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It's the third annual Belmont Street Fair, a
street fair and carnival featuring music, the
ater performances and the human-powered
vehicle parade. (10 am-6 pm on SE Belmont
St. between 30th and 38th Ave. 788-4992.)
The Adventure Group goes spelunking in
Ape Caves. (452-5680 )
Join SisterSpirit to celebrate the Fall
Equinox. All women welcome. Wheelchair
accessible location. (6 pm. 736-3297.)
North River Artists, a diverse group including
painters, book makers, textile artists and fur
niture designers, presents Wrong Side of
the Tracks Open Studio Art Rant Tour
the studios during the day and watch music,
dance and performance art in the evening.
(Art show: noon-8 pm. Art rant: 8 pm-mid-
night. 3 locations: The Old Electric Building.
2126 N Lewis St.. The Seed Company. River
Street Studios. 822 N River Rd. 493-9389.)
Meridian House, a community of indepen
dent health practitioners who focus on mind and
body wellness, host an open house and
resource fair. (1-4 pm. 2015 NE 39th Ave.
281-5211.)
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Lesbian Community Project co-sponsors a
Choose from 25 different classes taught by
Jewish scholars, professionals and educators
at the Jewish Educational Shuk (8-11
pm at Mittleman Jewish Community Center,
6651 SW Capitol Hwy. $7 advance. $10 at
the door. 244-0111.)
reading of censored books and articles
on queer, transgressive, politically radical and
sexually explicit topics as part of the ACLU’s
annual Uncensored Celebration. (7:30 pm at In
Other Words. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd
232-6003.)
WIN Foundation (Women in Need) pre
sents the Cinderella Ball, an evening of
magic and fairy tales with the Oregon
Symphony. Proceeds benefit WIN, a non-prof
it foundation offering crisis outreach, counsel
ing, and educational programs to physically
and emotionally abused women. (7:30 pm-
midnight at Adnanna Hill Grand Ballroom. 918
SW Yamhill St. $150, $125 youth. 224-9163.)
The Sherwood Art Festival and Street
Faire features art and crafts booths, music,
food and KidZart. Today and Sunday. (10 am-
6 pm in the Old Town Historic District.
Sherwood. Free. 625-2811.)
SisterSpirit hosts a DrumSong. Bring
drums, rattles, percussion instruments and
your voices. All women welcome. Wheelchair
accessible. (4 pm. Suite 102. 3430 SE
Belmont St. 736-3297.)
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Sensory Perceptions. Portland's lesbian
and gay film festival, features a variety of fea
ture films, shorts and documentaries that evoke
the diversity of the queer community. Runs
through Monday (At Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st
Ave. 242-0818. www.spintone.com/-
kevmp/SensoryPerceptions)
The Pander Bros.* show
Secret Broadcast—
Transmission, comic book
art, paintings and video,
comandeers Mark
Woolley Gallery through
Sept. 26
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Galloway & Luckett unveil their new CD,
$30. $25 advance [PICA, Jackpot Records.
Clinton Street Video!. $20 members.
242-1419)
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When I'm With You. (5 pm at Music Millennium
Northwest. 801 NW 23rd Ave. 248-0163.)
FOREST Group hikes on Bay Ocean Spit.
Chronic pain patients are invited to a free
acupuncture clinic (10 am-noon at
Division Street Holistic Health Center. 4836
SE Division St. 234-4789.)
The 1998 Celebration of Courage, to
benefit the Alexandra Ellis Children’s Cancer
Association, combines music, food and heal
ing. (Noon-4 pm at the Portland Center for
the Performing Arts. 1111 SW Broadway. $5.
$7 per family. 224-3141.)
Start the fall training season with an hour of
business coaching at a Portland Area
Business Association luncheon
(11.30 am-1:15 pm at the Mallory Hotel.
729 SW 15th Ave. $14.50. Reservation
deadline noon. Sept. 9. 241-2222.)
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Tina Badalian offers a workshop on finan
G S unday
SMYRC (Sexual Minority Youth Recreation
Center) hosts a back-to-school fundraising
event. Third Sex, Harum Scarum, We Should
Die and Sara Dougher perform. Outside In
and Epitope provide free, bloodless HIV test
ing and counseling. (5-10 pm at MCC
Portland. 2400 NE Broadway. $5 donation
872-9664.)
The Adventure Group goes hiking at Opal
Creek. (452-5680 )
Potter's House Ministries welcomes Bill
E. Roberts speaking on the message Time to
Build/Restonng Lost Values: Restoring Your
Spint of Adventure. (10. 45 am at Potter 's
House Mmistnes Life Center. 3830 SE 62nd
Ave. 775-5024.)
FOREST Group challenges you to hike to
Cooper Spur on Mount Hood. (232-6904.)
Lesbians Enjoying the Sciences hosts
a planning potluck. (Lori or Kat 256-4465 )
F riday
cial independence for women. (7 pm at It's My
Pleasure. 3106 NE 64th Ave. $1. 280-8080.)
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Bisexual Community Forum hosts a
casual discussion group on the topic of three
somes. (7:30 pm at Utopia Coffee House.
