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36 . » may 19 . 2000 HOOKS ..............▼.............. T he S pell By Alan Hollinghurst. Penguin Books, 2000; $12.95 softcover. S » i ust released in paperback, The Spell is an Anglophile’s wet dream. J rating PRIDE WEEKEND JUNE 17 & 18,2000 GRAND MARSHALS: PORTLAND GAY M EN S CHORUS WEB SITE DETAILS: If you have had problems reach ing our web site , p le ase try again at www.pridenw@org. Requests for booth or parade registration can also be made via our hotline @ 503.295.9788, or via mail to PRIDE NORTHWEST P.O. BOX 6611 PORTLAND, OR 97228 SAVE THE DATE! UPCOMING FUNDRAISING EVENTS TO BENEFIT PRIDE NORTHWEST Every Friday the Month of May: At Fox & Hound, join your hostess Laureihurst for "Pride Karaoke" at 9pm all night long with proceeds benefiting Pride NW. You too can be a glamorous on Laurelhurst's Main stage dur ing this spectacularly fun night of Friday Frolic! Fox & Hound 217 N.W. 2d 243-5530 For com plete details. Parade Route and the Festival Stage line-up, for Pride Weekend, pick up a copy of our 2000 Pride Guide Com memorative Program or the June 2nd issue of Just Out. Saturday, May 28: Friday June 2: At the Embers Nightclub is the first "Annual Gay Day at the Zoo" hosted by Buttercup and Misha 38. Starting at Noon till 2pm with a Pic nic basket auction. Buy a basket with a secret celebrity attached. Carpool from the Embers parking lot to Washington park'for a day òf picnic and Gay Zoo frolic. This is sure to be come one of the most fabulous events during the year. If you would like to volunteer to cre ate a picnic basket, call Misha at 295-9788 or Buttercup at the Embers at 222-3082. The Em bers 110 N.W Broadway At CC Slaughters is "The Luscious Luau". Hosted by Craig and Misha fit with a real beach, roasted pig feast, and of course a wet shorts and shirt contest. Hawaii is coming to Portland so bring your beach wear and be at the door at 7pm for a Party you will never forget. C.C. Slaugh ters 219 N.W. Davis 248-9135 Af Scandals beginning at Noon is the "Herbie Sunday June 4: the Lovebug Mania" hosted by Monroe and Jimmy, the bartenders. Number Nine all day all night with all the Disney Herbie classics. Buy a square on Jimmy's Lovebug for $20 and paint what you wish to debut in this years' Pride 2000 Parade "A Celebration of Queer Art and Cul ture". Join in all the Lovebug madness with a beer bust tea party blowout all day long!!!! Scandals 1038 S.W. Stark 227-5887 Sunday June 11th: At the Brigg i$ the "Annual Mr. & Miss Gay Pride Pageant" hosted by Rose Empress XXXVIII. Doors open at 6pm/ Pageant at 7pm with a $ 10 donation at the door to benefit Pride NW. Portland's fin est bid for the prestigious title of Mr. and Miss Gay Pride 00-01 in three categories: Formal Wear, Creative Club Wear and the popular Swimsuit Competition. The Brigg 1035 S.W. Stark 226-4171 DANCE with the 16 piece band, ROSE CITY SW ING @ PPAA Swing le s sons at 7p.m., Band begins pt 8p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance $15 at the door. 618 S.E. ALDER. For more information, call 790-2170. Accessibility varies at each location, please call fo r details. Sponsored By: fea y initial reaction was something like “Ugh! N ot another sex-crazed, drug- laced gay novel!” A**' ‘ V>*t * * W i/ v t *.*«»* k ? •':*»*. { v it § ■M ñ justrmn wm mi A\anHo\\\nghurst .* l iw iv y « DO YOU THINK YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY BECAUSE OF BEING GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL OR TRANSGENOERED? Ttia Mediation Pilot Program would like to help. W e're available to help resolve conflicts or proolems at work, in housing, or public accommodation. Confidential consultation and mediation services are free of charge. The City of Portland wants to help resolve discrimination problems. For more information, call Mediation Pilot Program, 2 7 4 -9 8 8 6 o rT T Y l-8 0 0 -7 3 5 -2 9 0 0 Some things for the boys, som ething for film fans i* ïÿ M rr r é rfftX x * & *. Hot off the presses A t first glance, Fabulous Hell seems to be right-wing propaganda about how disgustingly deviant and amoral gay men are. But the first- person narration— quite the fad among young N orth American novelists— quite literally forces the reader to identify with the protago nist, which in turn inspires sympathy with the difficult choice of whether to drink and drug oneself to death or have some dignity and a job. Craig Curtis’ debut novel treats HIV/AIDS rather lightly and tends to glamorize substance use, if not abuse. But damn it if there isn’t something really compelling about it! 1 liked this book against my will and read it compul sively into the wee hours. Curtis’ prose is clear, precise and easy to read without being simple— the way H eming way wrote, some would say. A nd the story does turn around in the end; gay life isn’t so bleak and besotted after all. —CDC F abulous H ell By Craig Curtis. Alyson Books, 2000; $12.95 softcover. ' I W Í W «% SUÍW .* PRID E N O RTH W EST P.O. BOX 6611 PORTLAND, OREGON 97228 VOICEMAIL 503.295.9788 • E-MAIL pridenorthwest@usa.net WWW.PRIDENW.ORG R ftU ’oUrf a Early in the book, one of the charac ters is traveling in the U nited States and remarks that talking to Americans makes him feel his vocabulary is "embarrassingly large and accurate.” W hile author A lan Hollinghurst doesn’t overwhelm the reader with English slang or 50-pence words, just enough of each is present to preclude forgetting the setting. Bom in 1954, Hollinghurst was elected to the “Best of Young British Novelists” pantheon in 1993— at the age of 39, which apparently counts as “young” in the UK. This extratextual tidbit further complicates the manifest story line, which deals in large part with an inter- generational romance between a 37-year-old and a 22-year-old. The Spell lives up to its name for about two- thirds of its length; the remainder is less entrancing than it is riveting, more like w atch ing a plane crash than losing oneself in volup tuous voodoo. A t 257 pages, it’s worth the effort— especially if you need a lesson in letting go of fear and engaging the world with aban don. —Christopher D. Cuttone ultt0ig«n,Bnse^ R ough S tuff Edited by Simon Sheppard and M . Christian. Alyson Books, 2000; $13.95 softcover. ho can resist anthologized smut? Certainly not me. According to the back cover, "the sexy, edgy stories in Rough Stuff travel far ¡0 P fU mu ßUn @ zen Ce nt e r 2539 SE Madison Portland, Oregon 97214 503-239-4846 Fax 503-239-5217 E-mail: Staff@Dharma-Rain.Org www Dharma-Ram.0rg Dharma Rain Zen Center is a Soto Zen Temple for Lay practice, bnnging people together to build community and wisdom through practice. DRZC offers retreats, classes, intro ductory workshops, and sesshins The Zendo space is shared with groups in the Vipassana. Tibetan, & Zen traditions, creating a unique atmosphere and oppor tunities for learning about Budd hism and its daily application Kyogen and Gyokuko Carlson, resident teachers
