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Page 8 August 19, 2020 Celebrating Black Business Month Portland is celebrating National Black Business Month during Au- gust to highlight the importance of Black-owned businesses to our communities and economy. The local organization Venture Portland has taken the lead in the effort by encouraging public sup- port for Black-owned businesses citywide, including the following Black-owned firms which offer everything from critically ac- claimed food to passionate profes- sional services: Alberta: Fuel Café serves mod- ern comfort food with a focus on organic ingredients; Green Muse is a dispensary influenced by art, science, music, sports and fashion. 82nd Avenue: Catfish Lane serves scratch-made Louisi- ana-style cuisine; TCC & Asso- ciates performs civil engineering, surveying, land development planning and construction man- agement; Diamond in the Rough Hair Spa specializes in natural hair and organic, hand crafted hair care products. Division/Clinton: Barbershop Worldwide provides consistent quality haircuts for all textures of hair and hairstyles; Bete Lu- kas and Abyssinian Kitchen both 971-276-8674 Cut, trim, edge, power washing, hauling, leaf removal, cleanup, anything! FREE ESTIMATES FAIR PRICING Venture Portland promotes home grown entrepreneurs Photo Courtesy V enture P ortland The Black-owned Hip Hop Soulstation Academy in Gateway is a dance school specializing in krump, hi-hop, lyrical and private lessons. Photo Courtesy V enture P ortland Dedicated to cooking foods from scratch that they enjoyed eating from New Orleans, Doris and Johnnie operate Catfish Lane, a Kenton: Po’Shines is a con- Black-owned business located in the Cartlandia food cart pod on temporary soul food restaurant Southeast 82nd Avenue next to the Springwater Corridor in the with a Cajun flair, providing qual- Lents neighborhood. ity dining, concessions sales and serve Ethiopian cuisine including heat press, and vinyl; Mathilde’s catering services. Mississippi Ave: Polished salad, tibs, alicha, vegetarian dish- Kitchen caters events with Haitian es, and sambusas. Caribbean food and their Hibis- Agency is a full service Instagram Foster Area: Green Box is a cus/Ginger Brew can be found at business marketing agency. NE Broadway: Resolutions local and family-owned Canna- New Seasons, Market of Choice Northwest facilitates honest dia- bis subscription and on-demand and Co-ops. delivery service; Like Dat Appar- Gateway: Hip Hop Soulstation logue to resolve conflict and ad- el is a custom printing company Academy is a dance school spe- vance racial and social justice. Parkrose: Trap Kitchen is an specializing in screen printed ap- cializing in krump, hi-hop, lyrical Underground Culinary Experience parel, web/logo design, airbrush, and private lessons. as well as a catering company. Soul District: Champions Barbershop is an upscale barber shop that offers “Champion level” grooming and customer service; Flossin Media is an integrated media and marketing agency that specializes in marketing to and for Black, and other multicultur- al communities; Kee’s Loaded Kitchen serves soul food includ- ing smoked brisket, fried chicken, mac and cheese, fresh bread, load- ed baked potatoes, and desserts. Arts & ENTERTAINMENT Jazz on a Summer’s Day Restored 1959 concert film screens virtually mentary every made, made its de- but Friday at the Hollywood The- atre’s virtual cinema and two other Portland virtual theater venues. To order a screening, vis- it kinomarquee.com/film/ A new, dazzling 4K restoration jazz-on-a-summers-day/5f29b- of “Jazz on a Summer’s Day,” 30089c40c0001a2e519/holly- Louis Armstrong’s performance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival considered the greatest jazz docu- wood-theatre. is captured in “Jazz on a Summer’s Day,” considered the greatest jazz film ever made. The musical documentary has been restored in dazzling 4K quality and is now playing virtually at the Hollywood Theatre’s virtual cinema and two other Portland virtual theater venues. $5.00 TEES CLUBS FAMILY REUNIONS SCHOOL CLUBS BUSINESSES SCREEN PRINTING 971-570-8214