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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1988)
Choreographer Mary Moore Easter begins a month-long residency with the Oregon Dance Consort tonight with a solo lecture-performance, "A Gallery of Some People/' <8 pm, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 4350 N Interstate Ave., 243-7930.) Oregon State Health Division, gives a lecture, The Im portance o f Education in Dealing w ith AIDS " (Noon -1 pm. 155 Smith Memorial Center, Portland State LJniversity, free. 464-4081 ) 29 • The Healing Connection Breakfast presents Joseph Wolf, president of the Portland Gnostic Society, speaking on "Ritual and its Meaning for Today." ( 7-8:30 am, Ezekiel's Wheel, 2106 NW Northrup St.) Gay Men Together discusses The Meaning of Gay: Sex, Morals and the Grand Scheme of Life." (7 pm. social: 7:10-9:10pm, discussion. 101 Cramer Hall. Portland State University, Andy, 228-6935.) Zoograss Bluegrass Concerts begin tonight. (6:30-8:30 pm, Thursdays, through August, Wash ington Park Zoo Amphitheater, 226-1561.) Radical Women discuss the recent attack on the University of Washington's Women's Studies program by student Pete Schaub. A videotape of a San Francisco talk show in which Schaub squared off with socialist feminists is to be shown. (6:30 pm, Multnomah County Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave., wheelchair accessible, 249-8067.) COMING UP The Northwest Film and Video Center presents the premiere of "Rights and Reactions: Lesbian and Gay Rights on T ria l" (1987). 1 7 • FRIDAY Tune in to KBOO 90.7 FM today for the third annual Lesbian and Gay Pride Special. Hosts Linda Shirley, Howie Baggadonutz, L.C. Earnest and other KBOO queers offer interviews, comedy, music and news. Special guests are Bay area comics Tom Ammiano and Karen Ripley. (9 am- I pm, 231-8032.) This year's Lesbian A rt Movement Show opens tonight and features works by Utah artist Stella Scott. Scott, who is seriously disabled by environmental illness, has turned from oils and lithography to color pencil and pastels. Oregon and Washington artists represented include Dianna C. Long, Terri Redbird, Annie Ocean, Sara Koehl, Zekra and others. (7 pm, continues through lu ly 18, 3125 E Burnside St., 281-5386.) A group of new and established male artists presents A rt on Hoyt. (9 pm, Studio 202,1306 NW Hoyt.) San Francisco gay and lesbian comics Tom Am m iano and Karen Ripley appear tonight in Portland in a fun and fitting kick-off to Lesbian and Gay Pride Week. After hearing these two comics you'll not only be proud to be gay, you'll be hold ing your sides laughing. (8 pm, Northwest Service Center, 1819 NW Everett St., $8.50 advance [A Woman's Place Bookstore, CC Slaughters and Music Millennium (Portland), and Mother Kali's (Eugene)\, $ 10 at the door, supervised childcare, wheelchair accessible, a portion of the proceeds w ill benefit Lesbian and Cay Pride Inc., 236-2536 or 231-8032.) Independent presidential candidate Lenora Fulani meets with Oregonians at an informal gathering tonight. ( 10pm-2 am, Choices, 2845 SE Stark St., 236-4321.) 18 • SATURDAY D ignity/P ortland, an organization of lesbian and gay Roman Catholics, hosts its 13th anni versary celebration tonight. Everyone is welcome. (7:30 pm, St. Francis o f Assisi Parish, Southeast 12th Avenue and Pine Street, 295-4868.) The Pride Committee presents the thirteenth annual Lesbian and Gay Pride M arch and Rally today. This year's theme is "Rightfully Proud." Rumor has it that there are to be many floats never seen before in a Portland parade. At the rally there w ill be information and food booths, speakers, music and a way cool fun time! If you have never been to a pride celebration before, this is the one to be at. (Noon, march begins in the North