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pageC2_______ FOCUS ____ in * * J o r d a n it © bseruer August 4, 2004 At a Crossroads? Love and Hate Saturday, Aug. 7 is a good time to celebrate music, food, film and fun at the Northeast 42nd Avenue Crossroads Celebration. You'll find a parade, film by local filmmakers and live performances. Events begin at 2 p.m. Call 503-823-2780 for more information. An open forum on black relationships will meet Friday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Savannah Caribbean restaurant located at 105 NW 3rd for an electrifying discussion about relationships: the good, bad, ugly and indifferent. Topics include everything you love and hate about black woman. Fear No Music Portland-based band Fear No Music plays “Spring Quartet and Selected Works for Strings” at a free open rehearsal at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12. CRAY & BUDDY GUY “ Lovin’ Action Love in Action is at Alberta Park, on the comer of Northeast 19“1 Ave. and Killingsworth, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12. Join in on the free food, fun and live performances. Disjecta Rules ' > « ,- sum m er The 17th Annual Air Show Aug. 13-15 at Hillsboro Airport features the nationally renowned U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet team including death defying airborne acts, military fly-bys, historic aircrafts and a spectacular evening of fireworks. General admission is $ 15 for adults and $6.50 for children. For more information, call 503-629-0706. oncer AT THE OREGON ZOO “PLUS” CONCERTS a t th e "P lus” le v e l or h igh er*, $9 for nou-m em bers KEKELE The PBS series Antiques Roadshow is coming to Portland, bringing antique experts from the country’s leading auction houses as well as local and nationally known independent appraisers, on Aug. 2 1 at the Oregon Convention Center. Call for more details, 1-888-762-3749. Blues In Schools at the Aladdin Wine and Jazz in Vancouver & BLACKS UNLIMITED “THE LION OF ZIMBABWE” JAOJOBY Music and libations come together from Aug. 27-29 at the 7"’ annual Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver, Wash. For more information, visit www.vancouverwinejazz.com. A-List Entertainers The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival is Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7-8 at Main City Park, Gresham. Prince’s Musicology Tour is Sept. I at the Rose Garden. Mel Brown plays jazz at Billy Maks Tuesdays and Thursdays. Ron Steen Jam Session is Sundays at Savannah’s Restaurant. To hear live R&B and Funk bands, visit www.bacchusrestaurant for a schedule. Ongoing and Upcoming Music A U . SHOW S START AT 7 PM U N L E SS OTHERW ISE NOTED TICKETS FOR PREMIUM CONCERTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ZOO WITH NO SERVICE CHARGE, ONLINE AT WWW.ORBGONZOO.ORO OR AT ANY TICKETS WEST SAFEWAY TICKET CENTER. CHARGE BY PHONE AT 5 O 3-224S 499. PLUS CONCERT TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON CONCERT DAY AFTER 4 PM WE'VE GOT YOUR DINNER WAFTING! PRE-ORDÍ I A GOURMET PICNIC AT WWW.OREOONZOO.ORG 8 0 3 -2 2 0 -8 4 » » . /V Antiques Roadshow Comes to PDX Safeway and the Cascade Blues Association present Blues in the Schools benefit starting international bluesman Kenny Neal on Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Aladdin Theater. For more information, call 503-282-2042. THOMAS MAPFUMO W ELLS FARGO Festival of African Arts The 15 th annual Homowo Festival of African Arts is a two-day community-wide 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 www.homowo.org. Oregon Air Show W ELLS FARGO F ree for Zoo M em bers Disjecta, 116 N.E. Russell St., has a full lineup of music, film and arts exhibits in August, including the John Tchicai Trio legendary sax performance on Aug. 15 and 16 and troubadour titan Peter Salett on Aug. 11. For information, call 503- 335-6979. 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 Tuesdays and Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays at Salty’s on the Columbia. A Community Unity Breakfast is every third Thursday at SEI at 7:30 a.m. Skip Elliott Bowman Jazz Trio 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. Laughing Through It 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.m. Fridays. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for kids. For more information, call 503-735-4184 or visit www.jam-night.com.