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E ve re ttrs n t h 2 U^ ,te r to child renin H a iti M n g 3 t0Ur 'aStyear- The n° n p r° flt V a n i t y group holds a benem show or
rn u a y a t me ua vine/ M id d le School. 2 5 0 8 N.E. Everett, so that it can return to Haiti to work with children left homeless by the recent earthquake.
Benefit Show for Haiti
The 13th A nnual Portland C low ns
W ithout B orders B enefit Show ! Fri­
day, M arch 12 at 7:30 p.m . at Da
V inci M iddle School, 2508 N.E.
E verett, w ill support the hum anity
g ro u p ’s outreach in Haiti.
F ounded in 1995, C louds W ith­
out Borders, strives to relieve traum a
through lau g h ter in areas o f crisis
around the w orld.
F rid ay ’s show w ill feature w ild
p h y sical th eater and new circu s
co m m u n ity perform ers, including
L eapin' L ouie L ichtenstein, R hys
T h o m as, F la m e b u o y a n t P ro d u c ­
tions, the N om adic T h eatre Co,
C harlie B row n, B rittany W alsh and
her arrow s o fam azem en t, and m uch
more.
T ickets for the p erform ance are a
si iding scale from $ 10 to $25, and wi 11
be available at the door.
Portland clow ns Lichtenstein and
Sarah L iane F o ster each led trips to
H aiti in 2009 before the earthquake
a n d a re a c tiv e o rg a n iz in g th e
C low ns W ithout B orders response
now.
T he organization plans to send at
least four g roups o f clow ns to H aiti
th is y e a r in c o lla b o ra tio n w ith
C low ns W ithout B orders g roups
from Spain, France, and C anada.
Portland Hosts Comic’s Return
M artin L aw rence returns to his stand-up
roots w ith a one-night only appearance at K eller
A uditorium on T hursday, M arch 11 at 8 p.m.
A rguably one o f the m ost po p u lar and suc­
cessful com edians o f o u r tim e, L aw rence began
his career doing stand-up on the W ashington,
D .C. circuit parlaying his act into a 1983 ap p ear­
ance on “ Star S earch .” H e quickly becam e a
household nam e and a pop culture p h en o m ­
enon w ith the introduction o f the FO X TV
sitcom "M artin" w hich ran for five seasons from
1992 to 1997.
L aw rence has also accum ulated an im pres­
sive list o f m otion p icture credits, som e in clu d ­
ing Spike L e e ’s D o the R ight T hing, H ouse
Party 1 and 2, Boom erang, B ad B oys I and II, and
B ig M om m a's H ouse.
Martin Lawrence
Jazz for All Ages at Clark College
T he C lark C o lleg e M usic D e p artm en t w ill p resen t
V o cal J a z z E n se m b le , A c a d e m y C h o ru s o f L a u rin
“ Ja z z fo r A ll A g e s ,” an e x c itin g n ig h t o f v o c a l ja z z ,
M id d le S c h o o l an d a v o cal ja z z g ro u p fro m G ra ss
on T h u rsd a y , M arch 11 at 7 p.m . in G a is e r H all o n
V alley E lem en tary .
th e C la rk C o lle g e c a m p u s, 1933 F o rt V a n c o u v e r
W ay .
F e a tu re d p e rfo rm e rs are T all Ja z z , C la rk C o lle g e
T he c o n c e rt is free an d o p e n to th e p u b lic w ith
d o n a tio n s fo r th e C la rk C o lle g e V o c al Jaz z E n ­
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