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March 24. 2004" ® Ije J îa r t la n h (® b « e ru e r Page B3 I PA RTÑ FR SH I P ig u a n e , Helpline (Make I he Call): 800 92 L I IH P LinCa de Avu<Ja (Spanish). 877-515-7848 Youthline (Teen Helpline). 877 553-1 -TEEN Dancer to Share Rhythms, Technique Aziza, one of the region’s great est belly dancers, entertains and memorizes audiences at the Viscount Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside, on Sunday, March 28. Aziza is also teaching classes on Saturday March 27 and Sunday, March 28, for others who k want to move like her. For more information, call 503-234-7035. « W £ $ ■ ■ ‘Cherries - oil on wood' by local artist Eli Halpin. Local Artist Featured Thursday Local artist Eli Halpin will a tten d a public recep tio n from 5 p.m . to 8 p.m. T hurs day d u ring the A lb erta arts com m unity’s Last Thursday event at M ilagros, 5429 N.E. 3 0 ,h St. M ilagros is featu rin g a m o n th lo n g e x h ib it o f H alpin’s paintings. Her art is playful and im agi native and reflects h er in flu en ces o f Jim H enson and Theodore G eisel, also known as Dr. S euss. T he w o rk s are often im pressions o f H alpin’s earliest m em ories and include sp o n tan eo u s c h ild -lik e e le m ents: scrib b les, drips and quick m arks. Neville Bros.’ Big Easy Sound Coming The N eville Brothers-A aron, Art, Charles, and Cyril- will bring the B ig Easy sound to the Oregon coast when they perform at C hi nook W inds Casino and Conven tion C enter in Lincoln City on Friday, M ay 7 and Saturday, May 8. For well over a quarter o f a cen tury, the Neville Brothers have helped lay the foundation for the entire New Orleans music commu nity, and at the same time spread their own unique sound all over the world. They have sold millions of records worldwide and have gold and platinum records in six differ ent countries. The Neville Brothers will be in the house at Chinook Winds Their M ardi G ras M am bo has Casino on May 7 and 8. CANNON'S become the annual carnival’s un official anthem, while fan favor ites such as Mona Lisa and Ten Com m andm ents o f Love are pe re n n ia l crow d p le a se rs. T he brothers’ superbrenditionsoflko Iko and Brother John make the songs a near im possible feat for other groups. Throughout their long careers as both solo performers and as members of the group that bore their family name, the Neville Broth ers have proudly carried the torch of their native New Orleans’ rich R&B legacy. Tickets for The Neville Brothers range from $20 to $35 and are on sale now. RJB EXPRESS (FORMERLYCHUCK HINTON’S) Catering & Take-Out O ur S pecialty : R eal H ickory S moked B ar -B-Q • Sandwiches • Salads • Chicken • Pork Ribs • Beef Ribs ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ftMMHBMRNNEMRMIIBRNMMMMMMMHMEMMMIRNRRMaERHMHMMA Police Secretly Watch Hip-Hop Stars Sweeping surveillance called unprecedented (AP)-Police in Miami and Miami Beach say they are secretly monitor ing hip-hop stars P. Diddy, DMX and others to protect them, but ce lebrities and critics see the surveil lance as unnecessary and racist. Officers have photographed rap pers and their entourages a, Miami International Airport and staked out hotels, video shoots and night clubs while consulting 6-inch-thick dossiers of rappers and associates with arrest records in New York state. The Miami Herald reported. “We have to keep an eye on these rivalries," said A ssistant Miami Beach Police Chief Charles Press. “The last thing we need in “There’s been no shortage of rock stars and other musicians” scrutinized by police, said Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. “But there has never been anything like this.” Police began gathering intelli gence on rap artists after the Me morial Day 2001 weekend, when 250.000 hip-hop fans flocked to South Beach for four days of par ties hosted by their favorite rap pers. More than 210 people were arrested, most for disorderly con duct and intoxication. Although no major rap artists were arrested, police decided to Hip-hop celebrity DMX is one of learn the nuances of hip-hop cul the hip-hop stars police in ture. Press said. Miami say they have secretly “Nobody on the beach had a monitored in a campaign to handle on who the players were," fight violence from rap rivalries. Press said. “We didn't know any this city is violence.” thing. We didn’t know who were Some experts believe the sweep the big record labels, who were the ing surveillance of a genre of musi kingpins. W edidn't know why there cians is unprecedented. were rivalries with Ja Rule and Eminem.” Officers were sent to New York for a three-day training session in May, along with police from Los Angeles, Atlanta and other cities. That’s where they received the dossiers, said Miami police Sgt. Rafael Tapanes. “This kind of conduct shows insensitivity to constitutional limi tations," said Nova Southeastern University law professor and con stitutional law expert Bruce Rogow. He represented 2 Live Crew when the rap group was prosecuted for obscenity in the early '90s. “It also implicates racial stereotyping.” Only one of 97 officers in super visory positions at the Miami Beach police department is black. Miami has 226 ranking officers and 26 are black. “The cities should take taxpayer dollars and put them toward some thing else," said Luther Campbell, the former 2 Live Crew rapper. ■ M R M H M H H M British jam band Traffic and the ’50s harmony group the Dells were also honored. It was clearly Prince’s night, though, as he opened the ceremony with a trio of 1980s hits and came (AP) — Prince burs, into the out later to upstage Tom Petty, Jeff Rock and Roll Hall o f Fame last Lynne and Harrison's son, Dhani, week with some blistering funk, on “ W hile My G uitar G ently joined by the regional stew of W eeps." Bob Seger’s heartland rock. ZZ Dressed in a white suit and dis T o p ’s Texas boogie and Jackson playing nimble dance steps. Prince Brow ne’s California smoothness. performed three songs that caught George Harrison became the third the breadth of his work: the rock ex-Bea,le inducted forhis solo work. anthem "Let’s Go Crazy," the topi Performs hits for induction ceremony cal “Sign O ’ the Times” and funk groove of “Kiss.” A restless perfectionist, the Min neapolis-based singer often played every instrument on his discs. He said he was preoccupied early in hiscareer with maintaining his free dom. “ I em barked on a jo u rn e y m ore fascin atin g than I could ev er im agine, but a w ord to the w ise to the young a rtists - w ith out spiritual guidance too m uch freedom can lead to sp iritual d e c lin e ," he said. 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