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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1989)
9 • TUESDAY Darcelle XV and Company, female impersonators, present a command performance for the American Native People's Organization. (8:30 pm, Darcelle XV, 208 N W 3rd Ave., $10. 238-3513 or 236-0399.) 1 2 * FRIDAY In a benefit for Friends of Sisterspirit, Rhiannon and Betsy Rose perform their original folk music. (8 pm, Reed College Commons, 3023 SE Wood- stock, $9 in advance /tickets: A Woman's Place Bookstore, Artichoke Music, and Laughing Horse Books/, or $10 $ 12 at the door, Sisterspirit, 287-3379.) 1 3 • SATURDAY 1 • MONDAY Portland Gay Men's Chorus is holding audi tions. (5:30-4:15 pm, 303 Lincoln H all, Portland State University, Steve, 233-0650.) The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court holds its general meeting. It is open to the general public. (7:30 pm, Embc-rs, 110 MW Broadway.) 2 • TUESDAY First Tuesday Coffee House presents singer and songwriter Connie Cohen, boogie piano player B.|. Castleman, and ever incorrigible, M.C. Carol Steinel. (7:30pm , Silent Partners, 1810 N W Love joy, Donna, 231-9351.) 3 • WEDNESDAY The theme for 1989 Lesbian and Gay Pride International is "Stonewall: 20 years, a Genera tion of Pride." Committees for the )une cele bration are making plans now and need help with advertising, sales, security, and fund raising. ( 6:30-8:45 pm, May 3, and again May 17, M u lt nomah County Library, 801 SW 10th, 232-8233.) In a benefit for the WyEast Healing center, Motherlode w ill appear in concert, interpreted for the hearing impaired, wheelchair accessible, childcare provided. (8 pm, Northwest Service Center, 1819 N W Everett, $7-$ 10 advance /tic k ets: A Woman's Place Bookstore and Artichoke Music I, $8-$IO at the door .) 4 • THURSDAY A show of photographs by Bruce lackson, lames Holloway, Chuck Forinash, Steve Terrill, Ray Atkeson, David Wilson, Rick Schaeffer and Henry Genthe highlight the fifth anniversary of the Photographic Image Gallery. Blackburn and Duthie w ill provide live music and Jackson w ill sign copies of his new poster, "Pine Marten — Mt Bachelor" at the reception. ( Reception, 6 pm -9 pm, Photography Show, through May 27, Photographic Image Gallery, 208 SW 1st Ave., Guy Swanson, 224-3543.) 5 • FRIDAY 6 • SATURDAY lit\l mu ▼ 16 ▼ VI jy 14X4 1 8 • THURSDAY House of Light: Center for AIDS Healing presents a three day Grand opening celebration for their new 300 room social, medical, and residential facility. Today, author Louise Hay comes to the House of Light auditorium. (7:30 pm, House o f Light, 597 N Dekum, $15 /tickets: Living Enrichment Center, 292-2050, 289-3370.) Do Crystal Gazers foresee a Future of Equality for Women? is the title of a discussion by Radical Women. Everyone is welcome. Wheelchair accessible. (6 :30pm , M ultnom ah County Library, 801 SW 10th Ave., 249-8067.) The Portland Women's Bicycling Network meets today. (7 pm, Room 230, Smith M em orial Center, Portland State University, C all Donna for ride inform ation. 777-2 1 19 \ Two marches named "W e W on't Take Four More Years!", one in Washington, DC and the other in Seattle protest President Bush's policies of cutbacks, militarism and racism. Cultural entertainment and a rally w ill follow at Pike Place Market. Volunteers and donations needed (Assemble at 11 am, T. T. M ino r Schcxal, 17th and Union, Seattle, 12061 325-0085.) The Rhododendron Gardens in full bloom, near a lake and walking trails is just the place for a Singles Potluck Picnic produced by Women with Women and Children. Drinks are provided. ( Noon, Crystal Springs Park, Southeast 28th Avenue and Woodstock, by Reed College, 282-1529.) Fortland Women's Theatre Company presents a theatrical sampler of one-act plays called |ust Between Us. The theme reflects the humorous and heart-warming ways women interact. (Fridays and Saturdays through May 21, Thursday per formances, M ay 11 and 18, 8 pm, and Sunday matinees, M ay 15 and 22, 5 pm, $8.50 /tickets at A Woman's Place Bookstore, 1431 NE Broad way/, 1728 NE 40th, 287-7707.) Girlfriend Productions presents an all-ages dance with Rumors of the Big Wave from Seattle. (9 pm, Echo Theatre, 1515 SE 37th Ave., $8 /tickets: A Woman's Place Bookstore or at the door/, 281-4635.) 