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Benefit Premiere tickets
on sale at: all FASTIXX
outlets, The Jelly Bean,
23rd Avenue Books & It's
My Pleasure. All other
festival shows • Cinema
21 Box Office
To benefit Advocates for Gay & Lesbianjquality (Call 2864191 for more info.)
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Sho w tim e : 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10 in advance*
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Showtime: 9:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10 in advance*
*$12 at the door if tickets are available
Prior to Wigstock
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Portland's own drag diva, Poison W aters,
will emcee the Rose City's first ever
B IG H A IR C O N T E S T !
Fabulous prizes for the most outrageous
HAIRDO S and HAIR-DO NTS
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
BA LLO T M EASURE 9 (7:00 p.m.) • Directed by Heather MacDonald
M IDN IG HT DANCERS (9:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m.)* • Mel Chiango, Director
* Co-presented by Asian Pacific Islander Lesbians A Gays
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SUNDAY, JUNE 25
ONLY THE BRAVE (2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.) • Directed by Ana Kokkinos;
playing with PLAYING THE PA RT
THE LA ST SUPPER (7:00 p.m.) • Cynthia Roberts, Director
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Four short films directed by H. Len Keller, Catherine
Benedek, John Miller-Monzon & Sandra Nettelbeck
M USCLE (9:00 p.m.) • Directed by Hisayasu • Playing with short film TBA
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Portland police tap Prunk as the new police liaison
to the sexual minority community
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TWO OPENING NIGHT PREMIERES!!!
FRIDAY, JUNE 23
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FRIDAY, JUNE 30
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lice bureau and the sexual minority community.
new man in blue will be marching in
Portland’s Lesbian and Gay Pride The signing of that historic agreement— which
Parade on June 17: He is Portland calls for cooperation between the respective par
police officer Bruce Prunk, who was ties— stemmed from the work of the Sexual Mi
promoted June 1 to assistant chief of nority Roundtable, a regular gathering of lesbian
gay rights activists and police officials.
the Portland Police Bureau’s services and
branch.
“I was an assistant to Dan for a while, so I’m
The 41 -year-old Prunk replaces Dan Noelle, who
somewhat familiar with the issues of concern to
was elected Multnomah County sheriff. Noelle
the [sexual minority] community,” says Prunk.
had been the police department’s liaison to the
“But I want to get updated, and I’ll be attending
gay and lesbian community, a position Prunk
the Roundtable meetings to keep apprised of
now takes over.
what’s happening. It will also give me a chance to
“I’ll be marching with [Portland Police Chief
introduce myself and meet people in the commu
Charles Moose] in the Gay Pride Parade. It will
nity.”
be the first time I’ve done it and I’m looking
In addition to his police work, Prunk has been
forward to it,” says Prunk, who has been with the
a
member
of the Oregon Air National Guard
Portland Police Bureau since 1976. “I also look
since 1983, where he has served as an equal
forward to working with the gay and lesbian
opportunity/human relations specialist.
community on a regular basis.”
“I’ve worked with a great diversity of people,
Prunk, a lifelong Oregonian, received his
and
I think that exposure is very important,” he
bachelor’s degree from the University of Port
says. “And that’s not just through my work with
land, a master’s degree from Portland State Uni
the Guard. I’d estimate that as commander of the
versity, and a doctorate from Pacific Western
Northeast precinct, I attended between 75 to 100
University. He was promoted to police sergeant
community
events last year involving all types of
in 1981, to captain in 1993, and to commander of
groups and people.”
the Northeast precinct in 1994.
As for his thoughts regarding the Oregon
Unlike his predecessor, who had strong bonds
Citizens Alliance’s seemingly endless campaign
with the Rose City ’ s sexual minority community,
to restrict civil rights protections for gay men and
Prunk is in the early stages of developing those
lesbians, Prunk says: “I find it highly offensive
ties.
that the OCA is trying to push its agenda by
As a Portland police officer, Noelle was liai
claiming that [gay people] want special rights as
son to the gay and lesbian community; he marched
opposed to equal rights. It’s just not the case and
in uniform in several of the city’s Lesbian and
I don’t like to see the state tom up by that.”
