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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1987)
Goddesses And Other Playful Nudes, a one-woman show of the works of Mayumi Oda, opens with a reception for the artist, tonight, 6-9:00 p.m. Matisse-1 ike nudes and Japanese Gods, turned Goddesses, frolic in gardens, and the sea, in Oda's refreshing colored etchings and silkscreen prints. The show runs through June 3rd. Carter Arcand Gallery, Tuesday-Saturday, Noon-5:00 p.m., 1318 N.W. 23rd, 274-0121. 8 • FRIDAY Recital : Young A rtists In Concert, John Short, tenor, and David McDade, piano, sponsored by the Portland Opera Guild, tonight at 8 p.m., Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis St. Admis sion is free. Call 231-1955 for further information. A rtists Repertory Theatre is proud to announce the Portland premiere of two short plays, Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music by Lee Blessing and F.M. by Romulus Linney. These two comedies have received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike in short play presentations across the country. A champagne opening reception w ill be held Friday, May 1. The plays run through June 13 at ART, in the Wilson Center for the Performing Arts, YWCA downtown, 1111 SW 10th — 3rd floor. For reservations call 242-2400. Beth Harper, W illie Award Win ning Actress for 1986, directs. 2 • SATURDAY Tonight from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.. a Happy Day’s Dance sponsored by High Desert Island, a gay women and men's social club at 330 N.E. Bumside, Bend, OR. Featuring tunes of the '50s and '60s. $4.00 non-members, $2.00 members. Hula Hoop and Limbo contests. More informa tion, call 1-382-3103. A workshop entitled Touching with Hands and Heart, led by Steven Woolpert. M.S., L.M.T., and Nin Van Es, R.N., of Touching Resources will be held today at 10 a m. at The Healing Touch. 521 N.E. Davis. 235-5658. $2.50. The workshop consists of an introduc tion to caring ways for couples to com municate. to enhance intimacy and be ginning massage. John Tam burello, electric guitarist; as sisted by Wolfson, piano, Dave Leslie, synthesizer; and Kelly Phelps, electric bass, w ill perform A Concert of Classi cal Music for Electric Guitar tonight at 8 p.m. at the Community Music Center 3350 SE Francis. Portland (one block south of Powell at 33rd). Admission is $3 at the door. For further information: call 231-1955 3 • SUNDAY Lesbian Aging Projects Spring Hlng Another crazy party by this town 's best party g ive rs... 50's + dance music, prizes + contests!!! at the Prim ary Domain 1033 NW 16th. 224-4135. Ju st O u i. 16. May. IVK7 Tonight there w ill be a meeting of the Rose Court, 7 :30 p.m. at the Embers Back Room. 5 • TUESDAY Clnco de Mayo Pa rty at the P.D. Pinata drink specials + taco bar!!! No Cover, 1033 NW 16th, 224-4134. 6 • WEDNESDAY Lesbian and Gay Pride ’87 Steering Com m ittee Meeting. 7:00 p.m. Mult. County Library, 801 SW 10th, Room E. Call 232-8233 for info. Th is One Thing I Do plays Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sun days at 2:00 p.m. through May 30. Tickets for all performances other than previews and opening night are $10.00 with group discounts available. Students and seniors may buy $7.00 rush tickets fifteen minutes before curtain time on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays on a seats avail able basis. This moving play depicts the courage and daring of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two leaders of the struggle for women's rights in 19th century America The New Rose Theatre, 904 SW Main Street, Portland. 7 The Prim itive O rder of the Wayward S iste rs of Teresa, (founded Wolf Creek 1986) cordially invites all faeries to a FAE fam ily reunion and maypole celebration at American Ridge, today at noon, through Monday afternoon, May 11,1987. For more information, Seattle — Jasper — (206) 323-7239; Portland — Sky Andrew — (503) 236-7324. The final production of Storefront Theatre's 1986-87 season w ill be Rap Master Ronnie, a musical revue with lyrics by Doonesbury author Gary Trudeau and music by Elizabeth Swados. It will open tonight at 8 p.m. at the Sumus Thea tre M ainstage, 13 NW 13th, and play through June 28. Rap Master Ronnie is a musical retrospective of the Reagan administra tion. Reviews of the Seattle production called it "an effective high-energy politi cal cartoon . . . Swados' tunes are toe- tappers and Trudeau's sardonic lyrics are sna p p y... by all rights it ought to run forever." Tickets for Rap Master Ronnie are $12 regular, $10 students and seniors. NOTE: There w ill be no performance on Satur day, May 30. Call Storefront at 224-4001 for advance reservations; day-of-show tickets are available at 227-7025. Do Jum p! Movement Theatre, resi dent dance company of the Echo Theatre, w ill perform their all new show Painting by Marjuim Oda on display at Carter Arcand Gallery. Off the Walls, a full-length evening of movement theatre which explores the range and resilience of the human body and spirit. The show, funded in part with grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and the Metropolitan Arts Commission, w ill run Fridays and Saturdays May 8,9,15, 16,22 & 23, at 8 p.m. at the Echo Theatre. Tickets for reserved seats are $6 in advance and $7 at the door and are available at Artichoke Music, Music M il lenium, the Galleria Jean Machine, A Woman's Place Bookstore, and the Echo Theatre. For more information or phone reservations call Echo Theatre at 231-1232. »THURSD AY Lesbian and Gay Pride ’87 March and Ra lly Committee 7:00 p.m Mult County Library, 801 SW 10th, Room E. Call 232-8233 for info. Storefront Theatre's long-running hit Angry Housewives w ill re-open at 8 p.m., continuing through June 28 at the down town theatre, 6 SW Third at Bumside. The longest-running musical in Portland theatre history. Angry Housewives will have completed two full years by the end of June. The cast features Joan Larson, Jan Powell, Cherie Price and Maggie Seats as Carol, Bev, Jett and Wendy, the four women who decide to break the rou tine of their lives by forming a punk rock group. Tickets for Angry Housewives are $12 regular, $10 student and seniors. Call 224-4001 for advance reservations. Per formances are at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Fri day and Saturday, and 7:00 p.m. Sunday through June 28 All Storefront Theatre pro ductions are made possible, in part, by funding from the Metropolitan Arts Commission. Sto?efront7h^SerLeWd RngefS and Rick Jones as "Wa,,V" in Angi " ousewives at