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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 2000)
15.2ÛQÛ 26 P H O T O B Y EVA W EIS S o F 0 S aturday riday Rainbow Youth presents The Revue: Reflections on a Colorful Past, a talent show benefiting the No on 9 Campaign Open to all at the Metropolitan Community Church. (7:30-10 pm. 2400 NE Broadway. $5-10 suggested dona tion, free to those younger than 23. 503-281-3868.) Judd Winick comes to Portland to read from his new memoir, Pedro and Me about his experi ences on MTV's The Real World as a straight man rooming with a gay man who was HIV+. (7:30 pm at Twenty-Third Avenue Books. 1015 NW 23rd Ave. Free. 503-224-6203.) Pam and Maggie sing their hearts out at Touchstone Coffee House. (7 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. Donations. 503-262-7613.) The Portland Bisexual Alliance throws itself a 5th birthday party at Laughing Horse Books. ( 7 pm. 3652 SE Division St. Bi-Line 503-775-9717.) Out Dancing teaches swing classes to same-sex couples at Sally Mack's School of Dance. (7-8 pm every Friday during Septem ber. 532 SE Ankeny St. $5. 503-236-5129.) Portland PFLAG co-founder Ann Shepherd, her daughter Susie and Katie Chase play host to a good old-fashioned summer barbecue as part of the eighth annual Dinner at My House for Our House Wake up your taste buds and make a reservation for one of these splendid dinners. (5-9 pm. $60 a per- Submissions should be sent to ju st O U t Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293-0400; or faxed to (503) 236-1257. Deadline is 15 days before issue date, ju st O U t is published on the first and third Friday of each month. Get outta town with the Adventure Group as members go hiking at Mount St. Helens. (503-452-5680 ) C heck out Q ueer as Folk Sept. 22 24 at the H ollyw ood Theatre, a b enefit fo r the upcom ing P ortland LGBT Film Festival son. Get a brochure listing all the dinners or make reservations at 503-736-9276.) Bring your flashlight and enjoy an evening hike at Oak Island with Lesbians Enjoying the Sciences (Meet at 5 pm. Call Susan at 503-232-6738 for directions.) The Marionberry Salon meets in Salem for a potluck and to discuss Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories, a novel about an African Ameri can lesbian. (6.30 pm. Cary 503-363-6036.) Friends of the Shelter Foundation holds a rummage sale through Sept. 17 at Petco to benefit the animals at the Multnomah County Animal Shelter (9:30 am-5 pm. 14410 SE Division St. 503-795-9201.) o S unday Lace up your Reeboks and join the Race for the Cure, a 5K walk/run to increase breast cancer awareness and raise money for research. (If you want to keep pace with the Forest Group, call Robyn at 503-286-5382.) Have a great meal for a great cause: On behalf of Basic Rights Oregon’s No on 9 campaign. Black Dog Furniture designs is teaming up with Mother's Bistro for a deli cious benefit. The chefs, who just swept the food categories at The Bite, will serve up their prize-winning dishes in a buffet followed by a silent auction of art and handmade furniture. In addition, the bar will have tables for playing 21 and shooting craps. (7-9:30 pm. 409 SW Second Ave. Tickets start at $50. Call Moth er's for reservations 503-464-1122.) Love Makes a Family holds a speakers workshop to train those who want to go into the community and speak about the dangers and deceptions of Measure 9. Another training will be held Oct. 7. (503-228-3892 or e-mail LMFamily@teleport. com.) Suck up some grand scenery as the Adven ture Group hikes at Gnarl Ridge. (8 am. 503-452-5680.) It's time again to appreciate the country's only nonprofit women's bookstore during the annu al fund-raiser for In Other Words at the Kennedy School. “Women of Note” will fea ture Portland musicians Janice Scroggins, Mary Kadderly and Brenda Phillips followed by a silent auction. (6-10 pm. 5736 NE 33rd Ave. $12 advance. $15 door. 503-232-6003.) Women are invited to Michelle's Meadow in Portland for SisterSpirit's Fall Equinox ritual (6 pm. Call 503-736-3297 for directions.) o M onday Join MenTalk of Vancouver for a dis cussion from 7 to 9 pm. (Peter 360- 576-6595, MenTalkofVancWA@webtv.net.) o T uesday As part of its No on 9 efforts. Basic Rights Oregon holds its second Lane County gen eral community campaign meeting at the Central Presbyterian Church in Eugene. (6 30 pm. 15th Avenue at Ferry Street. 