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As part of the upcoming festival Musicfest NW,
Jus Family Records presents a showcase of hip-hop
artists on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Roseland Theatre at
8 p.m.
Featured players will be E-40, Bosko, Cool Nutz,
Maniac Lok, Potluck, E-Dawg and special guests.
DJ Chill will host the event.
The Roseland Theatre is located at 8 NW 6,h
Ave. For more information on the festival, visit the
web at either w w w .jusfam ilyrecords.com or
www.m usicfestnw.com .
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Author Tackles Effects of Gang Violence
‘Autobiography of
My Dead Brother’
hard-hitting book
W alter Dean Myers, the award-win­
ning author of young adult novels, is an
authority on the pressures and influ­
ences that lead teenagers to engage in
bullying and gang activity. He also
knows first-hand the value of mentoring
in shaping teenagers’ lives and imple­
ments life-affirm ing literature as a
mentoring tool. His expertise comes from
years of research - and hundreds of
hours of interviews with teenagers.
His latest novel, “Autobiography of
My Dead Brother,” illustrated by his
son, Caldecott Honor artist Christopher
Myers, tackles the complex issue of why
some teenagers embrace gangs and oth­
ers avoid them.
one gets involved in a gang and starts
dealing drugs, w hile the other tries to
m ake sense o f the com plexities o f
friendship, loyalty, and loss in a neigh­
borhood plagued w ith drive-bys and
vicious gangs.
For more than 30 years, Myers has
been writing for and about teens. His
realistic, street­
wise novels for
young adults
ex p lo re th e ir
values and de­
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cisions. He has
based his nov­
els on years of
research from
v is itin g
school c la ss­
room s, youth
In this new for young adults, M yers d e t e n t i o n
tackles gang violence. He follow s the c e n te r s , and
Walter Dean Myers
diverging path of tw o best friends, as prisons.
Talisman Gallery Features Local Painters
The Talisman Gallery will host
m exhibition of work by local art­
ists Devin Bernard and Christina
Riccetti until Sept. 25, with an
artist’s reception on Aug. 25 from
5:30to9p.m .
Bernard’s inspiration as an art­
ist is based in the beauty of nature,
using symbols and myths to por­
tray complex life philosophies.
Having lived in Costa Rica and
influenced by the Latin American
School of painting, he adopted their
system of myths and traditions to
try to express a deep spirituality
Painter Devin Bernard’s ‘ The Forest Spirits.
mino hripht and nassionate color.
Bernard’s work contains elaborate
detail designed to lose the viewer
within the complexity.
R iccetti is a native O regonian
who uses m any m edium s to por­
tray her vision. H er latest work
features stained glass light boxes
and glass hung pieces that ex-
m ixed-m edia
press her perception o f the rela-
piece by artist
tionships w ithin nature o f birth,
Christina Riccetti.
d e a th
and
r e g e n e r a tio n ..
R iccetti’s glassw ork epitom izes
the ephem eral and represents the
fragile balance o f life.
Talisman Gallery is located at
1476 NE Alberta Street. For more
inform ation, v isit the w eb at
www.talismangallery.com or call
503-284-8800.