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CULTURE STOWES
(AP) — Ray Charles has do
nated $ I million to Dillard Univer
sity for the creation of a program
about black culture.
The donation will create an en
dowed faculty position and pro
gram devoted to the musical, culi
nary, artistic and linguistic contri
butions of black Americans, Dillard
spokeswoman Maureen Larkins
said.
Charles received an honorary
degree in May from Dillard, a pri
vate, predominantly black school
Ray Charles le n d s h is su p p o rt to black culture stu d ies.
associated with the United Meth the Robinson Foundation for
odist Church and the United Church Hearing D isorders, a laboratory
he founded in 1987 for the treat
of Christ.
The 73-year-old singer d o ment and research o f hearing
nated the money in the name of problem s.
Black Ambition Tour
to Hit Portland
Chris Rock
Chris Rock is determined to re
main this generation's strongest
comedic voice with his Black Ambi
tion Tour, coming to Portland in
January.
Lauded by critics and the public
alike. Rock has redefined standup
comedy with his smart and incisive
takes on race, relationships and
society.
Tickets for Chris Rock’s Jan. 8
performance at the Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall went on sale Satur
day. Advance tickets cost between
$38.50 and $55 and can be pur
chased by calling 503-224-4400.
Kidman
Conceals
Kravitz
Romance
(AP) — After more than a de
cade in the public eye with ex-hus
band Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman
said she's keeping her new rela
tionship with Lenny Kravitz pri
vate.
“Idon'tthinklwilleverputmyself
up for scrutiny, in terms of a per
sonal relationship, ever again,” she
Dazzling Acrobats
Diplomats of
Chinese culture
plan performance
Peking Acrobats will awe audi
ences of all ages with their dexterity
and agility at Chinook Winds Ca
sino in Lincoln City on Friday, Dec.
12 and Saturday, Dec. 13.
Nicole Kidman
Lenny Kravitz
told W magazine for its December
issue. “It’s too delicate, too ephem
eral, too painful when it fails. So to
have it on display terrifies me.”
K idm an said she w as d e
pressed after her divorce from
Cruise in August 2001, but now
the 36-year-old star o f "The H u
man Stain” and the upcom ing
“Cold M ountain" seems to have
found love again.
“The idea of being able to give
part of yourself again, that’s a nice
thing,” she said.
Comedy Diva at the Hollywood Theatre
Com edian Karen Williams
p erfo rm s a t the landm ark
Hollywood Theatre in n o rth e a st
Portland a t 7 p .m . Nov. 2 3 .
The P eking A crobats balance on a bicycle n o t built for 12.
Karen Williams, a standup co
median of national note and inter
national acclaim, will delight Port
land audiences at 7 p.m. Nov. 23 at
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 N.E.
Sandy Blvd.
Williams isacom iccraftm aster,
a m ultitalented actress and writer,
and a com m itted artist of the high
est caliber. She is also a rising
star on the international festival
c irc u it, h aving p erfo rm ed in
M ontreal, T oronto, V ancouver
and Sydney.
As a humanist and social activ
ist, Williams has participated in rais
ing hundreds of thousands of dol
lars for various HIV/AIDS organi-
zations, w om en's health and social
service agencies, m ulticultural
events, youth groups and pride
celebrations.
Her upcoming performance is
part of the 20th anniversary cel
ebration of Portland’s Just Out
newsmagazine. Admission is $20 in
advance, $25 a! the door. Tickets
can be purchased at Gai-Pied, It’s
My Pleasure, Touchstone Coffee
House or www.justout.com.
Hailing from the People’s Re
public of China, the Peking Acro
bats have been diplomats of their
wondrous culture since 1958. Mem
bers of the troupe have been seen
on "The Wayne Brady Show" and
in the movie “Ocean’s Eleven.”
Last year they set the Guinness
Book of World Record for Highest
Human Chair Stack (six acrobats
balanced themselves on a 21 -foot-
high stack of six chairs while simul
taneously performing handstands
with no safety linesor guide wires).
These gymnasts, jugglers, cy
clists and tumblers transform 2(XX)-
year-old athletic disciplines into an
all-ages festival of entertainment
and wonder.
Tickets range from $15 to $25.
For more information, call 1-888-
MAlN-ACT(624-6228).
Rapper Guilty of Obscenity Charge
(AP) — Form er 2 Live Crew
leader Luther Cam pbell avoided
jail after pleading guilty to an
obscenity charge for a perfor
m ance at a N orth C harleston
nightclub last year.
T h e M ia m i-b a s e d ra p p e r
pleaded guilty last month to aid
ing and abetting another person
to expose body parts in a lewd
and lascivious m anner, prosecu
tor W alter Bailey said Tuesday.
C ircuit Judge Janies W illiams
suspended the m axim um six-
month jail sentence in favor of
banishing Campbell from making
paid perform ances in South C aro
lina for the next five years.
C a m p b e ll’s law yer, G lenn
C hurchill, said the 42-year-old
rapper could make an unpaid
appearance in South Carolina.
C am pbell often appears around
the country at voter registra
tion drives and discussions on
the First Am endm ent, the law
yer said.
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Rapper 50
Cent Sued
for Millions
(AP) — 50 Cent and his record
label have been sued for $ 2 1 million
by a New York Post photographer
who claim s the rapper’s body
guards attacked him.
James Alcorn alleges in a lawsuit
filed in state Supreme Court that he
was "assaulted and battered" by
seven‘bodyguards Aug. 27 while
photographing 50 Cent, who was
shopping in the diamond district.
Wilh the 27-year-old rapper look
ing on, the unidentified men alleg
edly slammed Alcorn down on the
sidewalk, then loomed over him as
he snapped a photo of them. Alcorn
claims he suffered neck and jaw
injuries.
The incident was being investi-
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