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Lesbian waves a stick
and gay men follow
Put on your dancing shoes
Hooray for the Hollywood
land in Maurice. The series also features a pre
implants Mariel Hemingway in the early les
bian classic Personal Best. Also for women and
anyone who appreciates a great romance is my
personal all-time fave lesbo flick, When Night Is
Falling. If you’ve never seen this one, you owe it
to yourself to see it on a big screen. You’ll find
the complete schedule at the Internet site
www.sensoryperceptions.org or by calling the
Festival Hotline at 503-242-0818.
A show of faith
| ticking with Pride events, an unusual display
is on view June 11 to 17 at St. James
Lutheran Church, 1315 S.W. Park Ave. A
Shower o f Stoles is a collection of liturgical stoles
honoring the religious faith of hundreds of gay,
lesbian, bisexual and trans people. T h e project
began in 1995 in Minneapolis, where an
ordained person was unable to continue working
in her church because of her sexual orientation.
As a show of support, other people living closet
ed lives sent her stoles. Today the collection
numbers more than 600 from three continents;
this show will feature 150 of them. Some stoles
were made by church members in support of gay
clergy, and others were sent anonymously. In all,
they are a powerful testament to faith and com
mitment. Admission is free; call 503-227-2439
for times.
The art of the matter
?he Lesbian Art Guild is showing its work
through June 30 at the Jantzen Beach Barnes
& Noble, 1720 N. Jantzen Beach. An artists
reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m.
June 8. Artists include Kelley Beg
ley, Melissa Frye, Jenny Gilbert,
Mary Hauer, Heron, Page Jordan
and Maria Pace. Works
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Out on the courts
Portland tennis aces
eam Portland Tennis Alliance will play
host to the annual N W Cup at the Port
land Tennis Center, 324 N.E. 12th Ave.
This will be the sixth year of the event, which
is a competition between Team Portland, the
Seattle Tennis Alliance and the Vancouver
International Pride Association. T he hosts
traditionally have won the cup, although this
year might prove differently. Vancouver is
bringing a more advanced women’s team than
the others, so it should be interesting. Every
one is welcome to watch the event, and
admission is free. M atch play begins at 9 a.m.
June 2, continues until 10 p.m. and resumes
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. June 3.
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ingo’s, a new lesbian-owned restaurant and
bar, will be donating 15 percent of its gross
sales from each Thursday during the month
of June to Basic Rights Oregon. (Thursday
night has already become very successful with
the institution of Girls Night Out.) In addi
tion, BRO will provide donation envelopes for
customers as well as information explaining
what the organization does. There will also be
an informal donation jug at the bar. This will
be a great opportunity for education and out
reach into the larger community. JH1
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| ection 3 1: Rogue, the newest book in the Star
. Trek: The Next Generation series, was written
* by Just Out writer Andy Mangels and Michael
A. Martin. The novel pits Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
and his crew against a shadowy covert operations
division of Starfleet. Throughout the book,
Lt. Hawk, a young homosexual officer on the
Starship Enterprise, plays a pivotal role in a crisis
of galactic proportions. Both authors will read and
sign books 7 p.m. June 13 at Borders, 708 S.W.
Third Ave. They’ll repeat the greet 6:30 p.m.
June 20 at Gai-Pied, 2544 N.E. Broadway.
Good food for a good cause
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§ kind of experience,” Coffee
3 adds. On that note, the two
| choruses will premiere the
| three-movement piece Here
| We Are, written especially
for this occasion by noted
lesbian composer Diane
Benjamin, as well as some
of the best works from the
recent GALA Chorus
Festival.
W hether it’s men or
women with altitude,
Coffee calls it “a privi
lege... to see people at
their most beautiful.
W hen people are singing,
you realize that this is the
greatest potential of the
The PGMC welcomes Sue Coffee (left)
human race.”
Men with Altitude! is performed 8 p.m.
June 9 and 2 p.m. June 10 at the Scottish Rite
Temple, 1512 S.W. Morrison St. Tickets are
$12-$20 from any chorus member or Fastixx.
— Marc Arito
fhat happens when you put one lesbian
in a room with 140 gay men? You’ll have
to go to the Portland Gay M en’s Chorus
Men with Altitude! concert to find out, as the
¡join the fellas of the Portland Gay Men’s
guys welcome the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus,
[Chorus for the Rainbow Ball, their second
and its lesbian conductor, as their guests. The
^annual kickoff to Pride 2001, June 15 at the
founding artistic director of Sound Circle, an
Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside St. Boogie
a cappella women’s ensemble in Boulder, Colo.,
through the decades with three disc jockeys on
Sue Coffee first came to the chorus as an inter
two dance floors. Poison Waters will be collect
im director after its conductor left suddenly.
ing canned food for Esther’s Panty. The doors
“So much of the chorus experience is about
open at 8 p.m., and tickets are $12 at the door or
community,” she says, “that I felt certain they
$10 in advance from the Crystal Ballroom box
should have a male director.” But so pleased
office, Ticketmaster or www.mcmenamins.com.
was the chorus with her conducting that they
called off the search and asked her to remain.
As the conductor now of both a gay chorus
and a lesbian chorus, Coffee filters (sorry,
he Hollywood Theatre will screen the June
couldn’t resist the pun) her experiences from
Pride Series, a collection of classic gay and
both together. “The guys are so funny, so
lesbian films, all month long. Sensory Per
delightful and lovely,” she says, “they made me
ceptions, the nonprofit organization responsi
realize I could stand to lighten up.” As a result,
ble for the annual LG BT Film Festival, creat
she has since encouraged her women’s chorus
ed the series in response to frequent requests
to camp it up a little.
for screenings of older gay and lesbian
On the other hand, she has introduced
films that have not been seen
the men’s chorus to the more per
recently or were underappreci
sonal, reflective approach she
ated at the time of their
customarily takes with the
release. Highlights include
women. “It was foreign to
Reflections in a Golden Eye,
them at first, but they’re get
starring Marlon Brando as a
ting used to it,” she says.
husband whose eye wanders
What comes easily, how
from his wife (Elizabeth Tay
ever, is the chorus’s relationship
lor) to another man. A1 Paci
to music written by living queer
no stars in Dog Day
composers. “There’s a very di
rect connection between the
Russell Crowe (left) stars in
Afternoon, and Hugh Grant
performers and the pieces that
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