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Page B2 îlfe JJortlanh © bserver Advertise with di ve i sity in a ‘!l' (O b se rv e r Call 503-288-00 3 ads @ pomi andob se rv |r.com KMHD’N VAI Í M IN I ’S DAY I IINDKAIM li I X I KAVAGAN/A I iw turing Valerle Day À Ihe Knight« <>l Swing w/*pe< lai guest«.«. M onday F ebruary 14. 2000 7 KM— 1 1 KM B jjk ÙûûRÂ OPEN AT 6 PM T h i M am w on Morn A n i 8W RAITO KHWY i kmhd • • • D amck rittcoupu: $50 BI IN O nwm , O anci 4 R oom rir couru ; $230 ii H u f r r f f t O m n i .i P M u m i in f i VIH i t v íi íríiúM iNt l i i u i h m m t fcuim a m i CHOCWAT1 COVtRID ITWAWWIRRIIB F ichéis A vailable ai M illennium E ast or W est OR call 803.491.7271 Legendary hip hop group Bay Area Tycoon E40 will perform on Friday, Dec. 10 at Roseland Theater, 8 N.W. Sixth Ave., for Sick Wid It Holiday show at 8 p.m. All ages. $20. 248-0557 or visit w w w .tojt.com . Dreams and Desire Inspired by the black experience, the Dayton C on temporary Dance Company will make their Portland debut with the Flight Project, commemorating the I (M>h anniversary of flight, with 8 p.m. performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9-11 at Port land State University’s Lincoln P e rfo rm a n c e Hall. The troupe is known Dreams and Desire, The Films o f Wong Kar-Wai, play at the Northwest Film Center through Dec. 19 at the Guild Theatre, 829 S.W. 9 Ave and Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park. Admission is $7 gen eral, $6 members, students and seniors. Visit www.nwfilm.org for full .schedule. Have a Ball Kids will have a ball at O M SI’s new Inno vation Station by exploring the human side o f technology. For more information, visit www.omsi.edu. The Land Civilization Forgot around the world for its com prehen sive body o f dance works by African- American choreog raphers. Tickets are available at the PSU Box Office. 503-725- 3307 and Ticketmaster outlets. Give handmade gifts at a Yuletide Holiday Art and Craft Faire from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 atSekhet- Maat Lodge, 1409 S.E. Stark. Ski Weekend Set v t u t i i tu t M it tm m in im it» D in m Sick Wid Holiday Show Dancers Make Portland Debut A W interCam ivalisheldfrom Jan. 13- 17 by the Ebony Rose Ski Club and National Brotherhood o f Skiers, Western Region at Whistler, BC, Canada during Martin Luther King’s birthday weekend. For details, visit www.nbs.org or call 503-175-9003. •11« • Holiday Ballet Oregon Ballet T heatre's production o f George Balanchine’s the Nutcracker shows at Keller Audi torium Dec. 10 through Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call 503-2-B A LLETorvisitw w w .obt.org. The sim ulator thrill-ride Dino Island. The Land Civilization Forgot has returned to the Oregon Zoo by popular demand. Riders become part o f a scientific team whose mission is toexplore a newly formed island th at has b a ffle d s c ie n tists around the world. For more in formation call the zoo at 503- 220-5716 or check out the website oregonzoo.org. Giving Homemade ’ December 8. 2004 Urban Art Enjoy music, performances and last minute shop ping at the Urban Art N etw ork’s Holiday Art Exhi bition is from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19 at the M cM enamin’sCrystal Ballroom on West Burnside. Puppet’s Nightmare A play for kids ages four and up, is playing through Dec. 12 at W inningstad T heatre, 1111 S.W. Broadw ay. T ears o f Joy T heater presents “T h ere’s a N ightm are in My C loset,” on Fridays at 2 and 7:30 p.m ., Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 2 and 4 p.m. T ickets are $ 12 for kids and $ 15 for adults. For more inform ation, call 503- J Boyd Picture Write Around Portland Write Around Portland’s free cre ative writing are at various loca tions around the city. For more information and locations, visit www.writearound.org or call 503- 796-9224. Take a trip through time to find the hottest poetry, hip hop and soul influencing Portland on W ednes days at the Ohm. $7 cover. 