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Legends Highlight Weekend of Jazz
Vancouver Wine
and Jazz Festival
to fill Esther
Short Park
Over the past five years, the
Vancouver Wine and Jazz F estival
has presented world-class jazz art
ists but this year’s Festival at Esther
Short Park in downtown Vancouver
may be the best lineup yet.
Grammy-winner and Rock and
Roll Hall ofFam e blues guitarist Bo
Diddley appears on Friday, Aug 22.
“The O riginator" is considered to
be among the earliest musicians to
blend blues and Jazz into rock n’
roll.
On Saturday, Aug. 23, TheTemp-
tations, the four-time Grammy-win
ning R&B band, will present their
40 years o f vocal hits. The legend
ary group continues to draw huge
crowds around the United States
and abroad.
Grammy-winning virtuoso trum
peter and Latin jazz giant Arturo
Sandoval graces the festival stage
on Sunday, Aug. 24. Sandoval has
ju s t
re le a se d
“ T ru m p et
Evolution,“an album that pays trib
ute to the styles o f 19 different
world-class trumpeters, from King
Oliver to Wynton Marsalis.
A total o f 17 jazz, blues and swing
bands perform throughout the
T A total o f 17 jazz, blues and
swing bands perform throughout
the weekend...
weekend, including the Seattle Jazz
Singers and the 17-piece Pacific
Jazz Orchestra in a performance
c a lle d “ A trib u te to B enny
Goodman.”
Network Announces Diversity Institute
(AP) — CBS is setting up an
institute to coordinate writing, di
recting and acting programs in
tended to foster diversity at the
network.
It will com bine a 2-year-old mi
nority talent program with two new
programs intended to identify and
produce ethnic writers and direc-
Multi-Ethnic Music Night
tors, the network said Wednesday.
“The establishment o f the Diver
sity Institute is an important step
forward in C B S’s ongoing effort to
develop talent as diverse as our au
dience,” said Leslie Moonves, CBS
chairman and chiefexecuti veofficer.
The programs will provide men
tors and the chance to meet with
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producers, network executives and
agents, CBS said. Applications for
the writing and directing program
are being accepted online.
In 1999, the major broadcast net
works came under fire from civil
rights groups for a lack o f ra’cial
diversity in program m ing and
agreed to make improvements.
Local Notes at McCalls
Blacknotes will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a m. on Sept. 7 at McCall’s on
W aterfront,atA m ada’sC afein Vancouver,from 9p.m . to 1 a.m .on Sept.
13 and from 8:30 p.m. to I a.m. on Sept. 19 at Billy Reed's in northeast
Portland. Their first CD, “Lend Us Your Ear,” is coming soon!
Farmland Music Series Debuts
Pioneer Courthouse Square is the
place to be for free summer con
certs from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. each
W ednesday this month. I & I will
move you with reggae sounds on
Aug. 27.
Oregon Symphony performs at Irving Park at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23
at Northeast 7"' Avenue and Fremont at 7 p.m. For more information, call
503-823-PLAY.
BUY ANY 2 NEW OR USED
CLOSE-OUT CD’S, GET ONE
FOR FREE!!
USED VHS TAPES 3 FOR $15!!
USED DVDS 2 FOR $20!!
FREE JAZZ PEAK PERFORMANCES CD
(off the Hook)
Reparations Thursdays
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rothers
¿7 Selling Album
"Body Kiss"
T O P T E N L IS T
Busta Rhymes -- "It Aint Safe No More”
R eal H ickory S moked B ar -B-Q
Bone Crusher - "Atlenchun"
• Chicken • P ork Ribs
• Reef Ribs
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O ur S pecialty :
• Sandwiches • Salads
5924 se 47th & Woodstock
T.B. E nterprises P resents
MUSIC, INC.
Catering & Take-Out
Whitney Houston - "Just Whitney”
WC -- "Ghetto Heisman"
l ickets go on sale Ju ly 14, 200.1 A vailable <« I be C rystal ballroom ,
I errell brandnn's barbershop a n d any Iieketm asters outlets.
________ Price $40.(10
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Toni Braxton -- "More Than A Woman"
HOURS
Mon.-I'hurs. I lam-9pm
Fri.-Sat. I lam-1Opm
Sun. llam -8pm
CATERING EVENTS LARGE AND SMALL
Fish Sandwich — $8°°
Fish Dinner — $10°°
FRIDAY
&
SATURDAY
* * * N ew L ocation * * *
5410 N.E. 33 rd
annually for a short story published
in English by an African writer,
Writers bom anywhere on the Af-
rican Continent.
