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April 27, 2005
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Hometown Honors
‘Godfather of Soul
‘A ltered R eality’
at T rib eof the W inds
A rtist A nnette G u rd jia n ’s
works will be featured at Tribe of
the W inds Gallery, 2217 N.E.
A lberta St., throughout the month
of May in an exhibit called “Al­
tered Reality.”
Gurdjian was born in 1950 in
Providence, R.I. to Armenian im­
migrant parents. She was given a
Yashica twin lens reflex camera in
1970 and started photographing.
As the daughter o f Armenian par­
ents, her work has portrayed the
deeply rooted reaction to the Ar-
G odfather o f Soul" J a m e s Brown perform s March 4
during a Java Jazz Festival concert in Jakarta,
Indonesia. (AP photo)
menian Genocide and the testy
waters o f psychological identity.
In 19 9 2 , G u rd jia n w as
aw arded “ Best o f Show ” by
renow ned Portland art dealer
W illia m J a m is o n at the
W illam ette Valley Juried Exhi­
bition. She won O regon Arts
C om m ission F ellow ships in
1992 and 2000.
A reception for the artist will
be held at Tribe of the Winds on
Thursday, April 28 from 6 to 9
p.m.
“A ltered Reality" is th e th e m e o f works by A n n ette Gurdjian
a t Alberta S tr e e t's Tribe o f th e W inds Gallery.
(A P) — T o honor the man the G e o r­
gia m ayor c a lls “the m ost fam ous p e r­
son to com e out o f A u g u sta ,” the city
w ill unveil a life -siz e bronze sta tu e o f
e n te rta in e r Jam es B row n on M ay 6.
T he statue w ill stand in fro n t of
A u g u sta C om m on on B road S treet,
w ith the unveiling com ing three days
a fte r the "G o d fa th e r o f S o u l” c e l­
e b ra te s his 72nd b irth d ay .
“T here is ab so lu tely no qu estio n
Jazz Week
Celebrated
O n M onday M ay 2, the
L eroy V in n eg ar Jazz Institute
c e le b ra te s the re le a se o f a
com m em o rativ e po ster o f “ A
G re a t Day in P o rtla n d ” at
M c M e n a m in s
K ennedy
School on 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.
T he free ev ent starts at 5
p .m . a n d is p a r t o f th e
I n s t i t u t e ’ s a n n u a l L e ro y
V in n eg ar Jazz W eek, fe a tu r­
ing p e rfo rm a n c e s by 2004
D o w n b e a t S tu d e n t A w ard
w inner G rant R ichards, The
Mel B row n T rio, and the PSU
Jazz Ensem ble.
In s p ire d by th e fa m o u s
1958 po rtrait “ A G reat Day in
H arlem ,” “A Great Day in Port­
lan d ” was photo g rap h ed by
noted P o rtland pho to g rap h er
O w en C arey.
L eroy V innegar Jazz W eek
starts on S unday, M ay 1 and
w ill honor the legacy and m u­
sical co n trib u tio n o f its n am e­
sake through the p resen tatio n
o f p erfo rm a n c es, w orkshops
and com m unity ev en ts at the
L eroy V innegar Jazz Institute
in the D epartm ent of M usic at
P o rtlan d S tate U niversity.
(AP) - Russell Simmons is jam ­
ming again. The hip-hop mogul is
returning to Def Jam, the label he
created twodecades ago. Simmons
said he w ill head the Russell
Simmons Music Group, ajoint label
with Island Def Jam Music Group.
Simmons sold Def Jam for $ 100
million in 1999 but hasn’t strayed
far from the business. Over the
years, he’s expanded Def Jam into
television (HBO’s “Def Comedy
Ja m ” ), B roadw ay (“ R ussell
Simmons Presents Def Poetry”) and
several clothing lines.
After his contract with Def Jam
expired several months ago, it was
unknown whether Simmons would
return to producing music or con­
tinue with his myriad of entrepre­
neurial activities. His first album
will be a new disc from his brother,
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The African film “ Moolade," a
masterpiece among the rich body
of work by Ousmane Sembene, will
be shown Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 7 p.m. each night at the
W hitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W.
Park.
Sembene, an octogenarian (aged
in her 80s) who is considered one
of the greatest in African cinema.
R u ssell S im m o n s
the Rev. Run, a founding memberof
Run-DMC.
“There are a lot of great records
(to be made) out there - like the Run
record,” Simmons said. “Nobody
would make that record. Nobody
would know to make that record....
I like the idea of doing something
different.”
Simmons, 47, is planning further
expansions from Def Jam. He says
MTV has greenlit a reality show,
"Run’s House," that will chronicle
the life of his brother, now an evan­
gelical preacher, and his five chil­
dren.
“It’s the first functional family
on television. It’s like Bill Cosby on
steroids. They live next door to me
and Kimora, and w e’re heathens!”
said Simmons, referring to his wife,
Kimora Lee.
Island Def Jam, which is under
the Universal Media Group um­
brella, is now run by chairman An­
tonio “L.A.” Reid. Simmons had
reportedly feuded with Reid when
Reid took over the label last year,
and had questioned Reid’s hip-hop
credibility, but they say that is now
water under the bridge.
"Russell Simmons is one of the
guiding spirits and musical godfa­
thers of hip-hop in America and
around the world," Reid said in a
statement.
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th at Jam es B row n is an icon in e n te r­
ta in m e n t," M ayor Bob Y oung said.
“T h e re 's no d o ubt that h e ’s the m ost
fam ous person to com e o u t o f A u­
gusta. H e ’s an icon. T his is a w ay for
us to share th at w ith v isito rs to A u­
g u sta, to give them a Jam es Brow n
e x p e rie n c e.”
B row n is sch e d u le d to a tte n d the
d e d ic a tio n along w ith his fo rm e r road
m anager, the Rev. A1 S h arp to n .
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Art From the Soul
Cascadia hosts exhibit, silent auction
Some call it outsider art, some
call it art from the soul.
Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare,
Oregon’s largest community-based
mental health and addictions treat-
ment agency, will host “Journeys
Through The M ind’s Eye,” a juried
exhibit and silent auction o f client
art on W ednesday, April 27, from 6
to 9 p.m., at The North Star Ball-
room, 635 N Killingsworth Ct„ in
Portland.
The show celebrates the clients’
creations and will seed a fund to
help create a community-based art
and perform ing arts studio for
people with mental health and ad-
diction issues.
There will be about 7()pieces lor
sale in the silent auction, with an
additional num berof photographed
works available for bidding,
On Thursday, April 28, a show­
ing of the works will open at The
Alberta Arts Pavilion and continue
through May 24
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