Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1988)
guitarist from The Chase; Carol Steinel, musician, poet and creator of Magpie; and folk music duo Janice and Adrianne. New performers, planners and technicians are welcome to become involved. (7 pm, Rubyshoes Cafe, 1033 NW 16th Ave., $2 donation, 239-0944.) The Northwest Big Mountain Support Group meets tonight. (7 :J0 pm, 3029 SE 21st Ave., 236-0399.) 8 • WEDNESDAY Members of the Rose Court meet with Gay Men Together tonight to answer the question: "W ho Represents Gay Portland?" (7 pm, social; 7:30- mavor of Corinto, is the guest of honor. A documentary filmed in Nicaragua is to be shown, and an auction of donated items and services is to lx? held. (7 pm, Peace House, 2116 NE 18th Ave., $2.233-5181.) The Women's Healing Ground presents "Restoring Balance: Healing Ourselves with Herbs, a two-day workshop led by Colette Gard ner. (Saturday and Sunday, 37010 SE Snuff in Road, Estacada, $35-50 sliding scale, 630-7848.) Artichoke Music, newly expanded, hosts its Grand Opening Celebration with live music, food and merriment. Performers include Boka Marimba Band and the Whamdiddle Dingbats. ( 10:30 am -6 pm, 3522 SE Hawthorne Blvd., free, 232-8845.) 9:30 pm, discussion, 103 Cramer Hall, Portland State University, Andy, 228-6935.) Oregon unions and community friends sponsor a "Jobs with Justice" rally today. ( 11:30 am, Terry Schrunk Plaza, 238- 6666.) 1 0 # FRIDAY 1 •WEDNESDAY C ay Men Together discusses "Beauty and the Beast: Is Beauty O nly Skin Deep?" ( 7-7:30 pm, social; 7:30-9:30 pm, discussion, 103 Cramer Hall, Portland State University, Andy, 228-6935.) 2 • THURSDAY ♦ The Healing Connection Breakfast presents G rayw olf and leannie Eagle, co-founders of Aesculapia, a modern dream healing temple. They discuss "Dream s: Healing Energies from Beyond Time and Space." (7-8:30 am, Ezekiel's Wheel, 2106 NW Northrup St.) Tonight |udith Barrington, author of Trying to Be an Honest Woman, and two forthcoming books, Things to Do with the Dead and History and Geography, reads new work. The flute and guitar duo Musica Femina also makes a guest apfiearance. (8 pm, Echo Theater, 1515 SE 37th Ave., S3, 236-9862.) 3 • FRIDAY_______ The Portland Women's Theater Company presents Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. What happens whan a "straight" woman spends her summer vacation at Bluefish Cove, a lesbian resort? This weekend is your last chance to find out. (8 pm. Friday and Saturday, closes tune 4, 1728 NE 40th Ave., $8, 288-0436.) The Portland Rose Festival begins today with parades, exhibits, bands, a ski classic, rose show, symphony programs, hot air balloons and much more. (Through lune 19; tor a complete list of $5-8 per couple, 231-9351 (Portland], 363-1592 [Salem].) 4 • SATURDAY Artichoke Music presents the soulful and talented singer Rachel Faro in concert, celebrating , the release of her third album, Windsong. Port land's own M ick Doherty and Steve Einhorn open. (8 pm, Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis St., $6 at the door, $5 advance, 232-8845.) A Woman's Place Bookstore celebrates its fifteenth birthday today. This feminist teen is offer ing local music and literary entertainment by Nan and Kathy of Motherlode, Jane Howard, Carolyn Gage, Mary Rose, Kate Sullivan, and Susan Arrow and the Q uivers; birthday cake, refreshments and food; and prizes and special "blue-light" sales. Portland's gay and lesbian recovering com munity hosts the second annual Rose City Sober- faire Conference. This year's theme is "A Design for Living." Workshops cover a variety of subjects involving recovery from alcohol and/or drugs; a dinner and dance w ill be held on Saturday night. (Friday through Sunday, lune 10-12, Northwest Service Center, 1819 NW Everett St.; to register, call 233-3955.) Cinema 21 and lust Out present Reel Proud: A Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The festival kicks off tonight with Night Zoo and Anita: Dances of Vice, (7 pm, Cinema 21,616 NW 21st Ave., six admissions for $ 15. For a complete schedule, seepage 18.) A Woman's Place Bookstore presents author Pat Murphy reading from and autographing her new release, "Walk Back with the Tiger." (7 pm, 1431 NE Broadway, 284-110.) Rosenlips Productions and the G ay and Lesbian A lliance present Romanovsky and Phillips in an evening of music and satire celebrating gay and lesbian life. (8 pm, EM U Ballroom, University of $8. $4 seniors. 221-0569.) The Portland State University Lesbian Alliance presents "The Times of Harvey Milk," a film about the late San Franciscosupervisor. (8 pm, 75 Lincoln Hall, Portland State University, donations accepted.) RPM Productions presents |a n greats Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock in an evening of acoustic solo and duo piano music. One dollar of the ticket price w ill be donated to the National Coalition for the Homeless. (9 pm, Starry Night. 