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pandas
behind the
lens of
photographer
Gerry Ellis.
New- Exhibit Features Giant Pandas
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Photographer
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Photographer Gerry Ellis pro
vides a behind-the-scenes look at
the extraordinary effort to save the
giant panda during a lecture at the
A baby giant panda gives
O regon Z oo on Tuesday, M arch 23
photographer Gerry Ellis a
at 7 p.m. Ellis follows the story o f
greeting.
seven baby pandas in the W olong
N ature Reserve in the rem ote for GLOBIO, which isanon-profit dedi
ests o f w estern China. He is execu cated to educating children about
tive director and photographer o f the bio-diversity o f our planet.
“O ur hope is to offer people a
rare gli mpse at baby pandas in China
and an even rarer glim pse into the
extraordinary lives o f people w ork
ing to save this incredible creature
from extinction,” says Ellis.
The lecture will include rare pho
tos and video o f baby pandas born
in fall 2003, including their first tod
dling steps in the w intry bam boo
forests. In addition, the evening’s
program will look at giant panda
history; its connections to people
over the past century and GLOB IO 's
rem arkable docum entary and ed u
cation work in the reserve.
.Panda and photography enthu
siasts are encouraged to arrive at
the zoo at 6 p.m. for a hands-on Pro
Photo display o f the cutting edge
digital photography used during
the docum entary project.
The W ildlife C onservation Lec
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Close Encounters with world of Rhinos
A rhino encounter at the Oregon
Z oo lets visitors actually feed rh i
nos and discover the wonderful
world o f rhinos, behind the scenes.
During the Saturday, March 13
tour, visitors will learn about endan
gered rhinos, tour the bam and meet
the zoo’s rhinos, Pete and Maidi.
The highlight o f the experience is
feeding the eager rhinos apples and
feeling their thick, rough skin.
The tour from 10 to 11 a.m. is
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African Americans
Prince
Back on
Stage for
World
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One picture is worth a thousand words
Blair Underwood stars in “A sun produced “O nce Upon a Tim e
der,” a thriller full of plot tw ists and W hen W e were C olored," takes
love triangles. The new film is pro seriously his mission to distribute
duced, directed, written and dis his work with A frican A merican
tributed by A frican A m ericans, artists and craftsmen.
even being film ed in ablack studio.
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Producer Tim Reid, who also select theaters.
(A P)— Prince will return to arena
stages for the first tim e in six years
with a national tour featuring clas
sic hits such as “W hen D oves C ry”
and "L ittle Red C orvette.”
“ It’s older music, but it’s going
to be played in a new er w ay,” the
typically reclusive perform er said
last week in announcing the tour
that begins M arch 29 in Los A nge
les and will hit at least 38 cities.
Prince follow ed his announce
m ent w ith a h alf-h o u r co n cert
backed by his eight-piece group,
the New Pow er G eneration Band.
He perform ed the title song from his
upcom ing new C D “M usicology”
before answ ering questions from
200 fans and reporters.
The 45-year-old m usician is in
negotiations with various record
labels to release his new disc. Since
he parted with W arner Bros, in 1996
after a bitter feud, he has either
released his album s on the Internet
or through other labels or distribu
tion deals.
His upcom ing tour show s the
singer is ready to m ove back into
the pop music m ainstream .
New CD Features Soul Superstars
The R&B music of the 1970s
lives on in “Superstars of Sev
enties Soul,” a new three CD
boxed set featuring the era’s
biggest hits.
The collection was released
this week in advance of a home
video release of the PBS con
cert special of the same name.
With classic R&B love songs
like “Still In Love With You”
(Al Green) and “Ain’t No Sun
shine” (Bill Withers), disco de
lights “Boogie Oogie Oogie”
(Taste of Honey) and “Good
Times" (Chic), slow-jams "Be
tween The Sheets" (Isley Broth
ers) and “Close The Door”
(T eddy P e n d e rg ra ss), the
funked-out "Spill The Wine”
(Eric Burdon and War) and
“Brick House” (Commodores),
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Superstars o f Seventies Soul
is a three CD boxed set
featuring 60 o f the era's
greatest hits.
Superstars Of Seventies Soul
includes no less than 40 #1
singles, and represents the best
ofthe post-Motown era ofFunk
and R&B.
The television concert was
l shot live in Atlantic City, N J. in
i December. Hosted by soul leg
end Patti LaBelle, other per
formers included The Commo
dores, Debbie and Joni Sledge,
The Chi-Lites, The Stylistics,
George McCrae. McFadden and
Whitehead, Bloodstone, The
Emotions, among others.
An edited home video of the
event will be available exclu
sively to PBS as a pledge drive
premium item fora limited time.
The Superstars of Seventies
Soul DVD will then be released
later in the year to retail.