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Double Bill
at Jimmy
Mak’s
Cool as Ice in Hecklevision
D eschutes Brew ery Presents
th e m o v ie C o o l as Ice in
Hecklevision on Saturday, Jan. 11
at 9:30 p.m. at the Holly wood The
ater. A dm ission is $8.
Released to theaters in 1991
barely a year after Vanilla Ice ’s
inescapable hit single “Ice Ice
Baby”, the Cool as Ice challenged
viewers to not only accept V anilla
Ice as an actor, but tolerate him for
more than three minutes.
Robert van W inkle, AKA V a
nilla Ice, plays Johnny Van Owen,
a rapper-dancer-biker who rolls
into a sleepy small town with his
neon-clad crew. Strangely frenetic
scenes, pointless m ontages, as-
toundingly bad attem pts at com
edy and even worse attem pts at
acting m ake you w onder if this
m ovie was intentionally m ade so
poorly that y o u ’re relieved to see
V anilla Ice on screen!
This special screening is pre-
Portland jazz artists M att Brown
and Naomi LaV iolette team up once
again to perform at
Jim m y M ak’s on Friday, Jan. 10.
Brown, a blues and soul singer-
songw riter, celebrates his return to
Portland with his trio, The Connec
tio n , w hile L aV io lette show cases
songs from her new critically acclaimed
record Y ou’ve Got Me.
L a V io le tte b le n d s r e tr o - s ty le
grooves with cool pop. Her sm ooth
vocals span the sultry blues o f Norah
Jo n e s to the a m b ien c e o f S arah
M cLachlan, and her keyboard style is
rem iniscent of both the funky rhythm s
o f Billy Preston and classic folk-rock
o f Carole King.
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Naomi LaViolette
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place on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m.
Artists will include acclaimed soprano Christina Kowalski,
making her second appearance with the series; Dr. Michael C.
Liu, piano; principal clarinet Dr. IgorShakhman and a string and
flute quartet comprised of concertmaster Eva Richey, violin;
Christina
Kowalski
Kirsten Norvell, violin; Ashley Peck, cello and Rachel Rencher,
flute.
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Fresh Prince Star Dead at 68
(AP) - James Avery, the bulky
character actor who laid down the
law at home and on the job as the
Honorable Philip Banks in "The
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,"died on
New Year’s Eve, following compli
cations from open heart surgery. He
was 68.
Avery, who stood more than 6
feet tall, played the family patriarch
and a wealthy attorney and judge
on the popular TV comedy that
launched the acting career o f Will
Sm ith as Banks' troublem aking
James Avery
nephew.
The sitcom, which aired on NBC Banks' mansion, where Smith's char
from 1990 to 1996, was set in the acter was sent from Philadelphia
when things got tough in his own
neighborhood. Fans came to know
the imposing Banks as "Uncle Phil."
Avery liked to say that the way to
be an actor was to act, and he had a
busy and diverse career before,
during and after "Fresh Prince." His
TV c re d its in c lu d e d "G rey 's
Anatomy," "NYPD Blue" and "Dal
las," and among his many films were
"Fletch," "Nightflyers" and "8 Mil
lion Ways to Die." His voice alone
brought him many jobs, notably as
Shredder in the animated TV series
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
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Avery grew up in Atlantic City,
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N.J., and served in the Navy in Viet
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nam in the late 1960s. After return
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fornia and studied drama and litera
ture at the University of California at
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San Diego.
He is survived by his wife, Bar
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bara, and stepson Kevin Waters.
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