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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 2002)
28 apri i 2002 advance from 541-535-3562, Music Coop or CD or Not CD.) notes, “We don’t have to mention that. ” (8 pm. 800 NW Sixth Ave $10. 503-223-0070.) Q S unday . Don’t forget daylight-saving time— spring ahead one hour! Lesbian folk music icon Tret Fure offers an evening of acoustic magic at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. (8 pm. 2400 NE Broadway. $16 from It 's My Pleasure or www.tomboygirl.com.) Rick Lewis and Lynn Thomas offer “an evening of standards and substandards” April 9 Don’t miss the gypsy/torch/punk of Myshkin and the raw gender-bending clamor of Bitch and Animal at the all-ages Meow Meow. Pinky Swear opens. Myshkin has another Portland show April 11. (9 pm. 527 SE Pine St. $7. www.myshkmsrubywarblers.com.) What a night for dykes in music! Lesbian violin ist Monica Huggett performs and directs the Portland Baroque Orchestra in Mozart and Mendelssohn through April 6 at First Baptist Church. (8 pm. 909 SW 11th Ave. $13- $35 from 503-222-6000 or www.pbo.org.) Out Dancing offers lessons in nightclub two-step every Friday in April. Arrive early to register. (7-8 pm. Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo.com.) Marimba master Kite Giedraitis presents Marimba Madness at Echo Theatre. Bands from the new compilation CD will play all day, and the featured performance is by Nabi Canara, a griot from Guinea, West Africa. (1-5 pm. 1515 SE 37th Ave. $5, free for kids 12 and younger. 503-775-9039.) It's the Lesbian Ball of the Year' Wear your best to this dance party at Bethany Mall with a buffet, no-host bar and disc jockey spinning house and pop/rock faves. (9 pm-2 am. 4876 NW Bethany Blvd $50 at the door or $35 advance from In Other Words 503-709-5913.) The cute young queers of the urban folk trio Vivian's Keeper warm up Touchstone Coffee House. (7-9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. 503-262 7613.) Vancouver's Gay Pride com mittee invites you to boo the night away at Northbank Tavern during a dance party fund-raiser for this year's Saturday in the Park Stay tuned for more dances in May and June. (8 pm-midnight. 106 W Sixth Ave. $2. gdhoggan@hotmail. com.) Educational institutions across the country— from middle schools to uni versities— have declared a Day of Silence to call attention to anti queer discrimination and harass ment. Eugene area students will break the silence with a communi tywide rally at South Eugene High. (3:30 pm. 400 E 19th Ave. 541 -342-4251. ww. dayofsilence, org.) Meet up with CLIPS— Cycling Lesbians in Portland— at the Hawthorne Fred Meyer bike racks (where else?) to enjoy a loop around inner Portland via a couple of our city’s fine bridges. (1 Oam. 3805 SE Hawthorne Blvd. gwatnick@hotmail.com.) The Japanese Gardens are beauti ful this time of year, and you can visit them with the Portland Lesbian Garden Club Meet inside the gate near the ticket booth. (1 pm. 503-909-2002. IQcoregon@aol.com.) Naked wine tasting now every Wednesday at Crush Don’t get too excited. It’s the wine that’s naked— you get four unlabeled vinos to savor. The queer bar does promise, howev er, scantily clad servers. (6-9 pm. 1412 SE Morrison St. 503-235-8150.) Jewish Family & Child Service and Hollywood Theatre sponsor a special screening of Trembling Before G-d, a documentary exploring the lives of gay Orthodox Jews. Director Sandi Dubowski will be in attendance for a question-and-answer session and a reception after the show. (2 pm. 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $7. 503-281-4215.) Salsa amigos! Learn the lovely Latin dance with Out Dancing every Sunday this month. Arrive early to reg ister. (3-4 pm. Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236 5129. out_dancmg@yahoo.com.) The Portland Lesbian C hoir presents A Musical Scrapbook: A 15-Year Anniversary Celebration at Hollywood Theatre. A dance w ith D J Lauren will fol low! (5 pm. Hobo's offers pianist Michael Kourafas taking your requests. (7 pm. 120 N W Third Ave. 503-224-3285.) 