April 22, 2015 Page 13 Arts & ENTERTAINMENT Special Effects Rap Tour Bike Rides and Safety Festival The group Portland Safe Routes to School in partnership with the city of Portland, local schools, neighborhoods and community organizations hosts a bike ride and traffic safety fair to kick off spring on Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Harvey Scott School, 6700 N.E. Prescott St. There will be activities, for parents, kids, and young children, along with a $6 helmet sale and raffle drawing to win a bike and other prizes. There will also be a bike rodeo, bike riding classes, instruction on basic bike repair (including a course on repairing a flat tire), craft tables, route plan- ning instruction and map reading guides, and a free lunch for the first 120 guests. A community bike ride will take place near the end of the event at 1 p.m., with a planned return to the starting point by 2 p.m. One of the most popular independent rappers in the world, Tech N9ne, has embarked on his “Special Effects” na- tional tour and will stop in Portland for a performance on Thursday, April 23 at the Roseland Theater. Special Effects is Tech N9ne’s 15th studio album and the Kansas City rapper has released four singles off the project, the most popular of which, “Hood Go Crazy,” has enjoyed nationwide radio play and debuted at #29 on the rap charts. The Portland show will also feature perfor- mances by Chris Webby, Tech’s label-mates MURS and Krizz Kaliko, King 810, and Zuse. For more information or tickets, visit roselandpdx.com.