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Survivor’s Story
“Surviving Broken Promises ’ is
available now at
www.amazon.com.
“ S u rv iv in g B roken P ro m
i s e s ” c o v e r s th e lif e o f
C assandra, a 16-year-old black
fem ale, through the age o f 33.
C a ssa n d ra ’s c h a ra c te r starts
o ff young and naive but she
ev entually progresses into a
very in te llig e n t w om an.
The book tells how her life
was drastically changed due to
broken promises. Cassandra had
to survive, endure and prosper
from being a teenage mother, a
battered wife, victim and offender
of adultery, a participant in an
interracial relationship and sur
vivor of a mental illness.
Read “Surviving Broken Prom
ises” for its hum anity, honesty,
heart and hope.
Neville Brothers at
Chinook Winds
May 05. 2004
ENTERT
The Neville Brothers bring their Mardi
Gras Ma...bo and New Orleans Big Easy
sound to Chinook Winds Casino and Convention
Center in Lincoln City, May 7 and Saturday, May 8.
Ongoing and Upcoming Music
The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live jazz. For a
schedule, visit www.thebluemonk.com. Interstate Bar
and Grill has mature live music at 4234 N. Interstate.
The Black Notes plays Thursdays at the Candlelight
Room. Mel Brown plays jazz at Jimmy Maks on Tues
days and Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays at
Salty’s on the Columbia. A Community Unity Break
fast is every third Thursday at SEI at 7:30 a.m. Skip
Elliott Bowman Jazz T rio plays Saturdays from 10 a.m.
to noon at Hannah Bea’s, on northeast Shaver. R&B
and live funk bands perform weekends at the Interstate
Firehouse Cultural Center.
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The Abbey Café, 441 N. Killingsworth St., invites
musicians to sell theirCDs and perform on Fridays and
Saturdays. For more information, call 503-286-4847.
A Portland Jam Night plans to heal the community’s
ills through laughter at the Wave' Theatre in north
Portland. The live music and sketch improv comedy is
at 9 p in . Fridays. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for
kids. For more information, call 503-735-4184 or visit
www.jam-night.com.
Trippin’ through Town
Take a trip through time to find the hottest poetry, hip-
hop and soul influencing Portland on Wednesdays at
the Ohm. $7 cover. 31 N.W. First Ave.
Jazz Mass Performance
Pacific University to present the world premiere of new
arrangements of the only Jazz Mass commissioned by
the Vatican at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8 in McCready
Hall in the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center on
Pacific University campus. General admission is $5,
and $3 for students and seniors. For more information
call 503-352-2918.
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beautiful three-stone diamond necklace
from Ben Bridge Jeweler. Three diamonds,
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Blazer Street Jam 3-on-3 basketball to benefit the
Special Olympics Oregon is on July 16-18. For informa
tion, visit www.blazersstreetjam.com.
Musical Event
An evening with John Farrell, a musician and writer, is
from 7 -8 p.m. May 15 at the Hollywood Theatre, 4122
N.E. Sandy Blvd. Ticket are $4 for kids, $7 for adult and
$12.50 for a family. For more information, visit
www.hollywoodtheatre.org.
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Washington Square (503) 620-8452, Clackamas Town Center (503) 653-7797
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Mother’s Day Weekend
A Portland Farmers Market and fifth annual Garden
Party is Saturday, May 8 from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
located downtown of the South Park Blocks, on the
campus of Portland State University. For more infor
mation call 503-241 -0032.
“Auction Of Champions”
Larger Than Life-sized
$199
Mississippi Street Fair
A Mississippi Street Fair is on May 20 and 22. Local
cuisine. G randfather’s rib-off contest, children’s
games, artists’ booths, musical performances, magic
and puppet shows, giant community yard sale, horse
drawn trolley are all part of the fun. Main event are
from 10 a.m. to 7p.m. The streets are closed between
Skidmore and Fremont. For more information, call
503.287.0154.
Mt. Hood Com m unity College Foundation’s “A uc
tion o f C ham pions!” features golf excursions, fine
arts and an instant wine cellar on Saturday, May 15
form 5 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m. Raffle tickets are
on sale now for $20. Reservations for this annual
event are $75 each. For more information, call 503-
491-7206.
OM SI’s big-screen OMNIMAX theater is “Lewis and
Clark: Great Journey West" through June and “Jane
Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees" through May. For more
information, call 503-797-4588.
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Le Femme Filmposium!
Le Femme Filmposium is from May 22-23 at Itisness,
Titanic Exhibit At 0MSI
Titanic Science: Real Artifacts, The True Stories
exhibit will open on Saturday, May 29. For informa
tion, call 503-797-4533.
Last Thursday Art Walk
“Tribes,” featuring artists Kali Hoesch and Blaisse
Jette opens April 29lh from öto 10 p.m. and closes May
25 at the Alberta Arts Pavilion, 2315 N.E. Alberta St.
For more information, call 503-282-7700.
The Sandy Oktoberfest
Sandy O ktoberfest, Septem ber 10, 11, 12 features
a C rusin’ Car Show. Registration is $15 for each
show and the first 100 cars to register will receive
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Holy Goats!
A performance by Works Northwest, 4625 S.E. 67th
Ave., entertains audiences with Holy Goats! on Sun
day, May 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the door with a
$5 special for moms! Admission includes coffee and
bagels. For more information, call 503-777-1907.
Chris Isaak with Special Guests
Chris Isaak will appear at Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall Aug. 5, at 8 p.m. To charge by telephone, call 503-
224-8499 or 800-992-8499 or order online at
www.ticketwest.com.
Ode To Joy
V ancouver Sym phony O rch estra we be fe a tu r
ing O de to Joy w ith a guest vo calist on S atu r
day, May 22 at 3 p.m . and S unday, M ay 23 at 7
p.m. at 1300 N.W . 139lh St., V ancouver. Single
tickets: $ 15-$35. For more inform ation, call 360-
735-7278.