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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
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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 .
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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.