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Jane Aukshunas' oil pastel ‘purple tree' is one of the
many items to be auctioned at the Buckman Art Show
A wish changes nothing. A decision changes everything!
A hand painted ceramic by Baba Wague Diakite will sell to the highest
bidder benefiting the Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School.
Buckman Art Show to Help Kids
Top Northwest
artists sell wares
The 16'h annual Buckman Art
Show and Sale returns to Buckman
Elementary School, 320 S.E. 16th
Ave.,on Friday, April 21 from 5 p.m.
to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 22
from 10a.m. toóp.m .
M ore than 100 artists from
around the Pacific Northwest will
proudly sell their wares to benefit
the school’s arts magnet program.
Equal parts sophisticated art
show, colorful crafts fair, and lively
family event, the extravaganza fea­
tures paintings, ceramics, sculp-
tures, photography, prints, col­
lages, mosaics, fabric arts, fashion
accessories and jewelry.
Among the top artists featured
are Portland ceramic artist Baba
W ague Diakite, jew elry artists
R ebecca B ashara and Scott
M acdonald, painter “T ripper"
Dungan. Jen Neitzel of DI Y Lounge,
and the crafts collective Super
Crafty.
Friday evening’s opening cel­
ebration will include live music
by re sp e c te d ja z z a rtists Ed
Bennett and Tony Pacini and a
silent auction. Music and dance
perform ances by a wide range of
entertainm ent groups will liven
things up on Saturday, including
the M iddle Eastern group the
Brothers o f the Baladi, and accor­
dionist Courtney Von Drehle of
Portland’s eclectic ensemble 3 Leg
T orso.
A
su p e rv ise d
hands-on
children's art area for kids age 3 and
up wi II give young artists the chance
to create their own masterpieces
while their parents shop for trea­
sures. Gourmet refreshments will
be offered both days. Southeast
Hawthorne’s new lorio restaurant
will provide mouth-watering Italian
food on Friday night, and Salvador
Molly’s will spice things up on
Saturday.
"The Art Show & Sell is one of
our primary fundraisers, and the
income from the event goes a long
way toward ensuring Buckman’s
stability. But more than that, it’s a
community-building endeavor. It’s
our chance to share our artistic
spirit with the city of Portland,”
said Helen Nolen, principal of
Buckman.
Tickets are $5 on Friday with no
charge forchildren age4and under.
On Saturday, from 10a.m. to 4 p.m.
tickets are $3 for adults age 12 and
over; $ 1 for children ages 5 to 11;
and no charge for children age 4
and under. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, admission is free.
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Celebrated Mark Morris Dancers
Whitebird presents the eagerly awaited return o f the Mark Morris Dance Group, celebrating their
25th anniversary with a 7:30 p.m. performance Wednesday, April 19 at the Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall. The group is comprised o f 18 superb dancers noted for creating a unique fusion
o f movement and melody. The Portland program will feature a revival of the striking solo Rondo
(1994), set to Mozart's Rondo in A Minor, in honor of Portland's Month of Mozart.
A Queens of Africa silent auction
and benefit concert featuring Zim­
babwean performing artist Loveness
Wesa will be held Thursday at 6 p.m.
at the Wonder Ballroom, 128 N.E.
Russell St.
A talented singer, dancer and
teacher, Loveness was first exposed
to the traditional music and dance of
her country as a small child watch­
ing her mother, aunt and grand­
mother who were Sangomas - the
traditional spirit mediums who use
song and dance to channel spirits.
Proceeds from the benefit will
support the Kgotso (“Peace” ) Afri­
can Dance Theatre, a vehicle Wesa
founded in 1998 to bring works by
women artists to Zimbabwe's stage.
Currently, she is working to bring
five female performing artists (all
single moms) to the United States.
Tickets are $ 15 for adults, $ 12 for
seniors/students, $5 for kids, free
for children under 5. For informa­
tion, call 503-223-4464 or visit http:/
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Racism Stirs Performance
Firehouse theater
hosts play
Shylock isanaward-winning play
about a Jewish actor who finds
himself condemned by his own
community for his portrayal of
Shakespeare's notorious Jew.
Critics call the play now show­
ing through Saturday at 8 p.m. at
the Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center in north Portland controver­
sial. witty, provocative and neces­
sary. It is written by Mark Leiren-
Young and produced by and fea­
turing award winning
Shakespearean actor William B.
Eissler in a solo performance.
Eissler portrays Jon Davies, an
actorplaying the role o f Shylock in
a production of The Merchant of
Venice.
The festival presenting the show
has cancelled the remainder of the
production due to controversy over
Davies' portrayal of the Jewish
moneylender. He has chosen not to
depict Shylock from a post-mod­
ern, post-H olocaust, politically
correct perspective, but in terms
that would have been accurate in
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Shakespeare's day: as a villain.
To further complicate matters,
Davies himself is Jewish, and has
been condemned in public for be­
ing a traitor to his race, a “self-
hating Jew.”
Davies has come out after the
final performance to answer the
critics and protesters who seem to
be dem anding a pound o f his
flesh. In answering the attacks, he
explores political correctness, rac­
ism. the responsibilities of both
actors and audience and explores
whether it acceptable to theatri­
cally depict anti-Semitism.
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