Darcelle XV Productions presents
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personality, uht and 6uff.
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Art is where he finds it
ortlander Paul Arensmeyer is a really busy
artist, with a multifaceted career designing
sets for the Gregg Bielemeier Dance Com
pany, coordinating the installation of works for
Cascade AIDS Project art auctions, and curat-
ay, May 21st, 2000 • Pageant 8 pm • $8
ball fields in Westmoreland Park filled with
eager players. Jingoistically, we’ll just mention
that the Just Out Mud Skippers trounced the
team from PlayHers Club, 19-4. For all results
and current standings, check the Internet site
at www.portlandgaysoftball.com.
Bring your pompoms and root for your faves
May 7, 14 and 20 at Westmore
land Park, Southeast 22nd
Avenue and Bybee Boulevard
in Portland. Games are played
from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
I lurcelIc XV Showplace
Rosy outlook
Est 1967 • 208 NW Third Ave • Portlwd, OR 97209
Ticket info:(503] 222-5338 • FAX (503) 248-6771 • www.darcellexv.citysearch.com
Same Sex Social Dance
Learn the basics of foxtrot, waltz, swing and
tango in a casual, relaxed environment. Local
dance studio is now taking registration for a
Thursday night class running
June 22nd to August 10th. Partner required. Call
(503) 236-1007 to
register or for more information.
C enter F or M ovement A rts
1734 S. E. 12111 Ave. Portland. OR 97214
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
BEST ACTRESS • HILARY SWANK
ing shows of other artists’ work for PICA and
other organizations. He is currently showing his
own unique work through May 27 at Froelick
Adelhart Gallery, located at 817 S.W. Second
Ave. in Portland.
A serious artist with an impressive resume,
Arensmeyer manipulates found objects into
witty sculptures, often giving them titles that
reflect intimate psychological situations.
“I used to joke that people who saw me
would think I had no self-esteem, because I was
always looking at the ground,” he says with a
laugh.
Arensmeyer took a year and a half off from
exhibiting—“it was really good for me to have
time to experiment,” he says.
He has made a shift in scale to much larger
pieces, some as big as four feet by six feet. “I’m
speaking with a much more confident voice,
taking a lot more risks,” he explains.
The artist most often selects wood and
metal objects, and the piece pictured here is
assembled from castoff propeller blades. “I hate
plastic,” he exclaims, "because it has no pre
ciousness.”
ith a voice like k.d. lang
and musical intuition
like the Indigo Girls,
Dusty Rose wraps all your
favorite lesbian artists into
one—without the high ticket
prices and anonymous arena shows.
Rose is a native Alaskan with 16 years of
musical experience. Her self-released full-
length record from 1998, 1 Got Shy, is an emo
tional folk album that touches on life, love and
pain. Her songs have a contemporary feel,
though she reaches into the past for songwrit
ing inspiration. Live, Rose performs her songs
with rich, lush vocals, and a charismatic guitar
playing style. Audience members have called
her lyrical abilities “unforgettable” and “pas
sionate.”
Check out Rose on May 12 at the Touch
stone Coffee House, 7631 N.E. Glisan St., as
she plays songs from her record and more.
There is no cover charge, but donations are
gladly accepted.
—Katy Davidson
Whole lotta bifurcatin'
goin’ on
he Portland Bisexual Alliance hosts Ore
gon Bi Conference 2000 on May 13 with
co-sponsor Queers and Allies, a student
group at Portland State University. Building on
the energy of the conference, the two groups
will also hold an open forum May 14 to discuss
Art's what you make of it forming a statewide council of bi organizations.
new Lesbian Art Guild is forming, and all
Oregon now has six bi-specific organizations,
lesbian visual artists are invited to attend a
and additional groups are beginning to emerge.
planning meeting at the office of the Les
Highlights include: four workshop sessions,
bian Community Project, 1001 E. Bumside St. with 12 to choose from; a panel discussion on
in Portland, at 6 p.m. May 10.
the state of the bi movement; and an opportu
For more information call LCP at
nity to meet in special interest groups at
(503) 223-0071 or Heron at (503) 285-4339.
lunchtime.
The event will be held in PSU’s Smith
Memorial Center, 1825 S.W. Broadway. The
Take me out
conference runs from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and
registration begins at 9 a.m. in Room 294- The
to the bailgame
cost is $10-$45 sliding scale; it’s free for PSU
he boys—and girls—of summer are already
students and youths under 18.
at it. The Rose City Softball Association
has managed to hold games twice so far,
racing against the rain clouds.
Feel the love—and bring
T
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your checkbook
The group, organized as a nonprofit amateur
athletic association, is about as inclusive as
they come. It’s primary focus is slow-pitch soft- '
ball for all people, regardless of age, race, creed,
religion, gender, national origin, sexual orienta
tion, athletic experience or ability, with special
emphasis on the participation of members of
the gay and lesbian communities.
On Sunday, April 30, the skies turned a
perfect blue, the temperature hit 70 and the
obnob with the guv for a good cause May
21 at For Love and Money, a benefit auc
tion and cabaret to benefit Our House of
Portland.
Former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts and
columnist Margie Boulé are the honorary co-
chairs of the event at the World Forestry Cen
ter, 4033 S.W. Canyon Road in Portland. Items
up for auction include an original glass piece by
Dale Chihuly. The entertainment will be fol
lowed by a sumptuous buffet featuring desserts
by JaCiva’s Chocolates &. Pastries.
Tickets start at $50, and can be purchased
by calling (503) 736-9276.
■ Compiled by O riana G reen