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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1999)
december 3.1999 í& a b o u t out is published on the first and thind Fnday of every month. The deadline submissions is 15 days poor to publication. * :6*.a b o u t is a free community service of Just out Listing for events and _ uncements that are specifically relevant to sexual minorities In Oregon and ■uthwest Washington is provided free of charge. The calendar features events to three weeks beyond the date of publication. Bulletin Board listings run for to two months from submission date. ja c h listings of up to 25 words (not including contact information) are pro- free of charge to organizations and groups specifically serving the sexual ¡ties community. All listings are subject to editing and inclusion is subject to ice limitations, relevance and receipt by deadline. :ings expire twice a year (in M ay and November) and submissions run from the ate received until the next scheduled expiration date. Listings are automatically dieted upon expiration. To ensure uninterrupted listing, please submit updated “ ’(nation at least a month prior to the expiration date at the end of your listing. * listings to: IfS l JttSt out Cattnr Calendar Editor) Lewis t Clark College presents two Worid Music Concerts featunng therr own Ghanaian drumming and dance ensemble, their African marimba band and music performed on the Javanese gamelan The first concert is Dec 5 at 2 pm and is free. At 8 pm there will be a sepa rate concert just focusing on the gamelan, dance and shadow puppetry, and tickets for that are $5 at the door (0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd. 15031 768 7460) Miracle Theatre/Teatro Milagro offers a festive holiday treat with La Posada CThe Inn) by José Cruz González. Music, nostalgia, and a duel between good and evil with jalepeño peppers Dec. 10-19. (525 SE Stark St. 15031236-7253) New Music Visions presents What Isn't There a New Chamber Opera, where two sisters step through the door of a ruined cabin into the past and a worid beyond through Dec. 7. (7 30 pm Sunday. Monday and Tuesday at Artists Repertory Theatre. 1516 SW Alder St $15.15031977-2496) Oregon Ballet Theater presents the holiday classic. The Nutcracker Dec 8-26. (Various times and days at Portland Civic Auditonum, 1500 SW Third Ave. $5.50- $87.15031222-5538) Portland Center Stage continues its 1999-2000 season with A Christmas Carol filled with all the songs and spirit of the holiday season, through Dec 28. (times vary. 1111 SW Broadway 15031274-6588) Seattle Men's Chorus rings in the holidays with Ye Merry Gentleman, carols and handbells with hilarious highjmks and whimsical musical interludes Dec 8-19 (Concert venue is Benaroya Hall. Seattle Wash 12061323-2992) Trancendances presents Katja Biesanz and friends performing dances from 25 years In the the ater Dec 10, 11 at 8 pm and Dec 12 at 7 pm at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center ($12 $14 available at the door. 15031248-2207) Triangle Productions invites you to the wacky musi cal comedy Christmas with the Crawfords, (as in Joan Crawford) Now playing through Dec 23 at 3430 SE Belmont (days and times vary, $17. $15 advance from Fastixx or 15031239-5919) activity? Call Manlyn and she II call you back (15031 625-1545) (12/17) Social skills/support group begins a 16 week cur riculum Topics include coming out issues, building self esteem development of interpersonal relationships $10 fee for materials (Sexual Minonty Advocate [3601906- 9 1 4 2 )0 2 /1 7 ) Director of The Harry Hay Documentary Project, distrib uted by PBS seeks archival film and photos depicting gay life from the 1930s-60s (Call col lect: 14151 7521277 eslade@smus.com) ( 12/17) Interfaith Spiritual Center nolds free classes on spiritual practices from the world s religions the first Wednesday of each month. (15031233-2026 ) (12/17) The Arc of Washington County sponsors a monthly open forum series designed to bring families, the community and local agencies together to Improve the lives of people who have developmental disabilities. (Maggie Milne: 15031649-6110)02/3) The Pink Flamingos the group who brought you Pink Flamingo Bingo, have expanded their wings to pro vide year-round wild, campy, queer fun for all. We need volunteers for our next two OUTrageous fundraising events, a carnival and dance on Dec. 11 and bingo on Feb 25. Call our hot line at (503) 233-5484 (2/18/00) Portland Gay Men's Chorus invites you to join or rejoin them for their 2 0 ^ Season of Song. Singers, sup port members, and volunteers are welcome (15031240-0761 www pdxgmc org.) (12/3) Our House invites you to partake in fine dining with famous hosts and help raise funds for residential care facilities for those living and dying from AIDS. Tickets PO Box 14400 Portland, OR 97293-0400 ; Fax: (503) 236-1257; e-mail: justout@justout.com You think your fam is over the top during the holidays? Check out Triangle Productions' cannot be accepted over the phone, type your announcements and include full contact information. Christmas with the Crawfords now playing through Dec. 23. 10 pm Bach at Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center, 1819 NW Everett St. $8-$12.15031222-9958) Contemporary Crafts Gallery hosts Angels Among Us its 60th annual holiday exhibition and sale cjf fine craft. Hand-crafted items by over 200 artists, {^eluding the Mount Angel Tapestry commissioned by ^ i e Benedictine community of the Mount Angel Abbey, ¡re on display. Through Dec. 24. (10 am-5 pm Tuesday- Saturday, 1-5 pm Sunday 3934 SW Corbett Ave. 031223-2654) regon College of Art and Craft presents The .oliday Show a show and sale of work by regional nd nation artists Through Dec. 23. (10am-7pm onday-Thursday. 10 am-5 pm Friday Sunday in the 'offman Gallery, 8245 SW Barnes Road 15031297- 544) Pacific Northwest College of Art celebrates its anniversary with a 60-year retrospective exhibition the work of artist, teacher, and curator Gordon Gilkey Dec. 6. (Gilkey: 9 am-9 pm daily at Swigert Commons. 15031226-4391) Portland Art Museum presents Monet to Moore: the Millennium gift of Sara Lee Corporation a comprehensive survey of European avant-garde painting and sculpture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through Jan 23. (9 am-5 pm Monday-Sunday 1219 SW Park Ave $750. $6 seniors and students, $4 children 15031226-2811. www port- landartmuseum. org.) American Heritage Theater presents two new musical plays An Oregon Tapestry Christmas based on folk stories and traditional holiday music from regional and local history, followed by Christmas with PDQ Bach, comical send-ups of classical music in carols and songs. Through Dec 19. (8 pm Tapestry. Artists Repertory Theatre presents Present Laughter by Noel Coward, the story of a popular and pampered actor whose charm can't get him out of trou ble with a clinging debutante and a fawning young play wright. Through Dec 19 Also. Monday Night Readings a staged reading senes, featuring local actors reading a vanety of scripts with themes that coin cide with the current main stage production held through June 2000. (7 pm at Reiersgaard Theatre, 1516 SW Alder St [5031241-1278) Brody Theater presents It s YOUR Wonderful Ufe, their popular holiday show, Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 18 at 8 pm ($8, 1904 NW 27th Ave. 15031224-0688.) Cloud 9 Productions presents Shear Madness i wacky whodunit where the audience gets to solve the crime See the show that the Guinness Book of World Records says is the longest-running, non-musical play in American theater history. Through Jan. 30. (8 pm Thursday and Fnday, 5 3 0 and 8:30 pm Saturday, 2 and 7 pm Sunday at Portland Art Museum’s Commandery Room, 1219 SW Park Ave $15-$32.50 [Portland Art Museum, Ticket master!. 