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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1989)
May 1989 20 • SATURDAY I 27 • SATURDAY Portland Radical Faerie Circle is raising fund*, for the W olf Creek Faerie Homeland Operating Fund with a garage sale. The Faerie Homeland is a rustic tract of land for ret reational use by faeries and other Earth-loving gay men. The garage sale w ill feature crafts, used items, and occasional musical performers. (9 am-5 pm. and again M ay 21, 118 SE 30th PI., 232-9055 .) Mary Rose, singer, musician and store teller, leads a sing-along for children and adults around a campfire. This and other summer camp activi ties are part of the Summer Art Camp at tin* Urban Art Retreat. Marshmallows w ill In* roasted! (4-5:30 pm, Urban Art Retreat. 1811 NE 2nd, donation o f $1 or more /x*r fam ily, 281-5386.) W omenwriting: Journal W riting for women is a newly forming workshop to help women use journals to tap intuititon, share stories, and empower themselves through words. No previous w riting experience is necessary; bring a journal and the desire to write. Facilitated by Wendy Judith Cutler, MA. (11 am-2 pm and again 6 pm -9 pm. M ay 25, 232-2655 .) The Imperial Sovereign Rost1 Court presents a three day Southern Oregon Camp Out to celebrate the opening of the Imperial Summer Palace in Hugo, Oregon. Bring your sleeping bags and tents, and the IRSC w ill provide the food, beer, soda, and ice. Try the hiking in the woods or rafting in the nearby Rogue River (May 27-29, (or inform ation, costs and location, ca ll Mr. Lavender, 285-8658.) The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court presents the Gay Oregon Pageant. Join Mr. Gay Oregon, Duane Chad; Miss Gay Oregon, Danielle Derriere; and Ms. Gay Oregon, Maria, for the last event of their royal year. (8 pm, The Embers, 110 N W Broadway, $7 donation, 222-3082.) Girlfriend Productions presents Cris W illiam son and Teresa Trull in concert. Celebrating the release of their new album, Country Blessed, Williamson and Trull bring together Carolina bluegrass and gospel heritage with ballads and country rhythms. This is a smoke-free concert. Wheelchair accessible. Over 21 only. (8:30 pm, Starry Might, 8 N W 6th Ave., $13 / tickets: A Woman's Place Bookstore, Pow ell’s Books, M other Kali's in Eugene, and a ll Ticketmaster locations/, 2 8 1 -4635 .) SUNDAY There is a social networking brunch for Lesbians on College and University Faculties and Scholars Engaged in Independent Research (1 1 am, Banquet Rrx)m, O ld W ives' Tales, 1300 E. Burn side, Maureen, 282-1529.) Folk artists Barbara Bernstein and Courtney Von Drehle bring you an evening o f electronic acid folk music. (8 pm, East Avenue Tavern, 727 E Burnside. $4, 284-0321.) 25 • THURSDAY SUNDAY A < uielia songs about laundry, weight loss, and being in love with a stranger in the apartment next door make for unforgettable laughs when they're sung by The Bobs Complementing the concert, ISO (I'm So Optimistic), a four person dance troupe, combines modern dance, acro batics, and new vaudeville. Produced by Michael Davidson Presents. (8 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert H all, /tickets: Ticketmaster or 274-1422/.) 30 • TUESDAY Tickets are on sale for Vito Russo's lec lure and film presentation entitled The Celluloid Closet Produced by Popcorn Sister Productions and 91 I Contemporary Arts Center, the presentation explores the depiction of lesbian and gay char acters in movies since the earliest examples. Childcare is available by reservation before June 1. Proceeds w ill benefit the Northwest AIDS Foundation, the Dorian Group, and the Sharon Kowalski Defense Fund. (Presentation, 8 pm, tune 10. Museum o f History and Industry, 24th Avenue E<ist and Lake Washington Boulevard. Seattle, $7-$9 /tickets: Art in Form, Bailey Coy Books, Beyond the Closet Books, Golden Age Bookstore, and Red & Black B(x>ks, Seattle I, (20b> 72f»-97f»T l The Northwest District Conference of M etro politan Community Church is a three-day series of workshops, worship services, forums, and busi ness meetings for up to 250 participants. (May 