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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 2002)
5.2QÛ2 42 DIVERSIONS ...............▼............... A midsummer night’s dance Tire charity evening coincides with both the lesbian duo’s concert in Portland and the restaurant’s weekly Girls Night Out. “Amy and Emily were one of the first to donate to the Q-Ball, our recent fund-raiser for Basic Rights Oregon,” says Dingo’s owner Tiffany Miller. “I felt like it was important to return the support for such an important cause.” Honor the Earth provides funding and support for N ative American environmental initiatives. It has been a longtime project for the singers, who are the only non- Native Americans to sit on the board. The Indigo Girls and their hand Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway, 8 p.m. July 11 in support of their latest release, Become You. Vonda Shepherd opens the show; tickets are $31 - $41.50 from Ticketmaster. O ut Dancing is throw ing its second annual fancy-dance shindig July 13, this year titled A Midsummer’s Ball. The evening will begin with some quick lessons in the fox trot and swing, then the group will spin a mix of additional music styles, including the waltz, cha-cha, salsa, country, rumba and tango. Instructor Daniel Hutchison and his partner started the hall last year to give all those Out Danc ing students a place to strut their stuff. “In our community we have places to go where you can smoke and drink and get crazy with freestyle dancing,” he says, “hut when it comes to a smoke- 1 free environment with music where you can dance the tango close with your sweetie, well, 8 you see, we just had to do f something about that!” Qmples dancing has become so popular that Out Dancing has begun to hold monthly dance socials as well. “People always tell me they are surprised how much dancing adds to and enriches their lives,” Hutchison offers. “Through the language of dance we learn to communicate better with one another and per haps even learn a little more patience and acceptance. It also deepens your connection with another person.” The hall, though, is a little more of a special affair. “Let’s see,” Hutchison murmurs, "sparkling mirror ball, check. Floating candles, check. White linens, check. Asiatic lilies for the centerpieces, check.” The Midsummer’s Ball theme, he admits, makes him “think of a magical, shimmering, full-moon summer’s night.” You, too, can be magical and shimmery 8 p.m. to midnight July 13 at Portland Metro Club, 618 S.E. Alder St. It’s $10 at the door or at Out Dancing classes. Call 503-236-5129 for more information. Shout! R emember that kick-ass toga party in National Lampoon’s Animal H ouse ? Yes, now you can relive those times at the Alberta A rts Pavilion’s Toga Party on July 20. T his queer-owned gallery promises a night o f hot DJ dance music, door prizes, a no'- New Wavers Davffl Bowie and Moby rock the Gorge Amphitheatre on Aug. 16 Bowie with Moby costume contest and other assorted debauchery. T here’s a no-host bar, and you get $ 1 off the $10 admission for every can o f food you bring (up to five cans). If you’ve got somewhere else to be, don’t sweat missing out— the party goes from 9:30 p.m. until 4 a.m. The gallery is at 2315 N.E. Alberta St., and you can give the Greeks a ring at 503-282-7700. Attention golfers and the people who love them D iva Tours and Griffon Financial Group present the second annual Charity G olf Tournament on July 19 at C ol wood N ational G o lf Course, 7313 N .E. Qolumbia Blvd. Although it’s too late to register for a team, you can still show up with $100 to cheer on participants and engage in the after-golf soiree, complete with award pre sentations, food and entertainment. All pro ceeds go to Basic Rights Oregon and Vanguard Youth Services. It all begins with the tee- off shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. For more information call 503-528-2800 or e-mail al@griffonfinancial.com. lam rock queer boy David Bowie joins the ambiguous- about-my-sexuality Moby for a day of sounds and song Aug. 16 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash. Joining the gents are Busta Rhymes, Blue Man Group and Ash. See it all for a $63 ticket from Ticketmaster. You can camp there, too, for $30 if you make reservations in advance. Visit www.hob.com for more info. _ New cable queer j n June H BO premiered The Wire, a 13- | episode drama that continues through the summer, so there’s still time to tune in to see hunky Sonja Sohn play tough Baltimore narcotics detective Shakima Greggs. Sh e’s smart, hot and, according to the network, “just happens to be gay.” The program, which has Greggs team ing up with West Baltimore’s Homicide Department to bring down the city’s major drug ringleader and his crew, airs at 10 p.m. Sundays. If you’ve missed the first few, don’t fret: You can get caught up with the detectives and the dealers when the first five episodes air hack to back starting at 9 p.m. July 6. Ellen plays a fish A ccording to recent reports, everyone’s favorite blond lesbian will lend her voice to Pixar Animation’s next no-doubt-sure- fire hit, Finding Nemo. T he film tells the story of two fish, a father and son, who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef. Albert Brooks provides the voice of the father, and Ellen DeGeneres, according to a company press release, “voices Dory, a forgetful hut relentlessly optimistic companion that the father meets during his travels.” Relentlessly optimistic— thift’s our girl! The film is set for release in the sum mer of 2003. Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. recently crossed the $500 million mark in the global box office, making it the second-highest grossing animated film of all time behind The Lion King. (How fright ening.) j n - Cute Sonja Sohn plays tough dyke detective in The Wire Compiled by L isa B radshaw G olf and party for queer charities July 19 Eat for charity Most rental togas are not this big, but the idea for wrapping on« is th« same. T he owners of Dingo’s will donate 15 percent of sales July 11 to Honor the Earth, the favorite non profit organization of their friends, the Indigo G irls. ß
