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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
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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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