Arietta Ward

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When
Monday, Apr. 17, 2023
8 p.m.
Cost: $20
Where
3939 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR 97227

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Some people know how to take the tragic and make it magic. Arietta Ward is one of those people. The eldest daughter of the late, legendary Janice Scroggins, the sudden loss of her mother became the catalyst to solidifying her space on the stage – a space that Arietta, commonly known as Mz. Etta has already occupied for years. 

Alongside everyone who is anyone in Portland’s multi-genre music scene, Mz. Etta has been a staple. From Linda Hornbuckle to LaRhonda Steele, Ken DeRouchie, Tony Ozier, and Norman Sylvester, Arietta has shared the stage with the elite and on her own merit. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone affiliated with jazz, soul, funk or R&B that doesn’t know who she is. Yet only now is she on the cusp of releasing her debut solo album, a body of carefully crafted musical masterpieces. By trade, Arietta is a licensed cosmetologist and spends her days as an educator in the field. It’s not a second career but, instead, a compliment and conjunction of her life as an artist. “Singers and Stylists actually have a lot of commonalities,” she says, flashing her warm smile that reminds you of a woman filled with wisdom well beyond her years. “In both fields, you have to create. “ The steady income from the cosmetology career gave Arietta the stability she needed to raise her son. “Music money comes and goes, but in Portland, you can make it – you can definitely make it.”