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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 2002)
28 aprii 19,2002 The Washington County It’s always a good day to shop at the queer-friendly Buffalo Exchange, but today they’ll donate all proceeds from the Dollar Day Sale to the Buffalo Field Campaign a nonprofit that works to protect the last free-roaming buffalo in the country. (10 am-8 pm. 1420 SE 37th Ave. 503-234-1302.) Portland's Bodyvox. presents its latest dance w ork, ZAPPED, through A pril 21 at Newm ark Theatre. The show is a collaboration w ith D ark Horse Com ics, Dweezil Zappa and film m aker M itchell Rose. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. 1111 S W Broadway. $22.50-$31.50 from Portland C enter fo r the P erform ing A rts box office, Ticket Central, M usic M illennium o r w w w .bodyvox.com .) S atirist Michael Moore speaks at Lewis & C lark C ollege's Pamplin S ports Center. The irreverent political analyst w ill talk about his new book, S tupid W hite Men, answ er ques tions and sign books. (7.30 pm. 0615 S W Palatine H ill Road. $ 5 from college bookstore, from Fastixx o r a t the door.) DJ Crystal spins country western for your cowboy-clad feet every Friday at C.C. Slaughters. (9pm -2 am. 219 N W Davis St. 503-248-9135.) It's Drag Open Mike at O ut o f the Fog C offee House's monthly queer night in Eugene. Come genderflung if you w ant to perform . (8:30 pm. 450 W illam ette St. 5 4 1 6 8 7-0709.) Rural Organizing P roject holds its annual Rural Caucus and Strategy Session at U nited M ethodist Church in S tayton. The all day w orkshop. Advancing Democracy, Celebrating Leadership: 10 Years and Counting, focuses on team and individual leadership. (8.30 am -5 pm. 1450 Fem Ridge Road SE. $20 members, $25 nonmembers. R egister a t 503-543-8417 o r office@ rop.org.) Parents and Kids Group meets fo r dinner, support and fun at C om m unity C hurch o f C edar Hills. (6 pm. 11695 S W Parkway Ave. 503-228-3892.) Crush introduces Cabernet Cabaret, a comedy show and wine tasting musical featuring Rhea Neati, resident wine tasting/swilling goddess Includes wine and bread fo r you, too, and runs the next three Tuesdays. (7.30 pm. 1412 SE M orrison St. $35. Reservations at 503-235-8150.) BiNet Oregon sponsors a 12-hour Q ueer as Folk marathon. A fterw ard you act out the parts. (Just kidding.) (Noon-m idnight. Eric 503-680-5252.) Affirmation, a gay and lesbian M orm on group, would love to see you at its potluck social. (6 pm. Jason 503-672-7787 oralyson@ saw .net.) The Rose City Gay Freedom Band serves up tunes o f fa vo rite and fam ous dance styles at its spring concert at Piedm ont P resbyterian C hurch. (7 :3 0 pm . 5760 NE C leveland Ave. $5. 503-790-2170. w w w .rcgfb.org.) Viva La Word! Poetry Society has assem bled a delicious mix o f poets and perform ers fo r Famllla, Food and Fiesta at M iracle Theatre. (7 pm. 525 SE S tark St. $10 from 503-236-7253.) H oot and holler during Crystal's Queer Country Jam at Portland G ather w ith Portland Men's Talk at First Congregational Church for this m onth's topic, “ Relationships: Forming, Maintaining, Ending." (7 pm. 1126 S W Park Ave. 503-247-7139. pdxgaymen@ aol.com.) M etro Club. (8-9 pm lessons, 9 pm- 1 am dancing. 618 SE A ld e r St. $5, $ 8 w ith lessons.) It's tim e fo r the m onthly Bear Bust at G ail's D irty Duck. (8-11 pm 439 N W Third Ave. $7 members, $ 9 nonmembers. 503-240-2813. www. Oregon bears, org.) It's a new Vivian's Keeper, as tw o o f its mem bers join forces w ith queer cutie Leila Chieko. W itness the prem iere o f the incarna tion at Red & Black Café. (8 pm. 2138 SE D ivision St. 503-231-3899.) Dyke Night Portland targets DV8 fo r its w eekly takeover o f a local bar. (9 pm. 5021 SE Powell Blvd. dykenightportland@ yahoo.com .) Dyke Night Portland becomes a dyke day at C afé D estino. (3 pm. 1339 NE Frem ont St. dykenightportland@ yahoo. com .) T f „ . Portland S tate U niversity Queers and Allies sponsor Queer Aw areness Week through A pril 27. It starts w ith a history lecture (what you didn’t leam in high school) and ends w ith a gay prom (what you d id n 't have in high school). (See Page 8 fo r schedule.) ' It's Portland Taiko Unplugged! This very hip (and pretty queer) dynamic Japanese drumming group gets close and personal in the intimate space above the Bridgeport Brewhouse through April 28. (7:30 pm plus 2 pm Saturday and Sunday. 