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30 apul5.2flÛ2 HD O'I'it Ju st out is published on the first and third Friday of every month. The deadline lo r submissions is 15 days prior to publication. o u t <Stabout is a free community service of Ju s t 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 M ay and November), and submissions run from the date received until the next scheduled expiration date. Listings are automati cally deleted upon expiration. To ensure uninterrupted listing, please submit updat ed information at least a month prior to the expiration date. Send listings to: Ju st out (attn: Calendar) P.O. Box 14400 Portland, OR 9 7 2 9 3 -0 4 0 0 Fax submissions to 503-2 36 -1 2 57 or e-mail justout@justout.com. Submissions cannot be accepted over the phone. Please type your announcements and include full contact information. simple text derived from the dogs' humans, which allows a peek mto the dog s soul and a touching, irreverent display Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery at Ann* Frank) A History for Today shows Apnl 8 May 5 at Lloyd Center Portland is the only West Coast city featunng this free international exhibition created by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Art on Albsrta s last Thursday walk is 6 to 9 pm Apnl 25. Stroll along Northeast Alberta Street between 14th Place and 30th Avenue and be sure to check out the gay owned Albarta Arts Pavilion/Our Dream Gallery at 2315 NE Alberta St ONDA Studio and Gallery. 2215 NE Alberta St., also gay-owned, features a beautiful array of art quilts by June Underwood through Apnl 23 The artist owned cooperative Talisman Gallery at 1476 NE Alberta St features painters Buck Braden and Dean Shapiro through Apnl 21. Gay-owned Art Home Gallery. 438 SE Sixth Ave . exhibits the mixed media work of Bob Nadeau and Portland Cuban artist Efrain Gonxalet through May 5 Gay-owned Brian Mark) Gallery. 2236 NE Broadway, displays Jeff Seks photographic senes Do You Believe m Dog7 through Apd 30. Images of dogs are combined with Reed College. 3203 SE Woodstock B lvd . explores the male image with What Is a Man? Changing Images o f Masculinity in Late Antique Art. The exhibition, which includes objects on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, contains varying male images from the third to sixth centuries and explores recent thought and research on gender in antiquity. Showing Apnl 1 2- June 17; a symposium of speakers takes place Apnl 13. Inters tats Firehouse Cultural Center 5340 N Interstate A v e . offers two exhibitions through Apnl 27. The Main Gallery features a retrospective of the work of painter Hector Hugo Hemandei. which outlines a cultural path from Mexico City to Tokyo and to his home in the Willamette Valley In the Entry Gallery is El Mundo Latino, paintings, drawings and prints hononng the Latino culture by Portland artist Sher Davidson The Lenore Donin Leibriech Art Gallery in the Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW Capitol Highway, offers Portland artist P. Marc Tetreault s Windows into Knstallnacht through Apnl 30 This display of sandblasted glass, mirrors and black paint is an homage to what is known as O U tre a c ri AIDS & HIV Metro: AIDS & HIV African American Health Coalition CAAHC) offers support to black men living with HIV and AIDS Ted us your needs; we re here for you (Duane 503-413-1850)0)702) AIDS Prevention Team offers educational materials. free condoms and lends out HIV books and videos for residents of Columbia County (503-397-4651) (5/02) CAREAssist pays for health insurance premiums, pre- scnption drugs and insurance plan co-payments and deductibles for eligible people with HIV/AIDS. Programs of the Oregon Health Division and Ryan White CARE Act Titles I and II. (8 am-5 pm Monday-Friday 503-731-4029 Outside Portland800-805-2313 .)