October 23, 2019
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Finding a Way to Love
Hip hop infused
drama about
history, identity
and DNA
A young black woman’s relationship
with her white boyfriend is thrown into
turmoil when her uncle’s exploration
of their family’s lineage reveals that
her ancestors were enslaved by her
boyfriend’s ancestors.
“Redwood,” a new play performed
and written by Brittany K. Allen, an ac-
complished New York-based actor and
playwright, makes its world premiere
at Portland Center Stage at the Armory.
Preview shows begin on Saturday, Oct.
26, opening night is Friday, Nov. 1 and
the show plays through Nov. 17.
Guided by a hip-hop dance class
chorus, the vibrant and humor-filled,
theater production is about finding a
way to live and love in a present that’s
overpopulated with ghosts.
“How much of our identity is
something we choose? And how
much of it is tied to our genealogy
– the traumas and joys of our ances-
tors being passed along to us through
generations?” said Chip Miller, the
play’s associate producer. “That Brit-
tany is able to ask these challenging
questions while maintaining a true
sense of joy, surprise, and theatri-
cality, continues to astound me Plus,
there’s dancing!”
Tickets are $25 to $87. Visit pcs.org,
call 503-445-3700 or the box office at
128 N.W. 11th Ave.
Brittany K. Allen stars in the world premiere of her play ‘Redwood’ at
Portland Center Stage at the Armory.
Fall Gardening
Workshops
You’re invited to learn the art of Japanese pruning with Masa Mizuno, a highly respected master of Japanese
garden cultivation in one of a series of gardening workshops by the Horticulture Department at Clackamas
Community College.
The Horticulture Department at Clackamas
Community College invites the community to
enroll in series of gardening workshops this
fall.
The session topics are Pesticide Laws and
Safety, Foundations of Irrigation Design, Jap-
anese Style Pruning; Creating Hypertufa Con-
tainers, and Pesticide Core Training. Some of
the workshops run several days and fees range
from $35 to $181.
All of the sessions meet in Clairmont Hall
on the Oregon City campus, 19600 Molalla
Ave. For information on how to register for
classes, contact Loretta Mills at 503-594-
3292 or lorettam@clackamas.edu.