The NW Film Study C enter presents College is sponsoring a Health Fair offer Revising Romance: Revisionist Romance These com ic revisions of “love ing free ad m ission, booths, blood pres sure screening, m assage, fun and aam es nutritional and fitness counseling. The c o lleg e is located at 2900 N E 132nd Avenue C a ll 253-0082 for more . inform ation. 14 sto ry" conventions include Barbara Broughel's The Frigid Heiress, which ex poses what is left im p lic it in perfume and liquor ads. Performance artists Nancy Buchanan and Barbara Sm ith's With Love from A to B attacks the theme of unrequited love; llene Segalove's Why I Got Into TV reveals, in autobiographical fashion, the relaionships between pop culture and rom antic expectation; and Yonem oto's Vault presents a cam p love a ffa ir between a fem ale pole-vaulter and her cow boy/artist. A lso show ing. All of Our Lives. Laura Ksy's touching film , reveals the economic and personal isolation faced by many women today. Women from various backgrounds and w alks of life recall g irl hood dream s contrasted to the reality of their current situations. TUESDAY The H a lleluja h Chorus. Portland's first com ical sing ing group w ill be perform ing at the W hite Eagle Cafe and Saloon, on 836 N. Russe ll at 8:30 p.m. The chorus perform s o rig ina l irreverent hum or for thick skinned (not headed) adults. C over is $1.50. 16 THURSDAY 18 Jim Bla sh fie ld 's new anim ated film Suspicious Circum stances w ill be pre m iered in a M edia Project showing at C inem a 21, tonight at 7 00 p.m. Suspicious Circumstances uses a co lo r xerox cut-out anim ation technique in novel w ays to create a sense of realism unusual for anim ated film . S till panoram as create the backgrounds. O bjects and people — shot in movement sequences, transferred to xerox, then cut out and anim ated — are the actors. The result is a three dim ensional sense more common to live action than anim ation. This is countered by the introduction of fantastic elem ents only p ossib le in anim ation (duck heads dance on couches, phones flo a t through rooms, and am algam ated objects pop out of books and cupboards). Bla shfield adm its that, "It w as difficult at first to m ake these elem ents work together. I began thinking I had the license one o rd i na rily has in anim ation. Fina lly. I learned what I could and couldn't do and pushed what I could do as far as I could." Suspicious Circumstances has a 1950s feel to it, and the strong graphic sense Bla shfie ld has d ispla yed as art d i rector of the C linton St. Quarterly. Like his dram atic film . The Mid-Torso of Inez, Circum stances has a skeletal story structure. A man is awakened by noises. He em erges from his bedroom to discover that com m on objects are possessing his home. Disturbed, he consults his “Popular M e c h a nic s" for advice — to no avail. F i nally, he is left to battle these inanim ate intruders on his own. A sound track of ef fects, and m usic underline the drama. In ad d ition to Suspicious Cir cumstances, Bla shfield w ill also be show ing The Mid-Torso of Inez, and The Business Dinner. The latter is an experi ment with live, m ultiple location, im provi- sa tiona l com edy starring W aggie 8c Friends. The lo g istics of this project are com plicated, and shall be saved for the screening, but one particularly funny se quence features Scott Parker as a new age bum b ling detective recreating the scene of the crim e with Barbie dolls. Th is program is made possible by Micro star, the Oregon Arts C om m ission, Rocky M ountain Film Center and the National Just Out. Mav 1985 SATtlRDAY The Frie nd s o f Multnom ah County Lib ra ry w ill hold their annual Booksale today from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Get used books at very tempting prices. The sa le w ill be held at the NW Service Center, N.W. 18th and Everett. Endowm ent for the Arts. 17 _________ FRIDAY The Portland Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the National DSA Anti- Racism Comm ittee and the Associated Students of Portland State University are sponsoring a series of events designed to help activists in their work opposing ra cism . Th is series w ill be held at Portland State University, Sm ith Center, Room 296, today at 8 p.m. and tomorrow. Saturday, M ay 18, at 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon and 1 30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (no charge for either day). Duane C am pbell (Sacramento, C A ). National DSA Anti-Racism C om m is sio n and Ron Herndon, Co-Chair, Black United Front w ill be key speakers. For more inform ation, ca ll 282-1300. Motherlode and Geof Morgan w ill be perform ing at 8 p.m. at 75 Lincoln Hall on the P.S.U. campus. The concert is a benefit for Perform ers and A rtists for N uclear Disarm am ent and tickets are $6.00. Tic ke ts are a va ila b le at A Woman's Pla ce Bookstore, Artichoke M usic and the PAND office at 2308 NW Lovejoy. M otherlode is a dynam ic band of four women who, with strong vocals and close harm onies, sing o rig ina l, contemporary and traditional m usic accom panied by guitar, 'cello, bass, m andolin, flute, harm onica and percussion. They w ill be sha ring songs from their recently released album . Dance the Afternoon Away and much more. G eof M organ is a singer, songwriter and recording artist from Bellingham , W ashington. After spending seven years in N a shville perform ing and w riting songs for a rtists such as Barbara M andrell. Earnest Tubb and othrs. Geof moved to the Northwest and has been perform ing for audiences a ll over the West Coast and C anada (appearing at the Vancouver Folk Festival and others). He has album s out on the Nexus and Flying Fish labels and is currently celebrating the release of his third album . At the Edge. He is “a songw riter of new and different species, a sensitive man who sings of relationships and attitudes with an overview of exten sive scope and depth." Nancy Vogl. form erly with the Berkeley W om en's M usic C ollective, w ill perform in concert tonight, 8 p.m., at Metropolitan Com m unity Church (MCC), 1644 N.E. 24th (at Broadway). Em barking on he rfirst solo tour, Vogl has previously recorded and toured with W oody Sim m ons, Robin Flower, and Holly Near. V o g l's album Something to Go On w as relased in January. Vogl sees her work as a vital part of w om en's culture. “M usic to me is more than entertainment — it is a reflection of the culture which inspires it. Playing with women has let me feel a force of change and growth and I have been at tim es soothed, healed, and m otivated by m usi c ia ns I know. What I bring to my m usic is a com m itm ent to b uild ing a better environ ment for us a ll." C hild ca re w ill be provided. The concert w ill be ASL interpreted for the hearing im paired. MCC is w heelchair ac cessible. Tickets are $4 in advance, $5 at the door. Tickets w ill be a va ila b le at A W om an's Place Bookstore. For more infor m ation ca ll 234-7080. 19 ________ SUNDAY Shan Carr, a lesbian com edienne, w ill perform at the Primary Doman, 8 p.m. Th is show w ill kic k-off C a rr's sum m er U.S. tour. C arr perform s routines on "C om ing O ut," “How to Be a Lesbian," and much more. 20 MONDAY Concerned about g a y/le sb ia n rights and the p o ssib ilty of a referendum? Want to help orga nize future action? There w ill be a lesb ia n community m eeting to d is cuss the recent Multnomah County Com m ission gay rights ordinance and its re peal. Other topics to be discussed include: how to get the word out to the com m unity when an em ergency occurs, and what action can we take now to avoid a c risis situation later. If you are interested in further inform a tion about these issues, or in strategizing for the future, meet in room 294 Smith Center, PSU, at 7 p.m. 31 FRIDAY Joan Arm atrading w ill appear at the A rlene Schnitzer Concert Hall at 8 p.m. C elebrating her newest release, Secret Secrets, A rm atrading is touring the United States a s part of an international tour that w ill take her through Europe. A ustra lia , and Canada. 11