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TV Search for Gospel Star
K/'rk Franklin
The BET cable TV network has
tapped multi-platinum recording art­
ist Kirk Franklin to host the new
original series “Sunday Best” along
with Grammy Award-winning gos­
pel superstars Bebe Winansand Mary
Mary who will serve as judges and
mentors in the channel's nationwide
search for the next best gospel artist.
Sunday Best premieres Tuesday,
Oct. 2 at 8 p.m.
From one of the executive pro­
ducers of the hit series "American
Idol," Sunday Best will scour the
country's storefront churches, par­
ishes and mega-churches to find the
best undiscovered singers in America.
The top five finalists will be
coached by artists from the gospel
and secular worlds as they strive to
win the Sunday Best title. The win­
ner will receive a recording contract,
a Toyota Camry, as well as cash and
prizes for their home church.
Featuring
Breaking Down the Walls Tour
Featuring The Light, Rajime
Returning
to His
Roots
Soul-blues superstar Bobby Rush is known for
his elaborate stage shows and sexy dancers, but
on his new solo outing “Raw,” he returns to his
rural-blues roots and showcases his skills on
guitar and harmonica.
Rush, known as the "king of the chitlin circuit,’
tackles new subjects. On the civil rights commen­
tary "How Long," for example, he employs his
restrained but authoritative approach to address
the unfulfilled promise of forty acres and a mule.
A native of Homer, La., he performed across
the deep South as a young man before settling in
Chicago, where he played with artists including
Earl Hooker prior to striking out on his own. He
developed his unique brand of "folk funk" through
singles on the Checker. Galaxy, Jewel, Philadel­
phia International, and double entendre hits includ­
ing "Chicken Heads" and "Sue."
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‘Haunting’
at Kennedy
School
You are encouraged Io hiss
the v illa in , pity the hapless hero­
ine and ooh and aah every time
there is a particularly pleasing
view o f Pittock Mansion.
“ T he H a u n tin g o f Sarah
H ardy." a movie 11 lined at one o f
Portland's most popular tourist
destinations, w ill be back by
p o p u la r
dem and
at
M cM enam ins Kennedy School,
5736 N.E. 33rd Ave., on Tues­
day, Sept. 25.
M cM enam ins has donated
use o f the school theater, w ith
proceeds from $ 10 ticket sales to
help upkeep and restore the
mansion.
No-host social hours begin
at 6 p.m. in the Kennedy School
theater bar and the movie w ill be
shown at 9 p.m.
Filmed in 1989, the movie has
some w onderful and strange
views o f both the interior and
exterior o f P ittock Mansion.
A true G o th ic h o rro r, the
cast includes P o lly Bergen,
M o rg a n F a irc h ild and Sela
W ard.