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Continued from Page QQ7 And he sure to check out the gay- owned O N D A Studio and Gallery, 2215 N.E. Alberta St. T his year’s Holi day G ift Showcase features lesbian artists Serena Barton, Mariah Ureel and Sierra Briano through Dec. 24. The lesbian-owned Plain Jane, 2936 N.E. Alberta St., recently reinvented itself as a gift gallery. In addition to a diverse and exciting array of art, small items are being added to its offerings. The new merchandise includes color ful papier-mache bowls made by South African women with H IV /AID S. The items are fairly traded, which means the impoverished artisans are being paid higher prices and given access to mar kets otherwise unavailable to them. The bowls are created by the non profit Wola N ani, which is Xhosa for “we embrace and develop each other.” The organization facilitates job creation programs for those affected by the dis ease and offers community support serv ices such as counseling and child care. —Jim Radosta V a m p ir e V o w by Michael Scheifelbein. Alyson , 2001; $12.95 softcover . C f one really wanted to break a bunch of tabtxis all at once, how about this scenario: JL An ex-priest writes a Ixxik about a Roman officer who tries to seduce and rape his friend Jesus Christ, then becomes a cursed vampire and slaugh ters monks through the ages. That’s Vampire Vow in a nutshell—and a nastily erotic nutshell it is. Michael Scheifelbein writes smoothly— even in the first-person voice— and the chap ters fly by so quickly, I read most of the book while waiting on a car repair. A sequel is already on the way. My one complaint is the brevity of this book; it seems like it should have been longer. But as every writer wants the reader to desire more, Scheifelbein did his job. My job is to recommend Vampire Vow with a caveat: If you have issues with either bloody gore or the mixture of eroticism and Jesus, you won’t want this book. More adventurous readers— and Anne Rice fans— will devour it whole. — AM happened to be witness to a murder that con nects back to Lolita. It’s all quite complicated, and Quiet Days tries too hard to fracture the myth of a perfect Tinseltown while indulging in some cliches of its own, but the performances are almost all great, and it’s refreshing to see a film deal with the industry’s gay closet. The DVD and video feature the same print. The film was not shot in widescreen, and there are no DVD extras. — AM Q u i e t D a y s in H o l l y w o o d Image Although flashbacks tell us the story of Vic tor Decimus’ cursed past, the hulk of this short novel is set in the present, when he is a monk at an Appalachian monastery. There, he finally finds a man whom he loves and whom he also wants to turn into a vampire. But the seduc tion carries with it a price, and because Victors dreams are haunted by an erotic yet forgiving Jesus, things are not destined to end well. uiet Days in Hollywood is one of those films that almost seems to be ad-libbed, yet the plotting is so intricately intertwined that it had to have a script. An ensemble cast of eight people wending their way through Hollywood covers the spectrum. Hilary Swank represents the low end as a wig-wearing streetwalker Lolita, while Peter Dobson sets the tone at the high end as award-winning closeted actor Peter Blaine (think Tom Cruise), who’s in love with a screwed-up, coke head boy toy. This young guy has a sexu al encounter with a high-profile Holly wood type whose equally high-profile wife is having an affair with an asshole lawyer whose waitress that morning just q u i & t d&y$ in a s H o l l y w o o d BUY • S E L L • CO NSIGN • RENTALS A M ISH ALWAYS BU YING F U R N I T U R E GALLERY f7 ?artt/ cuyied L 7 ?ai/oom j f e i A /onuiiiou' Hand-crafted, solid lumber, heirloom-quality furniture JOHNNY O P E N E V E 'S GTLGAM1ZSH RETRO & MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNI SHI NGS AND MORE! S O L E Portland, OR 97205 Upstairs Downstairs 815 SW Alder Street 503.228.5844 ’800 NE Sandy Blvd • 503.233.1890 • 10-7 Sun-Mon • 10-9 Wed-Sal 503.225.1241 Mission, Shaker, Country and Queen Anne styles 245 NW Fifth Avenue Corner of 5th & Everett 503.227.2888 www.amishfurnituregallery.com M ake their sea son bright! QOLD DOOR J ewel r y and Art ~ Exquisite jewelry from for men and women in sterling and semi-precious stones G O LD DOOR ~ Fine and folk art 1434 SE 37th Ave. from around the world rv Unusual gifts (just a few steps off Hawthorne) ESCENTIAL J&. a ■ ( n |l It askets from llic Luxurious lo ike Wliimsical. Starling al $15. ( ireat Storking Staffers. T o.: Open every day 503-232-6069 710 N W 23rJ A venue * 503.248.0748 A 3638 S E llawtk omc * 503.236.7976 r
