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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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