8 NW 6th Ave , $ 18.50, 221-0244.) Just Out • 20 • June I988 The Northeast Neighbors monthly women's potluck brunch is today. Bring a lawn chair if it's warm. (11 am-2 pm, 5906 NE Hassalo St., 287-8474.) The Network of Entrepreneurial Women holds its monthly potluck today; guest speaker Jeri Hendricks of H & H Financial discusses "Finan cial Growth of the Small Business." (11 am-2 pm, 13165 SW Ash Ave., Tigard, 639-9826.) A Woman's Place Bookstore presents the Lesbian and Gay K-9 Kompetition today. All breeds, sizes, shapes and ages welcome. First-, second- and third-place ribbons are to be awarded; categories include biggest/smallest feet, best costume, owr»er/dog look-alike. This is not an AKC event — it's strictly for fun. (11 am-2 pm, Peninsula Park gazebo, North Ainsworth Street and Albina Avenue, 284-1110.) 14 • TUESDAY Oregon. Eugene, $7 advance \Mother Kali’s, EMU Main Desk], $9 at the door, wheelchair accessi ble, ASL interpreted, 686-3360.) SUNDAY Volunteers are needed to staff the Lesbian Art Movement Show; an orientation for volunteers is tonight. (7-9 pm, 281-5386.) The Portland Women's Theatre Company pre sents "Last Summer at Bluefish Cove" in a benefit performance for A Woman's Place Bookstore. (7 pm, 1728 NE 40th Ave., $8, 284-1110.) 15 • WEDNESDAY The Cascade AIDS Project presents New Attitudes, a safer-sex workshop for gay men. ( 1-5 pm. Conference Room B, second floor, The Gay Men Together meets for humor in the homosexual vein — "The Joy of Gayness." Bring your favorite gay joke. (7 pm, social; 7:30-9:30 Portland Building, 1120 SW 5th Ave., 223-5097.) pm, discussion, 103 Cramer Hall, Portland State University, Andy, 228-6935 .) New Music Portland Spring '88 presents the third annual New Music Portland concert. The program includes work by seven Oregon-based composers: Tomas Svoboda, Sr. Anne Cecile Daigle, Philip Neumann, Fern McArthur, Gordon Lee, Jackie T. Gabel and Thara Memory. Performers include the Mel Brown Quintet, the Pioneer Brass and Jeffrey Peyton. (8 pm, North west Service Center, 1819 NW Everett St., $5 advance. $6 at the door, $4 students and seniors, under 18 free. 228-6972.) The Northwest Scenic Cruisers holds its monthly meeting tonight. (7 pm. Pietro’s Engine House Pizza, lantzen Beach, 281-0330.) Tonight on Frontline: Who Pays For AIDS?" Discussed are the effects on patients caught in the battle between local governments and Capitol Hill over who w ill pay for AIDS treatment. (10 pm, KOAP, Channel 10, Portland.) Loose Wimmin with Kate Sullivan performs a dance benefit for the Cheryl McBride Defense Fund. (8 pm, Echo Theatre. 1515 SE 37th Ave . Ave., 231-8032.) Center, Washington Park, $5, free childcare, 223-4510.) events, call 227-2681.) Dancers-choreographers losie Moseley of Port land and Colin Conner of New York City join musicians in "Second Glance " a concert of modern dance. (8 10 pm, Friday-Sunday, through lune 11. Dancers ' Workshop. 716 SW 16th Ave., You won't want to miss KBOO's Used Record and Book Sale today. It's a bargain hunter's delight, whether you're a record collector or avid reader. (9:30 am-3 pm, The Pass Club, 17 SE 8th Oregon National Abortion Rights Action League presents its eighth annual Liberty Auction today. ( 4-6 pm, family barbecue and silent auction; 6-9 pm, oral auction, World Forestry (/1 am-7 pm, 1431 NE Broadway, 284-1110.) 5 • 12 • SUNDAY The First Tuesday Coffeehouse presents three diverse performers tonight: Bev Standish, lead Your Zoo and All That Jazz concerts begin tonight. Bring a lunch or buy a picnic. (6:30-8:30 Judith Barrington reads from her new works at Echo Theatre Thursday, June 2 The Hester Street Klezmer Band gives its final performance of yiddish jazz ton ight, with plenty of room to dance to this lively two-beat music. M arie's Kitchen provides the noshes. (8 pm, Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol High way. $4,294-0321.) 11 • SATURDAY The Portland-Corinto Sister City Association hosts a send-off party and benefit for the second Ben Linder Construction Brigade, which w ill leave forCorinto, Nicaragua, in June. Carlos Davila, pm, Wednesdays, through August, Washington Park Zoo Amphitheater, 226-1561.) The Employee Association for Gays and Lesbians o ftheU .S. West Companies presents The Times of Harvey Milk, a film by Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen. (7:30 pm, multi-purpose room, Pacific Northwest Bell, 735 SW Stark St.) 16 • THURSDAY Alice B. Theatre presents the fifth annual Festival of Gay and Lesbian Performance. Performers include comedian Peggy Platt, jazz vocalist and trombonist M.J. W illiam s and actor- poet John Patterson. (8 pm, Thursday-Sunday, through lune 26, Theatre-off-lackson, 409 7th Ave. S, Seattle, $7I$8.50. [206| 32-ALICE.)