(5/02) Cascade AIDS Project provides nonmedical serv ices to people whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS in Oregon and southwest Washington. Spamsh- Knstallnacht, the night Nazis unleashed destruction and terror upon the Jews of Germany and Austria A recep tion with the artist will be held 6-8 pm Apnl 11. ONSTAGE triangle productions! presents Forbidden Broadway Portland's Bodyvos presents ZAPPED, a collaboration with Dark Horse Comics and Dweezil Zappa Performed Apnl 19-21 at Newmark Theatre, the work blends the world of comics and animation with contemporary dance <8 pm Friday and Saturday. 2 pm Sunday f / I t SW Broadway $22 50-$3l 50 from Portland Center for the Performing Arts box office. Ticket Central. Music Millennium or www bodyvox com.) Chocolate Confessions is a one-woman musical comedy show by Joan Freed that follows the exploits of chocolate shop owner Coco Bliss and her array of amus ing customers Raying Apnl 1 2-20 at the Old Church and followed by A Spnngtime Chocolate Celebration with fine chocolates and wines for sale (8 pm Friday and Saturday. 1422 SW I Ith Ave. $15 from Fastixx.) Imago Theatre runs FROGZ through April 21. Known worldwide for its inventive illusions, acrobatics and mis chievous fun (Call for days and times. 17 SE Eighth Ave. $13-$23 from 503-231 9581 or Fastixx.) Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center plays host to L iv in g w ith H IV the third edition of the Well Arts Institute's "Performing Wellness" senes. Five HIV positive wnters mentored by professional actors perform theatrical productions around their experiences Apnl 14-22. (Call for times 5340 N Interstate Ave $8 at the door ) Melinda t the Angels perform Wonderbroads. a rousing musical comedy about "babes and broads who broke the rules," through Apnl 14 at the St. Johns YWCA and at Coho Theatre. (Call for times YWCA, 8010 N Chadeston A v e . Coho. 2257 NW Raleigh St. $12.50-$18 from 503-288-5181 or Fastixx.) Oslund ♦ Company Dance presents Fifty Infants, a performance senes featunng new and repertory work by choreographer Mary Oslund. Apnl 12-28 at Conduit Dance Studio. (8 30 pm Friday-Sunday. 918 SW Yamhill St 0401 $I2-$I3 from 503221-5857. ext. 3. or econduit@earthlmk net) through Apnl 6 at the World Trade Center Auditonum. This amusing spoof of musical theater includes such classics as "This Song's Too High" from Les Miserables and "I'm Going to Kill Myself Tomorrow" from Annie. (8 pm 121 SW Salmon St. $20-$25 from 503-239-5919 or Fastixx.) If you want to learn more about the Gay Women's Golf Group that is forming, attend an informal networking and planning meeting 10 am Apnl 20 at the Eastmoreland Golf Course restaurant. 2425 SE Bybee Blvd. E-mail pgwgg@yahoo.com for further information (4/19) April 11-13 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. The company's eclectic repertoire includes Insh folk dance, partner dance set to percussive scores and Indian classical dance. (8 pm 1620 SW Park Ave $12- $24 from 503-725-3307 or Ticketmaster ) gle performance April 16 at Ariene Schmtzer Concert Hall. (7.30 pm. 1037 SW Broadway. $ l5 5 0 -$ 3 9 fro m Portland Center for the Performing Arts box office. Ticket Central or Ticketmaster.) BULLETIN BOARD mous and confidential HIV testing and counseling to anyone Se habla espanol No needles' Call for sched uled and walk-in testing times (Oregon Oty. 503 655-8471. Sandy 503-722-6660.)(5/02) A diverse section of volunteers are needed to make a difference for children with the Citizen Review Board Work to safeguard a child's need to grow up in a secure, permanent home and advocate for effective policy and practice in the child welfare and juvenile jus tice systems For more information contact Kelly Memck at 503-731-4578 or kelly mmemck@state.or.us. (4/19) | The Lesbian The Bi Men's Weekend Conference, which takes place Oct. 18-20 in San Diego, seeks proposals for papers, presentations, panel discussion, performances and workshops in the following areas: coming out, sexu ality, relationships, culture, daily living, spirituality, identi- ty/attraction. health, special interest. For submittal requirements visit www.bisexual.org/pages/newconf/ sdsandiego/default asp or write alexei_guren@msn com. Community Project seeks community mem bers to join four upcoming Conversations Projects seniors older and younger than 60 for an eight- to 10 - week discussion about chal- (5/3) Are you a gay guy 45 or older? A support and discussion group is forming to socialize and talk about common life issues. Call Gregory at 503-232-8392 or write gm@dnai.com. (4/5) Volunteers needed to help at Portland Pride 2002 June 15-16. All kinds of oppor tunities in three-hour to all-day shifts. E-mail redcowboyboots@excite.com or pndenorth- west@usa.net or call 503-295-9788 (4/5) x at Backdoor Theater. