30 Ju st m it » may 3.2002
Lesbian singing sensation Ferron
plays the St. Johns Pub. Portland dyke
Lynn Frances Anderson opens. (8 pm.
8203 N Ivanhoe St. $18 from
Ticketmaster.)
It's a slam-bang evening at the Meow
Meow. Portland spoken-word poets
Turiya Autry and Aisha Ayers
warm up the stage for New York
dyke Alix Olson. All ages. (9 pm.
527 SE Pine St. $8.)
Learn to cha-cha with Out
Dancing every Fnday in May.
(7-8 pm. Comer o f Southeast
Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street.
$5. 503-236-5129.
out_dancing@yahoo. com.)
Lesbian Celtic luminary Rene
Corbin offers up a free evening
The Bisexual Community Forum
invites you to its social mixer at
3 Friends Coffeehouse. (7.30 pm.
201 SE 12th Ave. 503-285-4848.)
of Scottish. English and Irish
music at Lloyd Center Barnes &
Noble. (5 pm. 503-249-0845.)
Lesbian violinist and Portland
Baroque Orchestra artistic
director Monica Huggett
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returns to First Baptist Church
through May 4 for an all-Bach
program, which closes out the
company's 18th season. (8 pm.
909 SW 11th Ave. $13-$35 from
503 222-6000 or vmw.pbo.org.)
Make a date with the Portland
three- to six-mile run followed
by dinner. (6:30 pm. 503-239-7705.
www.portlandfrontrunners.org.)
Crush invites you to Cabernet
Cabaret, a comedy show and wine
tasting musical featuring Rhea Neati,
resident tasting/swilling goddess.
Includes wine and bread for you, too.
Also on May 14. (7:30pm. 1412 SE
Morrison St. $35. Reservations at
503-235-8150.)
Brainwaves Improvisational
Comedy livens up Hollywood
Theatre tonight and May 4, 10
and 11. Bring a prop bigger than
your hand and smaller than a
Volkswagen (they don't specify
whether Bug or van), and it might
be used in the show. (8 pm.
4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $12 from
503-796-9550)
Head north to the Olympia Gender and
Sexuality Conference for a weekend filled
with art, sex, music and performance at
Evergreen State College and other locales
around the city. See Page 8 for details.
(www.olynetwork.org/gendersbxcon.)
The all-women Aurora Chorus, led by les
bian Joan Szymko, offers Full Circle, a cele
bration of 10 years of performance, at Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall. (8 pm. 1037 SW
Broadway. $15 $ 18 from Portland Center for
the Performing Arts box office or Fastixx.)
s t u f f — the likes of Madonna, Gershwin and
Shakespeare— at the Spiritual Awareness
Center in Bend. (7 pm. 157 N W Franklin
Ave. $12 at the door o r $10 in advance
from the Book Bam, Boomtown or the
Curiosity Shoppe.)
Attend Georgena's Journeys A
Community Confronts Multiple
Sclerosis, an all-women's dance with DJ
Lauren at Trinity United Methodist Church to
help fund a much-needed operation. (7 pm.
3915 SE Steele St. $10. 503-471-1555 or
www. georgenasjoumey. org.)
Issues After Breast Cancer is a one-day
conference at the Oregon Convention Center for
anyone affected by a breast cancer diagnosis
Lunch is included, and scholarships are available.
(7.15 am-4.15 pm. 777 NE Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd. $20. Register at 800-404-8241.)
Get your heart rate up with the Portland
Frontrunners on a three- to six-mile run. An
optional brunch follows. (9 am. 503-239-7705.
www.portlandfrontrunners.org.)
Eat, drink and make menry in the warm May
sunshine with the Adventure Group during
its annual Spring BBQ at Hoyt Arboretum.
(Call for time. 4000 S W Fairview Blvd
503-452-5680. www.adventuregroup.org.)
