual event
showcases music,
food and art
Saturday, M ay 10 from noon to 6 p.m. on
N ortheast A lberta Street, betw een Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 31 “ Avenue.
Program s will be available a, participating
A lberta Street businesses.
A rt Hop projects exploring this y e a r's
O nce again N ortheast A lberta Street them e o f “shelter” include an installation
will rum ble w ith the footsteps o f many by Eco-roofs Everyw here, a ju rie d shrine
w ide-eyed art lovers at this y ea r’s A lberta contest, a group m andala project, a raffle
Street A rt Hop. They will com e for the o f um brellas decorated by local artists and
live m usic, food, hands-on art projects, a hands-on art project called the clothes­
and the notoriously outrageous bicycle line.
parade.
Perform ance artist Sidney Row e will
The fourth annual event takes place on p r e s e n t h e r w o rk s u n d e r th e E rik
W aagm eester Pavilion, betw een 13th and
14th streets. S he will dem onstrate what
she calls “scat” painting, an intuitive paint­
ing process in reference to ja zz m usic.
O ne o f the finished rotating paintings will
be on display for the public to view. T here
will be a live auction o f R o w e’s paintings
at the end o f the perform ance.
O inks BBQ Express w ill be supplying
southern style barbecue.
The Art Hop is free to the public. For
m ore
inform ation
visit
www.artonalberta.org or call 503-493-
7246.
Stunning Elegance
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P o rtla n d s h e lte r a n d re a d p et
p ro file s th a t a re e x p a n d e d j
d aily.
Alternative
Medicine Classes
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PCC-Cascade
Hosts Job Fair
More than 100 top-notch
employers will attend
T h e O re g o n H u m a n e S o c i­
e ty h as p u t a n e w tw is t to I
c a n be in c o rp o ra te d in to th e i
h o m e . E ach le c tu re w ill be |
Motion inspired by ja zz m u sic is ex­
p re sse d in a painting by perform ance
artist Sydney Rowe. The painter will
dem onstrate her techniques Saturday,
May 1 0 a t th e Alberta Art Hop.
photos bv R on W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Color b lo cks m aterialized o n to s u its , d r e s s e s a n d m ix-and-m atch ca su a ls a t th e Ebony Fashion S h o w Friday a t
t h f Oregon C onvention Center. The a nnual e v e n t ra ises m o n e y for college scholarship for local w om en.
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Fashion Fair
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T he P ortland O bserver
The bare skin, animal prints, beads
and suede boots o f the Ebony Fashion
Fair held Friday at the Oregon Conven­
tion Center did not distract from six
scene-stealing local high school stu­
dents earning college scholarships.
The w orld’s largest traveling fashion
show, celebrating its 45th yearofsm artly
tailored elegance, arrived in northeast
Portland to dazzle, entertain and inspire
a “black is the new black” fashion-con­
scious audience.
And while the runway sparkled with 11
stunning women and men donning a spec­
trum o f styles for every body, but not
necessarily every budget, the opulence
did not overshadow the fundraising ele­
ment o f the evening— a goal to raise
$30,000 for this year’s scholarship fund.
The fussy and theatrical event was spon­
sored by the Portland chapter ofThe Links,
lnc.,anexclusivesocial ser. iceorganization
with a threefold responsibility to education,
civic affairs and cultural duty.
The students who met this year's
requirement as A frican-American gradu­
ating high school students dem onstrat­
ing academic potential, high achieve­
ment and leadership ability were Sade
Anderson and Jacqueline Lesueur of
C lev elan d H igh S ch o o l, M adelyn
Banahene o f Reynolds High School,
Michael Anthony Everson o f Sunset
High School, Eluid Newsome o f Fort
Vancouver H igh School and James Orr of
Grant High School.
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Tinika H a m p to n o f C ha tta n o o g a ,
Tenn. m o d e ls a w orld -fa m o u s
d e s ig n during th e E b o n y F ashion
Fair to u r Friday in n o r th e a s t
Portland.
While the scholarship recipients cast
a theme o f pride and generosity to the
event, some models felt equally honored
to participate in the runway spectacle.
