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F riday
You can enjoy the Leather Night and Red
Hanky Social first and third Fndays at Gail's
Dirty Duck. (9 pm-midnight. 439 NW Third
Ave. 503-224-8446. pdxsaltydg@aol.com.)
Folk duo Terra plays Touchstone Coffee House.
(7-9pm. 7631 NEGIisanSt. 503-262-7613.
www. touchstonecoffeehouse. com.)
Texan singer/guitarist
Kim Townsend
puts her cute accent
on display March 20
in Astoria
It's the last day of Lewis & Clark College's
Gender Studies Symposium Today's
schedule includes a combination panel and
dance lesson titled “The Politics of Passion:
Sex and Gender in Partner Dance" and a
drag performance and discussion. All events
are free and open to the public. (0615 SkV
Palatine Hill Road. For a program guide call
503-768-7381 or visit www.lclark.edu.)
The Interfaith Spiritual Center sponsors the
Gay Men's Labyrinth Walk at Portland
State University's Great Hall. A centenng prac
tice that is accessible to seekers from many
traditions, the evening includes an introduction,
walking the labyrinth and shanng experiences.
No need to register; just bring your spirit.
(7-9 pm. 633 SW Montgomery St. Donations
accepted, www.spiritone.com/~isc.)
The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
presents Dumb Type performing its latest
multimedia extravaganza, Memorandum,
through March 16 at Newmark Theatre.
From Kyoto, Japan, the company explores
memory and technology through audiovisual
architectonics. (8 pm. 1111 SkV Broadway.
$20-$23 from 503-242-1419.)
We suggest you hang out at Out of the Fog
Coffee House & Morning Glory Cafe in
Eugene 'cause it's Queer Night. (450
Willamette St. 541-687-0709.)
Trystan Dykeman and the Back Door Butches
bring their drag king revue to Klub Z. Come
celebrate the formation of the Federation of
Up and Coming Kings It's also a benefit
for Reflection Congruence Fund, a foundation
that socially and financially supports female-to-
male trans people, so don't forget the $1 bills
to tip. (Midnight. 333 SkV Park Ave. $8. fuk-
gender@yahoo.com.)
Asian t Pacific Islander
Lesbians and Gays invite you
to go bowling with them at
Hollywood Biowl and maybe
catch a bite to eat afterward.
(2 pm. 4030 NE Halsey St.
aplg_pdx@yahoo.com.)
Submissions should
be sent to ju st
Out Calendar,
P.O. Box 14400,
Portland, OR
97293-0400;
or faxed to
503-236-1257;
or submitted at
www.justout.com
Deadline is 15 days
before issue date.
Just out is published on the first and
third Friday of each month.
All addresses are in Portland
unless otherwise specified.
Radical Women and
the Women's International
League f a Peace and
Freedom are sponsor
ing an International
Women's Day
Forum at the Bread
and Roses Center fea
turing music and poetry
of rebellion, a panel pre
sentation on the role of
women in ending Israel’s
oppression of
Palestinians and a
Middle
Eastern buffet. (5:30 pm buffet, 7 pm panel.
819 N Killingsworth St. $2 donation, $7 buffet.
503-240-4462.)
Potter's House Ministries offers dancing
every third Saturday of the month. (7 pm.
3830 SE 62nd Ave. 503- 775-5024.)
Cris Williamson and Holly Near bring
their pioneering women's music to Aladdin
Theatre. Partial proceeds go to the
Hambleton Project, a nonprofit organiza
tion providing resources for lesbians facing
cancer. Special reserved-seating tickets
include a post-show reception with the artists.
(8 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $20 show,
$50 with reception from box office, It's My
Pleasure or Ticketmaster.)
Don the Stetson and head 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.)
Get out your greens and swing with the Coastal
AIDS Network during its second annual St.
Patrick's Day Dance and Silent Auction at
the Lakeside Golf Club Ballroom in Lincoln City. Or
don't wear green and get pinched—that might
be more fun. (8pm-midnight. 3245 NE
50th St. $9 suggested donation.
541 -994-5597 or 866-422-2636.)
© S unday
Don't know what to do with all
of that sunshine? (We re
thinking positively here.)
