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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1986)
1 perform ers Tonight, Obo Addy, the w ell- known African rhythm m aster and 7-piece troupe are the se rie s' ethnic ja zz highlight. Free of charge. New M arket V il lage is located at 50 SW 2nd, Portland. THURSDAY The New Ro se Thea tre 's current C lassic Season production is John M illington Syng e 's The Playboy of the Western World, w idely recognized as a twentieth century masterpiece. Playboy o f the Western World plays W ednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2 :00 pm through May 24th. Ticket prices are $10.00. with student, senior, and group discounts available. Reservations are advised and may be m ade by c a llin g The New Rose Theatre's box office at 222-2487. W ha t Se x Am I? is the third docu m entary from O scar and Emm y-award w inning actress/d irector Lee Grant. Here she b ring s her sensitivity and candor to the w orlds of transsexualism and transvestism in Am erica, giving us revealing and mov ing portraits of people fighting the battle of the se xe s. . . w ithin them selves. G rant introduces us to her characters, not as freaks but as people caught in a gender c risis. She explores the transition of m ale-to-fem ale and fem ale-to-m ale transsexuals. She takes us into the private w orld of heterosexual transvestites and visits the public haunts of a new phenomenon, the She-M ale. A lso playing is an e a rlier Lee Grant documentary, W hy Women Kill. These film s are part of the NWFVC’s Taken in Marriage, a witty and illu m ina ting play set during a wedding rehea rsal, prem ieres tonight in Portland in the Blue Room at Po rtla nd C ivic Th e a tre and runs through May 24. Tic ke ts, $9 for adults and $8 for students and seniors are a va ila b le by ca lling the PC T box office, 226-3048. Taken in Mar ria ge p la ys Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m ., and Sundays at 7 p.m. N orthw est A rtists W orkshop is happy to announce the Mobius Performing Group from Boston w ill appear in Portland as part of their spring tour of the Pacific Northwest. On May 2 and 3, at 8:00 p.m., M obius w ill present Persephone and Hades at the Northwest Artists Workshop. Tic ke ts are $5.00 general and $4.00 for NWAW members. Persephone and Hades is based on the myth of Persephone's yearly descent to the Underworld. Th is audience- interactive perform ance, presented annua lly by the M obius Group since 1980, exp lores concepts of tim e and issues of pow er between women and men, audi ence and performers. It is performed in a slow , reflective style, creating a dream like sense of eternal time. The theme of the use of pow er is further explored in the experi ence of the audience, as they direct the actions of Persephone and determ ine the length of the evening. In Persephone and Hades, as with m any of M obius Perform ing Group p ieces, the perform ance is structured and shaped by the choices and w ishes of the audience. Audience members do not perform in the piece, but they do have a c le a rly defined role, in non-verbally guid ing the choices made by the performers, the degree of their interaction, and even the lengh of the entire performance. In this way. each perform ance of Persephone and Hades is a com pletely unique ex p ression of the group assem bled that evening. NW A rtists W orkshop is located at 522 NW 12th, Portland. The O regon School o f Ads and C ra fts’ annual benefit, Designed to Wear, w ill be held at 7:30 p.m. in the M asonic Tem ple Ballroom , 1119 SW Park, Portland. The fashion extravaganza is a show and sa le of one-of-a-kind garments and a ccessories created by local and nationa l artists. Tickets for the event are $15 per person and are tax deductible, with a ll proceeds going to the Oregon School of Arts and C rafts, a non-profit or 12 Adam Nathan as Peter and Steve Busceni as Nick in Parting Glances playing at 5th Avenue Cinema. ganization. Patron tickets, at $35, include dessert and reserved seating. 