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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1985)
A Holiday Sam pler at Benson High School, 7 p.m. The Chorus is perform ing with Alyce Rogers, m ezzo-soprano, and is directed by David York. A Holiday Sam pler is an evening of traditional holiday songs plus a m en's choral m asterpiece, the Brahms "A lto Rhapsody." Tickets are $7 and may be purchased in advance through choral members, Du g a n's, Roxy Hearts, C.C. Slaughter's, For w ard Gear, Starkey's 3 and the Primary Dom ain. d a ys w ill include holiday food and plenty of room for dancing. Of course, everyone, of a ll ages, is welcome. Tickets at the door $2-5. A SUNDAY "S iste rsp irit M ultnom ah" is a newly form ing group of lesbians who want to create m ore space for sp iritua lity in their lives. A ll interested and curious women are invited to particip ate in a first m editative cele bration gathering at 6 p.m. Bring a candle and your thoughts about the w inter season. The tentative lo cation (at p ress tim e) is Echo Theatre, 1515 S.E. 37th. C a ll 282-8615 or 233-1206 for confirm ation. A second gathering is plan ned for Decem ber 22. Again, ca ll for location. Fo r a slig h tly more cerebral approach, you are invited to attend a first meeting of a proposed wom en's sp iritua lity study group. No topics or books have yet been chosen, so bring your ideas to the meet ing, Sunday, Decem ber 15th at 2:30 p.m. at 2804 N.E. 42nd. If these gatherings are what you've been w aiting for, here's the chance. The structures w ill em erge from the creative id ea s of those who attend. TUESDAY C inem a 21 is showing D.H. Lawrence's film Women In Love at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Bostonians is the second fea X,:, The Lesbian Forum is a ll fun this month! Lesb ia ns and gay-positive women are in vited to an arts and crafts show /sale and m ulti-ethnic potluck. 7:00 p.m., W estm ins ter Presbyterian Church, 1624 NE Hancock. Bring food to share, an "e th n ic " dish if you w ish, and your own utensils. The Forum w ill provide paper plates, juice and herbal tea. Craftswomen and artists may reserve d isp la y space by ca lling W illow at 2 3 6 -4386 or Martha at 234-4861. A $2 do nation at the door is suggested to help defray costs. C hildren are welcome to join the fun as there w ill be no supervised childcare that evening. The Lesbian Forum is w heelchair accessible. For TTY relay, contact NW ANSIR at 233-2677 and ask for W illo w at 236-4386. 1 * ■ ture p la ying at 4 :4 5 and 9:15. The film s w ill both be shown tomorrow at 7 p.m. and 9:15. Ja ne How ard perform s folk m usic and o rig in a l songs at the Prim ary Domain at 8 p.m. $3.00 cover. WEDNESDAY W hat d id the July United Nations “ Decade o f Wom en“ conferences ac com plish for women internationally and in the U .S.? Participant Dam ari W akhungu, a Kenyan bom fem inist and a teacher in Portland State University's Black Studies program , w ill address this topic at the next m eeting of Radical Women. Wakhungu, w ho led the University's Sum mer Session v isit to the U.N. W orld Conference of Wo m en, w ill cover the controversial issues that g ra ss roots women raised despite at tem pts by governm ent-sponsored dele gations to exclude them. Join us on W ednesday, December 1,6:30 p.m. at the M ultnom ah County Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Avenue. Everyone is welcome. For more inform ation call 249-8067. W heelchair accessible. The B lu e t S iste rs w ill be perform ing at the Prim ary Dom ain at 8 p.m. Koffee Pe rkin s jo in s them. Cover is $3.00. The Fa llen Angel C hoir w ill join singer Kate Sulliva n for a performance at 8:30 p.m. at the East Avenue Tavern, 727 East Burnsid e in Portland. The concert w ill benefit the Portland chapter of PAND, Ju st Out, December, 1985 18 Quiet Places at the Echo Theatre on Dec. 6th. Perform er and A rtists for Nuclear Disarm am ent. The Fa llen Angel Choir, which includ es Judy Corona, Char Priolo, Judith R izzio and Mary Scott, is celebrating its tenth anniversary season. They have de lighted hundreds of Portland audiences with their outrageous, sa tiric a l Christm as c a ro ls, their costum es (straight out of C ha rles Dickens) and the tw inkle in their eyes. Ka te Sulliva n, who has been com pared to everyone from Joan Baez to Ja nis Joplin, is known throughout the Northwest as a soulful and energetc performer. Kate has performed, both with her band and as a solo act, for numerous com m unity organizations. Portland PAND is a group of artists, perform ers and peace activists working together to end the arm s race. PAND sponsored the recent Shadow Project and has been organizing various events and exhibitions in Portland since 1982. A dm ission to the concert is $4. For more inform ation, ca ll 248-9275 or contact the East Avenue Tavern at 236-6900. SUNDAY Po rtla n d Gay M en's Chorus presents WEDNESDAY The N orthw est Rim Study C enter of the Portland Art Association is proud to present the prem iere screening of Steven Sp e ilb e rg 's new film The Color Purple, based on the Pulitzer Prize-w inning novel by A lice Walker. The showing, a benefit for the Film Center, w ill take place W ednesday, December 18, at 8 p.m. at the M usic Box Theater, 815 SW Broadway between Salm on and Taylor streets. A re ception w ill follow the premiere. Tickets are a va ila b le at the Northwest Film Study Center office and box office, the Portland Art Museum Gift Shop and at The Catbird Seat Bookstore. Adm ission is a tax- deductible $15.00. For more information please contact the Film Center at 221H56. A lice W alker's joyous novel The Color Purple comes to the screen as Steven Sp e ilb e rg 's most powerful, personal film to date and represents a marked depar ture for the noted film maker. Reviewed by Newsweek as "a novel of permanent im portance," The Color Purple stayed on the New York Times best-seller lists for more than a year after its 1983 publica tion. Th is powerful story follow s the lives of a black fam ily in the South during the early 20th century and focuses on a central character, C elie, as she goes from being a contem porary slave in the 20th century, to being a com plete— and a completed — person. The particular struggle the characters endure because of circum stance, tradition and hand-m e-down vic tim iza tion is sensitively portrayed and cultura lly rich. Take this opportunity to join in the cele bration of the prem iere of The C olor Pur ple and lend your support to the many educational and film exhibition program s offered by the Northwest Film Study Center. For additional inform ation ca ll the Center at 221-1156. SATURDAY The second annual appearance by the Elves A gainst A ID S w ill take place on Saturday. December 21. At this tim e Santa's gay little helpers w ill go around town to various gay bars and restaurants to so lic it donations for the C ascade A IDS Network. The elves are a lso a vailable if you'd like to have them drop by your holiday party For further information contact Brown M cDonald at 223-5907 or Howard Bier- baum at 236-2536. SUNDAY The C ity Nightclub presents its annual com bined W inter Solstice and Xm as party and show faturing W anda Kentucky Jackson. Doors open 10 p.m., show at 11 p.m. C a ll 224-C ITY for information. Cinem a 21 is showing Entre Nous (Between Us) at 7 p.m. with Lianna top ping off the b ill at 9 p.m. M atinees at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. MONDAY The Blues S iste rs perform with Koffee Pe rkin s at the Prim ary Dom ain at 8 p.m. Cover is $3.00. t i» \ <* The Color Purple prem iers to benefit the Northwest Film Study Center 11