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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1985)
scope. He has addressed such divers is sues a s gay rights and the struggles of the N icaraguan people, in m usical styles ra nging from folk to rock to reggae. M urphy and Sie b e r's 1984 release. C anticles o f Light, blended ja zz and fo lk chants with a traditional gospel idiom to create a sound that provides hope for troubled tim es. Fierce Love m arks their entry into an a ll-o u t fu ll band sound. Leaving the easy fa m ilia rity of the folk genre behind, M urphy has written a large and varied body of new m aterial that retains a ll the honesty of his past work w hile providing a strong, contem porary base. A poly rhythm ic blend of instruments with C harlie M urphy on guitar, Jam i Sieber on electric ce llo , Stephanie O sso on the synthesizer, Arturo Pa le on ba ss, and Steve Jones on percussion, backs up the force of lyrical poetry to create m usic that moves feet and hearts. Together they prove that it is p o ssib le to m erge a d riving, danceable beat with lyric s that speak eloquently about concerns of the day. Tic ke ts are a va ila b le at Artichoke M usic, 722 NW 21st, M usic M illenium , 3158 E. Burnsid e and NW 21st & Johnson; Look ing G la ss Bookstore, 318 SW Taylor; Long fe llo w 's Books and Records, 6229 SE M ilw a ukie ; Papemnoon Bookstore, 3538 SE Hawthorne, and A W om an's Place, SE 24th & Ankeny. For further inform ation, call 239-4991. 8 20 Street Talk — An Invitation to Aware ness, the forum w ill d iscuss who these kids are, where they come from, how they get into prostitution, and what happens to them on the street. Project LUCK is a d d re ssing this issue, and with LUCK these child ren can m ake it. For more inform a tion on Project LUCK and the forum, call 221-1646. THURSDAY Cinem a 21 presents the award winning film Streetwise tonight at 8 p.m. Showing a ll w eek, this evening's proceeds w ill b enefit the women and children at the W est W om en's Hotel. Tickets are $5.00, are tax deductible, and can be purchased at C inem a 21. Bum side Comm unity Council, o r at the W est by c a llin g Jennifer at 224-7718. o f Gold, Do You Wanna Funk, You Make Me Feel and Don’t Stop Th is downtown dance party w ill be held at the historic Erickson's Bar Saloon Bu ild ing at 7 NW 2nd Ave. and starts at 9 p.m. Tic ke ts are $15.00 and are a va ila b le at D ud ley's Records, Peruse on 21st. Turn ta b le M ary's, Dugan's Fish Grotto, Embers Ave., C ha rlie Teasers, C a ssid y's in Eugene or you can order through the m ail by w rit ing C ity Nights. PO Box 10663, Portland. O R 97210. 2 1 ________ SUNDAY Parker and numerous other local painters, printm akers, photographers and sculptors. Artists Together is not an anti-nuclear "th e m e " show. Rather, it is an opportunity for the invited artists to support the d isa r m am ent movement by subm itting what ever work they deem appropriate. A ll work w ill be for sale, with a percentage of the proceeds to benefit PAND. The exhibit opens tonight at 5 p.m. with a reception for the artists and w ill run through Sunday, August 11. The PCVA is located at 117 NW 5th and gallery hours are W enesday-Friday, 5-10 p.m., Saturday. 12-10 p.m .; and Sunday 12-6 p.m. A dm is sion is free. On Thursday, July 11 at 8 p.m., PAND w ill host a benefit preview of the exhibit. The program w ill include rem arks by Tom Hig g ins, pub lisher of the Business Journal, and cham ber m usic by Portland Pro M usica. A dm ission is $20/person. $35/co up le and is tax-deductible. C all PAND at 248-9275 for reservations. 