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OutKast Take on Film
Antwan 'Big Boi' Patton and Andre
'3000' Benjamin unleash debut
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Volunteer for Crisis Line
W ant to m ake a difference in your
com m unity? V olunteers and ad­
vocates are needed for the P ort­
land W om en’s Crisis Line. The
needs include on-call advocates
to respond in person or over the
phone, outreach and educational
efforts, and fundraising and ad­
m inistrative duties. Call 503-232-
4176 for m ore inform ation.
Children’s Benefit Concert
O regon Health and Science U ni­
versity will host a benefit concert
for their C hild D evelopm ent and
R ehabilitation C enter, featuring
w orks by Puccini, M ozart, Cole
Porter, Bernstein and others, S at­
urday, Sept. 9 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
at the OHSU Auditorium. Call 503-
239-8255 w eekdays for tickets.
Corn Maze Challenge
The M aiZE at Sauvie Island's
Pumpkin Patch chal lenges al I ages
with over three m iles o f intricate
pathw ays, carved into a five-acre
field o f 12-foot com . O pen daily
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday
and Saturday evenings until 10
p.m. C ost is $6 for adults, $4 for
children and free for kids under
five. Visit portlandm aze.com .
‘I Have a Dream*
Learn about how the local "1 Have
a D ream ” foundation prepares
low -incom e children for post-high
school study or rew arding em ­
ploym ent through m entoring, tu­
to rin g and sc h o larsh ip . O pen
houses take place W ednesdays,
Sept. 13 and Oct. 5 at W oodlaw n
School, 7200 N.E. I Ith Ave. For
more information, call503-287-7203
or visit ihadoregon.org.
Cancer Care Group
A free cancer support group m eet­
ing takes place T uesday, Sept. 5
from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Provi­
dence Professional Plaza Radra-
tion/O ncology C onference room,
5O5ON.E. H oyt,Level B. Focuson I
learning to live fully and m aintain
hope and quality o f life w hile liv­
ing with cancer. Cal 1503-215-60151
for m ore inform ation.
Women’s Caregiving
A free health forum ‘W hen is it
Tim e to T ake C harge? W om en
and C aregiving' will help partici­
pants recognize red flags, cope
with caretaking and provide com-1
m unity resources every w oman
can use. It lakes place Thursday,
Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at Providence St.
Vincent Medical C enter's Souther
A uditorium ,9205 S.W. Barnes Rd.
For more information, call 503-513-
8404.
YWCA Needs Advocates
C lark County YW CA is looking
for adults w ho can serve as m en­
tors for sexual assault victim s and
d o m e s tic v io le n c e s u p p o rt
groups, court-ap p o in ted ad v o ­
cates for abused and neglected
children and volunteers for incar­
cerated w omen transitioning back
into the com m unity. Fall training
and orientation begins Tuesday,
Sept. 2 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For
more inform ation, call 360-696-
0167.
B a r n e y S te in is ‘T h e L e c tu r e r ' in
‘R e e fe r M a d n e s s ! ' th e a w a rd -w in n in g
s a tir e a b o u t g o v e r n m e n t m is in fo r m a ­
tio n a n d g r e e d .
‘Reefer Madness!'
comes to Interstate
Firehouse
Cultural Theatre
The award-winning musical 'R eefer M ad­
ness!’ em barks on a Northwest prem iere at
the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center,
5340 N. Interstate Ave.
'R eefer M adness' isapolitical satire about
governm ent m isin fo rm atio n and greed,
loosely based on the 1936 propaganda film
“Tell Y ourC hild ren ' also known as “Reefer
M ad n ess!”
Artistic D irector and D ram m y A w ard­
w inning actor Kirk M ouser o f Stum ptow n
Stages directs the production. It begins the
second season for the Portland theater co m ­
pany, follow ing on the heels o f its zany hit,
‘U rinetow n - The M usical’.
"R eefer M adness!” revolves around the
misfortunes o f Jim my (Andrew B ray), a once
innocent and fresh-faced high school stu­
dent who falls prey to Jack (Nartan W oods),
the evil m arijuana peddler. O ne p u ff o f the
dem on weed transform s Jim m y into a lecher­
ous maniac suddenly hell-bent on pleasures
o f the flesh and the next "tlx."
Scenes o f doobie-induced debauchery,
m ayhem , and moral depravity inevitably
ensue as Jim m y and “friends”— sm oke,
slink and o f course sing— ram bling down
the path to ultim ate ruin.
The show has been aptly described as a
J im m y (Andrew Bray) s h a r e s a s o d a with M ary (Erin C harles) in th e p la y ‘R e e fe r M a d n e s s ! ' a b o u t a o n c e in n o c e n t high
sc h o o l s tu d e n t w ho is s u d d e n ly h ell-b en t o n th e p le a s u r e s o f th e fle s h a n d n e x t ‘fix .'
