Page A6 ^lortlanb (iDbseruv October 5, 2005 Art Studios Open im Inside Peaks Its a great way fo r people to see what it is to see what goes into making art. Connie Earnshaw’s clay work and sculpture plays with color and pattern. con tin u ed fro m Front throughout the weekend. Prim arily inspired by collage work, G eraci uses found and hom em ade papers, along with w atercolor and acrylic paint, to form visual representa tions o f abstract sym bols from around the globe. For her, she said, “W ays o f bridging cultural gaps are the best w ays to connect. This is the way I choose to interpret that. 1 think there are sim ilarities cross-culturally. W hen used in conjunction with abstrac Tours occur Saturday, Oct. 15 and Sunday, tion, it has a m odern aspect to it.” Oct. 16 for studios west o f the river. Studios As an instructor at the M ultnom ah Art will be open from 10a.m . to 5 p.m. C enter, G eraci hopes her teaching experi A $ 12 tour pass adm its tw o adults for ence will help others understand w here her both w eekends, and kids are free. The art is com ing from. package includes a studio map, a calendar “ It’s a great way for people to see w hat filled with photos o f participating artists’ it is to see w hat goes into m aking art. Most w ork and contact inform ation for those tim es you go to a gallery, you see som e interested in purchasing artw ork. thing having on the wall, but the artist is not there. You may ap p re ciate it, but there are a lot o f things about it you d o n ' t know and can ’ t ask about,” she said. "P eople will have these a-ha m om ents w here th in g s c o m e to g e th e r . It d e m y s tifie s th e p ro c e s s an d m akes people more aw are o f w hat goes into the art. It’s not ju st slapping som ething on the can - Portland Open Studios Tour artist Sharon Geraci v as.” T he Portland O pen Studios T our will take place Saturday, Oct. 8 and T hose w ho bike to at least five studios Sunday, O ct. 9 for studios east o f the are also eligible for a draw ing to win a new W illam ette River. T o avoid S u n d ay ’s Port bike painted by a Portland O pen Studios land M arathon, com m uters on 1-5 are en artist. couraged to exit on L om bard Street to reach M ore inform ation on how to obtain tick all the studios in north and northeast Port ets and tour guides are available at A rt land. M edia stores and at several o ther locations T he second h alf o f the O pen Studio by visiting portlandopenstudios.com . Sharon Geraci's collage artwork is made up o f found and homemade papers mixed with watercolor and acrylic paint. TV Poet Nipsey Russell Dies Boxing Illustrated put Thad Spencer on the cover in Novem ber 1967. N ip se y R u s se ll, O fficer A nderson in w h o p lay ed the Tin the 1961 television M an a l o n g s id e series “Car 54, W here D ia n a R o s s a n d are Y ou?” He also M ichael Ja ck so n in appeared in the 1994 “T h e W iz” as p art o f film version. a d ec ad e s-lo n g c a He becam e a fix re e r in stag e, te le v i ture on popular tele sion an d film , d ied vision gam e and talk S u n d ay . H e w as 80. show s, w here he was T he actor, w ho had w elcom ed for his po been suffering from e tic d e liv e ry th a t cancer, died at Lenox Nipsey Russell earned him the m oni Hill H ospital in Los ker the “poet laure A ngeles, said his longtim e m an ate o f television.” He also took ager Joseph Rapp. his signature four-line poetry on B o rn in A tla n ta , R u s s e ll the road for readings and perfor launched his television career as m ances. Liquor Commission Sets Forum for Local Concerns T h e O re g o n L iq u o r C o n tro l C o m m issio n w ill co n d u c t a p u b lic m eetin g n ex t w eek to ad d ress local issu es in n orth an d n o rth east P o rtlan d . T h e m eetin g w ill tak e p lace W e d n esd ay , O ct. 12, from 4 -5 :3 0 p.m ., at the Q u een o f S h eb a R e stau ran t, 2413 N .E. M artin L u th er K ing Jr. B lvd. “W e ’d like to m eet so m e o f o u r n eig h b o rs an d d isc u ss issu es o f co n c ern in an in fo rm al q u e s tion an d a n sw e r sessio n w ith the co m m u n ity ,” said R udy W illiam s, O L C C d e p u ty d ire c to r. “ W e Local Boxing Great Earns Due con tin u ed fro m Front the decades that passed before being nam ed to the Hall. “ It’s a good thing, but they sh o u ld 'v e done it years ago.” After winning many professional bouts over the years, Spencer rose to the highest point o f his boxing career when he w as scheduled to fight M uham m ad Ali at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in 1967 - but the m atch was scrubbed when A li’s title was stripped by the gov ernm ent before the fight w hen the boxer refused to be drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Spencer believes that, given the chance, he w ould o f beaten Ali. Thus, the legend o f both men lives on. A biographical film is in the works on T had Spencer’s career, to be directed by Rebecca Rodrigue/.. It’s slated for release m id-2006by First R ound Film s o f Vancouver. Government Advocates Wanted The Oregon Commission on Black Affairs and the Oregon Advocacy Commission is re cruiting state residents for its mission and other state boards and commissions. The 0C B A monitors and ad vocates for existing programs and legislation designed to meet the needs of African American and black Oregonians. It also acts as liaison between the com- w ant to h ea r w h at you h av e to say an d try to a n sw e r an y o f y o u r q u e s tio n s.” P o ssib le d isc u ssio n to p ic s in clu d e a new liq u o r store fo r n o rth east P o rtland, O L C C p o licies and p ro ced u res, liq u o r licen sin g an d reg u lato ry issues. sA state liq u o r store on M artin L u th er K ing Jr. B o u lev ard w as clo sed sev eral m o n th s ag o afte r the p riv ate c o n tra c to r w as a c cu sed o f violations. F o r m o re in fo rm atio n , call the O L C C at 5 0 3 -8 7 2 -5 0 0 2 . I couldn't have done it without I didn't know who I was anymore.. munity and government entities Citizen representatives on all state boards and commissions solicit the public’s views through community meetings, hearings, surveys, questionnaires and com munity discussions. For information and applica tions, contact Everette Rice, OCBA commissioner at 503- 741-4002, ext. 312 or e-mail Everette.L.Rice@n state.or.us. Arrest Follows Day Care Probe 69-year-old R aym ond M adrigal their hom e from 1988 to 2005 and is facing five counts o f sodom y and that M adrigal had contact with the three counts o f sex abuse in co n victim s through the day care. After nection with the investigation o f a com pleting the investigation, d e day care located at 2605 tectives arrested M ad S .E . I 7 5 lh P la c e in rigal who was then in Gresham. dicted by a M ultnomah T h e in v e s tig a tio n County G rand Jury. began in late July when I n v e s tig a to r s are the M ultnom ah County se ek in g in fo rm atio n C hild A buse T eam re from anyone w ho may ceived inform ation from have had a child at the tw o children w ho had day care. A nyone with stayed at the day care inform ation is asked to several years ago w hen Raymond Madrigal call Portland Police Bu they were approximately reau D etectiv e John five years old. Russell at 503-988-6441. 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