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FRIDAY
WomanSoul on KBOO 90.7 FM from 10
p.m.-1 a.m. Music by women — from
Grace Jones to Meg Christian.
Gay Males Together (GMT) meets at
PSU's Lincoln Hall, Rm. 75, at 7:30 p.m. to
discuss issues pertinent to gay men.
Newcomers welcome.
The New Rose Theatre completes its
1983-84 classic season with Beth Henley's
warm-hearted comedy and 1981 Pulitzer
Prize winner. Crimes of the Heart.
Directed by Alana Beth Lipp, Crimes
of the Heart features a strong cast of
many of Portland's finest actors.
The story centers around three sisters
who gather in their family home to grap
ple with their emotions and with the past.
Sumus Theatre at 1313 W. Bumside,
presents The Wager, a biting comedy by
Mark Medoff, directed by Jay Hollings
worth and starring Sam Mowery.
Plays Thursdays and Fridays through
Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 and
are available through TicketLink.
227-4080.
The Portland Lesbian and Gay Pride
Community band practices at Atkinson
School, 58th and SE Division. The band
exists to promote gay pride, improve skills
and to be an ensemble of men and wo
men working together. Call 287-3260 or
233-1206 for more information.
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Women’s Reading Group meets to
night to discuss Anita White's The Lost
Traveller and chapters 9-10 of Robin
Morgan's Anatomy of Liberation. Call Con
nie, 236-0022 for details.
Marsha Bums is one of the few photo
graphers form the Pacific Northwest to
have received considerable attention
outside the area. Her photographs, mostly
of anonymous nude and semi-nude
figures, show an unusually high degree of
craftsmanship.
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Sumus Theatre at 1313 W. Bumside pre
sents Miss Margarida's Way, a scathing
one woman show in which an eighth
grade biology teacher instructs her class
“■the audience” In every conceivable
subject: Sex Education: "You won't get
that until your senior year. Go learn it in the
streets.” Directed by Peter Fomara, featur
ing Bonnie Ross. Tickets through TicketLink,
227-4080 or at door. 11 p.m.
Portland Civic Theatre, 1530 SW
Yamhill presents, Sweeney Todd, the De-
FRIDAY
Spectrum Gallery presents original
serigraphs and posters by Jerry Schurr
through October 6. Opening Reception
5:30-8:00 p.m.
Continuing on its well-established path
of theatrical excellence, Sirius Productions
will open its1984-85 season at the Eastside
Performance Center, 514 SE 145th, with
Brendan Behan's The Hostage, the terrorist
musical comedy. The Hostage runs
through September 29th. Performances
are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets
available through TicketLink, 227-4080, or
at the door.
Photos by Marsha Bums at the Portland Art Museum.
SATURDAY
Windfire, a rap group for gay, lesbian,
and bisexual youth meets at 2:30 p.m. in
Old Wives Tales banquet room, 1300 E.
Bumside.
THURSDAY
Valerie Brown and Rob Thomas per
form original songs with guitar and bass.
Pioneer Courthouse Square 12-1.
Marsha Bums photographs 1975-1984
Portland Art Museum through September
9. The Portland Art Museum is located at
1219 SW Park Avenue. The exhibition ends
September 2nd.
Wilderness Camp Out ’84, 5th Anni
versary Celebration at special secluded
Illinois River site. Southern Oregon
Lambda Association presents sun and
fun, a Mr. & Miss Wilderness competition,
refreshment stand, and organized activi
ties. Admission $7.50. For advance reser
vation write S.O.L.A., P.O. Box 1185, Grants
Pass, OR 97526.
WEDNESDAY
mon Barber of Fleet Street. Playing
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sun
days at 7 p.m. through Sept. 22. Call
226-3048 for reservations.
Sweeney Todd with music by Stephen
Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, is
based on a Victorian melodrama
reworked with pointed social comment
by the British playwright Cristopher Bond.
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SUNDAY
Last chance to see Victoria Parker as
Lennie in Beth Harper's Crimes of the Heart
at New Rose Theatre. 904 S.W. Main, 2
p.m., 222-2487.
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MONDAY
The Bisexual Exploration Group is
meeting tonight from 7-10 p.m. at Old
Wives Tales, 1300 SE Bumside.
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TUESDAY
The Northwest Wind Trio performs light
classical and ragtime pieces at Pioneer
Courthouse Square, 12-1.
Plenty, written by David Hare, directed
by Rebecca Adams and produced by
Artists Repertory Theatre, 1111 SW 10th, Port
land, OR 97205,223-6281, will open to
night at 8 p.m. Tickets available through
TicketLink, 227-4080.
Counterpointing the heroine's experi
ence helping the French Resistance dur
ing the war with her life in the following
years in England, the play makes a pow
erful statement about changing values
and the collapse of ideals embodied in a
single life.
Northwest Artists Workshop presents
an installation by Portland artist
Kanetaka Ikeda in the main gallery and
paintings by Rob Gisher in the East Gal
lery. Opening reception tonight, 7-9 p.m.
Just Out, August 31 -September 14