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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1985)
acity. The fam ous Tw inkie Defense" holds that White was adversely affected by consum ing too m uch junk food before the murders. He is sentenced to 7!£ years in prison. News reporter Jeanine Yeomans who covered the trial for KRON-TV, says. "I re m em ber facing the camera after the verdict was announced and thinking T ry not to look too shocked.” ’ hat evening a demonstration protesting the verdict quickly escalates into a full scale riot at City Hall in which over 300 people, including 60 police officers, are injured. Property damage, including the torching of fifteen police cars, is estimated at one million dollars. Leaders of the gay com m unity refuse to apologize for the violence, saying that Dan White "g o t away with murder.” Dan White was released from prison on January 7,1984 after serving five years. After serving one year on probation. Dan White was released from state supervision on January 6. 1985. Initially, the film began as a documentary on the grassroots cam paign to defeat the Briggs Amendment, and it is this part of the film which is the most eloquent and powerful. The point of The Times o f Hon 'ey M ilk is that oeople can work together in com m on cause. And it is a celebration of the life of a caring, charism atic man who helped create a power ful coalition. The Times o f H a n e y M ilk is an em otion ally powerful and stunning documentary. The film was named best documentary of 1984 bv the New York Film Critics Circle and has a very good chance of an Academy Award nom ination in mid-Febrary. their musical reaffirmation of lesbian and gay pride. Romanovsky and Phillips are being brought to Portland by Dignity Portland on Friday. March 1. at 8 p.m. for one performance at the Em bers Avenue. Ron Romanovsky is a self taught musician who began writing songs at the age of fifteen. Four years later he moved to San Franciso and began performing. Inspired by the strong network of women musicians producing their own records and concerts in the Bay Area, and excited by the emergence of artist-con- trolled music, he recognized the need among gay men to also sing songs relevant to their lives. An attem pt at form ing a men's music collective resulted in a collaboration with lyri cist Gene Porter on the rock opera The City: 1977-78 A.D.. for which he com posed the entire score. Paul Phillips grew up studying piano and singing in choirs. After high school, he went on to study m usic at a conservative Christian college in the midwest. It was in this environ m ent that Paul decided he had to come out. Two and a half years later, he was still the only openly gay person on campus. He left school and moved to Bloom ington. Indiana, where he became involved in an anti-gay discrim i nation case which lasted a year and a half but ended in a stalemate. He moved to Manhat tan and then to San Francisco where he met Ron. They fell in love and six m onths later began writing and perform ing together. "I Thought You'd Be Taller,” Romanovsky and Phillips' first album, which features such routines as In the Outfield, a knowing glance at a man being humiliated by a "sports en thusiast" and Prince C harm ing Tango where in "dream s are not always what they seem," will be available at the concert. Tickets for the concert are available at Roxy Hearts, Embers Avenue. Other Side of M id night or by calling 243-6344. Tickets are $5 prior to the day of the concert and $6 if purchased at the door. M eet tin* n e w m i n i m e m lie r s a n d s tu d e n ts «it D v k e I livih. Join tin* a s s e m b ly at H a rc e lle XV. j o h NW 3rd. 8 3 0 p.m . C all 2 2 2 -5 3 3 8 fo r reserva- lio n s. T h is is tin* F a b u lu o u s l) v k e to n e s |M Thank V ou C o n c e rt to all o f y o u w h o ha ve (i< H inted a n d hel| x*d us fin a n c ia l ly. T ic k e ts ca n a ls o In* In night «it the door. $T>. n \\ US I l il y 14 B rin g y o u r v a le n tiñ e ^ s a rn t ro c k v< nir s< n ks < iff t< i tin* m u s k o f the F a b u lo u s I) v k e to n e s ,M a n d the n e w U n n i in to w n . I lo n e y B a n d fin * S tin g e rs! o p .m at Pint* St. T heatre. 215 S F Pine. O >ver is .$<> S urprize! S urprize! T n r n r î î m set* the F a b u lo u s D y k e to n e s fe a tu rin g g u e s t stars T h t* Suprt*ttes.’ 8 :3 0 p.m . at P a rc e lle XV. 2 0 8 NW 3rd. Call 2 2 2 -5 3 3 8 for rese rva tio n s. C over. $5. Romanovsky and Phillips Romanovsky and Phillips: Lesbian and Gay Pride musically affirmed b y J a y B ro w n Their first public performance two years ago was a benefit for the California Nuclear Freeze Iniative. Since then, Romanovsky and Phillips have appeared coast to coast in the G.S. and Canada and have garnered consis tently glowing reviews. The success of Rom anovsky and Phillips has given lie to the pre vailing attitude in the entertainment industry that vou can’t be openly gay a n d be suc cessful. Ron Romanovskv and Paul Phillips, lovers foi two years he astounded audiences with presents SV)MtJSTHK.MR^ B E V O Friday am * t 2 j «in. st o r u 1 ¿b-M awh \b ro N I tH E > T R — Custom Catered — Weddings Cocktail Parties Dinners Brunches Picnics 223-8690 Friday and Saturday. Pm ThurSaay. F h 2VApnt 6 se r v a t i » ns 7 2 4 -4 0 0 \ — FREE wine TASTIPIO — RUPERT l KtHNARO 14224bJ Just Out, February 198^ Tine Wines at Good Prices 1902 M.W 24th • Portland. Or 97210 9