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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1988)
scale, children free, 282-1529.) 9 • MONDAY Women Climbers Northwest, a local organiza tion of women mountaineers and rock climbers, meets tonight for a slide show of Stacy Allison's recent Everest expedition. (7 pm, Caffe Fresco, 2387 NW Thurman St., 228-6082 or 244-9660.) Today is Oregon Primary Day. Get out and vote! Call your county Elections Office for where and when to vote. "Women — For America, for the World," an Oscar-winning documentary, is shown tonight to benefit the International Studies Program at Portland State University; filmmaker Vivienne Verdon-Roe will give an introduction. (7:30-9:30 pm, Smith Center Ballroom, Portland State University, $10, 229-3711.) 11 • WEDNESDAY 18 • WEDNESDAY "Fun with Fetishes: Rubber, Feet, Hair, Etc." is the topic of tonight's meeting of Gay Men Together. Bring, wear, point out or discuss your own favorite fetish. (7 pm, social; 7:30-9:30 pm, discussion; 103 Cramer Hall, Portland State Uni versity. Andy, 228-6935.) 2 • MONDAY The Healing Connection Breakfast presents a morning of music dedicated to hope in an age of environmental destruction. Cecelie Ostrow and the group All Life Is Equal share their thoughts and music. (7-8:30 am, Ezekiel’s Wheel, 2/06 NW Northrup St.) 3 •TUESDAY 6 • The Northwest Big Mountain Support Group needs your help (6:30 pm, second and fourth Tuesdays, 3029 SE 21st Ave., 236-0399.) 4 • WEDNESDAY The committee that organizes the Lesbian and Gay Pride Celebration every year is open to all members of the lesbian and gay community. You can be a part of making it happen! (7-10 pm, Wednesdays, R(K>m 402. Portland City Hall, 1120 SW 5th Ave., 232-8233.) I [ ; States. (8 pm. through May 7, Fir Acres Theatre, $1,293-3757.) The Diversity Committee of the Lesbian Community Project is planning many activities; it meets tonight with a half-hour social to follow. (7-8:30 pm, O ld Wives'Tales, 1300 E Burnside St., 232-3568.) Tonight the First Tuesday Coffeehouse presents Appalachian poet Lee Howard, Sweetgrass, a bluegrass duo, and Yiddish entertainer B.J. Castle- man. New performers, planners and technicians are welcome to become involved (7 pm, Ruby- ihoeS Cafe, 101 i NW 16th Ave., $2 donation.) í The Other Side is a gay service organization that meets monthly and has weekly events at its club in Bend. The film She's Cotta Have It is shown tonight, and the Gay and Lesbian History Buffs meet. (6- / / pm, club open; 7 pm, meeting and film, call for location, Cary, 382-6713.) Gay Men Together meets tonight to discuss "From the Black Death to AIDS: Are Epidemics lust Repeating Themselves?" (7 pm, social; 7:30- 9:10 pm, discussion; 103 Cramer Hall, Portland State University, Andy, 228-6935.) 5 • THURSDAY FRIDAY In Her Image, A Gallery of Women's Art, cele brates the opening of a new exhibit, "In Honor of the Four Directions."(o- 10pm, 233 NE28th Ave., 231-3726.) 7 • SATURDAY The Rosetown Ramblers, Portland's lesbian and gay square-dance club, holds a mainstream-and- plus-level square dance tonight with caller Ron Booiman of White Rock, B.C. There will be a mainstream workshop from 3-5 pm and a potluck dinner as well. (8-11 pm, Neighbors of Woodcraft, 1410 SW Morrison St., $5, 228-7147.) Three Nice Girls present Dance: Music Beyond the Bars, a benefit for A Woman's Place Bookstore and the Portland Lesbian Choir, with a special appearance by the Choir. (8-8:30 pm, Portland Lesbian Choir; 8:45 pm-midnight, dance; Echo Theater, 1515 SE 37th Ave., 55, 324-1451.) The Portland Chapter of the National Organiza tion of Women and the Lesbian Community Project present Chase the Blues Away, a rock-and- roll benefit featuring Margo Tufo and the Blues Review and The Chase. (8:30 pm -1:30 am, Melody Lane Ballroom, 615 SE Alder St., 56-10 sliding scale, 236-6341.) Today is Cineo de Mayo, the Mexican national holiday that commemorates the Mexican army's 1862 victory over the French in Pueblo, Mexico, and celebrates freedom from intervention by foreign powers. There will be a three-day celebra tion in Portland, including a proclamation from the mayor's office. (For more information, call Cornelius Centro, 357-0326.) Powell's Books donates a portion of book sales today to Oregon SANE, a statewide citizens' group working to reverse the arms race and promote a non-militaristic foreign policy. (9 am -11 pm, Main Store, 1005 W Burnside St.; 9 am-9 pm. Travel Store, Pioneer Courthouse Square; Books for Cooks, 3739 SE Hawthorne Blvd.; and Cascade Plaza. Hwy. 217, Beaverton. 