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February 18. 2004 n B lack H istory M onth 1W special Page B3 c o v e t \ a y e ■ Focus D is c rim in a tio n • • • • • Job Discrimination Race, Age, Disability Sexual Harassment Wage & Overcome Claims Yo Hablo Español Free Phone Consultation v 5(13-241-1113 X8XS.W. lilih Avenue. Portland Kyles Photography Families Weddings Events Promotional P u p p e te e r S h u h e p e r fo r m s in ‘A n a n si th e Spider. ’ Anansi Takes Black History Month Stage Theatre brings West Africa trickster spider to life A nansi, the trickster spider of W est A frica is brought to life by Tears o f Joy in hilarious tales. The Call 503/260-0969 first, "From Lion to A nansi” tells ex c itin g p ercu ssio n by N yew usi c o lo r rem in isce n t o f an A frican how Anansi tricked King Lion out A s k a r i. S h o w s f o r w e e k d a y festiv al. o f his stories. T he second, “Anansi school au d ien ces w ill be ac c o m "Anansi the S pider" opens on and the Talking M elon,” adapted p an ied by Ja m a ic a n /A m e ric a n Friday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. and from a tale retold by popular P ort d ru m m e r C a lv e rt Joh n n y . continues Saturdays at 11 a.m. and la n d a u th o r E ric K im m e l T he p u p p ets for "A nansi the Sundays at 2 and 4 p.m. through 2 begins,..“A nansi loved to eat m el S pider" are clo th ed in A frican p.m. on M arch 2. ons, but he was m uch too lazy to p rin t fab rics. D esig n er M artha Tickets are $ 14 for adults and $ 10 grow them him self." H ines and D irector N ancy A ldrich for children. For m ore inform ation P u b lic p e r f o r m a n c e s o f block p rin ted som e o f the clo th to call 503-248-0557 or visit Tears o f "A nansi the S pid er" w ill featu re ach iev e a stu n n in g m e n ag erie o f Joy on the w eb at w w w .tojt.com . One picture is worth a thousand words CANNON'S _=== RIB EXPRESS (FORMERLY CHUCK HINTON'S) Black Power Film Draws from Past Mario Van Peebles plays famous father (A P )— M ore than 30 years after his father m ade a revolutionary black-power film, director Mario Van Peebles also w anted to have an ethnically diverse crew on the set - but he did n ’t have to go to the lengths his father did. Van Peebles, 47, at the annual Berlin Film Festival to prom ote “G ettin' the M an’s Foot O utta Your B aadasssss,” due for release in M ay, said it was som etim es “bi zarre" to play his father, M elvin, in M ario Van P e e b le s (left) a n d h is father. M elvin, arrive a t th eir the raucous account o f how his dad “B a a d a s s s s s ! ” p re m iere , during th e S u n d a n c e Film F estiva l in made the 1971 “Sweet Sw eetback’s P ark City, Utah. (AP p h o to ) Baad A sssss Song.” “ It w as exciting, because we w ound up making it in the spirit o f the original,” said the younger Van Peebles, w hoco-w rote, directed and stars in the film. That included hav ing a diverse crew. But the older Van Peebles gave a glim pse o f the difficulties in m ak ing the original. “The unions in Hollywood were all white and I wanted to use a crew o f 50percent minorities," said Melvin Van Peebles, 71. “But the unions would not allow me to do that." His trick: He told them he was m aking a pom movie. “The unions will leave you alone if you tell everyone y o u ’re doing a p o m ,” he told a new s conference at the festival. 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A crow d estim ated at 1,500 at tended the black-tie affair in A t lanta and sponsored by T urner B roadcasting. C om edian D.L. H ughley served Isa a c H ayes as host. A taped broadcast o f the aw ards cerem ony is scheduled air on TBS at 7 p.m. Feb. 21. Faith Evans, Husband go to Rehab (A P)— R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband agreed to enroll in a rehabi I itation program for drug possession charges m ade against them last m onth near A tlanta, Ga., Fulton C ounty prosecutors said. If the couple successfully co m pletes the 13-week program , the charges will be dropped, said Erik Friedly, spokesm an for the Fulton County D istrict Attorney ’soffice. Evans, 30, and Todd R ussaw , a record executive, were charged with possession o f cocaine and m arijuana and an im proper tag vio lation during a traffic stop in H apeville, an A tlanta suburb. 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