Meet up with CUPS—
Cycling Lesbians in
Portland— at Shari’s
restaurant for a
ride along Mar
ine Drive's bike
path. (10 am.
11335 NE Airport
Way. gwatnick@
hotmail.com.)
And she's smart, too!
Queer sexpert Tristan
Taormino reads and
offers a workshop
March 20 and 21 at It's
My Pleasure
Or perhaps you prefer bird watching? Check on
the nesters at Oaks Bottom with Lesbians
Enjoying Nature and Science (9:30 am.
Karen 503-289-3605.)
Or perhaps, if it's raining, you'd like to visit
Wy'east Unitarian Universalist
Congregation f a Season o f Peace. Children
and youth will inspire with words, dance, music
and visual displays. Explae several dimensions of
peace—in our world, in our community and in our
own minds—within a safe and welcoming environ
ment. (4 pm. 3915 SE Steele St. 503-777-3704.)
£ ) W ednesday
The bold and energetic Third Angle New
Music Ensemble performs “classic" 20th cen
tury works in Chamber Music on Tap at Bridge-
Port Brewpub. (6-8 pm. 1313 NW Marshall St.
$6-$10 from Ticketmaster or box office, 923 SkV
Washington St. www.orsymphony.org.)
Sexpert Tristan Taormino reads from her new
book Pucker Up: A Hands-on Guide to Ecstatic
Sex at It's My Pleasure. This editor at large of On
Put on your best green eye shadow for this
month's St. Patrick's Day Galactic
Groove! Join Alexandra Paris and friends for
this Portland Cable Access queer dance
show. Everyone is welcome, and there's no
cover. (6 pm. 2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr.
B!vd. www. geocities, com/galacticgroovepdx.)
Study up on attractive women when Lesbians
with Degrees meet at Crush. (6 pm. 1412 SE
Momson St. lesbianswdegrees@aol.com.)
If it's free fun you're looking for, the
Egyptian Club will not charge you a
cover to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Enjoy
prizes, dancing and the obligatory green
beer (that's not free). (8 pm-midnight.
3701 SE Division St. 503-236-8689.)
Cris Williamson and Holly Near play the
Soreng Theater in Eugene's Hult Center.
(7 pm. 1 Eugene Center. $25 from
541-682-5000 or www. tickets, com.)
& M onday
It’s time once more for the Rosetown
Ramblers Roller Skating Party at Oaks
Park! Feel free to bring nonpenshable food
items for Esther’s Pantry. (7.30-9.30 pm. East
end of the Sellwood Bridge. $5 503-287-7653)
The super-energetic Iffy tears it up at
Blackbird with its infectious mix of hip-hop,
electrónica and pop. You might know them
from their popular song "Double Dutch,"
which was featured recently on Dawson's
Creek, ooh. (10 pm. 3728 NE Sandy Blvd.
Call 503 282-9949 for cover.)
d T uesday
It's a Goddess Nude Review at the
Egyptian Club. A night of art and creative
energy. A night to celebrate the goddess. A
night to welcome spring. (7 pm. 3701 SE
Division St. 503-236-8689.)
Palestinian American poet, essayist and chil
dren's author Naomi Shihab Nye reads
from her humanistic poetry at the Wieden +
Kennedy Atrium as part of the Literary
Arts Poetry Downtown series (7 30 pm.
224 N W 13th Ave. $14 from 503 227-2583 )
the stae March 21. (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave.
Call 503-280-8080 to register.)
Musician John Trudell brings his band Bad
Dog to Portland State University’s Smith
Memorial Center. Named Best Artist of 2000 by
the Native American Music Awards, he
will alternate poetry and other spoken word with
tracks from his latest release, Bone Days.
Poetry by Turiya Autry and Luke Warm Water
opens the show. (7.15 pm. 724 SkV Harrison St.
$10-$12 from 503-725-2965 or PSU box office.)
Singer/guitarist/Texan Kim Townsend plays
Café Uniontown in Astoria. (8:30-10:30 pm
218 W Manne Drive. $3. 503-325-8708)
© T hursday
Thursday is Latino night at Silverado.
Hosted by the fabulous Meesha Peru, you
get tequila specials, Latin music and free chips
and salsa (1217 SW Stark St. 503-224 4493.)