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C all 239-4255 to pre-register and for information. Lily Tomlin, the film behind the show will be showing at the Northwest Film and Video Center, March 26th only. shown by Ms. Stoll. The paintings w ill be based on specific pieces of classical music, each work generating direct feel ing impact from the abstract forms and colors. 13 • FRIDAY A new endeavor by the Brinker Fund, the gay/lesbian community agency which provides direct financial aid and basic necessities to people diagnosed with AIDS and ARC, Esther's Pantry needs to be stocked with canned and boxed food stuffs. Donations may be delivered to Esther's Pantry at the Embers/Avenue, 110 NW Broadway, OR: Anita Floyd, coordinator for the food drive, suggests that groups and businesses provide receptacles on their premises to help gather the food. Anita can be reached at 659-9668 for more information. The Help Stock Esther’s Pantry food drive w ill continue through April 4. 14 • SATURDAY Today, KBOO-FM community radio is celebrating the first anniversary of Queersville, the country's only gay/ lesbian comedy show. Queersville stars Michele Lengua- bush and Howie Baggadonutz w ill hold a first-ever in the gay community “no disco dance party" featuring rock, soul and rhythm and blues tunes spun by your favorite KBOO djs. This all-ages dance is a benefit for KBOO. It w ill be held at the Quartersaw Gallery, 528 NW 12th from 9 p.m. til 2 a.m. Tickets are $3.00 for the general public and $2.50 for KBOO members and are available at the door. Women’s Slowpitch So ftb a ll Team Tryouts — Forming a new team, aiming at C-4 classification and lots of fun and exercise. We encourage older women to attend. We w ill meet today. Please tele phone Karen at 227-6784 during the day for time and place. 16 • MONDAY Introduction to Com puters fo r Les bians w ill meet Mondays from 7-9 p.m. beginning today. Seven sessions plus a field trip to a computer store. A safe place to learn the jargon and how to use and buy a computer. Sliding scale $35-$60. Tom Paxton, folksinger par excellence, comes to Portland today. He will perform an evening of folk music and social com mentary at the Northwest Service Center, 1819 NW Everett at 7 :30 p.m. The concert is co-sponsored by KOAP 91 FM and the World Music Foundation, both non-profit organizations. Paxton's repertoire ranges from love songs to children's tunes, to biting social and tongue-in-cheek sarcasm. He will feature songs from his latest album, “One M illion Lawyers and Other Disasters," as well as some of his early works. Tickets for the concert are $10.00 in ad vance and $12.00 at the door. They are available at Artichoke Music, G.l. Joe's, and Jean Machine in the Galleria in Port land, Grass Roots Bookstore in Corvallis, and G.l. Joe's in Eugene. 1 7 • TUESDAY Just how obsessive are you? Ever think about the ins and outs of obsessions? It'll be a fun topic to explore when the Les bian Forum presents Sex, Drugs, Rock ’n R o l l . . . a New Look at Obsessions to night at 7 :30 p.m. at Westminster Presbyte rian Church, 1624 NE Hancock. The Les bian Forum is a women-only monthly event nearing its seventh year of provid ing a safe, supportive atmosphere for les bians and gay-positive women to discuss topics of interest. The Lesbian Forum is interpreted for the hearing impaired and deaf, offers free, supervised childcare and is wheelchair accessible (16th street entrance is attended from 7 :00 to 7 :25). Your $2 do nation helps defray costs. If you'd like to help plan this or any other Forum please call 253-1714. of Portland, w ill be the Keynote Speaker. The Ms. Magazine 1985 Woman of the Year w ill speak at 9:00 a.m. today, and w ill be joined by other special guests. The conference will be preceded on Friday night, March 20, by a reception at the Oregon Historical Society, 1230 SW Park Avenue, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The reception w ill honor women making his tory now, and w ill include special guests. A conference fee of $30 w ill include the reception on Friday and lunch on Satur day, as well as a house party on Saturday night. Separate tickets for the reception w ill be available at the door for $3-$5. Both functions are open to the public, with full access, signing and on-site child care provided. Checks should be made payable to: Oregon NOW Conference, PO Box 843, Portland, OR 97204. VISA and Master- charge w ill be accepted this year. Winter Storm Watch — Coast Trip Hit some great weather at the Oregon coast, walk off the beach, take a hike, shop or browse the galleries at Cannon Beach. $10 fee includes transportation and leader. Advance registration reqired. For more information, call Oregon's Gay/ Lesbian service center, Phoenix Rising Foundation at 223-8299. The Portland Gay Men’s Chorus; David York, Conductor, w