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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 2002)
january 18,2002 26 National Poetry Slam award winner Tracie Morris blends music and speech Jan. 18-19 at Hollywood Theatre .... january o for those living with and dying from AIDS. One choice puts you in the home of executive director Nancy Sellers for Vietnamese delicacies: the other welcomes you to the Space, downtown's latest happening place for visual and performing artists (Call 503- 736-9276 for times, onces and locations.) F riday Looking for something, urn ..interesting to do tonight? Head over to It's My Pleasure and find out exactly what those pleasures are at the Strap-On Ciass Peruse harnesses and dildos and leam how to use them (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave $10. Register at 503-280-8080.) That queenfic musical duo Terra oerforms at Touchstone Coffee House. (7-9 pm. 7631 N E G Iis a n S t 503-262-7613 www. touchstonecoffeehouse. com.) M eet bisexual w riter Annie Dawid on Jan. 24 at Annie Bloom's Books Tango lessons are offered every Friday this month with Out Dancing N ote the venue change to Ankeny S treet Studio and come early to register if it's your first ses sion. (7-8 pm. C om er o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5 503-236-5129. out_dancmg@yahoo. com .) The Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts presents performance poet Tracie Morris in concert through Jan. 19 at Hollywood Theatre. Live music combines with her songs and speech to create soundscapes of blues, jazz and hip-hop rhythms. (8 pm . 4122 NE Sandy B M r - $13-$16 from 503-242-1419.) { See a flick or two at Bi Movie Night pre sented by BiNet Oregon (7 pm-midnight. Allyn 503-260-9169 Diseverywhere@yahoo.com.) For Eugene-area trans warnors: Emergence Transgender Social Group meets every third Saturday at Koinonia Center. (7:30-11 pm. 1414 Kincaid St. emg977@yahoo.com.) S unday Jock-type queers should hook up with Portland Frontrunners Some Sundays feature trail runs; the others focus on long-distance training. (9 am June 503-239-7705 www.portlandfrontnjnners.org.) You have a standing brunch date every Sunday in Eugene with the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual 20s/30s Social Club (10 am. Call Steve at 541-485-3437 ___________ for location) * ^ Anastasia and Leather 15, as well as special appearances by Rose Court members. (7 pm. 2100 SE Belmont St. $20 suggested donation. 503-872-9664) 0 M onday Bring light and dark T-shirts with you to Women's Recreational Basketball Night every Monday at James John School. (7:15-8:30 pm. 7439 N Charleston St. $2.) Men's Gay, Trans, Bi and Questioning Group meets every M onday at the Koinonia C enter in Eugene. (7:30 pm. 1414 Kincaid St. C urtis 541 -342-5088 curtisb@hivalliance. org .) o T uesday W herever you are in Oregon, you are invited to a candlelight celebration o f the 29th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Events are scheduled in Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, M edford, Portland and Salem. (6 pm. For . locations call 503-223-4510 o r 541-775-4931 o r visit w ww .ppcw .org.) Night (GALA) See The Seagull at Newmark Theatre, then head over to Dragonfish Asian Cafe to mingle with the cast, crew and host ess Poison Waters (7 pm. 1111 S W Broadway. $16-$44. 503-274-6588.) Karaoke master De'zhon lets you do the singing every Tuesday night at C.C. Slaughters. (8 pm-midnight. 219 N W Davis St. 503-248-9135.) o W ednesday Men's Talk meets at First Congregational United Church o f Christ for discussion and activities fo r gay Portlanders who would like to strengthen the community and themselves. (7 pm. 1137 S W Broadway 503-247-7139. pdxgaymen@aol. c o m ) Attention Eugene dwellers: Every third Friday is Queer Night at Out of the Fog Coffee House & Morning Glory Cafe. As an added bonus, this month the cafe boasts a lesbian photogra- J phy exhibit by Seda Rhodes. (6:30-11 pm. 450 Willamette St. 541-687-0709.) f Drink coffee and chat up cute guys at Young Men's Coffee Talk every Wednesday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (7-9 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave. 503-223-5907. ext. 233.) Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the world-famous all S aturday male ballet company, swishes into Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, courtesy of White Bird Enhancing rather than mocking the spirit o f dance, \ “ The Trocks" will f perform highlights of 19th century ballet, including their P“ enormously popu- f» lar signature work, Swan Lake, A ct II. Donations will be Men seeking alternative spiritual growth and community: Look no further than Portland Radical Faeries Find them any Saturday at 3 Friends % Coffeehouse (9 3 0 am. 201 SE 12th Ave. Fey Dirt Une 503-235-0826. otter@pcez.com.) Don't run alone1 Portland Frontrunners will run along with you for three to seven miles every Saturday morning. If you want, you can replenish those calones with the group after ward at brunch. (9 am June 503-239-7705. www.portlandfrontnjnners. org. ) Tangents Reading Senes presents Peace Words, a marathon of readings and perform ances in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday More than 20 wnters and musicians will perform dunng the event at Gracie's, including Ursula LeGuin, lesbian writer Judith Barrington and didjeridu musi cian Michael Stirling. (Noon-7pm. Northeast Sixth Avenue and Prescott Street. $10-$15. 503-233-4562 o r 503-235-7963) All women are welcome to join SisterSpirit for a celebration o f Twelfth Night at Musicians' Union Hall. (6.30 pm. 325 NE 20th Ave. $3-$5donation. 503-736-3297.) Submissions should be sent to ju st 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, ju st out is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. Salem's Marionberry Salon book group discusses The Second Coming o f Cudy Red. a novel by Jody Seay about a small town lesbian couple set against the back drop o f the Oregon Citizens Alliance's first Measure 9. Feel free to bring a dish for the potluck, too! (6:30 pm. Cary 503-363-6036 mahonbenrysalon@aol. com. ) Grab your Stetson and head off to 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.) Not one but two tantalizing taste experiences are on the menu as part of the signature senes Dinner at My House for Our House, a fund-raiser benefiting the residential care facility The internationally renowned "Trocks" are back in Portland with their unique representation of classical ballet ^ Jan. 23 .^ ¡ll accepted at the performance for Cascade AIDS Project. (7:30 pm. 1037 S W Broadway. $15-$39 from www.whitebird.org o r Ticketmaster.) i Housing and Retirement Enterprises (SHARD |jt? formerly the Gay and Lesbian Housing Committee, meets at Friendly House. (6-8 pm. 2617 N W Savier St. 503-28&3575.) P mean a thing if you don't leam that swing with Out Dancing every Sunday this month at Ankeny Street Studio. Come early to register if it's your first class. (3-4 pm. C om er o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129 out_dancing@yahoo.com.) Sip some wine and waft intellectual with Lesbians with Degrees first and third Sundays at Crush. (6 pm. 1412 SE Mom son S t leshanswdegrees@aol. c o m ) Help out SM YRC and see a great show The Sexual Minority Youth Recreation Center offers up a variety show featunng performances by Chance DeValmont, Slam poet extraordinaire Alix Olson reminds you why you're queer, liberal and feminist and why you hate Wal-Mart in Room 238 at Portland State University's Smith Memorial Center. Sponsored by the W omen’s Resource Center and Queers and Allies (6 pm. 724 SW Harrison St Donations.) Keep at least one of your new year's reso lutions by joining Portland Frontrunners every Tuesday for a three- to six-mile run. Optional dinner follows for those who want to keep the good times rolling. (6:30 p m Ju n e 503-239-7705 www port landfrontmnners org.) Just Out and Portland Center Stage invite you to Gay and Lesbian Audience with D J Crystal Wednesday nights at C.C. Slaughters. (Fridays, too!) (9 pm-2 am. 219 N W Davis St. 503-248-9135.) G et those hips moving at the Egyptian Club during Middle Eastern Music and Dance Night with live music every Wednesday. If your hips are rusty, you can just ogle the pret ty dancers. (8-11 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $4. 503-236-8689 ) o T hursday Dingos invites you to Giris Night Out any Thursday. Food and drink specials until mid night. Oh, and girls. (4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-233 3 9 9 6 ) Read your clever prose, recite your beautiful poetry, sing your edgy songs or, heck, even just drink java and listen during open mike every Thursday night at Touchstone Coffee House. (7-9 pm 7631 NE Glisan St. 503-262 7613. www.touchstonecoffeehouse.com.) Silverado does Latino Night right every Thursday Featunng free chips and salsa, $1 shots of tequila, music and. this month only, hostess Poison Waters' (1217 SW Stark St. 503-224-4493 )
