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Page 10 September 6, 2017 Arts & ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSGuide $5.00 TEES CLUBS FAMILY REUNIONS SCHOOL CLUBS BUSINESSES SCREEN PRINTING Seasonal Clean Up Special! E-Waste • Car Towing Appliances • Debris Scrap Metal • Recycling 503-762-6042 971-570-8214 ABLE ARM Reycling Double J Tires Advertise New & Used Tires with diversity in Overstock & Used Tires $20 & up Priced To Sell All tires mounted & balanced on the car, out the door – no additives. Free stock wheels w/ purchase of any new or used tire limited to stock on hand 30 years in business 2 locations to Serve You 6841 NE MLK, Portland 503-283-9437 4510 SE 52 nd & Holgate 503-771-1834 (503) 545-3160 The Portland Observer BUSINESS GUIDE Beaverton honors its vibrant and diverse community with its annual Celebration Parade, with march- ing bands, festival floats, dance groups and more, returning Saturday, Sept. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon. Get Ready to Celebrate! Celebrating a welcoming, vi- brant and diverse community, Beaverton’s annual Celebration Parade, presented by Bob Lam- phere’s Beaverton Honda, takes off this Saturday, Sept. 9 with fes- tive floats, marching bands, dance groups, local celebrities and more. This year, more than 80 local businesses and organizations will walk, dance or drive through the city. The theme ‘Be Green in ’17’ will showcase all that Beaverton is doing to be more sustainable and make a positive difference on our environment. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the corner of Southwest Wilson Ave and Allen Boulevard and ends at Griffith Park. Al 5K Parade Run will start the day’s festivities at Griffith Park at 9 a.m. To partici- pate in the run, register at IMAth- lete.com/events/bpr. Call 503-288-0033 ads@portlandobserver.com ‘Bight of the Twin,’ a documentary that takes viewers to the west African nation of Benin to explore the origins of the Voodoo religion, and where friends and collaborators Hazel Hill McCarthy III and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge explore the relationship between Voodoo and Western secular art and performance. Subscribe! 503-288-0033 Exploring Gender and Voodoo Fill Out & Send To: Attn: Subscriptions, PO Box 3137, Portland OR 97208 $45.00 for 3 months • $80.00 for 6 mo. • $125.00 for 1 year (please include check with this subscription form) Name: Telephone: Address: or email subscriptions@portlandobserver.com Transcending assumptions of what it means to be gendered, “Bight of the Twin,” a visual and musical documentary, tells the story of musician and artist Gen- esis Breyer P-Orridge and film- maker Hazel Hill McCarthy III’s journey to the west African nation of Benin to explore the origins of Voodoo. Orridge and his/her late wife Lady Jaye underwent a series of surgical procedures to become physically identical to one an- other, seeking to perfect a gen- der-neutral state. In Benin, twins carry sacred meaning and are ven- erated as gods. The NW Film Center presents the movie as part of Portland In- stitute for Contemporary Art’s month long “TBA 17” festival, on Friday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. in the Whitsell Auditorium, locat- ed in the Portland Art Museum, downtown. Tickets are $9 general and $8 for students and seniors. For more information, visit nwfilm.org.