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The Lesbian Forum is a women-only event. They offer supervised childcare, interpreting 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 230-2737 for more information. Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m and Sundays at 7 p.m. and 2 p.m Audience discus sions follow the October 4 and 18 matinees For more information, call 222-2487 Tues- day-Sunday, 3-7 p.m. 22 • THURSDAY Tonight through Sunday at 8:00 p.m., Ore gon D a ne « C onsort will present Pulse and Im pulse: A Modem Dance Choreogra pher’s Showcase at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. In two completely different programs, ten of Portland's most exciting chore ographers w ill be featured. Representing a diverse range of modem dance styles w ill be works by Vincent Martinez, Josie Moseley, Wendy Hambidge, Judith Cattrall, Jean Hen derson, Ray Terrill, Joan Gunness Bums, David Harrington, Mary Oslund Van Liew, and Joan Findlay. Tickets for this smorgasbord of modem dance are $7.00 and may be reserved by calling IFC C At 243-7930. The Interstate Fire house Cultural Center is located at 5340 N. Inter state; the theater is fully accessible to the handicapped. This concert is made possible by grants from the Metropolitan Arts Commis sion, the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. 24 • SATURDAY Tonight at 7:00 p.m., join G reat Womyn for a Potluck and Discussion Group. Meet together over good food to share our lives as fat women and lesbians. Call 232-1108 for place. The Im perial Sovereign Rose C ourt's C oronation *87 is being held at the Grand Masonic Temple. The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court is the West Coast's longest-running court system. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6 p.m. Emperor candidates include Karen G irl George Jar and Rene Brown. The only Empress candidate is Pearl. John T. at the Embers Ave. has ticket information, and Em peror XIII Ray has more information regarding the coronation, 255-9330. Pulse and Im pulse: A Modem Dance C horeographer’s Showcase, October 22-25. Photo by Steve Bloch. Left to Right: David Harrington, Mary Oslund Van Liew, Judith and Gays, meets tonight, 7-10 p.m. at Augus- tina Lutheran Church, 15th and NE Knott. THEATER Tonight. 8 p.m., at the Northw est FHm and Video Center, Mandela. A timely and affecting biographical drama, M andela traces the South African human rights activist's involvement with the African National Congress, through his five-year trial for high treason, to his imprisonment in the mid-60s. Free admission. Both of Storefront Theatre's long running m usicals, Rap M aster Ronnie and Angry Housewives, have now been extended through October 31, with performances at 8 p m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (No Sunday shows). For tickets, call 224-4001 The first show of Storefront Theatre’s 1987- 88 season w ill be the Rocky Horror Show opening Friday, October 3 at the Dolores Win- nmgstad Theatre, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, SW Main and Broadway The Rocky Horror Show plays October 23- December 5, on a staggered schedule in re pertory with The Stick Wife. Please call the ticket office for exact times and dates. Tickets are $12 Wednesday, Thursday 8 p.m. and Sun day 2 p.m and 7 p.m.; $14 on Friday and Satur day 8 p.m. Student, senior and group discounts are available. For reservations, please call the Storefront Theatre ticket office, 224-4001 29 • THURSDAY Portland State University's free noon-time cabaret today presents. D arcelle XV, Portland's own female impersonators, at Smith Center's Parkway North. 30 • FRIDAY Northw est Film and Video Center presents Nosferatu (Germany, 1921) a silent film version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. John Newton's band w ill accompany the film live on stage. The action starts at 9 p.m., admission is $6. Treats afterwards. 31 • SATURDAY KBOO’s 6th Annual Boo Ball is tonight. 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Music is provided by Obo Addy, a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Prizes awarded for best costumes, food and beverages will be available. Tickets are $11 for KBOO members, $12 for the general public. For more information call Linda at 231-8032. Joan Baez performs tonight at 8 p.m. at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tickets are $15 and $14, available at PCPA Box Office, Gl Joe's, G alleria, Jean Machine and Every body's Records 25 • SUNDAY Le sb ia ns Living In Irvington, Alameda and other Northeast-North areas are invited to meet their lesbian neighbors at a potluck brunch today at 11 a.m. at 2717 NE Hancock. Children are welcome. No smoking, please C all 282-1529 for further information. 28 • WEDNESDAY PFLAG, Parents and Friends of Lesbians Catterall, Ray Terrill, Vincent Martinez. Joan Gunness Bums, Josie Moseley, Joan Findlay, Wendy Hambidge, Jean Henderson. PPOW 3rd Annual Hallowon Dance Wear a costume, win a prize and dance, dance, dance. Northwest Service Center. 