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O cto b er OI, 2 0 0 3 (Elje rt lattò ©bßertir t'r Page B3 Focus Cirque du Soleil is Joy o f Spectacle Portland welcomes international cast of performers Following the success o f Saltimbanco and Dralion, Cirque du Soleil presents Alegria under its Grand Chapiteau, a dazzling white, state-of-the-art big top. on Southwest Moody Avenue from Thursday, Oct. 2 through Oct. 26. A Spanish word for elation, joy and jubilation, Alegria features an international east o f 56 performers and musi cians from 13 countries. Alegria has a baroque and oper atic style with flamboyant costumes, extraordinary light ing and an elaborate set design enhancing an astonishing spectacle o f athleticism and artistry. The result is an impressive mix o f skill, strength and speed combined with elegant, almost ethereal performances. The 2!6 hour spectacle showcases breathtaking acro batics including the dramatically sensuous Synchro Tra peze and the hi-speed. hi-energy Aerial High Bars where daring aerialists tly to catchers swinging more than 40 feet in the air. Imagine twoagile performers who bring alive the Mongolian art o f contortion and an artist manipulating (laming knives around his body in a rhythmic and danger ous Fire Knife Dance. Tickets range from $45 to $65 and are available by calling800-678-5440oronlineatcirquedusoleil.com . ■MMttRM MMM Chuck D Slams Gangsters (AP) — Rapper Chuck D, w ho helped pioneer political rap music with his group Public Enemy, urged black college students to forgo hip-hop’s gangster style and hit the books, not the streets. “There is no such thing as a college thug,” the 43-year-old told several hundred students crammed into an auditorium at Albany State University last week. “It’s either the blo ck ... or you become the sm art est (expletive) around.” He criticized rappers who use racially of fensive slurs as common slang, and said too often so-called street credibility is valued over true knowledge among young blacks. “This is your world, but it w on’t be your world ifyou’re not mentally prepared for it,” he said. Naomi Campbell Touts Political Fashion Katharine Hamnett to marry her 20- year career as one o f the country’s leading designers with her strong political views. Hamnett said Campbell's appear (AP) — Another day at Lon ance was designed to draw public don Fashion Week, another dis attention to the AIDS epidemic in play o f beauty, sexy clothes and a Africa and to promote safe sex. celebrity on the catwalk. But the “ It was about breaking a major a p p e a ra n c e o f s e m i-re tire d taboo, and Naomi is the perfect supermodel Naomi Campbell on person to do that because she is a the runway wearing a skimpy, huge icon in South Africa," the sparkling bikini came with a twist designer said backstage after her - emblazoned across herchest was show in a south London nightclub. the slogan, “Use a Condom.” “AIDS awareness was bigin the The stunt was the latest o f sev 1980s when there were several cam eral attempts by British designer paigns, but the new generation Appearance draws attention to AIDS epidemic hasn’t benefited from that aware ness. They don’t understand how serious the situation is in Africa, that a whole continent could be wiped out.” More than 30 million people in Africa, or 70 percent of the world total, carry the Hl V virus that causes AIDS. Campbe 11 was the centerpiece o f a show that also cut short the dis play o f Hamnett’s new collection - cream dresses and layered chiffon skirts - to parade models in oversize white T-shirts bearing the black slogans “Save Africa" and "Make British designer Katherine Hamnett (left) holds up the Trade Fair." arm of model Naomi Campbell. (AP photo) PIZZA A G O GO We Deliver! A go going to North Portland, Swan Island, The Pearl, NW, and Downtown... W hen you w a n t it HOT + You g o tta have It NOW! 5 03»335*0300 3 2 4 0 N. 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