O ctober 2, 2013
Minority & Small Business Week
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jmjAINMENT
Drums and
Hip-Hop
Makes Waves
M ichelle Fujii o f PortlandT aiko and Shoji
K am eda o f the Los A ngeles-based group
O n E nsem ble w eave rhythm , m elody, and
Barbara Holm
m ovem ent in M aking W aves, an ex h ilarat
ing theatrical experience com ing to the
A laddin Theater, 3017S.E . M ilw aukie Ave.
T he e v en t w ill in fu se the p o w erfu l
rhythm s o f ensem ble Japanese drum m ing
w ith elem ents o f hip-hop, rock, and e lec
tronic.
O n E n sem b le’s unique sound has been
praised as “com pletely original and bril
liantly co n ceiv ed .”
P erform ances are scheduled Saturday,
Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m.
F o r tickets, visit alad d in -theater.com or
ticketfly.com .
Comics Take
on Gender,
Sexuality
A m I R ig h t, L a d ie s? A to ta lly
ra d ic a l e v e n in g o f liv e stan d -u p
c o m e d y by P o rtla n d 's fin e st fe m i
n ist a llie s w ill be h e ld W e d n e s
d ay , O ct. 9 at B a c k sp a c e . D o o rs
o p en at 7 :3 0 p.m . w ith th e sh o w
sta rtin g at 8 p.m .
C o -h o s te d th is m o n th by Jen
T am a n d P o rtla n d M e rc u ry
b lo g g e r B a rb a ra H o lm , th e sh o w
w ill featu re live stan d -u p sets fro m
a d iv e rse g ro u p o f c o m ic s fro m all
o v e r th e g e n d e r, ra c e, an d s e x u a l
ity sp ec tru m : A n d ie M ain , Jo A n n
S c h in d e rle ,
M e lo d y
A w e s o m a z in g , D e ird re L y o n s-
K e e fe , C u rtis C o o k , P h ilip
S challberger, C aitlin W eierhauser,
K r is tin R o w a n , p lu s s p e c ia l
g u e s ts .
A m I R ight, L a d ie s? is p ro d u ced
by T a m , a lo cal c o m ic an d v isu al
a rtist w ho sta rte d th e e v e n t as a
d ire c t re s p o n se to the ra m p a n t
racism , sexism , an d m iso g y n y c u r
re n tly p re s e n t in th e m a le -d o m i
n a ted c o m e d y w o rld .
T h e fre e sh o w c a se is h e ld e v
e ry s e c o n d W e d n e s d a y o f th e
m o n th at B a c k sp a c e , 115 N .W .
F ifth A v e ., an a ll ag es v en u e.
The Los Angeles-
based taiko group,
On Ensemble.
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