ilH |Jnrtlanb ffîbscrüer
Page B2
Live Music Every Night
Kick o ff your week with live jazz every Sunday at 9 p.m. at
The Blue M onk (3341 SE B elm ont) • P articipate in a
m ixed-m edia open m ic night each M onday at the Back
to Back Café (614 East Burnside) • The Thorn City
Im prov, featuring m em bers o f O ldom inion, Q uivah.T he
C hosen and The Black Notes, perform a, C o n an ’s (3862
S.E. H aw thorne) every T uesday a, 10 p.m . • C elebrate
H um p Day at The R ed Sea ( 3 8 1 S. W. 3 rd A re) a fter work
on W ednesdays, fro m 5 to 9 p.m. • Inch tow ard the
weekend at the Candlelight Room (2032 SW 5th Ave) with
the Black Notes, perform ing each Thursday • Celebrate
Friday with M el Brown, who pla ys ja z z at S a lty 's on the
Colum bia every Friday a n d Saturday, a n d Jim m y M ak 's
on Tuesdays a n d Thursdays • Round o ff your week with
live Reggae on Fridays and Saturdays at M ontego Bay,
(1239 S.W . Jefferson).
PORTLAND PARKS & REG
Healthy Parks. Healthy P o rtlan d
Washington Parie
Summer Festival
3
Linda Hornbuckle - blues/gospel
4
Broadway to Hollywood - musical theatre
5
Antonio Centurion Trio & Grupo Condor -
6
Portland Festival Symphony with
Julianne R. Johnson, vocalist
7
ZD
Craicmore - Celtic
8
Family Jubilee - traditional American roots
9
Portland Taiko - pan Asian drums
10
Under The Mango Tree: African stories, songs
& dance with Obo Addy. Okropong & guests
11
o
Reggie Houston & The Crescent City Connection -
New Orleans jazz
ZD
12
Celebrating Vietnamese Culture
13
Portland Festival Symphony with 3 Leg Torso
14
Mazeltov Orchestra with Israeli dancing
15
Jazz is Alive: Portland meets San Francisco
16
Portland SummerFest presents Opera in the Park -
Barber o f Seville
<
17
Melao de Carla: Cuban dance party
18
Rain date
Hotzone brings an exciting night o f martial
arts to the Rose G arden Saturday, Aug. 5 at
7:30 p.m. featuring O lym pic Silver M edalist
Matt Lindland with five-ti me champion Randy
Couture. Tickets are $28 to $ 168 plus service
fees. For tickets or more inform ation, visit
www a K iftu in n in
orcall 1-877-789-
ROSE(7673).
G reen
Grant, Adams and W ashington will host the
Old School Jam, Saturday, Aug. 12 at the
Sheraton Airport. T he Kirk G reen Band will
provide en tertain m en t, w ith special g u ests
the B eyons. T ic k ets are $25 in ad v an ce, or
at the d o o r for $ 3 5 /in d iv id u als and $ 60/
couples, available at G en e v a's. R eflections,
M e 'R a e 's , the P o rtland O b serv er or any
co m m ittee m em ber. For m ore in fo rm atio n ,
call M ichael D onaldson at 5 0 3 -3 0 9 -6 5 5 6 or
em ail JeffC lass74® 1 m sn.com .
F r e ig h t i i n e r
.
U.C
‘T xlgeC olor Eight” at IECC Gallery -Theexhibit
"Paperw ork: edge color light”, featuring three
presenters w ho explore the nature and limits o f
paper and it’s partnership with the artist, exhibits
through Aug. 18 at the Interstate Firehouse C u l­
tural Center, 5340 N. Interstate. G allery hours are
Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m . to 6 p.m. and
Saturdays noon to 4 p.m. For more inform ation,
call 503-823-4322.
