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January 10, 2024
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Martin Luther King Jr.
2024 Special Edition
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Experience the Evolution of Jazz
The Biamp
Portland Jazz
Festival is Back
The 2024 Biamp Portland Jazz
Festival starts Friday, February
16 through Saturday, March 2
includes artists spanning the full
breadth of jazz. Artists who are
driving the evolution of jazz fig-
ure prominently alongside NEA
Jazz Masters and GRAMMY®
Award-Winners.
The Festival, which takes
place across Portland, Oregon
for a two-week music extrav-
aganza features performances
by Jon Batiste, Dianne Reeves,
Nicholas Payton, Sudan Ar-
chives, Bob James, Lee Riten-
our, Louis Cole, Shabaka, John
Patitucci, Julian Lage, Kamaal
Williams, Bassekou Kouyate,
Vieux Farka Touré, Theo Croker,
Kassa Overall, Melanie Charles,
Keyon Harrold, Sullivan Fort-
ner, Mary Halvorson, Yotam
The Biamp Portland Jazz Festival is a two-week multi-venue celebration of jazz presented in Portland, Oregon. Tickets on sale now!
Silberstein with Billy Hart, Gen-
evieve Artadi, Corey Harris, Ce-
dric Watson, Carrtoons, Nicole
Glover, Nicole McCabe, Hailey
Niswanger, Eldon T Jones, and
Dan Balmer.
PDX Jazz Executive Direc-
tor, Chris Doss states "pushing
the boundaries and exploring
the entire realm of jazz is a key
element of the Portland Jazz
Festival. Towards this aim, jazz
Black Woman in Green!
The Voice of
Gloria Brown
Clark County Historical Muse-
um opens its 2024 Speaker Series
season on Thursday, February 1st,
with “Black Woman in Green: The
Voice of Gloria Brown” presented
by historian and author, Donna
Sinclair, PhD. The event takes
place at the Clark County Histor-
ical Museum (1511 Main Street,
Vancouver, WA 98660). Doors
open at 6:00 p.m. and the event
begins at 7 p.m. Join Sinclair as
she discusses her book, Black
Woman in Green: Gloria Brown
and the Unmarked Trail to Forest
Service Leadership.
Co-written with Gloria Brown,
the book details Brown’s journey
from an agency transcription-
ist with the US Forest Service in
D.C. to becoming the first African
American woman to attain the
rank of forest supervisor for the
agency. “Gloria’s journey from a
young widow and East Coast city
girl to western forester and agen-
cy leader pulls together unexpect-
ed threads of African American,
environmental, and Northwest
history. Most importantly, it is
an inspiring story with lessons
about overcoming challenges,
Historian & Author Donna Sinclair, PhD.
self-advocacy, determination, and
putting dreams into action. I was
honored to write Black Woman in
Green with Gloria and am excited
to share her story with the Clark
County community.”
Dr. Donna Sinclair is a histori-
an and scholar specializing in oral
history and the history of the Pa-
cific Northwest. Sinclair holds a
bachelor’s degree from Washing-
ton State University – Vancouver
as well as a Master’s in History
and Ph.D. in Urban Studies from
Portland State University. She
teaches as an adjunct for Wash-
ington State University Vancouver
and Western Oregon University.
Sinclair formerly served on the
Washougal Planning Commission
in 2017 and the Washougal School
Board of Directors. The CCHM
Speaker Series is presented by the
Clark County Historic Preserva-
tion Commission.
This month’s presentation is
sponsored by the League of Wom-
en Voters of Clark County. Gen-
eral admission is $5; seniors and
students are $4; children under 18
are $3; and the evening is free for
CCHM members, veterans, and
active-duty military personnel.
For more information, contact the
museum at 360-993-5679 or out-
reach@cchmuseum.org.
inspired dance makes its Festi-
val debut at the 2024 Portland
Jazz Festival with the world
premiere of a PDX Jazz com-
missioned piece, A History of
Demise, featuring Shaun Key-
lock Company with music by
Methods Body". More head-
line shows and free community
events will be announced soon!
For the latest information and
tickets visit pdxjazz.org