january 18,2002
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National Poetry Slam
award winner Tracie
Morris blends music and
speech Jan. 18-19 at
Hollywood Theatre
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january
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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
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$13-$16 from 503-242-1419.)
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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)
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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 .)
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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.)
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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.)
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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
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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
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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.)
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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.)
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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 )
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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 )