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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,
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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.
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