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Page B2 Clje ^ìortlanh (ßbseruer lune 25. 2003 Focus Carey’s Intimate Theater Tour (A P ) Mariah Carey will begin her first-ever theater tour in Las Vegas on July 26. "I am passionate about doing som e thing more intimate for my fans," Carey said in a statement Monday. “ I'm used to doing arena tours and for me this is a whole new experience. This is about my music and my fans." The “C harm braeelet" tour, in support o f her latest album, will end Sept. 23 in Manchester, N.H. The tour also will make stops in most other major US cities. Panda Exhibit Coming to Portland Mariah Carey A multi-media presentation on the giant panda and current con servation efforts is coining to the Oregon Zoo on Thursday, June 26at6:30p.m . The event is sponsored by the F o u n d a tio n fo r G lo b al Biodiversity Education for C hil dren. 11 ighlights o f the evening will include digital still photographs and video o f pandas, one o f the w orld's most intriguing animals and the rare natural habitat in which it lives. Images will transport the audi ence into the lush mountain for ests o f C hina's Sichaun Province, provide glimpses into the private birthing cham ber o f a mother panda and the nursery w here keepers tenderly work to insure every panda baby has a chance at survival. T ick etsareavailableattheO r- eg o n Zoo, o n lin e at -V. www.orcgonzoo.org or through The O regon Z oo is sh o w in g a m ulti m e d ia p re se n ta tio n on th e TicketsW est. e n d a n g e re d g ia n t p a n d a though digital still p h o to g ra p h s a n d video. ip Rebecca Kilgore S ummer R erun W ednesdays 8:00-9:00 pm Join globe-trotting jazz vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, in her weekly radio series featuring conversations with musicians working in today's jazz world. Each installment brings you an interview with a noted jazz musician as her guest, taped on location anywhere from Portland to Switzerland, plus excerpts from the guest's representative recordings Return o f Oprah s Book Club “It's the book that brought back said it will be called, as it had been the Book Club," W infrey said Fri before.Oprah’sBookClub. Winfrey day in a statement about her up is expected to make from three to com ing selection. She had sus five choices a year. The books likely pended her picks in April 2(X)2, later will be written by both living and saying she didn't have enough time dead authors. “The selections will be great A books that have stood the test o f (A P )— Get ready for the return tim e," said W infrey spokeswoman o f a publishing phenomenon. Not Lisa Halliday. the new Harry Potter, but Oprah The revival o f W infrey’s club, W infrey’s book club. com ing just three days before the The talk-show host announced June21 release o f ‘Harry Potter and her long-awaited pick on her show - Winfrey spokeswoman Lisa the O rder o f the Phoenix,” should last W ed n e sd a y , n e a rly fo u r Halliday prove more good news for the strug- months arterrevealing that she was to keep up monthly selections. gling publishing industry. H er bringing back her club and focus Fans will have plenty o f time to choices, which m ost recently in ing on “classic” authors such as read her comeback choice; the fol cluded Rohinton M istry’s “A Fine W illiam F au lk n er and E rnest low-up program will air in the fall. B a la n c e ” and A n n -M a rie Hemingway. Winfrey had tentatively planned M cDonald’s “Fall on Your Knees,” Her first pick is John Steinbeck's to name her club Traveling With virtually guarantee hundreds o f "East o f Eden.” the Classics. But a spokeswoman thousands o f sales. Talk show host revives the classics, starting with Steinbeck “E a st o f E den " by John Stein b eck. The selections will he great hooks that have stood the test o f time. Arresting Performances Arrested Development and Siren’s Echo perform Thursday, June 27 at the Roseland Theatre on 8 N. W. 6 Ave. For more information, call 503-224-2038. Errata, Cobra and Shoplifting Disjecta welcomes Erase Errata with King Cobra and Shoplifting on Monday, July 14 at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8. Allages. 116N.E. Russell St. Formoreinformation, call 503-335-6979. June Jam with The Original Cats The Urban League o f Portland invites you to its June Jam, featuring The Original Cats from 6:30to8:30p.m . Friday, June 27 at the Multicultural Senior Service Center at 5325 N.E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Admission is $3. Form ore information, call 503-988- 5470extension 24545. Cool Nutz Northwest Tour The Cool N utz tour cruises through Port land W ednes day, June 25 with Bone Thugs N Harmony, DJ Chill and more. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside St. For more information, cal 1503-841 -0995. IFCC June Artists Visual artists, Bonnie M eltzer and Becca Bernstein are this m onth's Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center artists. M eltzer's work focuses on native icons o f the Northwest. Bernstein’s work is a series o f textural paintings centering on the relationship between mothers and daughters. Both artists' exhibits run through Friday, June 27 with a late reception Thurs day. at 7:30 p.m. The IFCC is located at 5340 N. Interstate. No admission is charged, but donations appreciated. For more information, call 503-823-2072, 503-823-2071 o r o n lin e: w w w .if c c - a r t s .o r e . ® Two PCC Community Classes; "Ceramics: All Levels” Portland Community College offers high-fire stoneware clay classes this summer. The first class takes place Mondays through Aug. 18. The second class takes place W ednesdays through August 20. Both classes meet at the following time and location: 6:30 p.m. to9:30p.m . in Room 130oftheT errell Hall B uilding at P C C ’s C ascade C am pus, 705 N. Killingsworth St. Each class co sts$ l3 L 5 0 . Form ore information,call 503-978-5143 Calligraphy Class for All Levels Sweeping-brush strokes and easy-to-leam shaping make up Portland Community College’s italic calligra phy class. The class welcomes the new and those looking to fine tune their Renaissance hand at italic. Class runs Thursdays, and ends Aug. 7. Class ses sions run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Room 304 o f the Student Center Building at PCC’s Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth. The cost is$99. Form ore infor mation, call 503-978-5143. Drawing for Drawing Enthusiasts Capture the human form by learning special drawing techniques from Instructor, Marko Polo -featuring live models. The draw ing class meets Saturdays through August 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 a.m. in Room 203 o f the Terrell Hall Building at Portland Community College’sCascadeCam pus, 705 N. Killingsworh. The class costs $105. For more information, call 503-978- 5143. Reparations Thursdays David Park’s new band. The Reparations, will play every Thursday at 9 p.m. with DJ Chill and special guest performers and DJs at The Red Sea, 318 S.W. Third Ave. Admission for those 2 1 and older is $5. (E lje Ç o r t l a n i » ( © b s e r u e r niv£te_ytni and a g u est tu a sp e c ia l a d v a n ce s c r e e n in g putii t it i i I nn I s I L I AM W ed n esd ay, Jun e 25T 7:00™ Stop by to pick up a complimentary pass for two: •while «applies la«t> Mrs. Cs Wigs <$ Hair Care Center (503) 281-6525 707 N.E. Fremont St., Portland, OR 97212 limn two passes per person Each pass admits two No purchaw necessary When supplies asl Employees at OraamWnrKs E w e s the EhrSand Otaerner and thee if M e d agencies art not etxstte S'nbad O p e n s N a tio n w id e |