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Map of this year’s
parade route. Photos
from past Lesbian and
Gay Pride events by
Linda Kliewer.
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• Donald Horn and Myra Donnelley, in con
junction with triangle productions!, hold the dedi
cation and open house of the AIDS Memorial
Room and Archives Room at the Theater! The
atre! building, 3430 SE Belmont St., in Portland.
The rooms will be open for public viewing from
2:30 to 7 pm.
The AIDS Memorial Room will house a per
manent display of “life journals” representing
people who have lost their lives to AIDS here in
Oregon. The Archives Room will be available for
collecting, storing and displaying gay/lesbian and
theater memorabilia. For more information, call
230-9404.
• Lesbian Avengers holds an annual Dyke
March for fun and visibility. Meet in the North
Park Blocks at Northwest Eighth Avenue and
Davis Street. A rally begins at 6 pm, with the
march following at 7 pm.
• Pride Northwest Inc., organizer of this year’s
Portland Lesbian and Gay Pride, kicks off its
Pride weekend events with an All-Ages Dance
from 7 to 10 pm at Waterfront Park, Southwest
Front Avenue and Ash Street, in Portland.
• The Oregon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
begins tonight with a gala benefit showing of
Stonewall at 7 pm and / Shot Andy Warhol at 9:30
pm. The festival runs through June 30 at Cinema
21,616 NW 21 st Ave. Gala tickets are $ 12 at the
door (separate admission), tickets for regular
shows are $5.50. (See the full schedule in the ad
on page 20.)
• Tonight is the penultimate night of the Port
land Women’s Theatre Company’s run of Anton
Chekhov’s play The Three Sisters. Tickets are
$10 general, $8 for students and seniors. The
theater company-is located at 1807 NE 39th Ave.
in Portland. For reservations, call 287-7707.
• The annual Portland Lesbian and Gay Pride
Parade starts at 11 am at Northwest Ninth Avenue
and Everett Street. Floats and groups should as
semble in the North Park Blocks at 9 am. The
parade will wind its way through downtown,
ending at Waterfront Park.
• A rally is slated for 1 pm at Waterfront Park
that will feature a slew of speakers and perform
ers, including Chastity Bono, who will give the
keynote address, as well as openly gay state Reps.
George Eighmey and Gail Shibley, the Portland
Gay Men’s Chorus, the Portland Lesbian Choir,
and others. Food, music and a potpourri of booths
will be at the rally site.
• Pride Northwest sponsors another dance at
Waterfront Park, beginning at 7 pm. Music by
Boka Marimba.
• Portland’s Lesbian Community Project and
Love Makes a Family present Pride Bingo! at
Scandia Hall, 1125 SE Madison St., in Portland.
Doors open at 6:30 pm and play begins at 7 pm.
Free child care is available. For more informa
tion, call LCP at 223-0071.
• The City Nightclub, Northwest 13th Avenue
and Burnside Street, presents a Gay Pride Show
with Rosebud XX Lady O Boulevard, this year’s
reigning monarch of the Rosebud teen drag queen
court, and a cast of female impersonators. Doors
open at 10 pm. Call 224-2489 for more informa
tion.
• Queer Night at LaLuna, 215 SE Ninth Ave.
in Portland, presents Foam Pas (they say it’s
French for “slippery when wet”), which is being
touted as “Portland’s first-ever foam party.” The
all-ages event begins at 9 pm; swim wear is
recommended. Cost is $10 at the door, $8 in
advance« •
• Code Blue hosts its annual Lesbian Pride
Dance from 8:30 pm to 2:30 am at Montgomery
Park, Northwest 27th Avenue and Vaughn Street,
in Portland. The 21-and-over dance also features
a wet T-shirt contest and a raffle for an all-
expenses-paid trip for two to Las Vegas. Admis
sion is $10 at the door, $7 in advance. For more
information, call 282-6979.
• A Red Hot and Lickable dance begins at 8 pm
at 1130 SW Main St. in Portland, with San
Francisco’s DJ Downtown Donna, Go-Go danc
ers and a smokeless dance floor. Advance tickets
are $10 general (available at It’s My Pleasure) or
$20 VIP (includes dinner buffet and free cham
pagne). Ages 21 and over.
• The Lesbian Community Project sponsors a
Country Western Dance from 9 pm to 1 am at
Scandia Hall, 1125 SE Madison St. in Portland.
The Rosetown Ramblers will be on hand; tickets
are $8 at the door.
Waterfront Park. Entertainers include the Rose
City Gay Freedom Stage Band, Tucson country
rocker Jess Hawk Oakenstar, J.R. Pella and Bazuka
Jazz, and The Objects.
• Sports fans may want to check out the softball
game between the Rose City Softball Association,
a gay and lesbian league, and the Portland Police
Bureau. The game is set for 2 pm at Alberta Park,
Field No. 2, Northeast 22nd Avenue and Ainsworth
Street, in Portland. A donation of $5 is requested.
The game is a benefit for Pride Northwest, the Rose
City Softball Association, and a charity to be
named by the Portland Police Bureau.
• An Abundance Festival will be held from 6
to 10 pm at the Full Circle Temple, 3125 E
Burnside St., in Portland. The event includes a
crafts fair, music, dancing, healing. It is free and
open to all women. Bring finger food to share. For
further information, call 236-2768.
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• Pride Weekend continues at 9 am with a
pancake breakfast at Waterfront Park. The cost is
$3. Jazz pianist Kiera O ’Hara and jazz duo Donna
Luckett and Barb Galloway will perform.
• At 10:30 am there will be an Interfaith
Service cosponsored by Pride Northwest and
Metropolitan Community Church Portland. Draw
ing upon traditions from Judaism, Native Ameri
can spirituality, Christianity and Eastern spiritu
ality, the service will express this year’s Pride
theme of “United in Justice, Together in Free
dom.”
Music will be provided by Bridges, the Port
land Gay Men’s Chorus, and an artist-in-resi-
dence at the Portland Opera company. Scheduled
speakers are Portland attorney Emily Simon and
The Rev. Roy Cole, pastor of Portland MCC.
• Pride Weekend activities continue at noon at
• The Jewish Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s
Brunch group meets to nosh and shmooze from 11
am to 1 pm. The gathering is for Jewish lesbians
and bisexual women only. For location and access
information, call Katharine at 287-6082.
• The 10th Annual Peacock in the Park, a
benefit for the Audria M. Edwards Youth Schol
arship Fund, will be held at the Washington Park
Amphitheater in Portland. Hosted by Maria, the
event begins at noon with a picnic, followed by a
show at 4:30 pm. For more information, call
284-1733. (See related article on page 23.)
For further information about Pride North
west-sponsored events, call the group’s hot line at
295-9788.
Compiled by Inga Sorensen and Kelly M. Bryan - -