“I’ve been coming to these shows
since I was a teenager," said Tinika Hamp­
ton, 25, o f Chattanooga, Tenn.
Although Hampton said the eight
months o f touring has been exhausting,
she said her home show has made the
experience all the richer.
“This is my life and I enjoy every
minute o f if,” she said.
Hampton came with the other models
from areas across the United States, but
none from Oregon, to give the audience
a hot-and-not report from world-famous
designers Bob Mackie, Givenchy, Oscar
De La Renta, Valentino, Emanuel Ugaro
and A frican-A m erican designers B.
M ichael, De A lexander, L ’A m our,
Wayne James and Kevin Hall.
The styles ranged from racy to office-
ready, outrageous to wearable and size
six to plus sized. Animal prints and faux
furs were hot catwalk commodities, as
were peacock feathers, patent leather
and the springtime inspired pink and
blue.
Less sensible fashions included the co­
coon-style one-sleeve cable knit sweater
dress and therigid white plastic tile dress that
left its wearerwith standingruomonly. These
styles, the show's commentator, Jada Jack-
son, explained are “meant to be worn, not
necessarily understood.”
The show ’s spotlight shone on bold
color. Neo-Plasticist Piet M ondrian-in­
spired color blocks were plucked di­
rectly from 1980s runways and material­
ized onto suits, dresses and mix-and-
match casuals. Bare skin was definitely
in and over-sized hats were the bel les o f
the convention center ballroom.
This symphony o f culture, beauty
and charity was set to a live band, under
the musical direction ofTheodis Rodgers
Jr., who travels with musical legends
Patti LaBelle, Diahann Carroll and the
Ebony Fashion Fair.
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More than 50 employers offering more
than 100 different kinds ofjobs will be on
hand at Portland Community College’s
Seventh Annual Spring Career Fest Job
and Career Information Fairffom 11 a.m.to
3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6 at the gym­
nasium on the Cascade Campus, 705 N.
KillingsworthSt.
Representatives from the American Red
Cross, Bank o f America, Bureau o f Land
Management, Comcast, Fred Meyer, Kai­
ser Permanente, METRO, Mt. Hood Na­
tional Forest, N ike, OregonLive.com, Port­
land Fire and Rescue, Providence Health
System, Regence BlueCross BlueShield,
Shriners Hospital, Washington County
and Xerox will be in attendance.
College officials said the businesses
are looking for full- and part-time workers,
as well as recruiting for summ er jobs.
There will be special employment work­
shops offered in Room 106 o f the Cascade
Library, located in the Student Center. At
11 a.m., Sheila Casey, human resources
manager at the Bureau o f Land Manage­
ment, will discuss applying for federal
jobs; at noon, Mark Johnson, staffing
coordinator at Tektronix, will teach re­
sume basics; at 1 p.m., Kristin Staver,
career consultant with Wise Transitions,
reviews effective interview techniques;
and at 2 p.m., Frank Brown and Tina Cruz,
PCC’s Regional WorkforceTrainingTeam,
will offer advice on finding employment in
a tight job market.
Kay Coryell, career services coordina­
tor for the Cascade Campus, said that the
campus’ commitment to bringing employ­
ers and job seekers together is important.
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Colleges Increase
Minority Hiring
(A P)— Efforts to increase diversity at
O regon’s public universities seems to be
working. A new report shows the number
o f minority faculty has doubled in the
past decade.
The share o f minority faculty grew
from 5.2 percent in 1992 to 10.4 percent
now, according to the “2003 Oregon Uni­
versity System Diversity Report.”
Each year, the university system re­
ports to the State Board o f H igher Educa­
tion on the extent o f faculty and student
diversity at the campuses to ensure uni­
versities are open to people o f all racial
and ethnic groups.
The number o f students o f color also
is increasing, but the gains in faculty
representation have been the sharpest,
said Y vette Webber-Davis, who prepared
the report, that was released Friday.
"O u r institutions have w orked d ili­
gently to assure that their outreach to
faculty o f co lo r has been enhanced in
the past 10 y ears,” she said.
The 2003 report said that students o f
color make up about 13 percent o f the
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