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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1990)
bia Theater Company, 2021 SE Hawthorne. $8 in advance (tickets: A Woman's Place and Artichoke Music). $10 at the door.) 1 3 • SATURDAY Oregon State University's Gay and Lesbian Association invites everyone to a night of dancing, hot music and socializing at "Disco is Dead: the Wake.” (8:30 pm- m idnight. 101 NW 23rd Street. Corvallis. $3 at the door. 757-1980.) 14 • SUNDAY Women with Women and Infants or Toddlers monthly potluck brunch. (10 am- noon. 3026 SE Clinton St., Carmella. 234- 9497.) O UT ABOUT TOWN is provided as a free community service by Just Out. Listings of events, announcements and groups which are specifically relevant to the gay and lesbian com m unities of Oregon are provided free of charge. Send your announcement with all pertinent inform a tion and we w ill make every effort to include it in the monthly calendar. An nouncem ents must have a contact name and number, though we w ill keep them confidential upon request. Send your subm issions to: Just Out Calendar Editor PO Box 15117 Portland. OR 97215 Announcem ents are subject to editing, and inclusion is subject to space lim itations and relevance. Deadline for subm issions is the 15th of each month. No subm issions can be accepted over the phone. 1 »MONDAY Potluck Brunch for single women and their children and women open to relation ships with mothers. (Noon. 265 SE 33rd Ave., Maureen. 231-7383.) 2 • TUESDAY First Tuesday Coffeehouse presents Maria O rtizi, ’Shinin' Shannon,' BevStandish and Barb Galloway. The ever-bvable Carol Steinel presides as M.C. (7:30pm . Café Mocha. 4108N E Sandy Blvd., $2 donation.) 3 • WEDNESDAY Wom enWriting: Journal W riting for Women presents a free introductory workshop. Facilitated by Wendy Judith Cutler. The normal eight-week workshop w ill begin January 10. (7:30 pm. Laughing Horse Books. 1322 NW 23rd Ave. 227-5440.) 5 * FRIDAY________ Carol Steinel presents her comedy and music free of charge at a promotional videotaping at Café Mocha. Maria W ebster opens the show. Normal cover charge still applies. (7:30 pm. Café Mocha. 4108 NE Sandy Blvd.. $2 cover charge.) 6 • SATURDAY Recycle your Christm as tree to benefit the Columbia W illamette Greens and the House of Umoja. Pick-up available. Re peated January 13. (9am -5 pm. St. Andrews Church. 806 NE Alberta. $1. or pick-up available for $3.236-8948 o r236- 5356.) Capricorns get in for half price at the January Zodiac Party. Get the party favors and birthday cake while they last. (7 pm. Café Mocha. 4108 NE Sandy Blvd.. $2.288- 1 9950.)_____________________________________ just outW 18 T January 1990 8 • MONDAY Yoga for gay men is a ten week course taught by Greg Smroots. This series builds strength, balance, fle xib ility and endurance through stretching and body w eight resistance. It also focuses on creating a setting in which gay men can explore personal fitness regardless of their current physical condition or past experience. Also see January 9. (5:30-7pm , M ondays through March 19. Common Ground, 2926 NE Everett. $40 fo r ten sessions, to register c a ll283-5984.) The W estern Oregon State College counseling center is sponsoring an HIV positive support group w hich is facilitated by a specially trained counselor. The meeting is open to the com m unity as well as students. (C all 838-8396 fo r location.) 9 • TUESDAY Downtown Dykes m eets for lunch. Note that the group now m eets on the second Tuesday of each month. (11:30 a m -1 pm, ’Lunch Bunch' Table, Dakota Café, 239 SW Broadway.) Yoga fo r gay men is a ten week course taught by Greg Smoots. (5:30-7 pm. Tuesdays through March 20. Room 217. MLC Community School, Northw est 2 1st Avenue and Glisan Street, $40 fo r ten sessions, to register c a ll283-5984.) 1 1 • THURSDAY The Colum bia W illam ette G reens present an orientation to teach about their grass roots social justice and environm ental movement. Repeated January 25. (7:30 pm. M eeting Room A, M ultnom ah County Public Library. Southw est 10th Avenue and Yam hill Street. 284-8870.) Vana O 'Brien directs Robin C hilstro m 's The Journey Home, the story of lo ss and recovery o f the self. (8 pm, Thursdays through Saturdays through January 2 0 .2 pm. January 14, Echo Theatre. 1515 SE 37th. $9 in advance (tickets: Artichoke M usic, A W om an's Place Bookstore), $10 a t the door. 231-1232.) Breathing tor Strength W orkshops by Carolyn Jordan lead you to the experience of body balance through breathing, feeling, stretching and moving. C lass lim ited to 13 women. Repeated January 18,25. (6- 8 pm. Heart'sEase Building. Common Ground. 