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Festival of African Films -
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Broadway. The world premier
Films honors Black History Month
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with screenings and special events through
mor and whimsy of the wildly popular books
March 5. For complete listings and more information, by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss.
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Black Pioneers Host Celebration-Com m em orating
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C ollective, an celebrating Black History Month at the organization’s
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arts p ro ject by annual fundraising Gala Celebration to be held on
Portland cerami- Saturday, Feb. 12, at 7:15 p.m. at the Salem Conference
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conformity and individuality to function in an intercon Mysteries of Ancient Egypt - Through cutting-edge
nected and interdependent society. Her works are on modem technology, the Oregon Museum of Science
display at the Portland building, 1120 S.W. Fifth Ave., and Industry will take visitors on a journey back in time
to experience the mysteries and wonders of ancient
through Friday, Feb. 11.
Egypt in the new exhibition “Lost Egypt: Ancient Se-
African American Read In — Concordia University crets. Modem Science,” now playing through May 1.
invites the community to hear local celebrities and
leaders read works from their favorite African-American Outdoors Comes
writers at the 15th annual African American Read in, indoors — A fish-
Sunday, Feb. 13 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hagen in8 Pond
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Sportsmen Show
is taken back to New York in the
and Sport Fishing Boat show, opening Wednesday,
late 1930s and witness to the
Feb. 9 and continuing through Sunday, Feb. 13 at the
struggles and self-discovery of
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be showing on the weekends of Feb. 18-20 and Feb. 25- Discovery Museum, photographer Steven Kazlowski
docum ents the devastating urgency o f global
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warming’s impact on the Arctic in the photo exhibit.
Norman Sylvester Band - Boogie Cat Norman Sylvester The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming
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Feb. 18 at Spirit Mountain Casino; and Saturday, Feb.
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11 P m ” the Third Degrees Lounge at the River Place
Mel Brown Live - Portland jazz giant Mel Brown per- Hotel, 1510 S.W. Harbor Way. No cover or minimum
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ty s on the Columbia every Friday and purchase. For more information, visitpdxjazz.com.
Saturday night. Known as the “Gentleman o f Jazz,”
Brown has a career spanning over 40 years.
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