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Focus
Ongoing and Upcoming Music
Global Magazine has Portland Roots
Gives voice to international wom en and children
• The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live jazz every Sunday night
at 9 p.m. For a schedule, visit www.thebluemonk.com.
• Thom City Improv, featuring members o f Oldominion, Qui vah,
The Chosen and The Black Notes perform every Tuesday at 10
p.m. at C onan’s at 3862 S.E. Hawthorne.
• Interstate Bar and Grill has mature live music at 4234 N. Inter­
state.
• The Black Notes play Thursdays at the Candlelight Room.
Mel Brown plays jazz at Jimmy Maks on T uesdays and Thursdays
and Fridays and Saturdays at Salty’s on the Columbia.
• A Community Unity Breakfast is held every third Thursday at
SEIat7:30a.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. Wednesdays.
‘The Underground Railroad’
a Legendary Book
Originally published in 1872 and out of
print for many years, “The Underground
Railroad" by William Still is a landmark
book that presents accounts o f slaves
escaping north by way o f the Underground
Railroad.
The stories were recorded and pre­
served by Still, a son of emancipated slaves
and a key figure in Philadelphia’s anti­
slavery movement during the mid-19th
century. From his base in Philadelphia,
William Still (1821 -1902), helped unknown
numbers o f fugitive slaves reach freedom
and recorded hundreds of their stories.
His work stands among the most significant records of human
oppression, struggle, and deliverance, of all time.
The 2005 edition includes the complete text of the 1872 edition, along
with a biography of William Still.
diversity
For Jensine Larsen, beginning
World Pulse Magazine wasn’t just
something she wanted to do - it
was something she had to do.
A Portland publication dedicated
to the experiences o f international
women and children, World Pulse
helps to put a magnifying glass on
w hat’s really going on in the world.
“The voices of the women caught
up with me because they were risk­
ing everything,” Larsen said.
She’d been organizing with refu­
gees and exiles in Burma for eight
years under its military dictator­
ship to the American and Thai pub­
lic when she realized that none of
the voices around her were really
being heard.
“It was a vision that evolved
over time as 1 was traveling as a
journalist. All my life 1 had been
craving to hear stories from women
and o th e r s to rie s th a t w ere
underreported,” Larsen said.
While a lot of lip service is being
made toward the education and
investment in women, she said, very
little funding is actually being put
toward the cause.
“We need to listen to them, to
hear what they need and want,”
Larsen said. “They know how to
resolve these problems. Media is
the way we can listen and shift
consciousness.”
Now, with journalists from all
over the world, Larsen and her hard-
worki ng staff have put together the
publication, full of beautifully shot
photographs and haunting articles.
“Our staff has been pro-bono for
two years, out o f pure passion,”
she said.
From teachers to psychologists,
social workers to artists, the maga­
zine is infused with the viewpoints
and styles of those not always
p o rtra y e d in the m edia. T he
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The cover o f the most recent
World Pulse Magazine.
Jensine Larsen,
founder o f World Pulse
Magazine.
Featured artist, Shahjahan Sher­
iff will create art on stage as he
paints and dances. An artist with
Sri Lankan, Egyptian and Yemen
background. Sheriff begins his
paintings with a youth dabbing
their personal color choices on his
blank canvass.
Wade McCollum and Julianne
Jo h n so n w ill M C th e e v e n t.
McCollum, most known for his per­
formance as Hedwig, in “Hedwig
-JensineLarsen,founder
and the Angry Inch,” has just re­
of World Pulse Magazine.
cently swept the 2004 L.A. theater
magazine’s premier issue, “Finding homage to the Oregon men and awards. Johnson, vocalist and en­
True Global Security,” was released women coming together locally and tertainer, has acted in more than 45
last year, capturing two nomina­ globally through art and perfor­ theatrical productions locally and
regionally as well as film, television
tions from The Utne Independent mance.
“ We believe that Portland is and commercials. The pair will not
Press Awards for “Best Interna­
tional Coverage" and "Best New going to be a cutting edge global only announce the auction, but will
force,” Larsen said. “A lthough perform together on stage.
Title” o f2004.
