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Arts
ENTERTAINMENT
Hudson Heals after
Family Murders
Prints of the 1 7th and 18th centuries, including works by
Francisco De Goya are featured in an exhibit examining the
relationship between word and image.
W ordsand Images
Relationships
explored
The Portland Art Museum
examines the relationship be­
tween word and image in prints
over the course of more than
500 years, from the Renaissance
to today in an exhibit currently
on display through Nov. 29.
C o m p rise d o f n early 70
works, Word and Image/Word
as Im age fo c u se s on four
groups o f w orks, beginning
with late 15th-and 16th-century
Roy Lichtenstein 's comic portrayal o f melodramatic or
violent subjects.
prints, which tend to convey
clear messages with a close cor­
relation of texfand image.
The exhibit shows how the
later prints of the 17th and 18th
centuries often present am ­
biguous messages; while the
emergence of Pop art in the mid
20th century brought prints
drew from everyday subject
matter, common objects, and
consumer culture.
For more information, call
503-226-2811
or
visit
portlandartmuseum.org.
Film Looks at Roots of ‘Good H air’
vendors gather to show case
their wares.
Rock interviews celebs like
showcased through the media
Nia Long, Salt-n-Pepa, Ice-T,
in high rotation.
This conception of beauty the Rev. Al Sharpton, and also
prompts many African Ameri­ ventures off to the salons and
can w om en to go to g reat barbershops in cities like Dal­
lengths and perform downright las, Los Angeles and New York.
masochistic acts, all in the name Along the way, he talks to the
women and children (as young
of achieving “good hair.”
as
3-years-old) who undergo
African American comedian
grueling
hours in a salon chair
Chris Rock’s new documentary,
to
have
their
heads fried, dyed
“Good Hair,” takes a funny and
and
laid
to
the
side, all in the
provocative look at this deep-
nam
e
o
f
beauty.
But whose
seated cultural issue.
beauty
is
it?
The documentary, which was
Here Rock reveals that the
prompted by a question from
popular
product “relaxer” is ac­
Rock’s daughter over why she
tually
a
highly-corrosive
chemi­
lacked “good hair,” takes the
cal
that
is
capable
of
disinte­
viewer on a journey that begins
at the Bronner Bros. Hair Show grating an aluminum can.
Nonetheless, relaxers are sold
in Georgia. There, he witnesses
an e x tra v a g a n t co n v en tio n by the bucketful and were ref­
where stylists and hair product erenced as “creamy crack" by
continued J ^ f r o m Front
several of the salon goers for
its near addictive qualities.
From there, Rock heads to
India to find the origins of popu­
lar hair weaves, which are tradi-
tionally-wefted human hair ex­
tensions that are sewn onto a
woman’s head to provide her
with added length, fullness and
body.
There, he learns that much
o f this hair is actually har­
vested from the heads of In­
dian women as part o f a reli­
g io u s cerem o n y know n as
“Tonsure.” These women be­
lieve hair is vain, and shave
o ff their locks to please god,
while it's actually being sold
to celeb rities and everyday
w om en w illing to sacrifice
their rent money to look good.
Interestingly, he talks to a
number of men who support the
expensive maintenance habits
of the women in their lives, and
the heavy m aintenance that
come with a freshly-done crop.
The film is both entertain­
ing and thought provoking,
bring up questions about the
roots of the obsession black
women (and men) have over
their hair.
“Good Hair” also shines light
on how African Americans pour
so much of their hard-earned
paychecks into a supposedly
“black" industry that’« actually
predominantly owned and op­
erated by whites and Asians.
But it also raises a more fun­
damental question: Why can’t
we celebrate our own hair?
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Museum, 1511 Mam St.
The Black Press: Sol­
in Vancouver, hosts a free
diers without Swords - Dis­
women’s
suffrage exhibit though
cover the dynamic role of the Black
the
end
of
the
year.
Washington was an
press in the struggle for emancipation and
early
leader
in
giving
women
the right to vote.
civil rights. Discussion on the value of indepen­
dent press will follow the Film. Saturday, Nov. 7 M usic M illennium Free Shows — The Music
at 7 p.m. at the Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Millennium, 3158 E. Burnside, hosts in-house live
Killingsworth St.
performances. En­
Indi Folk and Ballet -
Artists from the Oregon
Ballet Theatre will share
a stage with Portland
indie folk band Horse
Feathers as part of a new
collaborative project
called Uprising. Shows
nightly through Friday,
Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. at Mis­
sissippi Studios, 3939 N.
