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Singer Izetta Smith and composer/
musician Barbara Bernstein present
a CD release concert at the Artichoke
Backgate Theater through Sept. 29.
(8 pm. 3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
503-235-2623.)
The Lesbian and Gay Immigration
Rights Task Force invites “ foreign-
born queers" (and their U.S.-born friends
and partners) to a cocktail mixer
(503-471-1568. lgirtfpdx@hotmail.com.)
Join Portland Bisexual Women for
Women's Dancing Night Out
(Diana 503-460-0667.)
Catch singer/songwriter/pianist Margie
Adam at Portland Community College's
Sylvania Performing Arts Center in a CD
release concert and benefit for PCC's
Diversity Fund (8 pm. 12000SW
49th Ave. $18 at the door, $16 in
advance from It's My Pleasure or Fastixx.
503-460-3803. www.margieadam.com.)
Fabulous dining for a great cause— make
a reservation for one of the splendid din
ners that make up the ninth annual
Dinner at My House for Our
House Tonight's delight is “What I
Really Want to Do,” a gourmet evening
with Chris
Coleman. Portland
Center Stage artis
tic director, at a
lovely Laurelhurst
home. (6 3 0 pm.
$75. Get a
brochure listing all
the dinners or make
reservations at 503-736-9276.)
The Lesbian Community Project
presents Deaf Culture Night at the
YWCA downtown, open to everyone
interested in learning about queer deaf
culture. There will be sharing of informa
tion. games and socializing. The evening
will be voiced for hearing people, and
you can sign up for beginning or interme
diate American Sign Language classes.
(7-9 pm. 1111 SW 10th Ave Free.
503-294-7435.)
A Conversation with Margie Adam,
an open-ended discussion of women's
music and culture and strategies for sup
porting positive change, takes place at
Portland Community College's Sylvania
Performing Arts Center Lobby. (1-3 pm.
12000 SW 49th Ave. 503-460-3803.
www. margieadam. com.)
Chow down with the Oregon Bears dur
ing their monthly brunch at the Jantzen
Beach Newport Bay. (11 am. 11950 N
Center St. www.oregonbears.org.)
New York
drag king Mo B. Dick and
the Men of Club Casanova butch
things up Sept. 30 at PSU and the
Egyptian Club
The Egyptian Club plays host to
Middle Eastern Music and Dance
Night with live music every Wednesday.
StatScript
Pharmacy
holds an Open
House at its new
location. It will
offer painless bio
electric impedance
analysis, an impor
tant test of muscle mass for
those who are HIV-positive. A nutritionist
also will be available during the event.
(9 am-4 pm. 1215 NW 23rd Ave.
John 503-525-9094.)
Portland State University Smith Memorial
Center Ballroom, sponsored by PSU
Queers and Allies Doors open at
5:30 pm, and a buffet will begin at 6 with
a no-host bar. At 6:30, a PSU student
improv group will perform. At 7:45 the
kings take over. (1825 SW Broadway.
$16 from 503-725-5681 or at the door.)
As soon as Mo B. Dick and the Men
of Club Casanova finish up at PSU.
they stride over to the Egyptian Club
for another show. (10 pm. 3701 SE
Division St. $5 503-2368689.)
your partner for gay coun
try western dancing with the
Rosetown Ramblers featuring a live
disc jockey and full-service bar at
Portland Metro Club. (10 pm-1.30 am.
618 SE Alder St. $5. 503-234-9944.
www.rdrop.com/users/ramblers.)
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Get outta town with the Forest Group
as the gals explore
Ape Caves (503-231-7871.)
See On View and Onstage
listings on Page 32.
The fifith annual
Portland
Lesbian Gay Bi
Trans Film
Festival reels off
Sept. 21
through 29t
don't miss the
steamy
Come Undone
Sept. 22
Watch the pros, or join in the fun!
(8-11 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $4.
503-236-8689.)
Four singers from the Indie Girls
Records Tour will perform at
Touchstone Coffee House. (7-9.30 pm.
7631 NEGIisan St. $5. 503-262-7613.)
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Portland Lambda Pool League
team play begins in Portland and
Vancouver bars. (Eric 503-317-9511.
pdxjim. homestead, com/lambdapool. html.)
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he Southern Oregon Film Society pre-
ents the first Ashland Independent
ilm Festival through Oct. 8 at the
Varsity Theatre
Vivian's Keeper. ‘ Portland's cutest
queer folk trio," proves it tonight at the
Red & Black Cafe. The group will
perform new songs and share sto
ries from a just-completed tour.
(9 pm. 2138 SE Division St.
www. vivianskeeper. com)
New York drag king extraordinaire Mo
B. Dick and the Men of Club
Casanova butch things up in the
them to the Portland Lesbian
Garden Club for the Fall
Plant Exchange at a
Northeast Portland home.
(11 am. Call 503-909-2002
for directions.
lgcoregon@aol. com. )
It’s time for the third
annual Women of
Note Concert and
silent auction at the
Old Church,
a celebration of local
music to benefit In
Other Words. (7 pm.
1422 SW 11th Ave.
$16 at the door, $13
in advance from the
bookstore.
503-232-6003.)
The Forest Group takes a hike to
Berry Patch/Goat Ridge.
(503-286-4387.)
Radical Women meet to discuss U.S.
foreign policy. (6 pm buffet f$8], 7 pm
meeting l$2). 819 N Killingsworth St.
503-240-4462.)
downtown. The festival actively promotes
dialogue between filmmaker and audi
ence in an intimate setting and offers
four seminars. Films with gay or lesbian
themes are Coffee Date, Cyberslut,
Freaks, Glam Gods and Rockstars... the
NYC story, The
Confession and
The Bounty.
(www.ashland-
film.org.)
Here's another chance to belt out your
favorite things. This special showing of
Sing-a-Long Sound of Music at
Cinema 21 benefits Sensory
Perceptions, the group that brings you
the Portland Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Film
Festival each year. So wrap yourself in
brown paper or warm woolen mittens
and have a gay old time. (1 pm. 616 NW
21st Ave. $35 from TicketWeb or 866-
468-7623 and at the door.)
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Gay Life presents Oral Fixation, a
community forum focusing on the
issues of oral sex and the risk of HIV
and STD transmission, at Portland
State University's Lincoln Hall. The
panel of experts will include a physi
cian as well as pom star Michael
Brandon. (7.30 pm. 360-397-8098.)
"Reflections," a woodcut by
Elaine Pierce, Is on view at
ONDA Studio and Gallery
beginning Sept. 27
The Forest Group holds a
potluck and planning meeting.
(6:30 pm. 503-636-1855.)
BiNet Oregon is holding a
Cougar Hot Springs Cam pout
through Oct. 7. (503-680-5252. bme-
torQpomt flash, com.)
Do you have plant volunteers or coloniz
ers in your garden you'd like to give a
good home? Then dig 'em up and bring
Singer/
songwriter
Margie Adam
performs
Sept. 29
atPCC
a benefit for
the school's
Diversity
Fund
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