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Valerie Day

Creativity From The Hearts and Minds of Young Writers

by zanger

Before we headed off to New Jersey to introduce our son to my “energetic” Italian family, I attended PlayWrite’s “WordVoice Spring Showcase” at the World Trade Center. PlayWrite is a great organization where coaches work with youth “at the edge” to help them learn and craft the tools for creating plays and other creative work [...]

06.09.2010 See the rest →

In Praise Of Portland Jazz

by zanger

At the beginning of the month, we caught “Shadow Jazz 2” at The Old Church. (OK, we caught the first half of it because this was our first time with a new babysitter.) The Valerie Day Quartet headlined this benefit. Mike Horsfall was on piano and vibes. Dave Captein was on bass. Gary Hobbs was [...]

03.31.2010 See the rest → 1 comment

From Hot Tubs To Cool Jazz For A Good Cause

by zanger

Last Thursday, I was part of the pdx.fm gang that caught a sneak preview of “Hot Tub Time Machine” at the Lloyd Center Cinemas. I hadn’t been to that theater since my radio/media days and it brought back all kinds of memories — most of which weren’t actually very fond. (It had nothing to do [...]

03.02.2010 See the rest →