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PagcA8 _____________________ B lack H istory M onth .W w S ra y e . A___________________________ February 16.2005,, Focus ‘My Fair Lady ’ on Portland Center Stage Local production features original script and songs Portland Center Stage knows it would be loverly for audiences to see "M y Fair Lady” as a delightful mid-winter distraction. Based on G.B. S h aw 's‘‘Pygmalion,” the 1956 Lerner and Loewe version has been updated for Portlanders, still with all the original dialogue and songs. Opening night for performances is Friday, Feb. 18,continuing through Saturday, March 12 at Newmark Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway. In “ My Fair L ady,” Henry Higgins, a linguist who appears to be all head and no heart, is deter mined toci vilize Eliza Doolittle, an uneducated, unmannered cockney guttersnipe. While Eliza is indeed an apt pupil, she turns out to have a rare inner beauty that charms all who meet her, including her cur mudgeonly, know-it-all teacher. Eliza (Sherry Boone) grudgingly gives her father, Alfie Doolittle (James Brennan) a coin for a drop o f “liquid protection " in the Portland Center Stage production o f “My Fair Lady. ’ "My Fair Lady” is full of colorful, u nforgettable characters, including scallywag Alfte Doolittle, bumbling Col. Pickering, dotty Mrs. Higgins, long-suffering Mrs. Pearce, imperi ous Mrs. Eynsford-Hill and sweetly smitten Freddy. Tickets are $ 15 ages 30 and un der, $20 to $55 general. For more information, call 503-274-6588 or visit www.pcs.org. P hoto by O wen C arey /P ortland C enter S tage K M M M M M M K M H N M N M M M a a a H M IM a Wine and Cheese - The 2nd Annual Portland Showcase of Wine and Cheese will be held at the Oregon Convention Center on Friday, Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. Over 250 varieties o f wines and gourm et cheeses, live entertainment and auction items will be showcased. Tickets are $35. For more information, call 503-232-0077. Ohm. $7 cover. 31 N. W. First Ave. GLIDE Black Hippie Chronicles - David Daniels will perform “Black Hippie Chronicles” on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 20at 3 p.m. and 7:30p.m. at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center theatre. Tickets are $10 general, $8 students and seniors for evening performances and $6 general, $4 students and seniors for the m atinee perform ance. For reservations, call 503-823-4322. On the Radio - Groove to soul and hip hop with Kevin Berry from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at 90.7 FM/KBOO. Checkout the Community Potpourri talk show from 7 to 8 a.m. Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays at 1480 AM/KBMS. Count your blessings with Melodies from Heaven from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at 1290 AM/ KKSL. T une in to African American Health Radio W ednesday nights on 1290AM/KKSL. Local Artists Featured at Abbey Café - The Abbey Café, 441 N. Killingsworth St., invites musicians to sell their CDs and perform on Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call 503-286-4847. Gypsy Classes - Caravan Studios offers classes in belly dance, African dance and more. Visit www.gypsycaravan.us. Black Panther Photo Exhibit - MAKE A DIFFERENCE! DEGREES FOR HELPING PROFESSION CAREERS ■ BA ANTHROPOLOGY Jewish Film Festival - The North west Film Festival presents the 13th Jewish Film Festival through Feb. 29 at the Guild Theatre and Whitsell Auditorium. Admission is $7 general, $6 members, students and seniors. 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For m ore in fo rm a tio n , v isit www.omsi.edu. Amusement At Oaks Park - Celebrating 99 years of fun. Oaks Park in southeast Portland offers rides, picnic Write Around Portland - W rite grounds, roller-skating and family games A round P o rtla n d ’s free creative Black Panther Photo Exhibit at Reed College in the shade of 100-year-old oak trees on writing begins on Feb. 21, at various the banks of the W illamette River. Rides and roller-skating are open daily. locations around the city. For more information and locations, visit For more information, call 503-233-5777. www.writearound.org or call 503-796-9224. Glacier Run - The Oregon Zoo Lyrics Born - Lyrics Bom, Pigeon John and Libretto wil 1 perform on Feb. presents Glacier Run, a simulator 26 at 9:30p.m. at Berbati’s Pan. Tickets are$ 12 advance, $15day of show. ride worth bundling up for. For more Little Shop Of Horrors - Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham inform ation, visit www.Oregon presents “Little Shop of Horrors” from Feb. 25 to 27 and March 4 to 6, with zoo.org. Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. on Feb. 27 and March 6. All other shows are at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 general, $10 students, seniors and staff. Y E A R -R O U N D A D M IS S IO N Serving students since 1893. Make Art on Alberta - Make art and enjoy art on Alberta through Portland Community College. A variety of classes from art making to art appreciation are available. For more information, call 503- 731-6622. Reed College will be showing photos by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones through Sunday, Feb. 20 at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.. 8 0 0 .6 3 4 .9 9 8 2 Time to Jam - Jam Night. Portland’s e v e r-p o p u la r c o m e d y /v a rie ty The Waiters - Tickets for The Wailers, performing at the Crystal show, is at Christian Performing Ballroom on April 23 at 9 p.m., went on sale on Feb. 12. Tickets are $20 Arts Center, 8131 N. Denver Ave. Shows continue every Friday Night advance, $25 day o f show. starting at 9 p.m. with dinner by Laugh Factory - Comedy returns every second Wednesday of the Mondemaj Catering next door to month at the upscale Bacchus Restaurant, thanks to EEI International. the show at6:30and7:30p.m. Dinner For more information.call 503-223-5236orvisitwww.eei-intemational.com. is $ 13 and tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12. For dinner reservations, call 503-286-2590. For information about the show, call 503- Trippin’ through Town - Take a trip through time to find the hottest 735-4184 or visit www.jam-night.com. poetry, hip hop and soul influencing Portland on W ednesdays at the Ongoing and Upcoming Music •The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live ja z z . F o r a sc h e d u le , v isit www.thebluemonk.com. • Interstate Bar and Grill has mature live music at 4234 N. Interstate. • The Black Notes play Thursdays at ' the Candlelight Room. • Mel Brown playsjazz at Jimmy Maks on Tuesdays, Thursdays, 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 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. • After work, stop by The Red Sea, 381 S.W. 3rd Ave. from 5 to 9 p.m. W ednes days. Be known as one of 'America's Finest.' Become an FBI Special Agent. FM at work In the community Today s FBI demands that we Income more dheroe and we are wortang hardei mar ex« to be toduehe — tor all parole regardless nf color, race, relgton. notional origin. 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Positions added dsfly www.lbijobs.com Afonie We have opportunstes tor Spenai Agents tram a broad range of educatXxial daopknes and professons. iKwever, the FBI baa special needs tor randktatos with me tothwtog areas Computar Sden Foreign language M s are an especelly erfloal need for (he FBI. pediculady if you hold a Bachelor s degree In any sutyecl area and Have a native fluency In any of me 'lAnwiiq Arabic, Chanese - all rM e c ta , Farsr/Pereian. Hebrew. Hindi. Japanese, Korean Pashm. Punjabi. Russian. Spanish Urdu, and Vietnamese Vbu must be a U S. tffian and consent io a complete background investigation, drug test and notygraph as a prerequWe hr employment ä l y those canddatos determned to be best qualified will be contacted to pmcnod n the seteclnr omens', TOO: (202) 32*-2967 The FBI is an equal opportonity employer FBI...Special People. Special Agents. • Don’t miss Reggae Thursdays at Savannah's at First Thursday celebra tions at 8 p.m. • DJ OG 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 C af6from 6to8:30p.m . • DJ Vance spins Saturdays at Bookies Sports Lounge on N. Lombard and Albina. No cover before 10p.m. i Plays Tackle Racism in College PCC 'Illumination Project' seeks solutions A series of plays addressing racial oppression will kick off this week at Portland Commu nity College in southwest Port land. The “Illumination Project” is a program o f the S y lvania W om en's Resource Centei and Sylvania Multicultural Center, as well as PCC’s Sociology and Theater departments. Because college campuses are the third most likely place for hate crimes to occur, students in the Illumination Project feel it is important to raise awareness of racism. “Racist comments are every where,” said Japanese student educator Toyomi Yoshida. “It's hard to know what to do when you hear them. I feel like this program has given me a voice.” Student educators inform their peers on how to recognize, con front, and ultimately bring an end to racism. The Illumination Project does this using interac tive theater performance, which allows audience members to in tervene on the scenarios pre sented to achieve different out comes. Through active learning, stu dent educators hope to empower their peers in solving the diffi cult problem of racial inequality. Performances run through Fri day, March 4 at the PAC Lobby on Sylvania Campus, located at 12(X)0S.W.49ü’ Ave. Additional performances may be arranged for high schools, churches and other community groups. For more information or to schedule a performance, contact Jeannie LaFrance at 503-977-8149 or e- mai 1 j lafranc @ pec edu. Advertise with diversity in &l?c J o r t i a n ò (If) h & e r o e r Call 503-288-(X)33 ads(p ‘'poillandob server.com