Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, March 24, 2004, Page 9, Image 9

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March 28. Aziza is also teaching
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‘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.
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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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