Gay Pride parades; he served as vice president of
He adds, “At least in the metropolitan area,
the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Ha
though, perhaps it has raised awareness that we
rassment, a five-state watchdog organization that
are talking about equal rights and not special
tracks white supremacist activities; and he was
rights. We just have to keep reiterating that real
one of the original drafters of the nation’s first-
ity.”
ever “partnership agreement” between a city po
DEVOTION (7 00 p.m.) • Directed by Mindy Kaplan
LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS (9:30 p.m.) • Denys Arcand, Director
SATURDAY, JULY 1
W ILD REEDS (7:00 p.m.) • Directed by Andre' Techine'
HEAVEN'S A DRAG (9:15 p.m.) • Peter Mackenzie Litten, Director
HIGHWAY OF HEARTACHE (11:00 p.m.) • Director Gregory Wild will attend
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SUNDAY, JULY 2
I, THE W O RST OF ALL (2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.) • Directed by Luisa Bemberg
WORLD AND TIM E ENOUGH (7:00 p.m.) • Eric Mueller, Director
THURSDAY, JULY 6
EC LIPSE (7:00 p.m.) • FAST TRIP, LONG DRO P (9:15 p.m.)
Gregg Bordowitz, Dir. • Additional short film TBA
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FRIDAY, JULY 7
Double Feature: (7:00 p.m.) Co-presented by Brother To Brother • A DARKER SIDE
OF BLACK• Isaac Julien, Dir. • BLACK IS...BLACK AIN T • Marlon T. Riggs, Dir.
SUPER 8 AND 1/2 (9:45) • Directed by Bruce LaBruce
SATURDAY, JULY 8
MAJOR STUDIO SNEAK PREVIEW (7:00 p.m.) • You won't want to miss this!!!
SISTER, MY SISTER (9:00 p.m.) • Nancy Meckler, Director
Special Midnight Show: HEAVY EQUIPMENT (11:00 p.m.) • A 70$ 3 0 x-rated all-male film
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SUNDAY, JULY 9
DYKE DRAMA (3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.) • BALLO T MEASURE NINE (7:00 p.m.)
(CINEMA21)
616 NW 21st Ave. • 223-4515
Phoenix Rising joins
Pride Network list
Phoenix Rising Foundation, a Portland coun
seling center serving the needs of sexual minori
ties, has joined the list of organizations set to
receive donations from The Pride Network, a Bos
ton-based long-distance phone service provider.
If 10 or more people select the company and
designate Phoenix Rising as the recipient, the
agency will receive 3 percent of the cost of every
long distance call made from one’s home and 2
percent from each office call.
Last year, The Pride Network distributed more
than $52,000 to Internal Revenue Service-recog
nized, nonprofit groups serving the gay, lesbian
and HI V/AIDS communities. Those organizations
included the AIDS Action Council, Gay and Les
bian Alliance Against Defamation, Gay Men’s
Health Crisis, National Center for Lesbian Rights,
and The NAMES Project.
“Phoenix Rising has more than 4,000 names on
its mailing list. If even 10 percent of the people
receiving [our] newsletter ‘Call with Pride’ and
contribute an average of 50 cents per month, we
would generate $2,400 in unrestricted revenue
[essential] for supporting services, buying needed
equipment, and meeting other expenses. I am very
excited about the potential," says Phoenix Rising
Executive Director Allanya Guenther.
In other news, Phoenix Rising will join more
than 100 Oregon nonprofits for a 3.1 -mile run and
a walk through Waterfront Park in Portland. The
event, called The Human Race, will be held Aug.
6. Interested parties can register individually to
walk or run and gather pledge donations. Employ
ers can also sponsor groups. Call 223-8299 for
more information; to contact The Pride Network,
call 1-800-342-3302.
Photo-journal profiles
backers of civil liberties
“Faces of Liberty,” a traveling photo-journal
exhibit highlighting Oregonians who have stood
for basic civil liberties, is on display from June 16
to 17 at the Gango Gallery in Portland.
The exhibit, sponsored by the American Civil
Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon, features a
set of 10 panels that document, through black and
white photographs and accompanying text, nine
stories of individuals who have made a difference.
The project commemorates the 75th anniversary
of the national ACLU and the 40th anniversary of
the state ACLU chapter.
The exhibit can be viewed June 16 and 17 at the
Gango Gallery, 205 SW First Ave. in Portland,
from 10 am to 5 pm. From June 19 to 29 the photos
will be on display between 10 am and 9 pm at the
Galleria, 921 SW Morrison, 2nd Floor, in Port
land. From July 1 to 9 “Faces of Liberty” can be
viewed at Bloomsbury Books, 290 E Main St. in
Ashland, from 9 am to 10 pm. Other sites and dates
will be announced in the near future.
Compiled by Inga Sorensen