Mississippi Ave. Tickets are $15.
joy free music and
the opportunity to
meet artists. Call
503-231-8926 fora
schedule.
OMSI After Dark
- O M SI A fter
Dark is a night at
the museum for the
21 and over crowd
filled with food,
drink and science fun; $ 10 fee. For more informa­
NormanSylvester Band - Local jazz great Norman tion, cal 1503-797-4000 or visit omsi .edu.
Sylvester performs Friday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. at Food and E ntertainm ent--Sliders Grill,3011 N.
Tillicum in Beaverton; Thursday, Nov. 5 and Lombard, features an eclectic assortment of per­
Thursday, Nov. 19 at 9 p.m. at the 720 Nightclub formers on the main stage, accompanied by deli­
on Hawthorne; and Friday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. at cious food. Call 5459-4488 for more information.
Musician’s Toy Run in Oregon City. For a com­
Totally ( iospel II -- Peninsula Open Bible Church,
plete schedule visit normansylvester.com.
8225 N. Peninsula, hosts all styles of gospel,
Live Jazz — Every Friday and Saturday from 8 country, and contemporary music with host Riny
p.m. to 11 p.m., the Third De­
Horst each Friday night
grees Lounge at the River
from 7:30p.m. to9:30p.m.
Place Hotel, 15 IOS. W. Harbor
For more information, call
Way. No cover or minimum
503-335-3132.
purchase. For more informa­
Ben Franklin: Unplugged
tion, visitpdxjazz.com.
-- Josh Kombluth's comic
Predators of the Serengeti —
autobiography was in­
Come hear the roar as the Or­
spired when the monolo-
egon Zoo shows off its new­
gist and fringe theater per­
est and most ambitious exhibit with three African
former looked into his bathroom mirror and dis­
lions and other animals that are home to the
covered a startling resemblance to Ben Franklin.
Serengeti.
The comic production runs through Nov. 22 at
Battle to Vote -- The Clark County Historical Portland Center Stage.
(AP) — In the year since
three members of her family
were brutally killed in Chi­
cago, Grammy and Oscar win-
ner Je n n ife r H udson has
found ways to heal and start
a new life.
And it appears the 28-year-
old is happy again.
The actress and singer has
gushed over her role as a new
mother. She has started go­
ing out again, including an
appearance at a New York gala
ju s t d ay s ago. A nd she's
poured herself into her work,
from a gospel-tinged rendi­
tion of the national anthem at
the Super Bowl months after
the slayings to a 11V H 1 Divas"
concert in New York last
month.
Now she is set to return to
Chicago in a few weeks to film
an ABC prime-time special in
which she'll share memories of
childhood Christmases in her
old neighborhood and the
church where she started sing­
ing.
It will be a bittersweet jour­
ney as she film s "Jennifer
Hudson: I'll Be Home for
Christmas," which is sched­
uled to air in December.
A year ago, just as her ca­
reer was really taking off with
roles in movies like "Sex and
the City" and "The Secret Life
of Bees," Hudson had to re­
turn home for the worst reason
possible.
On Oct. 24, 2008, the bod­
ies o f her mother, D arnell
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Jennifer Hudson finds ways
to heal, one year after the
murder o f her mother and
brother.
Hudson D onerson, 57, and
brother, Jason Hudson, 29,
were found in the fam ily's
home on the city's South Side.
The body of her 7-year-old
nephew, Julian King, was
found days later in a sport
utility vehicle on the city's
West Side, just over 10 miles
away. All three had been shot.
Hudson has repeatedly de­
clined to talk about publicly
about the killings. She and her
publicist declined interview re­
quests from The Associated
Press.
"She's heartbroken," said
Bob Israel, 40, who was friends
with Jason Hudson and lives
near the Hudsons' Chicago
home. "They were a close-knit
family."
T hese days, Je n n ife r
Hudson is focusing on her
son, David, named after her
fiancé Daniel David Otunga.
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