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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
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Defiant dignity
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