April 17, 2019
Page 11
CAREERS Special Edition
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Gun Violence Drama – In
a world premiere play, a cast
of six diverse women bring the
story of Brandon, a young man who is
always in and out of trouble, until he is shot in the
back by a member of his own community. “A Dark
Sky Full of Stars,” directed by Portland’s Jocelyn
Seid, shows through May 12 at Shoebox Theater,
2110 S.E. 10th Ave. For tickets visit theatrevertigo.
org or call the box office at 503-482-8655.
Teen Party Alcohol-Free – Clark County middle
and high school students are invited to join a drug
and alcohol free celebration for youth with swim-
ming, basketball, a DJ, video games table games,
giveaways and prizes on Friday, April 19 from
8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.at Vancouver’s Firstenburg
Community Center, 700 N.E. 136th. Sponsored by
youth educators working to prevent substance abuse
among their peers.
PDX Global Eats – Enjoy global cuisine and sup-
port refugees and immigrants at the PDX Global
Eats fundraiser, Wednesday, April 24, from 6 p.m. –
9 p.m. in the Lagunitas Community Room, 237 N.E.
Broadway St. Event tickets need to be purchased in
advance at therefugeecenter.org.
Soul’d Out Festival
Presents – Trumpeter,
composer and arranger
Theo Croker, grandson
of the legendary trum-
peter Doc Cheatham,
performs
Wednesday,
April 17 at the Jack Lon-
don Revue, downtown.
A multi-instrumentalist
from Florida, Crocker
is at home playing stan-
dards, swinging post-bop and groove-oriented elec-
tric jazz.
Links Masquerade Ball – The Portland chapter
of The Links present the Phantom Phantasy Mas-
querade Ball on Saturday, April 27 at the Adrianna
Ballroom, 918 S.W. Yamhill, from 6 p.m.-11 p.m.
All proceeds will benefit Portland Links Scholar-
ship Fund and Programs. For
tickets, visit online at wrefinc.
ejoinme.org/register2019.
Norman Sylvester Band – “Boogie Cat”
Norman
Sylvester
plays; Friday, April
19 at the Rogue Pub
in North Plains; Sat-
urday, April20 at the
Vinyl Tap; Wednes-
day, April 24 at Billy
Blue’s in Vancouver;
Friday, April 26 at
Clyde’s; and Satur-
day, April 27 for the
Inner City Blues Festival.
Roots-n-Harmony Benefit – Cathedral Park Per-
forming Arts Collective hosts their 3rd annual ben-
efit show and silent auction “Roots-n-Harmony” on
Saturday, May 4 at 6 p.m. at the Wayfinding Acad-
emy in St. Johns. The all-ages event includes a buf-
fet-style dinner, live music, theatre performances
and a silent auction and raffle to benefit the collec-
tive’s student scholarship program.
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 show-
ing they participate in low income service, like
the Oregon Trial Card, Medicaid, Section 8, Tem-
porary Assistance for Needy Families, and Head
Start.
Discount Tickets – Low income families and
individuals can purchase $5 tickets to classical
musical performances in Portland as part of a
unique program called Music for All. Participat-
ing organizations include the Oregon Symphony,
Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet Theater, Chamber
Music Northwest, Portland Youth Philharmonic,
Portland Baroque Orchestra, Friends of Chamber
Music, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Portland
Piano International, Portland Symphonic Choir,
Cappella Romana and Portland Vocal Consort.
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