1300 N W Northrup St. $15-17 from Fastixx. www.portlandtaiko.org.) The Rainbow Health Resource C enter sponsors a free showing o f Hedwlg and the Angry Inch at Corvallis Public Library. (7.30 pm. 645 N W M onroe Ave. 541-766-6835.) WYMPROV! lurks around Café Paradiso in Lesbian golfers are invited to attend a net w orking and planning session fo r the new Gay Women's Golf Group at Eastmoreland G o lf C ourse's Eastmoreiand G rill. (10 am. 2425 SE Bybee Blvd. pgwgg@ yahoo.com.) Eugene allegedly looking fo r audience sugges tions and creating shady characters, supposedly fo r some kind o f entertaining amusement. (9 pm. 115 W Broadway. $10 from 503-485-3088.) “Problem Solving for Same- Gender Couples” class by Manah Ureel, MA, begins tonight at Central Interstate Medical Office and runs Thursdays through June 13. Covers essential skills for maintaining satisfying, long-term relation ships. (6:30-8:30 pm. 3600 N Interstate Ave. $110 a couple, $90 a couple for Kaiser members. Register at 503-286-6816.) Portland joins International Day of Action Against the War w ith a Holladay Park rally preceded by a Buddhist Peace Fellowship m editation and follow ed by a march dow ntown. (12:30 pm m editation, 1 pm rally, 2 pm march. N ortheast 11 th Avenue and Holladay S treet, smulryan@ nwiink.com.) The Portland Frontrunners w ill either be running some lovely nature trail o r long-distance training. Call them to find out which, then get your butt out there. (9 am. 503-239-7705. www. portlandfrontm nners. org.) Lesbians Enjoying Nature and Science embark on an Oak Island Seattle w riter David Schm ader brings his one- man show Straight back to Portland April 25-27 and May 2-4 at CoHo Theatre. This w itty and intelligent play explores queer “ conversion" therapy. (8 pm. 2257 N W Raleigh St. $12 from 503-274-1373.) Birdwatch and W alk on Sauvie Island. M eet in the parking tot just below the bridge (10 am. Susan 503-232-6738.) It's a great day fo r dykes at Sauvie. If your thing is bikes, not birds, hook up w ith Cycling Lesbians in Portland fo r a ride around the island. (10 am. gwatnick@ hotmail. com .) The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court presents the Dorky Dora Rags to Scholarships Auction & Show at D arcelle XV. It’s a drag perform Portland slam poet champ Aisha Ayers appears live at M usic M illennium , w here you can also buy her new C D , Letters to M y Soul. (1 pm. 801 N W 23rd A ve.) ance and buyers' m arket o f male and female drag memorabilia, all to benefit the Pride o f the Rose Scholarship Fund. (8.30 pm. 208 N W Third Ave. $5. w w w .rosecourt.org.) Third Angle New Music Ensemble presents Sparks o f G lory: Chamber M usic from Terezin at the Old Church. The program pays tribute to the mas terpieces created at the Nazi camp. (2 pm. 1422 SW 11th Ave. $15-$20 from 503-228-1353 o r at the door, www. thirdangle. org.) Submissions should be sent to just OUt Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, O R 97293-0400; or faxed to For Love ft Money is a benefit at the W orld Forestry C enter for Our House of Portland, a residential 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com Deadline is 15 days before issue date. just out is published on the first and third Friday of each month. A ll addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. T hird Angle New M usic Ensemble plays cham ber m usic o f Terezin on A p ril 21 care facility fo r those living with and dying from AIDS. Features a live auction and performance by noted jazz singer Julianne Johnson and pianist Michael Allen Harrison (5 pm. 4033 S W Canyon Road. $100 o r $1,000 fo r a table o f eight from 503 736-9276.) U n ive rsity o f O regon plays host to InterSEXtions 2002 through A p ril 27. Focusing on The Queer Body: Exploring Identity, Politica and Culture, th e annual sym posium includes a va rie ty o f speakers and entertainm ent. C hild care available fo r evening program s (S ee Page 9 fo r schedule.) S iste rS p irit offers a Women's Writers Group (7:30 pm. 3430 SE Belm ont St. #102. $3-$5donation. 503-736-3297.) M inneapolis queer acoustic a rtist Ellis brings her g ritty fo lk to In O ther W ords. (7 pm. 373 ‘ i SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-232-6003.) Portland gay author Nora Beck reads from her new book, Fiammetta, at Touchstone C offee House (7 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. 503-262 7613.) Lovely Los Angeles lesbian rocker Tamaras lights up the Medicine Hat Galery. (10 pm. 1834 NE Alberta St. Call 503-282-4083 for cover.)
