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BRINGING A LITTLE LAS VEGAS
TO PORTLAND
RANDY STARR PLAYERS
LIVE DINNER SHOW
**** mark it on your calendar ****
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PORTLAND, OR 9 7 2 1 3
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JULY 9-JULY 23RD
AUG 13TH-AUG 27TH
SEPT 9TH • OCT 8TH
NOV 11TH • DEC 30TH
CANDLELIGHT
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TIM E : 9 : 3 0 P M - l: 4 5 AM
OCT 21ST
DEC 24TH
For booking shows call 503-312-4814
Mom Harris
O riginal C ajun C reations
1st Year Anniversary
PDX Jazz at the Mission Theater
PDX Jazz at The Mission Theater
series continues with the Devin Phillips
Quartet on Thursday, July 28 at 8 p.m.
Phillips will celebrate the music of
John Coltrane in a program titled "Im
pressions of Coltrane."
The Portland based classic quartet
with pianist Ramsey Embick, bassist
Eric Gruber and drummer Alan Jones
will play Trane's signature Love Su
preme suite as well as the time-honored
Coltrane favorites Chasin the Trane,
Naima, Giant Steps, The Night has a
Thousand Eyes, My Favorite Things
and Impressions.
The PDX Jazz at the Mission The
ater series will resume this fal 1 with two
internationally acclaimed trumpet stars
-Sept. 29, ECM recording artist Tomasz
Stanko and Oct. 27 the Vietnam native
and Pat Metheny band-mate Cuong
Vu.
Devin Phillips
will celebrate
the music o f
John Coltrang
during a PDX
Jazz at the
Mission
Theater night
on Thursday,
July 28 at 8
p.m.
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hood parks will host free films from
Friday. July 29atJim m yM ak’sfrom 8
recent htts to classics. Films begin at d a r k ^ " " ^ ^ ^ " p.m . to 9 p .m „ $ i 0 c over; and every Wednes-
(8p.m .-8:45p.m . Iwithpre-movieentertainmentstart- day from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Afrique Bistro, 102N E
ing at 6:30 p.m. Rainouts will be called at 5 p.m. For a RUSSell St. $5 cover
complete schedule, visit portlandparks.org.
N o rm an Sylvester B a n d -B oogie Cat Norman Sylvester
S um m er Reading - Multnomah County Library gives andhisband perform Friday. July 29atTillicum; Friday,
kids an incentive to read over the summer months in A ug. 5 al Halibuts; and Saturday, Aug. 6 at the West
their 99th annual Summer Reading program. Studies unn sajoon
show that over the summer, students lose about two
months of reading comprehension skills. Kids aged M e l B ro w n L iv e - Portland jazz giant Mel Brown
birth to high school students entering grade 12 are performs at Salty’so n the Columbia every Friday and
welcome to sign up at any school library.
Saturday night. Known as the “Gentleman of Jazz,”
Brown has a career spanning over 40 years.
Neighborhood
parks near you are hosting a variety of free concerts
featuring funk, pop, rock, Afro beat, country, swing,
Celtic, jazz, soul and Zydeco. The full schedule is
posted on portlandparks.org orcall 503-823-5446.
S u m m e r C oncerts in the P a rk s -
C h ro n icles o f N a rm a E x h ib itio n -
“C o m e S ee” B est fo o d In Tow n
Blackened Catfish $ 9.99
Blackened Cod $ 8.99
Shrimp Jambalya $ 8.99
Shrimp Creole $ 8.99
Gumbo $8.99
Red Beans & Rice $ 3.99
(All Items served with Com Bread)
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Take a magical
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Pearl district, downtown, will be celebrating beers,
brews and bands for Oregon Brew Fest on Saturday,
r h a t ’s A ll Folks! -- Did you know the voice of Bugs
July 30. Northwest 13th Avenue outside the brewpub
Sunny, Pepe Le Pew, Barney Rubble, and countless
will be closed for the block party, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
ither cartoon characters was Mel Blanc, a Portland
íative? “That’s All Folks! The Mel Blanc Story,” a K o i an d G o ld fish Show ~ Beautiful exotic koi and
ribute to Mel Blanc through film, sound, photographs goldfish, along with vendors and seminars takes place
nd memorabilia will show through Sept. 11 at the Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31 at the World
Oregon Jewish Museum, 1953 N.W. Kearney St. Ad- Forestry Center, across from the Oregon Zoo. Admis
aission is $6 and $4 for students and seniors. Visit sion is free.