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X-WR-CALNAME:Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble: From Maxville to Vanport —
  A Celebration of Oregon's Black History
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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DTSTAMP:20260519T041053Z
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DTSTART:20260403T020000Z
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DESCRIPTION:PRAx and the College of Forestry Present: Portland Jazz Compose
 rs Ensemble: From Maxville to Vanport — A Celebration of Oregon's Black 
 History\n\n \n\nThis profound collection of songs and short films focuses 
 on two towns that were vital places of opportunity and refuge for Black Or
 egonians in the first half of the 20th century: Maxville\, a logging town 
 built by the Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company in 1923\, and Vanport\, built to 
 house shipyard workers in 1942.\n\n \n\nFrom Maxville to Vanport\, by comp
 oser Ezra Weiss\, lyricist S. Renee Mitchell and filmmaker Kalimah Abioto\
 , reveals and celebrates that heritage with honesty about racism and other
  challenges while also offering a hopeful picture of Oregon’s future. Pe
 rformed by vocalist Marilyn Keller with the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemb
 le.
GEO:44.562684;-123.274353
LOCATION:PRAx - Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts\, Detric
 k Hall
SUMMARY:Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble: From Maxville to Vanport — A Ce
 lebration of Oregon's Black History
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/from-maxville-to-vanport
 -a-celebration-of-oregons-black-history
CATEGORIES:Performance
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