Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, July 25, 2007, Page 16, Image 16

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July 2S. 2007
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Chris R ockin
‘I Think I Love My Wife’
The seven-year itch o f m ar­
riage is explored in the new film "I
Think I Love My W ife,” starring
fearless funnyman Chris Rock and
bom bshell Kerry W ashington,
who team up for the second time
since filming "Bad Com pany” in
2002.
The first-rate ensem ble sup­
porting cast also includes G ina
Torres ("A lias,” The Matrix Re­
loaded ) as C ooper’s wife of seven
years w ho’s not about to let go of
the man she loves, and Steve
Buscemi (Fargo, "The Sopranos” )
as his philandering colleague.
“ I Think I Love My W ife” is
released on DVD Aug. 7.
“I Think I Love
My Wife"
with Chris Rock
(center), Gina
Torres (left) and
Kerry Washington
(right), hits stores
Aug. 7.
PORTLAND PARKS & RECREATIOI
Healthy Park*. Healthy Portland
Washington Park
Summer Festival
11 Amphitheatre Stage I 6:00 pm I Aug. 3-18
2007
Soul Vaccination
(soul/funk/R&B party)
El Cuadro Solo Flamenco (music &
dance) and Brothers of the Baladi
(Middle Eastern world beat)
Portland Festival Symphony
honoring Norman Leyden
NorthStar Dancers and Jaynez
(contemporary & traditional Native
American music & dance)
Del Rey and Tom May Quartet
(acoustic blues & folk)
The Sugar Beets
(high energy acoustic groove)
Lyndee Mah. jazz vocalist, with
Steve Cannon & the Blowhard Big Band
Curtis Salgado (blues)
Loveness Wesa & Kgotso
African Cultural Arts
(music & dance of Zimbabwe)
Portland Festival Symphony with
3 Leg Torso
Stolen Sweets ('30s jazz)
Janice Scroggins & Special Friends
(jazz/blues/gospel)
Misty River Band (American roots)
Rebecca Kilgore. Eddie Erickson,
Dan Barrett & Joel Forbes (swing jazz)
Portland SummerFest presents
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
(opera in concert with orchestra)
Carta Son (traditional hot Cuban music)
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Country Club Comedy
Antwan “Big Boi” Patton from the multi-platinum and
Grammy winning hip-hop duo OutKast leads an all-star east
in “W ho’s Your Caddy?” Opening in theaters Friday, July
27.
Patton portrays C-Note, a superstar rap mogul who runs
into fierce opposition when he tries to join a stuffy golf
country club.
The wild street team and the stuffy elite, who collide on
the green include Terry Crews, Tamala Jones, MTV’s Andy
Milonakis, comedienne Sherri Shepherd, funnyman Faizon
Love, Finesse Mitchell, Jeffrey Jones, James A very, Bruce
Bruce, Bad Santa’s Tony Cox, Garrett Morris, Mighty Rasta
and Grammy-nominated rapper Lil' Wayne.
The picture is the first in a slate of family-friendly comedies
for urban audiences produced by Our Stories Films, the first
African American-owned film studio.
Antwan Big Boi' Patton tees off in the
comedy Who's Your Caddy?
Trumpeter Speaks to World at Zoo Concert
Kirk Douglas may seem
an unlikely musical influ­
ence foran African jazz mu­
sician, but the actor is the
one who first brought jazz,
great Hugh M asckclatothe
trum pet. A fter w atching
Douglas in "Young Man
with a H orn," M asekela
prom ptly sw itched from
piano, which he had been
playing as a boy, to trum ­
pet — and a legend began.
Hugh Masekela and his
South African big band per­
form Wednesday, Aug. I at
7 p.m. at the Oregon Zoo as
Trumpet legend Hug Masekela will bring his
part of the Wells Fargo Sum-
South
African big band to the Oregon Zoo for
merConccrt Series presented
a summer concert on Wednesday, Aug. 1.
by Fred Meyer.
"Masekela’sexuberant per­
sonality drives his perfor­
mances," says Krista Swan,
event coordinator. "He shines
whether he is playing the mu­
sic he is famous for, cracking
jokes about flirtatious women,
or talking more seriously about
the political situation in his
native Africa."
The trumpet and flugelhom
are how Masekela speaks to
the world. Masekela's music
reflects the changing influ­
ences in his life. Though his
music remains grounded in
jazz, it has included influences
from pop. Latin, mbaqanga,
hard-driving township and
Afrobeat.