ju st entertainm ent
Increasing
lesbian visibility
he sixth annual Lesbian Art Movement
Show will be held in Portland at the Liz
Long Gallery at 1833 NE Second. The
opening reception will be held on June 15
from 6 to 9 pm. There will be food and
entertainment. The event associated with this
year’s show will take place on July 20 from 7
to 9 pm. Slides of art by some of the women
who have shown in the various Communities
of Women Art Shows (including Lesbian Art
Movement Show) will be viewed and
discussed. The talk will include information
about the herstory and progression of the
Annual Lesbian Art Movement Show and the
C.O.W.A.S. series. Women are welcome to
bring slides of their art for the open time set
aside for this purpose. The show ends July 28
at 5 pm. Viewers may see the Lesbian Art
Movement Show on Wednesdays from 5 to 8
pm and on Saturdays 1 to 5 pm and by
appointment. Call 281-5386 to make
arrangements.
For six years the Lesbian Art Movement
Show has been an opportunity for lesbian
artists to show as a group and for viewers to
see lesbians as artists and artists as lesbians.
Lesbian art is emerging and a different view
of things is apparent. Although most of the
annual shows have included art which did not
necessarily have a lesbian theme, or even
woman-oriented content in particular,most of
the art in each of the six shows has been
specifically lesbian or woman-oriented.
This year’s show will include a variety of
lesbian artists from the east and west coast.
Artists will provide expression on the
following themes: lesbian love, the state of
the forests, being a survivor of rape and
incest, animals and earth all being part of the
same thing, creative women who have made
lesbianism the text of their work, truth,
coming out, grief work, nuclear world,
women’s work, and more. Pastels, paintings,
sculpture, prints, collage, photographs, and
more are included in the show.
Through art, an individual or group can
reflect a culture, expose public opinion,
increase visibility or issues. Some of the
artists who have shown their art through the
annual Lesbian Art Movement Show strive to
make a statement; all express the lesbian
culture through visual (and sometimes
performing) arts. Lesbian artists are
documenting our lives, exposing the myths
about lesbians, and showing a wide range of
issues that lesbians are concerned about.
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Pulse & impulse
regon Dance Consort will present the
third annual festival of modem dance
choreography at the Intermediate Theatre
the Portland Center for the Performing Arts,
June 8 -1 0 . This festival is named Pulse &
Impulse, and consists of two entirely different
programs.
Ten local choreographers will be
showcased in the two contemporary programs.
Robin Lane’s Do Jump! Theatre will present a
collage of images from the best of the
company, called Finally. As always, Robin’s
program will be a blend of dance, acrobatics,
aerial work, original music, and her own
unique brand of humor. Joe Morales will
perform his new solo. Novena, which is
inspired by childhood images from his
Catholic family. Morales will also perform
with Minh Tran in Tran’s entry called To Go
Beyond.
Minh Tran will draw from an event that
occurred during his 1980 escape from
Vietnam in a 25-foot boat with 56 other
O
people. Choreographer Keith Goodman will
use music composed and performed by
Ghanian drummer Israel Annoh. Goodman
and dance Ned Malouf will present excerpts
from a new work called Andro/Gyne.
Other choreographers are Judith Catterall
(performing a piece named Voices o f
Change), Joan Findlay (Mother), Sue Brantley
(Letter to Kath), Amy Bennet Gaehler
(unnamed at deadline), Carolyn Altman
(Scenic Route), and Judy Patton who will
perform new piece based on readings from the
work of Bruce Chatwain.
The first program will include Altman,
Catterall, Findlay, Goodman and Tran. The
second program will present the works of
Brantley, Gaehler, Lane, Morales, and Patton.
Both programs offer a variety of imagery.
See Calendar for details regarding tickets and
performance times.
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Homo-genized: a
gay and lesbian
performance
festival
Circa NOW presents three wonderful
evenings out, featuring works by Oregon’s top
gay and lesbian performers.
Homo-genized, Portland’s first gay and
lesbian performance festival features theatre
pieces by Tim Stapleton (will perform Robert
Patrick’s one-act “Pouf Positive,” a comedy-
drama monologue about a person with AIDS),
Carol Steinel, Sally Sheklow (will sing the
outrageous ditty, “SAFE SEX,” an excerpt
from her musical comedy “The Sound of
Lesbians), Sarazon James, Chris Tanner, Ann
Hinds, Howie Baggadonutz (performing a gay
comic monologue of questionable taste about
issues that are both topical and trivial) and
Robin Lane. Musician Barbara Bernstein will
perform her original compositions and Know
Water will combine their rich vocal harmonies
in repertory with singer-pianist B.J.
Castleman.
The improv. comedy troupe,
of
Acting Out will open the show with some
"off-the-top-of-their-heads” antics.
Homo-genized will be performed in
conjunction with Lesbian and Gay Pride
"Weekend in Portland. Showtimes arc Friday
and Saturday, June 15 and 16 at 8 pm, and
Sunday, June 17 at 7 pm, at Echo Theatre,
1515 SE 37th Avenue (off Hawthorne) in
Portland. Advance tickets (subject to service
charge) are $8.50 at Music Millennium and
Artichoke Music, $10 at the door. Echo
Theatre is wheelchair accessible. At press
time, interpreting for the hearing impaired
was still being scheduled. Call Echo at 231 -
1232 for updated information.
Please note: This production has not
received a plug nickel from the National
Endowment for the Arts and proudly features
homosexual themes that clearly exhibit
socially redeeming values.
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