May 29, 2019
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WE’RE
BACK!
Good in the Hood 27th Annual Multicultural Festival ,
presented by University of Oregon, June 21-23. Location King School Park, NE
6th Ave & NE Humboldt St, Portland, OR 97211.
Come join us for a fun filled weekend of Live - Jazz, Blues, R&B, Latin, Pop,
Conscious Hip/Hop; and NEO-Soul...complemented with a DJ intermission.
Multicultural food, market place, informational village, kid’s space and parade.
In addition, Legacy’s “Trauma Nurses Talk Tough” $6 discounted bicycle
helmet sale and Health Pavilion offering free health screenings on Saturday
from 12-4pm.
New to the GITH festival, Movie in the Park Friday night June 21 featuring the
movie “Black Panther”
D anny p eterson /t he p ortlanD o bserver
Kayin Talton Davis (left) and Cleo Davis is the wife and husband
team behind the design of permanent obelisk-shaped historical
markers slated to appear on Northeast Alberta Street this
summer. The works will feature text and graphics of eight African
American history makers of the region. The couple is standing
near the intersection of Alberta and 14th Avenue, the future spot
for one of the markers.
photo by
Bringing Local
Black History to Life
C ontinueD From F ront
The histories told by the obe-
lisks will be amplified by the
availability of a new type of inter-
active virtual reality technology
called 360 videos that utilizes a
phone app to connect users to the
historical stories, and a new play
by Portland playwright Shalanda
Sims called “Redefining Alber-
ta” that premiered at the Alberta
Rose Theater on Saturday.
A number of artists and cre-
ators including 360 video pro-
ducer Todd Strickland and others,
were involved with the art mark-
ers. The effort got its start from an
initiative from the neighborhood
organization Alberta Main Street
and its partnering media produc-
tion company, called Diversa.
Creating black heritage mark-
ers was an idea that began at a
community meeting at Alberta
Main Street more than four years
ago when people in the neighbor-
hood began expressing concerns
over the rapid changes that had
happened to the street, Alberta
Main Street Executive Director
Ann Griffin told the Portland Ob-
server.
“We wanted to make sure that
the history of black achievement
did not go away,” Griffin said.
Kayin Talton Davis recalled
how she had been interested be-
fore in the possibility of doing
some art work along Alberta re-
lated to black history. She was
really excited to be able to do it
and hopes the markers will also
emphasis “the future of the black
community in Portland—that it is
not gone, that it is alive, and that
it is just growing and changing
form.”
The artist couple had previous-
ly been involved with street art
projects related to black heritage
with the Historic Black Williams
Project on North Williams Ave-
nue in 2012 and a street beauti-
fication project in front of Urban
League of Portland on the corner
of Williams and North Russell
Street last fall.
The new project will also en-
tail an Alberta Street District
Guide—to be made available in
local establishments--that will
feature portraits of each of the
history makers featured; and
when scanned with one’s phone,
opens up the app to play the ac-
companying 360 video about
each one.
Diversa Executive Director
Zoe Piliafas said she hopes the
app could also be used to educate
Portland youth in schools.
The African American heritage
markers project was made possi-
ble by support from Prosper Port-
land, Pacific Power Foundation,
Oregon Community Foundation,
and others.
Festival hours: Good in the Hood “Kick-off Party” Music by DJ Pryce and Hosted
by MC Seezinin Friday June 21 King School Park 6-10pm, Saturday June 22,
Good in the Hood Parade (NE MLK) at 11am. Saturday and Sunday June 22-23
Festival continuation 11:00am to 10:00pm.
If you're interested in becoming a Food Vendor, selling your merchandise
at the Market Place, having an information booth in our Information
Village, participating in the Parade, becoming a Kids Space sponsor or
volunteering at this year’s festival. Contact GITH Hotline at 971-302-6380 or
email: www.goodnthehood.org
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