Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, July 10, 2013, Page 11, Image 11

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ENIECIAINMÉNT
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926 N. Lombard
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Mohamed Di ab s Cairo 678 is a blunt but powerful portrait of women rebelling against Egypt’s
sexual harassment endemic. The document plays Sunday, July 14 at the Northwest Film Center’s
Whitsell Auditorium.
Timely Tale of Social Injustice
P erfectly tim ed to coincide w ith
the m assive protests that h av e e n ­
gu lfed E gypt, the N orth w est Film
C en ter p resents the docum en tary
C airo678.
T h e film profiles three E gyptian
w om en from very different b ack ­
grounds as they pull tog eth er in
uneasy solidarity to co m b at the
sex u al h a ra ssm e n t th at has im ­
p acted each o f their lives — and
has becom e a general plague in
th e ir city o f C airo.
B ased on real-life incidents that
led to E g y p t’s first anti-harassm ent
legislation, M oham ed D iab ’s deftly
w oven narrative tells a gripping,
tim ely tale o f social injustice. W in-
n er o f the Silver H ugo for B est F ilm
at the C hicago International F ilm
Festival and the B est N ew D irecto r
A w ard at the E gyptian O scars.
C airo 678 screens on Sunday,
July 14 at 7 p.m . at the N orthw est
Film C en ter’s W hitsell A uditorium ,
1219 S. W. Park Ave. General adm is­
sion is $9; students and seniors $8.
503-283-1177
Thesday-Saturday 9am-7pm
Monday 10am-4pm
Yo dawg is gonna look like a show dawg
and your kitty will be pretty.
Labor and Civil Rights Explored
D is c o v e r the sig n ific a n c e o f
C la rk C o u n ty ’s la b o r h is to r y
through w ords, im ages and a rti­
facts, plus interactive displays for
the young at heart. L abor: A W o rk ­
ing H istory w ill open at the C lark
C o u n ty H is to ric a l M u se u m on
T h ursday, July 11 w ith a 5 p.m .
reception at the m useum , 1511 M ain
St. in V ancouver.
F ollow ing the reception, auth o r
and U niversity o f W ashington p ro ­
fesso r M ichael H oney w ill present
a lecture entitled, “L inks on the
C hain: L ab o r and C ivil R ights in
Story and Song”. R efreshm ents will
be p rovided by T h e G rant H ouse
R estau ran t.
“L abor: A W orking H isto ry ”
follow s the path o f w o rk ers’ rights
As industry began to grow in
V ancouver through large c o m p a­
nies like the Star B rew ery and ser­
vice industry jo b s increased as a
result, w orkers began to band to ­
g eth er to protect their w ages and
rights. C ontinuing through the 20th
Michael Honey
locally and on a national scale b e­
ginning in the 1800s w ith H aw aiian
and N ative A m erican laborers for
the H u d so n ’s B ay C om pany.
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Classic Car Show Saturday
Start y o u r engines!! T he S alv a­
tion A rm y V eterans and F am ily
C enter in B eaverton is hosting its
2nd annual C lassic C ar C ruise-In
on Saturday, July 13 from 10 a.m . to
3 p.m. at Valley Catholic High School
century, the exhibit highlights the
effects o f the w orld w ars on w ork-
e r s ’ u n io n s a n d th e in te r n a l
struggles betw een organized labor
groups such as the A FL and the
C IO . Since the 1980s and the rise o f
in flatio n and au to m atio n , lab o r
unions have lost m uch o f the pow er
they once held, and the exhibit notes
the plight o f present-day w orkers
and the specter o f a future w here
they do not have the protections o f
strong labor unions.
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C lassic cars, fire trucks, police
cars, a S W A T car, m otorcycles and
m ilitary vehicles will be som e o f the
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