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December 18, 2019
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Winter Soul Festival Saturday
Four of Portland’s best soulful acts will front
the Winter Soul Festival at Alberta Abby, 126
N.E. Alberta St., on Saturday, Dec. 21 from 6
p.m. to 10 p.m.
The annual event will feature live gospel, hip
hop, holiday videos and comedy skits, headlined
by Tamara Monique Walker, aka FIYA, meaning
Faith Is Your Answer, and the Hidden Jewels
Choir; I Am Jordan, a singer who grew up in a
household of Gospel and soul, and Arietta “Mz.
Etta” Ward, the eldest daughter of Portland’s
late, legendary soul singer Janice Scroggins who
has followed her mother’s path in music and has
a soon to be released solo album.
Tickets are $15 to $25 at eventbrite.com or the
box office. A free shuttle can get you to the con-
cert by calling 503-863-4383.
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Arietta ‘Etta’ Ward, the eldest daughter of
Portland’s late, legendary singer Janice
Scroggins, has followed her mother’s path in
music and has a soon-to-be-released debut
solo album. She will perform in a lineup of
top Portland Gospel and hip hop acts for
the Winter Soul Festival at Alberta Abby on
Saturday, Dec. 21.
Ural Thomas
Ural Thomas 80th Birthday Party
Historic concert to honor Portland music legend
Ural Thomas, a pillar of Port-
land soul and the acclaimed R&B
funkmaster who has shared stag-
es with the likes of Otis Redding
and James Brown, is celebrating
his 80th birthday with a special
concert on Saturday, Dec. 21 at
Revolution Hall, the former Wash-
ington High School in southeast
Portland.
Presented by the Albina Music
Trust and Cooky Parker, and pro-
duced by Portland’s World Arts
Foundation, the historic birth-
day party production will feature
Thomas and his current group,
Ural Thomas & the Pain; singer,
songwriter and producer Nick Wa-
terhouse; rapper Covi; and come-
dian Adam Pasi.
Paul Knauls Sr. and Calvin
Walker will serve as masters of
ceremonies. Knauls once ran Port-
land’s definitive soul music revue,
the Cotton Club. He played an
integral role in Thomas’ early ca-
reer and now, over 50 years later,
their friendship and shared history
endure. In the late 1960s, Walker
was one of Ural Thomas’ many
soul music pupils at Thomas’
House of Entertainment.
Tickets for the all-ages 8 p.m.
show are $20 in advance and $25
at the door. Visit revolutionhall.
com or the venue box office.