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