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í,!‘ |Jn rtla u b © bscruer Page B2 Wordstock Festival Over 250 I X I I r create your ow n animated sequences. E xh ib it open Tues day through Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.rn. For admission and tickets, call 503-797-4000. ■r authors reading over tw o days at the Oregon Convention Center, plus tjo ve r 1 (X) publishers, booksellers and w ritin g .O rganizations, and workshops fo r w riters and teach A p ril 19, 2006 Focus ers, take place at the W ordstock Festival Friday In n o v a tio n S ta tio n -K id s w ill have a ball at O M S I’ s -Jhrough Sunday, A p ril 21-23. V is it 11 stages fo r $3 a new Innovation Station by exploring the human side ;jd a y . For m ore in fo r m a tio n v is it o f te c h n o lo g y . F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , v is it ¿ww w .W otdstockFestival.com . www.om si.edu. *<CInco de M a y o B o m b —Jam m in’ 95.5 brings some o f O n the R adio Groove tosoulandhip-hopw ith Kevin 3<he most talented rap and R & B performers to the Rose Berry from 7 to 9 p.m. M ondays at 90.7 F M /K B O O . ’ •Garden Thursday. M ay 4 as part o f their “ C inco de Check out the C om m unity Potpourri talk show from 7 '■Mayo B om b.” Slated performers include Bow W ow , to 8 a m. Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays at 1480 Twista, Ne-Yo,E-4() with Keakda Sneak. Dem Franchize A M /K B M S . Count your blessings w ith M elodies B oyz, Ray J, L i l ’ R ob,C ham illionaire.T -P ain. Bubba from Heaven from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays through S parxxx, and Rihanna. Tickets are $15 to $55. plus Fridays at 1290 A M /K K S L . Tune in to A frican A m eri s e rv ic e ch a rg e s. F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n v is it can Health Radio Wednesday nights on 1290 A M / w ww .rosequarter.com . KKSL. Assassins - A Killer Musical — “ Assassins” ex C a ll to A rtis ts -- Local artists are encouraged to show plores the history and fascination o f presidential o ff their talent by becoming a Portland Open Studios assassination in Am erica, from John W ilkes Booth to A rtist. Each year. 96 artists are chosen from the metro John H inckley. The w inner o f fiv e 2004 Tony Awards area to open their studios and become part o f an in clu d in g Best R evival o f a M usical appears A p ril 25 e x c itin g re g io n a l a rt e v e n t. V is it through June 4 at the A rtists Repertory Theatre, 1516 portlandopenstudios.com fo r more inform ation. S. W . A ld e r St. Tickets are $ 15 to $40, fo r more in fo r mation call 50 3 -2 4 1 -1278 o r visit w w w .artistsrep.org. T r ip p in ’ th ro u g h T o w n -- Take a trip through time to fin d the hottest poetry, hip-hop and soul influencing Ice C ube — N otorious gangsta rapper Ice Cube comes Portland on Wednesdays at the Ohm. $7 cover. 31 to the Roseland Theater on Friday, A p ril 28 at 8 p.m. N .W . First Ave. T ickets fo r the all ages show are $30 advance and $35 at the door, plus service fees, B e lly Dance Classes -- Caravan Studios offersclasses in belly dance. A frica n dance available at TicketsW est.com or and more. V is it www.gypsycaravan.us. 503-224-8499. A rd ie n te P aciencia (B u rn in g Patience) — The all-Spanish lan guage Bellas Artes Production comes to the M ila g ro Theatre. 525 SE Stark St., co n tin u in g through A p ril 29, on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. English supertitles at Thursday and Sunday performances. T ic k ets are $13 to $18 and can be purchased at the box office, 503- A rd ie n te P aciencia 236-7253orw ww .m ilagro.org. T im e to Jam --Jam N ight, Portland’ sever- popular comedy and variety show is at Christian Perform ing A rts Center, 8131 N. Denver Ave. Shows continue every Friday night starting at 9 p.m. w ith dinner by Mondemaj Catering next door to the show at6:30and7:30p.m . M u ltic u ltu ra l F ilm Festival - Jefferson H igh School hosts a free m ulticultural film festival each firs t M onday o f the month through M ay from 6 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call J. Doncan at 503-916-5180. M e xica n pop g ro u p R B I) - R B D cornestothe Rose Garden Friday, M ay 5 at 8:30 p.m , as part o f their North Am erican T our “ Generación R B D .” Tickets are $85, $65, and $45 ami are available at the Rose Quarter Box O ffic e and participating Safeway ticket outlets. NE ALBI RIA JJ In the Style of India A Last Thursday event V id y a H iv a le ’ s M a d h u b a n i-style fo lk art and abstract paintings w ill be featured at an e x h ib it at T rib e o f the W inds, 2217 N.E. A lberta St., from Last Thursday, A p ril 27 through June 25. A n a rtis t's reception w ill be held on A p ril 27 fro m 6- 9 p .m . Hivale (pronounced H i vo ’ lay) finds her inspi ration in wide open spaces; the sea, the sky. and in her love o f nature and color. Her paintings are spontaneous and in tu itive , evoking many moods, and always w orking towards harm ony and bal ance. Her w