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Page 14 April 22, 2015 C LASSIFIEDS /B IDS Portland Public Schools- 2SHQXQWLOÀOOHG FAM - Director of Project Man- agement, Planning & Design. Event Custodian – part-time, Oregon Convention Center, Reporting to the Senior Director $13.42 - $15.19 hourly. Dead- of Facilities & Asset Manage- line: 04/27/15 ment is responsible for direct Set-up and Housekeeping comprehensive management of Custodian, Oregon Convention the project management team, Center, $15.71 - $17.70 hourly. deferred maintenance and con- Deadline: 04/27/15 tracted management programs 7KHVH RSSRUWXQLWLHV DUH RSHQ including maintaining process WR )LUVW 2SSRUWXQLW\ 7DUJHW $UHD DQGÀVFDOFRQWURORISURMHFWV7KH )27$UHVLGHQWV&ROXPELD%OYG position is responsible for ap- on the north; 42nd Ave on the proximately 13 technical and ad- HDVW WKH %DQÀHOG )UHHZD\ RQ ministrative staff and an annual the south, and North Chautau- operating budget of $2.5M to TXD %OYG RQ WKH ZHVW ZKRVH 07KH3URMHFW0DQDJHPHQW total annual income does not ex- Planning and Design team pro- ceed $25,000 as an individual, vides planning, design and con- or $40,000 for an entire house- struction services to all Portland hold, for the past 12 months. Public School (PPS) facilities. 7R DSSO\ YLVLW RXU ZHE VLWH DW Compensation: ZZZRUHJRQPHWURJRYMREV for $81,366.00 to 98,047. the complete job announcement To apply, visit http://jobs.pps.net and a link to our online hiring Job Number #2100011941 center or visit our lobby kiosk at Metro, 600 NE Grand Ave, Port- land. Advertise with diversity in The Portland Observer email ads@portlandobserver.com 0HWURLVDQ$IÀUPDWLYH$FWLRQ Equal Opportunity Employer PUBLIC NOTICE/ REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Worksystems and the Workforce Investment Council of Clackamas County are seeking competitive proposals for the provision of services related to mental, behavioral and vocation- al counseling for long-term unemployed job seekers and vet- erans enrolled in the region’s Reboot Northwest project7KH 5HTXHVWIRU3URSRVDO5)3ZLOOEHSRVWHG$SULORQ:6,·V ZHEVLWH ZZZZRUNV\VWHPVRUJ. Proposals are due noon, May 22, 2015:RUNV\VWHPV,QFLVDQHTXDORSSRUWXQLW\HPSOR\HU program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request WRLQGLYLGXDOVZLWKGLVDELOLWLHV7RSODFHDIUHHUHOD\FDOOLQ2UHJRQ dial 711. A Sharp Focus to Controversy C ONTINUED FROM P AGE 9 gospel, soul, and R&B and the inspiration they offered to the civil rights movement, and HBO recently picked up the U.S. TV ULJKWVWRWKLV¿OP I saw “Drunk Stoned Brilliant 'HDG 7KH 6WRU\ RI WKH 1DWLRQDO Lampoon” late in the festival and, frankly, it was my last choice in its time slot; this brand of raunchy dominant-culture humor is not really my thing. But actually the ¿OP LV D YHU\ VPDUWO\ DVVHPEOHG history of the humor magazine that presaged “Saturday Night /LYH´ DQG VXFK IHDWXUH ¿OPV DV “Animal House,” “Caddyshack,” and “National Lampoon’s Vaca- tion.” It cleverly uses clips from the mag’s own art to illustrate much of the history, and assem- bles interviews from a cast of mostly privileged white male con- tributors who are now in their 60s. It’s a worthwhile window into the history of American humor and culture -- though for all its wist- IXO QRVWDOJLD WKH ¿OP ODFNV DQ\ awareness that whole segments of American society (like, uh, wom- en and ethnic minorities) never had a heyday in which their raun- chiest humor found a dominant culture audience, and aren’t likely The origins and legacy of the Black Panthers is brought to life in the QHZGRFXPHQWDU\´7KH%ODFN3DQWKHUV9DQJXDUGRIWKH5HYROXWLRQµ to experience that heyday. Havana, Cuba and their parallel ³7KH%ODFN3DQWKHUV9DQJXDUG stories of struggling for the inde- of the Revolution” really is more pendence. Though each individ- P\FXSRIWHDDQGWKLV¿OPGLUHFW- ual story contained interesting ed by venerable documentarian IHDWXUHV WKH ¿OP QHHGHG IXUWKHU Stanley Nelson delivers a compre- shaping to establish a more de- hensive look at the controversial ¿QHG OLQN RU SXUSRVH EHWZHHQ organization’s origins and legacy. them. 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Anyone interested repellant assailant, but I am still in furthering her education on this wishing for a more nuanced ex- important piece of American cul- amination of the escalating prob- WXUHZRQ¶WZDQWWRPLVVWKLV¿OP lem of gun violence against young “How to Dance in Ohio” won black men. an audience award, which sur- 7KH¿QDOWKUHH¿OPVDUHZRUWK SULVHG PH D OLWWOH EXW WKH ¿OP LV seeing for their specialized sub- well worth a look. In Columbus, jects. “Tell Spring Not to Come Ohio, a group of teens and young This Year” documents the expe- adults on the autism spectrum pre- riences of one inexperienced and pare for an American rite of pas- ill-equipped unit of the Afghan sage that is the setting for untold National Army charged with agonies even for those of us not maintaining security after the de- RQ WKH VSHFWUXP D 6SULQJ )RU- parture of international forces. mal. They are all working with a 7KH ¿OPPDNHUV HPEHGGHG ZLWK kind and quite brave psychologist the unit and captured heartbreak- who prepares them for and stag- ing scenes of the chaos and blood- es the event as part of their work shed experienced by young men WR SUDFWLFH VRFLDO VNLOOV 7KH ¿OP with few real other options. “Dev- particularly follows three young il’s Rope” artfully captures a sense women in their journey of prepa- of the legacy of barbed wire fenc- ration for the dance, and its ten- es in the American West, includ- der exploration of their ups and ing long, silent tracking shots and downs in experiencing this event laconic commentary from barbed that might otherwise have been in- wire enthusiasts. 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