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October 24, 2018
New Hope’s Annual Fall Revival
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Revival is here!! You are cordially invited
to join the New Hope Missionary Baptist
Church for our Annual Fall Revival, Monday
October 29th thru Wednesday, October 31st
@7:00 sharp nightly. The guest Evangelist
is Dr. Johnny Ray Noble, the esteemed Pastor
of the Second Nazareth Baptist Church in
Columbia, South Carolina. You don’t want to
miss this gifted and anointed man of God!!
Music by the New Hope Music Ministries
along with incredibly gifted local music
artists Brandie Turner, Latitia McFarland,
Red Carpet Kids, and more! New Hope
is located at 3725 N. Gantenbein, Portand,
OR 97227, Rev. J. Walter Hills II, Senior
Pastor. For more information, please call
503.281.0163 or email newhopepdx@
comcast.net.
The Northwest Film Center presents a documentary about one of the music world’s most controver-
sial and politically outspoken artists, Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam, a British rapper of Sri Lankan
descent, also known as M.I.A.
M.I.A.’s Rise to Stardom
British
rapper
Mathangi
“Maya” Arulpragasam, also
known as M.I.A., is one of the
music world’s most controver-
sial and politically outspoken
artists, having created an excep-
tional body of work for the last
15 years. Of Sri Lankan descent,
she has been a forceful advocate
for the rights of the oppressed
worldwide, but has also drawn
ire for her pointed statements
about the nature of power and
using one’s voice to speak out on
various forms of oppression.
In a loving and charmingly di-
sheveled documentary, ‘Matangi/
Maya/M.I.A,” charts Maya’s rise
to stardom culled largely from
self-shot video of the rapper culti-
vating her art (and identity), pro-
viding an illuminating glimpse
into the birth of a global pop icon
from her humble beginnings.
The film, presented by the
Northwest Film Center, is com-
ing this weekend to Whitsell
Auditorium at the Portland
Art Museum, downtown. Four
screenings are scheduled: Fri-
day, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m.; Satur-
day, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.; Sunday,
Oct. 28 at 4:30 p.m., and Mon-
day, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Tickets are
$10 General and $8 for students
and seniors.
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Portland’s Stumptown Stages has opened its 14th season with the sensational musical ‘Dreamgirls,’
following a Motown’s group’s rise from obscurity to superstardom. Stars Julianne Johnson (left) with
Shahayla Ononaiye and Kristin Robinson.
Motown’s ‘Dreamgirls’
Stumptown Stages has opened
its 14th season with the sensation-
al musical “Dreamgirls,”
a sweeping and inspirational
journey that chronicles a Mo-
town group’s rise from obscurity
to superstardom. Through gos-
pel, R&B, smooth pop, disco and
more, the performance explores
themes of ambition, hope and be-
trayal, all set in the glamorous and
competitive world of the enter-
tainment industry.
The show features Julianne
Johnson as Effie Melody White
and John Devereaux as Curtis
Taylor Jr. and is directed by Roger
Welch.
“Dreamgirls,” shows at Brun-
ish Theater, Portlland’5 Centers
for the Arts, 1111 S.W. Broadway,
through Oct. 28; at the Winning-
stad Theater at the same loca-
tion from Nov. 1 through Nov. 4;
and at the Columbia Theater in
Longview, Wash. on Nov. 9 and
Nov. 10
For tickets and more informa-
tion, visit stumptownstages.org.