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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1985)
drawings and Marko Polo w ill show his paint ings and ceramic plates The show will be on view through February 3 A reception for the artists will be held 2-5 p m., Sunday, January 6,1985. 5 SATURDAY W ind fire , a discussion group for lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals under 21, meets at Old Wives Tales Restaurants at 2 p.m., 1300 E. Burnside. 7 ____ MONDAY Wom en’s Basketball, from amateur to less than semi-pro, women meet to play basketball at Sunnyside School, 3421SE Salmon from 7 30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Stop by and check it out. Beginning today, Women w ltti Heart Fighting A rts is offering new classes in Kung-fu, Modern Amis, and Tai Chi Ch'uan. Kung-fu classes are for women and children, all other classes are open to men, women and children. C all or stop by for more information, 231-1999. All are welcome to one free lesson. 8 ________ TUESDAY The Bisexuality Exploration Group meets at Old Wives Tales for discussion and socializ ing, 1300 E. Burnside, 8 p.m. in the Banquet room. KBOO-FM, Portland's listener-sponsored community radio station, has a continued program by Sandy Polishuk. Today at 9:30 a m. author Elinor Longer w ill be on hand to talk about the Author's Series of the Friends of the Multnomah County Library. 10 THURSDAY FREE lecture discussion on Premenstrual Syndrom e, by Louise Marshall, N.D.. 7 30 p.m at Old Wives Tales. 12 SATURDAY W ind fire , an under 21 rap group meets at Old Wives Tales, 2 p.m., 1300 E. Burnside Under 21 lesbians, gay men and bisexuals are en couraged to attend The Women’s Musician Network has a Pot luck Brunch today at 10 30 a.m. For information call Cindy. 234-7080 or B.J., 232-4493 13 SUNDAY The Echo Theater and Bread and Ink pre sent a Buster Keaton Film Festival. Each show includes a short vaudeville skit by Echo's Children's Performance Group, a two-reeler comedy short, and a feature length film. Tickets are $3.50 over 12. under 65, and $1.75 for under 12. over 65. Food is provided by the Bread and Ink Cafe, co-sponsors of the event Tickets are available at the Bread and Ink Cafe and A Woman's Place Bookstore The Echo Theater is located at 1515 SE 37th and is wheelchair accessible. Call 231-1232 for more information. Just Out, January. 1985 LA .B .I.A . (Lesbian Access to Babies. Insemi nated Artificially) will hold an organizational meeting at 4 p.m at 2239 NE Weidler Agenda items include planning for showing of "Choos ing C hildren" and discussion topics for future meetings LABIA was created to explore issues, options, and challenges of lesbian mother hood. All women welcome For more informa tion call 284-7324 "The Most Moral Man in AMerica." will talk about his film s and show his most famous movie Pink Flamingos. Emcee for the show w ill be Portland's own Darcelle 14 18 _________ FRIDAY MONDAY Oregon Stage Company, a new touring theatre organization which will open its pre miere production in March, announces a benefit party in honor of the 363rd birthday of Jean-Baptiste Moliere. the French comic play wright M oliere’s Birthday Party will be at 7 o m . in the Junior Ballroom on the second floor of Portland Masonic Temple Partygoers are requested to use the Temple's Tenth Avenue entrance, at 1120 SW 10th As Moliere would have preferred, comedv w ill be the focus of the evening. The festivities commence at 7 00 with Julie Bovasso's hit farce Sc hub e rt’s Last Serenade featuring "What Do You Fear'’ " players Kelly Brooks. Ken Col burn, Rick Jones, Douglas Mace, Theodore Schulz and Dan Self Later in the evening Keith Scales and Rollie Wulff w ill perform Harold Pinter's hilarious revue sketch Trouble in the Works, and finally Special Guests Vana O'Brien and Wendy Westerwelle will meet in a unique presentation, Zippy Meets Sister Mary! Throughout the evening, between and after the above programs, rock 'n' roll dance music w ill be provided bv "NeuRosis" (formerly the New Rose Band) with Jim Caputo (guitar vocals). Twig Webster (drums), Alan H. King (bass) and Gary O'Brien (sax). Guest artists include Michael Welsh. Hank Cartwright, and "The NeuRotics" (Rebecca Adams, Susan LeClerk and Jillayne Sorenson). M oliere’s Birthday Party is expected to break up around midnight Tickets are only $5, available at the door, and beer, wine, cider and coffee will be avail able at a no-host bar For further information and advance reseryations. please call Gary O'Brien at 236-6835. Proceeds from Moliere’s Birthday Party will benefit the premiere production of Oregon Stage Company. Two Com edies by Moliere and Holberg opened March 29,1985 at the IFCC, 5340 N Interstate Avenue. Portland. Fol lowing its four week run there, Two Comedies w ill tour to other Oregon communities 15 Blue Sky G allery invites vour submission for their 1985 theme show Love and Romance, January 18 through St Valentine's Day Please attend the opening reception 8t benefit with M iss Lynda Barry. Le Disk Jockey Extraordinaire, tonight at 8 p m Entries are due by January 11 They must be labeled with your name and accompanied by appropriate packaging and return postage Photographs only, please Send work to Blue Sky Gallery. 