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday. 4 pm Sunday 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd $7-$l5 from 503-2302090) Clackamas County Public Health offers anony “Problem Solving for Same-Gender Couples" class by Manah Ureel, MA. runs 6:30-8:30 pm Thursdays Apnl 25-June 13 and focuses on the essen tial skills associated with maintaining satisfying, long term relationships. It's $90 a couple for Kaiser mem bers. $ 1 10 a couple for nonmembers Cal! 503-286-6816 to register. (4/5) White Bird also presents the worid-acclaimed French dance company Compagnie Maguy Marin for a sin Sowelu Theater presents gay playwright Mark Ravenhills Some E x p lic it P o la ro id s through Apnl 20 language assistance available Young Men's Coffee Talk meets from 7 to 9 pm every Wednesday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse, 201 SE 12 th Ave. (Portland: Suite 310. 620 SW Fifth Ave. 503-223-5907 Washington County. 503 693-3234 Clark County: 360-735-9170.7(5/02) Volunteers needed for SHAFE Foundation training to help healthy animals that stray from home and keep them from being euthanized Call 360-258 6842 for fur ther information. (4/5) White Bird presents the Sean Curran Company The Portland Opera performs The Consul April 6 at Keller Auditonum This English-language opera takes audiences to an unnamed Central Amencan city and a faceless consulate in which a desperate wife seeks a visa for her husband. (7 30 pm 222 SW Third Ave $26 $ 155 from 503-241-1802 or Ticketmaster) D ykeS T°Watch Oui ibr byAUs«ri Btchdel just a rhetorical question lenges and blessings of aging; deaf and heanng folks to explore the barners between deaf and heanng peo ple in the queer community (interpreters also needed); butch lesbians and female-to-male trans people; Latinas and lesbians of other cultural backgrounds For more information or to register for a group, call 503-227-0605. (4/19) Portland Center Stage brings Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde to Newmark Theatre through Apnl 14 A contempo rary love story lies at the heart of this delightful comedy about Mae West and two of her worshippers (Call for times, t i l l SW Broadway $12-$44 from Portland Center for the Performing Arts box office.) 4 _ f f m The Rose City Softball Association plays host to World Series 2002 Aug 18-25. To volunteer or to sponsor/join a team, call 503-450 9999 Volunteers can write volunteers@senes 2002 .org. players write membership@portlandgaysoftball.com. For further info on the RCSA or World Series, visit www portlandgaysoftball.com. (4/19) care, clothing, household goods and cremations. (503-283-8535) (5/02) Health, Education, AIDS Liaison (HEAL) offers information about alternative views of AIDS causation and HIV testing For information and a free packet, leave your name and address (503-227-2339 ) (5/02) For Us Northwest (FUN) provides emotional and social support activities for children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS Call for information and volunteer opportunities (503-777-4903) (5/02) Friends of People with AIDS Foundation offers assistance to those with HIV, including 72-hour food boxes, emergency travel and lodging, entertainment, pet HIV Day Center offers hot meals, coun seling. laundry facilities, clothing, computers with Internet access, phones, mail drop, recreational activities, massage and haircuts Se habla espanol (9 am-3 pm Monday-Fnday. 2941 NE Ainsworth St 503-460 3822 ) (5/02) Daily Bread Express provides home delivery of high-quality meals to HIV positive individuals in need. Fresh meals delivered weekdays, frozen meals for weekends (Mara 503-460-3822.)(5/02) \sww.dykestov/âtch°'it£or.net