31 N.W. First Ave. Glacier Run Ongoing and Upcoming Music • Interstate Bar and Grill has mature live music at 4234 N. Interstate. LCB # 11775 Trippin’ through Town “There's a Night mare in My Closet " by Tears o f Joy Theatre. T he O reg o n Z oo p rese n ts G la c ie r Run, a sim u la to r ride w orth b u n d lin g up fo r. For m o re in fo rm a tio n , v is it w w w . orgon z o o . o rg . For all your landscape needs In Business in the Portland area since 1989 References available upon demand 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 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- 4184 or visit www.jam-night.com. C elebrating 99 years o f fun. Oaks Park in southeast Portland o f fers rides, picnic grounds, roller skating and fam ily gam es in the shade o f 100-year-old oak trees on the banks o f the W illam ette River. Rides and roller-skating are open daily. Form ore inform a tion, call 503-233-5777. • The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live jazz. For a schedule, visit www.thebluemonk.com. Reasonable Prices cali , 503-970-5743 On the Radio Groove to soul and hip hop with Kevin Berry from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at 90.7 FM/KBOO. Check out the Community Potpourri talk show from 7 to 8 a. m. Mondays, W ednesday and Fridays at 1480 AM/ KBMS. Count your blessings with Melodies from H eav en lro m 6 to 10p.m. Mondays through Fridays at 1290 AM/KKSL. Tune in to African American Health Radio W ednesday nights on 1290 AM/ KKSL Amusement At Oaks Park Perfect Landscape Landscape Design • Decks & Fences • Yearly Maintenance Retainer wall installation • Ponds & Water Features Sprinkler System install • Aeration & Fertilize Lawn New & Rebuild Landscape Insulation • Weed Control Backflow Tester • Play Ground Design & Installed Laugh Factory Comedy returns every second Wednesday o f the month at the upscale Bacchus Restaurant, thanks to EE1 International. For more information, call 503- 223-5236orvisitwww.eei-intemational.com. Local Artists Featured at Abbey Cafe The Abbey Café, 441 N. Killingsworth St., invites musicians to sell theirCDs and perform on Fridays and Saturdays. Formore information, call 503-286-4847. Glover Criticizes U.S. on Land Mines • The Black Notes play 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 held every third Thursday at SEI at 7:30 a.m. • Skip Elliott Bowman Jazz Trio plays Saturdays from 10a.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. • After work, stop by The Red Sea, 381 S.W. 3"1 Ave. from 5 to 9 p.m. W ednesdays. • Don’t miss Reggae Thursdays at Savannah’s at First Thursday celebrations at 8 p.m. DJ (X i ONE spins R&B at Savannah’s on Fridays. Savannah’s Restaurant welcomes Ron Steen Jam Session Sundays at 8:30 p.m. • Live Reggae Fridays and Saturdays at Montego Bay, 1239 S.W. Jefferson. • Politics and Poetry is every first and third Thursday at AJ Java’s Internet Café from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Chicago Style Steppin is from 6:30 to 7:30p.m. • Fridays at Matt Dishman Community Center and Sundays from 7 to 11 p.m. at Flirts Holiday Inn Airport. • DJ Vance spins on Saturdays at Bookies Sports Lounge on North Lombard and Albina; no cover before 10 p.m. UNICEF goodwill ambassador and actor Danny Glover walks with children who were victims o f landmines, in Addis Tesfaye, near the border with Eritrea, Ethiopia. (AP photo) (A P) — D anny G lover c riti c iz e d th e “ a r r o g a n c e a n d dism issiveness” o f the U.S. g o v ernm ent, expressing regret that his ow n country has yet to sign a LIVE MUSIC Again! @ B il l y R e e d ’ s R estaurant t B ar 2808 NE MLK 503 -4 9 3 -8 1 2 7 www.billyreeds.com Watch for more coming dates Lets Do it again! Chata Addy and SUSM A Friday, December 10th - $3 Cover The Moonliters Hand (Elfe ^tîortlanb ODbserber Saturday, December 1 It - $3 Cover Kenney Polson Sunday, December 12th — No Cover I 144-nation treaty to elim inate the use o f land mines. Speaking on his return from Ethiopia, w here he represented the U.N. ch ild ren ’s agency on a three-day visit to heavily mined areas near the border with Eritrea, the 57-year-old actor said he felt “a sense o f em barrassm ent that my ow n country has not signed the O ttaw a T reaty.” “ It sm ells o f a certain kind o f arrogance and d ism issiv en ess,” G lo v e r, s ta r o f th e “ L e th a l W eapon” film s, said. Land m ines litter the border betw een E thiopia and E ritrea, w hich recently fought a 2 1 /2 year war in w hich thousands o f people were killed. G lo v e r a lso c r itic iz e d th e United States for failing to send a delegate to the upcom ing Nairobi Sum m it on land m ines, which m arks the I Oth anniversary o f the O ttaw a Treaty. “We talk about security, peace and building m ultilateral relation ships, but I think this sends a bad m essage,” he said. “The U.S. is one o f the m ajor m anufacturers o f land m ines,” G lover added. "It d o e s n 't say a great deal about the w o rld ’s sole superpow er and the role o f lead ership it should play.”