7 • SUNDAY Echo Theater holds a fund raising Spring Rummage Sale. In addiltion to the normal knick- knacks and doo-dads, there w ill be music, munchies and a Cartwheel-a-Thon. All proceeds benefit Echo, a non-profit arts organization. Wheelchair accessible. (Noon-5 pm, Echo Theatre, 1515 SW 37th Ave., 25C donation for admission, 231-1232 .) The Concord Choir, directed by David York, presents an evening ot classical music with the theme of "A Season of Love." Love songs by Brahms, and other love inspired choral pieces and songs by Beatty, Gregg Smith, and local composer Terry Snowden. No one w ill be refused admittance for lack of funds. (7 pm, The O ld Church, 1422 SW 11th, $6 /tickets: Stiles for Relaxation, Classical M ille nn iu m , Wiscarson M usic/, 245-5301.) Cinco de Mayo Intimacy w ith Survivors of Sexual Abuse is the topic of a public presentation by Ellen Bass, co-author of The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors o f C hild Sexual Abuse. Presented by the Emilie Gamelin Institute and Lutheran Family Services. 7 :3 0 pm, Providence M edical Center, 4805 NE Glisan St., $5, 230-6133.) Yoga for Gay Men with Greg Smoots w ill help you build strength, gain confidence, and create community. Space is limited, so pre register early. (10am-1 pm, Room to Move Studio, 312 N W 10th, third floor, $15, pre register or information, 281- 5984 ) Girlfriend Productions and Powell's Books present a talk by science-fiction author Marion Zimmer Bradley on the research that went into her book The Mists o f Avalon. Interpreted for the hearing impaired, wheelchair accessible. (2 pm, Northwest Service Center, 1819 N W Everett, $ 10, children under W are free /tickets: A Woman's Place bookstore, Powell's Books, M other Kali's in Eugene/, Joanna Knapp, 228-4651.) Alix Dobkin. feminist-lesbian folksinger performs for both men and women in her first open Portland Concert. Proceeds w ill be shared with the International Women's Day Committee. Sponsored by the PSU Lesbian Alliance and Morninglight Productions. (7 :3 0 pm, N ordic R(X>m, Snr th M em orial Center, Portland State University, $6-$8 sliding scale /tickets: PSU Ticket O ffice or A Woman's Pl.ice Bookstore Charlie Murphy’s hand Rumors of the Big Wave performs in Portland Saturday. May 6. Downtown Dykes meet for lunch i Noon, second Friday o f each month, cost o f lunch, ca ll H olly Mulcahey for reservations and inform ation, 238-2559.) This is the chance to go to the Prom you never got to go to, at the Once in a Blue Moon Gay and Lesbian Prom in Corvallis. Events include the crowning of the Corvallis Royalty, a Dance Contest, Dream Date Raffle, Cake walk, and a photographer to immortalize the evening. Pro ceeds w ill go to After Eight and C ist ade AIDS Project. Formal attire is required, dates are optional. Presented by Shooting Star Productions. Wheelchair accessible. (8:30 pm -m idnight, 101 N W 23rd Street, Corvallis 53-56 sliding scale.) 1 4 • SUNDAY Mother's Day Women with Women with Children presents a Potluck for Singles w ith Children or Open to Being w ith Women w ith Children. (3 pm, 8695 SW Fir Lane Terrace, direc tions, 282-1529.) 1 9 • FRIDAY Women with Women with Children brings you a Singles Mixer. There is dancing, games, free drinks, and munchies. (7:30 pm, Banquet Rcxim, O ld W ives' Tales, 1300 E. Burnside, 282-1529.) Echo Theatre and The Portland Mime Troupe present A Festival of Physical Comedy. This mixture of dance, theater, clown, mask, and music make for an evening of rare comedy. Fea tured performers includeCindy Cummings, Albert Alter, Ray Terrill, Do Jump Movement Theatre, The Risk of Change Mummers Troupe, and Howie Baggadonutz. (8 pm, May W and 20, and 7 pm. May 21, repeats the weekend o f M ay 26-28, Echo Theatre, 1515 SE 37th, $7, adults, and $4 children and seniors in advance /tickets: Music M illet <n turn, A Worn <n s Place Bcxikstore, and Echo i heatrel, or $8. adults, and 56 children and seniors at the door. 231-1232.)