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Dizzying Movements
Extraordinary dance of the Montreal-based Compagnie Marie Chouinard moves with extreme kinetics
on stage. The remarkable company returns to Portland for the White Bird/Portland State University
Dance Series on Thursday, Oct. 13 through Saturday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. in the Lincoln Performance
Hall. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets.
ONGOING & UPCOMING MUSIC — The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live ja zz every Sunday night at 9
p.m. For a schedule, visit www.thebluemonk.com. Thom City Improv, featuring members o f Oldominion,
Quivah, The Chosen and The Black Notes perform Tuesdays at 10 p.m. at Conan’s at 3862 SE Hawthorne.
Interstate Bar and Grill has mature live music at 4234 N. Interstate. The Black Notes play Thursdays at
the Candlelight Room. M el Brown plays ja zz at Jimmy Maks on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Fridays and
Saturdays at Salty's on the Columbia. A Community Unity Breakfast is held every third Thursday at SEI
at 7:30 a.m. Skip Elliott Bowman Jazz. Trio plays Saturdays fro m 10 a.m. to noon at Hannah Bea's, on
northeast M LK Jr. Blvd. and Shaver. R&B and live funk bands perform weekends at Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center. After work, stop by The Red Sea, 3 8 1 S. W. 3rd Ave. fro m 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays. Don’t miss
Reggae Thursdays at Savannah’s during First Thursday at 8 p.m. D J OG ONE spins R&B at Savannah's
Fridays. Savannah’s Restaurant welcomes Ron Steen Jam Session Sundays at 8:30p.m. Live Reggae Fridays
and Saturdays at Montego Bay, 1239 S. W. Jefferson. Politics and Poetry is every first and third Thursday
at AJ Java s Internet Café from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Chicago Style Steppin is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Fridays at
Matt Dishman Community Center and Sundays from 7 to I / p.m. at Flirts Holiday Inn Airport. DJ Vance
spins on Saturdays at Bookies Sports Lounge on North Lombard and Albina; no cover before 10 p.m.
Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z at the Academy Awards last
February. (AP photo)
Beyonce Opens
Up to Vanity Fair
(AP) — As if Beyonce w asn’t
enough to satisfy audiences, now
the secret o f “Sasha” is out. T hat’s
the name Beyonce has given her
stage persona, according to the
November issue of Vanity Fair.
“I always held back in Destiny’s
Child, because I was comfortable
in a group and felt that I didn't
have to do anything I(X) percent,
because there were other people
onstage with me. I would not lose
myself or go all the way,” she told
the magazine.
“The first step to (going all the
way) w as' Dangerously in Love. ’
I just wanted people to real ly hear
me, hear my voice and my tastes.
For the first time, I w asn’t afraid,
I didn't feel limited. 1 wanted
people to hear my range, because
I can sing like a rapper, I can flow,
I can sing soul songs, I can do
rock, and I wanted people to hear
that.”
As usual, she was coy about
her relationship with Jay-Z, al
though she did say they’re not
engaged, let alone secretly mar
ried as some have claimed.
Mardi Gras in October
The Portland Jazz Festival pre
sents “Mardi in October!” as part of
theeffort to bring in New Orleans jazz
musicians to Portland and offering
them performance opportunities
while New Orleans rebuilds. The
Tuesday. Oct. 18 concert begins at 8
p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m. at
the Crystal Ballroom, downtown.
The party will feature musicians,
stilt walkers and Mardi Gras Indi
ans, including New Orleans musi
cians Bi 11 Summers, jazz sax legend
Donald Harrison, and Troy “Trom
bone Shorty” Andrews.
Proceedsevent will benefit New
Orleans musicians already re located
to Portland or those on the way to
help offset their travel, housing and
living expenses.
T ic k e ts are a v a ila b le at
ticketsw est.com , at all T ickets
West/Safeway Outlets, or by call
ing 503-224-8499.