13 12 FRIDAY Pe rfo rm e rs and A rtists fo r Nuclear D isa rm a m e nt (PAND) presents Artists Together; The Exhibit for Nuclear Dis arm am ent. The Show, which opens to night at the Portland Center for the Visual A rts, w ill include contributions from M ichele Russo, Jay Backstrand, Sherrie W olf, Ronna Neuenschwander, Gregory G renon, G eorge Johanson, Lucinda Ju«t Out. July 1985 SATURDAY C ity Nights is a group of gay men or g a nized for the purpose of producing la rg e events in Portland in order to raise funds for A ID S organizations presents M egatone recording artist, Sylvester. Sylvester's best known hits include Band MONDAY Th is evening Pro je c t LUC K w ill present a forum on the problem of child prostitu tion on the streets of Portland. Entitled 11 8 p.m. C a ll 224-4135 for more information. SATURDAY The IFCC Thea tre w ill present a staged reading of a new play by Portland w riter Danny Bell entitled The Prince, at 8 p.m. The performance w ill be at the Inter state Firehouse C ultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Ave. The Prince is a contem porary urban Black version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, and is set in pre sent day North Portland. The staged read ing w ill u tilize m inim al sets, lighting, etc., and the actors w ill carry scripts in hand. thereby putting the dom inant focus of the perform ance on the w riting itself. The au dience is invited to stay after the reading to offer comments, criticism and sugges tions about the play. The large cast for this reading of The Prince w ill include Al Jam ison, Rick Jones, A. Lee W ilson Jr., A leka Patterson, Vincent M artinez. Nancy Benner, Steve Lee and Eugene Hughes, am ong others. The director is Gary O 'Brien, Artistic Director of the IFCC Theatre. Tic ke ts for the staged reading of The Prince are only $2, and early reservations are advised. C a ll the IFCC at 243-7930 (voice or TTY). This project is made p o ssi b le , in part, by funding from the M etropolitan Arts Com m ission. KBOO-FM Community Radio w ill hold its first annual KBOO Used Book and Re cord Sale, 10 a.m .-4 p.m. at the PASS C Lub, 17 SE 8th. The sa le w ill feature new and used books and records as w ell as m usic m em orabilia, doorprizes, refresh m ents, and music provided by KBOO. A d m ission is 50c-25c for KBOO Foundation m em bers. C a ll 231 -8032 for more inform a tion or to rent a booth. The Po rtla nd Frontrunners, a local running group for gays and lesbians, have announced a sp ecia l meeting for a ll women interested in jo ining the existing Frontrunner organization or establishing a co-existing wom en's group. A brunch m eeting is scheduled at O ld W ives' Ta les, 1300 East Bumside. at 10 a.m. Sev eral Frontrunners w ill be present to answer questions and acquaint everyone with the club. At present, the Frontrunners have 32 m em bers, two of whom are women. Re cent efforts to inform the wom en's com m unity on the existence of a running group for men and women have resulted in an avalanche of c a lls requesting infor m ation. It enjoys running/ jog g ing as a p hysica l exercise. Unfortunately, the cur rent ratio of men to women in the Front runners discourages women from getting involved. The July 21 m eeting is an effort to b ring interested women together in a re laxed and com fortable atmosphere. C urrently there are Frontrunner orga ni za tio ns in most m ajor c itie s throughout the United States, and several of the clubs have a very large w om en's mem bership. In San Diego, 4 5 percent of the m em ber sh ip are women, in San Francisco at the Bay to Breakers run, alm ost half the runners from Los A ngeles were women. For more inform ation, c a ll 232-6004. 25 THURSDAY Our Bridge to Freedom W hat is 17 WEDNESDAY The Prim a ry Dom ain presents a spe c ia l m eeting of "Th e Ta le n ts" with Nan and Kath of Motherlode playing with Kate Sullivan and Jane Howard, at So c ia list Fem inism and why is it the bst road to liberation for women? These ques tio ns w ill be discussed at Ra d ic a l W o men's monthly m eeting, 6 :3 0 p.m. at the M ultnom ah County C entral Library, 801 S.W. 10th Avenue. Everyone is welcome. Fo r m ore inform ation, c a ll 249-8067. W heelc ha ir accessible. 11