The phrase “spoken-word open mic” may conjure up images of bongos, berets and beatniks. In Kenton, only two words come to mind: Po’ Shines. Every Friday night, Po’ Shines Café De La Soul has been hosting a spoken-word open mic night. The youth-focused event, “Cornbred,” has been gaining momentum. “I’m a youth advocate,” said Po’ [...]
By Anne Marie DiStefano The Portland Tribune Mar 24, 2009 I’m sitting in the sunny window of a corner storefront, watching the action on the intersection of North Denver Avenue and North Kilpatrick Street — the heart of the north Portland Kenton neighborhood. The Temptations and Al Green are playing on the stereo. Just on [...]
July 6, 2008 Community Free food, live music and a neighborly spirit are the point of the festival Though attendance was dampened by rain, the neighborhood festival at McCoy Park in North Portland’s New Columbia housing project still served up plenty of burgers, hot dogs and community togetherness Saturday. “I came here to play a little [...]
By Amy Choate-Nielsen and Josh Loftin Deseret Morning News Published: Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 PRICE – Dark clouds surrounded Price’s Peace Garden Tuesday night, but the light of hundreds of candles shining brightly on a choir of children’s faces weren’t doused by any rain. The “Voices of a Thousand Angels” benefit concert drew a crowd [...]
Publication Date: October 29, 2006 Patricia Poist, Sunday News (Lancaster, PA) It could have been deemed a disappointment that only about 20 people showed up. But a worship service in the sanctuary, provided free by Bright Side Baptist Church Saturday night, to pray for the victims of the Amish school shootings in Bart Township was [...]
Publication Date: October 25, 2006 Lancaster New Era Staff The movement is being organized by the Pastor Elbert Mondaine, the senior pastor of congregations in Portland, Ore., and St. Louis, Mo. When Mondaine heard about the shootings, in which five girls were killed and five were wounded, he said, “I thought, ‘What is God trying [...]
Publication Date: October 25, 2006 Carla Di Fonzo Intelligencer Journal Staff When the Rev. Elbert Mondaine heard about the shootings at West Nickel Mines School, he began asking himself serious questions. For starters, how could such violence take place on Amish soil? “The Amish are such a plain, gentle people,” said the senior pastor of [...]
Pastor plans to take message of hope to grieving Pennsylvania town BY ERIC BARTELS The Portland Tribune, Oct 17, 2006 Pastor Elbert Mondainé, who pronounces his last name with continental flair and goes by the honorific Apostle, is a big talker. Ask members of his congregation. Some of them jump-start their days with the sound [...]
May 26, 2006 Northwest music scene MUSIC TO MOVE BODY AND SPIRIT –Music is power, and gospel music from the Southern black church has been one of the most potent and influential of American styles. Just listen to how it works on the new CD, “The Blessing Box,” by Apostle E.D. Mondaine of Portland’s Celebration Tabernacle. [...]
September 17, 2004 THE BUSINESS OF A CHURCH Summary: Celebration Tabernacle is the driving force behind new businesses in Kenton in North Portland The intersection of North Denver Avenue and Kilpatrick Street in North Portland is a flurry of construction, with new businesses opening on almost all four corners. And at the center of is [...]
July 12, 2002 It’s the first night of summer, and The Wave Room is packed with people eagerly awaiting the start of another Jam Night session. The Friday night event, a weekly showcase of comedy, dance and music, has attracted to this North Portland hideaway a cross-generational audience of grade-school kids, parents and young singles. [...]
June 28, 1998 Celebration Tabernacle’s Elbert Mondaine transforms lives with gospel of personal responsibility and self-help Robert Woodson’s biblical reference, you can bet, was not lost on Portland’s Elbert D. Mondaine at a Thursday night lecture put on by Cascade Policy Institute, the American Institute for Full Employment and the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs. [...]
July 16, 1994 A North Portland pastor empowers people in his community with a business investing in human potential Elbert Darrell Mondaine is getting married Saturday. But he’s not going on a fancy-schmancy honeymoon trip to Honduras he had planned. “My fiancee is going to kill me,” says the 35-year-old Mondaine. Well, maybe not. Because [...]
September 13, 1993 A march, a band and plenty of song mark Celebration Tabernacle’s move into larger quarters Traffic noise trampled the ears, but the 50 or so folks gathered at the former Celebration Tabernacle church on busy North Lombard Street couldn’t have cared less. For this afternoon, a beautiful, balmy Sunday afternoon, the church [...]