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î,'t Fortiani» (Obstruer Page 8 Have computer questions? LB3 Computing Solutions Support for you, your business, and your home w w w .lb 3 co m p u tin g so lu tio n s.co m October 13, 2010 Arts x V ENTERTAINMENT (503) 6 2 1 -6 3 6 8 info@ lb3com putingsolutions.com ¿¡D Lim its C u s to m S tic k e rs, B a n n e rs , c h o o se local S ig n s , B u tto n s , a n d M o re ! off your first order! 1703 N E A lberta - 503-360-1066 EMMANUEL Church of God in Christ United Susan Banyas (from left), Paige Jones, LaVerne Green, and Jennifer Lanier star in The Hillsboro Story. The Artists Repertory Theatre play depicts Clemons v. Board o f Education o f Hillsboro, Ohio, a 1 9 5 6 test case that was the first lawsuit in the North to test the Brown v. Board o f Education desegregation decision that was generated a couple years prior in the South. 4800 NE 30th Ave. Port land OR 97211 Civil Rights Era Comes to Life 503-335-8772 You are cordially invited to worship with us in these services: Sunday Service Sunday School 10:00 A.M Y.P.C.E. 6:30 P.M Local play draws from era o f ‘colored’ schools Worship Service 12:00 Noon Evangelistic Service 7:00 PM. Weekday Service Tuesday Night: Bible Study 7:00 P.M. Friday Night: Regular Service 7:30 P.M. Prayer Meeting & Seminar: Monday - Friday 12:00 A better Future for All Oregonians with John Sw eeney John Sweeney is an advocate and defender of the American Way of Life Voting is hiring! Hire John Sweeney by voting! Vote for John Sweeney! Call 503-548-7198 or jsweeney88@gmail.com Playwright and director Susan Banyas was in third grade in July 1954 when she saw her “colored” elementary school go up in flames. The Hillsboro Story, playing this month at the Artists Repertory Theatre, downtown, brings what she saw, and its 50-year aftermath, to the stage. The play tells the story of the first test case for Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 in the playwright’s hometown of Hillsboro, Ohio, near the Mason-Dixon Line. The fire spurred five African-American mothers to take legal action, and the memory of that time inspired Banyas to become a cultural detective by interviewing key figures to get to the truth of what happened. Her real stories from 1954-56 bring to life the not-so-distant history of school desegrega tion in the early years o f the Civil Rights Movement. The Hillsboro Story weaves spoken word, movement, and jazz by composer David Ornette Cherry with a trajectory of school and commu nity outreach. “This is not just a theater piece but a con stant dialogue, and engaging and meeting of minds and personal stories,” said Banyas, who went to Ohio to talk with lawyers, mothers, children, teacher and women who were clean ing the houses of the white residents. “There was this whole beehive of activity that happened completely under » the I ? « radar of 1 | ) ♦ white people, these memories are active not passive - we dignify our lives through our reclamation of history,” she said. The Hillsboro Story runs at Artists Reper tory T h ea tre’s A lder Stage, 1515 S.W. Morrison St., from Wednesday, Oct. 13 through Oct. 24; Wednesday through Sunday at 7:30 p.m.; and Sundays at 2p.m. Tickets are $20. For more information, visit artistsrep.org or call 503-241-1278. Play Adapted for the Classroom Two high-school teachers at Portland Public Schools have developed a 5-week curriculum based on the script o f The Hillsboro Story, the play about civil rights and desegregating public schools. The instruction, targeted for 11th grad ers, is one of several courses developed over the past summer and has been added to a list o f curriculum teachers in Portland can access. It is not required learning, but it is one o f several choices for teachers to choose from and to adapt to their needs. For more information, visit pps.k 12.or.us/ news/4367.
