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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.)
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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.)
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Visit the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport
with Lesbians Enjoying Nature and
Science (9.30 am. Pam 503-287-7572.)
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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.)
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Deadline is 15 days
before issue date.
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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.
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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 )
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Drag Queen Whipped
Cream W restling at the
% s Brig (8 pm. 1035 S W
Stark St $5.)
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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.)