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May 16. 2007
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Live Music Every Night
• Hannah Bea’s, 3969N.E. MLK, presents jazz during its
Sunday Brunch Serenade’ from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Live jazz perform ances Sunday evenings from 8:30
p.m .-1 l:30p.m..atClyde'sPrimeRib,5474NESandy,and
at the Blue Monk ,3341 S.E. Belmont.
• Participate in a m ixed-m edia open m ic night each M onday at the
Back-to-Back Café, 6 14 E. Burnside, and at the Clackamas Community
College’ s Open Mic Jazz Jams, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• IJ ve blues performances Tuesday at Produce Row Café, 204 SEOak,
from 9 p.m. to Midnight, the Steinhaus, 2366 SE 82nd Ave.. Mississippi
Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi Ave., from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. and at Jimmy
Mak’s, 221 NW 10th, at 8 p.m. Live blues and jazz performances are
available.
• W ednesdays, the Candlelight Room, 2032 SW 5th, and Duff’s
Garage, 635 SE 7th, and the BIue Diamond. 2016 NE Sandy BI vd., offer
up blues perform ances. Catch live jazz perform ances at the Blue
Monk, the Portland Art Museum, Jimmy Mak’s, and Jax, 826 SW 2nd,
from7:30p.m. to 11 p.m.
• On Thursdays the W om en in Blues Review, atTillicum's, 8585 SW
Beaverton in Hillsdale.
Tap Your Feet to the Zydeco Beat
Who would think to look to
wards Southern California for one
of the hottest Cajun/Zydeeo bands
in the nation?
That’s where you'll usually find
Bennie and the Swamp Gators, the
musical family that has been stomp
ing out infectious Cajun sounds
and grooving to the Zydeco beat.
But you'll find Bennie and the
Swamp Gators playing right here in
Portland, when Cascade Zydeco
presents the group on Saturday,
May 19at Norse Hall, 111 N.E. 1 Ith
Ave. (on the corner of 1 Ith and
Couch).
From African cultural events to
big gigs at the Los Angeles Staples
Center, home of the LA Lakers and
C lip p e rs, B ennie and the
Swampgators make it hard for the
Benni&andthe
Swamp Gators
play Portland,
Saturday,
May 19 at the
Norse Hall,
111 N.E.
11th Ave.
audience to stay in their seats.
Arrive for a dance lesson with
Aliand Adam Grimshawbeginning
at 7:30 p.m. Dancing to Bennie and
the Swampgators fol lows from 8:45
p.m. tol 1:30 p.m. General Admis
sion is $15. For more information,
call Norse Hall at 503-236-3401.
• Fridays and Saturdays offer many venue choices around the metro
area: Halibuts (2525 NE Alberta St.). Mississippi Studios, LV’s, 3530
N. Vancouver Ave., XV, 15 SW 2nd, Out ol the Blues, 2050 NW
Vaughn, Manila Express, 12370 SE Main St. in Tigard. One Stop
Records, 615 NE Killingsworth St., and the U-licious Smokehouse,
4057 N. Interstate Ave.
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Bear Fair at ,he Zoo
The Oregon Zoo's Bear
Fair is a day to eelebrate,
honor and protect all bears -
- from the cuddly teddy bear
at home on your bed to an
800-pound grizzly with an
appetite for al most anything,
including deer and salmon.
A polar bears enjoy a
"fishsicle," one of the
activities coming to the
Oregon Zoo's “Bear Fair" on
Saturday, May 19.
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SMOKEHOUSE
Specializing in Smelici ¿Meats 5 ‘S 'S Q
Beef • Pork • Lamb • Poultry • Seafood
£nnch $ 5 .9 5 , ‘O inncr $ 9 .9 5
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Pork Rib, Brisket, Turkey, Chicken, Ox Tails & More
Beer and Wine Available
Jimi Hendrix
Open 11:30 AM - 9:00 PM Monday thru Saturday
Blues
Fridays
As a public radio
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station, KMHD 89.1
FM strives to maintain genuine open and nor-bureaucratlc
access for the listening public.
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Bear Fair is on Saturday, May
19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"People have such a fond
ness for bears," says Krista
Swan, event coordinator. "We
want Bear Fair to be an oppor
tunity for visitors to come and
learn more about these great
mammals and the conservation
efforts being made to protect
them."
For more information, visit
oregonzoo.org.
4057
N. Interstate Ave.
503-493-9414
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, coordination, agility,
combinations and teamwork
through urban dance moves.
For more information, call
360-696 8236.