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The Portland Chapter of the Links, Incorporated
Invites you to join us at the Sheraton Portland .Airport Hotel for:
The "Sneakers B all"
Saturday, April 24, 2010
No-host bar and silent auction begin at 6:00 PM
Sit down dinner at 7:00 PM
Wear your tux, gown, or after five attire and that favorite pair of
snazzy sneakers to
Dance, Dance, Dance!
Music by The LaKhonda Steele Band
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Prize for the best matching attire and sneakers!
All Proceeds will benefit The Portland Chapter of The Links. Inc.
Scholarship I’nnd and Programs
Tickets - $60
Ticket Information:
503-707-7204
Special Request: please bring one pair of Sneakers to support The
Portland Chapter of The Links, Inc. Haiti Relief efforts.
Abba Reunion Possible
Swedish supergroup Abba may
perform again nearly 30 years after
they split, the former male members
o f the band hinted Friday.
The group, one o f the most suc-
eessful in history, has enjoyed con­
tinued fame since breaking up in
1982, thanks to tribute bands mim­
icking their satin outfits and easy-
listening music and lyrics.
They attracted new fans recently
with the musical "Mamma Mia!"
which was turned into a film. But
they have persistently shunned the
chance to regroup, turning down as
much as $1 billion to tour again in
2000.
H ow ever Benny A ndersson
and Bjorn Ulvaeus told The Times
new spaper in London that an in­
tim ate one-o ff perform ance that
could be screened around the
The supergroup Abba broke up in 1982.
w orld could be a possibility.
Observers have always thought
too many barriers existed to the band
reforming, including the reclusive
lifestyle o f the blonde female mem­
ber Agnetha Faltskog.
The o th er fem ale m em ber,
Frida L yngstad m arried a G er-
man prince and lives in the Sw iss
A lps. She is th o u g h t to be re la ­
tiv ely am enable to a reu n io n ,
the n ew sp ap er said.
Jazz Tenor’s Legacy’s Preserved
SESAME STREET LIVE
A VEE CORPORATION PRODUCTION
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MAY 2
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Tickets:
Rose Ouarter Box Office
877-789-7673
rosequarter.com
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Considered one o f the world’s
greatest tenor saxophonists, jazz
legend Dexter Gordon (1923-1990)
was once quoted as saying, “Jazz to
me is a living music. It’s a music that
since its beginning has expressed
the feelings, the dreams, and hopes,
o f the people.”
The Library ofCongress in Wash­
ington, D.C. has taken steps to en­
sure the survival o f Gordon’s musi­
cal heritage by acquiring more than
a thousand items from his career
spanning more than five decades.
The collection comprises a wide
range o f G ordon’s work from all
television appearances.
Gordon was born in Los A nge­
les on Feb. 27,1923. Heperformed
with Lionel H am pton’s and Louis
A rm strong’s bands in the 1940s,
but soon distinguished him self as
a key player in the em erging be­
bop style. In the late 1940s, his
recorded saxophone duels with
fellow tenor man W ardell Gray,
such as “The C hase” and “The
Dexter Gordon
Hunt,” served notice that a m ajor
phases o f his career. Consisting new jazz stylist had em erged. A
prim arily o f sound recordings, the jazz innovator, he influenced nu­
collection also includes interviews merous musicians, including John
and items from G ordon’s film and Coltrane.
Middle Passage— Local writer and
Live Jazz — Every Friday and Sat­
poet Nabeeh Mustafa and play­
urday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., the
wright, producer and director Floyd
Third Degrees Lounge at the River
Cruse reproduce their 2005 produc­ on the Columbia every Friday and Place Hotel, 1510S.W.HarborWay.
tion “On Life’s Term: The Middle Saturday night. Known as the No cover or minimum purchase. For
Passage,” a dramatic play that has “Gentleman o f Jazz,” Brown has a more information, visitpdxjazz.com.
parallels between slavery and ad­ career spanning over 40 years.
N orm an Sylvester B and— Boogie
diction, on Saturday and Sunday,
Cat Norman Sylvester and his band
April 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. at the Miracles
perform Friday, April 2 at Trails End
Club, 4069 N.E. Martin Luther King
in Oregon City; Saturday, April 3 at
Jr. Blvd.
the Cascade in Vancouver; Satur­
Ten G ran d s — Local artists Tom
day, April 10 at G em ini’s in Lake
Grant, Michael Allen Harrison,
Oswego and Saturday, April 17 at
Janice Scroggins and seven other
Clyde’s.
top entertainers will play simulta­
Sam son the T. Rex — A magnifi­
neously on 10 pianos on one stage
cent -foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex
in two benefit concerts at 7 p.m.
Friday, April 2 and Saturday, April P ortland Homes — “At Home in skeleton, one o f the most fearsome
3 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Portland: 1909-1914,” explores the carnivores ever to walk the face o f
Hall. Net proceeds go the Snowman variety o f architecture during the the earth is on display at OMSI. The
Foundation to purchase pianos for city’s boom years between 1900 and 66-million-year-old fossil known as
local schools and youth facilities.
1920. The exhibit runs through July Samson is one o f the most complete
11 at the Pittock Mansion, 3229 N.W. Tyrannosaurus rex specimens in
Mel Brown Live — Portland jazz
existence.
Pittock Dr.
giant Mel Brown performs at Salty ’s