26-28, M. Stephanie H ollw ay, 223-8299 weekdays o r (206) 892-2823 evenings. ) Bethroot Gwynn and Hawk Madrone facilitate a three-day personal theater workshop at Fly Away Home, beautiful womanland in Southern Oregon. The focus of the workshop is on stretching and deepening personal truths, not on performing. (May 26-May 28, $75-$ 100, pre-register w ith a $10 deposit at least 8 days in advance, Fly Away Home. PO Box 593, M yrtle Creek, OR. 97457. ) if Forest Group Events «su A lix D ohkin in concert Sunday. M ay 7. together. (Karuna, 753-1114 or Rosemary, 752-1843.) Hospice House provides ongoing patient- centered care and pain and symptom control in an atmosphere of beauty, warmth and comfort. (Call 244-7890.) Rainforest Productions is holding auditions for seven Sundays, a play about AIDS and friendship. Casting is for two males, ages 25-15. The play, written by Michael S. Reed and direr led by Holly Bennett, w ill o|x*n lune 2 1 (228-2681, for an appointm ent . ) Newly Coming Out Lesbians peer sup|>ort group mc*ets wc*ekl y. 7: it)p m , Sundays, 214- 14 19.) Rose City Soberfaire 1989 is a forum for con tinuing education for recovering ale oholic s and participants in other 12 step programs. The three day conference w ill lx* held at the Northwest Servu e Center. (June 9 -11. Northwest Servil e Center, 181 9 N W Everett. $20 w ith pre-registra tion before May 15. Rost' C ity Sober! a ire 1989, PO Box 6322, Portland, OR 97228. 2 11-1 955.1 Secular Organizations for Sobriety responds to the needs of alcoholic s and drug-dt*fx*ndent people «is separate issue's from religion. S( )S credits the |x*rson for .u hievmg their own sobriety, builds self-esteem, and redue es guilt and shame. (7; 10 pm, Mondays, Room 225. Smith M em orial ( enter. Portland State University, Don, 284-8523.) G R O U Gay Men and Women Information Line is available anytime for information and referrals. (388-2395.) HIV Support Group is for People with AIDS or ARC and meets every other week. (Barb or Phyllis, 188-6616) C aro l Steinel in Tacit Agreements; Graded Lessons in Sitting in a Chair. M ax 25-June 10 at PWTC. ANNOUNCEMENTS Portland's Gay/Lesbian Pride March w ill lx* on June 17. The Human Rights Campaign Fund has a computerized bulletin board called FJRCF NET, which features a variety of information on federal legislation, voting records, and other news of interest to the national gay and lesbian and AIDS communities. (HRCF NET, (202) 639-8735, mixlems at m inim um o f 300 BAUD, system operator, Sheryl Harris, (202) 628-4160 (voice), or HRCF 1012 14th Street NW, Suite 607, Washington, DC 20005, free, except for phone line charges .) M id-W illamette Valley Lesbians who are interested in marching together in the Portland Gay/Lesbian Pride March are being brought All Forest outings are cooperative ventures. Participants are responsible for providing their own equipment and c hoose outings appropriate tor their skill and litness level. Women only. May 5: Monthly planning mooting and |x»tluc k (255-1487.) May 6: Day hike to Dog Mountain for wild- flower viewing. (281-6051. \ May 11: Evening bike ride around Portland. May 13: I lorsethiet Butte* Roc ke limbing all levels nt experienc e welc nine. (244-9660 .) May 14: Hamilton Mountain Dayhike, nine miles round trip (228-2891.) May 20: Trail maintenance work party along the Clac kamas River Trail. Possible trip to Bagby Hot Springs afterwards. (252-9969 1 Westside Organization o f Women (W OW ) is a social group tor west-side women who identify as gay and lesbian. A seasonal newsletter announces the* group's events. ($6 subscription, 17275 SW Blanton, Aloha, OR 97007.) The Women's Herbalist Conference brings women together to teach and learn how to heal themselves and their c ommunities with herbs. (June 2 1-25, $75-$ 100 sliding si ale. registra tion, Colette Gardiner, PO Box 1510, Jackson ville, OR 975 10. or inform ation, Erika Silver, 284- 3837.) The Other Side is a gay and lesbian service organization. It hosts a party every Saturday night at the Other Side City Club. The Club is available for any gay or lesbian related event. Business meetings the second Friday of each month. (PO Box 5672, Bend, OR 9 7708 ) Tacit Agreements: Graded Lessons in Sitting in a Chair, a play by Carol Steinel opens at 26 • FRIDAY Debtor's Anonymous is a 12-step recovery program for compulsive debtors and over spenders that uses methods similar to those of Alcoholics Anonymous. (7-8:30 pm, Tuesdays. Room 5, tilth tloor, H olladav Park M edical Center, 774-8048 or 220-074 1 . 