C om edy ‘P riv a te E yes - The lines between truth
and love get crossed in the dark com edy 'Private
E yes,’ playing through Aug. 12 at Theatre T h e­
ater, 3430 S.E. Belm ont St. T he story follow s
M atthew and Lisa, a husband and wife rehearsing
fo ra play in which they play an
actress and director having an
affair. Tickets are $10. For res­
ervations, call 503-232-5375.
B rin g in g A n cien t G reece to
Life — State-of-the-art technol­
ogy transports audiences back
to the dawn o f dem ocracy and
the birthplace o f W estern Civi­
lization in the new IMAX ad ­
venture “Greece: Secrets o f the
P ast” . P o rtlan d 's O m nim ax
T heater is located at the O r­
egon M useum o f Science and
Industry, 1945 S.E. W ater Ave.
Private E yes
For tickets and show ti mes cal I
5 0 3 -7 9 7 -4 6 4 0 o r visit w w w .o m si.ed u /v isit/
omnimax.
C all to A rtists — Local artists are encouraged to
show o ff their talent by becom ing a Portland Open
Studios Artist. Each year, 96 artists are chosen
from the m etro area to open their studios and
becom e part o f an exciting regional art event. Visit
portlandopenstudios.com for more information.
R a re E bony S cu lp tu re s - Master carvers from the
T anzania tribe M akonde have been carving ebony
for centuries, and now the public can see some o f
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream & Talki's Souvlaki
Thank you to our Good Neighbor Sponsors
Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association. KINK fm 102. TriMet
Avoid parking hassles Ride TriMet «63 or
Max Blue Line to the zoo and Rose Garden shuttle.
Details at www.PortlandParks org or 503-823-PLAY
T r ip p in ' th ro u g h T ow n -
Take a trip through tim e to
find the hottest poetry, hip-
hop and soul influencing Port­
land on W ednesdays at the
Ohm. $ 7 cover. 31 N.W . First
Ave.
Belly D ance C lasses - C ara­
van Studios offers classes in
belly dance, African dance
an d
m o re .
V is it
w w w .gypsycaravan.us.
- Jam Night,
Port I and' s ever-popular com ­
edy and variety show is at
C hristian Perform ing Arts
Center, 8131 N. D enver Ave. Show s continue
every Friday night starting at 9 p.m. with dinner
by M ondem aj C atering next door to the show
at6 :3 0 an d 7 :3 0 p .m .
T im e to Jam
H ip -h o p D an ce C lasses — V ancouver-Clark
Parks and Recreation is hosting family friendly
hip-hop dance classes for ages 5 to 18. V arious
lessons teach rhythm , technique, coordina­
tion, agility, co m b in atio n s and team w ork
through urban dance moves. For more inform a­
tion, cal 1360-696-8236.
Free Concerts at Washington Park
C raicm ore, a C eltic m u sic a l
group, ta k e s th e W a sh in g to n
Park S u m m e r F estival s ta g e on
M onday, Aug. 7.
20 E n t e r ia in m P resents
The Latin A m erica n folk g ro u p G rupo C ondor p e rfo rm s
Aug. 5 a t th e fre e W a sh in g to n Park S u m m e r Festival.
SPOTLIGHT
EVERYBODY WANTS I O BE A “STARA
I YRICS
the m ost valuable wood on the globe at the
World Forestry Center. General adm ission is $7
for adults, $6 for seniors, $5 for children, and
m em bers are free.
Beginning Thursday, Aug. 3
and for 15 consecutive nights,
the
W ashington
Park
Amphitheatre will host Portland
Parks & R ecreation's 2006
Washington Park Summer Fes­
tival.
The lineup offers a fabulous
destination to thousands of fami-
Picnic« welcome & food available for purchase from
B o o k by
K wik J ones
August 2, 2006
15 consecutive
nights planned
Made Possible By
S tudio
S p o r tfig h t X V II; H o tzo n e — S portfight
ating classes o f
l974aretum ing50
this year, and to
celebrate the mile­
stone, classm ates
from Je ffe rso n ,
Latin American folk
CO
E sth er S h o rt R ecy cled A rts F estiv a l - Find
(he fun in turning trash to treasure at the Clark
County Recycled Arts Festival, Saturday, Aug.
