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Theatre Observers Women’s Day
"M ilagro Teatro" and the oth er its
E nglish translation.
F u n d in g fo r th e r e n o v a tio n s
cam e from in d iv id u al d o n a tio n s.
S pirit M ountain C om m u n ity Fund,
an d the C o llin s F o u n d atio n . T he
th e a tre h as g ro w n s ig n ific a n tly
fro m w h en it g o t its p e rm a n e n t
hom e 1995, with m ore than 100,000
people passing th ro u g h its doors.
T he lobby w ill featu re the w ork
o f local L atino artists and plans are
in the w orks for im proved am en i­
ties for artists using the rehearsal
stu d io an d a co m m u n ity m eeting
room.
On Sunday, M arch 8, in o b se r­
v ance o f In te rn a tio n a l W o m en ’s'
Day, the M ilagro T h eatre, 525 S.E.
Stark St., will feature a staged read ­
ing and com m unity forum in S p an ­
ish about the vital w ork o f w om en
in the L atino com m unity.
T h e th e a tr e 's T e a tro E s p a n o l
troupe w ill p erfo rm "E n tre N os"
( " B e tw e e n U s " ) , b y S a n tia g o
Serrano. T he one act play illu m i­
nates sexism still routinely visited
upon w om en d e s p ite the s trid e s
m ade tow ard equality.
V isitors to T he M iracle T h eatre
G roup will be g reeted w ith a new ly
in sta lle d , c u s to m -b u ilt m a rq u e e,
one o f the m ore visible renovations
the theatre has m ade as o f late, as
it co n c lu d e s a m a k eo v er that in ­
cluded new carpeting, lighting, e x ­
terio r paint, and others.
T he flashy, neo n -lit style sign is
m eant to have a retro feel and is
b ilin g u a l, w ith one sid e re a d in g
The Milagro Theatre,
525 S.E. Stark St.,
has a new marquee that
advertises the Latino
theater in Spanish on
one side and English on
the other side.
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Local Artist Works
S treet
Onda Gallery, 2215 N.E.
Alberta St., will unveil the
work of three Latin Ameri­
can artists. Rita Urdaneta, a
Venezuelan artist, has a dis­
tinct graphic style that fea­
tures an innovative and ab­
stract use of of colors to con­
vey space and motion.
The work of Wilson Neto,
a young Brazilian artist with
Zulay Quintana 's ‘Law o f Remera. '
a burgeoning presence
in Europe and the U.S.,
uses brightly colored
and intricately textured
paint to depict women
from various b a c k ­
grounds.
Zulay Quintana, an­
other Venezuelan, fea­
tures sculptures of women in
atheltic poses.
All three artists have had
their work shown ex ten ­
sively throughout Canada
and the U.S. as well as their
home countries.
IV/'/son Neto's
'Rainha Inca.'
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Marc Mauer, the ex­
fo r so m e d ru g o f ­
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fe n s e s an d p ris o n
Sentencing Project- a
terms for other crimes.
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In 1 9 9 4 , v o te rs
reform the nation's sen­
passed the controver­
tencing policies that
s ia l M e a su re 11,
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w h ic h
p re v e n te d
Shields on the bill- said
judges from imposing
that states already look State Rep.
m o re le n ie n t s e n ­
at the fiscal or environ­ Chip Shields
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tencing policy will affect race. He many violent crim es, with no
also said that it may spur the leg­ tim e off for good behavior.
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incarceration.
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nal crim inal justice policy," he people prosecuted under M ea­
sure 11 have been African Ameri­
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lenient ones for cocaine p o s­
session (a drug used more by
whites).
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being considered by the House
Rules com m ittee. He gives the
bill a 50 percent chance o f b e­
coming law.
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Neely said that the associa­
tion is fine with the bill if it also
includes a statem ent looking at
w hat ethnic com m unities are
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panics, that number is over 21
percent, even though the group
makes up about 10 percent of
Oregon's population.
M auer explained that long
sentences tend to affect low-
incom e com m unities o f color
m ost acutely. They rip families
apart and rem ove individuals
from society for long stretches
of time, making it more difficult
for them to reconnect once out
o f jail, he said.
Alfred Blumstein, the J. Erik
Jonsson University Professor of
Urban Systems and Operations
Research at C arnegie M ellon
U niversity, said that the pro­
posed measure could sensitize
le g is la to rs
to
the
disproportionally o f sentencing
policy. In particular, it could bring
attention to how certain sentenc­
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pact on some ethnic groups.
For exam ple, he cited n a­
Oregon lácense FS-0395