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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1994)
just out ▼ October The video G a y U v a » a n d C u lt u r a l W a r» prem ieres at the C linton S treet Theatre on O ct. 24. Katherine Chase of the San Francisco band Spanking Violets performs an informal solo gig. (7:30 pm. Rexall Rose. 2403 NE Alberta, free. 282-9781.) 21. 1094 ▼ 10 skills. Instructor. Jenny Leavell (7:30 pm. 4231 SE Hawthorne Blvd .$105.23 1-1 999 ) Queer Night takes over La Luna fo r a Hallow een bash honoring obscenities and free expression With DJ Mestizo. DJ M ike Stevens, DJ Mark Farina from San Francisco, and host Ernest Truely. A $150 award for most obscene costum e Profits to benefit No Censorship, the No on 19 campaign. (9pm doors. 215 SE Ninth. $6 door, 241-LUNA ) yy’-X SATURDAY Come to a Halloween Costume Extravaganza with a costume con test. prizes, games, dance music, nonalcoholic beverages, and good clean fun. A benefit for SoberFaire. a gay and lesbian recovery organiza tion. (8pm. St. Michael Church. 1704 The Portland Central America Solidarity Com mittee holds its annual Worfc-a-Thon to benefit grass roots projects in El Salvador and Nicaragua. Volunteers will help out with one of three local community projects. (Meet at 8:45 am. Koinonia House, 633 SW Montgom ery St.. 236-7916 .) NE 43rd Ave.. $5 suggested dona tion.) The No on 13 Beater Ball and Rally includes a display of beater cars, creation of a “ No on 13" art car, a showing of the video Wild Wheels, and the Beater Ball. Queer Comedy Night with Mark Davis and Lisa Koch. Davis has performed on both Out There spe cials-. Koch is one-half of Dos Fallopia. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Rural Organizing Project. (8 pm. (3 pm-?. East Avenue Tavern, 727 E Burnside St., contact Maria Callahan 281-7412 or Devon James 775-7807.) Singer-songwriter Ann Reed performs at Agate Hall's Cate Auditorium in Eugene. Wheelchair accessible. (8 pm, 19th Ave. and Agate St.. $9 advance ltickets ; Clinton Street Theatre, 2522 SE Clinton St.. $12 advance [tickets: Fastixx 224-8499. It's My Pleasure. Music Millennium. Jellybean]; $14 door.) Mother Kali's Books, Balladeer Music1; $11 door. 503-344-2460) Standard Deviation Band with Barb Galloway performs at BridgePort Brew Pub. Country and blues. No smoking. No cover, tips appreciated. (8-10 pm. 1313 NW Marshall St.) groups, and embracing the benefits of a diverse society. Offered monthly through 1995. (6:30-8 45 pm. Cleve 1 SATURDAY land High School, 3400 SE 26th Ave.. free. 823-5136 voice/TDD.) M a r y S h e lle y , M a r y S h e lle y combines two one- woman shows about the author of Frankenstein — S h a d o w » 'R o u n d th e M oon, with Nancy Wilson, and D ir ty L au n d ry, with Ritah Parrish. Through Oct. 29. (10:30 pm Friday and Saturday, Oct 7-22; 9 pm Friday and Saturday. O ct28-29. Stark Raving Theatre. 4319SE Hawthorne Blvd., $5, call for reservations: 232-7072.) Tha Northwest Film Center presents A fric a , I W ill F la a c a You. a personal, militant essay that traces 100 years of Cameroon's history under colonial rule. (7 pm. 1219 SW Park Ave.. $5.50 general; $4.50 seniors and members, 221-1156.) SWRaab Rd.. free. 297-6100.) Women's Salon Group meets fortea and discussion on stimulating and varied topics. Everyone is welcome. (3-5 pm. 224-0537.) Maine singer-songwriter Cindy Kallet makes a rare Northwest appearance at the Clinton Street Theatre. (7 pm. 2522 SE Clinton St.. $7 advance ltickets: It's My Pleasure, Artichoke Musici; $9 door, 235-6210.) No on 13/People of Color breakfast meetings are held every two weeks to facilitate dialogue between the campaign and people of color. Hear updates on the No on 13 campaign and the People of Color Voter Contact Project. Your ideas and concerns are welcome. Hosted by Cliff Jones. Floreid Walker and Scot Nakagawa Continental breakfast served. ( 8-9 am; also 8-9 am Wednesday, Nov. 2, conference room A, third floor. 500 NE Multnomah St., free. 222-6151.) |27 C EE Taking tha Load: Paopls of Color in Nonprofits is a conference and cultural event for people of color involved in nonprofit organizations. The conference will examine crucial issues faced by this group. (8.30 am-6 NAMES Project Oregon Chapter holds a mem bers meeting at Portland State University. (7 pm, Smith pm, Portland Conference Center. 300 NE Multnomah St., $35-$75 sliding scale. 232-5338.) Memorial Center. Cascade Room 236. 335-8395.) Portland premiere of the new video G a y Live» a n d C u ltu ra l W ar» by Barbara Bernstein and Elaine Velasques. The video features lesbians and gay men of different ages, professions, ethnic and social backgrounds sharing their stories and articulating their commitment to fighting the distorted images promoted by the radical right. Wheelchair accessible. (7 pm. Clinton Street The atre. 2522SEClinton St.. $5-$10sliding scale. 235-2623.) Queer Night at La Luna features soul spinning by DJ Rupert Kinnard. (9 pm doors, 215 SE Ninth Ave.. $3 or more sliding scale. 