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Focus
Inspiration Through Art
in ‘The Yellow Boat’
Insight Out Theatre Collective
and CITE Educational Theatre col
laborate to bring to the stage "The
Yellow Boat," a play addressing
how fear and ignorance give way
to inspiration and imagination.
Performances begin Friday, Jan.
19 at southeast Portland’s Echo
Theatre.
Written by David Saar and di
rected by Andrés Alcalá, this stun
ning play tells the true story of the
young and gifted visual artist Ben
jamin Saar, a hemophiliac whocon-
tracts HIV and then AIDS through
a blood transfusion.
Benjamin creates inspired draw
ings and paintings that transform
his pain and express his under
standing o f life.
The play examines how fear and
ignorance grip the perspectives of
the adults who surround him, only
to be released by the heart and
imagination of this young boy.
Benjamin's imagination dances
to life in vivid color, sharing his
powerful, transformational mes-
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The Yellow Boat runs through
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Show times are Friday and Sat
urday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
and 7 p.m. Tickets are $ 15 and Sun
day evening performances are on a
sliding scale from $5 to $15 at the
d o or.
V isit
www .insightouttheatre.org or call
503-493-8070. Patrons are encour
aged to arrive early to catch a
unique multimedia segment 20 min
utes prior to the play. Dynamic
Talk Backs will be held afterevery
performance.
“The Yellow Boat" tells the true story o f a young man's life with AIDS through Feb. 11 at Echo
Theatre in southeast Portland.
Comedy of Manners in ‘Where’s Charley’
transform s him self into Donna Lucia, but
The Lakewood Theatre Company pre
sents the Tony-A w ard winning musical
“W here’s Charley," a finely crafted com
how' long will he be able to keep up the
charade?
“W here’s C harley" continues though
Feb. 18 on Thursdays through Saturdays
edy o f manners offering a deft send-up of
etiquette and propriety.
For proper young gentlemen in V icto
rian England who wish to court proper
young ladies, a chaperone is considered
socially indispensable. B utw henC harley's
at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. at the
Lakew ood Center for the Arts, 368 S.
aunt from Brazil does not arrive on sched
ule he decides to chaperone him self.
D onning a wig and a dress, C harley
State St. in Lake Oswego.
Tickets are $28 for adults and $26 for
students and seniors, available through the
Alan Anderson cross dresses for the Victorian
crowd in “Where's Charley "at the Lakewood
Center for the Arts in Lake Oswego.
Lakewood Theatre box office at 503-635-
3901 or w w w .lakew ood-center.org.
Jan. 27. Admission is free.
Hip-hop Dance Classes - Vancouver-Clark
Parks and Recreation is hosting family friendly
hip-hop dance classes for ages 5 to 18. Various
lessons teach rhythm, technique, coordina
tion, agility, com binations and teamwork
through urban dance moves. For more informa
tion, call 360-696-8236.
Pictured: Kim Hambim "The Power o f L o ve " m ixed media
Trippin’ through Tow n - Take a trip through
time to find the hottest poetry, hip-hop and soul
influencing Portland on Wednesdays at the
Ohm. $7 cover. 31 N.W. First Ave.
C u rre n tly fe a tu rin g :
Julia Gardner & Kim Hamblin
December 28-January 23
• Changing M o n th ly Shows
•Contemporary Art & Craft in Gift Shop
• Custom Fram ing
OPEN six days a week
Convenient Northeast location:
2939 NE Alberta • Portland, OR 97211
503 281-9048 • www.guardinogallery.com
Frida at M ilagroT h eatre--T he artistic life
of Frida Kahlo is brought to life at Milagro
Theatre in a magical journey through the
surrealistic vision o f one o f M exico’s most
acclaim ed artists. Perform ances continue
Thursdays through Sundays at 8 p.m. with
weekend matinees at 2 p.m. Admission is $ 15
to $18. Visit w w w .m ilagro.org or call 503-
236-7253.
Belly Dance Classes -Caravan Studios offers
classes in belly dance, African dance and more.
Visit www.gypsycaravan.us.
Emerging Artists Showcase -- The Interstate
Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate
Ave., hosts a University of Portland exhibit
featuring eight emerging artists. Gallery hours:
Tuesday -Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday,
noon- 4 p.m. The exhibit will continue through
Fort V ancouver Lantern Tours - Fort
Vancouver National Historical Site, 1(X) I E. 5
St., will hosts lantern tours from 7 p.m. to9 p.m.
on: Saturday. Jan. 20. Friday Feb. 2, and Satur
day, Feb. 17. Reservations are required. Call
360-8164)230.
W SU V ancouver Exhibit — WSU Vancouver,
14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., presents se
lected works by Ines Epperson through Jan.
28, in the Engineering and Life Sciences
b u ild in g . F or m ore in fo rm a tio n , v isit
vancouver.w su.edu .
Museum After Hours — On Wednesday, Jan.
17 The Norman
S ylvester Band
willtakethe stage,
5:30 p.m. a, the
Portland Art Mu
seum, 1219 SW
Park Ave.
Live Music
Every Night
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• Kick offyourweek with live jazz
every Sunday at 9 p.m. at The
Blue Monk (3341 S.E. Belmont).
Here when you need uel
A.D. Williams
2 1 3 N.E. H a n c o c k
Shop 503-282-2920
Cell 503-30&-4488
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Breakfast
Lunch
Pottle training
Snacks
State certified
Story tim e
Toys Games Fun
Arts and crafts
And much more!
Regina’s ChildHaven Learning Center
Ages 2 mos-12 years
Educational learning
For more information
please call Mrs. Regina Dennis (503) 282*3154
3725 N. Vancouver Ave. Portland OR 97227
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• Participate in a mixed-media
open mic night each Monday at
the Baek-to-Back Café (614 E.
Burnside),
• TheThom City Improv, featur
ing 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 A ve) after
work on Wednesdays, from 5 to
9 p.m.
• Inch toward the weekend at the
Candlelight Room (2032 S.W.
Fifth Ave) with the Black Notes,
performing each Thursday.
Celebrate Friday with Mel
Brown, who
plays jazz at
Salty's on the
Columbia ev
ery Friday and
Mel Brown
Saturday, and
Jimmy Mak’s on Tuesdays and
Thursday*.
• Round off your week with live
Reggae on Fridays and Satur
days at Montego Bay. ( 1239 S.W.
Jefferson).