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.)_____________________________________
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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.)