September 16, 2015
Page 13
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Hip-Hop Crew
Portland Bound
Miami hip-hop crew and Tech
N9ne’s label signee, ¡Mayday!
brings their high energy live show
to Portland, Thursday, Sept. 24 at
the Analog Café, 720 S.E. Haw-
thorne Blvd.
Miami hip hop crew ¡Mayday!
performs Thursday, Sept. 24 in
Portland.
Williams gets Miss
America Apology
(AP) – Controversy forced her
to give up the crown 32 years ago,
but Vanessa Williams got her mo-
ment of redemption Sunday night.
Sam Haskell, executive chair-
man of the Miss America pageant,
apologized to the entertainer for
the way the pageant’s predeces-
sors handled a controversy in-
volving nude photos of Williams
that were published in Penthouse
after she became the first Afri-
can-American Miss America. Wil-
liams resigned the title in 1984.
Haskell, who was not involved
with the pageant at the time, said,
“I want to apologize for anything
that was said or done” during the
photo scandal. “Vanessa: Wel-
come back!”
Williams, who went on to be-
come a famous singer and stage
and TV actress, said from the
stage she “did the best I could”
during the scandal.
Meeting with reporters after
the pageant, Williams lavishly
Vanessa Williams
praised the new Miss America,
Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell, then
reflected briefly on her own short
reign as Miss America.
“I want to thank everyone who
has come up to me over the past 32
years and said, ‘You’ll always be
my Miss America,’” Williams said.
“I got a chance to be on the stage
and represent what I represented
back in 1984. Thank you so much
for being so welcoming to me.”
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After establishing themselves as
one of the best live acts in the Mi-
ami area, the group caught the eye
of independent hip-hop icon Tech
N9ne and signed on the Tech N9ne
independent label “Strange Music.”
Their upcoming show opens at
7 p.m. Tickets start at $15 and can
purchased online at holdmyticket.
com/event/216571.