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* aprii 5. 2002 40 n i i i y w* « <«s«P ; IL#’ i m u m F mm R m 1 Q miß i $ i %m a period of commemoration free and open daily at Lloyd of the Nazi death camp Center in the space Terezin, at which extraordi beneath the new Barnes & « f t ret Fure has been writing nary music was written and Noble store. It was created and performing since hit performed by and for the by the Anne Frank House ting the road at the age of Jewish inmates. in Amsterdam and includes 19 to tour with legendary Brundibar, a children’s 56 large panels with accom rocker Spencer Davis. This opera famous for its 55 per panying narrative text and trailblazer of womens folk/rock formances at Terezin, will passages from her diary. music and lesbian community play April 23 at Mittleman There’s also a CD-ROM performs April 5 at Metropoli Jewish Community C en tour of the Anne Frank tan Community Church of ter. The Northwest Film House, a reproduction of Portland and April 6 at Ash Center’s Guild Theatre one of the rcxims, a special land’s Unitarian Center. (See shows the 1993 award exhibit of the history of dis Page 28 for details.) winning film The Music of crimination in Oregon and The real deal in pioneering Terezin 7 p.m. April 18. a display of student art and womens roles in the music Shot on location, the 70- writing. An on-site theater industry, Fure released her first minute documentary fea will show various films album, Mousetrap, in 1970. tures performances and about Frank and the Holo She found mainstream com survivors’ accounts. caust, and speakers will be mercial success, opening for Bridges Vocal Ensemble opens its tour with Spring T(mic April 12 and 13 The Oregon Symphony featured throughout the run. such heavy hitters as Poco, Yes The Defiant presents Three stage perform- and the J. Geils Band. 8 p.m. April 12 and 13 at Echo Theatre, Requiem April 20 and 21 at the Portland Expo ances will take place in the But when she began pro The incomparable Tret Fure brings 1515 S.E. 37th Ave. Center. The concert/drama honors the passionate exhibit’s theater: Sojourn ducing the work of other her seductive acoustics to town The group is entering its 11 th year of mak work of Raphael Schachter, who led perfor Theatre will perform Hid women as one of the only ing music together and often joining other local mances of Verdi’s Requiem at the camp, and also den, an original and site-specific piece exploring female engineers in the country, the lure of the singing sensations such at the Portland Gay includes the Portland Opera. Third Angle New hate, discrimination and community. Also independent music scene and its intrinsic link to Men’s Chorus and the Portland Lesbian Choir. Music Ensemble offers Sparks of Glory: The offered is On the Threshold of Life: Anne dykes was too strong. She met fellow lesbian In that spirit of collaboration, Bridges performs Chamber Music of Terezin April 17 at Pacific Uni Frank Remembered by Oregon Children’s The folkie Cris Williamson in 1981, and that cinched with the Unity Church of Portland choir versity, April 21 at the Old Church and April 23 atre and We Are Witnesses, which presents the it; she gave up the bright lights of the “walk in April 27 and the Eugene Peace Choir May 4. at University of Oregon. compelling story of five Jewish teen-agers living act” for the outdcxir stadiums of womyn’s land. Throughout the year the ensemble offers up The Multnomah County Fure’s discography includes nine its vtKal blues, jazz, pop and folk at a number of Library’s downtown location releases, including her most recent, venues and celebrations, according to original features Tolerance and Human Back Home, which records painful member Cathryn Heron, including “faith organi Rights Artist Book Exhibitum emotions following the breakup of zations from New Thought to Buddhist, gay wed through May 14. The books are her 19-year relationship with dings, conferences and neighborhood events.” either limited print or one-of- Williamson in early 2000. Tickets to Spring Tonic are $ 17 at the door a-kind handmade pieces, and Because the darlings of the lesbian and $15 advance from Gai-Pied and It’s My this display includes artists media circuit were fused both person Pleasure. For more information about the choir from throughout the United ally and professionally, Fure has had and its upcoming performances, visit communi- States and western Canada. Be to reinvent herself as a single per Anne Frank is the centerpiece of an array of commemorative and educational ty.oregonlive.com/cc/bridges. sure to look for Eugene artist former, which has been equally diffi events taking place as part of Expressions of Human Dignity Month Mike Walsh’s Ixxik Structuring cult and rewarding. She told online Fear, which explores 16 AIDS deaths of queer in different parts of Europe who all kept diaries magazine Lesbianation: “All of