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March 13, 2019
Portland International Film Festival – The North-
west Film Center presents the 42nd Portland Inter-
national Film Festival, Oregon’s largest and most
culturally diverse film event with daily and weekend
screenings through March 21 at Whitsell Auditori-
um, Cinema 21, Regal Fox Tower, OMSI’s Empir- Race, Bias and the Brain – The Hollywood Library
ical Theater and Cinemagic. For a complete sched- in northeast Portland presents Dr. Binyam Nardos
of OHSU who will discuss his findings on race,
ule, tickets and festival passes, visit nwfilm.org
emotional arousal and racial bias and how they af-
Links Masquerade Ball – The Portland chapter of
fect our perceptions and decisions, sometimes with
The Links present the Phantom Phantasy Masquer-
life-threatening implications, Wednesday, March 13
ade Ball on Saturday, April 27 at the Adrianna Ball-
from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
room, 918 S.W. Yamhill, from 6 p.m.-11 p.m. All
proceeds will benefit Portland Links Scholarship
Fund and Programs. For tickets, visit online at wre-
finc.ejoinme.org/register2019.
Environmental Justice in Focus – Ken Ward puts
himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry
to combat climate change in the film ‘The Reluctant
Radical.’ St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church,
120 N. Knott St., invites the community to a screen-
ing and discussion of the film on Wednesday, March
13 at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
Zoo for All – The Oregon Zoo has launched “Zoo
for All,” a discount program that provides $5 ad-
mission for low income individuals and families.
Visitors may purchase up to six of the $5 tickets by
brining a photo ID and documentation showing they
participate in low income service, like the Oregon
Trial Card, Medicaid, Section 8, Temporary Assis-
tance for Needy Families, and Head Start.
Celebrating Women in Film – In honor of Wom-
en’s History Month, the Hollywood Theatre will
spend March featuring films telling women’s stories.
Highlights include the rarely-shown 1982 master-
piece Losing Ground with the director’s daughter in
attendance on March 30 and a screening of the 2016
hit Hidden Figures. For a complete lineup, visit hol-
lywoodtheater.org.
Kells Irish Festival – You’re invited to celebrate
St. Patrick’s Day all weekend with live music, danc-
ing, food and family activities. The 28th annual
Kells Irish Festival will take place Friday, March
15 through Sunday, March 17 at Kells’ two Portland
locations: The original Kells Irish Pub at 112 S.W. Discount Tickets – Low income families and indi-
Second Ave. and Kells Brewery at 210 N.W. 21st viduals can purchase $5 tickets to classical musical
performances in Portland as part of a unique pro-
Ave.
gram called Music for All. Participating organiza-
Norman Sylvester Band – “Boogie Cat” Norman
tions include the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera,
Sylvester plays Saturday, March 16 at Mac’s Place
Oregon Ballet Theater, Chamber Music Northwest,
in Silverton; Friday, March 22 at Clyde’s; Saturday,
Portland Youth Philharmonic, Portland Baroque
March 23 at CI Bar & Grill in Tualatin; Wednes-
Orchestra, Friends of Chamber Music, Portland
day, March 27 at Billy Blues in Vancouver; Friday,
Chamber Orchestra, Portland Piano International,
March 29 at the Vinyl Tap; and Saturday, March 30
Portland Symphonic Choir, Cappella Romana and
at the Half Penny in Salem.
Portland Vocal Consort.
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Portland Trail Blazer Enes Kanter.
Wyden Defends Blazer Center
U. S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Or-
egon has come to the defense of
Portland Trail Blazers center Enes
Kanter in his continuing battle
with the government of Turkey,
which has taken actions against
Kanter, a Turkey national, for his
criticisms of Turkey’s president.
“President Erdogan has re-
sponded like many thin-skinned
autocrats before him, by going
after Mr. Kanter and his family,”
Wyden wrote in a letter to Secre-
tary of State Mike Pompeo Friday,
in which he urged the U.S. to “not
stay silent in the face of such a
blatant assault on free thought and
expressions.”
Kanter has been an outspoken
critic of Erdogan for years, calling
him “the Hitler of our century”
when his passport was revoked
by the Turkish government and he
was detained in a Romanian air-
port in 2017.
Turkey’s demand that INTER-
POL issue a “red notice” to ex-
tradite him to Turkey has kept the
former Knicks player in the Unit-
ed states when his former team
traveled to London earlier this
season, and last week when the
Blazers went to Toronto.
Enes’ father, Mehmet Kanter,
was sentenced to 15 years in pris-
on by the Turkish government in
June after a failed military coup,
even though he publicly dis-
avowed his son and his beliefs.
The Turkish government labeled
both Enes and his father as being
part of a terrorist organization.