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june 19.1998 * Ju st out 21
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Today is a busy day, with no quiet before the
pride storm whatsoever.
Phoenix Rising presents the fourth annual
Jack Abele Award Dinner at 6 p.m. in the
Portland H iltons Grand Ballroom, 921 S.W.
Sixth Ave. Admission is $75 ($50 of which is
tax deductible). Four in Hand will provide musi­
cal entertainment.
Pride Northwest and the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual Alliance of Portland State University
sponsor a community forum titled T he State of
O ur Fam ily, featuring a bevy of panelists dis­
cussing queer perspectives. Parade Grand
Marshall Donna Red Wing, national field direc­
tor of the Human Rights Campaign, will be on
hand, as will the Rev. Cecil Prescod of Brother
to Brother, Bonnie Tinker of Love Makes a
Family, JoA nna McNamara of the Oregon Gay
and Lesbian Law Association, Mark Houser of
the Rural Organizing Project, and Richard
Cowan of the LG BA . Kathleen Saadat will
moderate. The forum begins at 8 p.m. in the
Vanport Room, Smith Memorial Center, 1825
S.W. Broadway.
The Portland Bisexual Alliance will hold a
pre-parade poster making party at 7 p.m. at
Laughing Horse Books, 3652 S.E. Division St.
You provide the creativity and they’ll provide
the supplies.
O n a more hedonistic level, check out the
Rainbow Warriors, who’ll be taking it off with
pride at JO Q ’s, 2512 N.E. Broadway, at 10 p.m.
Or, if male nudity isn’t your cup of tea, consider
the G ay Pride Kickoff Dance at the Egyptian
Club, 3701 S.E. Division St.; admission is $3.
What might inspire more pride than cheer­
ing on the Rose City Softball Association as
they battle against the Portland Police Bureau
in Grudge Match ’98? This is the R C SA ’s third
annual charity match with the bureau and it will
break their one-for-two standing for better or
worse. Admission is on a donation basis to ben­
efit charities the teams designate. The game
starts at 11 a.m. on softball field No. 1 at
Westmoreland Park, Southeast McLoughlin and
Bybee boulevards.
Shortly after the match starts, festivities at
the waterfront get under­
way. The first scheduled
event is a poetry reading
at 1 p.m., followed by an
Alice Di Micele musical
performance at 2 p.m.
The Chris M cM urray
rhythm and blues trio is
set for roughly 2:30 p.m.;
folk musician Adrianne
Gunn will follow; next is
dance by Somos Orgullo
Latino and a perfor­
mance
by
Sunsong
Firedancer. Alternative
band T he Lookers takes
the stage at 4 p.m.;
Seattle singer Magdalen
H su-Li is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.; country musi­
cians Pam and Maggie perform at 6 p.m.;
Portland Taiko drums up the crowd’s enthusi­
asm at 7 p.m., coinciding with the arrival of the
Dyke March. The remainder of the evening, 8
to 10 p.m., is reserved for the Pride ’9 8 Dance
with music by Swamp Mama Johnson.
Dyke March ’9 8 hits the streets at 6:30 p.m.
at Northwest Park Avenue and Davis Street.
Other evening events planned to honor
pride include:
Crystal’s Country Jam special pride dance
with two-step lessons from 8 to 9 p.m. and open
dancing till 1 a.m. Admission is $5, $8 with the
lesson. The Jam is at PPAA, 618 S.E. Alder St.
There is a full-service bar, but no smoking.
Chocolate City offers its own pride flavor
with go-go dancers and door prizes from 9:30
p.m. to 3 a.m. at Kokopeli’s, 2845 S.E. Stark St.
Admission is $9.
The Egyptian Club, 3701 S.E. Division St.,
holds Pride Dance ’9 8 (not to be confused with
Pride ’98 Dance) with a late-night buffet includ­
ed in the $7 cover. The dance starts at 9 p.m.
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Sunday gets off to a spiritual start with the
SisterSpirit Solstice Celebration on the festival
grounds at Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park
at 9 a.m. SisterSpirit will be followed by an
Interfaith Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. on the
Silver Stage in the park. The Community of
Welcoming Congregations hosts to the event,
which is coordinated by the Rev. Berdell
Moffett.
We III, a men’s vocal trio takes the stage at
11:30 a.m.
At 12:30 p.m. the parade steps off from
Northwest Eighth Avenue and Davis Street.
The parade route travels west on Northwest
Davis Street, cuts south on Northwest 13th
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