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: » may 17,2002 30J It's a Fetish Night Cabaret at Dante's. (9 pm. 1 SW Third Ave $10. 503-226-6630) CLIPS— Cycling Lesbians in Portland — rides the lovely bike trails at Champoeg State Park. Meet in visitor center parking lot. (10 am. gwatnick@hotmail. com.) Gay author Richard Rodriguez reads from his new book Brown: The Last Discovery o f America at Borders. (7 pm. 708 SW Third Ave 503-220-5911.) The eighth annual musical concert and decadent dessert revue A Class Act lights up the Old Church. Proceeds ben efit the Bill and Ann Shepherd Legal Scholarship Fund to assist law students dedicated to fighting big otry and discnmination. (8 pm. 1422 SW 11 th Ave. $30 at the door or $25 in advance from Balloons on Broadway or Gai-Pied.) |gf door. (2 pm-ish. 2138 SE Division St. dykenightportland@yahoo.com.) Join 1 million people from 85 countries in the 19th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Light a can dle at home or attend vigils in Salem or Ashland (Salem: 8 pm. State Capitol Building. Ashland: 7 pm. Bandshell at Lithia Park, www. candlelightmemorial. org.) Move over, Vagina Monologues. Sia Amma's funny and provocative one- woman show In Search of My Clitoris addresses female circumcision through May 18 at The Green Room in Ashland. (8 pm. 280 E Hersey St. $15 from artattacktheater.com or Ashland Camera.) Seattle gay standup comic Chris Maltby will provide the laughter, and a disc jock ey will provide the fabulous dance music dunng the Sapphire Ball at the his toric U S. Hotel in Jacksonville to bene fit the Abdill-Ellis Community Center. (8 pm -1 am. 125 California St. $10-$ 15 donation.) Oregon Tradeswomen presents the 10th annu al Women in Trades Fair at Local 290 Plumbers & Steamfitters Training Center in Tualatin. (9 am-3 pm. 20220 S W Teton Ave. 503-943-2228.) The Portland Community Dance Festival is a weekend of dance, music and theater for “every body.” Workshops throughout Portland for people of all ages, abilities and disabilities Festival also takes place June 1 and 2 in Eugene. ($8-$20 sliding scale. 541-342-3273. Schedule at www.conduit-pdx.org.) HP Submissions should be sent to ju st Out Calendar, \ P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR # 97293-0400; or faxed to Visit the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport with Lesbians Enjoying Nature and Science (9.30 am. Pam 503-287-7572.) i.w , v.... 503-236-1257; The workshop Understanding Men or submitted at Beyond the Myths and Stereotypes at Ainsworth United Church of Christ will address how narrow definitions of masculinity affect us and how we can be allies for men and boys. (8.30 am-5 pm. 2931 NE Ainsworth St. $25-$75 sliding scale. Register at 503-234-1012.) www.justout.com Deadline is 15 days before issue date. just Out is published on the first and third Friday o f each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. Of course these boys are smiling—they're at the Oregon Bears' Beards & Roses Meet I Greet. You, too, can join the fun June 6-9. PHOTOS BY I James DePreist conducts the lusty master piece Carmina Burana in the Oregon Symphony's final classical concert of the season at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Runs through May 21 and also fea tures Hell's Angels by the Portland Polyamory Circle welcomes gay, straight and bi folks to explore polyamory, open relationships and intentional community. (7 pm. Call Laury at 503-285-4848 for location.) Red and Black Cafe is Sapphic today when Dyke Night Portland heads through the Go to Unitarian Universalist Church of Hillsboro to find “A Celebration of Diversity in Support of the HIV Community.” Features the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus and presenta tions from Cascade AIDS Project, Speakers in the Schools and Working Choices. Panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on view. Dessert, too. Free of charge. (3 pm. 22785 N W Birch St. 503-846-4734.) »I f Join the Rosetown Ramblers for their monthly roller skating party at Oaks Park. Please bring a nonperishable food item for Esther’s Pantry. (7.30-9.30 pm. East end o f the Sellwood Bridge. $5. 503-287-7653.) M Bassoon Brothers in motorcycle outfits. (And why not?) (Call for times. 1037 SW Broadway. $17-$72 from box office or Ticketmaster.) The twisting jazz rhythms of queer singer Tamara J. Brown are followed by the free- flying folk of Terra at Burnside Bean. (7:30 pm. Donations. 2327 E Burnside St. 503-234-8610.) Go to Gail's Dirty Duck to find guys and beer at this month’s Bear Bust. (8-11 pm. 439 N W Third Ave. $7 members. $9 nonmem bers. 503-240-2813. www.oregonbears.org.) Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus presents the concert It's the Love Thing at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis. (8 pm. 2945 NW Circle Blvd. $10 suggested donation.) The Klamath Area Lambda Association invites you to an alcohol-free dance at the Grange Hall in Klamath Falls. Coffee hour before hand. (8 pm coffee, 9 pm dance ($21. 5831 Shasta Way. www.mycgiserver.com/~kala.) Dyke Night Portland turns Hollywood Bowl into a lesbian den of rock 'n' roll bowl ing. There's a bar, too, and karaoke. (9 pm-ish. 4030 NE Halsey St. dykenightportland@yahoo.com.) The lesbian social group Out & About goes out to play at Barton Park in Oregon City. Volleyball, socializing and a picnic. (1 pm. 902 Abemethy Road. 503-762-9594.) Go to James John School for Women's Recreational Basketball Night. Bring a light and dark T-shirt (no skins). (7:15-8:30 pm. 7439 N Charleston St. $2.) MHH b HR The Every Wednesday Munch at McMenamins Tavern offers folks into alterna tive sexuality the chance to get together and talk (and eat!). (5-8 pm. 1716 N W 23rd Ave. dykedadi@aracnet.com.) Portland Men’s Talk gets together at First Congregational Church to discuss issues of importance to gay men. (7 pm. 1126 S W Park Ave. 503-247-7139. pdxgaymen@aol.com.) Kristan Aspen, Lesbian Community Project program director, presents the discussion and slide show “Music of Our Own: Women's Culture in the 1970s" in Room 327 at Smith Memorial Center as part of Portland State University's Lesbian and Gay Writers and Herstory Lecture Series (7.30 pm. 1825 S W Broadway. 503-725-8936.) Beth Orton's striking voice and haunting Explore wildflower meadows while hiking Dog Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge with the Adventure Group. (Call for time. 503-452-5680. www. adventuregroup. org. ) The American Cancer Society sponsors the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Five-Mile Walk at Willamette Park. (W arn. Southwest Macadam Avenue and Nebraska Street. 503- 795-3963. www.cancer.org.) Clackamas Women's Services sponsors Pathway to Peace, a five-kilometer fun walk/run at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City to end domestic and sexual violence. (9 am. 19600S Molalla Ave. 503-722-2366. ext. 2. www.clackamas womensservices. org.) melodies waft through Aladdin Theatre. (8 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $13.50 from box office or Ticketmaster.) T hursday The folks of Street Roots ascend to Heaven for a poetry event of worldly topics: drugs, queers, work, politics, sex, war. (7:30 pm. 421 SW 10th Ave. 503-228-5657.) Texas singer Kim Townsend does acoustic Amencana, blues, humor and other stuff at Cafe Uniontown in Astoria. (8:30-10:30 pm. 218 W Marine Drive. $3. 503-325-8708.) The Lesbian Community Project holds its annual meeting at Peninsula Park’s picnic shelter. Come to discuss present and future projects and goals. (4-6 pm. 700 N Portland Blvd. 503-227 0605 ) Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus presents the concert It's the Love Thing at Unitarian Universalist f Congregation of Salem. (4 pm. 5090 Center St. NE. $10 suggested donation.) Darcelle XV plays host to the Top Hat Review an m evening of entertainment, raffles, snacks and sur prises to benefit three Portland scholarship funds Don your favorite fedora for the “ Hat / Parade" to win a prize! (7 3 0 pm. 115SW Second St. $15. 503-222-5338 ) Jft. Drag Queen Whipped Cream W restling at the % s Brig (8 pm. 1035 S W Stark St $5.) ■Hi It's Drag King a Go-Go at the Egyptian Club. Shows through out the night, and you get a prize for dressing in drag if you do it up right. (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St. 503-236-8689) F riday Fill that Ulith Fair void: Go to Eugene's WOW Hall for Lesbopalooza through May 25. Tami Hart, Aisha Ayers, Cris Williamson, Jordan Blumberg-Enge, Infinite Xs, Tracy & the Plastics and more! (7.30 pm 291 W Eighth Ave. $8-$10, $15 both nights from 541-687-2746. House of Records. Face the Music or CD World.) Portland Bisexual Women invite you to their organizational meeting and potluck to brainstorm topics and an agenda for the rest of the year. (Mindy 503-772-7940) Third Angle New Music Ensemble clos es its season at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium with a special evening of music by Northwest composer Robert Kyr Preceded by ! a concert talk. (7:15 pm talk, 8 pm concert. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd $15-$20 from box office or at the door.)
