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Sudan Forum
A forum discussing the geno
c id e in S u d an w ith A k b ar
M uhammad, representative for
Louis Farrakhan is from 5 to 7
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 in room
122 at Terrell Hall on the PCC
C ascade cam pus at 705 N.
Killingsworth.
photo by M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland O bserver
Talking hip hop
and politics
with Cool Nutz
Yuletide Celebration
by D on S impson
T he P ortland O bserver
Portland’s newest holiday tradi
tion is attending the Oregon
S ym phony’s B roadw ay-style
Y uletide C eleb ratio n at the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
with tap-dancing Santas from
Dec. 17 through 21. Tickets range
from $29 to $72. For tickets, cal I
503-228-1353or800-228-7343.
Cool Nutz and Jus Family, the
record label he co-owns with his
friend and music producer Bosco,
are not just the impetus o f the ever
growing Portland hip-hop scene,
they are integral players in the north
east Portland community.
“Everything w e’ve done, from
POH-HOP to our work with kids,
has never been just about Jus Fam
ily or me, it’s always been about the
development and growth o f the
whole hip-hop scene,” Cool Nutz
explains. “W e've always wanted to
craft young black men and women,
and other minority people into suc
cessful promoters and musicians.
As a lyricist, Cool Nutz, whose
real name is Terrance Scott, is defi
nitely not afraid to deal with the
issues.
“When 1 write a song, I ’ m think
ing about making a song that’s
going to get people’s attention and
be provocative," he said. “There
should be something on the record
that’s bigger than ju st the music.
People want to hear something that
actually means something.”
With the elections and politics
still fresh in his mind, it seemed Coo! Nutz, a n o rth e a st Portland local, p o s e s in front o f h is DBA (Doing B u s in e s s A s) van. DBA is th e n a m e o f a b a n d h e fo rm ed with
prime time toget someofCool Nutz’s hip-hop s c e n e s te r s B o sk o a n d P oppa LQ.
opinions on the issues we should upper middle class people have
taxes to make it less affordable for the top o f (politicians’) lists. If you commission will have to address it;
be thinking about.
moved in. White people used to be the people that have lived there all can get 10,000 people downtown
they can ’t keep talking around it.
P o rtlan d O b serv er: L et’s start scared to go into certain parts o f their lives to stay.
talking about how you need to get
[The city is) alw ays im proving
with local issues in Portland. Can
the
roads and developing som e
anything be done about social is
thing,
but they d o n ’t have money
sues such as hom elessness and
for books o r sports program s or
affordable housing?
keeping people o ff the streets or
Cool N utz: The politicians that
providing
low incom e housing.
are supposed to be speaking up for
This
opens
up a w hole can o f
us don’t care about our quality of
worms.
W
e’respendinggazillions
living. A big issue to them right
o f billions o f dollars in Iraq but
now is how to develop northeast
we have a bad econom y. T here
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Cool
Nutz
Portland and make the real estate
are
so m any other things that this
lucrative enough for them to make Portland, and now they're walking
Getting books and better educa more money in the system for the m oney could be spent on; it’s
money. Black people have moved their dogs and pushing strollers.
tion for kids and getting homeless homeless or find them affordable
out o f northeast Portland and more Then they can raise the property
continued y f on page B2
people off the streets, just aren ’t at housing, then the mayor or city
Get Schooled
Learn how to help to improve
schools and jobs at a forum with
State Superintendent o f Public
Instruction Susan Castillo and
PresidentofO regon’s AFL-CIO
Tim Nesbitt at 7 p.m. Jan. 13 at
the Hollywood Senior Center,
1820 N.E. 40th. Free and spon
sored by the Multnomah County
Democratic Party.
Get Fit, Stay Healthy!
Sankofaa Health Institute offers
a free diabetes support group
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every third
Thursday at Alberta Simmons
Plaza, 6707 N.E. Martin Luther
King Jr. B I vd. For more informa
tion, call 503-285-2484.
Creative Space For Dance
Aurora Dance Studio, 5433 N.E.
