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
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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.)
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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.)
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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.
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• 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