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The civil rights leader has pro posed a ban that would muzzle artists who are connected to any violent acts, denying them air play onradioand television for90 days. Though he did not single out 50 Cent by name, he said that a recent shooting linked to a feud involving 50 dem onstrated the need for such a policy. "T here’s a difference in the having the right to express your self and in engaging in violence and using the violence to hype record sales, and then polluting young Americans that this is the key to success, by gunslinging and shooting,” he said. S uckapunch - Hip hop artists Suckapunch will perform with Fogatron, DJ Deena B and DJ Izm at the Doug Fir Lounge on Friday, March 18 at 9 p.m. Cover is $10 at the door. St. Patrick’s Day Celebration -T h e re will be a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Pioneer Courthouse Square from Thursday March 17 to Saturday, March 19from 11 a.m .to 9 p .m . Admission is free until 4 p.m. and $5 from 4 p.m. . -Ç t to close. Subscribe ’ 503-288-003? Fill Out, Clip Out & Send To: |Jortlanö (Dbseruer F o r C olored G irls - Performances of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide” by Ntozake Strange will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 20 and Monday, March 21 at the IFCC Theatre. Tickets are $6 adults, $4 students and seniors, plus three cans of food. For more information, call 503-823-4322 o rv isitwww.ifcc-arts.org. H om ow o A frican A rts-H o m o w o African Arts and Culture will present dance and drum demonstrations on March 21 and 23 at 10:30 a.m. at the Portland C hildren's Museum. Space is limited and free with museum admission. For more information, call 503-223-6500. Savion G lo v e r- Dancer Savion Glover will glide though Portland onM arch29and 30at7:30p.m . at the Arlene SchnitzerCon cert Hall. Tickets range from $23 to $57. For more information, call 503-248- 4335. Tall Jazz - Tall Jazz with Marilyn Keller on vocals will be giving a ben efit concert for Trinity Lutheran School ’ s Band Program on Wednes day. March 30 at 7 p.m. at 5520 N.E. Killingsworth St. Tickets are $ 10 at the door, free to children 12 and under. Formore information, call 503- 810-0653. K id sC h o ir-T h e No K iddingChoirw illperform aculturally diverse medley on April 8 at 7 p.m. at the Augustana Lutheran Church at 2710 NE I4,h Ave. This is a benefit that will feature a silent auction. For more information, call 503-280-9034. L augh Factory - Comedy returns every second Wednesday of the Attn: Subscriptions PO Box 3137 Portland OR 97208 ‘f eaturing Tosha T. Sty(¡st/Mair Consultant cell 5 0 3 -3 8 1 -7 0 9 5 s u b s t r ip tio n s a r c j u s t $60 p e r (please include check w ith this subscription form ) N a m e :__ A ddress :. T elephone :--------------------------------- --------- or email subscriptions@portlandobserver.com Walk-Ins Welcome StuCe Solutions: shop: beauty We're here today to show that people can rise above ... - 50 C ent , R apper ashamed to have participated in the things that happened in the last couple of weeks.” 50 presented an oversized check for $150.000 to the Boys Choir of Harlem. Game donated$ 103,500. They also both made contributions to the Compton schools music program. month at the upscale Bacchus Restaurant, thanks to EEI International. T rippin’ through T ow n -T ake 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. 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 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 1290 AM/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. Jazz at L V ’s - Every Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. beginning March 18, Leroy Vinnegar’s Uptown at Portland State University will feature jazz duos and trios. For more information or reser vations, call 503-221-0140. 503-288-3836 Rap artists 50 Cent (left) and The Game shake hands during a news conference at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in the Harlem section o f New York. M iiS I B.B. King - Legendary blues musician B. B. King will perform on Friday, March 18 and Saturday, 19 at 8 p.m. at the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City. For more information, call 1-888-624-6288. * * * N ew L ocation * * * 5410 N.E. 33 rd (A P )-R a p p e rs 50 Cent and The Game publicly squashed a bitter feud last week that had erupted into gunfire just a week earlier after 50 kicked Game out of his G-Unit clique for disloyalty. T he tw o p la tin u m -s e llin g gangsta rappers didn’t exactly kiss and make up. When they emerged before a media throng at Harlem’s famed Schomburg Center for Re search in Black Culture, both looked as if they’d been shoved into apolo gies by a stem mother. But they did shake hands, albeit at the end o f the press conference, after speaking about contrition and the need for peace. 50 noted that the get together w as the anniversary o f the un solved m urder o f Biggie Sm alls in 1997, the culm ination o f a rap war betw een Biggie and Tupac Shakur that pitted East C oast against W est. “W e’re here today to show that people can rise above the most difficult circum stances and to gether we can put negativity be hind us,” said 50, a native New Yorker. “A lotof people don’t want to see it happen, but w e’re respond ing to the tw o m ost im portant groups, our family and our fans.” “1 just want to apologize on be half of m yself and 50,” said Game, w ho’s from the Los Angeles sub urb o f C om pton. “ I’m alm ost « barber salon 503-280-4938 2723 NE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97212 Gypsy Classes - Caravan Studios offers classes in belly dance, Afri can d a n c e and m ore. V isit w w w .gypsycaravan.us. 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. Have a Ball - Kids will have a ball at O M Sl’s new Innovation Station by exploring the human side of technology. For more infor mation, visit www.omsi.edu. Amusement At Oaks Park - Celebrating 99 years of fun. Oaks Park in southeast Portland offers rides, picnic grounds, roller-skating and family games in the shade o f 100-year-old oak trees on the banks o f the W illamette River. Rides and roller-skating are open daily. Tim e to Jam - Jam Night, Portland's ever- popular comedy/variety show, is at Christian Performing Arts Center, 8131 N. Denver Ave. Shows continue every Friday Night starting at 9 p.m. with dinnerby Mondemaj Catering nextdoor to the show at 6:30 and 7:30 p. m . Din ner is $ 13 and tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Fordinner reservations, call 503-286-2590. Forinforma- tion about the show, call 503-735-4184 or visit www.jam- night.com. Ongoing and Upcoming Music -The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live jazz every Sunday night at 9 p.m. For a schedule, visit www.thebluemonk.com. Thorn City Improv, featuring mem bers o f Oldominion, Quivah, The Chosen and The Black Notes perform every Tuesday at 10 p.m. at Conan’s at 3862 SE Hawthorne. Interstate BarandGrill has mature live music at 4234 N. Interstate. The Black Notes play Thursdays at the Candle light Room. Mel Brown playsjazz 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. tonoon 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 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 Café from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Chicago Style Steppin is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.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.