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November 9. 2005
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performs at tbe Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall, Wednes
day. Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The
company is among the most
original forces in contemporary
dance with performances that
inspire, challenge and engage
audiences worldwide.
Crimes of the Heart’ is Social Satire
Feel good play exposes
flaws, prejudices
The Portland Community College Theater Arts
program is raising the curtain on its 2005-06 season
with Beth Henley’s play, “Crimes of the Heart.”
The play is a winner of the New York Drama Critics
Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and has been
called a modem masterpiece by reviewers
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m., starting Thurs­
day,N ov. 1 0 ,1 2 ,1 7 -1 9andat2p.m .on Sunday,Nov.
13 in the Performing Arts Center at the Sylvania
Campus, 12000S.W .49th Ave. The Nov. ISshowwill
be interpreted for the hearing impaired.
“Crimes o f the Heart” is set in 1974 in the little
Mississippi town o f Hazlehurst, five years after the
devastation of Hurricane Camille. It centers on those
trashy Magrath sisters, who have reunited to answer
all o f life’s questions like, “Who shot Babe's hus­
band?” "Can Lenny kill with a birthday wish?” “Has
Meg finally had too many men?” “Will all of the gossip
get Cousin Chick thrown out o f the Ladies’ Social
League?” “Why did Momma hang the cat?” and
“What does it take to solve the crimes o f the heart?”
“ Beth Henley shows us our own flaws, our preju-
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Buy tickets at www.disneyonice.com
ticketmaster Ticket Centers, The Rose Garden Box Office
or call
(503) 224-4400
Groups (503) 963-4400
T icket Prices: $15 & $ 19
L im ite d nu m b e r o f V IP and Reefside seats available. C all fo r details.
(Service charges and handling fees may apply)
‘Crimes o f the Heart' is set in a small Missis­
sippi town in 1974, five years o f the devasta­
tion o f Hurricane Camille
dices, our willingness to hurt others to protect our­
selves and reminds us that the only escape from those
flaws, from our ‘crim es’ in her terms, comes through
the power of the heart, through forgiveness, com pas­
sion and empathy,” said director John Duncan. “This
is a feel good play with a very sharp sense of social
satire.”
For tickets, call the box office at 503-977-4949.
Jazz All-Star Night Sunday
Extravaganza to support young musicians
You’re invited toagreatevening
of jazz including four great bands,
plus dinner and silent auction start­
ing at 5 p.m. Sunday Nov 13 in the
Atrium at Emanuel Hospital, 5 0 1 N.
Graham.
The benefit performances will
support the Thara Memory Ameri­
can Music Program for young jazz
musicians at Pacific Crest Commu­
nity School.
T h a ra s latest student endeavor
is a big band of local youngsters
who rehearse 2 Vi hours three times
a week. Many are all-stars in their
own high school bands.
Under the theme “Harvesting
Thara Memory
Our Heritage,” the evening will
begin with student jazz quinet De’ja
Va playing swing classics, followed
by The American Music Program
Jazz Orchestra (Thara’s student
band), and then a host of jazz mas­
ters as Thara’s Superband will lead
into the Ray Charles Tribute Band.
These bands include such promi­
nent professional players as Patrick
Lamb, Stan Bock, Renato Caranto,
Warren Rand, Ronnye Harrison,
Israel Ono, as well as internation­
ally known tenor saxophonist Javon
Jackson.
No doubt there will also be sev­
eral surprise players showing up,
too. Doors will open a, 5 p.m. sharp.
Tickets are $35 for the dinner and
show, $20 for music only. Seats can
be reserved by calling 503-295-0505.
OPB RADIO
Jamaican Activist to Perform
Dancehall Reggae performer
and freedom fighter Anthony B
and California's contemporary
roots sensation Soul Majestic will
perform Friday, Nov. 11 at the
C rystal Ballroom , 1332 W.
Burnside. Local act. Luminous
Fog will warm the place up with
the help of DJ Small Axe Sound.
Anthony B, bom Keith An­
thony Blair, is the living personi­
fication of Afrikan conscious­
ness in Reggae. His single “Nah
Vote Again” was a major factor
in making the Jamaican elections
of 1997 the most peaceful one
since the insidious cancer of gun
violence was introduced in West
Wailing Wailers, he is an un­
compromising Pan Afrikanist,
in the tradition o f M arcus
Mosiah Garvey, Jam aica’s first
national hero.
Soul Majestic is said to be one
of North America’s most pow­
erful and promising reggae acts
in years. Recently mentioned in
The Beat Magazine, writer and
radio DJ. Chuck Foster hailed
them as “poised to inherit the top
U.S. Reggae band mantle previ­
AnthonyB
ously held by Blue Riddim and
and Central Kingston prior to the Inka Inka.”
elections of 1967.
Doors open at 8 pm with per­
Like his hero, Peter Tosh, formances scheduled to begin at
the most revolutionary of the 9 p.m.
Fridays at 2pm, Sundays at 7pm
October 21 -January 27, 2006
Rich content and schedule information at opb.org.
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