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1 p.m., leading a women's workshop en titled Our Own Stories: Creating our own stories and weaving them into meaningful celebratory ritual. $9. A SisterSpirit event for women of all traditions and none. The Lesbian Community Project is de lighted to present Purple Passion, an evening of love stories of older women for all women to enjoy. Jay Goldspinner, a remarkable teller of tales, brings us stories and poems of ro mance and eroticism from Saphho to Sis ter Gin. Tonight at 7 p.m. at the Primary Domain. $5.00. 14 • TUESDAY All Women Drawing Sessions at Percy's Liveable Art Studio, 3764 SE Hawthorne, today from 6-8 p.m. and Thursday, April 18,10 am-noon. Drawing from live models. A ll skill levels welcome. This is not a class. Register now, $6.235-0654. Ms. Joan Binninger, Director of Com munity Services for Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Wllamette, will be the featured speaker at the Tuesday, April 14 meeting of the Portland Chapter of American Atheists Ms. Binninger w ill be speaking on the diverse programs of Planned Parenthood in support of repro ductive choices for women. In addition, she w ill document the tactics employed by the religious right, the Roman Catholic Church and other groups to oppose and disrupt the legitimate activities of Planned Parenthood in providing information, and education on reproductive choices. Tonight's meeting of American Atheists begins at 7 p.m. in meeting room A of the Multnomah County Central Library at the corner of S.W. 10th and Yamhill. The meet ing is wheelchair accessible and is open free of charge to the general public. 15 • WEDNESDAY Lesbian and Gay Pride invites all in terested individuals and members of area organizations to a Community Forum, an update on what s been plan ned for Lesbian and Gay Pride '87 and what needs to be done to get there. Those interested in being task workers are encouraged to attend ... we can't do it without you! Multnomah County Library, 801 S.W. 10th, 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. Room E. 16 • THURSDAY A workshop: Sexual Harassment: An Evening of Role Playing, sponsored by the Portland Chapter of the National Or ganization for Women w ill be held tonight at 7 :30 p.m. at the Northwest Service Center, 1819 NW Everett. This workshop on sexual harassment w ill provide the opportunity for participating in a number of role-playing situations. Live actors w ill set up various scenarios of harassment, and then the audience will be asked to provide appropriate endings. ■17 • FRIDAY Poetry Reading: Sharon Doubiago, a poet who has published the book Hard Country as well as appeared in print in the Clinton St. Quarterly, and other publi cations, w ill read at 8 p.m. tonight at Laughing Horse Books, 1322 NW 23rd. 227- 5440. Veronica’s Room w ill open tonight with a gala affair following the perform ance at the Columbia Theater Company, 2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Ira Levin, also the author of Deathtrap and the screenplay for Rosemary’s Baby, has created a tot ally absorbing spider's web entwining fantasy and reality. The Village Voice calls the play a \.. neat, elegant thril ler . . and one New York critic said of the recent Broadway revivals, \ .. like being trapped in someone else's nightmare... jarring and surprising climax.' Tickets for the opening are $15.00. The play w ill continue Thursday-Saturday through May 23. Tickets are $7.00 Thurs day and $8.00 Friday and Saturday. Curtain is 8:00 p.m. May 9th w ill be the actors benefit. For further information and/or reservations, call the theater at 232-7005 during business hours (10 a.m-5 p.m. weekdays). The IFC Theatre's 1986-87 season con cludes with the Oregon premiere of David Henry Hwang's FOB, ("fresh off the boat"), opening tonight and continuing Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., through May 17.5340 N. Interstate Ave. 18 • SATURDAY SisterSpirit invites women of all spiritual traditions to join them at the Seder, tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Southeast Senior Ser vice Center, 4707 SE Hawthorne. It's a potluck, so call Shulamit at 232-8038 to find out what to bring. 19 • SUNDAY Tonight, Desert Hearts airs at The Prim ary Domain, 7:30-9:30, $1,1033 NW 16th, 224-4135. Celebrate Easter/Ostara with Sister Spirit at a 6:30 a.m. Sunrise Service at Meadow Park if sunny, Echo Theater if rainy. Call 282-8615 by 9 p.m. Saturday, April 18, for location confirmation and d i rections to location. All women welcome. 