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Bettye L avette -- Soul sensation Bettye
Lavette will perform with Liv Warfield on
Thursday, Oct. 20 at 9 p.m. at the Doug Fir
Loungeon 830E. Burnside Street. Tickets
are $12 advance and day of show. For
more information, call 503-231 -9663.
S h o rt S h o rt F ilm Festival -
host to “Museum After Hours,” a series of musical
perform ances and social gatherings held every
Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. until Dec. 14. Sultry rock
band Dirty Martini will perform on Oct. 19and funky
hip-hop group Dr. Theopolis will take the stage Oct.
26, followed by a donut eating contest. Admission is $5 tor
museum members and $8 general admission. For a schedule
and other information, visitwww.portlandartmuseum.org.
information, visit www.zonkerfilms.com
or www.hollywwxltheatre.org.
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The Portland
International Short Short Film Festival, a B ettye Lavette
showcase o f films that clock in at 10 min
utes or less will be held Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, 22 at
the Hollywood Theatre on Northeast Sandy Boulevard. For
Center will feature “Intersec
tio n s:
A rtists
and
Firefighters,” a mixed-medium
art exhibit featuring local art
is ts ’ view s o f v a rio u s
firehouses, through Oct. 27.
The IFCC Gallery is open from
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays
through Fridays and noon to
O hm ega W atts -- In a record release
celebration for Portland’s Ubiquity
Records, Ohmega Watts will perform
with Blue Scholars and DJ Kez on Fri
day. Oct. 21 at 9 p.m. at the Doug Fir
Lounge on 830E. Burnside Street. Tick
ets are $ 10 advance and day of show. For
information, call 503-231 -9663.
--The Norman
Sylvester Band plays every Tuesday at Q hm ega Wgtts
8 p.m. at the Tillicum in Beaverton and
every Thursday at 9:30 p.m. at the Candlelight in Portland.
The band plays at Clyde’s in Portland at 8:45 p.m. on Friday,
Oct. 21 ; the Candlelight again on Friday, Oct. 28 at 9:30 p.m. :
Hoppers in Portland at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29; and
the Cascade B ar& G nll in Vancouver on Friday, Nov. 18 at
9:30p.m. For information, visitwww.normansylvester.com.
N o rm a n Sylvester Band
M useum - In celebration of the renovated
Mark Building, downtown’s Portland Art Museum will be
P o rtla n d A r t
October 19, 2005
in Il''|îo r t la n ô (iDbecruer
First United Methodist Church on 1838 S.W. Jefferson. The
set will include selections from Beethoven including “Fi
nale from The Creatures of Prometheus,” “Variations and
Fugue in E-flat major" and "Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major.’’
Form oreinform ation.callw ww .colum biasym phony.org.
Fox Chase Family A rt w alk —The second annual Fox C hase
Family Artwalk will be held on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9:30
a.m. to 6 p.m. in the neighborhood o f N.E. 30lh and
Killingsworth Streets. Featured activities will include bal
loon artists, free dance classes, children’s crafts, face
painting and more. For information, visit www.foxchase.info.
H ip-hop Dance Classes - Vancouver-Clark Parks and Rec-
iiy friendly
reation .g
is hosting
hosting fam
family
friendly hip-hop
hip-hop dance
dance
classes for ages 5 to 18. Various lessons teach
rhythm, technique, coordination, agility, combina
tions and teamwork through urban dance moves. For
more information, call 360-696-8236.
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Sultry rock band Dirty Martini
4 p.m. on Saturdays.
ing competition at T iny’s Coffee 2033 N.E. Martin
Luther King Jr. BI vd. every Friday from 8-10 p.m.
G ypsy C lasses -- C aravan Studios offers classes
in belly dance, A frican dance and more. Visit the web
w w w .gypsycaravan.us.
M asks of A frica - Tribe of the Winds
Gallery , located on 2217 N.E. Alberta St.,
presents “A Different Face: Masks of
Africa” through Oct. 23. More than 40
artists are represented through the tradi
tional mask exhibit, brought in by Achille
M asso m a. F or in fo rm a tio n , v isit
www.tribewinds.com.
C olum bia Sym phony O rc h e stra - Portland's Columbia
Symphony Orchestra will perform on Friday, Nov. 4 at the
O n th e R a d io -- S o u l an d h ip -h o p w ith K evin
B erry fro m 7 to 9 p.m . M o n d ay s at 9 0 .7 F M /K B O O .
C h e c k o u t th e C o m m u n ity P o tp o u r r i ta lk show
fro m 7 to 8 a .m . M o n d a y s, W e d n e s d a y and F r i
d a y s at 1480 A M /K B M S . C o u n t y o u r b le s s in g s
w ith M e lo d ie s fro m H e a v e n fro m 6 to 10 p.m .
M o n d a y s th ro u g h F rid a y s at 1290 A M /K K S L .
A fric a n A m e ric a n H e a lth R a d io W ed . n ig h ts on
1290 A M /K K S L .
Ongoingand Upcoming Music
• The Blue Monk on Belmont plays live jazz every Sunday night at 9 p.m.
For a schedule, visit www.thebluemonk.com.
• Thom City Improv, featuring members of Oldommion, Quivah, The
Chosen and The Black Notes perform every Tuesday at 10p.rn.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.
• Mel Brown plays jazz at Jimmy Maks on Tuesdays and Thursdays and
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Fridays and Saturdays at Salty’s on the Columbia.
. A Community Unity Breakfast is held every third Thursday at SEI at
7:30a.m.
• Skip Elliott Bowman JazzTrio plays Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon at
Hannah Bea’s, on northeast MLK Jr. Blvd. and Shaver.
• R&B and live funk bands perform weekends at the Interstate Firehouse
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M ILLEN N IU M
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Cultural Center.
. After work, stop by The Red Sea, 381 S.W. 3ri Ave. from 5 to 9 p.m.
W ednesdays.
• D on’t miss Reggae Thursdays at Savannah’s at First Thursday
celebrations at 8 p.m.
• DJ <)G ONE spins R&B at Savannah’s on Fridays.
• Savannah’s Restaurant welcomes Ron Steen Jam Session Sundays at
8:30p.m.
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• 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. C hicago Style Steppin is from 6:30