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Page 10 December 19, 2018 Arts & ENTERTAINMENT Happy Holidays Bring this ad in to receive a $250 discount off any vehicle. (Good from December 1st thru the 24th, 2018) Bring it to Kenneth Scott Call 503-442-5089 State Farm R Michael E Harper Agent Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomingon, Illinois 61710 We are located at: 9713 S.W. Capitol, Portland, OR 503-221-3050 • Fax 503-227-8757 michael.harper.cuik@statefarm.com Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 A full service flower experience Cori Stewart-- Owner, Operator • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Funerals • Weddings Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Saturday 9am til 2pm. Website: avalonflowerspdx.com email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services The Boogie Cat New Year’s Eve Ball will feature “Boogie Cat” Normal Sylvester, his daughter Lenanne Miller and Devon Phillips, on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31 at the Eagles Lodge in north Portland. Boogie Cat’s New Year’s Eve Ball Big Blues party to usher in 2019 Norman Sylvester, the “Boogie Cat of the Northwest” is throwing a big Blues party to bring in 2019 with style. You’re invited to join the fun in semi-formal black and white or whatever feels right! The concert with dinner reser- vations will be held New Year’s Eve, Monday, Dec. 31 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Eagles Lodge Grand Ballroom, 7611 N. Exeter and Lombard Street. For tickets, visit tickettomato.com. Opening up the musical en- tertainment will be Mary Flow- er, an internationally known and award-winning guitarist who has made Portland her home since 2004. Flower embodies a luscious and lusty mix of rootsy, acous- tic-blues guitar and vocal styles. Lenanne Miller, a University of Southern California Masters of Fine Arts graduate and Norman’s first born, will follow with a phe- nomenal Jazz set showing her strong vocal style. The Norman Sylvester Review will bring in the New Year featur- ing Devin Philips, a New Orleans protégé who has performed and recorded with top jazz artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Palm- ieri, the Headhunters, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, musician Lenny Kravitz and Los Hombres Caliente. Born in Louisiana, Sylvester has been part of Portland’s mu- sic scene for decades. His earliest musical influence came from hear- ing the Spiritual Five, his father’s gospel group, which played on the radio and in church in Louisiana. Other blues influences he would hear on the back streets and from the Juke boxes around town were greats like BB King, Johnny Tay- lor and T Bone Walker. Norman’s first professional gig was in 1963 in high school with his friend, the late “King of Seat- tle Blues” Isaac Scott. The Norman Sylvester band played the first Wa- terfront Blues Festival in 1987 and after that performance were invited to open for BB King at the Arlene Schnitzer Hall. They had the hon- or of opening for BB once again as well as James Cotton, Mavis Staples, Tower of Power, the Five Blind Boys and many others. A New Kid at the Family Farm A pint-sized baby goat and his mom are settling into their surroundings at the Oregon Zoo. Born on Nov. 24, the new kid named Bruce Wayne can be seen exploring the zoo’s Family Farm with his mom Lilac. His name comes from the DC Comics character — also known as Batman — in honor of his father Justice (as in DC’s “Justice League,” of which Batman is a member).
