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1 p lease contact either Tom Getts at 287-6735 or Lanny Swerdlow at 235-5059. TUESDAY Bille d as the gay film of this year. My Beautiful Launderette is a vivid, rude, w ise soc ia l comedy about Pakistani im m igrants in London. The two m ain char acters, O m ar and Johnny, set out to re vita lize "C h u rc h ill's," a fa iling laundrom at in a seedy section of London where enthusiastic, hustling im m igrants are at odds with alienated, disenfran chised natives. My Beautiful Launderette has the broad scope and easy pace associated with our best theatrical film s. It is a fascin ating, eccentric, very personal movie. My Beautiful Launderette is playing at the M ovie House, 1220 SW Taylor. C all 222-4595 for more information. 10 Motheriode w ill be perform ing July 10th and 11th at 9:00 p.m. at the East Avenue Tavern. The July 10th concert is a benefit for Educators For Social Responsi b ility and donations beyond the $4.00 cover charge w ill g la d ly be accepted. Fresh from a sum m er tour in C alifornia, M otherlode w ill bring unlim ited passion, energy and enthusiasm to their audiences with a variety of original and contempor ary tunes. They w ill perform numbers from their first album , Dance The Afternoon Away, as w ell as many new selections soon to be recorded on their second record this fa ll. The fabulous Nihonga Japanese A rf Exhibition w ill be on d isp la y this summer at the M arshall House on historic O fficer's Row in Vancouver, Washington, USA. It's a "once in a lifetim e opportunity" to see this p ric eless collection of 45 orig ina l paint ings by the finest contemporary Japanese artists. Th is m agnificent collection is ap pearing through the generosity of its own ers, the W acoal and Kyocera Corporation of Kyoto, Japan, and is being shown only in London, Paris, Stockholm , Barcelona, Boston, Los Angeles, and VANCOUVER, USA. C a ll or write today and reserve your tickets for the "once in a lifetim e oppor tun ity" to experience the breathtaking beauty of the Nihonga Art Exhibition. In the West, when we think of such fam ous artists as Leonardo, Rembrandt, M ichelangelo, it is their paintings of people that come to mind. In the Far East, it is nature that has attracted the greatest a rtists, and it is still the subject matter of choice for the m ajority of Nihonga painters C a ll (206) 696-8057 for more information. The Hoffm an G allery at the Oregon School of A rts and C rafts presents Ann! Albers Retrospective. This m ajor exhibi tion of w orks by the celebrated Bauhaus a rtist is being held in collabortion with the O regon Art Institute. The show w ill display A lb e rs' prints, w eavings, fabric designs and w atercolors created over a period of 6 0 years. 3 THURSDAY The fina l p la y of the IFCC Theatre's «. m ulti-cultura l theatre season w ill be Staring Back, at the Interstate Firehouse C ultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Ave. and continuing through July 20, at 8 p.m. The IFC C is presenting the Oregon Pre m iere of this unique com edy revue, which w as o rig in a lly produced by C hicago's Second C ity and the Schwab Rehabilita tion C linic. Staring Back was so success ful in its first run at Second C ity that it was m oved to the O rganic Theatre for an ex tended engagem ent, and it has since been staged by the Group Theatre in Sea ttle as w ell. W ritten by Susan Nuss- baum and Lawrence Perkins, this h ila ri 10 THURSDAY Gordon Wamecke, Shirley Anne Field , and Saeed Jaffrey in My Beautiful Launderette, playing at the Movie House. ous and zany revue stars both disabled and able-bodied actors who manage through comedy to turn a ll the cliches concerning d isa b ilitie s upside down, surp rising and delighting audiences in the process. Reviews of the Chicago produc tion ca lled the play "Everything a good revue should be: smart, funny, sharply pointed and fast m oving" and "Fille d with wonderful moments, a special evening of com edy that w ill keep you laughing." The IFC C 's production of Staring Back is directed by Teny J. Nelson, and features Jim Ballantine, Patrick Bloedom, Janine Delaunay, Jerry Dunham, M ichael Foster, Ross Huffm an-Kerr and Drucie Kelly. Scene design is by Jose Edwardo G onzalez, with costume design by D a nielle A. M alan and lighting design by Susan Traynor. A ll performances are interpreted for the hearing-im paired, and the IFC C is w heelchair accessible. Staring