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September 3. 2008
Politically Charged Art
Kennedy
School to
Open Boiler
Room Bar
Multi-ethnic
portraits mix
more than
color
T he historic M cM enam ins K ennedy
School. 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave., will offer yet
another spot w here guests and visitors can
enjoy a drink, have a meal, play som e pool
and more when it opens a new bar, set oddly
enough, in the school's form er boiler room.
An ordinary-looking hall way door opens
to reveal a huge, multilevel bar with room for
KM) guests, a jukebox, two pool tables and
shuffleboard, all paired with a full menu of
handcrafted M cM enam ins ales, wines and
spirits plus a food menu offering pizza,
calzones, panini and more.
T he m assive boiler itself has been taken
out, although its heavy doors were retained
for display; much o f the original artw ork
done by the M cM enam ins artists also depicts the
old plumbing.
The Boiler Room B arw illofficiallyopenon Friday,
Sept. 5 at 4 p.m.
Masqueradeat Devine Designs
ately Pink for the C u re, a
program o f the Susan G.
Komen for theC ure foun­
d ation, and will include
m usic, refresh m en ts, a
ra ffle , v e n d o rs, h air
and fashion show and
a pretty in pink c o s ­
tum e contest.
A dm ission is $4.
F or m ore in fo rm atio n .
call 5 0 3-282-1209.
A B lack, W hite and Pink
M asq u erad e to supp o rt
the fight to end breast
cancer will be held S at­
urday, Sept. 6 from 7
p .m . to m id n ig h t at
D evine D esigns Salon
and Spa. 331 I N .E . M ar­
tin L uther King Jr. Blvd.,
a b o v e th e new M id-K
B eauty S upply.
T he event benefits P assio n ­
Dance W eekend — L ouisiana'sow n
Brian Jack Band and P ortland's Too
Loose Cajun Band will participate in
the Cascade Zydeco sum m er cam p
in the Mt. Hood N ational Forest.
Sept. 12-14. The event is for dancers
new and old and for those who want
to learn to dance. For information
and registration.call 360-571 -4453 or
visit cascade-zydeco.com .
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Loveless Wesa — Zim babw e native
and local musician Loveness W esa
w ill bring hertraditional African danc­
ing, singing and drum m ing to the stage when she
perform s Saturday. Sept. 13 at the A lberta Street Fair.
Hip Hop to Native A m ericans -
Andrew M orrison draw s on his
Native A m erican culture, hip-hop
and street art in a cutting edge,
exciting and uniqueexhibit on dis­
play in the artists' gallery in the
adm inistration building on the
V ancouver cam pus o f W ashing­
ton State University through Sept. 18.
M ulti-ethic portraits mix
more than color in G w enn
Seem el’s politically charged
exhibit "A pple Pie," currently
on display through Sept. 20 at
the Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center, 5340 N. Interstate Ave.
The subjects are m ostly first
and second generation A m eri­
cans, along w ith an A frican-
American and a Native American,
com bined with iconic American
images, yielding som e interest­
ing— and uniquely A m erican—
com binations, including a Rus­
sian-A m erican Neil Armstrong
and a Taiw anese-A m erican.
As the daughter o f a French
imm igrant, Seemel spent a good
deal o f her childhood in a small
village in France. Now 27, she is
living the Am erican dream. She is
The “First American" is one of
Gween Seeme s multi-ethic
portraits on display at the
Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center.
a painter with a unique visual
style w ho sets out to connect
with other multi-ethnic Americans
to see if their experiences were
anything like hers.
For her eighth solo conceptual
show in the past five years, Seemel
gathered subjects that don't al­
w ays com e to mind when one
thinks o f a U.S. citizen, first and
second generation A m ericans.
And, instead o f simply painting
the p articip a n ts as they are.
Rapper T I Jumps to No. 1
(AP) -- Rapper T.I. established the
mark for biggest ju m p to the top o f the
Billboard Hot 100 w hen his single
"W hatever You Like" soared from No.
7 1 to No. 1 in its third w eek on the list.
Last w eek’sN o. 1 opening on the Hot
Digital Songs Billboard chart with d e­
but-week sales o f 205,000 dow nloads is
the im petus for the record-setting Hot
100 move, which surpasses the leap
from No. 64 to No. 1 that Maroon 5's
"M akes Me Wonder" took in May 2007.
"Like" is the rapper's first No. I as a
lead artist (he was featured on Justin
Tim berlake's 2006 chart-topper "My
Love"), and his opening-w eek digital
sum is the best by a rap track since
Nielsen SoundScan began com piling
dow nload data in 2003.
T .I.'s new G rand H ustle/A tlantic
album , "P ap erT rail," will be released
Sept. 30.
T. I.
W illamette Riverjoin in end of summ er blast tocelebrate
the W illamette River. This family-fun event features live
m usic, river tours, and D ragonboat racing; for a com ­
plete calendar o f events visit portlandriverfest.org.
Phantom o f the Opera - A ndrew Lloyd W ebber's The
Phantom o f the O pera plays at Keller A uditorium , dow n­
town through Sept. 7. Tickets are on sale at the Portland
Opera Box Office, 2 11 S.E.Caruthersorat all Ticketmaster
outlets.
KBOOBIock P arty-K B O O will
celebrate 40 years of com m unity
radio with a fun street party in­
cluding live music. DJs, perfor­
mances and much more, Friday,
Sept. 5 from 5 p.m. to 10p.m., one
Southeast Ei
block from the KBOO studios
Avenue between Ankeny and Ash Streets.
N orthw est C hocolate Festival —Sept. 12 thru Sept. 14.
at 721 N.W . Ninth Ave. Suite 900, enjoy a delicious
adventure with decadent chocolates at P ortland's first-
ever free chocolate festival; volunteers are needed, for
more information call 503-715-0068.
Ri veriest — Currently through Sunday, on and along (he
Poetry at Miracles - Local and national artists and
musicians share an evening of spoken word and music at
the Miracles Club, 4069 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
each W ednesday’s, between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
O M SI $2 Days - The first Sunday o f every month can
spark your passion for science at the OMSI when
adm ission is ju st $2. For more inform ation, visit
O M SI.edu.
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Seem el has blended their
likenesses with American
icons.
A pple Pie is a series of
images that starts a con­
v ersatio n — and a political
debate or two!
Some o f the m ore uniquely
A merican paintings in the show
inc I ude a Zi m babwean-American
woman who wears white "bunny-
face" to fit into her adopted
country's decidedly com partm en­
talized concept o f her ethnicity
and an Iranian-German-American
version o f Rosie the Riveter.
In this refiguring o f the U.S.,
Nixon reveals his T aiw anese-
American heritage and a Native
A m erican G eorge W ashington
finally earns the title First A m eri­
can.
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