(une 7.2002 *
More June queer events than
you can shake a stick at
by
T imothy K rai sk and L isa B radshaw _
Zoo or join the clan at the Rose Festival Grand
Floral Parade. A new Mr. Oregon Bear and Mr.
Oregon Cub will be crowned later that evening,
while June 9 activities include brunch followed
by a visit to Saturday Market. Join the fun— and
receive a yearlong membership— for $80. Bear in
mind, this cub club’s activities support the chari
table work of the Friends of People with AIDS
Foundation. 503-240-2813 or
beardsandroses@oregonbears.org.
Eat, drink and dance for a good cause at the
first-ever Q-Ball, a fund-raiser June 8 at Am e-
gards Ballroom, 1510 S.E. Ninth Ave. Carous
ing begins at 7 p.m., including food and drink
by Dingos and dancing to music by DJ Gregari
ous. Proceeds from a silent auction benefit
Basic Rights Oregon, as do a portion of the $40
tickets, which you get from Dingos, 4612 S.E.
Hawthorne Blvd., or www.dingosonline.com.
If you appreciate a girl
who speaks her mind, hold
court with Misha Rock-
afeller during her 13th
annual Grand Floral
Parade party June 8 at the
com er of Southwest 10th
Avenue and Stark Street.
The Brig opens a bloody
mary bar at 9 a.m., fol
lowed by a full Imperial
Sovereign Rose Court show Psst, don’t miss the Dyke March on June 15
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downtown Sylvester Park at
1 p.m. This year’s theme is
“Pride Around the World:
Equal Rights Now.” www.
rainbowcenteroly.org.
Saturday in the Park, a Van
couver, Wash., Pride celebra
tion, is 1 to 8 p.m. July 13 at
Esther Short Park. But festivities
Who will be voted begin even earlier at a benefit dance
odgers and Hammerstein couldn’t
8 p.m. to midnight June 8 at North-
have said it better—June is bustin’ Mr. Oregon Bear
and Mr. Oregon
bank Tavern, 106 W. Sixth St. Sug
out all over! Queer folk from all
Cub
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gested donation is $2. www.
I directions are just bursting with
Pride, and not just in Portland, either. If Beards & Roses is saturdayinthepark.net/index2.ivnu.
Later this year, look for Capitol
you’re out cruising on the highways this June 7 to 9
Pride in Salem. Revelry begins with a kickoff din
month, you have family in all directions.
ner Sept. 13 followed by a festival day Sept. 14. A
queer visibility picnic with public commitment
Statewide Pride
ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 15. 503-831-3278.
eginning at 11 a.m. June 9, check out the
Coos County G ay Pride get-together at
Before, after and during
the orange shelter o f Bastendorff County
ride celebrations aren’t the only places
Park near Charleston. A $5 donation serves up
you’ll
find like-minded folk kicking up some
good food and good company. 541-267-6508.
summer fun this month. Jot these events in
The annual Eugene Pride Day Festival cele
your
calendar, and your dance card is full.
brating Lane County’s queer community converges
June 7 to 9 is the annual Oregon Bears
June 22 at Alton Baker Park, with live entertain
Beards & Roses weekend, which includes an
ment from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. www.eugenepride.org.
Underbear Party June 7 at Gail’s Dirty Duck,
Olympia, Wash., also shows its Pride
439 N.W. Third Ave. On June 8, bears and cubs
June 22, with a parade from the Capitol
opt for either a touristy outing such as the Oregon
grounds at noon, heading toward a festival in
on the Panorama ledge beginning at 11. A t
noon, Misha opines on the parade.
More dark comedy and brutal reality await
June 9 when Theatre Vertigo presents a free
staged reading of Ripen O ur Darkness, a play
by Sarah Daniels that promises to examine
families, religion, alcoholism and lesbianism
from an uncompromising female point of view.
Begins 7:30 p.m. at Russell Street Theatre,
116 N.E. Russell St. 503-306-0870 or
reservation@theatrevertigo.org.
A lso onstage June 9 is Portland’s annual
Pride Pageant, in which Scott Weimer and
Amy Tyrell, Mr. and Miss Pride 2001, crown
new royalty. Doors open at 6 p.m. Your $5 (to
benefit Pride Northwest) gets you into the
Brig, 1035 S.W. Stark St., to watch contestants
strut their stuff in categories such as formal
wear, creative club attire and swim wear.
Heck, which pageant to choose?
Darcelle XV, 208 N.W. Third Ave., presents
the Portland Regional Miss Gay Latino
Pageant 8 p.m. June 9 with contestants from
all areas of South and Latin American back
grounds. $10 at the door.
Corporate-owned chain bookstores get into
the Pride act, too: Borders, 708 S.W. Third
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