Park Blocks; 1 -6 pm, rally at Waterfront Park, 232-8233.) Lee Lynch, author of O ld Dyke Tales, Toothpick Horse and "The Amazon Trail" in lust Out, auto graphs books at A Woman's Place Bookstore's booth at the rally today. (1-1:30 pm, Waterfront Park, 284-1110.) The Seattle Men's Chorus joins the Portland Gay Men's Chorus in a rollicking trip to the WEDNESDAY The Colorado Gay Rodeo Association will present the Rocky M ountain Regional Rodeo in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Regional Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival. (July 1-4, PO Box 2558, Denver, C O 80201, |J0J| 399-1989.) Cris W illiam son w ill perform a free concert in Albany, duly 21. Downtown River Park. Albany.) movies. The choruses, jointly and separately, sing medley upon medley of Hollywood tunes. (8 pm, Intermediate Theatre, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, $7-$ 12, 248-4496.) 19 • SUNDAY The third annual Gay Day Resource Fair is today. (Wright Park Senior Center, Tacoma; for more information, write to Cay Day Planning Committeee, 2542 S " K " Street, Tacoma, WA 98405.) Where is the museum to commemorate the war against women? Where is the memorial for those veterans? A planning meeting for the Women's Rape Museum Project is tonight. (7-8 pm, Port land NO W office, 2215 SE Division St.; for more information or a copy of the proposal, call 232-4641.) The Portland Frontrunners sponsors The Stonewall Run, a 10K and a 2-mile fun run, with proceeds to benefit CAP and LCP. (9 am, Duniway Park, southwest Portland, 274-9742.) The Northwest Film and Video Center presents the premiere of "Rights and Reactions: Lesbian and Gay Rights on T ria l" (1987). This vivid documentary follows the historic passage of New York City's gay rights bill. (7 pm, Berg Swann Auditorium, Oregon Art Institute, 1219 SW Park Ave., $4, 221-115 6.) Portland Radical Women presents "Before Stonewall," a witty, vital documentary of gay community experience in the United States closet before the 1969 militant upsurge broke down the door. (Brunch: 1 pm, 55; film : 2 pm, $2. Local 7901 Union Hall, 3637 NE Sandy Blvd., wheel chair accessible; for information and childcare, call 249-8067.) The Northwest Big M ountain Support Group sponsors a community potluck dinner with guests Kee Benally, a Dine elder, and Louise Benally, both from Big Mountain. (7 pm, PACT Senior Center, 4707 SE Hawthorne Blvd., donations accepted, 236-0399.) 21 • TUESDAY "F urther Brainstorm ing on the Future o f the Lesbian Forum " is this month's topic. Lesbian Forum is a women-only event with wheelchair access; supervised childcare and interpreting for the hearing impaired is by reservation only. (7:30 pm, Metropolitan Community Church, 1644 NE 24th Ave., donations accepted, 230-2737.) (7:30-9:30 pm, 103 Cramer Hall, Portland State University, Andy, 228-6935.) 24 • FRIDAY You asked for it, you got it! The Lesbian Community Project invites lesbians and gay men to Party w ith Pride, a lavender-tie affair. 1988 Spirit of Portlandia awards are to be presented, along with entertainment by the Portland Lesbian Choir and the Portland Gay Men's Chorus, and dancing to the hot tunes of TranSister, a six-woman, Eugene-based band. Don't miss the event of the season! Proceeds benefit A Woman's Place Bookstore and the Lesbian Community Project. (8:30pm, Montgomery Park Atrium, 2701 NW Vaughn St., $ 15-25 general public, $ 12-20 LCP members [A Woman’s Place Bookstore, Dakota Cafe, In Her Image, CC Slaughters and Starky's], 233-9079.) 25 • SATURDAY The Big M ountain Food and Tool Drive and W ork Crew Caravan leaves today. Thousands of Dine people are resisting forced relocation from their sacred lands by coal and uranium corpora tions. Among the items needed are bulk food, tools, medical supplies, car batteries, CBs, and 100 percent cotton cloth in black, red, yellow, white, blue and green. (Rally time and location are unknown at press time, call 236-0399.) 