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Karol Collymore and Jimmy
Radosta will be hosting an alterna-
tive Valentine’s Day performance
in February. “It’s Not Me, It’s You:
Stories from the Dark Side of
Dating” will be performed on
Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the Bagdad
Theater, 3702 S.E. Hawthorne
Blvd. in Portland. Doors will open
at 6 p.m. Tickets are available in
advance
only
—
CascadeTickets.com or at the
Bagdad. “We’ve all had them:
dates that go terribly awry. ‘It’s
Not Me, It’s You: Stories from the
Dark Side of Dating’ is an evening
of personal stories told live
onstage.” Storytellers include:
Aaron Scott, radio producer; Gabe
Dinger, comic; Daria Eliuk, radio
personality; Courtenay Hameister,
host of Live Wire; Julie Jeske,
relationship counselor; Judge
Kemp, community activist and
dancing fool.
Human rights commission
vacancy
Portland is filling a vacancy on
its Human Rights Commission,
which oversees racial profiling
issues among other things.
Anyone interested in volunteering
must submit an application by
Feb. 11, at 4 p.m. The Human
Rights Commission is comprised
of 11-15 volunteer members
appointed by City Council who
represent a broad spectrum of the
community. Members must live,
work, worship, or be enrolled in
school within the City of Portland.
For more information on
Commissioner expectations or to
apply, go to http://www.port-
landonline.com/humanrelations or
call María Lisa Johnson at 503-
823-4428.
Service for aaron campbell
anniversary
The Stop the Violence Memorial
Service in Honor of Aaron
Campbell is Saturday, Jan. 29, 5
p.m. at Emmanuel Temple, 1032
N Sumner St. in Portland. The
event marks one year since the
death of Aaron Campbell. His
family and friends are holding this
public memorial service. The
theme is “Stop the Violence”: —
Stop unjust police violence —Stop
gang violence —Stop domestic
violence For more information
contact Emmanuel Temple 503-
287-2223.
program Helps low-Income
Homeowners
The city of Portland awarded
REACH
Community
Development with a $500,000 to
expand their home repair program
to address habitability issues in
175 rental housing units over the
next three years. The grant is tar-
geted to low-income families in
the city who are disproportionate-
ly affected by sub-standard hous-
ing. The goal of the program is to
make improvements to the physi-
cal environment before the health
and safety of residents becomes
compromised. The
Healthy
Homes Program will be coupled
with a public education campaign
led by the City and County, creat-
ing partnerships that provide
leveraged resources and services,
and targeted outreach opportuni-
ties to low-income communities.
For more information about taking
advantage of this program, visit
www.reachcdc.org.
rEap Hold Men of legacy
luncheon
REAP Inc. (Reaching and
Empowering All People) kicks off
their 10th year of empowering
local area youth to become lead-
ers, with the Men of Legacy
luncheon. It will be held from
pHoto courtESY of DElta SIgMa tHEta
valentine’s Day alternative
lesley unthank and Francetta Cross select ceramic tiles at the ReBuilding Center on North
Mississippi St for the June Key Delta Community Center green building project. The Delta Sigma
Theta sorority is making significant progress on remodeling the former gas station on Northeast
Albina and Ainsworth as a cutting-edge “living building” that will serve as a community center
in the Humboldt Neighborhood.
11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Friday,
Jan. 28 at the Rose Quarter, Rose
Room 1, North Center Court in
Portland. Free parking is avail-
able in the Garden Garage.
The Men of Legacy Luncheon
will celebrate the student voice in
the community, recognize leaders
in the community, address the gen-
erational gap of leadership in our
community, and
support REAP
Inc. program-
ming. A wide
array
of
Oregon’s top
business leaders
have
been
assembled for
this event and they include: Ray
Leary, ERL, LLC, Gregg, Kantor
NW Natural, Sho Dozono
Azumano Travel, Dr. George
Brown, Legacy Health, Dr.
Matthew
Prophet,
Retired
Superintendent, Portland Public
Schools, and Sam Brooks,
President, S. Brooks & Associates.
Students will engage in a panel
discussion with even more leaders
such as Bill Swindells, WRS
Investments, Kevin Williams,
Portland Trail Blazers, and more.
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Celebra Month
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The Rance Allen Group
Live Experience II
On Sale $10.99 CD / $10.99 DVD
This new project, ‘THE LIVE
EXPERIENCE II,’ was recorded live
at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit,
MI.
For forty years The Rance Allen
Group has shared their R&B-
infused gospel being harbingers for
the contemporary Christian/Gospel
music movement popularized in
the late ‘70s. The CD and DVD
features guest artists Paul Porter
(front man from the famed group
The Christianaires), Shirley Caesar
and Vanessa Bell Armstrong.
Offer Good Thru 2/28/11
32nd & E. Burnside St.
503 231-8926
January 26, 2011 The Portland and Seattle Skanner page 9