April 6, 2016
Page 11
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
‘Forged Ways’ oscillates
between day to day life in
Ethiopia to the experiences
of the filmmaker
navigating the streets of
Harlem.
Identity through the
Lens of Black Cinema
Short films screen at PCC Cascade
Experimental short films from
black filmmakers past and pres-
ent exploring identity will be pre-
sented in a public program titled
“Black Cinema 1: Image and Mi-
rage, Meaning and Identity,” that
takes place Friday, April 8 at 7:30
p.m. in the Terrell Hall auditorium
on the Portland Community Col-
lege Cascade Campus. Suggested
admission is $8.
The films were chosen to en-
gage black artists addressing
race in their works and the Afri-
can-American community here in
Portland. The program partners are
a group of black artists in Portland
called the Black Creative Collec-
tive: Brown Hall; and the Cine-
ma Project, a Portland non-prof-
it promoting public awareness
of avant-garde cinema. Support
also comes from the Multnomah
County Cultural Coalition and an
Arts Equity Grant from the Re-
gional Arts and Cultural Council.
Distorted Guitar
and Smooth Vocals
Gary Clark Jr., a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and
virtuoso guitarist from Austin, Texas, will perform Thursday, April
14 at the Roseland Theater, downtown. .Clark shares the stage
with legends of rock and roll, but is influenced by blues, jazz,
soul, country, as well as hip hop. His musical trademarks are his
distorted guitar sound and smooth vocal style.
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