241-LUNA.) TUESDAY First Tuesday Coffeehouse for Women fea tures Nan Collie and Kathleen Fallon o f Motherlode. Also Terri Grayum and Marie Bellavia. Carol Steinel hosts. ASL interpreted. (7:30pm. Bijou Cafe. 132SW Third. $3 door. 233-2047.) Tim McFeeley, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, speaks in Bend as part of Beyond the C loset's Illuminating Intolerance series (7:30 pm. Central Oregon Environmental Center, 16 N W Kansas St., free.) THURSDAY The Northwest Film Center presents S a n g o M a lo , an entertaining but pointed portrait of everyday life in a small Cameroon village. The film explores the complex social dynamic underlying economic and politi cal change in many African countries. (7 pm, 1219SW Park Ave., $5 50 general; $4.50 seniors and members. 221-1156) FRIDAY B lvd . free, contact Myndi 228-5976.) WEDNESDAY The African Children's Choir appears in concert at the Portland First Church of the Nazarene. (10 am. 6100 The Oregon Sexual M inority Youth Network and Awak enings present an annual Halloween Party and Bowl-a-Rama! Party begins at Harry's M other with pizza, pop and games Then carpool to the bowling alley for a couple o f games, and back to Hairy's M other for a costume contest. (7:30 pm. 3942 SE Hawthorne november Galloway and Luckatt perform jazz, blues, country and original music at the Stratford House Coffee Parlor. No smoking; no cover. (8-10 pm. 207 E Main St., Hillsboro.) Coda Blua Halloween Party to benefit No on 13. Prizes totaling $500 available for best costumes and door prizes! Free hors d'oeuvres. Come as you are, or dress as you dare! (9 pm-2.30 am. V F W Club. 8138 SE Stark St.. $7 advance [tickets: It's My Pleasure!; $10 door. 282-6979.) Positiva Presence, a spiritual discussion and pot- luck group for gay men. lesbians and bisexuals, hosts a fund-raiser. (860-2798.) SUNDAY The Lesbians of Color Potluck Group of the Lesbian Community Project holds its monthly potluck. Meet with sisters for fun and food! (2-6 pm. contact Angela 284-3425.) Cascada AIDS Projact sponsors a Man Talk manting axclusivaly for African American gay and bisaxual man These are one-time meetings to discuss issues of safer sex. HIV testing, and ways to build community. It is also an opportunity to share losses, concerns and joys with peers. (7 pm. free. 223-5907.) The Oregon Sexual M inority Youth Network is offering a self defense class in response to the rise in hate crimes against lesbians and gay men. (12-5 pm, 3942 Adinner, speakers, and a screening of the video Shasta Woman are offered at a banafit for tha Norma Jaan Cray Dafansa Committaa The committee is working to free Cray, who is a political prisoner serving a life sentence since 1978. She and her brother Hooty were involved in an altercation in which a sheriff's officer was killed C ray's brother received the death penalty, but was later acquitted on grounds of self- defense. Benefit sponsored by Tateyah Topa, Sacred Earth Coalition. PSU W om en's Studies Department. andK B O O 90 7FM (6 pm dinner; 8 pm video. 2 1 16NE 18th Ave.. $6-$20 sliding scale. 284-3837.) i 5 SATURDAY A presentation for anyone who is HIV posi tive or connected with someone who is HIV positive is offered by the Northwest Dharma Center The presen tation will address a Buddhist view of the nature of suffering and ways to work with that suffering; the nature of mind and how to work with it; meditation from the Buddhist perspective; and the use of mantra and visualization as supports to healing. Led by Eric Marcoux. (10 am noon and 1:30-3:30 pm. Southeast 25th Av enue and Madison Street, please park at least 2 blocks away. free. 236-5903 ) SE Hawthorne B lvd . free. 228-5976 ) Tha Northwest Film Canter presents In a n d O u t o f A fr ic a Filmmakers llisa Barbasha and Lucien Taylor explore the intrigues and ironies of the transnational trade in African art. Shown with the short M olina. ( 7pm. A rt/O n tha Edge presents U a k ti. an ensemble of four classically trained musicians from Belo Horizonte. Brazil, who compose and perform experimental music on instruments they make themselves from nontradi- tional materials. (8 pm, Berg Swann Auditorium. Port 1219 S WPark A v e . $5.50 general; $4.50 members and seniors. 221-1156.) land Art Museum. 1219 SW Park Ave., $13 general: $10 members, students, working artists. 226-2811.) TUESDAY FRIDAY MONDAY Dynamic Differences is a volunteer community- based diversity training program. Workshops are pre sented by a biracial team and stress the importance of building allies, networking with community members and Country western lessons and dancing with Cindy. Leam “ Neon Cowboy " (7.30 pm lesson . 8:30-10 pm Strike Backl Tha Basics is offered by One With Heart. The six week course meets Monday and Wednes day nights. Leam verbal and physical self-defense dancing. St. David's Parish Hall. 2800 SE Harrison St . $3 door. 233-2047.) r r SUNDAY The Jewish lesbian and bisexual potluck group hosts a Sunday branchi ( 11 am -1 pm. Roz 236-7453 .) The M inistries Task G roup sponsors an Interfaith candlelight vigil and service expressing opposi tion to Ballot Measure 13. (7pm vigil. Wilson Park, west side o f Capitol; 7 30 service. First Methodist Church. 600 State St., Salem. 503 364 6709 ) (See the Theater and Gallery listings in Out About Town.)