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Neville ’s 'Nature Boy,’
a Tribute to Nat Cole
Acclaimed vocalist reinvents
‘Great American Songbook’
Recording great Aaron Neville released his latest album
‘Nature Boy' on Verve Records Tuesday.
The album, described as classy and classic, is a deeply
satisfying suite of standards sung with remarkable sensitiv
ity.
“Jazz,” says Neville, “was as much a part of my musical
education as blues or funk. Dad loved Nat Cole’s brand of
; jazz. Nat was his favorite singer and ‘Nature Boy’ his
favorite song. 1 sing it in tribute to him, a man who inspired
his children.”
The album was produced by Rob Mounsey and fea
tures an all-star lineup of musicians, including Roy
Hargrove, Grady Tate, Ron Carter, Michael Brecker, Ry
Cooder, Anthony Wilson and Linda Ronstadt.
Aaron Neville
Piece o f My Heart, a true drama about nurses during the Vietnam
War, runs through Oct. 2 a t the Portland Actors Conservatory.
Shattered Expectations,
Desperate Encounters
forever during a tour o f duty in the
Vietnam War.
Shattered expectations, desper
ate encounters and the anguish o f
the war zone are uncomfortably
recounted in this highly acclaimed
stage production.
The play runs Fridays and Satur
The Portland Actors Conserva days, Sept. 12 through Sept. 27 and
tory is bringing back the season’s Thursdays through Saturdays, Oct.
most acclaimed production: A Piece 2 through Oct. 18 at the Firehouse
o f My Heart by Shirley Laura.
Theatreat 1436S.W. Montgomery.
The play is a true drama o f six
A preview is scheduled for Sept.
women — four nurses, a Red Cross 11, with specially priced tickets for
volunteer and a country western $20. For more information, call 503-
sin g er-w h o se lives were changed 274-1717.
Drama Tells
Story of Women
Who Served in
Vietnam
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A lexander (One on One), Tracee Ellis
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A shanti, LL Cool J, M o’Nique,
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Steve Harvey
Idol Winner
Scandalized
(AP) — Owners
o f hip-hop cloth
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they secretly paid
Ruben Studdard
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Wheelchair Battle
lost by Theatres
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(AP) — Front-row seating for
wheelchair-bound viewers at six
Portland movie theaters violated
the Americans with Disabilities Act,
the Ninth C ircuit Court o f Appeals
ruled recently, reversing a lower
court dismissal o f the case.
The movie theaters, run by Ten
nessee-based Regal Cinemas and
Eastgate Theatre Inc., had stadium-
style seats on steps rather than on
a sloped floor. The wheelchair-ac
cessible seating was located on the
first few rows, forcing wheelchair
users to look up at greater — and
more painful — angles than other
moviegoers.
We find it simply inconceivable
that this arrangement should con
stitute ‘full and equal enjoyment’
o f movie theater services,” Judge
Betty Fletcher wrote in the majority
opinion.
Kathy Stewson, a plaintiff who
has multiple sclerosis and uses a
wheelchair, told the court, “Sitting
' in the front row, so close to the
screen, the screen was so huge that
; I couldn’t focus on it.”
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