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Usher Plans Live
Cable Concert
Usher will perform a live
concert on cable television
March 5. (AP photo)
(AP) — It’s tim e to U sher in the
new year.
After a very good 2004 for the
R&B singer. Usher will perform a
live concert during a free preview of
th e p re m iu m c a b le n e tw o rk
Showtime. The March 5 show, “One
Night, One Star: Usher Live,” will
be a 90 minute live broadcast from
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
“ U sher is, w ithout question,
the biggest thing in the m usic
business right now , and w e ’re
thrilled he w anted to do his live
concert w ith u s,” said Robert
G reenblatt, the cable n etw o rk ’s
president o f en tertain m en t, in a
statem ent released Friday.
U sh er’s “C o n fessio n s,” fea
turing hits “Y eah !” and “B urn,”
was the best sellin g album o f
2004, m oving 7.9 m illion copies.
His tour raked in $29.1 m illion in
North A m erica, and h e 's c u r
r e n tly n o m in a te d f o r e ig h t
Grammys, including album o f the
year.
T he concert w ill air S aturday,
M arch 5 at 9 p.m . live on the east
coast, tape delay ed on the w est
co ast.
Sauvic Island Road Trip
From 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. on Saturday,
Feb. 5, this spe
cial day devoted
to raptors, experi
enced naturalists
and hawk experts will host activi
ties at four locations around the
island. A map will be provided to
guide visitors to learn about and
enjoy the dramatic world of raptors.
The raptor stations will include up
Visitors to gaze on
magnificent birds
A rea residents are invited to ex
plore Sauvie Island, northw est of
Portland, in search o f m agnificent
eagles, haw ks and falcons that
spend the w inter in the Portland
m etropolitan region.
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5628 N. Commercial St., Portland, OR 97217
Phone:(503)288-1053
PRICE LIST
Full-Set $16.99 & up Fills $10.99 & up
Pedicure $15.99 & up Manicures $7.99 & up
Nail Art $2.99 & up
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close looks at these birds, tips on
hawk identification, displays and
hot drinks and donuts to stay warm.
The activities are free and no
registration is required. However, a
Sauvie Island W ildlife A rea park
ing permit at $3.50 per vehicle will
be necessary. The Raptor Road Trip
will begin at the Sauvie Island Bridge
parking lot where visitors will re
ceive their map and event guide.
Parking perm its can be purchased
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Medicine
Local comedy
laughs through
medical mishaps
Portland’s Bump In the Road
Theatre opens its third season with
“T he W aiting R oom ” by L isa
L o o m er, d ire c te d by C a rm ela
Lanza-Weil.
The play is a dark com edy about
the tim eless quest for beauty, and
its cost. This fractured fairytale, set
in a bizarre dream world, introduces
three women o f different cultures
and eras who find friendship and
support as they struggle with health
care through the ages.
A “pay w hat you will” preview
show is at 7 p.m. Feb. 10. The show
opens on Friday, Feb. 11 and runs
PHOTO COURTESY OF A. J . ZELADA
Shelley B. Matthews (from left), Laura Duyn, Ingrid Carlson and
Adrienne Flagg star in the local production o f “ The Waiting
Room. ’
through Saturday, March 5 at the
Tribe Theatre and Art Gallery, 510
N.W. Glisan. Tickets range from
$12 to $15. For reservations, call
503-750-1439 or visit the web at
www.bum pintheroad.org.
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J a n . 28 - F e b . 5, 2005
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i n te r s ta te 1 i re h o u s e ( A d tu ra l ( e n te r . $140 N . I n te r s ta te A v e .
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The African American Men's Club
"In the community...for the community"
AAMC Valentine’s Day Dance
Saturday, February 12, 2005
9 PM - 2 AM
at the adjacent Cracker Barrel Store.
V isitors are encouraged to bring
th eir b in o cu lars and d ress for
weather. This event is suitable for
birdw atchers o f all skill levels and
families are welcome.
Raptor Road T rip is sponsored
by M etro regional government, the
Audubon Society o f Portland, the
Oregon Department o f Fish and
W ildlife and HawkW atch Interna
tional.
N ew a rtis ts co m e to In te r
sta te F ire h o u se C u ltu ra l C e n te r
in F eb ru ary .
S h o w in g in th e m ain g a lle ry
is P h ile m o n R e i d ’ s “ N e w
W o rk s,” p en and inks an d o ils.
K risten M iller, a fib er artist, w ill
sh o w “ S e e n /U n s e e n ” in th e
E ntry G allery .
T he exhibition opens on Feb. 3
w ith a F irst T hursday reception
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. . The A rtist’s
T alks are on L ast T hursday, Feb.
24, from 6 to7 :30 p. m .
R e id ’s d y n am ic new w o rk s
e x p lo re th e c u ltu ra l in flu e n c e
Phil Reid, “Blues Time, " oil on canvas
Ramada Inn at the Airport
6221 NE 82nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon
503-255-6511
Kristen Miller's bead work is
on display at IFCC Entry Gallery.
o f ja z z and m o d e rn art, c o -m in -
g lin g lin e s an d p la n e s w h ich
m im ic the s ta c c a to so u n d s o f
th e ja z z he p la y s in h is stu d io
w h ile p ain tin g .
M iller uses stitching, beads,
fabric and recy cled p aper as a
way o f u nderstanding and co m
m unicating ideas through her art.
F o rth ise x h ib it, M iller developed
a series o f stitched and beaded
pieces based on p h o tographs of
business signs taken in north and
northeast Portland betw een IFCC
and her ow n hom e.
F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , v isit
w w w .ifc c -a rts .o rg o r c a ll 503-
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It's a wild ride for Ice Cube,
star o f the family comedy ‘Are
We There Yet?'
Ice Cube stars
in comedy ‘Are
We There Yet?’
Ice C ube show s a side his
fans h av en ’t seen before in the
new fam ily com edy “A re W e
There Yet?” The film opened Jan.
| 21 and also stars N ia Long, Jay
M ohr and T racy M organ.
C ube plays N ick, a sm ooth
o p erato r, who is try in g to land a
date w ith a y oung, attractiv e d i
v o rcee, S uzanne p ortrayed by
Long. T he problem is Suzanne is
stuck w orking in V ancouver,
B.C. and m iserable because she
m isses h er kids.
S eizing the o p p o rtu n ity , N ick
gallantly offers to m ake her wish
com e true, and his ow n in the
process, by b rin g in g eig h t year-
o ld K ev in , p la y ed by P h ilip
D aniel Bolden, and 11 year-old
L in d s e y , p la y e d b y A le ish a
A llen, up from P o rtland, to be
reunited with th eir mom. W hat
N ic k d o e s n ’t k n o w is th a t
S u zan n e’s ch ild ren think that no
m an is good en o u g h for their
m om and will d o ev ery th in g they
can to m ake the trip a nightm are
for him.
A t its core, “A re W e T here
Y et?” is the story o f a man who
is p repared to do an y thing to get
clo ser to a w om an. D espite the
fact that he really d o e sn ’t like
kids, he agrees on the 300-m ile
road trip. S uddenly they start
exp o sin g him to the w orst as
pects o f parenthood and co n
front him to v irtu ally every h o r
ror a parent m ust endure.
T he film is filled w ith pranks
that the children play on Nick
during their road trip.