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $12 in advance from choir members, It's M y Pleasure or In O ther Words, www.plchoir.org.) Lesbian Cheryl Wheeler brings her coun- try/folk wit and wisdom to Eugene's WOW Hall. (7:30 pm. 291 W Eighth Ave. $16 at the door or $13.50 in advance from 541-687-2746, CD World, House o f Records or University o f Oregon Ticket Window.) The sassy Texas women of Gynomite merci fully include Portland on their Forbidden Fruit Tour The pom writing workshop, spo ken word performance and erotic readings at Reed College's Student Union are all part of the group's ultimate goal “ to change the world one orgasm at a time. “ (8 pm. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. $5-$7. www.gynomite.com.) White Bird concludes its regular dance series with the Sean Curran Company through April 12 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. The sometimes play ful troupe reportedly offers a sendup of Riverdance. How can that be bad? (8 pm. 1620 S W Park Ave. $12-$24 from 503-725-3307 o r Ticketmaster.) The eclectic punk, rock 'n' roll and jazz fusion of bi cutie Myshkin is at Laurelthirst Pub tonight. Thais Perkins and Ashleigh Flynn, too. (8 pm. 2958 NE Glisan St. $2. 503-232-1504.) The Egyptian Club presents the Fear Factor V IP Party. What would you do for a VIP pass? No cover and lots of prizes. (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St. 503-236-8689.) Eugene dykes and maybe-dykes head to Suite 34 at University of Oregon’s Erb Memorial Union any Thursday for the Women Discussion and Support Group (5-6 pm. 1222 E 13th Ave. 541-346-3360.) Nationally acclaimed blues st Margo Tufo croons for you every Monday night at the Candlelight Cafe. (9 pm- 1 am. 2032 SW Fifth Ave. 503-2223378.) Dyke folk/country fave Portland Bisexual Women invite you to Cheryl Wheeler— “ Mark Twain with a rhythm section"—belts out her political and satirical originals at McMenamins St. Johns Pub. (8 pm. 8203 N Ivanhoe St. $18 at the door or $15 advance from 503-283 8520 or Ticketmaster.) Submissions should be sent to ju st OUt Calendar, P.0. 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. ju st OUt is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. Portland slam poet champ Aisha Ayers tells it like it is at In Other Words. (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-232 6003.) Infants, an evening of new and repertory work, April 12-28 at Conduit Dance Studio Dante’s is the place for Vaudeville Comedy ft Cabaret every Tuesday night. Cute and French and gay and one of the most talented classical pianists in the world is all reason enough to see Jean-Yves Thibaudet play Ravel through Apnl 8 at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (730 pm Saturday and Sunday. 8 pm Monday 1037 SW Broadway $15-$70 from 503-228-1353 or Ticketmaster.) This uncommon evening includes, but may not be limited to, comedians, magicians, belly dancers, sword swallowers, fire jugglers, drag queens, trapeze artists and one giant, depressed, drunken bunny (9 pm. 1 SW Third Ave. $3.) Embra. fronted by the soulful, smoky voiced Ajay, plays Conan's Pub With special guest Tamara J Brown and fol lowed by DJ Joe (9 pm. 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd $5 www embramusic. com ) Women's music pioneer Trot Fure plays Ashland's Unitarian Center (8 pm. 87 Fourth St $17 at the door, $15 their discussion “ Polarity of Desires." (7-9pm. Call Mindy at 503-772-7940 The Oslund ♦ Co. presents Fifty for location.) It's a gay cabaret at Wilf's Restaurant and Piano Bar, featuring musical theater sage Rick Lewis accom panied by pianist Lynn Thomas Apparently, the bass player is straight, but, Lewis I Bridges New Music Ensemble kicks off its Spring Northwest Tour with Spring Tonic concerts through April 13 at Echo Theatre. The gay and lesbian vocal group will include selections from its soon-to-be- released CD. (8 pm. 1515 SE 37th Ave. $15 from Gai Pied and It's M y Pleasure. communityoregonlive.com/cc/bhdges.)
