PHOTO By MARTY OAVS
It's My Pleasure plays host to queer sex educa
tor and lesbian erotica editor Tristan
Taormino. who will guide you through her work
shop "The Ulttmate Guide to Women's
Sexual Pleasure." (7 pm. 3106NE64th Ave
$25. Call 503-280-8080 to register.)
Drag King a Go-Go takes over the
Egyptian Club. Dress in drag to win a prize;
DJ Jenn spins. (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St.
503-236-8689.)
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Galloway and Luckett play their eclectic
blend of blues and jazz at the nonsmoking
Monteaux’s Public House in Beaverton.
(8-11 pm. 16165 S W Regatta Lane.
503-439-9942)
Help Out Dancing celebrate its seven-year
anniversary this month by learning to swing!
Classes continue every Friday through March.
The Portland Gay Men's Chorus delights
with Vintage Voices March 23 and 24
(7-8 pm. Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue
and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129
out_dancing@yahoo. com.)
V isit Arlene Schnitzer C oncert Hall to display
your urban cool with Pink M artini as its dis
tinctive blend o f classical, jazz and Latin com
bines with the Oregon Symphony in a cav
alcade o f beauty and chic. Tomorrow night,
too. (7:30 pm. 1037 S W Broadway $28 50-
$93 from 503-228-1353 or Ticketmaster.)
You’re invited to socialize with members o f the
Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights
Task Force for a fun evening of refreshments
and meeting who our government loves most:
foreign queers. (8 pm. Call 503-471-1568 or
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unday
Take a road trip with Eugene’s OUTdoor
Group for a Columbia Gorge Waterfall Tour.
Have brunch with the Oregon Bears at the
Monarch Hotel in Clackamas. We hear they
eat more than nuts and berries. (11 am.
SHARE— Senior Housing and Retirement
Enterprises — invites you to Friendly House to
become part of the organizing effort around
future gay and lesbian senior housing. (6-8 pm.
12566 SE 93rd Ave. www.oregonbears.org.)
1737 NW 26th Ave. 503-28&3575.)
Learn to waltz with Out Dancing every
Sunday in March. (3-4 pm. Comer o f
© S aturday
Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street.
$5. 503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo.com.)
(9am. June 503-239-7705.
www.portlandfrontrunners. org.)
Join Lesbians Enjoying Nature and
Science for game night. Bring a
favorite game and that science experi
ment growing in your fridge because
it's a potluck. (6 pm. Suzanne
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uesday
The Last Word open mike night at In Other
Words invites women to read their own poetry,
prose, meandering thoughts, whatever. (7-9 pm.
(8 pm Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 3203 SE
Woodstock Blvd. $12-$20 from
503-226-2588 or Ticket Central.)
Kukuva presents cosmic marimba at
the Community Music Center. W orld
dance music in a ravelike atmosphere.
All ages welcome. (8 pm. 3350 SE
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o M
Lesbian violinist Monica Huggett performs
and directs the Portland Baroque
Orchestra in Mozart and Mendelssohn
through April 6 at First Baptist Church. (8 pm.
onday
Queer American Sign Language class
es — intermediate level starts today! Goes on
every Monday night for 10 weeks. Sponsored
by Deaf and Hearing Outreach. (7-9 pm.
2100 SE Belmont St. $55-$85 sliding scale.
Call 503-235-0840 or e-mail
queerasl@yahoo.com to register.)
If the thought of sitting in a concert hall listening
to classical music makes you want to slip into a
coma, you might think about attending the
Oregon Symphony April Fools' Concert
at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, which satirizes
classical music with vacuum cleaners, cell phones,
a floor polisher and rifles Peter and the Wolf gets
a sendup, too. (7.30pm. 1037 S W Broadway
$19-$57 from 503-228-1353 or Ticketmaster.)
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ednesday
Portland Community College sponsors
“Journey to a Hate Free Millennium" at
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. A film of the
same name will be shown documenting the bru
tal murders of Matthew Shepard and James
Byrd Jr., followed by a keynote address from the
producer and Judy Shepard Also included
are performances by the Portland Gay Men's
Chorus and Randi Driscoll (7 pm. 1037 S W
Shop and pop Galloway and
Luckett play blues, jazz and pop at
Nature's in Gresham. (6-8.30 pm.
Broadway. $5.50 from Portland Center for the
Performing Arts box office or $7 from Fastixx.)
2077 NE Burnside Road. Free.)
Bootscoot at DJ Crystal's hoedown any
Wednesday or Friday night at C.C. Slaughters.
Join Eugene's OUTdoor Group for
a Spencer’s Butte Full Moon Hike.
(9 pm-2 am. 219 NW Davis St. 503-248-9135.)
aturday
Rosebud and Thom Pageant.
april
(8:30 pm. 1320 Main St.
503-656-3031.)
