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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1986)
Future takes a look at the extrem es of urban life from interesting and unusual perspectives. Echoes plays A p ril 4 ,5 ; 11,12; 18,19; and 2 5 .2 7 . at 8:00 p.m. A m atinee perform ance is scheduled for A p ril 20 at 2:00 pm. A ll seats are reserved — $7 for general ad m ission tickets on the day of the show, $6 in advance, and $3 for children and seniors. Echo Theatre is w heelchair acces sib le and is located at1515 SE 37th Avenue in Portland. For more inform ation, ca ll 231-1232. 1________ TUESDAY The many ways people choose to perceive the basic elem ent of rain is the focus of Hoffm an G a lle ry's Rain show Rain w ill continue through Thursday, A pril 17, with artwork displayed both inside Hoffman G allery and outside, on the cam pus of the Oregon School of Arts and C rafts, (OSAC) 8245 SW Barnes Road, Portland. In the Rain show, over 25 Northwest ar tists respond with ran with artwork that is either interactive with or about rain. The insta lla tion prom ises to be humorous, serious, w him sical — representative of many different ways rain can effect us. View ers are encouraged to bring um b re lla s as they tour the outdoor Rain ex hib its on the OSAC grounds. In the unlikely event of a dry day, a sp rin kle r system w ill be activated for the pieces which depend on rain to function. Rain w ill be juried by Portland artist, M ichael Curry, an instructor at Oregon School of Arts and Crafts who is currently d esig ning the Oregon Pavilion at Expo '86 in Vancouver, B.C. Hours for the Hoffman G allery are Mon day through Thursday, 10:00 am -5:00 pm, and Frid a y through Sunday, 10:00 am- 4 :0 0 pm. Lunch is ava ila b le at the Hands- On Cafe, Monday through Friday, 11:30 a m -2:00 pm. 2 WEDNESDAY The Hardly Boys is a 5-piece acoustic rock band playing m ostly the original com positions of lead guita rist and singer, Stefan. A lso in the band are Tim Acott on upright ba ss, Arthur Steinhorn on drums, John H a rris on w ashboard, and Gwion on vocals. O pening for The Hardly Boys on A pril 2nd, G wion w rites, sings, and p la ys music in the folk vein with an em phasis on p o liti cal and sp iritua l themes. Known in Port land poetry circles as a dynam ic reader, he has m ade few public appearances with his harp. For more inform ation, please contact Life lin e Productions at 333 SE 3rd, Portland, O R 97214, (503) 232-3282. # C ris W illia m so n and Tret Fure in concert to benefit the World Peace University. Gerd Brantenberg, Norwegian fem inist and author, w ill be speaking for the first tim e to a Portland audience at 7 :30 pm in Lincoln Ha ll, Room 75, at PSU. She w ill read from her novel Egalia’s Daughter, a sex-role satire that has sold 220,000 copies in Europe and has recently been published in the U.S. She w ill discuss fem inism and fem inist w riting in Norway as well. Sponsored by PSU W om en's Union. C hild care is available and the room is w heelchair accessible. The lecture is free and open to the public. The M etropolitan A rts Com m ission is sponsoring a photography exhibit featur ing w orks by Roland Bynum, Frank En gel, Helen Koba, and Allen Speilvogel at the M etropolitan G allery in the Portland Build ing , 1120 SW Fifth Avenue. A reception for the artists w ill be held today from 4 pm -7 pm. The show w ill hang through May 15.1986 4 __________ FRIDAY 3 THURSDAY Sum us Thea tre Ensem ble presents the Northwest prem ier of Requiem for a Heavyweight, playw right Rod Se rling 's exam ination of desperation in the life of a once great p rize fighter. Mountain M cC lintock is through as a boxer, he's had it. After 14 years, he's washed up. But his last conflict begins as he faces exp loi tation and the betrayal of his humanity at the hands of his one-tim e supporters. Requiem for a Heavyweight plays at 8 :00 pm Thursdays, Frid ays, and Satur days, through May 3. Sum us Theatre is located at 13 NW 13th, Portland. Free in door parking available at 14 NW 14th. Tic ke ts are $8.00; for groups of 10 or more in advance, $5.00. For reservations, call 220-0651. 