At 5:30 p.m today, the Portland Office of Human Relations will be showing a free screening of "American Outrage," the story of a pair of Western Shoshone women who fought the federal government for 35 years for the right to graze their cattle on land designated for the Shoshone people.
The documentary film will screen at 5315 N. Vancouver Ave. Food and refreshments are provided.
To watch the trailer, click here
On TV, he's appeared in a number of series and currently enjoys the recurring role of angry Spanish teacher Señor Chang on the NBC sitcom "Community." He has also done a number of television specials, most recently hosting this year's Billboard Awards.
As for his private life, Ken's wife, Tran, is a physician, too, and they have twin daughters, Alexa and Zooey. Here, he talks about reprising his role as the flamboyant Mr. Chow in The Hangover Part II
Right-wing pundits such as Karl Rove and Sarah Palin recently had a field day trashing Common when the Chicago-born rapper was invited to the White House to participate on poetry night. That elitist reaction raises an interesting question: does the hip-hop style of rhyming and its down-to-earth subject-matter about life in the 'hood deserve the same respect as the classical couplets of Keats and other lofty lyricists whose work benefits from ivory-towered academia's stamp of approval?
The answer to that question might lie in simply screening Louder Than a Bomb
The Beaver, Midnight in Paris, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Big Uneasy, Bloodworth, Cost of a Soul, Hard Breakers
Alexis (Cameron Richardson) and Lindsay (Sophie Monk) are fed-up with men. First, the former's father (Tom Arnold) left her mom for a 22 year-old bimbo (Mircea Monroe). Then, a sleazy film producer (Chris Kattan) tried to pressure the attractive, aspiring actress into appearing naked in a porno film.Giving up on love entirely, the girls decide to behave more like the jerks who have been using them, so they start searching for "meat that needs to be played and laid," meaning handsome hunks they plan to date-rape
On May 24, join PlayWrite's WORD.VOICE. spring showcase featuring plays acted and written by at-risk youth. The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon St. in Downtown Portland. PlayWrite provides workshops in which theatre professionals and other artists coach at-risk youth to create and direct their own plays.
Bridesmaids, Go for It, Priest, Cameraman, Everything Must Go, The First Grader, Hey Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird, How to Live Forever ...
Why is that most Americans are overweight nowadays? And why are we sicker and spending more on healthcare than ever before? It's all in the diet, according to Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, medical pioneers who have staked their careers studying the skyrocketing increase in the so-called "Diseases of Affluence."
Summaries of new movies opening this week...
Bruce Bruce is a name synonymous with keeping audiences rolling with laughter thanks to his captivating improv skills and larger than life comedic style. He appears live May 12 - 15, at Helium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th Ave., in Portland.