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Celebrating Love - Nordstrom's celebrates
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with
an exhibit titled Love Now, through May at the
downtown location.
‘Clean’ at the Milagro -
Miracle Theatre Group
comes “Clean” with audi
ences, telling the tale of
an inquiry into the power
of faith with a Fierto Rican
family living in the United
States. Performances are
Friday, May 12 through
June 3 at the Milagro The- ,
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atre, 525 S.E. Stark St. 1 ick-
ets are $16 to $20 and are available by calling
503-236-7253.
A Killer Musical — "Assassins" explores the
history and fascination of presidential assassi
nation in America, from John Wilkes Bixith to
John Hinckley. The winner of five 2004 Tony
Awards including Best Revival of a Musical
appears through June 4 at the Artists Repertory
Theatre, 15 16 S. W. Alder St. Tickets are $ 15 to
$40, for more information call 503-241 - 1278 or
visit www.artistsrep.org.
Hip-Hop with Cool Nut/. -
Join the “Cool Nutz Cel
ebration of Life: A Birthday
2 Remember” on Thursday,
May 11 at Berbati’s Pan,
featuring Bosko, Sirens
Echo, Boom Bap Project,
Maniac Lok and more. Show
starts at 9 p.m., and is open to 21 and over.
Tickets are $ 10 advance/$ 12 at the door, avail
able at w w w .JusFam ilyR ecords.com and
www.Ticketweb.com.
( olumhia Symphony < )rchestra - Enjoy aclas-
sical concert featuring Barber, Shostakovich
and Rachmaninov, May 25 and 26 at the First
United Methodist Church. 1838 SW Jefferson
St. For tic k e ts and in fo rm a tio n , v isit
www.columbiasymphony.org or call 503-234-
4077.
Menopause The Musical - "Menopause The
Musical" opens May 3 1 at the Portland Center
for the Performing Arts. The hilarious celebra
tion of women and "the change” features four
women who have nothing in common but hot
flashes, night sweats, memory loss, chocolate
binges and not enough, or too much, sex.
Tickets are $44.50 plus fees, available at
Ticketm aster. 503-224-4400 or online at
www.ticketmaster.com, or by visiting the box
office at 1111 SW Broadway.
African Music Benefit - MasterdrummerObo
Addy will perform, with his traditional group
Okropong in a benefit performance for the
Toguna Cultural Center in Mali, Africa, on
Thursday, May 25 at 7 p.m. at Jackson Middle
School, 10625 S.W. 35th Ave. Admission is
$5, for more information call 503-916-3411.
Black Eyed Peas - Catch
the hip-hop global phe
nomenon Black Eyed Peas,
plus the Pussycat Dolls &
Flip Syde, at the Rose
Garden’s Theater of the
Clouds on Sunday, May
14 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35
plus in c lu d e se rv ic e
charges.
Live Music Every Night —
Kick offyour week with live
jazz every Sunday at 9 p.m.
at The Blue Monk (3341SE
Black Eyed P eas
Belmont). Participate in a
mixed-media open mic night each Monday at
the Back to Back Café (614 East Burnside).
The Thom City Improv, featuring members
of Oldominion, Quivah, The Chosen and
The Black Notes, perform at Conan’s (3862
S.E. Hawthorne) every Tuesday at 10 p.m.
Celebrate Hump Day at The Red Sea (381
S.W. 3rd Ave) after work on Wednesdays,
from 5 to 9 p.m. Inch toward the weekend at
the Candlelight Room (2032 SW 5,h Ave)
with the Black Notes, performing each Thurs
day. Celebrate Friday with Mel Brown, who
plays jazz at Salty’s on the Columbia every
Friday and Saturday, and Jimmy M ak’s on
T uesdays and Thursdays. Round off your week
with live Reggae on Fridays and Saturdays at
M ontego Bay, (1239 S.W .
Jefferson).
Animation at OMS1 - Explore
how art, math, science, and tech
nology come together in the ex
citing world o f animation at the
Oregon Museum of Science and
In d u stry . E x p erim en t w ith
story boarding, character design,
m ovem ent, tim ing, film ing,
sound, editing and more as you
explore the process of animation
and create your own animated
sequences. For admission and
tickets, call sm-797-4000.
Innovation Station — Kids will
h a \e a ball at OM SI’s new Inno- Obo Addy
vation Station by exploring the
human side of technology. For more informa
tion, visit www.omsi.edu.
May 10. 2006
( >n the Radio - Grtxive to soul and hip-hop with
Kevin Berry from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at 90.7
FM/KBOO. Check out the Community Pot
pourri talk show from 7 to 8 a.m. Mondays,
Wednesday and Fridays at 1480 AM/KBMS.
Count your blessings with Melodies from
Heaven from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays at 1290 AM/KKSL. Tune in to African
American Health Radio W ednesday nights on
1290 AM/KKSL.
Call to Artists - Local
artists are encouraged
to show off their talent
by becoming a Portland
Open Studios Artist.
Each year, 96 artists are
chosen from the metro
area to open their stu
dios and become part
of an exciting regional
art
e v e n t.
V isit
portlandopenstudios.com
for more information.
Trippin’ through l ow n
— Take a trip through time to find the hottest
pixitry, hip-hop and soul influencing Portland
on Wednesdays at the Ohm. $7 cover. 3 1 N.W.
First Ave.
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Belly Dance Classes — Caravan Studios offers
classes in belly dance, African dance and more.
Visit www.gypsycaravan.us.
Time to Jam - Jam Night, Portland’s ever-
popular comedy and variety show is at Chris
tian Performing Arts Center, 8131 N- Denver
Ave. Shows continue every Friday night start
ing at 9 p.m. with dinner by Mondemaj Catering
next door to the show at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Sesame S treet Interaction - The Portland
C hildren’s Museum pre
sents “Can You Tell Me
How to Get To Sesame
Street,” using television’s
chroma-key technology so
local kids can see them
selves on TV alongside
their favorite Muppet char
acters. For information, cal I
5 0 3 -2 2 3 -6 5 0 0 o r visit
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H ip-hop Dance Classes —
Vancouver-Clark Parks and
Recreation is hosting fam
ily friendly hip-hop dance
classes for ages 5 to 18.
V ario u s le sso n s teach
rhythm, technique, coordi
nation, agility, combinations and teamwork
through urban dance moves. For more informa-
tion.call 360-696-8236.