12 Nocturne Productions 3 w ill present Seven Sundays, an orig ina l play by Port land playw right M ichael Scott Reed, at the Portland C ivic Theatre Blue Room, Frid a y and Saturday nights at 11:30 pm, through A p ril 12. Seven Sundays concerns the unlikely friend ship which grow s between a young man dying of AID S and the man who vol unteers to visit him. A rea listic and uplifting story of love set in the context of one of tod a y's m edical and social dilem m as. Paul M ortim er directs with Doug Martin and Kevin Leinbach. Tickets are $3.50, or $3.00 with advance reservations. Reservations may be made at Portland C ivic Theatre box office. 226-3048. At Portland C ivic Theatre. 1530 SW Yam hill. The Portla nd Gay Men’s Chorus pre sents C abaret In The Sky, Friday, A pril 4 at 8 pm and Saturday, A pril 5 at 8 pm on the 3 7th floor of the US Bancorp Tower, SW 5th 8c Burnside, with conductor David York and guest performer Joan Larson. A breathtaking view of Portland at night w ill be the backdrop for a sparkling show of pop standards and light-hearted o rig i nal m usic, a set of brand new songs by Zillions composer, Tom Sim onds — plus a d isc jockey playing live music for danc ing. Join the Chorus for a high-style m usi cal party 37 floors up. $7 general adm ission tickets, and $25 Donor tickets ($18 contribution to AIDS service groups) and are available at C.C. Sla ughter's, Forward Gear, Starkey's 3, The Prim ary Domain, and Dugan's. Echoes, Do Jump! Movement Theater's la st in a series of retrospective perform ances, takes an exciting new look at two of Do Jum p's most successful shows: Creatures and In Case of the Future Creatures, o rig ina lly performed n 1983, is an intim ate exploration of the move ment, power and sensitivity of anim als. Robin Lane, Do Jum p's Artistic Director and the creator of Creatures, explains that her wish is to "create in the audience p hysica l sensations of anim als experienc ing their bodies, to give those watching the feeling of being outside with anim als." From the delightfuly-costum ed 'Bugs' to the captivating 'Bats' performed on ce il ing trapeze, children and adults alike w ill be thrille d by the flying, rolling, w riggling, g a llo p ing and craw ling! In In Case of the Future, first seen in 1981, five perform ers of differing ethnic and age groups reveal slic es of daily life using unique movement styles based on m im e, dance and m artial arts. Surrealistic situations develop as the characters' lives interwine. In one scene a punk rocker, a Jew ish grandm other and a bag lady band together to form functional props for a harried office worker. In Case of the Yvonne Rainer, a central figure in mod ernist dance who over the last decade has established herself as a preeminent force in independent cinem a, w ill prem iere her new feature film at the Ore gon A rt Institute. "A witty and eclectic ex cursion into the realm s of sexuality, aging, heterosexual relations, power, psycho a n a lysis and p o litic a l activism ."sa id How ard Aaron, A ssistant Director of the Art Institute's Northwest Film 8t Video Center, The Man Who Envied Women (1985) w ill be presented by Ms. Rainer tonight at 8 p.m. The Film Center, which is organizing the event, is looted at 1219 SW Park Avenue. The Man Who Envied Women follow s a professor of film theory as he goes about the b usiness of his life. Rainer weaves fic tion and documentary, interjecting a theoretical discourse on the power of seduonon, c lip s from such noir cla ssic s as G ilda and Dead Reckoning (where men were rea lly men), along with the let ters of Raym ond C handler and over heard conversations on Manhattan streets. "W ha t em erges is a provocative exploration of com m unication between the sexes," sa id Aaron. As the voice-over of the heroine says: "G ood grief! And here I've been thinking a ll these years that sex w as fun." Tic ke ts are: $4.50 general; $4.00 m em bers; $3.00 seniors; a va ila b le at the door. 6 _________ SUNDAY Trance Medium Ba rb Kabus invites you to hear her sp iritua l teacher, Doma, who w ill speak on Creating Your Reality As You Wish It To Be: Learning To Give And To Receive. Th is w ill be at the Echo Theater, 1515 SE 37th, on A p ril 6th from 2-4 pm. 9 WEDNESDAY The next series of W ednesday Night Program m eetings begins on A p ril 9 at 7 pm. G roup activity and growth experi ences for Lesbians and Gay men. A place to grow, learn, play and just be together. Contact Phoenix Rising, 223-8299. 12 SATURDAY A Lesb ia n Thera p y G roup w ill con tinue for 8 weeks, and w ill d iscuss com ing out, brea king up and relationship issues. It begins today, 10:30 am to noon at Phoenix Just Out. April, 1986