ill perform clas sical choral music in their spring concert at the Northwest Service Center tonight at 8 p.m. and tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. Virtuoso! A Classical Concert will feature Fred Korman, Oboist and Thomas Lauderdale, Pianist. Tickts are $7 and are available at CC Slaughters, Coffee Merchant (NE Broad way and SE Hawthorne locations). The Store and at the door. 19 • THURSDAY 21 • SATURDAY The Ninth Annual Oregon NOW (Na tional Organization for Women) Confer ence w ill be held in Portland, March 21- 22, at Clackamas Community College. Penny Harrington, former Chief of Police The national touring company of San Francisco's award-winning musical com edy Dos Lesbos w ill be appearing two nights only at the Columbia Theater. The play, by, for, and about perverts, is a fast- moving, witty show to be enjoyed by gays and straights, alike. Directed and performed by one of the nation's top lesbian comics. Lea DeLaria. and Portland's own Kelley Ed wards. Dos Lesbos is an unstereotypical view of life presented by two unstereotypi cal lesbians. Gracie (Kelley) and Peg (Lea) discuss, cajole, and rampage through such topics as sex, depression, and men in a manner which leaves the audience barely able to wipe their tears of joy before the laughter begins again. Dos Lesbos w ill play tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Columbia Theater Company, 2021 SE Hawthorne. Call 232-7005 for ticket information. Portland Mime Theatre and Echo Theatre present an evening of live music, acrobatics, fire-eating, larger than life-size puppets, highly accomplished yo-yo art, and extraordinary dance. Pro duced by Carolyn Holzman and directed by Robin Lane the cast includes Albert Alter, Barbara Bernstein, Laurene Reiner, Carolyn Holzman, Scott McKay, and Risk of Change Puppet Theatre. Performances are 8 p.m.-March 27 & 28,2 p.m.-March 29 at the Echo Theatre, 1515 SE 37th (just south of Hawthorne). Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children and seniors. For re servations and information call 231-1232. 31 • TUESDAY International Women’s Day : The agi tation for women's rights in the 1900s will be vividly depicted in a dramatic read ing from the lives of U.S. labor organizers and founder of the Wobblies, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, German sociolist feminist Clara Zetkin, and others who inspired and instituted International Women's Day as a world-wide working class holiday. Radi cal Women meeting on Thursday, March 19,6:30 p.m., Multnomah County Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Avenue. Everyone is welcome. For more information call 249-8067. Wheelchair accessible. Angry Housewives is still packing them in out in Beaverton. Portland's longest-running hit, directed by Beth Harper, features Joan Larson, Jane Geesman, Kathy Philpott and Maggie Seats as the women who trade in Tupper- ware for musical instruments to win $1000. Arthor Harold plays the club manager, Lewd Fingers. At the Schubert Theatre, 12395 SW Broadway, Beaverton. Call 224-4001 for ticket information. 27 • FRIDAY Tuesday Night Live! An eight-week program for Lesbians and Gay Men for fun, personal growth and to meet new people in an alcohol-free environment. Sliding scale $40-$120 for the 8-week block. Advance registration requied. For more information, call Phoenix Rising Foundation at 223-8299. Dexter Fletcher as Caravaggio in the movie by the same name showing at Cinema 21, March 6-11. WELCOME (Welcoming Each Lesbian C ordially On A March Evening!) happens tonight at Echo Theatre from 7:30-11 p.m. The party w ill feature: Open Dance Contest, Open Fashion Show, Safe Sex Skit, Show Tunes and Lesbian Fantasy. And a food contest in four categories, hors d'oeuvres, desserts, veggie dish, chocolate treat. This event is free. To volunteer or for more information call 234-2054. Lesbian Mother Defense Fund Benefit. On Nov. 15,4-year-old Lauren was legally removed from her mother, Shelley H ill's, home, on the contention that her mother's lesbian lifestyle made her an unfit mother. The child's father is wealthy and well connected and has taken the child to LA. Shelley has had an extremely hard time getting legal representation to begin proceedings to get her child back. The problem is money. Here's how you can he lp ... Come to a party!!! Uncom mon Sense w ill be playing the best in rock and roll dance tunes. Lea DeLaria and Kelly Edwards are doing a stand up com edy routine and w ill MC Dance contests and special events. $5 donation at the door; less if you haven't got, more if you can. If you cannot attend, please con sider sending a contribution in care of The Primary Domain. 1033 NW 16th, Portland. OR 97209. We are hoping this event will provide a retainer to begin proceedings. Be part of the solution!!! Just Out 15 March. 1987
