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Portland’s Illicit Past Revealed
Special screening to air new
documentary
West Coas' Populated by mostly
young male migratory workers, it
gained an international reputation
for violence and lawlessness.
Corruption was rampant. Money
could buy city politicians, votes
and police. Prostitutes plied their
trade openly and vagrancy was ille­
gal, forcing many men on the lowest
rungs of society into a life of inden­
tured servitude as sailors.
When the city was incorpo­
rated in 1851 there were 800 resi­
dents, more than 600 of them men.
That year the city constructed its
first municipal building— a jail.
“Portland Noir” unveils the true
A police sergeant from
story of the city’s illicit history
Portland's early days from the
through expert interviews with au­
city’s police museum.
thor Barney Blalock, criminal histo­
rian JD Chandler, Portland Police
M onday, Oct. 21 at 9 p.m. on OPB Museum Director Jim Huff and many
TV.
more. The program features first­
In the late 1800s, Portland was a hand personal accounts and hun­
bustling port town and the second dreds of rarely seen images of the
largest American harbor on the city.
This month, OPB will premiere
an all-new Oregon Experience
special “Portland N oir” which ex ­
amines the c ity ’s early illicit past
and underworld activities in the
m id-to-late 1800s. Tales of shang­
haied sailors, opium dens, and
open vice are legendary, but are
they real? “Portland N oir” unveils
the true story of the c ity ’s sordid
history.
OPB is hosting a special screen­
ing event for the docum entary on
Friday, Oct. 11 at M cM enam ins
M ission Theater. The event is free
and open to the public. Doors will
open at 6 p.m. and the screening
will begin at 7 p.m. There will also
be a Q&A with the program ’s pro­
ducer, Kami Horton, im m ediately
following.
The half-hour special premieres
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‘Piano Love’ CD Release Party
Janice Scroggins, a favorite soul­
ful musician from Portland has a
new CD titled ‘Piano Love.’
A concert and celebration to mark
the release of the album will be held
Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Old
Church, downtown. Tickets in ad­
vance or at the door are $15.
C o-m usician M ichael A llen
Harrison helped produce the album.
He calls Scroggins one o f the most
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in-demand pianists in the North- Janice Scroggins
west today.
the piano.
Harrison said "Piano Love" truly
Scroggins was bom in 1955 in
captures Janice's heart and love for Idabel, Okla. She began performing
as a pianist at the age of three. Her
m other and grandm other both
played piano or organ in church,
and credits her grandmother with
influencing her left hand technique
with her stride-oriented approach.
Scroggins moved to Portland in
1978 with her infant daughter in
arms, and lives in Portland to this
day with her family, playing con­
stantly with so many musicians that
it would be difficult to list them here.
She has also been a featured per­
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