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Free Film, Free Fun
On Sunday, March 14, families are invited to
the Portland Art Museum for Celebrating Film.
ages. Visitors can also make their own flipbook,
play with digitally projected butterflies, and help
This free admission event, sponsored by the
create the soundtrack for a 1960s Japanese
Northwest Film Center, will feature do it yourself
animation, interactive play spaces, improvisa­
monster movie, live on stage, with the group
Filmusik.
tional theater games, film screenings, kid-friendly
For those interested in acting for the camera,
Oregon C hildren’s Theater will be leading high
food, and motion themed-gallery tours. Activities
take place throughout the day from 12-5 p.m.
Northwest Film Center faculty will be teaching
kids o f all ages the principles o f motion using
energy interactive theater games such as Zip,
Zap, Zop!, Whoosh I am a Tree, and Complaint
Counter.
zoetropes and thaumatropes, which spin and
whirl simple drawings into animated moving im-
The Art Museum is located at 1219 S. W. Park
Ave., downtown.
From 1960s Sit-ins to War
Combat pilot comes o f age in Vietnam
What was the effect o f going
to war on an African American
fighter pilot who lived through
the 1960s sit-ins, Birmingham
voter registration marches, the
March on Washington, Black
Panther Party shootouts, riots in
Watts, Detroit and Newark, and
the assassinations o f President
Kennedy, his brother Bobby, and
Dr. King?
"I was conflicted, to say the
least," recalls Brian H. Settles,
author o f "No Reason for Dying:
A Reluctant Combat Pilot's Con­
fession o f Hypocrisy, Infidelity,
and War" (BookSurge, 2009).
Captain Settles flew nearly
"Many o f my contemporaries 200 combat missions during his
felt the war was unconscionable. tour o f duty in Vietnam. His
And, for a 24 year old African
American male, that seemed to
be especially true. But I'd made
a commitment for the opportu­
nity to fly fighter jets, and it was
my decision to honor that com­
mitment, whatever the cost,”
Settles said. “I just didn’t know
how great the cost would be."
early years were spent in a Ne­
braska orphanage, and after his
adoptive parents divorced, he
struggled w ith a heightened
sense o f detachment as a bira-
cial child growing up in the seg­
regated Midwest.
He carried this crisis o f iden­
tity with him into the w ar where
his insecurities from the past
e ru p te d o v e r th e sk ie s o f
S outheast A sia w ith a ven ­
geance. Now a retired airline
captain, his is the voice o f the
w arrior poet. C aptain Settles
says, "W e m ust seek to iden­
tify the blessings in our lives
although they may be draped
in the traum a o f crisis."
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EM M AN U EL
Church o f God in
C hrist United
4800 NE 30th Ave. Port­
land OR 97211
503-335-8772
You are cordially invited
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Sunday School 10:00 A.M
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Evangelistic Service 7:00 PM.
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“SUPPORT RALLY”
Family Reunion Praise and Worship
Hosted by the True Vine Baptist Church
4735 N. Commercial Ave., Portland, OR. 97217
FRIDAY MARCH 12,2010—6:30 P.M.
3:30 pm • Sunday, March 14,2010
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