3320 SE Belmont St. 285-4848 )
The Rosetown Ramblers invite you to join the
Beginner's Square Dance Class (7:30
pm at Fellowship Hall [downstairs!. Trinity
United Methodist Church. 3915 SE Steele St.
234-9944 www.rdrop com/users/ramblers.)
Tama October hosts a live comedy night. (7
pm at Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse. 3106 NE
64th Ave. 280-8080.)
Portland Bisexual Alliance hosts its
three-year birthday party and elections, cele
brating with live music and cake. Open to all.
(7 pm at The Habit coffeehouse. 3862 SE
Hawthorne Blvd. 775-9717.)
Singer-songwriter Ferron performs folk
music with guest T.R. Kelley. (7:30 pm at
Majestic Theater. 115 SW 2nd St.. Corvallis.
$14.50 in advance. $16.50 at the door [Grass
Roots Bookstore. CD World!. 758-3243)
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FOREST Group paddles on the Sandy
River and takes a bike ride downhill.
(239-9082. 284-3068.)
Grab your cowboy/girl hat and boots for
Crystal's Country Jam Smoke-free Full
bar. (8 pm lessons. 9 pm-1 am dancing at the
PPAA Building. 618 SE Alder St $8 with
lessons, $5 dance only. 236-6834.)
Rogue Valley PFLAG invites you dust off your
tuxes and ball gowns (or not) and come to the
second Black and White Ball (8 pm-mid-
night at the Windmill Inn. 2925 Ashland St..
Ashland. $10 donation [Abdill-Ellis Community
Center. Cadillac Cafe). [541! 779-2201.)
Join extraordinary singer-songwriter Ferron
for an evening of autobiographical songs.
(8 pm at Aladdin Theater. 3017 SE 11th Ave.
$14. $12 advance [Ticketmaster. Aladdin box
office! 236-1994)
of the early 20th century dadaist art move
ment that was absurd, playful, entertaining
and outrageous. (8 pm-2 am, Trailways
garage. NW 11th Avenue and Glisan Street.
The grand dame of lesbian comedy. Kate
Clinton returns to Portland for a night of
lavender laughs. (9 pm at Roseland Theater.
10 NW 6th Ave. $20 advance [Fastixx, Music
Millennium East. Music Millennium West!.
224-2038.)
bnngs five women spewing verbal terrorism,
performance poetry, brutally comic stones
and skull-crunching poetry to Oregon. Tonight
through Thursday; possible all-ages Portland
open-mike show TBA (10:30 pm at
Satyricon, 125 NW 6th Ave $5; 8 pm
Monday at Egyptian Club. 3701 SE Division
St. $5. 8 pm Thursday at Evo 's Coffeehouse.
376 E Mam St . Ashland Donation request
ed. (5411482-2261.)
in the Round (7:30-10:00 pm at Bertha
Station, 6446 SW Capitol Hwy. $2 246-
6225)
Gay and bisexual men discuss Tongues
Untied. Billy 's Hollywood Screen Kiss and
Gonm at FilmTalk, a Speak to Your Brothers
event. (7 pm at Utopia Coffee House. 3320
SE Belmont St. 223-5907. ext. 145 )
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The Adventure Group goes hiking in Fort
Stevens State Park. (452-5680.)
Progressive Singles hosts a vegetarian
potluck for socially and environmentally con
scious people to network and socialize (1-5 pm
at Southeast Civic Center, 4506 SE 64th Ave
242-0247.)
perform folk and blues tunes at the Corvallis Fall
Festival. (3 30 pm on the mam stage in Central
Park. Corvallis Free. [541] 876-3474. ext.
5221.)
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PFLAG of Southern Oregon and Northern
California hosts a potluck (6 pm.
(5411488-3436 )
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Brenda Dickey performs as part of Writers
Hands Around Portland asks that you
bong your friends, a radio and some stnng to
help form a human chain around the city for one
minute. Join in the potluck party at Pioneer
Square in the evening. (Noon-1 pm chain, 5 pm
potluck. Call for map: 299-1264.)
Theresa Demarest and Good Company
Portland Institute for Contemporary
Art hosts the Dada Ball, recalling the spint
Canadian Haida artist Guud Sans Glans,
Robert Davidson and the Rainbow Creek
Dancers conduct a ceremony of songs and
dancing to commemorate the installation of a
totem pole. (7 pm at Reed College. 3203 SE
Woodstock Blvd. 777-7790)
Sister Spit's Ramblin' Roadshow
(234-0484.)
Gay and lesbian book group meets to dis
cuss David Leavitt's The Page Turner (7 pm at
Barnes and Noble. 1231 NE Broadway
335-0201.)
See Entertainment
Shorts (p. 32) for
the scoop on
lesbian comic
Shann Carr's
return to
Darcelle XV
Sunday, Sept. 13
South Afncan poet Ingrid de Kok discusses
the arts and social change in her homeland
Reception and book signing follow the talk
(7 30 pm at Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center. 5340 N Interstate Ave $10 823-2071.)
See the Theater and Gallery listings
In Out About Town.