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• Kickoffyourw eekw ithlivejaz/everySundayat9p.m .atrheBlueM onk
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• Participate in a rnixed-mediaopen mic night each Monday at the Back-to-
B ackC afé(6l4E Burnside).
• The Thom City Improv, featuring members of Oldominion, Quivah. The
( lx »sen 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 Rtxtrn (2032 S.W. Fifth Ave)
w ith the Black Notes, performing each Thursday.
• Celebrate Friday with Mel Brown, whoplaysjazzatSalty'sontheColumbia
every Friday anti Saturday, and Jimmy Mak’s on Tuesdays and Ihursdays.
• Round off your week with live Reggae on Fridays and Saturdays at
Montego Bay, ( 1239 S.W. Jefferson).
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‘I Am My Own Wife’ at Portland Center Stage
Historic Armory
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Portland Center Stage celebrates
its 2(X)6-2(X)7 season in its new
home at the freshly renovated, 18 9 1
First Regim ent A rm ory along the
brew ery blocks o f northw est Port
land. T he 115-year-old building is
enjoying the renaissance o f a $36
mi Ilion transformation thanks to the
Portland Development Commission
and the interest o f city leaders.
In the past, the arm o ry has
served as housing for troops d u r
ing the Spanish-A m erican War,
presidential visits, venues for pro
fessional wrestling, tennis and box
ing m atches, and now as Portland
C enter S tag e's G erding Theater.
Saved from dem olition a few
years ago, the renovated perfor
mance house actually contains two
theater venues - the 599-seat main
stage and orchestra pit for larger
productions, like the v en u e's de-
Wade McCollum plays Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, and several
other characters in the one-man show “I Am My Own Wife" at
Portland Center Stage.
but "W est Side S tory,” and this
sp rin g 's production o f "F ences,”
chronicling the African Am erican
experience o f the 20th century.
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co m es to life each
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day, Dec. 31. I he fes
tival includcsa lighted
zoo train, choral and
ensem ble music, pup
pet sh o w s, and a
mtxiel train display.
local playw right is
challenging racial
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world prem iere o f
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b i- r a c ia l y o u n g
adult's m istaken Caucasian self-identity. Show s extended through
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Hip-hop I )ance Classes - Vaneou ver-Clark Parks
and Recreation is hosting fam ily friendly hip-hop
dance classes for ages 5 to 18. V arious lessons teach
rhythm, technique, coordination, agility, com binations and
team w ork through ur
ban dance moves. For
more inform ation,call
Lights", Northeast 85th Avenue and Sandy Boule
vard, continue this week through Saturday. Dec. 30 from
5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., featuring hourly holiday music concerts
sp ectacu lar light
ing displays, live
nativity scene and
fam ily e n te rta in
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intim ate perform ances.
The sm aller studiocurrently fea
tures the one-m an perform ance o f
“ I Am My Own W ife," a true story
N ew Y ear’sE v e-T h eW o n d erB all-
room, 128 N. Russell St., hosts a
New Y ear’s Eve party featuring 3
L eg T o rs o , th e M a rc h F o u rth
M arching Band and H eroes & V il
lains. In all, m ore than 45 m usicians
and perform ers will take the stage
beginning at 9 p.m. on Sunday,
D ec. 31. T his is a 2 1 and o v er show.
Tickets are $15 in advance at the
b a llr o o m b o x o f f ic e an d at
ticketm aster.com .
o f the relatio n sh ip betw een an
A m erican playw rights and an East
G erm an transvestite w ho not only
survived the Nazi regime. butC om -
rnunist rule as well.
The relationship between these
tw o principal characters - play
wright Doug W right and the sweet
but controversial C harlotte von
M ah lsd o rf - d evelops o v er the
course o f years, as we learn how
she survived the brutality o f her
own father, Nazi thugs, the Stasi
(East G erm an police) and eventu
ally the relentless ploys o f w orld
w ide m edia w ho sought to defam e
her image.
H op-scotching between A m eri
ca and G erm any. W right becom es
so fascinated w ith M ahlsdorf that
the entire second act highlights his
tortured conflict between w hat may
be the ugly truth about his subject
and w hat he w ants badly to believe.
Perform ances continue through
Sunday. Dec. 31 at Portland C enter
Stage at the Armory, 128N.W . 11th
Ave. Show s are at 7:30 p.m., T hurs
day at noon, and Saturday and
Sunday at 2 p.m. Ticket are $ 16.50-
59.50. A lso visit w w w .pcs.org.
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Belly D ance C lasses - C aravan Studios offers classes in belly
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O M S I P re se n ts: B lack
Holes - A flight sim ulator
transform s real scientific
data about black holes into
stunning visualizations in
O M S I’s new planetarium
show "B lack holes: The
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797-4000orvisitom si.edu.
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Jazz for the Holidays —
Friday, Dec. 29 thru M on
day, Jan. 1, the Oregon
Coast Council for the Arts
will host N ew p o rt's Jazz
fo rth e H olidays, a m as
siv e N ew Y ears Eve
Party, spread out o ver 4
days and headlined by
som e o f Portland’s jazz,
ic o n s, in c lu d in g the
Bobby T orres Ensemble
and singer N ancy King,
at the Newport Perf orm
ing A rts C enter. Visit
jazzatnewport.org or call
888-701-7123.
New Year’s Celebration - S atur
day, Jan. 13, the Japanese G arden
S o c ie ty ,6 1 1 SW Kingston Dr., will
host the O shogatsu (New Year) C elebration in the G ard en 's Pavilion
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. V isitjapanesegarden.com .
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