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Health Fair
Wild Oats in northeast Portland hosts a Multicultural
H ilth f air from I to 5 p.m. Saturday. Oct. 2 with free
massages, acupuncture and energy healing sessions. For
more information, call 503-281 -3262.
gam es in the shade o f 1 OO-year-old oak trees on the banks
of the Wil lainette River. Rides and roller-skating are open
daily. For more information, call 503-233-5777.
Gotta Love That Pooch
Black Tie Fundraiser
Halloween Viewings
The Oregon Symphony hosts a black tie gala at 6:30 p.m.
on Oct. 2 at Pioneer Courthouse Square w ith Symphony
Under the Stars. Tickets range front between $275 and
$500. For inform ation, call 503-416-6339 or visit
w w w.orsy ntphony .org.
Bunnicula is playing at the N orthwest Children's Theater
and School on Oct. 8 through 3 1 Night of the Liv ing Dead
will show from Oct 22 through 30. For more information,
visit www.nwcts.org.
Human Rights
Festival
Incredible Kid
The Incredible Kid. the party house phenomenon
and co-founder of Portland dance nights A nda/ and
Atlas, spins every other Thursday at XV, 215 S.W
Second Ave. from 10p.m. to 2 a.m. For more informa-
lion, call 503-281-3918.
The Northwest Film C en
ter presents Human Rights
Watch Film Festival Nov.
4. F ora full schedule, visit
www.hrw.org.
Classic Frankenstein
Harvest Festival
Mary Shelly’s classic. “Frankenstein." is the subject
of an exhibit at the Collins Gallery on the third floor
of the Central Library at 801 S.W. IO"1 Ave. with a
reception planned for Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 6 to
7:30p.m.
A mini-Octoberfest com
plete with be celebrated at
the Linnton Harvest Festi
val. with live music, beer,
sa u sa g e , v e n d o rs and
Write Around Portland
more at the Linnton Week
Write Around Portland's free creative writing are at
end Market, 10614 N.W.
various
locations around the city. For more inform a
St. Helens Road from 10
tion and locations, visit www.writearound.org orcall
a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 9. A
503-796-9224.
Halloween Spooktacular
Carnival with a haunted
Audrey II Arrives
N ative Am erican d a ncing a t
house is from 5 to9 p.m. on
Little Shop of Horrors comes to Keller Auditorium at
the World Anim al F estival
Saturday. Oct. 30. The fee
Southwest Third Avenue and Clay from Oct. 19
is $1 plus two cans. For
through 24. Tickets range from $23 and $64. For more
more information, call 503-286-7752.
in fo rm a tio n ,
call
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v isit
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www.pttrtlandopera.org.
An exclusive gathering celebrating Portland's nightlife is
planned for Oct. 29 at The Red Sea. 318 S. W. Third Ave.
with DJs playing the best hip hop and old school in town.
Symphonic
World Animal Festival
A multi-cultural celebration on Oct 2-3 from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. will be an exciting show case of how various cultures
around the world revere and celebrate animals. Face
painting and Native American dancing are part of the fun.
For more inform ation, visit the zo o 's web site at
www.oregonzoo.org or call 503-226-1561.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs on Saturday,
Oct. 9 and Sunday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Music Conversations
begin at 2 p.nt. Saturday at Skyview High School, 13(X)
N.W. 139"’ Street in Vancouver, WA. Tickets range from
$ 15 to $35. For more information, call 360-735-7278 or visit
www.vancouversym phony.org.
Amusement At Oaks Park
Celebrating 99 years of fun. Oaks Park in southeast Port
land offers rides, picnic grounds, roller-skating and family
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Vanessa Williams releases ‘Silver & Gold’
lease on Oct. 12th.
Williams recently signed a long
term recording contract with Lava
Records, which will allow her to
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Problem pooch classes are a must take for anyone who
may be new to the w orld o f pet parenthood or is
interested in considering adopting a new friend. Com e
to the O regon H um ane Society to find out why your
dog does those silly little things. M eetings are every
first and third Saturday o f the month at 11 a.m. For more
inform ation, call 503-285-7722.
Ongoing and Upcoming Music
The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live jazz. For a schedule,
visit www.thebluemonk.com. Interstate Bar and Gril I has
mature live music at 4234 N. Interstate. The Black Notes
play Thursdays at the Candlelight Room. Mel Brown
plays jazz at Jimmy Maks on Tuesdays. Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays at Salty’s on the Columbia. A
Com munity Unity Breakfast is held 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 MLK Jr. Blvd. and Shaver. R&B and live funk
bands perform weekends at the Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center.
Trippin’ through Town
Take a trip through time to find the hottest poetry, hip-hop
and soul influencing Portland on W ednesdays at the
Ohm. $7 cover. 31 N.W. First Ave.
