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The Treatment
Information
Exchange plays
host to a weekly
dinner and meeting
at Rose City Park
Presbyterian
Church. Tonight's
topic is lactic aci
dosis. (Dinner
6:30 pm, meeting
7 pm 1907 NE
45th Ave. RSVP
to 503-736-0194.)
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Shine those dance shoes, and boogie
through the decades. The Portland
Gay Men's Chorus plays host to the
second annual Rainbow Ball, the
kickoff dance for Pride 2001 at Crystal
Ballroom. (8 pm. 1332 W Bumside St.
$10 at the door, $12 in advance from
www.mcmenamins.com or any chorus
member. 21 and older.)
Celebrate sum
mer! Join the
Adventure
Group for a Fun
Run/Walk every Tuesday at Duniway
Park. (6:30pm. Don 503-224-6747.
www. adventuregroup. org.)
Jump-start Pride Weekend with a
Kickoff Dance at the Egyptian
Club. (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $5.
503-236-8689.)
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Kick off Pride Weekend with Gay and
Lesbian Outreach at St. Philip Neri
Catholic Church. A special Mass on
the theme of bridges welcomes peo
ple of all denominations. (7:30 pm.
2408 SE 16th Ave. 503-231-4955.)
Nakedly gay writer David Sedaris
reads from his book Me Talk
Pretty One Day at Twenty-Third
Avenue Books. (7:30 pm. 1015 NW
23rd Ave. 503-224-6203.)
Submissions should be
sent to Just out
Calendar, P.O. Box
14400, Portland, OR
97293-0400; or faxed
to 503-236-1257.
www.justout.com
Deadline is 15 days
before issue date.
Just out is
published on the first
and third Friday of
each month. All
addresses are in
Portland unless
otherwise specified.
How do we give meaning to a
moment? Go to Echo
Theatre and find out
when the Seattle
dance company
A Contemporary
Movement Ensemble
gives performances guided
by this theme through
June 16. (8 pm. $8-$12.
1515 SE 37th Ave.
503-256-5654.)
You’d better not miss the Pride .
Festival through June 17 at Waterfront
Park. Activities and entertainment galore!
(Noon-11 pm Saturday, 11 am-6 pm
Sunday.)
Express yourself at the annual Dyke
March, subversively mounted by
the Lesbian Avengers. The
march begins in the North Park
Blocks, winds its way up Broadway
and finishes at the Pride 2001 fes
tival site. (7 pm.)
Don't even think of missing
the biggest and best dyke
party of the year, Pride
lance 2001 at the
Egyptian Club. There'll be
hundreds of prizes, a free
late-night buffet and wall-to-
wall women! (9 pm-4 am.
3701 SE Division St. $8.
503-236-8689.)
Come decked out in your sexi
est crimson clothing for the
Red Light District Party
benefiting Pride Northwest.
Scandals will be filled
with go-go boys, fire
Glammy
dancers and red cocktails
Award
all night long. (8 pm.
winning
1038 SW Stark St.
Best Dance Artist
Pick out your summer read
503-227-5887.)
Edie returns to with
a one-woman show
ing. then hear
June 20 at
Pam &
Weather permitting,
Darcelle XV
Maggie's
come out and support
the Rose City
performance
PHOTO BY NIGEL TEARE
Softball
at Borders
in Beaverton. The duo play in
Association, playing the annual
styles ranging from folk to
Grudge Match against the Portland
rock. (7 pm. 2605 SW
Police Bureau team at Lents Park.
(Noon. Southeast Holgate Street at 92nd
Cedar Hills Blvd.
Avenue, www.portlandgaysoftball.com .)
503-644-6164.)
Swing! Swing! Swing! Out
Dancing teaches dance classes
to same-sex couples every Friday
at Sally Mack's School of Dance.
This month, leam to swing.
(7-8 pm. 532 SE Ankeny St.
$5. 503-236-5129.
out_dancing@yahoo.com .)
Lavender Lounge, a
gathering of Speak to Your
Brothers, happens every
Friday at 3 Friends
Coffeehouse. (7-9 pm.