2926 NE Flanders St., $12 donation per class. Carolyn Jordan, 230-1915.) Girl Friday, the w ild and uncensored comedy troupe featuring Kelly Edwards, Lea DeLaria and Richard W einstock is back with a new show. ’We re Funny that W ay." This celebration of gay and lesbian life is the community 's answer to Saturday Night Live. (8 pm. Thursday through Saturday. Colum Come to a social and networking brunch for lesbian college faculty, staff and scholars. A member w ill share her latest research on Hindu goddesses and wom en's religious roles. (11 a m -1 pm. Banquet Room. Dakota Café. 239 SW Broadway.) NightScene, a gay oriented cable- access video program invites Portland's gay community to attend its monthly taping. The program 's late-night talk show form at, with interviews, entertainment and an audience participation segment includes a video dating game. Five half- hour shows w ill be taped. Please do not arrive late. See also Announcements. (4:30- 8:30 pm. C ity Nightclub, 13NW 13th Ave., 224-2489.) Música Fomina, Kristen Aspen on flute and Janna MacAuslan on guitar perform music from baroque to new age. Música Femina introduces the audience to little known women musicians throughout history. (7 pm . Café Mocha, 4108 N E Sandy Blvd., $5.) 19 * FRIDAY Liz Long Gallery and the Portland Lesbian Hotel, previously the Lesbian Boarding House, present a Raku Party with food, music, ceramics and fun! Open to the public. (6-9 pm. Urban A rt Retreat. 1833 NE 2nd.) 20 • SATURDAY B.J. Castleman and Maria O rtizi present Italian-Jews Blues for Youz. Hot music for hot women. (7:30-9:30 pm. Café Mocha, 4108 NE Sandy Blvd.. $5.) 21 • SUNDAY An open community meeting for gay men and lesbians w ill attem pt to determine the level of interest in applying again to have a lesbian/gay float in the Rose Festival Starlight Parade. See also Just Briefs. (4 pm. Café Mocha. 4108 N E Sandy Blvd.; m ailing address: LCP. PO Box 5931. Portland, OR 97228.) Sisters of the Road Café presents a fund raising concert. Singing for our Lives. Local musicians and a raffle w ill entertain the audience. (7 pm. Northw est Service Center. 1819 NW Everett. $5 o r $10.) In Her Image: A G allery of W om en's Art presents a program of dream readings, slides, improvisado nal music and touch drawing by Deborah Koff Chapin and Marcia Luck. Afterwards there is a reception and signing of their new book. A t the Pool o f Wonder. (7:30 pm . In Her Image Gallery. 3208 SE Hawthorne. $5 donation. 231-3726.) A video presentation called “A More Perfect Democracy” is sponsored by the Portland Chapter of the New Alliance Party. The show documents the history of inde pendent political movements in the United States. (7 pm, Club 927. 927 SE Morrison, 245-8276.) 1 7 • WEDNESDAY At ACT UP/Portland's general meeting, Kathy O liver of Outside In discusses her organization's needle distribution program and safer-sex outreach to teenage prostitutes. New member orientation for ACT UP follow s the talk. (7-8:30 pm. Metropolitan Comm unity Church basement. Northeast 24th Avenue and Broadway. 288-7853.) 1 8 • THURSDAY Radical Women presents a discussion on women and children as casualties o f the war on drugs. Wheelchair accessible. (6:30 pm. Room A, Multnomah County Library, 801 SW 10th Ave.. free. 249-8067.) A W om an's Place Bookstore presents anim al rights activist and author Theresa Corrigan who w ill lecture on animal rights and feminism. She is the co-editor of the recent book With a F ly 's Eye. Whales Wit and W om an's Heart: Anim als and Women. A donation may be asked to help cover the le c ture r's travelling expenses. (7:30 pm. A W om an's Place Bookstore. 1431 NE Broad way, 284-1110.) Storefront Theatre presents a revival of its spectacularly successful Angry Housewives to benefit Burnside Projects social services agency. The Gala Opening and Last Night Bash tickets include after-show receptions. All tickets include a tax-deductible five dollar contribution to Burnside Projects. (8 pm Wednesdays through Fridays. 5pm and 9 pm Saturdays, and 7 pm Sundays through February 11. Storefront Theatre. Southwest 3rd Avenue and Burnside. $ 150 for tonight's G ala Opening and $50 fo r the *Last Night Ba sh ", regular tickets are $20. for reserva tions, c a ll224-4001.) Música Femina performs at Café Mocha. Sunday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. 23 • TUESDAY Oregon Women’s AIDS Network holds its monthly meeting and potluck. (6-8 pm. 2116 NE 18th.) 2 6 • FRIDAY The Oregon Health Services Commission holds a public hearing to discuss health care policy in the years to come. (4-8 pm. Providence Hospital. 4805 N E Glisan St., 239- 7611.) Do Jump Movement Theatre presents its newest work, Out of Context. The first portion features original music by David York and the Concord Choir and Kate and John Hubbard on violin and cello. It is followed by pieces by David Lichtenstein, the Poptarts and Boka Marimba. All music is live on opening night and a reception and dance with Boka Marimba follows. (7:45 pm. Fridays through Sundays through February 10,2 pm February 11. no show January 28. Echo Theatre. 1515 SE 37th A ve.. $ 15 opening night, other shows $9 in advance (tickets: Artichoke Music. M usic Millennium and A W om an's Place Bookstore). $ 10 at the door, for reservations. 231-1232.)
