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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1986)
I* N whose w riting has been published in This Bridge Called My Back, The Gathering of Spirit, "Sin iste r W isd o m " and various fem inist m agazines, was raised in an urban environment follow ing the term ina tion of her tribe during the Eisenhower era. The Big Mountain Task Force is working to prevent the forced relocation of thou sands of Native Am ericans from the Four C orners area in the Southwest. The land, sacred to the native people and essential to their livelihood, is coveted by m ining interests. July 1986 has been set by the Federal government as the final date for relocation. C hrystos w ill read at the Friends M eetinghouse, 4312 SE Stark, Portland. $2 donations are requested. Back by popular demand, Judy Fjell returns to the Prim ary Domain, 8 pm, 1033 NW 16th. Don't m iss it! $4 at the door. 1 4 ________ FRIDAY At 7 pm the Oregon A rt Institute pre sents G aynor Sterchi reading "Th e Four Q ua rtets" by T.S. Eliot and a concert of c la ssic a l m usic by guita rist Owen Smith in conjunction with the exhibition Mark Rothko: Works on Paper, which is show ing at the Art Institute's Portland Art Museum through A p ril 6. Rothko was greatly influenced by m usic and was par tic u la rly attracted to the m usic of Mozart. He w as a lso quite interested in the literary work of Eliot and Joyce. The concert in clud es m usic by Mozart, Bach, Lauro, and V illa -Lo b o s. The event is free with museum adm ission. If there is anything as international as film , it's rock and roll. In that sp irit, the Ore gon Art Institute is happy to present an evening com bining these art and enter tainm ent forms. The event, organized by the Art Institute's Northwest Film & Video Center, is the Portland prem iere of the Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra The perform ance of the Zasu Pitts M em orial Orchestra is offered as a post- Portland International Film Festival party to benefit the many fine program s offered throughout the year by the Art Institute's Northwest Film & Video Center. Tickets are $10 advance; $12 at the door, and are tax-deductible. Showtim e is 8:30 pm, at Starry Night. 8 NW 6th Ave. in Portland For ticket inform ation ca ll 221-1156. To continue their successful season of contem porary theatre hits, A rtists Re p e rto ry Theatre announces the Port land prem iere of C hristopher Durang's Baby with the Bathwater Playing through A p ril 27 at the W ilson Center for the Perform ing Arts, 1111 SW 10th, Baby p rom ises to have Portland audiences laughing in the a isle s as they did for A RT's Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You and Storefront's Beyond Therapy Th is tim e, Durang lam poons the best laid pla ns of conscientious parenting and show s the audience the hila rious effects of one couple's good intentions on their only son — or is it a daughter? Directed by G reg Tam blyn, Friday and Saturday perform ances play at 8 00 pm Just Out. March, 1986 Sunday perform ances play at 7 00 pm with a matinee Sunday, A p ril 27 at 2:00 pm. For reservations ca ll 223-6281. 15 SATURDAY The Lesbian Welcome Wagon 86 Event is w ell under way! The great Party w ill take place at the Echo Theatre (1515 SE 37th at Hawthorne) at 8:30 pm. A ll le s bia ns are invited to attend. Som e of the activities planned for this huge party are: The Dyke C lark Dance Contest, The 2nd Annual LWW Dyke Fashion Show, and the "Le sb ia n s Date, Don't The y?" Sing le s Dat ing Game. 17 MONDAY Starhaw k, author of Dreaming the Dark and Sp ira l Dance, w ill do a ritual at Reed C ollege, Student Union, at 2 pm, and give a lecture titled Spirituality 8i Politics at PSU, Lincoln Hall, Rm. 75 at 7 :30. The ritual is free, the lecture is $4.00 at the door, $3.00 for students. For inform a tion contact Karin or Lance, 249-1481. 18 TUESDAY Explore the topic Women Becoming Sisters to the Earth at the Lesbian Forum. Trance-m edium Barbara Kabus introduces here sp iritua l teacher, Doma, who w ill speak on this topic and "und er stand ing your power to create and learn ing to protect Mother Earth." Doma is an ancient sp iritua l entity. Through her chan nel, Barbara Kabus, she presents teach ings and healings to guide us in our quest to understand ourselves and the Earth. A wom en-only event, the Lesbian Forum is w heelchair accessible, interpreted for the hearing-im pa ired and deaf, and offers free, supervised childcare. For TTY Relay, c a ll NW A N SIR at 233-2677 and ask for W illo w at 236-4386. A donation of $2 is suggested to help defray costs. West m inster Presbyterian Church, 1624 NE Hancock, 7:30 pm. 20 THURSDAY Ra d ica l Women meet Honor Interna tional Women’s Day with us as we take a g lo b a l survey of fem inist news. Bring a to p ica l a rticle for a probing d iscussion at 6 :3 0 pm at the Multnomah County Cen tral Library, 801 SW 10th Avenue. Everyone is welcome. For more inform ation call 249-8067. W heelchair accessible. 21 FRIDAY Sid esa d d le from San Jose, C alifornia, is an a ll-fe m a le group whose repertoire of both traditional and orig ina l m aterial is hig hly varied, ranging from bluegrass. country & western, Irish and gospel to oc ca siona l rock-and-roll, western swing. International W om en's Day Festival at the Pine Street Theater. March 8th. 10 am -5 pm $2.00 adm ission. C ajun and boogie woogie. In addition to being competent m usicians. Sidesaddle's m em bers lend an a ir of utmost enthusi asm to every performance, and they never fa il to involve the audience thoroughly in their m usic and mischief. Sid e sa d d le 's m em bers are Diana D eininger (guitar), Kim Elking (m andolin). Karen Q uick (bass), Sonia Shell (banjo), and Leigh Anne W elch-C asw ell (fiddle). O ne of the best all-w om en's bands in the country w ill appear at the World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Rd., Portland, at 8 00 pm. Sto re fro n t Theatre presents The Nor mal Heart by Larry Kramer, directed by Robert Nielsen. The Normal Heart is a story of anger and courage and the AIDS health c risis. Kram er's play has performed to se ll-o ut audiences in New York and re cently in Seattle. The Storefront Production sta rs M ichael W elsh, Katherine King, and Ted Schulz. Storefront Theatre is located at 6 SW Third Ave., Portland. For reservations, c a ll 224-4001 Teresa Trull, singer, songwriter, perform er and producer (and black belt in karate!), perform s at 8 pm in Agnes Flanagan Chapel at Lew is C lark C o l lege. C o-sponsored by Lew is C lark Wo m en's Center Tickets are $7 in advance, $8 at the door, and are a va ila b le at A W om an's Place Bookstore, C atbird Seat Books. Artichoke Music. 22 SATURDAY, Th is Is Hot! Portland's City Nights group presents a sp ring dance party in the M asonic Temple Grand Ballroom Featuring high-energy dance m usic sin g e r Pam ala Stanley! Doors open at 8 :30 pm , dancing until 2:30 am, enjoy two dynam ic sets by Pam ala Stanley with continuous dancing before, between and after her sets. Th is event is a benefit for Oregon AIDS service agencies. Tickets are $5. A ll pro ceed s after expenses are donated to A ID S organizations. Tickets go on sa le soon at many downtown locations and are a lso a va ila b le from C ity N ights (PO box 10663, Portland 97210). 2 3 _______ SUNDAY W om en's M usician’s Network brunch and jam starts at noon. Bring your favorite d ish and or instrument. For more inform ation, c a ll 249-8767 or 234-7080. 8c 8c 13