G I A I N T STORE WIDE
S A L EL I I
David Park's band. The Reparations, will play Thursdays at 9 p.m. with
DJ Chill and special guest performers and D.ls at The Red Sea, 3 18 S. W.
Third Ave. Admission for those 2 1 and older is $5.
(FORMERLYCHUCKHIN ION'S)
Musical Spitfire Grill
Premiers
Summer concerts in the park are
Monday night for her tale o f a
Rwandan refugee after the 1994
genocide.
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The SI 5,000 Caine Prize is given
Symphony in Irving Park
_ z = RIB EXPRESS = = _
Tommy Castro and Coco Montoya
perform at the Roseland Theater at
7:30 p.m. Sept. 25. $ 16 in advance.
For more information, call 503-224-
8499.
Concerts at Dawson Park
O M SI’s Murdock Planetarium featuresa fun-filled tribute to thcMotown
sounds of Diana Ross. I he Temptations, The Four Tops and more. 1945
S.E. Water Ave. For a schedule o f shows, call 503-797-4646 or visit
www.omsi.edu.
CANNON'S
Coco Performs at Roseland
Lakewood Theatre Company pre
sents “The Spitfire Grill” at 8 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturday and 7
p.m. Sunday. $26. The musical with
a soulful combination o f American
folk and country, performs at Fir
Acres Theatre, LewisandClarkCol-
lege,0615 S. W. Palatine Hill Rd. For
moreinformation,call503-635-390l.
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K en y a n a u th o r
Y vonne A dhiam bo O w uor has
won the Caine Prize for African
W riting for her story “ W eight
o f W hispers.”
The author, who was bom in
Nairobi and is executive director
ol the Zanzibar International Film
Festival, collected the award
Laser Motown at 0MSI
The Blue Monk on Belmont offers live music on weeknights and
Saturdays. John Butler performs Wednesday, Aug. 19, Matt Wayne
Quartet performs Thursday, Aug. 21, MS Tobin Quartet on the 22™' and
Andre St. James with Roger Woods on Aug. 23. For more infomiation,
call 503-595-0575
tion with the Seattle Jazz Singers.
The Festival also features food
And, with an eye looking toward from nine o f the Vancouver-Port
the future, the Festival will present land area’s best restaurants. The
two o f the best student ensembles wide variety o f cuisine includes
in the area: The Metropolitan Youth blackened salmon, deli sandwiches,
Symphony Jazz Orchestra and the salads, bento, Cajun, Tex-Mex,
Arts and Communication Magnet Asian and more.
A cadem y Jazz O rchestra from
Tickets for all day admission are
Beaverton both under the direction $ 10 on Friday and $ 15 on Saturday
o f the trumpeter Thara Memory.
and Sunday. Hours are 4 p.m. to 10
The Festival has also become rec pm on Friday; 11 a.m .to 10p.m. on
ognized as one o f the Northwest’s Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 pm on
best events for sampling and tasting Sunday.
great wines. Wines form Oregon,
For m ore inform ation visit
Washington, Idaho, California and www.vancouverwinejazz.com or
Australia will be available for sam call the Festival Ticket line at 360-
pling and purchase.
9064)441.
Kenyan Author Wins Writing Award
GUIDE ►
Music at the Monk
Pioneer Square Concerts
the Seattle M en's Chorus.
The festival will expand itsoffer-
ings this year, by including jazz
dance. The Washington State Bal
let w ill be performing in collabora-
free, family friendly and beginat6:30p.m. Wednes
days at Dawson Park on North Stanton between
Williams and Vancouver. For more information, call 503-
823-PLAY orvisitwww.poftlandparks.org.
Mississippi Pizza Pub invites you to a bilingual
show by Kathleen “Catalina” Juergens at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 25. Her incisive lyrics have become a Portland
fixture from peace rallies toC ity Council meetings. 3552 N. Mississippi.
Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island
Debuts a Thursday music series
with The Flat Mountain Girls on
Aug. 2 1 and Lingonberry Jam on
Aug. 28. All shows are from 5:30
p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Free. For more
information, call 503-621 -3489.17100
N.W. Sauvie Island Rd.
Other groups include the Mel
Brown Trio, Seattle Jazz Trio, The
W o o lies, p ia n ists T h o m as
Rheingans, and captain Smarty
Pants, the vocal jazz ensemble from
503-288-3836
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside
9:00pm Until
Solange - "Solo Star"
Erie Sermon - "React"
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1615 N.E. Killingsworth
Portland, OR 97211
503/284-2435
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