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5010 NE 9th Unit A
Portland Oregon 97221
503-284-2989
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Hours o f operation:
M-F 9 am - 6 pm
Sat
8 am - 9 pm
Sun 11 am - 6 pm
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Angela Freeman stars as Dorothy and Quincy Hickson is the Scarecrow in the Stumptown Stages musical ‘The Wiz, '
opening Friday at the Jefferson High School auditorium.
‘The Wiz’ Opens Friday
Wizard of Oz, the musical is an
African-American adaptation of
the tale we all know by heart.
Dorothy is blown by a tornado
into Munckinland where she
m eets the S carecro w , the
Stumptown Stages’ fourth Tinman, and the Cowardly Lion
season of bringing quality mu­ and they all go off to see the
sicals to Portland audiences is Wizard of Oz.
marked by the presentation of
The Wiz features one of the
‘The W iz,’ the Broadway show Northwest’s most noted per­
that won 7 Tony Awards, in­ formers Julianne R. Johnson-
cluding Best Musical.
Weiss as Evillene, and reunites
Based on the W onderful cast m em bers Y ohannes
‘Come on
and ease on
down the road’
Murphy, Eugene Blackmon,
AmberC. Cobb III, Loretha Gar­
ner, and Yasmine Moore from
last se a so n ’s hit m usical
Dreamgirls. Returning to the
Jefferson stage are alumni Shawn
PnceasGlindaandShalandaSims
as The Gatekeeper.
Performances open Friday,
Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. at the Jefferson
High School Auditorium, 5210
N. Kerby Ave., with shows con­
tinuing each Friday and Satur­
day at 8 p.m. and each Sunday at
2 p.m. through March 1.
A special benefit performance
for Jefferson High School and
the Portland Public School Dis­
trict; will be held a day earlier, on
Thursday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.
Admission is $27 for general
admission, $25 for students and
seniors, and $18 when pur­
chased in groups of 10 or more.
Tickets s can be purchases
online at stumptownstages.com
or by calling the box-office at
503-381-8686.
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Political Satire at Curious Comedy
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K in g d o m Ifuth Ministries
Curious Com edy Theater, 5225 N.E. M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd., presents
presents Are We There Yet? o r D on't Make Me Turn This Country Around.
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Through sketches that range from smart, sharp and witty to the downright
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Scott Rogers explore the vas’ expanse between hope and reality, anticipation
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veryone is welcome
Directed by Stacey Hallal, this sketch show is funnier than you can hope,
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more entertaining than you could ever anticipate, will exceed your highest
expectations, and be more satisfying than your
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‘C om breti’ Spoken Word Debuts
The non-profit soul food café
Po’Shines will begin hosting a
weekly spoken word and open
mic nights for youth readers
and performers.
T he
p ro g ram
c alled
“Combred” will debut on Fri­
day, Feb. 13 from 8 p.m. to 10
p.m.
Since opening in the summer
o f2007 at 8189 N. Denver Ave.,
Po'Shines has been active in its
mission to empower the com­
munity. One of their first moves
was to become a partner in
Teach Me to Fish, an initiative
designed to empower at-risk and
troubled youth by providing job
training, life and performing arts
skills.
T h is p ast fall, the cafe
partnered with Write Around
Portland to host a weekly writ­
ing workshop for youth writers.
"In working with a lot of
young people in our commu­
nity, we are increasingly aware
of the hunger that they have for
a place to express themselves,"
says Mackenzie Doyle, a gen­
eral manager at Po'Shines. "We
are very excited to be able to
offer our cafe as a place of cre-
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ative refuge for a burdened and
For more information, visit
misunderstood generation of poshines.com or call 503-978-
youth."
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Enero*‘tic and Interactive Keynote
Dr Brenda Caldwell
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• Special Testim onies
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Anointed Speaker
Pastor Tammic Gibson
Ontano CA