21 • TUESDAY writing, all levels welcome. Saturday April 25th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $40. To register call 236-9862, Flight of the Mind. Possession: The Legal Ramifications of Being in a Lesbian Relationship is the topic of the Lesbian Forum at West minster Presbyterian Church, 1624 NE Hancock, 7:30 p.m. The Lesbian Forum is a women-only event. They offer supervised childcare, in terpreting for the hearing impaired and deaf and wheelchair access (the 16th Street entrance is attended from 7 :00 to 7 :25). The suggested $2 donation helps defray costs (more or less is okay). Call 253-1714 for more information. 26 • SUNDAY 22 • WEDNESDAY Lesbian and Gay Pride ‘87 Steering Committee. See listing on April 8 for details. 23 • THURSDAY Does Male Chauvinism Exist?, a video showing of Oprah Winfrey's January 14th talk show where feminists, including New York City Radical Women member and actress Emily Woo Yama saki, battled rightwing male sexists. Join Portland Radical Women in viewing and discussion. Meeting tonight, 6:30 p.m., Multnomah County Central Library, 801 S.W 10th Avenue. Everyone is welcome. For more informaton call 249-8067. Wheelchair accessible. Tonight, Sue Fink returns to The Primary Domain, 8 p.m. $5. Keyboard, guitarist and vocalist form san francisco celebrat ing her new album Big Promise!1 25 • SATURDAY New Attitudes training schedule, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. today at Portland State Uni versity, Smith Center, Room 229. For addi tional information and scheduling of workshops, please contact the Cascade AIDS Project office at: 223-5907. One day workshop for women on the process of creative writing: Blocks, how to tap into the imagination, etc. All kinds of Beltane celebration with SisterSpirit w ill be tonight at Meadow Park, 6 p.m. Beltane traditionally celebrated life and love and the coming of summer with huge bonfires and much dancing, and singing! Call 282-8615 for location in case of rain. Bring goodies and lots of energy to share. Especially for women. Special Country 'Western Night at the Primary Domain tonight from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Country 'Western dance music will be played. Don't be shy about how you dance to the music! Wear anything you like. Western wear can come out of the closet! Brought to you by the Primary Do main and Just Country G irls at Heart. For More Information: Call 626-5114. 28 • TUESDAY Awaiting by Rene Rappaport. directed by Deborah Davis, Ph.D., and Acapulco Holiday by Phyllis Green, directed by A. Nanette Taylor, two plays that look at the emerging role of women tonight through May 26, Tuesday evenings at 8:00 P M Tickets are $4.00, Columbia Theater Companv, 2021 SE Hawthorne Boulevard. Reservations/lnformation: 232-7005 (10 a.m.-5 p.m. Weekdays). 29 • WEDNESDAY Lesbian and Gay Pride ’87 Steering Committee. See listing on A p ril8 for details. 30 • THURSDAY Casselberry-DuPree, afro-reggae musicians, w ill appear in concert tonight at the Northwest Service Center, 1819 NW Everett at 8 :00 p.m. Tickets are based on a slid ing scale of ability to pay at $6, $7 or $8. The concert is being presented by WiseTree Productions, a non-profit organi zation dedicated to women in the arts, and the Portland State University Lesbian Alliance. The Northwest Service Center is wheelchair accessible. Child care w ill be provided on the site. Children 12 and un der who wish to attend the concert w ill be admitted free. Tickets can be purchased in advance at A Woman's Place Book store or the Primary Domain. There will also be tickets at the door. Richard Hilbum of the Los Angeles TIM ES says: "Th is female duo deals in a rich inviting blend of gospel, country reg gae and African chants on the topics that range from Apartheid to Feminism." Casselberry-DuPree are high-powered, moving musicians, who have charmed audiences everywhere they've gone. Au diences are always moving in their seats, dancing in the aisles, and generally, lov ing every minute of this reggae-pop duo. Flight of the Mind presents a class and writing support group for women, Thurs days for six weeks, beginning April 30th. Register for complete course $75. 236-9862. Just Out 17 . April. I987