LEFT HOOK to Be Presented As Part Of The 2018 Vanport Mosaic Festival

Presented as part of the 2018 Vanport Mosaic Festival: In these times of collective amnesia, remembering is an act of resistance. Join us for 6 days of memory activism opportunities, commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Vanport Flood and the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act through screenings, performances, tours, exhibits, and community engagement.

The place is Portland; the time, the early 1970s. A proposed hospital expansion has resulted in the razing of hundreds of homes and businesses, and the disruption of a once vibrant African-American neighborhood. Ty King, the owner of the Left Hook Boxing Club, is among those who now have to move. But Ty has a plan - a way to succeed even in the face of turbulence and adversity. However, when government funding runs out and the hospital expansion is aborted, Ty and those closest to him are caught off-guard, and are forced to confront life-altering consequences both for themselves and the entire community.

The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center - 5340 N Interstate Ave, 12 Public Performances:

Thursday 5/24, 7p

Friday 5/25, 7p

Saturday 5/26, 7p

Sunday 5/27, 2p

Thursday 5/31, 7p * ASL interpretation

Friday 6/1, 7p

Saturday 6/2, 7p

Sunday 6/3, 2pm ** followed by post show conversation with: Kent Ford (Portland Black Panthers), Stanley Dunn (Knott Street Boxing), Ray Lampkin (Portland boxing legend)

Thursday 6/7, 7p, Friday 6/8, 7p, Saturday 6/9, 7p, Sunday 6/10, 2pm. Admission: Suggested $25; $5 Students/Seniors. Buy Tickets to Left Hook and learn more about the other 2018 Festival events at: www.vanportmosaic.org

Run time: 2hrs with intermission - visit the exhibit Vanport: The Surge of Social Change & Anywhere But Here, running in tandem with this production at the IFCC.

Featuring: Anthony Armstrong, Kenneth Dembo, Jasper Howard, Shareen Jacobs, Tonea Lolin & James Savannah design: Lara Klingeman, costume: Wanda Walden, PSM: Judith Yeckel.

The place is Portland; the time, the early 1970s. A proposed hospital expansion has resulted in the razing of hundreds of homes and businesses, and the disruption of a once vibrant African-American neighborhood. Ty King, the owner of the Left Hook Boxing Club, is among those who now have to move. But Ty has a plan - a way to succeed even in the face of turbulence and adversity. However, when government funding runs out and the hospital expansion is aborted, Ty and those closest to him are caught completely off-guard, and are forced to confront life-altering consequences both for themselves and the entire community.

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