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2019 special edition
Arts &
January 16, 2019
ENTERTAINMENT
Talk on Journalism and Democracy
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A traditional powwow celebration of Native American culture and traditions makes its return to
Portland Community College’s Sylvania Campus, Saturday, Jan. 19, from noon to 9 p.m.
Celebrate Culture and Traditions
A powwow celebrating Native
American culture and traditions
and featuring a drum group, danc-
ers crafts, and more is returning
to Portland Community College’s
Sylvania Campus on Saturday,
Jan.19 from noon to 9 p.m.
Highlights include the tradi-
tional powwow’s grand entries at
1 p.m. and 7 p.m., a free commu-
nity dinner at 5:30 p.m., activities
for children, a college fair and raf-
fle prizes.
The 20th annual event comes
with free parking and no entry fee.
Donations and other contributions
will benefit PCC’s Native Ameri-
can Scholarship Fund.
For more information, visit
pcc.edu/powwow or call 971-722-
4116.
A provocative onstage con-
versation about journalism
and justice will feature Kim-
berly A. C. Wilson, a former
black journalist and Pulitzer
Prize winner, and two other re-
nowned writers, at the Alberta
Rose Theatre on the evening of
Wednesday, Jan. 23.
Wilson has worked as a
news and investigative report-
er at the Oregonian, the Bal-
timore Sun, the Seattle Post
Intelligencer and the Associa-
tion Press. She is currently the
communications directors for
Meyer Memorial Trust.
Also joining Wilson on the
panel will be Inara Verzem-
nieks and Les Zaitz, two other
former Oregonian writers who
have won Pulitzer prizes for
journalism. The event is spon-
sored by the non-profit Oregon
Humanities as part of its Think
and Drink series.
Think & Drink takes place at
the Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000
N.E. Alberta St., from 7 p.m. to
Kimberly A.C. Wilson
8:30 p.m., with doors open at 6
p.m. General-admission tickets
are $10 and available at alberta-
rosetheatre.com. The event will
also be streamed live at oregon-
humanities.org and on YouTube.