15031226-2811) Cygnet Productions and Theatre Vertigo jointly present their dizzy swan version of a holiday revue A Happy Holiday Hangover Thursdays through Saturdays Dec. 9-18 at 8 pm. (Russell Street Theatre, 116 NE Russell St.. $10.15031295-3555.) Do Jump! Extremely Physical Theater presents a "best-of show" featuring aerialists that act. musicians that dance, kites that fly indoors, and people dancing in the air The show will travel to Broadway in April 2000. Through Dec. 30. (Echo Theatre, 1515 SE 37th Ave. $14 $19 IFastixxl 15031231-6605) Lakewood Theatre Company presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Through Dec. 30. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 7 pm Sunday at Lakewood Center for the Arts. 368 S State St., Lake Oswego $19. $18 students and seniors 15031635-3901) Profile Theatre presents Tales of the Lost Formicans a travel guide to Middle America conduct ed by aliens from outer space, by Constance Congdon through Dec. 19 (8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday at TheaterI Theatre!. 3430 SE Belmont St. $10- $19 15031242-0080) The Really Big Dance Company presents Grave Dancing a hilarious look at death through Dec 11 at PCPAs Dolores Winngstad Theater (days and times vary. $15. $10 students and seniors. 15031236-9843) Reed College spotlights Al-Andalus a contempo rary Andalusian music and dance ensemble performing "Genetic Memories" Dec. 10 and Dec 11 at 8 pm in the Reed College Chapel. ($13. $8 students and seniors. 15031 777-7755) cathartic comics I LGIRTF (Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force) a nationwide movement with 7000 mem bers in every US state and 46 foreign countries, is proud to announce the formation of a Portland. Ore. Chapter. Join the new members and help shape a more equitable future. The group's aims include providing sup port and information to gay and lesbian immigrants and their partners and addressing discriminatory US immi gration laws (www lgirtf.org. lgirtfpdx@hotmait com 15031471-1568) ( 1/7) Geographically undesirable? Are there gay or les bian individuals (ages 40 and up) living in Sherwood. Tualatin or nearby who would be interested in getting together once a month or so for a potluck or some DURING JULY OF 1980, AFTER AN APPEARANCE HAD B E E N FORETOLD, A M S D.T. F lA M B E APPEARED, OUT O F NOWHERE, AT A W E S T COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL. HER TE A C H IN G C R E D E N T IA LS W E R E SO IMPRESSIVE \AJAC, im M m ED e d IA ia TELY te l y G IV E N T H E S SUP HE W A S IM HUSH Get out your pom poms1 POX Cheerleaders will hold an organizational meeting Dec. 12 for the new group, a gay cheerieadmg and dance team, which hopes to pro mote awareness of gay issues through campy entertain ment (Call Geoff at [50316262938.) ..AFTER WHtCH A LL H E L L BROKE LOOSE.» M S FLAMBE IS CU R R EN TLY SPREAD!NO»/— ' MUCH DIVA-NESS VIA HER “ D IS H THE L - OlRT W ITH DIVA" SHOW, HER S i A ?- THOLOGY THERAPY AND HER CLASSES w it h in MOST PRESTIGIOUS EDUCATO R POSITION AND U N P R E C E D E N TE D C O N T R A C T ... (ANDÑOW.. I MUST G c T) j EXERCISE a Irv llD IV IN E EIKTHB.UWHT 1J $ £ 1 >G|RL Clean and sober fun is offered by the Live and Let Live Bowling League, which is taking individual or team sign ups until Feb. 1 The second season begins Feb 10 at Cascade Lanes at 2700 NE 82 Ave The balls roll Thursdays at 6 30 pm for 16 weeks (Contact Donna at PO Box 16511. Portland. OR 97292 or [5031 253-5508) featuring The Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé by Prof. I.B. Gittendowne RUM ORS O F A BLACK,GODDESS*LIKE MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT TH E ORIGIN OF » ^ V FIGURE HAD B E E N H A N D E D D O W N THE DIVA. IT IS A FACT 1HAT SHE S S E S S E S MYSTICAL POWERS AND ^ y O U R i N G SPECIFIC P E R IO D S OF T IM E THROUGHOUT THE A G E S ... 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