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April 30, 2014 ir Page CMEPTAINAitNI Learn to be Latina Comedy finds truth behind pop culture What would you do if you were told that you need to stop being how you are, looking how you look, and loving how you love? Would you agree? Think again. Isn ’t that what we hear every time we turn the TV on or flip the pages of any m agazine? "You have to look like th is!" "You m ust do that!" We may not notice anything odd about this until we come across the smart, critical and satirical portrait of this reality fram ed in “Learn to be L atina” by E n riq u e U ru e ta , p la y in g at M ilagro Theatre. The award-winning play takes an outrageous look at many of the re alities that we might like to ignore, criticizing many of the stereotypes that, as a society, we complacently accept and even promote. A talented troupe of actors, with director Antonio Sonera, explore some of the questions that the script presents with lampoon and irony, finding moments of truth that make Learn to be Latina entertaining, meaningful and the perfect closing production for M ilagro’s 30th anni versary season. Learn to be L atina” opens Thursday, May 1 at Milagro The atre, 525 S.E. Stark St, with shows continuing through May 30. Tickets are $15 to $26 with dis counts for students, seniors, groups of 15 and more, and advance pur chases. Visit milagro.org or call 503- Orion Bradshaw, Michelle Escobar, Olga Sanchez, Kelly Godell, M atthewKerriganinM tegro's'" 236-7253 P M ayU 3 1 On °penln9 ThursdaY’ MaY ’ **«*» performances continuing through Summer Concert Tickets Available County legend will kick off series Country legend Merle Haggard will kick off the Oregon Zoo’s summer concert series on June 21. Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 A full service flower experience •Birthdays • Funerals •Anniversaries • Weddings Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Saturday 9am til 2pm. Cori Stewart— Website: avalonflowerspdx.com Owner, Operator email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services Merle Haggard, a certified legend in the world of country music, will be at the Oregon Zoo June 21, kicking off a sum m er’s worth o f fantastic music. Tickets for the zoo ’ s 2014 sum m er concert series — presented by Regence BlueCross Blue Shield o f Oregon, the Oregon College Savings Plan and Banfield Pet Hospital — are now on sale. This y e ar’s series brings some fam iliar faces back to the zoo. Hometown heroes Pink Martini will close the series with two shows, Aug. 22-23. A fter selling out the zoo last year, Huey Lewis and the News are back (Aug. 13). Trom bone Shorty brings his fiery Crescent City funk back for the second year in a row (Aug. 16), this time with reinforcem ents: his fellow New Or- leans funksters Galactic. The always popular an< forever engaging Carolina Chocolate Drops swinj back through the zoo July 12, with Portland’s Salli« Ford and her new band opening the show. And really, are there more fam iliar faces than Pat Benatai and Rick Springfield, who will be in town togethei July 27? The rest of the lineup fills out with all-tim e greats and some contenders: a singer-songw riterly twofer with Gavin DeGraw and M att N athanson (June 27), new country sensation Rodney Atkins (July 10), soul-folkster Amos Lee (July 17), indie chanteuse Tori Amos (July 18), old-school soul man Charles Bradley (July 25), alt-country original Lucinda W il liam s (July 30), folksy singer-songw riter Josh R itter (Aug. 1 ), and a great bluesy double bill o f Taj Mahal and John Hiatt (Aug. 8). F o r tic k e ts an d m o re in fo r m a tio n , v is it zooconcerts.com . The Benefits of Globalinx Mobi Wireless Save 1 0 0 S by switching, No contract. No early termination fees. No extra minute charges. Great coverage. Lower prices. Upgrade when you want. Bring your own phone Don t forget to look at our site for more products and services Coffee so delicious you just can’t get enough W W W . 5 H n X . n e t / l s a v i n g S Promotional Code L502026 Get the Services you want with the Savings you deserve! W O R R Y — F R E E F I N A N C I N G . IN T R O D U C IN G B IL L M E F O R G L O B A L IN X M O B I A V A IL A B L E THE P IN K LATER W IR E L E S S N E TW O R K HXXK ZW K 33XI Advertise />/ IC Portland Observer 503-288- 0033