Back plays at 8 pm Thursday, Frid a y and Saturday, and at 2 pm Sun day. through July 20. Tickets are $8 on Thursday and Sunday, and $9 on Friday and Saturday. To make reservations, p lea se ca ll the IFCC at 243-7930 (voice or TTY). Sto re fro n t Thea tre presents a new production of Portland's longest-running m usical comedy hit. Angry Housewives. Angry Housewives is about four wo men who decide to break the routine of their lives, and perhaps make some extra money, by entering a "b a ttle of the b a n d s" at a local punk club. They form their own band, c a lling it "Th e Angry Housew ives," and go for the $1,000 prize with an oriignal song entitled "Ea t Your # @ *lin g C ornflakes!" W ritten by A.M. C o llins and Chad Henry, Angry Housewives was an imm ediate hit when it prem iered at Seattle's Pioneer Square Theatre, where it is now in its fourth year of performances. Storefront Theatre opened a production in January 1984 which ran for a year, and since then the p la y has been developed further at the O rganic Theatre in Chicago, and recently opened in London. The new Storefront ver sion includes several additions and improvements made for those productions. Angry Housewives plays Thursday, Fri day and Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 7 pm , through Septem ber 27. at Storefront Theatre, 6 SW 3rd Ave. A ll tickets are $12, with a $2 discount for students and seniors. Further discounts are available on Angry Housewives tickets with subscriptions to Storefront Theatre's 1986-87 season, which includ es Fool for Love, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Waiting for Godot, and The Invisible Man. For further information or to make reser vations for Angry Housewives, please c a ll the Storefront Box Office at 224-4001. 8 ________ TUESDAY Dr. John A llegro, one of the original translators of the Dead Sea Scrolls, w ill appea r via a closed-circuit videotape presentation at the regular monthly meet ing of the Portland C hapter o f Am eri can A th e ists at 7 p.m. in meeting room A of the Multnomah County Central Library at S.W. 10th and Yam hill. One of a team of three scholars cap a b le of translating these two thousand year old Hebrew w ritings, Dr. A llegro be gan his translation work as a C hristian, but ended it as an Atheist. The videotape to be presented at the July 8th meeting of Am erican Atheists is Dr. A llegro's keynote a d d ress to the 1986 Sixteenth Annual Na tional Am erican Atheist Convention. Dr. A lle g ro recounts the exciting story of the discovery of the Scrolls and their im plica tions for modem day Christianity. The July meeting of American Atheists is open to a ll interested persons. Refresh ments w ill be served. If you would like additional information about this m eeting or American Atheists 15 TUESDAY Young Lesbians (Teen Issues) w ill be explored at the Lesbian Forum , 1624 NE Hancock, 7:30 p.m. Anyone w ishing to help plan this forum should ca ll 236-4386. The Lesbian Forum w ishes to hire interpret ers for the hearing im paired and deaf (see cla ssifie d ads). Services provided by the Forum include free, supervised child care, inform ation tables for organizations, and w heelchair access (door on 16th street sid e is attended from 7 :00 to 7 :25). Suggested donation is $2 (more or less is O.K.). 1 8 _________FRIDAY The Lesb ia n Com m unity Pro je ct pre sents Lesbians Report from Central America at 7 :30 pm at the Echo Theatre, 1515 SE 37th. A $5 donation is requested. Central Am erica is much in the news, yet it is still a mystery to many of us as to what is rea lly happening there. The m ain stream press presents an "a u tho rize d " ver sion of the facts, and leaves out the "unauthorized." Kate Thayer and Kate Beighle of the W om en's Skills/Re so urc e Exchange in Seattle and M argaret Thom pson of the V ictoria M ercado Brigade from San Francisco w ill show slid e s and speak about their experiences in Central Am erica. C a ll 2 3 3 -9079 for more information. 19 SATURDAY The Portland chapter of Mon o f A ll C o lo rs Together w ill be sponsoring a picnic on Saturday, July 19 in Washington Park at 3 P.M. Follow the signs. Th is w ill be an opportunity to meet the mem bers and to get acquainted with the organization. You are a lso invited to attend the weekiy m eetings held on Tuesdays at 7 :30 p.m. at the M etropolitan Community Church, 24th 8t N.E. Broadway. For more inform a tion 226-6713 or 282-7489. Ju*t Out. July. 1986