30th (at Killingsworth), offers an
array o f classes for children,
teens and adults at all levels of
ability. Cal1503-2494)201 orvisit
online at w w w .hevanet.com /
auroradance for additional in
formation.
If you can get 10,000 people downtown talking
about how you need to get more money in the system
for the homeless or find them affordable housing, then
the mayor or city commission will have to address it.
Work For Change
Community Advocates invites
those interested in protecting
children from abuse to become
an event volunteer, event out
re a c h , te c h n o lo g y e x p e rt,
graphic artists or office support
team member. For more informa
tion, cal 1503-280-1388.
Home Improvement
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TheC om m unity Energy Project
holds free workshops on water
conservation and weatheriza
tion. For more information, call
503-284-4962.
Free Flu
Shots
Offered
Birth Ready
W hether you need childbirth
preparation classes, or just a
refresher. Providence Health
Systems has a workshop for you.
Prepare for pain, take a weekend
seminar or prepare big sisters
and brothers-to-be throughout
th e su m m e r by v isitin g
www.providence.org/classesor
call 503-574-6595.
Learn to Swim
*1
Fall Swimming Lessons are avail
able at Columbia Pool, 7701 N.
C hautauqua Blvd. and M att
Dishman Pool, 77 N.E. Knott.
For information, call the Port
land Parks Aquatic Division at
5O3-823-5I3O.
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Women in NAACP
W omen in NAACP meets from
10:30a.m. to I p.m. the first Sat
urday o f each m onth at the
American Red Cross Building,
3131 N. Vancouver. For ques
tions, call 503-249-6263.
Love that Pooch
Problem p«xx:h classes arc a must
take for anyone who may be ne w
to the world o f pet parenthood
or is interested in considering
adopting a new friend. Come to
the Oregon Humane Society to
find out why your dog does those
silly little things. Meetings are
every first and third Saturday of
the month at II a.m. For more
information, call 503-285-7722.
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PHOT«) COURTESY OE OMSI
A lex Bertschi-W rigley, 8 (left) a n d K am ren W hite, 1 1 , p la y with th e “Build A C o m p u te r" a ctivity in O M S I's n e w Innovation S ta tio n
exhibit.
Innovation Station
Hall explores
humans behind
technology
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry invites
visitors to experience Innovation Station, a new perm a
nent exhibit in the m useum ’s historic Turbine building.
Innovation Station encom passes more than 20 technol
ogy-them ed exhibits, plus a new and expanded Vernier
Technology Lahand the popularlnventor’sBall Room—
a wild, interactive exhibit that has nothing to do with
dancing, and everything to do with the process of
innovation.
“Technology has become so ubiquitous, people
are often not even aware o f it," said Ray Vandiver,
OMSI vice president o f exhibits. “W e're pulling
back the curtain with Innovation Station to show
the human side of technology and the boundless
creative opportunities even simple systems will
inspire."
High priority populations
■ can still get a flu shot at clinics
o ffered by the M ultnom ah
County Health Department.
C lin ic s are sc h e d u le d
Wednesday, Dec. 15, from 3
i p.m. to 6 p.m. at King Elem en
tary SUN School, 4906 NE 6th
Ave.; Thursday, Dec. 16,from3
p.m. to 6 p.m. at James John
Elementary, 7439 N Charleston
Ave.; and Tuesday, Dec. 21,
from 9 a m. to 11 a.m. at Immi
grant & Refugee Community
Organization, 10301 NEGIisan
St.
The vaccines are reserved
for people who are 65 years old
or older, people who live in
nursing homes or other chronic-
care places, pregnant women,
children aged 6 to 23 months
old, people who have or take
care o f a baby under 6 months
old, children aged 6 months to
18 years and take aspirin daily
and adults and children with a
chronic health condition like
heart or lung disease, diabetes,
kidney disease, bltxxl disorder,
or a weakened immune system,
including HIV/AIDS.
The cost is free to needy
residents, with donations ac
cepted. Call 503-988-4200 to
make a reservation.