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Page A7 11,1 ^¡Jortlaxth COhscruer November 23. 2005 Focus Peter Pan is a Holiday Classic Athena Patterson and Brendan Robinson perform in Northwest Childrens Theater's Peter Pan. Children’s theater presents beloved fairy tale Since 1905, audiences have fol away to a magical Never Land W endy, p o rtray ed by A thena lowed the "second star to the right filled with pirates, m erm aids and Patterson, growing up and her love for Peter, played by B rendan ” with the holiday classic Peter Pan, Lost Boys. Robinson.” or the Boy Who Would Not To that end, the play Grow Up. has Wendy (Cecily Over N orthw est C h ild re n ’s man) as a grown woman Theater and school, cel recalling her girlhood ad ebrates the centennial of ventures in Never Land. J.M. Barrie’s masterpiece Also she outgrows Peter with performances from Fri and u ltim a te ly has to day, Dec. 2 to Dec. 31 at the choose between growing Northwest N eighborhood up or remaining forever a Cultural Center, 3819 N.W. child. It’s a choice every Everett St. young person has to make. This marks a decade since N orthw est C hildrens Peter Pan ’ s first flight by the T heater’s “Family Date --John Monteverde, director local theater group in a pro Night” offers a fami ly-sty le duction carefully adapted by “At its heart Peter Pan is a love dinner before the Friday, Dec .9 John Caird and Trevor Nunn. Everyone is fam iliar with the s to ry ,” said d ire c to r John performance. For information call 503-222-2190 tale o f the m agical boy w ho Monteverde. He is directing the . .M l/um z KT\l/r”TC DDr. ,, k id e w«»nsR, -mH hi>r h rn th p ix show fo r the fourth time. At its heart Peter Pan is a love story. Its about Wendy, portrayed by Athena Patterson, growing UP and her lOVe fo r Peter, played by Brendan Robinson. Industry Honors Kanye West (AP) — Kanye West will receive he Artist Achievement Award at the ’005 Billboard Music Awards, which will be presented Dec. 6 in Las Vegas. Past recipients of the award, which 'ecognizes both artistic excellence and Billboard chart success, include Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Garth Brooks, Aerosmith, Janet Jackson, Cher and Destiny’s Child. The awards will air live from the Kanye West MGM Grand Garden Arena on Fox, KPTV Channel 12 in Portland. “Kanye West has not only had a huge impact on R&B/hip-hop, he has transformed modem music as a whole,” Tamara Conniff. co-executive editor of Billboard, said in a statement Thursday. The Billboard Music Awards recog nize the year's leading artists and songs as determ ined by perform ance on Billboard’s weekly charts. Are you or someone you know pregnant H e a lth y B ir th I n itia t iv e c a n h e lp . for H ealth y B irth Initiative (H B I) is a ----- African A m erican w om en an d th eir families iving in N /N E P o rtlan d . H B I offers: • T ra n sp o rta tio n to m edical a n d social service a p p o in tm e n ts • H o m e Visits • Incentives • H ealth e d u catio n classes (free ch ild care an d tra n sp o rta tio n w h en a tte n d in g an y H B I g ro u p o r class) • Inform ation a n d referrals to c o m m u n ity services For more information contact: Education Promoted as Cool to find a way to make “Jungle Fever” and “M alcolm X,” (AP)— Spike Lee says being educated cool to show the diversity o f the black re value of education is experience. again. eing overshadowed by “Back then, we le images that gangsta were not called sell up glorifies. outs for using our “Y oung black kids brains. And being idn’t grow up wanting intelligent was not □ be a pimp or a stripper frowned upon,” Lee ike they do now,” Lee said. aidofhisyouth in Brook- He likened the im yn. ages from some rap He drew two standing , . . , Spike Lee videos to the d is ivations last week as a torted view minstrel shows of the eatured speaker at a conference on 19th century gave most of the world ultural diversity at Middle Ten- about American blacks. lessee State University. Lee said he has tried through The 48-y ear-old filmmaker, who his film s, which include “School s working on a documentary on D aze.” “Do the Right Thing,” Hurricane Katrina, urged students MULTNOMAH COUNTY Health Department Healthy Birth Initiative 5329 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Portland, Oregon 9721 1 503-9 8 8 -3 3 8 7 x22242 I Life comes with standard safety features. Down Home Soul Down Home Soul, a new album from the Body & Soul series that features classic soul singers like Otis Redding, The Staples Singers, Al Green, Aretha Franklin and Solomon Burke is scheduled for release on Dec. 6 They’re all around you. Gambling can have its own safety features When you gamble, Set a budget. Set a time limit. Play safe. / . ki'W ¿B Sam Cooke - The Memoirs Soul legend withstands test of time ErikGreenehascompiled the mem oirs of his uncle, the legendary mu sician Sam Cooke into the book “Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family’s Perspective.” The general public knew Sam Cooke as a singer, songwriter, and producer whose musical style has often been im itated but never equaled. Now, Greene explores the inti mate facets of his uncle’s life in detail. From the driving force be hind the soul masters’ success, to the special moments spent with family, to the pressing issues he faced in the last years o f his life. T h e b o o k p r e s e n ts Sam C ooke’s story as the people who knew him long before he became OUF? U N C L E S A M The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective ERIK GREENE a household name. Bom the fourth child of a Baptist preacher, Cooke was raised in a strict but loving household. He learned the music business as a young adult, and his u n p rec edented accomplishments still im pact today's artists more than 40 years after his death. OREGON LOTTERY