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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1992)
Just o u t ▼ a u g u st 1 M 2 ▼ 21 august ; 0 ': SUNDAY A fter two years o f working on a new album, Thu Roches return to the stage. The three singing sisters bring their multidimensional musical parody to Portland. (a pm Roseland Theater, 8NW6thAve.. 515A (8pm, i Î S/advance. $17/t 7/door, FASTÌXX, 224-8499.) * In honor of W om en's Rights Day. Radical Women will host an afternoon of skits, poetry, sing-alongs and speakers. (1:30pm, Musicians Union Hall. 325NE20th Ave., $3/door, $7/buffetatnoon, childcare available, 289-7082.) TUESDAY The First Tuesday Coffeehouse features Susan Martin, Diana Corrsyn and Lucy Deekenson from Se attle. (7:30 pm, Bijou Café, 132 SW 3rd Ave., $2. 233- 2047.) MONDAY 15 The Oregon Shakespeare Festival presents the fifth annual Daedalus Project, a dusk-to-dawn affair which includes the all-day Green Show, a display o f quilt panels from the NAMES Project, music, dance and dramatic readings. (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, PO Box 158, Ashland. OR. 97520, $15. 488. 4331.) Sign on to fight 9. Join No on H a te /P A C at their bimonthly community meetings. New members wel come. (6:30 pm. Room 298, Smith Memorial Center, Portland State University, 222-9885.) Country-Western singer Dee Dee Kay performs every Monday and Wednesday night at Embers. Singing since age 8, this 21 -year-old native Oregonian has competed in several talent competitions. (9:30 pm-midnight. The Embers, 11ONWBroadwayAve., 775-8767.) From Harassm ent to Hom ocidei B ias-M oti vated V io len ce will be the subject o f a rally co sponsored by No on Hate and the Lesbian Community Project. Featured speakers will be Kevin Berrill of the Policy Institute for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Donna Red Wing. (5:45 pm-7 pm, Teny Schrunk Plaza, Southwest 3rd Avenue and Madison Street. 222-9885 o r 223-0071.) // ’ FRIDAY A rtist Repertory Theatre's production of Lust and P ity opens tonight. If you missed the Portland Women’s Theatre production last season, here's your chance to see this sly social comedy about four women in love. See listings under Theater: Artist Repertory Theatre tor details. (8pm, 1111 S W 10th Ave.. $12. 242-9043.) BJ Castlam an sings, plays piano and makes gopd- time music at It's My Pleasure. See listings under Social: It's M y Pleasure fora complete listing of activities at the store. (5-7pm. 4526SEHawthorne Blvd., 236-0505.) □ Ride the roller coaster and catch the indigo Girls at Oaks Amusement Park, Aug. 21. Editor Anita Pace and local contributors tell it like it hurts— W rite from the Heartt Lesbian* Healing from Heartache, an anthology of stories, poems and letters that anyone who has ever loved and lost can relate to. (7pm, Sun 's Cafe, 1001 SW 10th Ave., 241- 7726.) THURSDAY The Native Am erican Experience on Film opens tonight at the Northwest Film Center. Featuring film makers from the Hopi, Crow, Kiowa/Otoe-Missouria, Metis and Yaqui/Huichoi tribes, this series examines both historical and contemporary concerns of these tribes. (Through Sunday, Aug. 16. 7:30pm, Northwest Film Center. 1219 SWPark Ave. .221-1156.) SATURDAY Desert Moon Productions presents a Womyn'a Coun try T w o -S tep D ance tonight in Eugene. Patient teachers will provide lessons until 8:30 pm. (7-11 pm. Condon School, 18th and Agate St., $4, 746-4106.) Radical Women have re-rescheduled the Holiday Bazaar. First postponed due to the group's demon strating against Nazis, now due to a million dollar strate gic lawsuit against political participation (SLAPP) suit against the group by an OCA member, the rummage sale will be held today. (Saturday, 10am; Sunday, noon. 7038 N Fairport Place, 289-7082.) SUNDAY The Baa stia Boys rock the crowd at a special matinée show in Salem. (5pm, Salem Armory. 232017thSt. NE. $15.378-6923.) TUESDAY Laabian music gave voice and rhythm to the lesbian movement in the early 70s. Tonight's segment o f Bread and Roses asks if lesbians have abandoned their roots by cashing in on the straight scene and doing genderless songs. Where have all the "L" words gone? Turn on your radio for a program on the evolution and revolution of lesbian music. (9-10 pm, KBOO. 90.7 FM. Bread and Roses.? — •*. (27 E E Shopping bags from around the world and Shopping Bag A rt will be on display at a benefit for the Cascade AIDS Project. Hors d'oeuvre6 and refreshments will be available. (6-1 Opm, Montgomery Park, 2701 NWVaughn Ave., $3. Carol Risley, 223-6819.) The United States destroyed Hiroshima. Japan, with the first military use of the atomic bomb on this date in 1945. Today. Hiroshima remembers the horror with a Peace Ceremony. The fourth annual M r. and Ms. N LA Portland Contest wraps up Oregon Leather Pride Week with a special appearance by International