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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.)
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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
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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.)