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50 J**» t mat * june 21.2002 DIVERSIONS ..................▼.................. Triumph of the Dragons named hy the Lambda Book Report as one of the decade’s 50 he Amazon Drag most influential ons showed what queers. they’re made of at Intim acies is the Rose Festival j a retrospective Dragon Boat races June 8 covering work of and 9. After two qualifying the past 27 years. heats Saturday aftemixin in Some images will which they placed third and sec he familiar, others ond, the lesbian team went into the during the Rose Festival Dragon Boat races are totally new, next day in the top-seeded position for according to Women’s Division B. Corinne, who Bears president Doug Watson: “If it weren’t for On Sunday they won the semifinal race notes all of them the sweat, I don’t think we could have all with a time of 3:06.69. In the nail-biting finale, are “intensely squeezed through the crowd.” Wow. the Dragons paddled home for the win, edging sexual.” The weekend culminated in the Saturday out the Tsunami Sisters by just 56 hundredths The first stop is night election of Mr. Oregon Bear 2002 Steve of a second to the deafening screams of Bench 9 O ’Quinn and Mr. Oregon Cub 2002 Mike June 27 for a team supporters and a huge waterfront crowd. 6 :3 0 p.m. book Christman. O ’Quinn wants to grow the Oregon The winning team must not only finish first signing and discus Bears organization a bit, while Christman will hut also capture the flag at the finish line. First sion at In Other work on expanding venues for hear activities. time flag catcher Shannon Graham performed Words, 3734 S.E. “The Oregon Bears membership really flawlessly, giving the Dragons their first Rose Hawthorne Blvd., wowed some hunky out-of-town hears hy Festival win in its 11-year history. where, she says, immediately making them feel at home," Wat “Our feet haven’t touched the ground since she’ll talk about son says. “Trey of San Francisco told our new Sunday afternoon,” paddler Eilien Van Patten “the importance of Mr. Oregon Bear...‘You guys don’t just have a commented. The following weekend paddlers books and about hear club, you have a hear family.’ ” Aww. celebrated their win with a triumphant march having lesbian- in the Portland Pride Parade. identified and If you missed the excitement (or just want bisexual-identified to verify rumors about how cute the paddlers images— portraits hen Hell Freezes Over: A Queer Prom arc), witness their next performance all day and sexual.” has been moved hack a week from July 20 at Vancouver Lake. To catch the wave The following June 22 to June 29 because of a mix-up and join the Amazon Dragons Paddling Club, evening the dykon at the Mississippi Ballnxim, which had appar call Van Patten at 503-762-4742 or visit Renowned lesbian artist Tee moves on to Port ently double-booked. www.amazondragons.org. in Portland June 27 and 28 land State Univer — Kronda Adair If you missed this announcement and sity’s Smith Memorial Center, 724 S.W. Harri showed up to a riximful of decidedly nonqueer son St., for a 7:30 p.m. slide presentation in young people, take the opportunity to dress up Room 327. At this Lesbian Community Project- two weekends in a row, hut don’t miss the sponsored event, she will talk about “how I got actual prom, which promises dancing, started making sexual images and about some of d(X)r prizes and fcxxl for queers 23 and the other lesbian photographers.. .whose work younger. It’s free of charge, and has inspired me," noting some of those are Ore anonymous HIV testing is available. The fun happens 8 p.m. to midnight gon artists. Corinne herself lives in southern Oregon. at 833 N. Shaver St. For more infor Thanks to In Other Words, LCP and PSU ’s mation call 503-872-9664. Women’s Resource Center, both events are free of charge. Prom calamity Get intimate with Tee }'U 1IV .II IV» I »V- IIIV I IV " ITII. ' V' S (11114 i * l l . V í i M 1 I IUV New faces of Pride avis Krause and Annie Otis were selected to represent Portland as Mr. and Miss Pride 2 0 0 2 June 9 at the Brig. The annual pageant began in 1998 and is gender oriented rather than a drag title. C on testants go through an onstage interview, a per formance piece and a swimwear and club attire competition, all hosted hy the incomparable Misha