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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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