Mr. Leather, Lenny Broberg. (8pm, Darcelle XV. $5, 735-0429.) M aureen Kelly and Nan Collie perform in concert at the Metropolitan Community Church. (8 pm, 1644NE 24th Ave., $6-$8. wheelchair accessible.) The City Nightclub presents the sixth annual Ms. Leather and Ms. Lace Pageant in an evening that spotlights the talents of lesbian teenagers. See Out About Town: Music: City Nightclub for a list of the weekly events. (10 pm, 13 N W 13th Ave., $6, 224- CITY.) Twenty softball teams from four Western states will participate in the Lesbian Community Project's seventh annual Tournam ent o f Choice. (Through Sunday. Aug. 16. Westmoreland Park, 281-7340o r223-0071 ) The National Leather Association-Portland Chapter is among the three organizations that will be sponsoring events during Leather P ride W eek ‘9 2 now through Aug. 23. Knights of Malta sponsor the Oregon State Leatherman and Leatherwoman contest, which opens the week tonight at Darcelle XV, 208 NW 3rd Ave. (Further information is available from any Knights o f Malta member.) L ee bian and G ay P rid e wants your feedback on LGP *92 at an open community meeting. Plans are already underway for a two-day event next year. (7pm, 223-1656for location.) This week's episode of NightScene. Portland's gay cable program. i6 a special presentation of a speech by Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton about civil nghtsforgaymen and lesbians. (1 1:30pm, Channel 11 [Multnomah and Washington Cos.], Channel 2 [Clackamas Co.l, Channel9 [YamhillCo.]. andChannel 49 [Clark Co.]. 224-NITE.) 119 E E S Sign on to fight 9. Join N o on H a to /P A C at their bimonthly community meetings. New members wel come. (6:30 pm. Room 298, Smith Memonal Center, Portland State University. 222-9885.) The Portland chapter of Healing Global Wounds holds an organizational meeting for the October Nevada Action. The action is in support of a U.S. nuclear-testing moratorium and indigenous peoples’ rights. (7:30 pm, Liberty Tree Coffeehouse. 344 NE 28th Ave.. 229- 3969.) A representative from the Human Rights Com m is sion will be giving a talk on Portland's anti-discrimina tion ordinance and how it relates to lesbians and gay men. (7pm, 232-6408.) The Indigo GiHs are widely acclaimed for their raw acoustic honesty, pure harmonies and emotional lyrics of tonight. They celebrate the release of Rites o f Passage, their most energetic, textured and diverse album yet with a concert, live on the lawn. (7 pm. Oaks Amusement Park, foot o f Southeast Spokane Street, $19.50, ride package information. 233-5777.) The National Leather Association presents the second annual L a a th s r/S M V end ors' Fair. Don't miss the grab-bag bondage contest at 4 pm. (2-5 pm. City Nightclub. 13NW 13th Ave., $1. 284-1499.) Nirvana, grunge rock band from Seattle, will perform a benefit concert for N o on Nino. (2:30pm, Portland M eadows. 1001 N S chm eer Road, $16.50, Ticketmaster, 224-4400. Monquie Presents hotline, 321S191J Woman Workermi S parkplug• o f Labor, a video on how "working women, especially working women o f c o lo r... get the wheels rolling toward freedom, equality and the good things in life" is shown tonight. (6:30pm, 1100SW6thAve., Third floor, conference room A. $ 4 / supper. 289- 7082.) The Lesbian Community Project presents Lasbian S aif Dafansa, an all-day class that will teach lesbians the skills and strategies needed to protect themselves. (9am-5pm, $5-15, limited enrollment. 223-0071.) Portland performance artist Zoa Sm ith presents an evening of word/sound performance known as elec tronic talkapella. This is a show for those interested in controversial social issues and comprehensible avant garde. (9 pm. Cafe Lena, 2239 SE Hawthorne Blvd., free. 238-7087.) ETD Judith Hyda. a Portland letter earner, begins her yaar-long journay on foot to call nationwide atten tion to AIDS. She'll arrive in Washington. D.C., on June 10,1993, her 50th birthday. You can sponsor Judith by the mile. Funds will be distributed to AIDS education and research agencies by a national AIDS organization. (Judith's Journey, PO Box 86143. Portland. OR 97286, 233-6299.) M u lticu ltu ral C alab ratio n and C om m unity Raaourcaa Fair, a gala event produced by the Com munity Association. features entertainment, food, com munity resources, children’s activities and opportuni ties to network. (1-7pm. Sabin School. 4013N E 18th Av0) September Shanti in Oregon and the W illam otta A ID S Council are holding a one-day training and meeting for all interested HIV/AIDS activists, service providers, and supporters. The focus will be to prepare for legisla tive work at the state and federal level. [Location was not firm as we went to press.] (9 am-4:30 pm, Eugene, 342-5088.) The Pride of Portland Athletic Association hosts 8p o rtfa a t '92. a lesbian and gay sports festival. (Registrationinformation. 243-1366.) - *
