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June 14, 2017
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
A northeast Portland theater company presents the adult musical ‘Avenue Q’ about Princeton, a puppet who navigates a world of racism, homophobia and homelessness.
who can’t find a place to live on
Avenue A so finally on Avenue
Q he “might” have a chance!
The production stars eight
ness while also taking on is-
The local theater company actors with four of them who
sues like finding the purpose Triangle Productions! presents are also puppeteers! Now
of life is returning to a Port- the Tony Award winning play playing Thursdays, Fridays
land stage.
“Avenue Q” about Princeton
Returning to the Stage
An award winning adult
musical with actors and pup-
pets telling stories of racism,
homophobia, and homeless-
and Saturdays through July 1
at The Sanctuary at Sandy Pla-
za, 1785 N.E. Sandy Blvd. No
one under the age of 17 admit-
ted with being accompanied
by an adult over 21 due to sex-
ual content.
Ambrose Akinmusire
PDX Jazz June Concerts
PDX Jazz closes out the
month of June with trumpet
sensation Ambrose Akinmu-
sire on Saturday, June 17 at
McMenamin’s Mission The-
ater, and The Legendary Mur-
ray/El’Zabar Duo on Thursday,
June 29 at The Old Church.
Akinmusire attended the
Thelonious Monk Institute of
Jazz in LA, where he studied
with Herbie Hancock, Wayne
Shorter and Terence Blanchard.
In 2007, he won the prestigious
Thelonious Monk International
Jazz Competition and released
his debut album Prelude...To
Cora on the Fresh Sound label.
Multi-reedist David Murray
and drummer/percussionist Ka-
hil El’Zabar have been at the
forefront of innovative musical
exploration and creative diver-
sity for over four decades. To-
gether, they are the miracle of
profound sound who can bril-
liantly express the epiphany to
be free, with body and soul, plus
the hope and desire that comes
from blowing hot musical fire
that one must see to believe.
Tickets are $25 in advance.