1819 NW Everett, tickets available at A Woman s P;ace Book store, $3.00 Advance. $4.00 at door Start 8:30 p.m. until all the witches are gone Come and have fun and support PPOW, Portland , Professional Organization of Women Bring your own beverage, cups, ice & soda available. _______ COMING UP Kate Clinton. Saturday, November 7th, 8 p m at the Intermediate Theatre of the Port land Center for the Performing Arts Reserved seating Tickets $10 fsubiect to service charge). Susa'-' Kolinsky, a comic from New York, opens the show. The A lice B. Theatre in Seattle opens their 1987-88 season with two great plays, Junkie. September 10-October4, by Marsha Boesing. Directed by Randa Downs. A ritual drama about addiction and recovery. Six women kick ass with alcohol, hard drugs, dependency, work and eating disorders. And challenge the "Ju n kie ''in us all. Life of the Party, September 10-October 4, by Doug Holsclaw, Directed by Rick Rankin. One man's confrontation with death brings out the best and worst in his friends. A touching comedy about surviving the AIDS crisis, a drama about gay men coming of age All shows are at the new Theatre O ff Jack- son, 409 7th S. (at Jackson), Seattle, Washing ton. For ticket information call (206) 340-1049 The New Rose Theatre enthusiastically pre sents the return of the Dell Arte Players Com pany in a darkly comic thriller, The Road Not Taken, with one of Dell 'Arte's best-loved characters, female detective Scar Tissue A departure in subject matter but not in style from last year's immensely popular M alpractice the Dell 'Arte players have once again won the critics' praise The L A Times said. " , . . they juggle an audience and more than 12 char acters with equal dexterity The Road Not Taken opens Wednesday, October 7 at 8 p.m. in the new Portland Center for the Performing Arts and runs through a limited engagement ending October 17 Also from New Rose Theatre is Anton Chekhov's deeply moving and brilliantly comic The Cherry Orchard. The play previews September 30 and October 1 and opens Fri day. October 2 a :th a gala champagne celebration following the performance The C herry O rchard has an eight week run end ing November 22 Performances are scheduled A rtists Repertory Theatre s C hildren's Series presents the season premiere of C in d e re lla Wore C om bat Boots by Jerry Chase Directed by Brian Haliski, this modem version of the traditional story has the ugly step sisters looking like Madonna and Cyndi Laup>er while their mother is more dizzy than mean The prince is a dragon-hunting preppie whose father, the King, is a bit like a happy used car salesman. Cinderella is funny, free, and she DOES wear combat boots. C in d e re lla Wore C om bat Boots performs Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Wilson Center for the Performing Arts in the YWCA building in downtown Portland Also at the Artists Repertory Theatre is the Portland Premiere of Mark Medoff s hit comedy The M ajestic Kid. Medoff, author of Children O f A Lesser God and When You Cornin' Back, Red Ryder? has set this 1980s cowboy comedy in the American southwest where two young activist laywers are trying to assist the Apache Indians protect their land. Aaron W eiss, "The Majestic Kid,’’ our hero, finds his life playing like a bad old-time cowboy serial movie, when he runs afoul of a mean-hearted red-neck judge. The M ajestic Kid plays Thursday. Friday, and Saturdays at 8 p.n i. Two Sunday perform ances are scheduled for November 1 and 8 at 7 p.m Performances are at The Wilson Center for the Performing Arts in the YWCA building downtown Portland, 1111 SW 10th. Reservations for any of the shows can be made by calling the ART box office at 242-2400 A R f announces the extension of Quilters. Q uitters is the popular family musical about pioneer women who tell the stories of their lives through the quilts they create Playing Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.. Q uilters is beginning its third year on October 2 To celebrate, A R T is sponsoring a "Thank You Beaverton'' gala performance on Friday, October 9 at 8 p.m. with free tickets. No reser vations w ill be taken for the free tickets Oc tober 9. The doors will open at 7 45 for the free performance. Tickets will be handled on a first- come first-served basis. GALLERIES Featuring works by talented artist, Kate Bronwyn, the Blacklight Show of ’60s Art will be shown at A rt Down The Alley G allery/ Pe rc y’s Liveab le A rt Studio located at 3764 SE Hawthorne Blvd Kate Bronwyn, street artist working with spray paint, w ill be joined by other artists in a show of works displayed in a room of blacklight only. In honor of the Hallo ween season, the show opens on October 23, with a reception for the artists and will close on November 15. Works w ill be for sale Artist's deadline is October 20th. Call the Gallery for more information 235-0654 C a rte r Arcand G allery: The Japanese Bath and Other Landscapes,'' a show of recent paintings and prints by Sarah Brayer from Kyoto. Japan, opens Thursday evening. Octo ber 1st, 6-9 p m. with a reception for the artist. Working appropriately in watercolor, aquatint and lithograph mediums, a majority of Brayer's pieces introduces water from the traditional bather to rain and snow to bays and rivers The show runs through November 3rd 1318 N W 23rd Avenue, 274-0121 Tuesday-Friday, Noon 5 p m or by appointment Artists are now being recruited for the Com m unities O f Women Art Show. Women from many walks of life will be exhibiting their art in this show which will open on November 17, and run through December 30.1987 The Metropoli tan Arts Commission has partially funded this exhibit to showcase the works of women of color, minority women, and women with alter native lifestyles, including women on the streets The show w ill be on display at Art Down The Alley Gallery Percy's Liveable Art Studio. For information on how you may submit work f application due Nov 1), or how to get involved call 235-0654, or write COWAS Long, P O Box 42624, Portland, Oregon, 97242. Just Out • 17 • October. IYH7