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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14
HOW WE MET: Our Bold Voices takes over the Clinton Street
Theater to bring you a special Valentine’s Day show celebrat-
ing local LGBTQ couples. Expect storytelling, a game show, and
plenty of surprises. Hosted by Paul Larrobino. Tickets $5, 7 p.m.,
Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St.
VALENTINE’S DAY DIP: Start your Valentine’s Day by getting up
at the crack of dawn, heading down to the Willamette Park
boat ramp, and jumping into the river. You’ll get free admissions
to The Big Float later in the year and you’ll help call attention
to the ongoing push to improve water quality in Portland and
green infrastructure. Free, 7 a.m., Willamette Park, SW Macad-
am & Nebraska
RON STEEN BAND & RICHARD ARNOLD AT WILF’S: Ron Steen is
a musical legend in Portland, and for good reason! He’s hold-
ing down Valentine’s at Wilf’s with the help of his good friend
and crooner Richard Arnold. Begin Valentine’s weekend the best
way! Tickets $14, 7 - 10 p.m., Wilf’s, 800 NW 6th Ave.
VALENTINE’S DAY SWING: The Secret Society’s regular swing
night gets extra saucy with hot swing sounds provided by a live
band and DJ helping you and your significant other get down
like they did way back in the day. And if you don’t quite know
how to pull off those moves, we’ll teach you! $10, 6 p.m., The
Secret Society, 116 NE Russel St.
CUPID IS STUPID, A BLACK & GREY DANCE PARTY: The Ladd Ta-
phouse hosts an anti-Valentine’s Day dance party for all the
emotional wrecks in town who are looking for an excuse to for-
go the wine and roasted duck over candlelight and instead let
loose and dance the night away to an array of ‘80s, electro, and
punk. Free, 8 p.m., Ladd Taphouse, 2239 SE 11th Ave.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15
MORTIFIED LIVE, DOOMED VALENTINES: Witness a night of adults
telling stories about their lives by sharing their most mortifying
childhood artifacts (diaries, letters, lyrics, poems, home movies)
in front of total strangers. Mortified Live has grassroots “chap-
ters” in multiple cities worldwide– some locations are monthly,
others are only a few times a year. Show at 7 p.m., Alberta Rose
Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St.
BLACK MENTAL HEALTH, ‘THE HATE U GIVE’: Black Mental Health
of Oregon presents “The Hate You Give” as a part of their series,
Movies From A Black Mental Health Perspective. The movie will
be presented in the SEI Auditorium and has a runtime of 2hrs,
18min. There will be a Q & A in between and following the movie.
6 p.m., Self Enhancement, Inc. Gymnasium, 3920 N Kerby Ave.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17
MY SOUL IS A WITNESS, SPIRIT & SPIRITUALITY IN THE SONGS OF
AMERICA’S ENSLAVED: Featuring lyric tenor Leroy E. Bynum, Jr.,
Dean of the College of the Arts and Music faculty Chuck Dillard,
piano. The Negro Spiritual contains in its verses the history of
an oppressed people - their hopes and desires, their innermost
feelings and deepest longings. This recital will explore both the
spirit and spirituality of America’s “slave songs” captured in
concert arrangement by several of the 20th century’s most cel-
ebrated arrangers of spirituals. Free, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Recital
Hall, Room 75, in the basement., 1620 SW Park Ave.
CHILANGO VEGAN MEXICO CITY STREET FOOD POP-UP: Come join
us for an early taste of Chilango’s vegan Mexico Street Food be-
fore the official opening of the cart on NE Alberta in the spring.
Also, 25 percent of the proceeds will go to the Social Justice
Fund for the Gender Justice project. From 12 – 4 p.m., Food Fight!
Grocery, 11155 NE Halsey St.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18
A DAY OF LOVE: This celebration of culture and heritage will
showcase African American artists and vendors at Center Stage
at the Armory. A Day of Love is just one of many fabulous events
planned for the Second Annual Black History Festival NW. Orga-
nized by the group Indigenous Come Up, this will highlight their
work and the work of other featured vendors Join us, come out
with the family and celebrate Black History Month! From 2 – 8
p.m., 128 NW 11th Ave.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19
HAROLD L. JOHNSON: Always a perennial favorite at Broadway
See Community Calendar on page 5
PHOTO BY CHRIS BENNION COURTESY OF PORTLAND CENTER STAGE
Community
Calendar 2019
Portland Center Stage Presents ‘Until the Flood’
Pulitzer Prize finalist and celebrated performer Dael Orlandersmith returns to Portland Center Stage at The Armory to perform her
compassionate, timely play “Until The Flood.” The play opens March 22 with preview performances the week before in the Ellyn Bye
Studio at The Armory, 128 NW Eleventh Ave. Originally commissioned by Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Until The Flood explores the
social unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, by a police officer.
Orlandersmith (“Forever,” “The Gimmick” at The Armory) drew from her extensive interviews with residents across the greater St.