sudden, it was like Oregon artists. He says he hopes this single- and who all lost their lives in the Holocaust. people didn’t know who 1 was or trust that I few months ago, Stephanie Scott and her copy Hxik will “bring us closer to an under Other related theater projects in Portland could fill up a room. It's been a year and a half of partner moved hack to their homeland of standing and tolerance for those afflicted with during April and May include the Northwest proving, reproving myself again to be a viable Oregon after 10 years in Florida, inspired Children’s Theater and Schools production of HIV/AIDS.” artist, and it’s starting.. .to go real well." to do so, she says, hy the events of Sept. 11. For further information and details about all The Diary of Anne Frank at the Northwest In no time at all, the pair decided to shake the events, visit www.annefrankinportland.org. NeighborhcxxJ Cultural Center; Living uith things up around here, playing host to what HIV: Performing Wellness III, a Well Arts they’re calling the Lesbian Ball of the Year Institute production pairing professional actors n response to the Portland run of the inter 9 p.m. April 6 at Portland’s Bethany Mall, with HIV-positive people in a project of expres national exhibit Anne Fran k: A History for 4876 N.W. Bethany Blvd. You’ll dance to a DJ ortland queer conceptual artist damali ayo Today and several citywide projects in associ sion about the experience of living with HIV, at spinning, enjoy a buffet and have access to a Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center; and two presents her first public lecture, Touch this: ation with its only West Coast showing, Mayor no-host bar. Harold Pinter plays by Profile Theatre Project Ontological interrogationS'tangential discourses, Vera Katz has proclaimed April Expressions of The two are throwing the shindig to meet exploring human rights, The Birthday Party and an art experience, lecture, performance and dis Human Dignity Month. people, Scott says, and “just to get dressed up!” cussion 7 to 9 p.m. April 11 at Linfield C ol One for the Road, both at Theater! Theatre! On display April 8 to May 5, the exhibit is A percentage of the prixreeds is going to the lege’s Peterson Hall Auditorium, 2255 N.W. April 14 to 29 brings Reflections on Terezin, Women’s Breast Cancer Foundation because Northrup St. The evening is free of charge. ayo has been making noise in the art and per they wanted to “give something back to the community,” Scott asserts. “ Breast cancer chas formance communities of Portland for upward of outhern Comfort, the story of female-to-male es us no matter where we go. Everyone knows 15 years now and has a wealth of work and transsexual Robert Eads’ struggle with ovari someone, so many people have som eone...it’s shows behind her. This event will investigate the an cancer in the last months of his life, everywhere." role of her work in creating dialogue between art debuts on H BO April 14 after a successful run Tickets to the hall are $50 at the d<x>r or and audience that engages the social structures at gay and lesbian film festivals last year. This $35 in advance from In Other Words. and issues that shape the daily interactions of 2001 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner for Best RSVPs are requested at 503-709-5913, s<x:iety and community. Documentary will he repeated on the cable where you can also get directions to The artist has created a new perfor channel April 17, 20 and 26. the mall. Or call 503-531-8277 the day mance work for this event in col The movie serves as a loving tribute to Eads of the event. laboration with Defunkt T he and his partner, male-to-female transsexual Lola atre co-founder James Moore, Cola, as well as an inquiry into why it was so dif and she’ll also focus on her ficult to find a hospital to treat him. recent mixed-media work Filmmaker Kate Davis met Eads in 1998 and ou might not be able to find her shift: we are not yet dd he, was fascinated by his story. The quietly hesitant television show when you want which questions racism. man finally gave his blessing to her finished to, hut you can find Ellen product just before he died, saying, “If this film DeGeneres in person at Portland’s helps one other trans man go to a doctor or Keller Auditorium 8 p.m. June 1. changes the heart of one straight person, then Tickets, on sale now, are $31.50-$46.50 it’s worth it.” from the Portland Center for the Performing ortland’s gay and les The gay television newsmagazine in the Life Arts box office or Fastixx. bian Bridges Vocal interviews Davis on its episode airing 11 p.m. T he award-winning docum entary Southern Ensemble kicks off its April 16. Com fort air» on H B O this month Compiled by L isa B radshaw spring Northwest tour with Sprmg Tonic Musical fury ■ It’s gonna be a ball! Defiant dignity I Can touch this S Ellen is coming! Building bridges P Y jn
