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ilîC JJnrtlanò (©bserUer August IO. 2005 Page B 3 EMBRACING DIVERSITY Focus Washington Park Concert this Sunday M usic e n se m b le 3 Leg Torso will perform with the Portland Festival Sym p h o n y on Sunday, Aug. 1 4 a t W ashington Park. Eclectic world chamber music ensemble 3 Leg Torso will join the Portland Festival Sym phony on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 6 p.m. for a free, all-ages concert at the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheatre. Port land-based 3 Leg Torso will begin the evening’s concert by performing its signature blend of classical, tango, gypsy, Latin and jazz music. This unusual synthesis is delivered with equal parts creativity, intelligence, wit and joie de vivre. The group will then be joined by the local symphony to play orchestrations of five of the group’s original compositions. For more inform ation, visit the web at www.portlandfestivalsymphony.com. Multiple Sclerosis Blessing in Disguise for Richard Pryor (AP) - Instead of packed arenas, comedian Richard Pryor now tours medical clinics. Instead of applause, he gets eight checkups a month in what his wife jokingly calls “the round robin of doctors.” Still, Jennifer Lee Pryor says her hu sband’s crippling multiple s c le r o s is is a b le s s in g th a t stripped away his taste for the drugs &nd alcohol she was con vinced would have left him dead. Today, h e’s ju st m onths shy o f his 65th birthday. Nearly two decades with the dis ease has left Pryor in a wheelchair and out of the public eye, long after his expletive-laced standup act spawned dozens of movies and made the Peoria native box office magic through much of the late 1970s and e a rly '80s. Now, Pryor - who has also suf fered three heart attacks - spends most of his time at his home near Encino, Calif., with two rescued dogs and Jennifer, his fifth wife. H e’s had many nicknam es, in cluding “Soul Brother Number O ne,” "the G odfather o f Soul,” “the Hardest W orking Man in Show B usiness," and “ Mr. Dyna m ite.” No one can question that Jam es Brown has earned these monikers more than any other per former. Brown will funk it up to an ex cited crowd on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 6:30p.m. at the Les Schwab Amphi theater in Bend. Few other m usicians have been so influential on the course o f popular music than Brown, and no other m usician puts on a more exciting, exhilarating stage show. T hrough the g o sp e l-im p a s sioned fury of his vocals and the complex polyrhythms of his beats. Brown was a crucial midwife in two revolutions in American black mu sic. He was one o f the figures most responsible for turning R&B into soul and he was the figure most responsible for turning soul music into the funk of the late '60s and early ’70s. The concert is all ages, and tick ets, ranging from $35 to $75, are availableatwww.ticketmaster.com. Nominated for Detroit City Council Motown \ Reeves hopes to revamp downtowr C om edian Richard Pryor e sc o rte d by his daughters Rain (left) and Elizabeth in 1 9 9 8 at the K ennedy C enter in W ashington. (AP Photo) The couple divorced after a brief marriage in the early 1980s but re married in 2001. Entertainers from Bob Newhart to Chris Rock cite Pryor as one of the most influential comedians ever. James Brown Plays Bend “As productive and brilliant as he was, he was also self-destruc tive," she said in a telephone inter view. “He said God gave him MS to slow him down. This disease saved his life.” z a r* < - M a 4_r» ... (AP) artha . Reeves says the Motown Sound was all about love during the 1960s, when she was the lead singer o f M artha and the Vandellas and belting out hits like “Dancing in the S tr e e t” and “ H eat W a v e .” Reeves, 64, felt the love T ues day when D etroit voters nom i nated her for the City Council. T he to p 18 v o te - g e tte r s earned slots on N ov em b er's ballot, and she finished ninth with 27,313 votes. Nine City Council members will be elected in the fall. “People love me everywhere. On an unofficial level. I’m an am bassador and a civil servant for Detroit. Now I’m going for the official title,” Reeves said. “I could’ve been in L.A. and forgot about all this stuff. I could sell my property, move to Las Vegas and just play the slot m achines. W hy should I be bothered? Because I love D e troit. We have an obligation to BUSINESS d ire c to ry F ' 91 ■"’’Ta M artha R e e v e s hold onto its history.” Reeves still travels and per form s and has her own record label and production company. She said she plans to go into the studio later this week to record a gospel CD. »-* R e e v e s sa id her top priority is im proving police protection for the c ity ’s neighbor hoods. 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