‘No Talent Show’ raises
$600 for LGBT center
Local group Q sponsored
a fundraiser Saturday to build
a LCBT community center
Chelsea Duncan
Freelance Reporter
From a juggler who could barely
juggle a single ball to rappers who
simply read lyrics off a crumpled
piece of notebook paper, members of
the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans
gender community faced an excep
tional array of “no talent” this week
end at a fundraising event for a new
LGBT community center.
About 85 people attended the “No
Talent Show” in Agate Hall on Satur
day night, an event sponsored by Q, a
local queer resource for social change.
Stephanie Carnahan, executive
director of Q, said the group is trying
to raise between $150,000 and
$200,000 for the center by the end
of this year. She said Saturday’s
event raised about $600 to $700.
The center will provide re
sources for young people as well as
newcomers to the Eugene and
Springfield areas. It will also serve
as a place for members and sup
porters of the LGBT community to
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meet and organize.
“We really need some community
support,” she said, adding that com
munity participation in the future
will sustain the center once it’s built.
Senior Michael Eaves was one of
many students at the event.
“I guess ultimately I came to show
my support,” he said. “Any kind of sol
idarity within the queer community is
something that we really need.”
The two rapping members of the
group Parents, Families and Friends of
Lesbians and Gays showed their sup
port on stage in the no-talent show
along with Newman, a comedian who
attempted, and failed, to juggle.
The no-talent show often drew
bursts of laughter and applause from
the audience.
Q board member and comedian
Jennifer Self read a poem titled “Ode
to Q,” as other board members did an
interpretive act on stage recounting
the story of Q’s creation and values.
The event turned serious for a mo
ment when Oregon AGLU Executive
Director Dave Fidanque took the
stage to read excerpts from a U.S.
Supreme Court decision that allows
the Pledge of Allegiance to be voiced
in schools.
Tuesday
Prayer meeting (sponsored by Campus
Crusade for Christ), 8-9 a.m., EMU Alsea
Room, free.
West Nile Virus (lecture sponsored by
Human Resources), noon-1:30 p.m.,
EMU Fir Room, free.
"Slavery, Space and Gender in Peace &
War" (lecture with Stephanie Camp), 6-8
p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room, free.
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"Celebrating Black Achievement"
(guest speaker, sponsored by Black Stu
dent Union), 6:30-9:30 p.m., EMU Fir
Room, free.
Mitch Luckett (reading and story
telling), 7 p.m., Flying Dogs Cafe &
Deli, 1249 Alder St., free.
Hundredth Monkey Ensemble
(University Contemporary Ensemble),
8 p.m., Beall Hall, $5, $3.
Later that night, the comedy im
provisation troupe WYMPROV!
sawed a friend in half during its no
talent magic show.
One talented supporter lulled the
audience with his flute, accompanied
by a piano. He said that as a kid, he
was discouraged from playing the flute
because it was a “girl’s” instrument,
but he followed his passion anyway.
“When I played flute, it was the
only time I felt powerful,” he said.
Self emceed the event, along with
local newscaster Tim Joyce.
“I think it’s really important to
have comfortable space and a safe
space,” Joyce said in reference to the
community center.
The evening closed with a per
formance by the Deb Cleveland
Band, and chairs were pushed aside
for audience members to dance and
enjoy the music.
“I think my favorite part of the
evening was seeing such a wide
range of people — from little kids to
80-year-old women — enjoying
some untalented, talented people,”
Carnahan said.
Chelsea Duncan is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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