for a massage for a favorite human. Event
is free. Refreshments w ill be served.
Tonight at 8 p.m. is the opening of
Woodworks at Columbia Theatre Com
pany. The play continues Tuesday
evenings through Aug. 25 and is $5.00 for
adults, 2/1 seniors and students under 12.
2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 235-7005.
5 • WEDNESDAY
The Portland Police Bureau's Sexual
Assault Prevention Program offers its
monthly Womenstrength Self-Defense
Classes tonight, 6-9 p.m. at Portland
Community College, Southeast Campus,
2850 SE 82nd, Rm. C3, Portland.
The classes are free and are available
to teenage and adult women. Survival
level fighting skills and other prevention
strategies are taught. To register, phone
796-3139.
6 • THURSDAY
1 • SATURDAY
Today the Fo re st Group goes fishing
a t Lo st Lake. Overnight in cabin. Call
Allison or Merryl at 281-5120.
Today and tomorrow: Broken Top
clim b. Also possible backpack only to
Green Lakes. Five miles in. Call Sylvia at
654-9156.
The Oracle Theatre presents Danger
Cave, a very modem tale of the 17th
Century Danger Cave is directed by
Katherine Laris and Gordon Dahlquist,
and plays at the newly air-conditioned
O racle Thea tre (formerly Storefront
Northwest), 2235 NW Savier, Th-Sat. at
8 00, through Aug. 8th. Tickets are $7 gen
eral, $4 students and seniors, $5 Thurs
days. Reservations 224-7627.
B a lle t Oregon presents Cats in the
Portland Civic Auditorium tonight through
Aug. 9, nightly except Monday, Aug. 3, at
8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at
2 p.m.
2 • SUNDAY
Now through mid-September the Ore
gon Art Institute's Northwest Film & Video
Center presents an exhibition of cinema
posters on the Heathman Hotel mezzanine
(at SW Broadway and SW Salmon in Port
land).
Included in the exhibition are a range
of contemporary posters from those pro
duced by the Film 8i Video Center for its
annual Portland International Film Festival
and Northwest Film & Video Festival as
well as posters offering tribute to such
great artists as Alfred Hitchcock and Judy
Garland. Film Posters from Metropolis, La
Crustaceans in Bondage and Other
Images by Dianne Kornberg. August 6-
29th. Opening reception tonight from 6-9
p.m. Artist w ill be in attendance, refresh
ments served, free to the public. Photo
graphic Image Gallery, 208 SW 1st Ave.,
224-3543.
monthly potluck at 6:30 and meeting at
7:30. Bring ideas for fall events. Call
Catherine or Shari at 238-2759.
The Phoenix Thea tre and the Colum
bia Th e a te r Com pany present Archi
bald M acLeish's Pulitzer Prize-winning
masterpiece, J.B., tonight through
September 6,1987. Peformances are Fri
days and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at
2 p.m. at the Columbia Theater Comany,
2021 S.E. Hawthorne. Ticket prices are
$8.00 on Friday and Saturday, $7.00 on
Sunday. Seniors receive $1.00 off the ticket
price on Friday and Saturday, and two
tickets for the price of one on Sunday.
Students ages 12 and below are $1.00 off
the regular ticket price.
8 • SATURDAY
Join the Fo re st Group this afternoon on
a wine tasting tour V isit local wineries
and enjoy nice scenery in between
wineries. C all Ruth at 233-2652.
D eveloping the Inner H e rb a list, a
workshop at the Women's Healing
Ground, offered by Ellen Greenlaw, will
take place today and tomorrow, 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
A weekend of intensive communication
with plants, especially designed for be
ginners. An herb walk, learning to sharpen
Cage Aux Folies, Hannah and Her
Sisters and more as well as those of works
by independent film makers round out the
exhibition.
3 • MONDAY
The Portland Police Bureau's Sexual As
sault Prevention Program offers its monthly
Womenstrength Self-Defense Classes
Tim e once again for Shakespeare-
in-the -Pa rks!