5th from lOa.nt. lo b p.m. and Sunday. Aug. 6th
from 10 a.m. to4 p.m. at Esther Short Park. -MX)
W. 6th St. in Vancouver. O ver 40 artists will
exhibit and sell w orks made from reclaim ed
and recycled materials. Activities will be
hosted by SC R A P and the Com m unity C y­
cling Center, with onstage perform ances by
Taarka, Fools In Paradise, M udeye Puppet
Com pany, Rose City Bluegrass, Sw ingin
Amiss, D ylan-Thom as Vance. W hite Rhino,
Trashcan Joe, and Eartha The Ecological
Clown.
O ld S ch ool Jam
for 7 0 ’s G en e r a ­
tion -T h e gradu­
Amphitheatre Stage
H
( J c lc b r 'iltlH i] ‘ C \ \ C r ^ l t l j
BY
M u s ic
lies in the Portland area. For the
second consecutive year, the
concert series is being made
possible by Freightliner, the
Swan Island-based truck manu­
facturer.
The lineup spans the musical
arts spectrum - from jazz to
bluegrass, from opera to Cuban
dance.
“We are thrilled
to have such a tal­
ented and entertain­
ing lineup,” said
K ristan
A spen,
sum m er concerts
c o o rd in a to r for
Portland Parks &
by
> ¿I
S pank H opkins
R ic k D ance
K w ik J onfs
B $
Hottie Cat Productions out ot At
In cooperation with
Rose City Mix Productions)
f :
L
1
J
Food
Fun
& t Friend's J
■r
*
* ,
l n \ ltC3'\[C>H
-
* .
(0
Recreation. “The Washington
Park concerts are a beloved
S a tu rd a y,
tradition in Portland, and we are
especially excited about
this year."
Opening night fea­
tures blues and gospel
sin g e r
L inda
Hornbuckle. A musical
theater performance of
“Broadway to Holly­
wood” is on Friday,
Aug. 4; Latin Ameri­
Ju lia n n e J o h n s o n
can folk musicians An­
tonio Centurion Trip & Grupo
Condo perform on Saturday,
Aug. 5; the Portland Festival
Symphony with pop and gospel
singer Julianne Johnson play
Sunday, Aug. 6; Celtic musical
group Craie more perform Mon-
( i c i 'r g i a f .
-
- ”
* ,
Ounce.the niiiht uw’iiy
\CltIII'rort[fini 5 boitent IdHCC ttlHtHCl/IHti
■ 'The'Kirk,Creeu 'bun^
K wik J onls M usical
[lime lO/nn-ftiM
In tliedballreem
A u c . ust 11 - 25, 2006
I nterstate F irehouse C
ultural
C
enter
day, Aug. 8.
Concerts begin each evening
at 6 p.m. A complete schedule
of performers is available at
www.portlandparks.org.
TriMet will add bus service
for festival concertgoers, mak­
ing easy connections with a spe­
cial event bus, running between
the Washington Park MAX sta­
tion and Amphitheatre before
and after the concerts. For trip­
p lan n in g a ssista n c e , visit
tri met.org or call 503-238-RIDE.
To Place Your
Classified Advertisement
5340 N. I niirsiatf A vfnue . P ortiand , O R
rOR TICKET INTOR/WATION CONTACT (503) 4/3 6649
Contact: K athy Linder
Phone: 503-288-0033
Fax: 503-288-0015
e-m ail: classifieds@
portlandobserver.com
$ 15.00 PfR PIRSON
KirkiGreen
M
t di a
J lic J ie liid if I m ix
9 « 1441 N :
S ponsor
C l| p •J J u rtk ittb ( O b s e r v e r
Second Ave^
Portland. ÒR
SaturdayMugust 5/200^
I
A?
A d v e r t is e w i t h d iv e r s i t y
d
P o r tia n i»
in
(O h -