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May 24, 2017
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Dr. Charles Drew Blood Drive
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
American Red Cross Portland Blood Donation Center
3131 N. Vancouver Ave.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Discussion Panel
Guest Speaker: Marcia Taylor, Executive Director,
Sickle Cell Foundation of Oregon
Living With Sickle Cell: The Lamberth Family
Performing in Portland’s Kukatonon Children’s African Dance
Troupe inspires confidence in the participants and broadens their
awareness of African and African American cultural traditions.
Free T-Shirt, $10 Gift Card and a 50 percent off
Adidas Coupon for all presenting donors
Join Sistahs4Life at 9:30 AM in the Atrium
for Soulful Line Dance Exercise
For an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org
or call 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
5010 NE 9th Ave
Portland, Or 97211
Phone: 503 284-2989
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End of
Year
Showcase
The Kukatonon Children’s
African Dance Troupe’s End of
the Year Showcase will be held
on Friday, June 9 at 6:30 p.m. at
Jefferson High School and the
community is invited.
Kukatonon is a nonprofit
community organization that
has been expanding awareness
of African and African American
culture in Oregon for more than
34 years. The troupe provides
tuition-free after school courses
in West African drumming and
dance, as well as classical ballet.
The organization reaches stu-
dents in underserved communi-
ties, and provides Portland’s di-
verse audiences with culturally
rich community-based arts pro-
gramming.
The showcase will feature
performances by the Kukatonon
dancers and drummers as well
as guest performances from the
West African dance company
Sebe Kan and the African drum-
ming ensemble Baramakono.
Tickets are $12. Visit kuka-
tonon.org for more information.