W illia m Shakespeare's dark comedy
Measure for Measure, directed by Dr. D.
Davis and produced by the Portland
Actors Ensemble, w ill appear today and
tomorrow at Laurelhurst Park
A ll shows begin at 3 p.m. and are abso
lutely FREE to nobles and groundlings
alike, though a donation box is thought
fully provided.
The Portland Actors Ensemble is a non
profit organization now in its 18th year of
offering free performances of one of the
works of Shakespeare in a variety of
beautiful settings supplied by area parks.
This year's production of Measure for
Measure is funded in part by a grant from
the Metropolitan Arts Commission.
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber
of Fleet Street, tonight through August 15
at the Portland Civic Theatre.
In 1984, when Portland Civic Theatre's
SRO company first produced its m agnifi
cently executed Sweeney Todd, people
lined up around the block to wait for
tickets to its sold-out performances Critics
and artists raved about the show " . . .
when was the last time you literally felt
your hair raise when a chorus sang?" —
Bob Hicks. The Oregonian ”... this was a
triumph of the highest order." — Jonathan
Nicholas. The Oregonian For reservations.
226-3048
Just Out.
16 August. IVH7
tonight, 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Justice
Center, 1111 SW 2nd. 14th FI. Auditorium,
Portland, and continues August 10 & 17.
The classes are free and are available
to teenage and adult women. Survival
level fighting sk ills and other prevention
strategies are taught. To register, phone
796-3139.
Craig Field as Sweeny Todd and Barbara Irvin as Mrs. Lovett in the Portland Civic Theater
production of Sweeney Todd August 23 to September 22.
4 • TUESDAY
Tonight, Mighty Diamonds, crucial
Jamaican Reggae, performs at Pine
S tre e t The a tre 221SE 9th Avenue. Tickets
are $9 advance and $11 at the door.
235-0027.
Tonight at 7 p.m Naturopathic veteri
na ria n V.J. Keating III w ill discuss Con
nections with Companion Animals at
the Healing Touch, 521NE Davis. He w ill
discuss how to use healing touch with
companion anim als, uses of and reme
dial therapy for common back problems
and use of physical touch for life threaten
ing viral diseases, such as Parvo or d is
temper. At his Mt. Hood Veterinary Clinic,
Dr. Keating uses herbs nutrition, essential
o ils and flower remedies and behavioral
analysis for companion animals. Bring or
send in a picture of your favorite animal
companion to enter a drawing that night
Winner w ill receive a $30 gift certificate
Sexual Politics in the Cinema — Thurs
day Film Series at PSU. Tonight's film s are
What Sex Am 1?, a documentary about
transsexuals and Pink Triangles, a film
that examines the persecution of gays
who wore the pink triangle in Nazi con
centration camps. 7 p.m. 75 Lincoln Hall,
donation $2.00,229-3516.
A rt Down the Alley G allery w ill be
open until 10 p.m. tonight for those of you
who need later hours to catch the shows.
Special M YSTERY Guest receptionist w ill
be on hand to meet and greet you and
talk about art, etc.!
7 »FRIDAY
Tonight The Fo re st Group holds its
sense of sm ell, taste, touch and sight to
understand how plants affect our bodies.
M aking a lunar infusion from the full
moon's light.
To preregister, send $10 deposit to:
Women's Healing Ground, 37010 SE Snuff in
Rd., Estacada, OR 97023 or call 630-7848
for more information. Total cost $60-75 for
the entire weekend.
A rtists Re p o rto ry The a tre announces
their production of The Land of Every
where by Josh White III and Robert C.
W illia m s to be performed at The Schubert
Theatre, 12395 Broadway in downtown
Beaverton. Performances w ill be on Satur
days at 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The Land
of Everywhere opens tonight and plays
through August 29.
The Land of Everywhere combines the
elements of mime and vaudeville to offer