The M argaret Mead Traveling Film
and Video Festival returns to Portland
State University tonight and May 11 and
18. The first program of the free series
includes a screening of the film Margaret
Mead: A Portrait by a Friend, which proba
bly does not mention that she was a flam
ing queer. However, Why Pay Two Rents is
a humorous celebration about a gay couple
witnessing the cultural transformation of
Greenwich Village. (7 pm. Room 53,
Cramer Hall. 1721 S W Broadway
503-725-4938.)
Confluence W illam ette Valley Mixed
GALA Chorus offers up “ unstuffy
Hike the Lower Deschutes River with the
Forest Group Bring lunch and adequate
water for this 7.5-mile dog-friendly trek.
(ncc1127@hotmail.com.)
The lesbian social group Out A About does
brunch at Shenanigan's. (11 am. 4575 N
Channel Ave. Linda 503-665-8386.)
O ut Dancing will teach you how to swing
every Sunday this month. (3-4 pm. C om er
o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny
Street. $5. 503-236-5129.
out_dancing@yahoo. com.)
Want to discuss kink/altem ative
sexuality stuff? Go to the Cedar Hills
McMenamins for the Beaverton Sunday
Munch. (4-7 pm. 2927 S W Cedar Hills Blvd.
phoenix@clearspring. com.)
Portland diva Lynn Frances Anderson (second from left)
rocks it up May 5 with Ferron, then May 10 with her own band
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Frontrunners for a
Straight. David Schmader's
one-man show about sexual con
version therapy, plays through
May 4 at Coho Theatre. (8 pm.
2257 N W Raleigh St. $12 from
503-274-1373.)
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Youth and adult perform
ers will come together in
irresistible drag for the
Sexual Minority Youth
Recreation Center's v ari
ety show fund-raiser
Diva o f Dance. (6:30 pm.
2100 SE Belmont St. $20
and can o f food suggest
ed donation.
503-8729664
www.smyrc.org.)
Rene Corbin has been
called “ the Grace Slick of
Celtic.' Canadian Cara
Luft’s original folk/rock is
compared with Ani
.DiFranco s. See them both
tonight at Artichoke Music
(7-9 pm. 3130 SE
Hawthorne Blvd
$8 from 503 287-1518
or at the door.)
Daisychain Music Fair is back at
Mt. Tabor Theatre & Pub through May 12.
Features more than 55 female-fronted
bands and benefits Old Town's Women's
Safe Passage & Respite Fund.
(4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
For schedule and ticket information, visit
www.daisychainmusicfair.com, Mt. Tabor
Theatre & Pub, Music Millennium or Fastixx.)
•Hometown girl (does Brush Prairie count?)
Irene Soderberg returns from Hollywood to
shoot her music video at Panorama. You
get in for free, but show up early—it's limited
to 700 guests. Dress elegant, outrageous
and/or glamorous. (6-9 pm. 341 S W 10th
Ave.503-226-4171.www.imirene.com.)
Radical Women plays host to w riter and
translator Birgit Nielsen, who will report on
the impact o f the North American Free
Trade Agreement and the impending Free
Trade Area o f the Americas on women
laborers in M exico at the Bread and
Roses Center. Meeting preceded by a
Mexican buffet. (6.30 pm buffet [$6), 7 pm
discussion lfree1. 819 N Killingsworth St.
503-240-4463)
Portland bi author Annie Dawid reads from
her book of stories Lily in the Desert at
Borders. (7 pm. 708 S W Third Ave.
503-220-5911.)
White Bird presents France’s beloved contem
porary dance company Lyon Opera Ballet
at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. (7.30 pm.
1037 SW Broadway $15.50-$39 from
Portland Center for the Performing Arts box
office or Ticketmaster.)
The Egyptian Club entices with two tantalizing
offers: live Middle Eastern music and
belly dancers in the Tomb and open mike
with Special K in the Room. Why not do both?
(8 pm Tomb [$41, 9 pm Room lfreeJ. 3701 SE
Division St. 503-236 8689.)
Men's FilmTalk watches a biography of
William Haines, then the Queer as Folk "Gay
Hero Award" episode ( 7 pm. 503 220-0618
filmtalk@aracnet.com.)