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larch 1.2002 30 .aoout 0 U lust out is published on the first and third Friday of every month. The deadline for submissions is 15 days prior to publication. out <Siabout is a free community service of Just out Listing for events and announcements that are specifically relevant to sexual minorities in Oregon and southwest Washington is provided free of charge. The calendar features events up to three weeks beyond the date of publication. Bulletin Board listings run for up to two months from submission date. outreach listings of up to 25 words (not including contact information) are pro vided free of charge to organizations and groups specifically serving the sexual minorities community. All listings are subject to editing, and inclusion is subject to space limitations, relevance and receipt by deadline. Listings expire twice a year (in May and November), and submissions run from the date received until the next scheduled expiration date. 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Box 14400 Portland, OR 97293-0400 March 30 The Mam Gallery features Perspectives o f Portland Actors Conservatory offers Neil Simon's classic comedy Biloxi Blues the story of Eugene Moms' Interstate Ave.. offers tw o exhibitions through Peace, a multidisciplinary project by Portland artist (aunt through boot camp, where he encounters danger, big Ping Khaw-Sutherland In the Entry Gallery is otry. homosexuality, flatulence and Army food Showing Healing in M otion, bold and colorful expressionist« through March 3 at Firehouse Theatre (C all fo r times 1436 SW M ontgom ery S t $ 1 7-$20 from 503-274-1717.) paintings by Portland lesbian artist Gay owned Shezuet Miller Portland Center Stage presents Ntozake Shange s Marti Woolley Gallery 120 N W Ninth powerful choreopoem fo r colored girls who have consid ered suicide when the rainbow is enuf through March 10 Ave #210, displays the work of Portland painters Sandy Sampson and Jo Ann Gilles through March 2. Mount Hood Community College's Visual Arts Center 26000 SE Stark St., offers the exhibit D ate by Rebecca Sexton The large format photographs— ing queer thnller of cinematic proportion, through March 2. stereotypes— will be on display through March 15. (8pm 2257 N W Raleigh S t $10-$20 from 503-232-7072 ) Stark Raving Theatre presents lesbian comic per Dorothy Hirsch in her one-woman show Where's T o fo ? th ro u g h March 2. (1 0 3 0 p m Portland Institute for Contemporary Art former 219 N W 12th A v e . presents photo based work by Melanie Manchot through March 23 ONSTAGE I Bob Jackson Theater presents A R Gurney s The Pacific Highway, offers a colaborative exhibition by five Oregon women m the mam space and Elizabeth Stanek's C astings— plaster casts o f sections of tree trunks, focus ing attention on our relationship to the natural world— in Gallery 2 Both shows are on view through March 28 A rt Home Gallery 438 SE Sixth Ave., month from 6 to 9 pm. so mark March 28 on your cal Gay-owned endar and stroll along Northeast Alberta S treet between exhibits the mixed-media w ork o f Portland Cuban artist Efrain Gonzalez through Apnl 4 An opening recep 14th Place and 30th Avenue Maps are available at the galleries Be sure to check out the lesbian-owned Plain Jana at 2936 NE Alberta St and the gay-owned Albarta Arts Pavilion/Our Dream Gallary at 2315 NE Alberta St O N D A Studio and Gailary 2215 NE Alberta St., also gay-owned, features mixed- media paintings by Bonnie Lee through March 26 The Art G ym at Maryltiurst University 17600 tion for the artist will be held 5-8 pm March 1. Barnes A Noble at Jantzen Beach displays the work o f Portland lesbian landscape photographer Verone Flood through March 31 w ith a reception for the artist 7-8 pm March 8. Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. 5340 N $ I2 .5 0 -$ 1 8 from 503 288-5181 o r F a stixx) tion. (P ortland S uite 310. 62 0 S W Fifth Ave 50 3-223-5907 W ashington C ounty 503 693-3234 C lark C ounty: 3 6 0 735-9170 ) (5 /02) M etro: AIDS Sc HIV A ID S Prevention Team offers educational matenals. free condoms and lends out HIV books and videos for residents o f Columbia C ounty (503-397-4651X 5 /0 2 ) CAREAssist pays for health insurance premiums, pre scnption drugs and insurance plan co-payments and deductibles for eligible people with H IV /A ID S Programs of the Oregon Health Division and Ryan W hite CARE A ct Titles I and II. (8 am -5 pm M onday-Fnday. 