1 Central Oregon AIDS Support Team (C.O.A.S.T.), offers assistance of all kinds for people with AIDS. (388-6616.) W om enwriting: lournal W riting for Women is a newly forming workshop to help women use journals to tap intuition, share stories and empower themselves through words. See May 20. (6 pm -9 pm, 232-2655.) the Portland Women's Theater Company. This play examines the relationships between audience and performer, explains why women have been oppressed for the past five thousand years, and bears a money back guarantee. (8 pm, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through June 10, Portland Women's Theatre Company, 1728 NE 40th, 55-59 sliding scale, in advance /tickets: A Woman's Place Bookstore/, or $6-$9 at the door.) V The Portland Chapter of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) meets weekly to discuss the lack of attention, education, and research on AIDS and plan ac lions to focus on this agenda. (7-8:30 pm, Wednesdays, M etropolitan Com m unity Church iMsement, 1644, NE 24th, m ailing address, PO Box 6352, Portland, OR 97228. 227-4136.) The Gay and Lesbian Club of Portland Community College meets weekly, i \o o n ! pm, Tuesdays in the CC-Pine Room, IX C Syl- vania, and 6:30 pm, second and fourth Thurs- days. O ld W ives’ Tales, I 100 E Burns.de i After Eight is a group for education, advocacy and direct action to ensure that all people are protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation. (4-5:45 pm, th ird Sunday, 23rd and Monroe Streets, Corvallis. ) Gay Men Together, GMT i*. a soc ial, rap group open to Portland State University students, faculty and the general community. (7:30-9:30 pm, Wednesdays, Rixim 465, Neuberger H all, Portland State University, 228-6935.) May 3: Those Radical, Radical Fairies May 10: Gay and Feeling GcxxJ! May 17 : We're Your Sons and Daughters, Too. May 24: Video Evening — E.M. Forster's M aun ce May 31: Coming Out Positive — Reactions to Positive Test Results The Libertarian Party of Oregon's Con vention '89, on Ecofreedom: Cooperative Approaches for a Sustainable Environment includes speakers and panels on the* economic s, politic s land pr.igmatie s of modern lilx*rtarian approac lies to ecology. (May 20 and 2 1. Li'wis and ( lark ( 'allege, 10015 .S W let%\ illig e r Blvd , pre-registration, 7955 SW Peters ligard, OR 97224 > SDA Kinship is ,i supfxirt and fellowship group for lesbian and g.iy Seventh D.iy Adventists. (Meets m onthly, 1*0 Box 11104. H illsboro, OR 97216, 244-0286.) Friends for Gay and Lesbian Concerns holds <1 sile"» worship meeting. All are welcome. ( / 1.45 am, -ist Sunday o h u h month, 4 112 SE Stark Iupstairs/, 25 1-268 5.) Crown of Praise Ministries is a gay and lesbian c h.irismatic churc h. (St'rvii es: M orning W orship and Sunday S chixil for children and teens, 10 am, Sunday; Evening Worship, 6 pm Sundays; Evening Prayer and Praise, 7:30 pm. Wednes days, Pastor lim , 282-9106, Pastor N ita, 287-7759, and Pastor /udy, (206) 892-6861 .) Blue Earth Legends formerly Healing Crystals) (8215 SW I 1th Ave., 234-2224.) Thursdays, May 4-May 22: African Drumming with C)lx> Addy. (6: IO p m -7 :10pm, $120.) May 6 and May 12: Shamanic Drumming 1, facilitated by I'aime Schelz. (7:30pm , $20.) May 19: Advanc ed Shamanic Drumming, facilitated by I'aime Schelz. (a ll day, $15 and $5 for hot springs .) Saturdays, May 12, 20, and 27: Herb Series, facilitated by Jewel Murphy. ( noon-2 pm, fee.) Tuesdays, May Ife, 23, and 30: Herb Series, fac ilitated by |ewel Murphy. ( nrxm -2pm , fee . ) May 27: Shake, Rattle and Roll. (8 p n i $"> > May 28: Tilx*tan Bell and Meditation, Me ill tated by I'aime* Schelz. (noon-1 pm, donation i in sin u i V 17▼ Muy I9H9