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Premiere Dance Times Four
When
You
Know
Dianne Reeves has an effortless, graceful style that makes
anything she sings sound as sweet as nectar.
Expect to get full o ff o f her latest effort, “ W hen You Know,”
her first CD in five years. Once again, the jazz vocalist tackles
songs that are already part o f p op’s musical library, but instead
of just old standards, she mixes in newer classics, such as The
Tem ptations' “Just My Imagination (Running Away With
M e).”
W hether it’s that Motown gem or Minnie Ripperton’s “Lovin’
You,” Reeves infuses each with an elegant vibe.
The best track o f the album is its only original tune, the juke-
Dancers from the Pacific Northwest Ballet will be among four contemporary dance companies to
appear together in Portland, May 8 and 9 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
White Bird presents its land
mark “4x4 The Ballet Project.”
featuring the West Coast four
major ballet companies appear
ing together for the first time at
7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 8
and again on Friday, May 9 at the
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
The unprecedented event will
feature the Eugene Ballet C om
pany, Oregon Ballet Theatre of
P ortland, P acific N orthw est
Ballet o f Seattle and the San
Francisco Ballet. Each com
pany has become a vital incu
bator o f contem porary ballet in
the United S tates, and each
company will perform a Port
land premiere o f an exciting
contem porary work.
Tickets are available at all
Ticketmaster outlets including the
Portland Center for the Perform
ing Arts Box Office.
joint groove “Today Will Be a Good Day, written by Reeves
herself. An ode to celebrate life as it com es. Reeves goes for
rollicking instead of refined, belting out her lines with the sass
one can som etim es forget that she has.
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All You Can Eat Buffet Sunday, May 4, 2008
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