page C2 FOCUS luly 28, 2 0 0 4 in ®1’* ^ o r t l a n h ( © b a e r t i e r Festival of African Arts The 15th annual H om ow o Festival o f African Arts is a two-day com m unity-w ide event featuring jubilant African music and dance performances, food, arts and crafts, storytelling and more. Events will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 6-7 at Portland State’s South Park Blocks. For more information, visit online at w w w .h o m o w o .o rg . Tillamook Cheese Anniversary Featured will be ice cream cones for a penny and cheese sampling. Families can observe ice cream making through out the day, kids can play games and win prizes and observe m ilking a cow. Festivities begin at Pioneer Square, dow ntow n on Friday, July 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a cow milking at noon. Oregon Air Show The 17th Annual Air Show Aug. 13-15 at Hillsboro Airport features the nation ally renow ned U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet team including death defying air borne acts, military fly-bys, historic aircrafts and a spectacular evening of fireworks. G eneral admission is $15 for adults and $6.50 for children. For Obo Addy is part o f the Homowo Festival more information, call 503-629-0706. Antiques Roadshow Comes to PDX The PBS series Antiques Roadshow is com ing to Portland, bringing antique experts from the country’s leading auction houses as well as local and nationally known independent appraisers, on Aug. 21 at the O regon Convention Center. Call for more details, 1-888-762-3749. Wine and Jazz In Vancouver M usic and libations come together from Aug. 27-29 at the 7'*’ annual V ancouver W ine and Jazz Festival at Esther Short Park in dow ntow n Vancouver, W ash. For more information, visit w w w .vancouverw inejazz.com . a List Entertainers p The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival is Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7-8 at M ain City Park, G resham . Prince’s M usicology Tour is Sept. 1 at the Rose G arden. Mel Brow n plays jazz at Billy M aks T uesdays and Thursdays. Ron Steen Jam Session is Sundays at Savannah’s Restaurant. To hear live R&B and Funk bands, visit w w w .bacchusrestaurant for a schedule. Ongoing and Upcoming Music The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live jazz. Foraschedule, visit www.thebluemonk.com. Interstate Bar and G rill has mature live music at 4234 N. Interstate. The Black Notes plays Thursdays at the C andlelight Room. Mel Brow n plays jazz at Jim m y M aks on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays at Salty’s on the Colum bia. A Com m unity Unity Breakfast is every third Thursday at SEI at 7:30 a.m. Skip Elliott Bow m an Jazz Trio plays Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon at Hannah B ea’s, on northeast Shaver. R&B and live funk bands perform w eekends at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. Blues In Schools at the Aladdin Safew ay and the Cascade Blues A sso ciation present Blues in the Schools benefit starting international bluesm an Kenny N eal on Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Aladdin Theater. For more inform ation, call 503-282-2042. Kenny Neal Laughing Through It A Portland Jam Night plans to heal the com m unity’s ills through laughter at the W ave Theatre in north Portland. The live music and sketch improv com edy is at 9 p.m. Fridays. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for kids. For more inform ation, call 503- 735-4184 or visit w w w .jam -night.com . Trlppin* through Town Take a trip through tim e to find the hottest poetry, hip-hop and soul influencing Portland on W ednesdays at the Ohm. $7 cover. 31 N.W . First Ave. Local Artists Featured at Abbey Cafe The Abbey Café, 441 N. K illingsw orth St., invites m usicians to sell their C D ’s and perform on Fridays and Saturdays. For more inform ation, call 503-286-4847. The Sandy Oktoberfest Sandy O ktoberfest, Septem ber 10, 11 and 12, features a C rusin’ C ar Show . Registration is $15 for each show and the first 100 cars to register will receive a free t-shirt. To register, visit w w w .sandyoktoberfestival.com . Creepy Crawlers M ake your way to the 20th annual Reptile and Amphibian Show held at OM SI on Labor Day weekend. Sept. 4 Ü1 though the 6“ . Check out a live dem onstration, touch and learn about the nearly 200 assorted anim als from the experts. Free with paid admission. Discovering Chimpanzees Com e learn about the incredible w orld o f Jane Goodall and her 40 years o f research with wild m onkeys from Sept. 28 through Jan. 2 at OM SI. BET Awards Album The annual BET Awards show has generated higher ratings with African Americans than any other awards program. For the first time, the show’s soundtrack is for sale with more than a dozen of the biggest hits of the past year from today’s hottest hip hop and R&B stars featured on BET Awards 04 Nominees. The compilation CD set features Outkast, Beyonce and Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, Missy Elliott, R. Kelly and much more.