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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1990)
Purim Potluck Brunch for Jewish lesbians Children welcome. Noisemakers provided for reading of the Meglllah. (11 am. 5454 SW Orchid. Vickie. 244-8537.) Nlghtscene Gay TV invites the public to be audience members during taplngs for A p ril's shows. (4:30 pm. C ity Nightclub. 13 NW 13th Ave.. 224-2489.) Música Femina, with Kristen Aspen on flute and Janna MacAuskan on guitar present a baroque, ragtime, eclectic 20th century electronic music and new-age concert. (7 pm. Café Mocha. 4108 NE Sandy B lv d . $5.) 1 2 • MONDAY Employ the Older Worker Week as proclaimed by Governor Neil Goldschmidt. (March 12-17.) OUT 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 communities of Oregon are pro vided free of charge. Send your announce ment with all pertinent Information and we will make every effort to Include it In the monthly calendar. Send your submissions to: Just Out Calendar Editor PO Box 15117 Portland. OR 97215 Announcements are subject to editing, and inclusion Is subject to space limitations and relevance. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of each month. No submissions can be accepted over the phone. Please type your announcement. 1 • THURSDAY Oregon Guild Activists of S/M (ORGASM) celebrates Its one-year anniversary. Congratulations! Rainforest Productions continues performances of means o f restra int by local playwright Michael Scott Reed. (Thursdays through Sundays through A p ril 14. Rainforest Theatre. 625 NW Everett. / 105. $ 12-$ 15 slid ing scale, reservations. 228-2661.) 3 • SATURDAY Triangle Productions holds auditions for “After the Rain,“ a play about AIDS and the people left behind. Parts are available for two men and four women. Performances will be April 20th through May 12th. (Saturday and Sunday. 3-5 pm. YWCA. 1111SW 10th. 235-1179.) 4 • SUNDAY_____ Rose Court Closet Ball, presented by the Imperial Rose Court. $50 In prizes will be given away. (7 pm. Embers/Avenue. 110 NW Broadway.) Judy Fjell and Crystal Reeve perform. (7:30 pm. Café Mocha. $6. Donna Luckett. 231-9351.) 5 • MONDAY The monthly meeting of the Imperial Rose Court with Emperor XVI Mr. BUI and Empress XXXII Velvet Monet. (7:30 pm. Embers/ Avenue. 110 NW Broadway.) 6 • TUESDAY First Tuesday Coffeehouse presents a Second Anniversary Celebration. Join Carol Steinel. M.C. and Trio Passage. Musical Poets and singer/songwrlter Mary Rose. (7:30 pm. Cafó Mocha. 4108 SE Sandy, cover charge.) v st out ▼ 18 ▼ March 1990 Nlghtscene, Gay TV presents Andy Mangles and Darryn LaGalpa from Oregon Guild Activists of S/M (ORGASM) to discuss bondage, leather and dungeon etiquette. (9:30 pm. See Groups for television Inform a tion.) 7 • WEDNESDAY ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) meets for a presentation by James Bryson of the Names Project/Portland Chapter and to discuss the possibility of an HIV/AIDS educational poster campaign. (7-8:30 pm. Metropolitan Community Church basement. Northeast 24th Avenue and Broadway. 232- 1038.) integrity, a new gay and lesbian ministry in the Anglican Communion holds an organizational meeting. Gay and lesbian Episcopalians and their friends are welcome. (7:30 pm. 5340 SE M llwaukle. *5 . Mar. 231- 2876.) 1 3 • TUESDAY Downtown Dykes meets for brunch. (11:30 am. ' Lunch Bunc h' Table. Dakota Café. 239 SW Broadway.) Nlghtscene, Gay TV presents Rainforest Theater founder Michael Scott Reed on gay theater. (9:30 pm. See Groups for television Inform ation.) 8 • THURSDAY Women with Women with Infants and Toddlers presents a Pottuck brunch for women. Pregnant women and those considering motherhood are also welcome. (10 am-noon. Kim o r Celia. 234-0038.) Second Sunday Brunch holds a brunch for all lesbians associated wtth Institutions of higher education, including faculty, students or staff. Discussion this month is about ‘ Degrees of Outness.' (11 a m -1 pm. Dakota Café. 239 SW Broadway.) St. Patrick’s Day. Three Sidhe performs Celtic music in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. (7:30-9:30 pm. Café Mocha. 4108 SE Sandy B lv d . $4-$6 slid ing scale.) Theresa Chandler presents an evening of comedy and music to celebrate her new album. Druthers. Carol Steinel opens the show wtth original, outrageous comedy and music. (8 pm. G reat Ha ll. W estm inster Presbyterian Church. 