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Waterfront Blues Festival Independence Day fun at downtown park
R o sie L e d e i
H u b ertS u m lin
M ary Flower
G ra m m y - a w a rd
w in n in g
bluesm an K eb’ M o’ and the young
blues-rocker Jonny Lang will head­
line the 2004 Safew ay W aterfront
Blues Festival, presented by First
Tech C redit Union.
The 17th annual blues festival
opens at noon on Friday, July 2 and
concludes at 9 p.m ., M onday, July
5, at Tom M cCall W aterfront Park.
The largest blues festival west
o f the M ississippi, the W aterfront
B lues Festival annually attracts
M arch Fourth a n d th e M arch Fourth D a n cers will b e p erfo rm in g a t th e W aterfront B lu e s Festival.
m ore than 120,000 blues fans from
across the U.S. T he festival offers
close to 100 perform ances on four
stages. This y ear’s festival offers
m o re w o rk s h o p s, m o re B lu es
C ruises on the “Portland Spirit,”
more films and special programming
than ev er before and fabulous fire­
w orks on July 4.
T he festival will celebrate the
late H ow lin’ W olf and spotlight the
blues-based m usic o f Louisiana and
Texas.
A dm ission is $5 plus tw o cans o f
nonperishable food per day. The
festival is the m ajor annual fund­
raiser for O regon Food Bank.
This y ear’s stellar line-up in­
cludes K eb’ M o’, the gospel-in­
fused blues o f the H olm es Broth­
e rs, th e ro c k -b o o g ie -b lu e s o f
C anned Heat, Robert Belfour with
M ark L em house and Roy Book
Binder will kick-off the festival on
Friday, July 2.
Enjoy blues, rhythm and blues,
and funk from the G u lf C oast states
o f Texas and Louisiana on S atur­
day, July 3 with Z ydeco Sw am p
Romp, a day-long celebration o f
this C ajun-blues m usical-hybrid,
C y ril N ev ille and the U ptow n
A llstars and more.
W inners o f the recent Interna­
tional Blues C om petition in M em ­
phis wi 11 perform on Sunday, July 4.
Bill R hoades’ annual H arm onica
Blow-off, featuring national and
reg io n al b lu es h arm o n ica aces
L eon B lue
backed by an al I -star band, wi 11 per­
form, Sunday, July 4. The evening
will end with spectacular firew orks
over the W illam ette River.
On July 5, y o u ’ll enjoy A ngela
Strehli and Tracie N elson with the
Texas H om s and m uch more.
The N orthw est Film C enter will
again present Reel B lu es.ase rieso f
bluesfilm sat 10p.m. .Friday, July 2,
and Saturday, July 3.
For inform ation and line up, visit
w w w .w aterfrontbluesfest.com .
Artist Evokes
Tranquility, Chaos
T he sum m er season brings new artists to the
Talisman Gallery.
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A rtist R aina Im ig's w ork is on display
through July 2 5 a t th e Talism an Gallery in
n o rth e a st Portland.
The new show, featuring artists Dan Bronson
and Raina Imig, will open with an artist’s reception
irom 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 24 and
runs through July 25. Bronson presents a new
series o f m onochrom e and infrared figure studies
printed on metallic photographic material, inspired
by the ethereal beauty and quiet dignity o f painter
M axfield Parrish.
Im ig’s images explore them es o f illusion and
reality in a series o f abstract paintings, inspired by
the m ysteries o f chaos and order.
For more inform ation, visit the gallery w ebsite
at w w w .talism angallery.com .
A r tis t
u a n B ronson c re a te s u n u su a l p h o to s in sp ired b y p a in te r M axfield Parris!