242-9360.) The showing Portraits and Portrayals of the Human Figure' opens tonight with a reception for photographer Martha Casanave. (6-9 pm, Photographic Image Gallery, 208 SW 1st Ave., 224-3543.) 8 •SUNDAY Lewis and Clark College's Theater Department presents Echoes, a production of three student- directed, one-act plays. They are The International Stud, a difficult comedy about a drag queen and his search for a loving, nurturing relationship; Waking Up, about a working mother's struggle to be loved and respected: and Laundry and Bourbon, in which three young wives compare notes about life in the post-Vietnam War United A "We love you Sashie and |udy party and potluck is held today. ( 12:30 pm-dusk, Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd., above Zoo/ OM SI area, Meredith, 255-0015.) Women with Women and Children is for les bians who have or want to have children in their lives. A Mother's Day buffet brunch and general meeting is held today with women's music and special party activities. (10-11:30 am, Northwest Service Center, 1819 NW Everett St., 52-5 sliding Wanna see a real live channel? A video of Seth will be shown tonight at Healing Crystals. (7 pm, 8215 SE 13th Ave., 234-2224.) 12 • THURSDAY The Other Side hosts a potluck dinner and talent show. (6- / 1 pm, club open; 7 pm, dinner; 8 pm, talent show; Bend, Cary, 382-6713.) The topic for Gay Men Together tonight is "We Are Family, I Got All My Sisters and Me.' Representatives of Portland's lesbian community discuss how to work together with gay men. (7 pm, social; 7:30-9:30 pm, discussion; 103 Cramer Hall, Portland State University, Andy, 228-6935.) 19 • THURSDAY The Healing Connection Breakfast presents clairvoyant reader Randi Burke speaking about grief and growth. (7-8:30 am, Ezekiel's Wheel, 2106 NW Northrup St.) The Media Project presents A Rainbow Film Festival with American documentary, dramatic and short films by Asian, black, Hispanic and Native American filmmakers. (Tonight through Sunday, May 15, Eastside Performance Center, 531 SE 14th Ave., 223-5335.) 14 • SATURDAY Dr. Dorothy Donnelly, a nationally known ex nun turned theologian, leads a seminar, "Psycho- Sexual Spirituality," which will discuss the different ways that men and women, lesbian, gay and straight, understand and experience spiritual ity. (8:30 am-4:30 pm, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1624 NE Hancock St., $48 [includes lunch], Wayne, 287-7922.) The Contemporary Women Directors Series continues at the Northwest Film and Video Center with Wives (Norway, 1975) and Wives: Ten Years After (Norway, 1985). (7 and 8:45 pm, 1219 SW Park Ave., 221-1156.) The Other Side, Bend's gay service organiza tion, holds its weekly dance party. (9 pm-2 am, call for location, Cary, 382-6713.) 15 • SUNDAY The Women with Adolescent Children Support Group hosts Rebecca Sinclair, family counselor, for a discussion of the problems of parenting adolescents. (6:30 pm, home of Stevie and Marge, 3633 NE 17th Ave., 282-2956.) The Network of Entrepreneurial Women meets today for a potluck brunch, meeting and presenta tion by lesbian businesspersons.'(/ / am-2 pm 659-8778.) The Gourmet Cooking Club is for women who enjoy fine cooking; a potluck is held today. (8 pm, lackie, 626-5114.) 17 • TUESDAY "The Future of the Lesbian Forum is the topic of this month's Lesbian Forum. LF is a women- only event offering supervised childcare, wheel chair access and interpreting for the hearing- impaired. (7:30 pm, Westminster Presbyterian Church. 1625 NE Hancock St.. 52, 230-2737.) Photographic Image Gallery is featuring photographs by Martha Casanave. 21 • SATURDAY Learn about the medicinal applications of local plants, with a focus on herbs for PMS, in an all-day herb class with Mara Levin. (10 am-4 pm, $30, Hinu, 777-2316, or jewel, 236-1252.) Ample Opportunity, a health organization for women, presents a workshop, "Great Shape — That's Us," led by Pat Lyons, author of Great Shape: The First Exercise Guide for Large Women. ($45-64 sliding scale, to register, call Nancy Barron, 645-0497.) One Common Thread presents a Women's Coffeehouse, in a non-smoking, non-alcohol environment, with an art show and live entertain ment by local artists. (8-11 pm, Unitarian Church, 477 E 40th, Eugene, 53, children welcome, wheelchair access, ASL interpreted, 485-7357 or 341-0009.) 22 • SUNDAY Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays meets to discuss "Building Support Networks in Rural America" with guests from the Gay and Lesbian