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june 2.2000 » The film plays June 9 through 15 at the Clinton Street Theater, 2522 S.E. Clinton St. in Portland. Check times on the theater’s event line, (503) 238-8899. — Christopher McQuain Calling all queer artists ew this year at Portland’s pride celebration is the art tent, which will house a Queer Art and Culture Exhibition. The show is being coordinated by Reggie Petry of Matrix Gallery, and it’s still not too late to send in an application. All kinds of media are welcome, and the goal of the show is to create a forum for dialogue on the impor tance of queer art. It is hoped that this exhibi tion will become a regular feature of pride festi vals. The deadline for entries in June 10; contact Petry at (503) 288-3024 or e-mail him at matrixart@yahoo.com. In the pink and lavender ivine Trash: The John Waters Documentary couldn’t have been as effortless to make as it is to watch, hut judging from how inter esting, engaging and enjoyable the film’s sub ject is, it seems that director Steve Yeager had only to turn on the cameras and let his docu mentary make itself. The film examines the early career and last ing cultural impact of notorious filmmaker John Waters through “making-of ” footage from the shoot of his early feature Pink Flamingos (hilled as “an exercise in had taste”) in the early 70s, combined with present-day inter views in which Waters recounts his childhood obsessions with puppets and car crashes. A bevy of cinema hipsters— from Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman to independent direc tor Hal Hartley— appear on camera to hail Waters as an indie-film godfather. Even Waters’ very conservative parents are inter viewed, to hilarious effect. The most interesting thing about Divine Trash is how unlikely the making-of-Pink Flamingos footage is. T he cast and crew, despite their enactment of the most outrageous sexual and political anarchism on film and their con tinuous drug use throughout the shoot, are poised and articulate on the set— they’re hardly the outrageous characters they play. Waters himself is witty and surprisingly refined, dis cussing influences both obvious (B-movies, horror films) and esoteric (the avant-garde films of Andy Warhol, Jack Smith and Ken neth Anger). Divine Trash makes a good case for John Waters as a founding father who, along with John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese, helped define the American independent film. The Rose City Softball Association plays June 4 and June 11 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Montavilla Park, located at Northeast 82nd Avenue at Glisan Street. R C SA standings as of May 21 : pen D iv is io n Boxxes Storm Embers Red Wings Full Sail Titans JO Q s Genuine Draff Egyptian Club Riders Webpride, Vancouver Quest Yellow Pages Gay Men’s Chorus et up close and personal with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus at 7 p.m. June 13 at An Intimate Evening, a performance in the Portland City Council Chambers. The event also includes a silent auction, food and drink, and a tour of the refurbished City Hall, 1221 S.W. Fourth Ave. Tickets are $20 from chorus members or (503) 460-3689. G W-L 10-0 8-2 8-2 6-4 3-7 2-8 2-8 1-9 On their toes hite Bird presents Bodyvox, the acclaimed Portland dance company, in a new full-length work, A Thousand Lit- tie Cities, June 8 through 18 at Lincoln Hall on the campus of Portland State University. This innovative production was choreographed by Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland and Daniel Kirk is complemented by the work of artist Ted Savinar and filmmaker Mitchell Rose. Other dancers in the company include Eric Skinner and Daniel Kirk. The hall is located at 1620 S.W. Park Ave., and tickets start at $ 12 for students and seniors, from Fastixx. Getting wet for you [candals’ coed softball team, the Portland Full Sail Titans, wants to wash your car. The suds are to raise funds so they can play in the World Series this year in Toronto. On June 3, from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., drive over to the 76 gas station at Southeast 20th Avenue and Burnside Street and get clean for a good cause. Maybe they’ll let you play with the hose. What to do at 3 a.m. he American Museum of Snapshots pre sents G ay Pried, a show of photos of queer life in America during the last 20 years. Featured photographers include Charles Easterby and Howie Baggadonutz. The show may be viewed 24 hours a day through July 5 in Suite 102, 625 N.W. Everett St. in Portland. . Get in the mood x:>.r ■■■ ■••jPw ^emebrance of Peacocks past, from Qay P ried W Out at the ballgame O First they sing, then they dance Chosen as Pride 2000 Grand Marshals, the men of PGM C host the Rainbow Ball on June 16 to kick off pride weekend in style. Join 1,000 of your closest (over 21) friends at the Crystal Ball room and dance to ’80s disco music from DJ M.E.H.A. and DJ Tronic. Doors open at 8 p.m. at 1332 W. Burnside St., and tickets for you and your boy toy are $10 each at the door. o m e n ’ s D iv is io n Mad Dogs Tan Body Players Just Out Mud Skippers Hobo’s The Royals Haggis’s Hustlers PlayHers Club S co r es fro m M ay ose City Swing, the dance band offshoot of the Rose City Gay Freedom Band, presents a dance June 10 at the Metro Police Club (formerly PPAA), 616 S.E. Alder St. This spiffy group plays big-band music of all types. Can’t bossa nova? That’s no excuse— of Bodyvox, ready to leap free dance lessons will be given from 7 to 8 p.m. by Daniel Hutchinson of Out Dancing. The dance begins at 8 p.m., and the pro ceeds will be split between the band and Pride Northwest. Tickets are $12 in advance from Embers Avenue or Gai-Pied, or $15 at the door. 0PB is proud— Monday at midnight n the Life, the gay and lesbian newsmagazine that airs on Oregon Public Broadcasting, pre sents a special pride episode at midnight June 5. (It really is time to learn how to program your V C R .) The program features a story about Judge Deborah A. Batts of New York, an African American mother who in 1994 was the first open lesbian to be appointed to a U.S. federal court. Judge Batts was nominated by President Clinton on the recommendation of New York Sen. Patrick Moynihan and won confirmation by the full Senate without any mention or complaint about her being openly gay. Her openness about her sexuality and her willing ness to speak out about injustice makes her a role model for the gay and lesbian community. Other stories look at the hepatitis crisis fac ing gay men, queer poets on the poetry slam scene, and The Laram ie Project, a new stage production by writer-director Moisés Kaufman. ■ Com piled by ORIANA GREEN W-L Quest Yellow Pages Webpride, Vancouver 16 7 Mad Dogs Tan Body 13 1 8-0 5-2 5-2 4-3 3-4 2-5 1-6 0-6 Full Sail Titans Gay Men’s Chorus 31 12 Hobo’s The Royals 14 13 Boxxes Storm Full Sail Titans 14 2 Just Out Mud Skippers Haggis’s Hustlers 12 7 Boxxes Storm JO Q s Genuine Draft 14 2 Players PlayHers Club 16 3 Egyptian Club Riders Quest Yellow Pages 11 10 Players Just Out Mud Skippers 7 0 Gay Men’s Chorus Egyptian Club Riders 17 9 Mad D<)gs Hobo’s 15 7 14 JOQs Genuine Draft Embers Red Wings 25 0 Embers Red Wings Webpride, Vancouver 8 2
