February 9, 2011
The
Portland Observer Black History Month
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Unscripted Crime Drama
Improvised theater on stage
The Unscriptables are here to most difficult cases in Lawful Order:
clean up Portland’s stages and put Special Puppet Unit.
the perps behind bars. The cast
Each show is different because
from this local improvised theater every night the performance is based
company has puppets and humans upon suggestions given to the per-
working side by side to solve the formers by the audience. Upcoming
performances are on Feb. 12,19,
and 26 at 8p.m. in the Unscriptal
studio, 1121 N. Loring St.
The show is “pay what you wa
or a suggested $ 10. For more ini
mation, visit theunscriptables.cc
The Unscriptables bring improvised theater to a new level with
Lawful Order: Special Puppet Unit, now playing in the
Unscriptables studio at 1121 N. Loring St.
Diversity
there
Oregon Zoo director Kim Smith shows Jabari the hedgehog to
some young visitors during the zoo’s annual Hedgehog Day
festivities on Feb. 2. Jabari did not see his shadow, indicating
spring may arrive early this year.
Early Spring Forecast
Pack those snow tire s and
chains away. Jabari, the Oregon
Z oo’s African pygmy hedgehog,
did not see his shadow during the
zo o ’s annual Hedgehod Dog fes­
tivities on Feb. 2, indicating an
early spring could be in store. Or
not.
“The groundhog is actually a
latecomer to the weather prediction
game,” said zoo director Kim Smith.
“It was only when immigrants to the
United States realized that there
aren’t any hedgehogs here that they
turned to the groundhog. W e’re
proud to bring this tradition back to
its true origins.”
Historically, the hedgehog has
been used in this centuries-old tra­
dition to predict the onset of spring.
Immigrants to North America sub­
stituted the groundhog when they
found there were no hedgehogs in
their new homeland.
e salute Dr. King
and his leadership in
furthering Civil Rights
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