The auction will include tickets
Ten thousand copies o f World w e’ve gotten support globally,
Pulse's M agazine’s pilot and inau­ w e’re gotten a majority o f support to a private cocktail party with the
gural issue were successfully dis­ through Portland. The event is re­ “Voice o f Haiti,” a year of healing
tributed throughout the U.S. and ally a celebration o f our local com ­ massage, fashion from Afghani­
C anada to su b scrib ers, n e w s­ munity. We are on the cusp of go­ stan, a global voyage, and much
stands, and leadership con fer­ ing big globally. But we will always m ore. T ickets are available at
www.worldpulsemagazine.com or
stay true to our roots.”
ences.
J e s s ic a
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The auction takes place June 3 at e m a il
In celebration of these stories,
devdiva@worldpulsemagazine.com
7
p.m.
at
the
Acadian
Ballroom
at
W orld Pulse will hold its first auc­
toRSVP.
tion titled “Global Embrace” to pay 1829 N.E. Alberta St.
* While a lot of lip service is being
made toward the education and
investment in women...very little
funding is actually being put toward
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First Annual Tap-a-Thon -
The
E ig h ty -E ig h t
K ey
F o u n d atio n w ill be c e le b ra tin g
National Tap Day by hosting Portland’s
first annual Tap-a-Thon on Saturday May 28. This
event will feature Urban Jam ’s head tap instructor
Damon Keller from Empyrean Movement Dance Studio.
In addition there will be a competition for adults and
kids. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and pre-registering is
recommended to guarantee a spot. Come see if you can
tap the longest and win prizes. Tap-a-Thon starts at 10
a.m. and tickets are $10. The Tap-a-Thon will be held
at Dancevolve Studios on 4252 SE International Way
Ste H. in Milwaukie. For more information call 503-653-
6572.
IV U M
rhythms of the world are cel-
ebrated each Sunday afternoon
through June 26 at the Portland
Children’s Museum across from the Oregon
Zoo. Nava presents Mexican songs and games on
Sunday, May 29. On June 5, Portland Taiko, the award­
winning Asian - American drumming ensemble performs.
The events are free with the price of museum admission.
GUIDE
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Trippin'throughTown
— Take a trip through
time to find the hottest
poetry, hip-hop and
soul influencing Port­
land on W ednesdays
at the Ohm. $7 cover. 31
D ance Party — The N orth Star B allroom , 635 N. N.W. First Ave.
K illingsw orth Ct., will host a dance featuring DJ
On the Radio— Groove
C hata Man on Saturday M ay 28 at 9 p.m. M usic will
to soul and hip-hop
include soukous, soca, reggae and R&B. M ust be
with Kevin Berry from 7
21 and over and the cost is $ 10. For m ore inform a­
to 9 p.m. Mondays at
tion call 503-283-2080.
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G ypsy C lasses — Caravan Studios offers classes in
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variety o f classes from art m aking to art apprecia­
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6 6 a n d c a n b e p u r c h a s e d th r o u g h a n y A m usem ent A t O aks P a r k — Oaks Park in southeast
T ic k e tm a ste r seller.
Portland offers rides, picnic grounds, roller-skating
Time for Bed — Portland Children’s Museum hosts a
production of the children’s the second of six produc­
tions. Until June 4. catch “Time for Bed." Capacity is
limited to 55 people and is in addition to regular museum
admission. Suggested donation is 50 cents. For more
information visit www.portlandchildrensmusuem.org
or call 503-223-6500
and family games in the shade of 100-year-oldoak trees
on the banks o f the W illamette River. Rides and roller­
skating are open daily.
T im e to ,1am — Jam Night, Portland’s ever-popular
comedy and variety show, is at Christian Performing
Arts Center, 8131 N. Denver Ave. Shows continue
every Friday Night starting at 9 p.m. with dinner by
Laugh Factory — Comedy returns every second Mondemaj Catering next door to the show at 6:30 and
Wednesday o f the month at the upscale Bacchus 7:30p.m. Dinner is $ 13 and tickets are $7 for adults and
$4 for children under 12. For dinner reservations, call
Restaurant, thanks to EEI International.
503-286-2590. For information about the show, call 503-
Children's Museum M usic— The music, words and 735-4184orvisitwww.jam-night.com.
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