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Celia Cruz performs during a rehearsal for the Latin Grammys in
Los Angeles. Cruz died in her house in Fort Lee. New Jersey, last
week. She was 77 years old. (AP Photo)
‘Queen of Salsa,’ Dies
(AP) — From Ruben B lades’
perspective, Celia Cruz was to salsa
music what Ella Fitzgerald and Sa
rah Vaughn were to jazz - a classic
icon who defined the genre per
fectly.
"She had a tremendous command
o f the stage, and a tremendous
charisma,” the entertainer said af
ter learning that Cruz, the “Queen
o f Salsa,” had died last W ednes
day from a brain tumor. She was 77.
“She had a tremendous voice, a
strong voice, one o f the strongest
voices I ever heard anyone have,
male or female, and she had a tremen
dous sense o f rhythm also,” he said.
"All of that is a legacy o f a generation
that we may not see again.”
Cruz died in her home at Fort Lee,
N.J., just outside New York. C ruz's
husband, trumpeter Pedro Knight,
was at her side.
Cruz recorded more than 70 al
bums. She remained energetic late
into her career, and was popular
with both young and old audiences.
At last year’s Latin Grammys, she
gave a hip-shaking performance
wearing a frothy blue-and-white
headpiece and a tight red dress.
Pop and salsa singer Marc An
thony, who recently paid tribute to
Cruz at a gala concert, said in a
statement: “ We are witnessing the
end o f an era. She is simply irre
placeable and it’s just an honor to
know that she was a part o f my life.”
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Afropean Hip-Hop Comes to Portland Zoo
Les Nubians, an Afropean hip-
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lelene and Celia Faussart singover
exotic music over
wide range o f sounds including
the concert lawn o f
ilk, reggae, afro-beat, pop, and
the Oregon Zoo on
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Sunday, July 27, as
The five female voices o f Zap
part o f the Wells
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clectic and moving sounds that
Concert Series.
iclude soul, gospel, pygmy song
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tion o f hip-hop and other diverse
sounds.
New to the sum m er concerts
this year are gourm et, pre-packed
picnics for concertgoers to pick
up w hen they arrive.
“W e’re making it really easy to
enjoy the concerts and have a relax
ing dinner on the lawn,” said Swan.
“ I’eopie ^aft just come to fhe zoo
and find their delicious, gourmet
picnic waiting.” Concertgoers can
also try the zoo’s summer barbecue
and nightly specials, then sit back
and enjoy a diverse mixture o f mu
sical styles.
The series helps financially sup
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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, twice as bad as before, star
in “Bad Boys II. ”
Bigger and Badder
Known for their winning formu
las at the box office, Will Smith and
Martin Lawrence are no strangers
when it com es to blockbuster suc
cesses. Nevertheless, the sequel
to Bad Boys has them very excited.
“This is hands down the most an
ticipated film that I have ever done,”
says Smith. “People really want to
see Bad Boys 11 and it’s long over
due,” says Smith
Smith stars with Lawrence and
thestunningGabrielleUnion in Bad
Boys II, a Columbia Pictures pre
sentation and a Don Simpson and
Jerry Bruckheimer Production.
In this new installment, Miami
narcotics detectives M ike Lowrey
(S m ith) and M arcus B urnett
(Lawrence) are part o f a high-tech
task force assigned to stem the
flood o f designer ecstasy into Mi
ami. They unwittingly uncover a
deadly conspiracy in vol vingTapia
(Jordi Molla), a ruthless drug lord
determined to expand his empire
and take control o f the city’s bur
geoning drug trade, killing anyone
who stands in his way.
The dynamic chemistry be
tween Smith and Martin is stron
ger than ever in Bad Boys II.
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and program s w ith N ative cur
riculum , including an Institute
for Tribal G overnm ent and an
undergraduate N ative A m erican
studies certificate program .
“The Native American Student
and Community Center marks an
im p o rta n t m ile sto n e in the
university’s history and in our
ability to serve Native students
and the larger com munity,” said
PSU President Daniel Bemstine.
U nique art installations will
com plim ent the c e n te r's arch i
tecture and landscape. Still in
the works are a smoke hole prism,
g la ss s to ry w all an d to te m
marker.
The trophy piece o f the co l
lection is a bronze statue o fC h ie f
Joseph sculpted by N ez P erce,
C h ip p e w a a n d A s s in ib o in e
sculptor Doug Hyde. V alued at
$190,000 and standing 10 feet
high, the statue w as donated by
Y osh id a’s Fine A rts G allery.
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