50 3-731-4029 O utside P ortland 8 0 0 -8 0 5 -2 3 1 3 .) (5 /0 2 ) Cascade A ID S Project provides nonmedical serv ices to people w hose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS in Oregon and southw est W ashington Spamsh- 3430 SE Belm ont S t $ 1 5 -$ I9 from 503-239 5919 ) mous and confidential HIV testing and counseling to anyone. Se habla espanol No needles' Call for sched uled and walk-in testing times. (O regon C ity: fine folks who bnng you Camp Starlight, have an imme Saturday 3430 SE Belmont St. $ I5 -$ I9 from 503-239-5919.) Tuesdays, noon-2 pm Thursdays. 6-8 30 pm second and White Bird presents the humorously inventive Pilobolus Dance Theatre one night only March 13 at Arlene | Oregon Ballet Theatre presents James Canfield G LB T scuba diving group forming to get together Signatures, a tno of contemporary ballets showcasing the socially and go on group dives in the area Also interest choreography of the company's artistic director. March 2-9 at Keller Auditorium (7 3 0 pm. 2 pm Sunday 222 SW Clay ed in organizing to go to national queer scuba fund rais ing events such as Diving for Life All skill levels wel S t $5-$80 from box office. 503-2225538 o r Ticketm aster) come. including those wanting to learn to dive Contact G LB T realtor— anywhere nationwide. (3 /1 5 ) Please contact Lon at 503-249-3665 or lamcgil@regence.com. (3 /1 ) Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center has an open call for performing artists and performing arts organizations for selected dates this year and for the upcoming 20th anniversary season Applicants must be identified with an underrepresented ethnic or cultural group or present matenal reflecting an ethnic or cultural perspective Call Ton at 503-823-2001 o r e-mail ifcc@ teleport.com for requirements (3 /1 ) Looking for adult begmner/intermediate piano play ers to play for each other and discuss selections. Contact Lon at 503-249-3665 o r e-mail lamcgil@regence com. (3 /1 5 ) O ur House is a residential care facility for those living with and dying from AIDS (2 727 SE A ld er S t. Portland. OR 97214 503 234 0175 )1 5/02) phones, mail drop, recreational activities, massage and Partnership Project provides social w ork and nurs haircuts Se habla espanol (9 am -3 pm M onday-Fnday 2941 NE A insw orth S t 503-460 3822 ) (5/02) ing case management to people living with HIV/AIDS. Get help coordinating all aspects o f health care as well as financial management, food and housing assistance, Daily Bread Express provides home delivery of and emotional support (8 3 0 am -5 pm M onday Fnday high quality meals to HIV positive individuals in need 503 2 3 0 -1 2 0 2 ) (5 /0 2 ) Fresh meals delivered weekdays, frozen meals for Plus Club House Party provides an open social gathenng for people living with HIV and HIV Health AIDS to mingle and network The group meets in Services Center offers a full service medical clinic, including on-site pharmacist and nutntionist. medication For Us Northwest (F U N ) provides emotional and guage interpretation available (8 am-5 pm Monday Fnday social support activities fo r children infected o r affected Fourth Floor, 426 SW Stark S t 503 9 8 8 5 0 2 0 X 5 /0 2 ) private homes at 2 pm on the third Sunday of the month (Bnan 50 3-24 9-7 030 ) (5/02) Project Quest offers health appointments, nutntional information, support groups and sports activities for people living with HIV/AIDS (15 N M om s S t 503-493-0288 p q uest@ te le portcom ) (5 /02) Friends of People with A ID S Foundation offers through the Treatment Information Exchange (TIE) program Research and Education Group pro assistance to those with HIV. including 72-hour food Weekly meetings are led by professionals in a specialized vides access to HIV/AIDS research tnals of boxes, em ergency travel and lodging, entertainment, pet area of treatment (Tuesday nights. 503-736-0194) (5/02) new drugs and therapies for people In Oregon and southwest Washington (S uite 185. Metropolitan African American Support Connection (M A A S C ) is a support group for (503 283-8535 ) (5 /0 2 ) If you can help, please call Kate at 503 238 4420. (3 /1) 1942? If so. you can help with an oral history project able management, mental health services, wellness program and case management Se habla espanol ASL and foreign lan care, clothing, household goods and cremations. fourth Thursdays and 6-8 30 pm every third W ednesday Oregon Women's Ambulance Corp. m Portland between 1940 and box office. Ticket C entral o r Ticketm aster ) BULLETIN BOABD volunteer child care 11 am-1 pm Anyone out there involved in the $1 5 from 503-236-7253.) International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS (IFARA) provides education Woman's Intercommunity A ID S Resource, the diate need for to work for you! Call 800-442-9735 or visit w w w cross- roadsrelocation org for a free referral to a knowledge tunities. (5 0 3 -7 7 7 -4 9 0 3 ) (5 /0 2 ) Rosa City Softball Association plays host to World Series 2002 Aug 18-25 To volunteer or to spon- Theater1 Theatre! (7 3 0 pm Thursday, 8 pm Fnday and Thursday. 