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August 9, 2017
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Jazz Scene Retro Concert
Albina festival
‘Brings It Back’
community will be front and
center when the “Albina Jazz
Festival,” makes its debut on
Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-
The birthplace of Portland’s 13 at the StingRay Cafe, one
modern jazz scene and a his- of the original jazz clubs for
torical marker for the black African Americans during the
1940’s and still standing.
The Albina Jazz Festival
will take place from 11 a.m.
to 10 p.m., both days, consist-
ing of a great musical lineup,
including Ron Steen, Andre
St. James, Dennis Bradford,
Ron Steen,
Devin Phillips
and LaRhonda
Steele are
part of a great
musical lineup
of musicians
to play for the
first Albina Jazz
Festival.
Chris Brown, Devin Phillips,
LaRhonda Steele and more.
The festival’s mission is
to keep jazz music in Port-
land alive and contribute to
the history of jazz in the Al-
bina community, especially
the early African American
jazz clubs that were lined
along Williams Avenue after
the Vanport flood. Many of
the clubs operated in the area
where the Moda Center is to-
day. They were torn down by
the city to build the Memorial
Coliseum in 1960.
Sponsors include the Port-
land Pioneers of Color Walk-
ing Tours and KBOO radio.
Tickets are $10 at the door.
StingRay Café is located in
a project called the Leftbank
Project at 240 N. Broadway.
For a complete lineup and
more details, visit albina-
jazzfestival.com.
First Pan African Festival
Everyone is welcome to ex-
perience and enjoy the culture
of Oregon’s black diaspora
with the first annual Pan Af-
rican Festival, Saturday, Aug.
12 from noon to 8:30 p.m. at
Pioneer Courthouse Square,
downtown.
The free event is meant
to illuminate the hidden
treasures in our diversity,
a festival celebrating the
presence, resilience, strength
and influence of Africans,
Caribbeans
and
African
Americans in Oregon. It
also will serve as a cultural
vehicle to galvanize, mobile
and empower Pan African
communities while educating
and raising cultural awareness
and sensitivity.
Highlights will include live
music and dancing, cultural
foods, a fashion show, arts
and crafts, a career fair and
more. For more information,
visit panafricanfestivalor.org.
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