March 16. 2005
Cl,‘’^Jortlattb (Observer
Page B2
OFF.: (5 0 3 )2 8 6 1103
FAX: (503)286-1146
STATE FARM
Focus
INSURANCE COMPANIES
HOME OFFICES:BLOOMINGTON,
50 Cent and The Game Call Truce
ILLINOIS
ERNEST J. HILL, JR.
Agent
6 5 27 NE MLK, Jr. Boulevard
Suite A
Portland. OR 97217
Your Care Our First Priority
Dr. Marceline Failia
Chiropractic Physician
Call for an appointment!
(503) 228-6140
W'e a re lo c a te d a t
1716 N.E. 42nd Ave., Portland, OR 97213
(Between Broadway and Sandy Blvd.)
We specialize in:
Automobile accident injuries
Chronic headache and joint pain
Workers Compensation injuries
i/c t/o if r / o i C e i J
421 SW 6"' Ave
located between
Washington
and Stark
phone:
503-796-9250
website: www.avalonflowerspdx.com
e-mail: avalonflowers@msn.com
Cori Stewart-Owner
Snell-Z^igner
C A N N O N 'S
RJB EXPRESS
(FORMERLYCHUCKHINTON’S)
Catering & Take-Out
O ur S pecialty :
R eal H ickory S moked B ar -B-Q
• Sandwiches • Salads
• Chicken • Pork Rihs
• Beef Ribs
CATERING ALL EVENTS
Sunday
M onday
Tuesday
Wed-Thurs
Fri. & Sat.
HOURS:
11 am - 8 pm
11 a m -9 pm
closed
11am-9 pm
11 am - 10pm
Try our new healthy
& vegetarian menu items
Rev. Al Sharpton
Violent Rapper
Ban Sought
Al Sharpton says
sanctions needed
( AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton
is putting in his two cents about
the latest dram a involving 50
Cent.
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.