ork has evolved into em otional expres sions o f the v iv id , radiant colors o f the East; and the Folk a rt in th e sty le o f In d ia is c a p tu re d in Vidya abstraction o f the West; where she has lived fo r H ia le 's ‘S ita in M a g ic G a rd e n .' more than tw o decades. o f A rt in Bombay, where she spent many evenings These co lo rfu l paintings were a part o f her life watching the vibrant sunsets on the Indian Ocean. grow ing up in India. M a th ila o rM a d h u b a n i fo lk art These later came to be the theme o f many o f her paintings. painting is tra d itio n a lly practiced by the women o f H iva le ’ s paintings can be found in many corporate and the B ihar region o f India. It is a spiritual discipline private collections. fo r those that paint. Tribe o f the W inds is a gallery that specializes in the H ivale was born in Bombay and grew up in art o f immigrants and the children o f immigrants. It is also central India. Recognizing her artistic tendencies a retail store dedicated to providing unique fa irly - traded at an early age, her father sent her to the J.J. School goods complementing lifestyle, home and decor choices. Sassy Spring and Summer Styles Fashion industry reports trends A t last! Temperatures are rising, birds are chirping, buds are bloom ing! As (lowers start showing o ff their brightest colors, we usually feel the urge to do the same. But Summer 2(X)6 seems destined to trumpet a different trend! From the fashion runways to award show red carpets, women are dressing in predom inantly black, w hite and a wide range o f grays. A ny other co lo r - either as an accent or a single bold statement - w ill be subdued. I f it's y e llo w , it w ill be dusty mustard. I f purple, opt fo r lavender. Fabrics w ill be soft - washed cotton, Traditional African Music Benefit - Master drum m er Obo Addy w ill perform w ith his tradi tional group Okropong in a benefit performance fo r the Toguna C ultural Center in M a li, A frica , on Thursday M ay 25 at 7 p.m. at Jackson M iddle School, 10625 S.W. 35th Ave. Adm ission is $5, for more inform ation call 503-916-3411. B la ck Eyed Peas — Catch the hip-hop global phenom enon B la c k Eyed Peas, plus the Pussycat Dolls & Flip Syde, at the Rose Garden’ s RBD Theater o f the Clouds on Sunday, M ay 14 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 plus include serv ice charges. delicate linen, gauzy silk, ch iffo n - w ith perhaps a ru ffle , bow o r bit o f crochet. Sesame Street In te ra c tio n -The Portland C hildren’ s Animation at O M S I — Explore how art, math, science, Museum presents “ Can You T e ll M e H ow to Get To and technology come together in the e xciting w o rld o f animation at the Oregon Museum o f Science and Industry. Experiment w ith storyboarding, character design, movement, tim ing, film in g , sound, editing and more as you explore the process o f anim ation and Sesame Street," using television's chrom a-key tech nology so local kids can see themselves on T V alongside their favorite Muppet characters. For in fo r m a tio n , c a ll 5 0 3 -2 2 3 -6 5 0 0 or v is it www.portlandchildrensm useum .org. diversity "Print Jewelry w ill be at a m inim um , w ith a single large pendant o r long, sw inging earrings - not both! Makeup w ill stick to earth tones, w ith the emphasis on a fresh, clean, natural look. “ W ith such a bold but basically colorless silhou ette, more attention w ill be paid to your h air," says C lairol C olor and Sty le Master Ingrinette Pope, w hose w ork can be seen on music videos and in national As fo r hair style. 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Elvis C o ste llo "W hether you part in the center or the side, go fo r soft waves or curls, brush hair back or up or fo r ward, give yo u rse lf as many op tions as you can so yo u ’ ll be turn ing heads all summer lo n g !” Comedy Central Exit Explained ( AP) — Dave Chappelle says in a new interview that he had several reasons fo r w alking away from his cult-fave “ Chappelle's Show” - and adeal worth more than $50 m illio n . His decision to leave the C om edy Central series last M ay led fans and industry executives to ques tion his motives, and his sanity. But in a 10-page spread in the current issue o f Esquire magazine, he says he closed “Chappelle” fo r reasons cultural, professional and personal. C u lt u r a lly : “ T h e b o tto m line was, w hite people own ev e ry th in g , and w h e re can a black person go D ave C h a p pe lle and be h im se lf o r say something that’ s fa m ilia r to him and not have to explain or apologize?" Professionally: “ I felt like I was really pressured to settle fo r some thing that I d id n 't necessarily feel like I wanted.” Personally: “ The thing about show business is that, in a way, it forces dysfunctional relationships in people." 89.1www*<m*i(*^m Tune in a t 89.1 FM to h e a r a v ariety oi music from tra d itio n a l jazz to m odern rockin blues p re se n ted by local v o lu n te e r o n -a ir p rogram m ers