Rockafeller. It’s always a lively evening with entertainment provided hy past and visit ing titleholders and the Imperial Sover eign Rose Court Empress and Emperor. Krause and Otis opened Portland Pride 2002 the very next weekend to a throng of 20,000 visitors. D hotographer, activist and all-around dyke icon Tee Corinne makes two stops in Portland this month to promote her new hook Intimacies. The author of the infamous Cunt Coloring Book has been shaking things up in lesbian and feminist publishing for three decades. In the ’70s she began a series of solarized photographs of labia and of women going at it, posters of which continue to he mainstays of feminist retail outlets across the land. The artist and historian was a speaker at the second annual Women in Photography confer ence, received the 1997 Women’s Caucus for Art President’s Award ust Out announces the best dam lesbian singles event of the year, Vagina Night at, of all places, Unleash Yourself, that adorable new doggie day care center opened by the cool but canned ex-KBBT lesbo disc jockey Gina Micciulla. Not only does this mean you’ll meet single women, you’ll also meet their dogs to find out if you’re really compatible. Come to the pooch palace at 1211 N.E. Alberta St. anytime between 6 and 9 p.m. June 27, when you face excellent odds of win ning tickets to the July touring prtxluction of The Vagina Monologues at Newmark Theatre. Hip Chicks Do Wine provides the libations. You provide the vaginas. And the dogs. J More lesbians et another big lesbian event is the annual Lesbian Community Project Tournament of Choice, scheduled this year for Aug. 9 to 11 at Prairie Fields in Brush Prairie, Wash. Softball teams from around the Pacific North west travel to this event, which concludes with a championship game Sunday. Even if you don’t play, show up for the bar becue, raffle and bcxiths of community vendors and organizations or to cniise the 400 ball players all in one place. There’s camping, too. To register your team or volunteer to help out, call 503-227-0605. T h e registration Y New faces of bear few hundred extra hears added to Portland’s eclectic imix of visitors during the Rose Festival on June 8 and 9 for the annu al Beards and Roses celebration. The weekend kicked off with an Under bear Meet and Greet at G ail’s Dirty Duck. Apparently, the event was well attended judg ing from the charming comments of Oregon Don’t forget your vagina The Oregon Bears sashed up a new Mr. Oregon Bear and Mr. Oregon Cub June 8 during Beards and Roses Corinne will talk about her new work Intimacies deadline is July 1, and the sliding-scale fee starts at $300. Film events we like T he American Friends Service Committee presents Queer Film s...in Color! 6 p.m. June 29 at HollywixxJ Theatre. “Issues around queer communities of color are often ignored or marginalized,” committee member Cecil Prescod says. “This event will he a great way...for people to he able to identify with other positive queer figures of color in the community.” Organizers selected four films: Brincando El Charco: Portrait o f a Puerto Rican follows a les bian confronting her identity in the United States; the documentary Honored by the Moon explores gay and lesbian Native Americans; Fated to Be Q ueer presents four gay Filipino men sharing personal perspectives about being gay in San Francisco; and Black Nations/Queer Nations? is a compilation of interviews from cultural crit ics discussing gender, politics and sexuality. Entrance to the film night is a more-than- reasonable $2. Call 503-230-9430 for more information. Also add to your movie to-do list the Sum mer Camp Film Series at Guild Theatre, which runs at 11 p.m. every Friday from June 28 to Aug. 16. One film will screen each night, including Bottle Rocket, Wes Anderson’s outrageous debut; Air Force O ne, during which you can relive Harrison Ford’s rescue of the entire world from the clutches of evil; The G oonies, in which a young group of Oregonian outcasts searches for the lost treasure of One-Eyed Willy somewhere off the coast of Astoria; and Show girls, which we don’t have to remind you about because you have, no doubt, not forgotten this inexplicable Paul Verhoeven mess of celluloid. The Guild is at 829 S.W. Park Ave., and admission will cost you $6.50. JH C om p iled by LlSA BRADSHAW