1624 N E Hancock. $6.50 In advance (tickets: A W om an’s Place Bookstore. La d d 's Editions Bookstore). $7.50 at the door.) The Imperial Rose Court presents a Pride of the Rose Scholarship fundraiser featuring Jlmmi Dee. (9 pm . Em bers/Avenue. 110 NW Broadway.) City Nightclub presents a Farewell Show for outgoing Rosebud XIII and Thom XIII. See also March 24.(11 pm. C ity Nightclub. 13 NW 13th Avenue. 224-CTTY.) The Zodiac Parties continue with half- price cover for Pisces. Party favors and birthday cake available while they last. Special guest D.J. (8 pm -2 am. Café Mocha. 4108 NE Sandy Btvd.. $2 cover ($ 1 for Pisces). 288-9950.) 1 1 • SUNDAY 1 7 • SATURDAY 1 8 • SUNDAY 9 • FRIDAY Lesbian Community Project and Right to Privacy Political Action Committee are delighted to present an evening with Barbara Boring who successfully lobbied the passage of the lesbian and gay rights bill In Massachusetts. She will discuss organizing and legislative strategy and bring everyone up to date on the referendum effort. Don't miss this opportunity to hear a success story. Everyone Is welcome. (7-9 pm . Bijou Café. 132 SW 3rd. Cathy Siem ens. 287-9370.) Womenwrtttng: Joumalwrttlng Workshops tor Women presents a three-day retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs. W riting, reading, soaking, dreaming, and sharing with journals. No previous writing experience Is necessary. Facilitated by Wendy Judith Cutler. (Friday through Sunday. Breitenbush Hot Springs, fo r Inform ation, ca ll 232-2655. to preregister, ca ll 854-3314.) A new group for gay men molested as children sponsored by Phoenix Rising begins a 12-week session. The group focusses on overcoming childhood trauma that Impacts adult health and relationships. (Phoenix Rising. 223-8299.) KBOO 90.7 FM broadcasts a full day of programming in honor of International Women’s Day. Some of the topics addressed Include Women In Nicaragua. Racism and Women. Women and AIDS. Battered Women. Homophobia In the Lesbian Community and an Interview with Dr. Helen Caldcott. (KBOO 90.7 FM. m idnight through m idnight.) 1 0 • SATURDAY Columbia Theater Company presents Come Back Uttte Sheba by gay playwright William Inge. The play explores the lives of two people forced to marry out of necessity and now living together out of habit. Sponsored in part by the Metropolitan Arts Commission. (Thursdays through Saturdays. 8 pm. through A p ril 14. also 2 pm . Sunday. A p ril 1 and 8. Columbia Theater Company. 2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd.. $8-$10.232-7005.) 2 0 • TUESDAY Teresa Chandler and Carol Steinel, March 17 at 8 pm . A new Lesbian Therapy group sponsored by Phoenix Rising begins work utilizing gestalv. transacTlonal analysis and creativity therapy. (Phoenix Rising. 223-8299.) 1 5 • THURSDAY Radical Women presents a report from the militant fem inist conference in Santa Monica last month. Topics Include multi racial leadership, rights of working women, uprooting racism, abortion and lesbian and gay rights. Wheelchair accessible. (6:30 pm. Multnomah County Ubrary. 801 SW 10th Ave.. 249-8067.) 1 6 • FRIDAY Mary Rose sings a concert of women’s songs to raise funds for the Kids' Art School ot the Urban Art Retreat. (Refreshm ents. 6-7 pm : concert. 7-9 pm. Urban A rt Retreat. 1833 NE 2nd Ave.. 281-5386.) Soberfaire '90 presents a fundraising sober St. Patrick's Day Dance. (8 pm. Café Mocha. 4108 NE Sandy Blvd.. $4-$6 slid ing scale.) Nlghtscene, Gay TV presents the problems of gay teenagers with Jeff Hood and Bethany Numbers. (9:30 pm. See Groups for television inform ation.) 2 1 • WEDNESDAY ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) presents Chris Johnson of the Multnomah County Heath Education for a discussion of HIV outreach to IV drug users. There is also planning for the International AIDS Confer ence to be held in Sdn Francisco in June. (7- 8:30 pm. M etropolitan Com m unity Church basement. Northeast 24th Avenue and Broadway. 232-1038.) 2 4 • SATURDAY The Oregon Puppet Theatre and Columbia Theater Company presents a puppetshow version of every gay man and lesbian's favorite childhood story, The Ugly Duckling, by gay storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. (11 am a nd 2 pm. Saturday and 2 pm Sunday. Colum bia Theater Company. 2021 SE Hawthorne. $3.50. 232-7005.) City Nightclub presents the Rosebud and Thom Pageant and Coronation, one of the biggest events of the year for Portland area gay and lesbian youth. Now in Its fourteenth year, the Rosebud Court serves gay and lesbian people under 21 years old. Seven