117 N W Fifth Ave, Portland, OR 97209 19 SATURDAY Fro© Women#’ W ellness Clinic at Portland Naturopathic Clinic from noon 6 p.m Pap smears $5 Workshops on PMS. women and aging, common womens' health concerns and their prevention, and lesbian health issues. Call 255-7355 for appointment. WEDNESDAY Movie director John Waters w ill headline the first night of a week -long Waters film retrospec - five at the C linton Stro ot Theater tonight, at ‘ 15 pm . (/Voters who has been called "the Sultan of Sleaze. A Genius of Outlaw Cinema" and 22 TUESDAY Producing & Distributing the Docu m entary Film — a workshop by Julia Reichert, co-producer and director of academy award nominee, Seeing Red. This feature docu mentary on the lives of American Communists was completed with funding from National En dowment for the Humanities. National Endow ment for the Arts, the Film Fund and an Ameri can Film Institute filmmaker grant It has been purchased by five European TV networks. Among Julia's other film s are Union M aids and Growing Up Female. The workshop will deal with the nuts and bolts of production, including fundraising and the trials and rewards of self-distribution in the big city Time 7-9 30 p m at Teknifilm. Cost Media Project members. $15. non-members. $20, Students, $12. Call Media Project at 223-5335 for reservations. 26 SATURDAY The “ W hat Do You Fear?’’ Players fearing neither rain, nor snow, nor black ice, w ill ask the Portland theatregoing public to brave the late nights of winter weekends for A.R. Gurney, Jr.’s half-hour comedy. The Golden Fleece, at 11 p.m. at Sumus Theatre, 13 NW 13th. Performances are Saturdays at 11 p.m., January 26-March 16. with Fridays at 11 p.m. added beginning February 15. Tickets are $3. with $1 discount given for ticket stubs from any other production running at Sumus that week end, or from the PSU production of Medea (February 8-23 at Lincoln Hall). To make reservations for The Golden Fleece call Sumus at 220-0651 The Seattle Blue Boys Bowling C lassic, Inc., cordially invites men and women bowlers to compete in the Emerald City Cup Team Tournament. This is our first major fundraising event and it is coming your way January 26. 1985. The tournament w ill be held at Magic Lanes. 1061215th Ave.. S.W (206) 244-5060. The cost for the team only event is the same as last year. $60 00 per team 27 TUESDAY The Lesbian Forum presents Kids, Mamas and Partners at Westminster Presbyterian Church. 1624 NE Hancock Free supervised childcare, wheelchair access, signed for the hearing impaired For TTY contact, call NW Ansir Relav at 233-2677 and ask for Willow at 236-4386 The forum suggests a $2 00 donation to defray costs. 16 Gay Males Together meets every Wednes day night for informal discussion of topics of interest to the gay community Meetings are at 7p m in room 222 of Smith Center, Portland State University People who are interested in participating are welcome to attend. you are never too old to love. nhoto bv Karl Baden Beth Root in a one-woman show at the Echo Theater SUNDAY Theaterwom on, solo work created by Bethroot of Fly Away Home (wo men's land in southern Oregon) w ill be per formed at the Echo Theater. 1515 S.E 37th. at 8 p.m. Song, dance, memory, weave a personal story of lost friendships — and of a theater wo man's power to conjure playmates and sur prises Theaterwom on was originally per formed at the Northwest Women's Cn1 jral Celebration in Olympia. WA this sumr er The Portland performance is for women only, and tickets are $4 at the door 20 _______ SUNDAY The Lesbian Aging Project announces a community meeting today at Old Wives Tales between 5 and 6 p.m in the banquet room At this time a progress report will be given and an open discussion will follow Com mittees w ill be forming for fundraising, by-laws, program development and financial re sources grant writing Women of all ages are encouraged to attend and help plan for their future now Donations are always welcome * m d T-shirts v ili be on sale as well Remember. 12 5 4 5 6 7 8 g K) il n 0 If 15 i6 17 I* 19 10 21 » 23 14 *516 271029)0)1 «