J o s e p h Klei p e rfo rm s in th e m u sic a l ‘R e e fe r M a d n e s s ! ' c o m in g to th e In te rs ta te
F ireh o u se Cultural C e n te r in north Portland.
Expanding the Power of Words
Play will follow
march against
senseless violence
A com m unity march and rally against
violence will be bigger than ever this year
with more events and a special stage produc­
tion confronting violence in our com m unity.
T he4th annual "Senseless Violence Leads
to Silence" inarch and rally will take place
ja s • *
Saturday, Sept. 9 in m em ory o f A sia "B ell"
Jam es, a local m other and wife who w as shot
on her front porch in a 2002 unsolved m ur­
der; and all other victim s o f violence.
A full day o f events, food and entertain­
ment follows the 9:45 a.m. march from Irving
jf c ■!
Hoyt Arboretum Trees
D iscover the w onder o f Hoyt A r­
boretum during "M eet the T rees”
events through Sept. 30 from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. This free family expe­
rience includes tour maps and kids
activity maps toexplore more than
12 m iles o f trails through trees
from all over the w orld, including
the M iddle East and Africa. For
m o re
in f o r m a tio n ,
v is it
hoytarboretum.org orcall 503-228-
8733.
community service
'L eave it to Beaver' meets 'Rocky H orror’
and its sold-out Los Angeles run lead to
both a Showtime movie version and aGrammy
Award for Best Song.
P erform ances run T hursdays through
Sundays from Sept. 8 through Oct. 7. Thurs­
day-Saturday perform ances start at 8 p.m.,
Sunday perform ances at 2 p.m. All seats are
$25 for general adm ission and $22 for stu­
dents and seniors. Tickets can be purchased
in advance by calling: Stum ptow n Stages
Box O ffice at 503-381-8686 or online at
w w w .stum ptow nstages.com .
Opening night on Thursday, Sept. 8 will
be a special gala perform ance to benefit
Stum ptow n Stages. The show com m ences
at 6 p.m. and will be followed by an elegant,
but m orally depraved, reception and an
evening o f entertainm ent. Tickets for that
evening only are $65 per person and $ 10 0 per
couple.
Reefer Madness! was first produced by
Jam es L Nederlander, Verna Harrah and
Stephaine Steele and Dead Old Man Produc­
tions under the direction o f Andy Fickman
and choreography by Paula Abdul.
A p la y co n fro n tin g th e i s s u e s o f v io le n c e fe a tu rin g C urtis Ticks a n d D arlene S o lo m o n R o g e rs (b a ck row) a n d E lisa b e th
D avid so n (front row. from left). L. S m ith Jaxon. K a n a e H a ya sh i a n d C h a u n tey Cruz, will ta k e p la c e a t A lberta Park in north
e a s t P ortland o n S a tu rd a y. S e p t. 9 follow ing th e a n n u a l S e n s e l e s s V io len ce L e a d s to S ile n c e ' m a rch a n d rally.
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Park at Northeast 7th Avenue and Fremont
Street to Alberta Park at N ortheast 19th and
Killingsw orth Street.
The activities at Alberta Park will take
place from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m ., featuring
m otivational speakers to build hope and
bring healing to our families and com m unity.
Live entertainm ent will include local bands
with the sounds of G ospel, R&B and rock.
Volunteers are needed. Call 503-247-2997 for
more information.
New this year will be the presentation of
an interactive play that asks the audience to
help solve issues o f violence. T he stage
production is presented by Crim e Survivors
for C om m unity Safety, a program o f the
W estern Prison Project, a progressive m ove­
ment o f crim e survivors and allies.
The perform ance follows a family trapped
in an abusive cycle o f violence, show ing the
reactions and issues laced by the family and
how friends interact.
“W e’re hoping to shed more light on the
com plexities o f dom estic violence, and how
com m unity m em bers can help create safety
and accountability," said Terrie Q uinteros,
program director of the crime survivors group
and the p lay 's w riter and director.
"W e know that not everyone feels com ­
fortable calling the police. By engaging the
audience in finding com m unity based solu­
tions. we show that each one o f us can take
a role in creating safety and accountability,"
Q uinteros said.
Repeat perform ances of the play will be
presented on W ednesday, Sept. 13 at 6:30
p.m. at St. Andrew C atholic C hurch. 4925
N.E. Ninth Ave. and Saturday, ( k t . 7 at 11
a.m. at the PorllandCom m unity C ollegeC as-
cade Cam pus in north Portland
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