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____ _______________________________________________________________________ ftaftwnhar 17, 19M« YOUR WORLD Continued from page 21 C.C. Slaughter’s, 219 N.W. Davis St., pre sents 2000 Thundermix Dance with DJ FJ. Admission is $10. Darcelle XV Productions presents Viva Las Vegas ’99, an evening of glitz, glamour and comedy. See a show and take in dinner, or just join the ladies for cocktails. Stay for cham pagne and a buffet breakfast at midnight. Din ner is at 6 p.m., cocktails at 8 p.m. The club is located at 208 N.W. Third Ave. For tickets call (503) 222-5338. For a really exotic celebra tion, try the Middle Eastern and World Dance Party fea (503) 285-5765 gets you the turing the Brothers of Baladi 411. at the Green Onion, 15 S.W. Welcome the year 2000 on Second Ave. The fun begins Jan. 1 with a little “hair of the at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, dog’’ at the Egyptian Club. or $25 per couple. For more Doors open at 7 p.m. and information, call dancing begins at 9 p.m. There (503) 288-4684. is a $3 cover; call Choices Pub is throwing (503) 236-8689 for more infor a New Year’s Party from 9 mation. p.m. until 3 a.m., featuring a For some down-home fun, light buffet, complimentary join the Rosetown Ramblers favors, champagne at mid on Jan. 1 for gay country west night, music and dancing. Malinda and her angels spoof ern dancing with a live DJ and The pub is located at 2845 the season at the Scottish Rite full-service bar. Swing your S.E. Stark St. There is a $10 Center partner from 10 p.m. to 1:30 cover charge. Call a.m. at PPAA, 618 S.E. Alder (503) 236-4321 for more information. St. Admission is $5; for more information, call Crave some really fresh air? Jump start your (503) 234-9944. resolution for an active new year at 11 a.m. Start the new millennium with some Jan. 1 on a short hike in the Columbia River sparkle! At 8 p.m. Jan. 1, JOQ’s hosts a Tiara Gorge with the Forest Group. Calling Party. Sashay over to 2512 N.E. Broadway and get yourself a bit of royal privilege. E llen G reenlaw Portland Lesbian feminist “My thoughts and wishes for the holiday season are to be quiet and peaceful and inward looking. I'm thinking of a silent meditation retreat for New Year’s Eve.” D ean S idwell Portland Counselor “I hope that peo ple can let go of their fears about Y2K and reach inside themselves to find their true potential and gifts.” humane societies wel come special gifts for their homeless crea tures. Better yet, adopt a forry friend! Its impossible to stay mopey with a new cat or dog to obsess over. Maybe you really, really do want to be alone. OK, but you can still do special things on your own. Drive up to Timberline Lodge for lunch and revel in the snow. Or have a sumptuous Sunday brunch in front of the big stone fireplace at Multnomah Falls Lodge. Go ice skating at Lloyd Center. Appreciate the stark beauty of the Japanese Garden in win ter. Bake your favorite cookies—it’s possible to find hope in a plate of chocolate chip brownies. Can’t avoid your family, even though you’d like to? Go late and leave early, fol lowed by something fun you want to do. Or if you’re truly stuck away from home with rela tives who trigger old issues or worse, make a pact with a buddy to call each other to vent and lend moral support. Consider staying at a separate location if at all possible. If you’re in another town, write down the crisis hot line number before you engage with by O riana G reen your relatives. And if it’s that bad, remember you do have a choice—even though you’ve ♦ always gone home for rhe holidays, you can choose not to go this year. It may be the best option if the scenario always invites abusive day parry for homeless youths and still needs behavior or rekindles addictions. If all else donations of gifts. The staff has plenty of fails, try forgiveness. It may be the best gift warm clothing for the kids, so instead they’re you can give someone this year. looking for more lighthearted gifts suitable for Best of all, the holidays will be over before you know it, and you Missing your siblings? can refocus on why your computer ate your checkbook register as the helping out at the Sexual Minority clock ticked over into 2000. winter seems and lo appear best a resemblance whatsoever to June Cleaver. Extended families don't always extend a welcome, and it’s easy to feel left out in the cold. For some it’s tough to avoid overspending, and the only sound of the season they hear is “kaching, kaching.” For others it’s all about grief—facing December without absent loved ones can kill whatever joy hovers in the air. Stockpiling tequila and chocolate truffles can take on new urgency. Thankfully, alternatives to sulking, whin ing and overindulgence abound. Feeling lonely? Say “yes” to every invita tion; zoning out with Xena reruns won’t improve your mindset. Churches are a good place to banish the blues, and there’s a long list of queer-friendly churches on Page 36 of this issue—any one of them could lift your spirits. Never tried a queer church? Check out Metropolitan Com munity Church of Portland’s holiday services. Or volunteer with Cascade AIDS Project or (Air House. Missing your siblings? Try helping out at the Sexual Minority Youth Recreation Cen ter, or borrow a friend’s child and go see Toy Story 2, then settle in for an Old Maid marathon. Don’t get along with your fami ly of origin? Create a new one- gather some other stranded pals Try and celebrate your own way. (Don’t forget to include people who are Youth Recreation Center, or borrow new in town—the kindness of strangers is always appreciated.) Resources a friends child and go see Toy Story 2, You only need one rule: No fight Alcohol &. Drug Help Line ing, carping or nagging allowed! then settle in for an Old Maid marathon. (503) 244-1312 Start your own queer tradi Alcohol & Dmg Youth Line tions—who says you can't have a (503) 244-1611 youths aged 16 to 20. (Gift certificates to lavender tree? Write new lyrics for tired old Portland Women’s Crisis Line music stores are always a hit, suggests Execu carols, giving fresh meaning to “don we now (503) 235-5333 tive Director Kathy Oliver.) our gay apparel." Oregon Abuse Survivors &. Advocates If your heartstrings are tugged more easily Bom to shop but no one on your list? The (503) 222-3133 by needy four-legged souls, most shelters and nonprofit agency Outside In is hosting a holi- B arb G alloway Portland Musician “My hope for the new millennium is that we bury the guns, the rifles, the bullets and find happiness in life.” FH 1H BAH! the holiday D avid B ishop Portland mean ótreM, depression Transported Texan cowboy an d obligation “I don’t know what I'm going to do for New Year's Eve. I just moved here and I don't know any people yet. R ayna R usenko Portland Anti-advocate “My hope for the new millennium is that we finally get what we deserve. It’s time we sat back and let a little chaos take over.” t ■|29