Louis area to create composite characters that reflect a wide range of perspectives and experiences of race in Missouri. Neel Keller,
who directed the world premiere in St. Louis, returns to The Armory to direct. The Armory will host several free community events
surrounding “Until The Flood,” including a screening of “Whose Streets?,” a documentary about the Ferguson uprising, and a series of
moderated post-show discussions with community leaders that will explore the themes of the play through local perspectives. For
more information or to buy tickets, visit www.pcs.org or call (503) 445-3700.
Portland News Briefs
Portland City Council Approves
Resolution Condemning White
Supremacy and Alt-Right Hate
Groups
Mayor Wheeler and Commissioners Chloe Eudaly,
Nick Fish, Amanda Fritz and Jo Ann Hardesty intro-
duced and unanimously approved a resolution Feb.
7 to condemn White supremacy and alt-right groups
in Portland, and for the City of Portland to work with
community organizations to develop city-wide train-
ing on the history and impact of White supremacy,
and how to identify White supremacy.
This resolution lays the foundation for the City of
Portland to partner with local organizations and
community leaders in a collective effort to combat
White supremacy.
Read the resolution text at https://www.portlan-
doregon.gov/auditor/article/711392.
PCRI & Soul District Community to
Celebrate Land Acknowledgement
and Groundbreaking Ceremony
of King Parks Affordable Housing
Development
At 11 a.m. Feb 15, Portland Community Reinvestment
Initiatives Inc., (PCRI) invites the media and commu-
nity stakeholders to join in the celebration to begin
the construction of King + Parks, a 70 unit affordable
housing development being built at the corner of NE
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Rosa Parks Way.
The event will feature a Land Acknowledgement
ceremony in honor of the indigenous Native Tribes of
this land, and the historic African American settlers,
both communities which experienced traumatic dis-
placement. The ceremony will also pay tribute to the
fearless freedom fighters, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
and Rosa Parks, whose names adorn the intersecting
streets of the development.
King + Parks is part of a series of developments
which were greenlighted through PCRI’s innovative
Pathway 1000, a displacement mitigation strategy de-
signed by PCRI as a “Right To Return” initiative for
the displaced residents that primarily consisted of
the African American community, indigenous popu-
lations, and other long-term residents.
At the behest of the Portland Housing Bureau and
Commissioner Dan Saltzman who selected the team
to develop the site, PCRI and partners, Colas Con-
struction and Merryman Barnes Architects, are mov-
ing full-steam ahead with construction in an ongoing
effort to address Portland’s history of urban renewal
and other actions by City government in North and
Northeast Portland that have systematically mar-
ginalized and displaced many longtime residents of
that community. Utilizing Portland Housing Bureau
(PHB) N/NE Preference Policy, PCRI’s Pathway 1000
plan prioritizes families and individuals with gen-
erational ties to N/NE Portland for new affordable
housing opportunities in the area and gives oppor-
tunities to housing applications from current or for-
mer residents of those areas and their descendants.
The first successful implementation of the plan
resulted in the construction of the Beatrice Morrow
Cannady Apartment Complex located on NE MLK
last year. The building’s namesake, civil rights work-
er Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889-1974), was re-
nowned as a tireless advocate for the Black communi-
ty, the first African-American woman to practice law
in Oregon and a distinguished chair of the Portland
NAACP’s committee on legal redress
The King Parks complex promises to be another
jewel in the community and a victory in the struggle
for affordable housing opportunities in Portland.
Marcus Johnson to Perform at
Linfield
Marcus Johnson, an internationally acclaimed jazz
keyboardist, will present a concert on Friday, March
1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditori-
um at Linfield College.
Johnson is a modern-day Renaissance man: a law-
yer, MBA, wine entrepreneur, NAACP Image Award
nominee, Billboard-ranked jazz keyboardist, and
CEO of FLO Brands, a lifestyle company that includes
FLO Wine.
To date, Marcus has released more than 18 Bill-
board-charted CDs, with “Poetically Justified” in 2009
and “This is How I Rock” in 2010 both being ranked
as Top 20 Contemporary Jazz CDs. Johnson’s sound
ranges from contemporary smooth jazz to pop-rock
rearranged with a jazz spin to the electronica fea-
tured in his last album, “FLO PAKS.”
The concert is free and open to the public. For more
information, call 503-583-2408.
Seattle News Briefs
Jeffrey Gibson Survey Opens at SAM
In “Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer,” the acclaimed
contemporary artist reflects on the complexity of
modern identity and envisions a more inclusive fu-
ture. The survey, opening at the Seattle Art Museum
on Feb. 28, presents a significant selection of Gibson’s
exuberant artwork created since 2011. Featuring
over 65 works, including abstract geometric paint-
ings on rawhide and canvas, beaded punching bags,
sculptures, wall hangings, and video, Like a Hammer
reflects varied influences, including fashion and de-
See Briefs on page 5
