April 4, 2018
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Arts & B U S I N E S S G u i d e
ENTERTAINMENT
Martin Luther King Jr.
March -- All people who
love democracy, freedom, jus-
tice, equality and peace and who de-
sire to build Martin Luther King’s “Be-
loved Community” are invited to commemorate the
50th anniversary of his death on Wednesday, March 4
for a march that begins at 5 p.m. at the Japanese-Amer-
ican Historical Plaza on the downtown waterfront and
a concludes with a rally at the MLK statue outside the
Oregon Convention center at 6:30 p.m.
Everybody Reads -- Multnomah County Library’s
16th annual community reading program “Every-
body Reads” welcomes author Moshin Hamid to
Portland this week. Hamid’s book ‘Exit West’ was
distributed across the district so readers and stu-
dents can engage with the book’s themes of safety,
migration, displacement and conflict. He will speak
on Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall in a public talk presented by
Literary Arts.
PIR Auto Swap Meet -- The 13th annual Portland
International Raceway (PIR) Auto Swap Meet will
return to the racetrack in north Portland, running
from Thursday, April 5 to Saturday, April 7, from
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $7 per day and
free for children under 12. Parking is $10 a day or
take the Max. The event runs in conjunction with
the annual Portland Swap Meet at the Expo center.
The Murder of Fred Hampton -- A pristine preser-
vation of the 1971 documentary
‘The Murder of Fred Hampton,’
a film about the killing of Black
Panther Party leader Fred Hamp-
ton by Chicago police in 1969,
will show, Wednesday, April 11
at 7 p.m., highlighting a series of
films from the UCLA Film and
Television Archive scheduled
for screening this month by the
Northwest Film Center at the Portland Art Museum.
For a complete schedule, visit nwfilm.org.
Norman Sylvester -- ‘Boogie Cat’ Norman Sylves-
ter plays Saturday, April 7 at Catfish Lou’s; Satur-
day, April 14 at the Spare Room; Friday, April 20 at
the Vinyl Tap; Saturday, April 21 at the Inner City
Blues Festival; Wednesday, April 25 at Billy Blues
in Vancouver; Friday, April 27 at Clyde’s; and Sat-
urday, April28 at the Half Penny in Salem.
OMSI Exhibit on Arctic Thaw -- “Digging into
Permafrost” is a new exhibit at OMSI addressing
the subject of cli-
mate change as viewed
through the lens of a thaw-
ing Arctic using exciting inter-
active features such as an Alaskan
permafrost tunnel replica, fossil research stations
and interactive games.
Voyage to Vietnam -- Portland Children’s Museum
promotes the understanding of Vietnam culture and
showcases the traditions, customs and values exem-
plified by the country’s annual celebration of Tet
with Voyage to Vietnam: Celebrating the Tet Festi-
val. The new exhibit runs through May 6.
Robot Revolution -- A new ex-
hibit at OMSI brings some of the
most innovative robots from all
over the world. Learn about the
skills robots possess that mimic
and often surpass human capa-
bilities in “‘Robot Revolution,”
now showing through Sept. 7
History Hub -- Oregon Histor-
ical Society exhibit for young
people explores the topic of diversity with interac-
tive objects and pictures that tell the stories of the
people of Oregon, past and present. With puzzles,
touch screen activities and board games, History
Hub asks students to consider questions like “Who
is an Oregonian?,” “How has discrimination and
segregation affected people who live in Oregon?,”
and “How can you make Oregon a great place for
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