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August 4, 2004
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A Peek into St. Johns
Artists and businesses combine to
showcase creativity in north Portland
Artist Aren Lawler's mixed media sculpred masks
at St. Johns Coffee Company at 8221N. Lombard.
Join us again for the 2nd annual
St. Johns W indow Project, an art
and com m unity event created by
Art on the Peninsula and North
Portland N eighborhood Services.
E n th u sia stic b u sin e sse s along
North Lom bard, betw een North
Richm ond and North New York
avenues will be hosting an art
exhibit in their storefronts, interi­
ors and gardens. A rt on the Pen­
insula, an artist netw orking group
in north Portland, opens the St.
Johns W indow Project on Satur­
day, Aug. 7 from 1 to 5 p.m.,
show casing visual arts, dance,
music and perform ance from the
north Portland com m unity.
“The St. Johns W indow Project
is an exciting w ay to bring local
artists and businesses to gether
w ho share an interest in their com ­
munity and creates exposure for
artists and businesses alike,” says
W eirs C yclery ow ner, Steve W eir.
M usic perform ances will fea­
ture Folkrum , Dennis H itchcox,
and the G ypsy M oths in the US
Bank parking lot. The Irradiated
Poets will perform at Café Ñ ola
and the St. Johns Library. Stu­
dents from tw o local schools,
R oosevelt High School and Jam es
John Elem entary will display their
work in businesses. A rtist dem on­
s tra tio n s w ill a ls o o c c u r a lo n g
Lom bard Street.
T he event extends from Aug. 7
through Sept. 12. M aps for the w alk­
ing tour will be available at all partici­
pating businesses.
Contact M ary Jaron Kelley for
information at 503-823-4099 or email
at m k elley @ ci.p o rtlan d .o r.u s, for
more inform ation.
Hip-hop Summit Build Momentum
Rally attracts thousands of young voters
Nearly 5,000 youth partici­
pants rallied at the Boston Hip-
Hop Summit in the heart of
Boston ’ s Roxbury community,
while thousands of delegates
were preparing to attend the
the Democratic National Con­
vention. M embers o f C on­
gress, state legislators, may­ had jammed into the Reggie
ors, recording industry execu­ Lewis Athletic Center on the
tives, hip-hop artists, civil campus of the Roxbury Com­
rights, youth and community munity College. The Hip-Hop
leaders witnessed the thunder­ S u m m it A ction N etw ork
ous applause and affirmations (HS AN) is the largest non-par­
of thousands of newly regis­ tisan, non-profit national coa­
tered to vote young people who lition o f hip-hop artists and
recording industry executives.
Its youth voter registration ini­
tiative iscalled “Hip-HopTeam
Vote.” The four-hour summit
featured hip-hop celebrity pan­
e lists in c lu d in g R ussell
Simmons, Reverend Run of Run
DMC, Def Jam Enterprises Presi­
dent Kevin Liles, HSAN Presi­
dent Benjamin Chavis, Dunk
The Vote President Ron Bell,
Lloyd Banks, Andre 3000,
W yclef Jean, Ying Yang Twins,
Bone Crusher and other lead­
ers in the hip-hop movement.
Visit www.hsan.org.
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Artist Aren Lawler’s
vehicular metal and
sculpture installation
‘Signal Gas Station, " on
8302 N. Lombard
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