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Klub Z presents the 26th annual
Beginning classes in American Sign
Language for queers starts tonight.
909 SW 11th Ave. $13-$35 from
503-222-6000 or www.pbo.org.)
Lesbian singing icon Tret Fure offers an
evening o f acoustic magic at Metropolitan
Community Church of Portland. (8 pm.
2400 NE Broadway. $16 from It's M y Pleasure
or www.tomboygirl.com.)
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The cute young queers o f the urban folk trio
Vivian's Keeper warm up Touchstone
Coffee House. (7-9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St.
503-262-7613.)
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The Portland Lesbian Choir presents A
Musical Scrapbook: A 15-Year Anniversary
Celebration at Hollywood Theatre. A dance with
DJ Lauren will follow! (5 pm. 4122 NE Sandy
Blvd. $12 in advance from choir members. It 's My
Reasure or In Other Words, www.plchoir.org )
looking ahead
Bridges New Music Ensemble kicks off its
Spnng Northwest Tour with a Spnng Tonic con
cert April 12 and 13 at Echo Theatre The gay and
lesbian vocal group will include selections from its
soon-to-be released CD. (8 pm. 1515 SE37th
Continues every Wednesday for 10 weeks.
Ave. $15 from Gai-Pied and It's My Reasure.
community, oregonkve. com/cc/bndges.)
(7-9 pm. 2100 SE Belmont St. $55-$85 sliding
scale. Call 503-235-0840 or e-mail
queerasl@yahoo.com to register.)
See On View and Onstage listings on
Page 30.
The very queer DJ Lauren spins
at Dance for Life, an all-ages
party at Echo Theatre to benefit
the Amelia Gonsiewski Medical
Fund. The 20-year old, whose
mother is a well-known counselor
to the gay and lesbian communi
ty, needs a heart-lung transplant.
the longest-running gay teen pageant
in the world. The reigning Anastasia
Dubois and Chance de Valmont crown
the new royals. (11 pm. 333 S W Park
Ave. $10. 503-241-1153.)
The Imperial Sovereign Court of
the Willamette Empire presents
its 25th Coronation and Silver
Anniversary Celebration at
503-241-0105 fo r cover.)
503-223-5907.)
(5 pm. Dave 541-345-5531.)
Francis St. $7. 12 and younger free.
www.kukuva.com.)
It's a W ild W est Bunkhouse
P arty at Eagle PDX and C lub XES.
S ponsored by lnUnifonm .net, y o u ’ll find
c o u n try music, c o w b o y bondage and m ore
Yowza! (9 pm. 1300 W Burnside St. Call
Feeling chatty? Young Men's Coffee Talk
meets at 3 Friends Coffeehouse every
Wednesday. (8-10 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.
From the ashes o f Swamp Mama Johnson
rises the funky Sistershake—
Portland’s newest female-fronted
sound machine. The bluesy chicks
light up Trail's End Saloon in Oregon
City for absolutely no cover charge.
The Portland Gay Men's Chorus
proudly presents Vintage Voices, a
multimedia show honoring the lives of
gay and lesbian senior citizens, through
March 24 at Reed College’s Kaul
Auditorium. The program includes choral,
instrumental, dance and video programs.
(E-mail grcofyer@msn.com for time.
2809 Market St. NE $30.)
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3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-232-6003.)
503-254-8382)
Salem’s Cornerstone Plaza W ho will
Star Emperor Jack E. Devine and Star
Empress Morgan LaFay crown next?
Division St. $5-$10 donation. 503-236-8689.)
(Kim 541-484-2147.)
write lgirtfpdx@hotmail.com for location.)
A three- to six-mile run is w hat you need on
this brisk spring morning. D o it with
Portland Frontrunners, who will even
join you fo r brunch afterward if you so desire.
Alt country rocker Patricia Ju plays the
Egyptian Club before heading to Nashville,
Tenn., for an official presentation to music pro
ducers and labels. Help her get there by com
ing to see this show. (8.30 pm. 3701 SE
(7 pm-midnight. 1515 SE 37th
Ave. $8 $12 sliding scale
503-234-4440)
Run quickly to Touchstone Coffee House;
Terra plays March IS
The Washington County Parents and
Kids Group meets fo r dinner, support and
fun at C om m unity Church o f C edar Hills.
(6 pm. 11695 S W Parkway Ave
5 0 3 2 2 8 3 8 9 2 .)
If you want a date, just go to
Embers Avenue and buy one
The Rose City Softball
Association is having another
funky fund raiser in anticipation
of W orld Series 2002. Portland's
finest jocks will be sold o ff to the highest
bidders in the Bachelor/Bachelorette
Player Auction (6 pm preview. 7 pm
auction. 110 N W Broadway Donations
accepted www portlandgaysoftball com.)
One of these boys
is gay, but we're
not going to tell
you which one,
so you'll have to
flirt with them all
March 18
at Blackbird