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BaseRoots Goes Choral
in an Exploration of
African Poetic lineage
BaseRoots Theatre Company will be per-
forming the next in the Africans in the
Americas series with “My Soul Grown
Deep: Spoken Word in Harmony.”
The performances run from May 26 to 29
at Waterbrook Studio, 2109 N. Albina #108,
and from June 2 to 4 at Celebration
Tabernacle Church, 8131 N. Denver Ave.
All shows start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for
general admiision and $12 for students and
seniors. They can be purchased at
www.baserootstheatre.org.
The performance follows Langston
Hughes as he guides the audience through
300 years of African American poetry.
BaseRoots has partnered with Eric Hull of
VOX: a Spoken Word Chorus, with his
unique brand of chorale exploration, to
present the poems “alive, in the air, still
changing, still growing, bumping into
things and finding a soaring moment before
they settle into who they are.”
The cast includes Shuhe Hawkins as
Langston Hughes, Anya Pearson, James J.
Dixon, Tyler Andrew Jones, Ambrosia
Montgomery, RaChelle Schmidt, Tracy
Turner and Miss Brenda Phillips.
Project Takes on Teen
Cyber Bullies
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Cyber bullying continues to target teen
victims of social ostracism by mean spirited
and antagonistic messages that spread like
wildfire through the texts, tweets and posts
of the teen culture.
The cyber bully blocking project was an
end result of youth council member and
Clackamas High School senior Ashley
Davidson’s Photo Voice presentation, the
initial undertaking of the youth council in
March. Presenting a photographic portray-
al of a ‘good’ and ‘bad’ aspect of their com-
munity, Ashley chose the example of a
Facebook bully.
‘Blind Café’ Comes to
Portland
Cast members of “My Soul Grown
Deep: Spoken word in Harmony”
The Happy Valley Youth Council is taking
on the bullies. Their most recent communi-
ty project is planned for Saturday, May 14th
as they host a “Bully Block Day” in a group
effort to rid social networking sites of as
many cyber bullies as possible. The 2 to 4
pm, invitation-only event will be held at the
LaSalle High School campus and include
over sixty Clackamas and LaSalle student
participants. Logging on to social network-
ing sites, they will block bullies, respond to
the authors of rude posts and promote anti-
bully awareness with messages on their own
sites.
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The Portland Blind Café 3 is a communi-
ty awareness event, as well as a dinner and
concert in the dark. There will be a delicious
gluten-free vegetarian/vegan meal prepared
to delight the senses by Portland’s own Chef
Ivy Entreken.
All the waiters will be blind and you will
have the chance to participate in a Q & A
with your blind waiters about issues related
to visual impairment. There will be heartfelt
and moving poetry by Rick Hammond, an
exploration of spatial awareness and dark-
ness with guest speaker Gerry Leary, and a
concert to indulge in unencumbered music
listening. Explore your other senses, free of
visual distractions. Join us and build friend-
ships and community in a completely
extraordinary event.
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The Portland Blind Café 3 will take place
at 6 p.m. for check-in on June 2, 3 and 4 at
Tabor Space in Mt Tabor Presbyterian
Church, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland.
Tickets are available by calling 1-800-838-
3006 and online at http://www.brownpa-
pertickets.com/event/155763
Cost is $45 for general admission, $35
students/seniors, and sliding scale fee;
group rates available for parties of 8 + (call
720 495 7797 for rates).
Do you Remember
Negro league Baseball
in Portland?
The Multnomah County Library will be
hosting an exhibition titled “Pride and
Passion: The African American Baseball
Experience” in the fall of 2011. The exhibit
will consist of traveling panels that we will
augment with local baseball memorabilia.
But here’s the problem: Portland’s history
with Negro League baseball is not exten-
sive. So the library is calling out to the com-
munity for people who might remember
going to a Portland Rosebuds game in 1946
or have artifacts from the league that could
lend for the exhibit. Anyone with any
knowledge of the league is encouraged to
call.
Contact Cindy Strasfeld at the Multnomah
County Library at cynthias@multcolib.org.
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P ortland M ay 2011
B ulletin B oard
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all Portland Public Schools families. The Summer
Resource Fair will include information about
summer programs, resources and activities. 4 – 7
p.m. Farragut Park, next to Northside Family
Support Center, 7650 N. Commercial St.
BIKE TO wORK BREAKFAST TO BE HElD AT PIONEER
COURTHOUSE SQUARE! All Portlanders are invited
to join the breakfast on their bikes from 7:30 a.m.
to 9 a.m. at the square.
Saturday May 14
wednesday May 18
wOMEN IN TRADES CAREER FAIR! Meet employers,
attend hands-on workshops. Free admission,
child care provided parking & ecoshuttle from
Gateway. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. NECA/Electrical
Training Center, 16021 NE Airport way.
THE wESTSIDE lINK JOB AND CAREER FAIR! A
comprehensive job fair will be at the world
Forestry Center in Portland. Dozens of employers
will be on hand representing various industries. 1
– 4:30 p.m. 4033 Sw Canyon Rd.
Saturday & Sunday May 14 & 15
Saturday May 21
thursday May 12
SAy HEy HOSTED By lEGACy HEAlTH: Partners in
Diversity invites you to attend Say Hey. we are
excited that legacy Health-our event sponsor
has invited us to use their beautiful and elegant
atrium for this event. Parking is free and available
in Parking lot PS2. 6 – 8 p.m. legacy Emanuel
Medical Center, Atrium, 501 N. Graham St.
FIRST-EVER SUMMER READINESS FAIR: A one-stop
shop for summer resources debuts next week for
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29TH ANNUAl wOMEN’S DAy CElEBRATION:
VICTORIOUS wOMEN: walking by faith in the 21st
century. Saturday Noon – 3 p.m. luncheon &
Fashion Show. $10 per person. Sunday 11 a.m.
worship service. 3:30 p.m. Celebration service.
For more info and tickets call 360-693-4566.
Community A.M.E. Zion Church, 3605 East 13th
St. Vancouver, wA
tuesday May 17
GATEwAy FUN-O-RAMA! The 2011 Fun-O-Rama
opens with a flag ceremony. Many new things
this year! Come see what all the fun is. NE 111th
Ave. at NE Halsey St. from 1 – 4 p.m. Fun and
Free for all.
PORTlAND wAlK FOR CHOICE: Rally and march
to support reproductive rights and federal
funding for family planning. Services locally and
nationally 2 p.m. at Pioneer Courthouse Square.