541-687-2773.) Put your fin g e r on this: Peggy Shaw b rin g s her solo show * M enopausal Gentleman to the Echo Theatre O ct. 6 and 7 o W ednesday Portland musicians band together for the No on 9 Campaign during Songwriters in the Round, featuring Lara Mitchell, Ash- leigh Flynn, Leilo Chieko and Thais Perkins at the Mount Tabor Theatre Pub. (9 pm. 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $5. 503-238-1646.) 0 T hursday Is she or isn’t she? Find out during the Gen der Bender Variety Show at the Egyptian Club, featuring drag kings and queens, dancers, live music and more. (8:30 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $5. 503-236-8689.) FilmTalk. a discussion group for gay, bisexual and transsexual men, watches episodes of Queer as Folk at a pnvate residence. (7-9 pm. Call for address 503-247-8180.) The delightful lesbian singer Lynn Frances Anderson graces Touch stone Coffee House. (7 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. Donations. 503-262-7613.) this love story about a woman who falls for Nurse Macy. (7:30 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Free. 503-232-6003.) undertow \ Will & Grace too tame for you? Try the British televi sion series Queer as Folk. presented totally uncensored and uncut exclu sively by Sensory Perceptions as a benefit for the upcoming Portland LGBT Film Festi val. This full version features male nudity and graphic sex— see the whole first year over three nights through Sept. 24 at the Holly wood Theatre, (www.sensoryperceptions.org) Bring a picnic and enjoy watching Vaux's Swifts go down the chimney at Chapman School with Lesbians Enjoying the Sciences (6:30 pm. Terri 503-844-7846.) The Literary Triangle presents Portland author Rodger Larson First United Methodist Church in Corval lis invites people from Salem, Corvallis, Eugene and surrounding areas to a Youth Conference Against Ballot Measure 9 This will be an opportunity to learn more, develop support networks and plan future actions (6-8 pm. 1165 NW Monroe Ave. 5 4 1 ■ 752-2491 or outnabout@gay. com.) at Bames & Noble Lloyd Center. He'll read from his groundbreaking young readers novel What I Know Now and offer a sneak peek at his new gay novel for adults. (7 pm. 1231 NE Broadway 503-331-1307.) Bames & Noble Jantzen Beach presents Edu cators Night featuring children's author and teacher Will C. Howell and the Close the Book on Hate Program Teachers will o F receive free materials for the classroom, spe cial discounts, resources and refreshments. (7 pm. 1720 N Jantzen Beach 503-283-2800.) Basic Rights Oregon's annual Hart Dinner benefits the No on 9 Campaign The shindig takes place this year at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. (6-9 pm. $100 a person from Katie at 503-280-1094.) All women are welcome at a Fall Equinox Ritual in the Full Circle Temple. (7 pm. 3125 E. Burnside St. 503-238-0675 ) Portland lesbian author Amy Schutzer reads from her first novel, U n d e rto w at In Other Words. Forget Nurse Betty—check out Gay singer/songwriter Mark Weigle per forms in concert at Ashland's Unitarian Fellow ship (8 pm. Fourth and C streets. $12 advance. $14 door. 541 482-4154) The Adventure Group gets together every Tuesday for a Fun Run/Walk at Duniway Park. (6.30pm. Don 503-224-6747.) riday