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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.
Investigators determ ined that
T h is in v e stig a tio n is c o n tin u ­
M adrigal’s w ife ran the daycare in ing.
You are no t alone. If you need som eone to talk to about your
g a m b lin g , there is help. It’s free, c o n fid e n tia l and it works.
Call 1-877-2-STOP-NOW
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