8 pm Fnday and Saturday 425 SE S ixth Ave 503 655-8471 Sandy: 50 3-722-6660 ) (5 /02) by H IV /A ID S Call for information and volunteer oppor form, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to DARE. an all boys Catholic school Runs through March 30 at Fedenco Garcia Lorca, through March 9 (7 3 0 pm Multnomah County Health Department's ment provides three vegetarian meals a day— and a hot tub1 Cost is $175-$195 For information and a registration World Senes, visit www.portlandgaysoftball com. (4/19) Buying, selling, relocating? Put your “ gay do llars' weekends (M ara 503 460-3822.) ( 5/02) Clackamas County Public Health offers anony Roseburg This exciting week of focused group and indi vidual self initiated art projects in a supportive environ sor/jom a team, call 503-450 9999 Volunteers can wnte vol- Y e rm a a modem masterpiece by Spanish playwnght H IV Day Center offers hot meals, counseling, laun Dyke Art Retreat Encampment <s June 30-July 7 at Steppingwoods women's land near unteers@senes2002.org. players wnte membership© portlandgaysoftball com. For further info on the RCSA or Miracle Theatre offers a powerful production of dry facilities, clothing, computers with Internet access, The 13th annual through March 30 at Theater1 Theatre1 (C all fo r times broke the rules." March 8 Apnl 14 at the St. John's YW CA and at C oho Theatre (C all fo r tim es YWCA. 8010 N C harleston A v e . Coho. 2257 N W Raleigh St. Portland Pride 2002 June 15-16 All kinds o f opportunities in three-hour to all-day shifts E mail redcowboyboots@ excite com or pn- at activities the Catholic Church would rather forget, $15 50-S39 from Portland C enter fo r the Performing A rts leave your name and address. (503 22 7-2339.) (5 /02) AIDS & HIV_______ I Remain Unclear, playwnght M art Crowley's timely look Schnitzer Concert Hall (7 30 pm 1037 S W Broadway rousing musical comedy about “ babes and broads who Volunteers needed to help at triangle productions! offers For Reasons That vibrant, hot blooded adaptation of Romeo and Juket as read m Melinda A the Angels perform W onderbroads, a 503-235-0840 or queerasl@yahoo com (3 /1 5 ) 2000 King Mountain Trail. Sunny Valley. OR 97497 (3/15) from 5 0 3 2 8 1 8 8 6 8 ) o ffic e o r 503-768 7 4 9 5 ) Please type your announcements and include full contact information. scale $55-$85 for 10 weekly sessions. Register at The triangle productions! performs Shakespeare s R&J, a (7 3 0 pm 0615 S W Palatine H ill Road $3-$8 from box member o f the deaf community, begin in Apnl Sliding 2257 N W Raleigh S t $1 2 from 503-232 7072) Church of Portland (7:30 pm 2400 NE Broadway $1 2 Lewis ft Clark College offers Tony Kushner's award-winning A ngel» in America: Millennium Approache» March 7 16 at Fir Acres Theatre Submissions cannot be accepted over the phone. A rt on Alborta is a last Thursday gallery walk every Stark Raving Theatre runs After the Zipper a dar which explore loss, longing, memory and feminine The Am erican Sign Language classes taught by Jeska Duckworth, a Queer beginning and intermediate denorthwest@usa net or call 503-295-9788. (4 /5 ) D ining Room March 7-16 at Metropolitan Community Fax submissions to 503-236-1257 or e-mail justout@justout.com. ON VIEW at Newmark Theatre (C all fo r tim es 1111 S W Broadway $12-$44 from box o ffice o r 503-274 6588'.) Anita at 503-421-4788 o r acfloydQqwest net. (3 /15) 1650 N W N a to Parkway 503-229 8428 o r language assistance available Young Men s C offee Talk meets from 7 to 9 pm every W ednesday at 3 Fnends Health, Education, A ID S Liaison (H E A U offers Afncan Amencan men and women infected or affected Coffeehouse. 201 SE 12th Ave Lavender Lounge meets from 7 to 9 pm every Fnday at the same loca information about alternative views o f AIDS causation and HIV testing For information and a free packet. by HIV M eets weekly at Project Quest. (6-8 pm Swan House is a specialized adult foster care Thursday 15 N M om s S t Linda 503-493 0288 ) (5 /02) home serving low-income individuals with 800-875-8428 regroupÒ reg org ) (5 /0 2 ) D y lç e S ’I P 'W â f d k O u Y Ï o r b y Alison BechdeJ OH.CX.OJSC m e . YOU A R E A RELIGIOUS z e a l o t : w h a t th e HELL IS T H IS? S p le n d id is o la t io n SHOW. 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