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Comics Unleashed comes to KPDX FOX 49, bringing the backstage banter o f comedians like Carol Leifer, David Brenner host
Byron Allen, Dane Cook and George Wallace.
Candid Humor with “Comics Unleashed”
Fans o f stand up com ed y will
enjoy “C o m ics U nleash ed ", a
s y n d ic a te d s e rie s by B ry o n
A llen featu rin g the best in the
busin ess - D ane C ook. D avid
B r e n n e r . G e o r g e W a lla c e ,
H ow ie M andel. H arland W ill­
iam s, C arol L iefer and m ore.
us a glim pse o f the funniest
T he show is actually a panel m aterial that occurs before our
o f co m ics engaging in c o n v e r­ favorite co m ed ian s go on stage.
satio n s w ith host A llen. T he
“C o m ic s U n le a sh e d " c u r­
funny g ro u p brings backstage rently airs in m ost A m erican
b an ter to a studio audience and c itie s as w ell a s A u stra lia .
living room s n atio n w id e-g iv in g C an ad a and the A rm ed Forces
N etw ork. Locally, the show airs
on KPDX Fox Channel 49 M on­
day through Friday at 1:30 a.m.
N ight ow ls will appreciate the
tim ing, others can set their VCRs
to record the show .
A Tale of Extinction in ‘Children of Men
Black woman gives hope in
this futuristic thriller
The new thriller "Children of
Men", directed by Alfonso Cuaron
(“Y tu mamá también”), portrays a
desolate world, where for the past
18 years no one has witnessed the
birth of a newborn child. Conse­
quently mankind has given up.
descending into lawlessness, ter­
rorism and nihilism in the face of
global childlessness.
The film takes place in futuristic
England, and tells the tale of hope-
tor the luture in the form of a young
African woman named Kee (played
by 19-year-old newcomer Clare-
Clare-Hope Ashitey plays
Kee, a young African woman
whose pregnancy could save
mankind, in the new thriller
“Children o f M en."
Hope Ashitey ). Eight months preg­
nant. Kee is the miracle the whole-
world has been waiting and hoping
for.
When Kee teams up with Julian,
the head of a covert group of refu­
gees, played by Julianne Moore,
the two persuade activist-tumed-
bureaucrat Theo (played by Clive
Owen) to help transport Kee safely
out of the country.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Inside Man)
and Michael Caine (The Cider
House Rules) join the cast in this
tale of a political battle between the
near-mythic Human Project, com­
prised o f some of the greatest minds
on Earth working toward a new
society, and terrorist groups who
will risk everything in their quest
for Kee.
"Children of Men" opened na­
tionwide on Christmas Day.
Documenting Young Lives
Zoom U ganda docum ents the
journey of 12 girls, given 12 cam ­
eras and 24 hours in which to tell
their own stories through their
own lenses. The girls, aged 14
through 18, are from the AIDS
ravaged Rakai district o f south­
ern Uganda and are all orphans of
the AIDS epidem ic.
The photo-voice exhibit can
be seen Monday through Friday
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the
Harambee Center, on the second
floor o f the Ecotrust Building at
721 N.W. Ninth Ave. Harambee is
a nonprofit organization which
connects people and groups in
the US with the peoples and cul­
tures o f the African continent.
Zoom U ganda was directed hy
Julie Resnick, a cross-cultural
trainer and consultant, who was
invited tojoin H aram bee’s cross-
cultural exchange trip to Uganda
this past August. Recalling the
first day o f the project. Resnick
says, “ I handed out the cameras
with their names written on duct
tape to each girl. I drew a camera
on the blackboard and explained
each part: ‘This is the
lens. This is the shutter.
This is the zoom .’ The
g irls im m ed iately re ­
peated zoom ! zoom !
zoom !’ in many voices.
They had named their
project.
ZoomUganda empow­
ered the girls to stand in
the centers of their world
and show the view from
there.
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Fundraising Jazz Concert at Mt. Hood
Inatipofthehat to an old Charlie-
The evening will include a spe­ and $5 for students and may be
Parker tune, the Mt. Hood Commu­ cial performance hy the interna­ purchased at the door or from any
nity College Music department is tionally acclaim ed jazz singer. group member. Proceeds will help
presenting a fundraising jazz con­ Nancy King.
pay transportation costs for the
cert titled "Scrapple to the Apple,"
( ieneral admission tickets arc $8 New York trip.
Thursday, Jan. 4, at 7:30p.m. in the
MHCC College Theater. 26000 S. E.
Stark in Gresham
The concert will feature four out­
standing jazz groups that have all
UPGRADING
been invited to perform at the Inter­
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Pacific Crest Jazz Combo, both di­
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One o f 1 2 girls docu­
menting their lives in
Aids ravaged Uganda
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