2 6 • SUNDAY Today is the Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade and Freedom Rally in Seattle. The spirit of the March on Washington lives on! ( Seattle, [206| 322-DYKE.) Today is also San Francisco's Freedom Day Parade and Rally, with entertainment on three stages. ( 11 am, parade, Castro and Market streets; 12-6 pm, celebration, San Francisco Civic Center Plaza, [415] 864-3733.) And in Denver, Pridefest '88 is a two-day lesbian and gay pride festival that includes enter tainment, more than 85 vendors, information and carnival games, and much more. ( 10 am-7 pm, Cheesman Park, Denver, \303\ 831-6268.) 28 • TUESDAY WEDNESDAY The Red Cross sponsors a wom en-only blood drive tonight. Give an hour of your time; it can mean a lifetime to someone else. ( 3-7 pm; to sign up, call 284-1234, ext. 312.) Gay Men Together meets tonight for the lively topic "Heritage and History: Gaze into the Past." Sponsored by Portland State University's Sum mer Session, Kristine Gebbie, administrator of the 22 • The Ball Club w ill present The Ball Busters Bust, a three-day weekend in northern California for "dudes from around the nation to strut their stuff and live their fantasies." (luly 8-11; to register, call 1 907 1 276-5016.) The fifth International Lesbian and Gay Youth Conference w ill be held in West Berlin this year. (July 30-August 6; North American contact: Nadine Smith, 14311 Wedgewood Circle # 5, Tampa, FL 33613.) The Oregon Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction w ill present the Rev. Joseph Martin, a nationally known figure in the addiction recovery movement, speaking on the topic "Living in Recovery." (7:30 pm, July 6, Earl A. ChilesCenter, University o f Portland, 5000 N Willamette Blvd., wheelchair accessible, interpreted for the hearing impaired, $ 10, 232-8083 or 1-800-621-1646.) Bethroot Gwynn and Hawk M adrone w ill present a personal theater workshop for women at Fly Away Home, a women's land in southern Ore gon. This workshop w ill invite the inner character to come out and play. (August 11-14, 5 75-100 |includes vegetarian meals), register: Fly Away Home, PO Box 593, Myrtle Creek, OR 97457.) This Labor Day weekend join thousands of women for the ninth annual West Coast Women's M usic and Comedy Festival. This five-day fiesta w ill include musical performers, comics, theater groups, dancing every night, speakers, a film festival, workshops and crafts. Huntress, from Australia, w ill be a special musical guest. (September 1-5, near Yosemite; information: WCWMF, 15842 Chase St., Sepulveda, CA 91343, (8/8/893-4075.) The Names Project Q u ilt, a quilt that memorializes people who have died from AIDS, w ill close its national tour in Portland, duly 29-31, Earl A. Chiles Center, University o f Portland, 5000 N Willamette Blvd., Terry Porter, 241-6408.) This summer 1,500 gay and lesbian athletes w ill have their chance to be in the Olympics at the Gay/Lesbian Sports Festival — the Olympic Peninsula, that is. (July 2-4, Seattle; register: Team Seattle. 600 E Pine St., # 5 15, Seattle, WA 98122.) Oregon Women's Land w ill hold the second annual S pirit Gathering, duly 13-1'; register: Annie. PtJ Box 74, Days Creek, OR 97470.) Womansource w ill present the 15th annual W omen's Fall Gathering in southern Oregon, to include crafts, workshops and fun in the sun with many dykes. If the thought of spending five days with thousands of women is overwhelming, then this festival is just your size: space is limited to 250. (September 9-11, Camp Low Echo, Lake of the Woods; information: Womansource, PO Box 335, Ashland. OR 97520; Karen. 488-2637.) Just Out • 21 • June 1988