3 SATURDAY Men o f A ll C o lo rs Together (MACT), a gay m ulti-interracial support group for couples and sing les, w ill hold its first meet ing 7 :00 p.m. at M etropolitan Community Church, N.E. 24th & Broadway. M A C T w as established because of the need for a positive space free from the ra c ia l discrim ination experienced in m any gay and lesbian business establishm ents. The Portland meeting w ill feature personal introductions, poetry readings, and the a iring of a rap record about AIDS. The record, entitled Respect Yourself, w as created in large part by BW M T/ Phila d e lp hia and was funded by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Inform ation about the National Association w ill be d istrib uted, and if tim e perm its, there w ill be sm a ll group discussions. W ashington Park ZooKeepers want the p ub lic to Boogie, too at the Pine Stre e t Thea tre. Dancing begins at 8 p.m. with m usic by the Sw ingline Cubs. Tickets are $5.00 in advance, $6.00 at the door. Con tact La urie Baker-Dobson, 636-8780 for advance tickets. There w ill be tons of p rize s given away during the evening, in c lud ing a night at the Heathman Hotel, season passes to the Northwest Film Study Center, great food from great places in Portland, stuffed anim als. ZooDoo and m ore___ The ZooKeepers Boogie II is a less than serious way to let the public know that May 20th b a llo t m easure 26-11 sez Zoo. too. M easure 26-11 a sks the public for a 3.4 m illio n d o lla r tax base for the Washington Park Zoo and 9 7 5 thousand d o lla r tax base for the W ashington Park Zoo and the M etropolitan Service District. The bal- lot m easure doesn't even mention the Zoo. We thought people would like to know what Measure 26-11 really accom p lish e s and have fun, too. Proceeds go to the Zoo/M etro cam paign. 5 _________MONDAY M ass in Tim© o f A IDS, a weekly liturgy on M onday evenings — to pray for those with A ID S and their loved ones. Also, to pray for those who work for a cure, 6 p.m. Cam pus Ministry, at the corner, on SW Broadw ay and Montgomery, 226-7807. 6 ________ TUESDAY San Francisco-based poet Karen Brodine's w idely published work hig hlig hts the tria ls and tribulations of w orking women and political radicals. She reads at 7:30 p.m., at the Reed C ol lege Vollum Lounge, 3203 SE Wood- stock Blvd., Portland. Co-sponsored by the M en's Anti-sexism Reading Group and Rad ical Women. Fee: $1.00 for stu dents; $2.00 for general public. Everyone is welcom e. For more information, call 249-8067 or 774-1036. 8 THURSDAY O utdoor Recreation offers a whale w atching day trip to Depoe Bay. Fee is $16.50 (plus a $5.00 fee for a 45-m inute boat trip). Tour leaves at 8 a.m. from Lloyd C enter and returns a tó p.m. C all 796-5132 for reservations and details. M ay is Ja zz Month at the New Market Village. Featured every Thursday even ing at 7:30 p.m. are Portland area ja zz Contem porary Women Directors series, which continues this month. 8 p.m., Northwest Film 8c V ideo Center. 1219 SW Park Ave. FRIDAY The Fabulous Dyketones, a '50s rock 'n ro ll band, w ill perform at 8 p.m., at Starry N ight, 8 NW 6th. O rig in a lly from Portland and now based in San Francisco, the Dyketones are an o ld ie s m usic and theatre review — 50 percent m usic and 50 percent theatre — strutting, harm oniz ing, changing costum es and roles. Recreating the '50s (Dyke High style), the Dyketones, aka the Education of America, w ill perform one night only. $5. Tonight's Eugene Gay Prid e event is Pat Bond, nationally acclaim ed theatri cal artist. She perform s her one-woman show “Beloved H ic k" at 8 p.m. in the Forum Room in the E.M.U. Tickets $4.00; interpreted for the hearing im paired; childcare available. In tum -of-the-century Yonkers, if you're bored, adventuresome — and sing le — a ll roads lead to New York City. Enter Mrs. D olly Levi, and suddenly a ll roads lead to matrimony. It's The Matchmaker, Sumus Theatre Ensemble's production of Thorn ton W ild e r's com edy c la ssic, on which the m usical Hello Dolly! is based. Dolly Levi prom ises a little "a d venture" as she schem es to bring old and new lovers to gether, but not first without m istaken identity, m isunderstood intentions, and m isjudged gender. It's an evening of m is hap, m ischief, and hila rity with Mrs. Dolly Levi as the matchmaker. Sum us Theatre is located at 13 NW 13th. Curtain is 8 p.m. Thursday, Frid ay & Saturdays through June 14. 10 SATURDAY A W om an's Place Bookstore and Lesb ia n and Gay Prid e 1986 are sponsoring an Auction/Dance Benefit with the Blues Sisters, Portland's only a ll- Ju st O ut. May. 1986