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P ortland O bserver
Cheryl Roberts leads a team o f volunteers in organizing this year's Good in the Hood festival, which
culminates June 22-24 with a community celebration at Lillis-Albina Park next door to Harriet
Tubman School in north Portland, a new location for the festival’s 20th anniversary.
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S ummer F un G uide S? s
Changing Course
Good in the Hood sets table with new location
by L ee
P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
The 20th anniversary o f this
year’s Good in the Hood festival is
changing course, while retaining the
spirit that has made it a popular
event celebrating the diversity of
neighborhoods in north and north­
east Portland.
The June festival is returning to
its original, abbreviated name, us­
ing Hood instead of the more recent
Neighborhood, and will culminate
with a weekend celebration at a new
location at Lillis-Albina Park at North
Russell Street and Flint Avenue,
next door to Harriet Tubman School.
A kick-off for Good in the Hood
is coming on Thursday, June 14
from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. atMcMenamin
Kennedy School, 5736 N.E. 33rd
Ave. The night will feature live music
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C alendar
pensing useful information about
programs and activities. There will
also be a community marketplace,
featuring unique items for sale by
local entrepreneurs.
A kidspace will include puppet
shows, games, a three-point bas­
ketball shootoff, and bike helmets
for $5 courtesy of Legacy Health
Systems. There will be food for sale
by multiple vendors, and a beer and
wine garden by McMenamins.
And two full days of free enter­
tainment will return by the likes of
Patrick Lamb, Soul Vaccination,
Ocean 503, Kirk Green, Klyntel,
Ayron Jones & the Way, Black Staxx,
Melao de Cuba and, from Seattle,
the Goody Bagg Band.
By tradition there is also a Good
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Man and Child behind Robberies
O pinion
C lassifieds
by Shirley Nanette, Paul Knauls Sr.
as M.C., and Michael Morris as D.J.
The main celebration will begin
with a Good Neighbor Night at Lillis-
Albina Park on Friday, June 22, from
6p.m .to9:30p.m . with live music by
the Andy Stokes Band and Nekked
Bonz. The festival will then gather
full steam for entertainment and fun
at Lillis-Albina on Saturday, June 23
from noon to 9 p.m., and Sunday,
June 24, from noon to 7 p.m.
Good in the Hood originally
started at Holy Redeemer School
and then migrated to King School
Park. The new location offers more
space and less conflict with resi­
dential properties, says Cheryl Rob­
erts, festival organizer.
Once again there will be an infor­
mation village, where public and
private organizations will be dis-
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Police are investigating two week­
end robberies, where small busi­
nesses in north and northeast Port­
land were held up by an adult man
and an approximate 10-year-old
child.
On Friday, the older male, in his
late teens or early 20s, grabbed a
worker at the Pepper Box food cart
on Martin Luther King Jr. Boule­
vard., as the child took money from
the cash register.
The next day, police responded
to a similar robbery at The Meadow,
a specialty shop on North Missis­
sippi Street. The older male once
again grabbed a store clerk from
behind the counter, while the young
boy looted the cashbox.
The adult is described as an Af-
rican American male, 20-30 years
old, medium build wearing all black
clothes. The youth is described as
as African American of approximate
10 to 11 years of age, no taller than
4 feet, 8 inches, wearing a brown
shirt and jeans.
Anyone with information about
the robberies should contact De­
tective Mike Smith at 503-823-0871.