Native Art Exhibit
Lewis and Clark College presents “Encounters: Contem
porary Native American Art through Oct. 24 at the Ronna
and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art. For more
information, call 503-768-7687.
Local Artists Featured at Abbey Cafe
The Abbey Café, 4 4 1 N. Killingsworth St., invites musi
cians to sell their C D ’s and perform on Fridays and
Saturdays. For more inf ormation, call 503-286-4847.
release a series of thematic albums
beginning with the stunning Sil
ver & Gold. The album will be fol
lowed by a col lection of Vanessa’s
favorite love songs from the 70s,
which isexpected for release in time
for V alentine’s Day.
L ong-tim e co llab o rato r Rob
Mathes produced Williams' latest
album. The collection features an
assortment of gorgeous holiday clas
sics as well as "December Lullaby,”
a new track written specifically for
the album. Highlights from the al
bum include a jazzy rendition of
“Winter Weather," a remake of The
Carpenters classic “Merry Christ
mas Darling,” and "Rise Up Shepard
and Follow" which features mem
bers of the Broadway Inspirational
Voices Choir.
Other key tracks include "Joy To
The W orld," a duet featuring R&B
crooner Brian McKnight and “The
Holly & The Ivy" featuring Irish
w h is tlin g /g u ita r d u o C o rm ac
Breatnach and Martin Dunlea.
Worship
Story o f seduction,
political intrigue
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T he w orks o f M arie W att and
H am pton Rodriguez livens the w alls
o f Interstate Firehouse C ultural C en
ter. 5340 N. Interstate A ve., for an
art show from O ct. 7 through 28.
W a tt’s “ S ew in g B ee” ex p lo res
hum an stories and rituals im plicit in
everyday objects. The project ex
plores the history o f wool blankets as
a utilitarian function as well as a way
to honor people for being w itnesses
to im p o rta n t life e v e n ts — b irth s,
graduations, m arriages, nam ings and
honorings.
W att is a m e m b er o f the S en eca
trib e, on e o f th e six Iro q u o is n a
tio n s. She in v ites the p u b lic to p a r
tic ip a te in an actu al S ew in g Bee on
each F riday b etw een 10 a.m . an d 2
p.m . for the d u ratio n o f the ex h ib it.
N o e x p e rie n c e is n e c e ssa ry and
light refre sh m e n ts w ill be served.
A Portland Jam Night plans to heal the com m unity’s ills
through laughter at the Wave Theatre in north Portland.
The live music and clean sketch improv comedy is at 9 p.m.
Fridays. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for kids. For more
information, call 503-735-4184or visit www.jam-mght.com.
Church o f the Body O f Christ, the job of
Lieutenant Bishop is up for grabs. Who
will fill the second ruling seat of the
Missouri Diocese? Ambition to win the
prestigious and lucrative office in this
generation o f baby-boomers leads to
illicit sex, blackmaiI and murder.
M eanw hile, in the w orld o f the
Worship by author John Edward Fortson
Edward
younger tw enty-som ethings, a young
is not a Sunday School book, and is not Fortson
w om an goes to church on a m ission to
intended to be regarded as a religious pub
help a young m inister discover his
lication. It contains violence, language and sub-
m anhood.
ject matter that could be offensive to some. It is
The fictional C hurch o f the Body O f Christ
about life, the humors, the horrors, the levity and
is a com posite o f all the experiences gained
the suspense. It is about people, their strengths
from such an eclectic religious and cultural
and weaknesses and the situations they some
m usic career. A lthough Mr. Fortson is now
times find themselves in.
a pastor and m akes no apologies for his faith
W orship is the story of seduction and political
in C hrist, he w arns that W orship is not a
intrigue against the backdrop of a fictional Afri
Sunday School book. It is a dram a, com edy,
can-American church. Within the hierarchy of the
love story and suspense— all the stu ff o f life.
The Pacific Northwest Sacred Harp Singers host its I2lh annual
Sacred Harp Singing Convention at the Mississippi Rising Ballroom,
833 N. Shaver, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
16 and 17. All who attend are invited to learn the Shapenote folk music
tradition, when ordinary folks sing for two full days and share apotluck
dinner. “Shapenote singing goes back over 2(H) years. It’s the original
American folk music," said Matthew Sel lens, event chair. For more
information, call 503-233-7394 or visit w ww.fasola.org.
Human Stories,
Rituals Explored
Laughing Through It
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Choir fo r the Common Mem
'Carnival' b y H am pton Rodriguez can
b e view ed a t IFCC's Entry Gallery.
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Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams will ring in the
holidays this year with the release
of her seventh studio album titled
Silver & Gold, scheduled for re
September 29. 2004
503-249-5594
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