201 SE 12th Ave.
503-223-5907, ext. 233.)
Beat the heat, suck in the fresh air, and
start your weekend with some exercise.
Join the Adventure Group every
Saturday morning along Portland's water
front, followed by a brunch. Meet at the
former River Queen Restaurant parking
lot for a two- to six-mile run or walk open
to all skill levels. (9 am. Don
503-224-6747.
www. adventuregroup. org.)
Stand up and be counted! The Pride
Parade steps off from Lincoln High
School. 1600 SW Salmon St. See Page 2
for a map of the new route. (Noon.)
Hear a classy mix of folk, pop, soul, rock
and funk. Ajay's new band, Embra,
plays on the rooftop at O'Connors.
(6-8 pm. 110 SW Yamhill St.
503-227-3883.)
Get connected. Women gather for the
Lesbian Connection Brunch every
Sunday at L & L Bakery in Eugene.
(11 am. 1591 Willamette St. Bonnie
503-683-2793.)
Rosetown Ramblers roll out the fun
during their Gay Pride skating party
at Oaks Park, with cash prizes for the
best costumes. Please bring a donation
of nonperishable food for Esther's Pantry.
(7:30-9:30 pm. Foot of Southeast
Spokane Street. $5. 503-234-9944.)
Love Makes a Family plays host to a
Vancouver Parents and Kids
Group every third Monday at the
Children’s Home Society. Join them for
food, fun and support. (6-8 pm. 309 W
12th Ave. 503-228-3892.)
The Portland Polyamory Circle
meets to discuss “finding time."
(Call Laury at 503-285-4848 for time
and location.)
The Lesbian Community Project
presents the first event in Options
for Elders, a forum at the YWCA
offered by a panel of lesbian and gay
seniors. This program is funded by a
new grant from Equity Foundation.
(6-8 pm. 1111 SW 10th Ave.
503-286-3575.)
Beam me up! Voyager might have just
ended, but the books continue. For Star
Trek fans, the new Next Generation
novel Section 31: Rogue by Just Out
writer Andy Mangels features a homo
sexual officer in a pivotal role. Come to
the book signing at Gai-Pied.
(6:30 pm. 2544 NE Broadway.
503-331-1125.)
Author Arlene Stein reads from The
Stranger Next Door: The Story of
a Small Community's Battle Over
Sex, Faith and Civil Rights, about
the struggle against the Oregon Citizens
Alliance, at Mother Kali's Books in
Eugene. (7 pm. 720 E 13th Ave.
541-343-4864.)
One night only—Glammy Award-winning
Best Dance Artist Edie returns to her
hometown with a one-woman show ben
efiting the Audria M. Edwards
Scholarship Fund at Darcelle XV. A
veteran performer, she's also the recipi
ent of the HX Award for Best Drag
Queen 2000. (8:30 pm. 208 NW Third
Ave. $8. 503-222-5338.)
Dine for Basic Rights! Dozens of
popular restaurants are giving at least 15
percent of your bill to Basic Rights
Oregon, so today's the day to go out
for breakfast, lunch and dinner—and
don't forget to order dessert!
Participants include Adobe Rose,
Bogart's, Bridges. Byways, Chameleon
Restaurant & Bar, Chez What? and
Daydream. See the ad on Page 58 for a
complete list.
Tom Spanbauer will read from his
long-awaited new novel, In the City of
Shy Hunters, at Twenty-Third Avenue
Books. (7:30 pm. 1015 NW 23rd Ave.
503-224-6203.)
Let your inner dyke express herself at the annual Dyke March,
subversively mounted by the Lesbian Avengers on June 16
photo by marty days
Don your boots and head for Crystal's
Queer Country Jam at Portland
Metro Club. (8-9 pm lessons. 9 pm-1 am
dancing. 618 SE Alder St. $5. $8 with
lessons.)
“Wing." by Wendy
Yoder Holub will
be on view
June 28 to July 24
at ONDA Gallery
Go take a hike. Join the Adventure
Group for a walk to Warrior Rock.
(9 am. 503-452-5680.
www. adventuregroup. com.)
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