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1 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5.
www.rosetownramblers.com.)
(8-10 pm. 712 N W 21st Ave. 503-497-1090.)
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Run about with the Portland Frontrunners
for three to six miles before sitting down to
brunch. (9 am. June 503-819-4626
Skervy—Queer to the Bose calls all
freaks and queers, kings and queens, faggots
and dykes, and trannies to the Sleaze
Sisters Dance Party at Billy Ray's. Break
out o f the psych ward and come squat with
sister D Js Zanne, Ubiquitous Kristie, Puppet
and Lisa Bang as they spin hip-hop, punk, riot-
girl and buttrock. Preceded by a screening o f
the movie Times Square. (8 pm movie,
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at SMYRC
9:30 pm-2 am dancing. 2216 NE Martin Luther
King J r Blvd. www.dejanvier.org/skervy.)
Sunday mornings are great times for hikes. So
thank the sun gods the Adventure Group is
going to Elk Meadows and Gnarl Ridge near
Mount Hood. Meet at Starbucks in the Hollywood
Fred Meyer store. (9 am. 3030 NE Weidler St.
You and/or your dog can walk, socialize and
just generally goof o ff with the Forest
Group any Thursday in August at Mount
Tabor. (7-9 pm. 503-659-2782.)
503-452-5680. www.adventuregroup.org.)
Leather and Lace show at Embers as part
of Oregon Leather Pride Week. (7 pm.
Portland Leather Alliance presents Leather
Tastings at Eagle PDX as part of Oregon
Leather Pride Week You don't actually taste
110 N W Broadway. Call 503-222-3082 for
cover, www.blackoutleather.org.)
leather (unless you want to), but you do see
demonstrations by S /M experts. (1300 W Bum-
James Blackburn is on the piano at Hobo's.
step every Sunday in August beginning
tonight. (7-8 pm. Comer o f Southeast Ninth
(7 pm. $10. Call 503-280-8080 to register.)
Tango lessons by Out Dancing every Friday
in August beginning tonight! (7-8 pm. Comer o f
If you need a fun w alk/run this morning, con
tact the Adventure Group. (9 am.
Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street.
$5. 503-236-5129. out_dancmg@yahoo.com.)
503-452-5680. www. adventuregroup. org.)
Yoga for Gay Men (and their allies) material
Play with the gay and gay-friendly Pinochle
Group any Sunday at Hobo's. (6 pm.
izes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
through August at a friendly little studio space
in Southeast Portland. Bring a mat, a towel,
water and an open mind. (3.30-5 pm. 1400-1 SE
Call 503-238-1646 for cover.)
Western States Center and 2 Gyrtz Performative
Arts play host to the San Francisco performance
art organization La Pocha Nostra, featuring
Guillermo G6mez-Peha and Juan Ybarra, who
will perform Mexotica: A Living Diorama
o f Fetishized Others m the Reed College
Student Union. Dressing in your favorite cultural
fetish is encouraged (7:30 pm. 3203 SE
Woodstock Blvd. $8-$12 at the door.
503-228-8866 wwwqxxhanostra.com.)
120 N W Third Ave. George 503-760-1248.)
have been donated by the likes of Black Hole
Body Piercing, It's My Pleasure, CounterMedia
and Oregon Leather. Proceeds benefit the
Leather Archives. (5.30 pm viewing. 6 pm auction.
219 NW Davis St. www.pdxleatheralliance.org.)
Blackout Leather Productions and In Uniform
magazine play host to a Uniform Party at
Eagle PDX as part of Oregon Leather
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Hundreds of fans and 32 teams are expected
at the Lesbian Community Project's
Take advantage o f this w eather w ith the
Portland Frontrunners fo r a three- to
six-mile jo g any Tuesday evening.
through Aug. 11 at Prairie Fields in Brush
Prairie, Wash. The festive event includes
booths, food, camping and, m ost importantly,
babes playing ball. (503-227-0605.)
(6:30 pm. Call 503-819 4626 for location,
www.portlandfrontrunners. org.)
Discuss “ Bi Women Friendships" with— who
else?— Portland Bi Women in the
Broadway C offee Trader Conference Room.
Portland Leather Alliance invites you to
its board meeting at House of Louie, which
includes special guest speakers from the
Portland Police Bureau, as part of
(7-9 pm. 2130 NE Broadway. 503-283-6433.)
Oregon Leather Pride Week
The Bisexual Community Forum invites
you to “ Building Bisexual Community," a casual
discussion at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (7.30 pm.
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(Maybe they'll bring their handcuffs!)
(7 pm. 331 N W Davis St.
www. pdxleatheralliance. org.)
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201 SE 12th Ave. Laury 503-285-4848.)
Samantha Barrow is the answer to those
who claim they don't like poetry. She’ll be at
It's M y Pleasure as part o f her spoken word
motorcycle tour across America. Potluck, too!
(5-6:30 pm potluck, 7 pm performance.
3106 NE 64th Ave. 503-280-8080.)
Pride Week (1300 W Burnside St. Call
503-241-0105 for time and cover.)
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17th annual Softball Tournament
Madison St. $10. jaRed 503-234-9507.)
Portland Leather Alliance plays host to a Kink
Auction at C.C. Slaughters as part of Oregon
Leather Pride Week Come see what goodies
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Out Dancing teaches you the nightclub two-
Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5.
503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo.com.)
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(7 pm. 120 N W Third Ave. 503-224-3285.)
side St. Call 503-241-0105 for time and cover.)
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Showcase (7 pm. 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
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www.portlandfrontrunners.org.)
316 SW 1 1th Ave. $12 at the door,
www.pdxleatheralliance. org.)
Portland dyke country rocker Patricia Ju
teams up with Canadian Emm Gryner fo r the
M ount Tabor Theatre & Pub's Songwriter's
Lesbian singer Tamaras plays the Ash Street
Saloon. (9 pm. 225 SW Ash St. $6.
www. tamarasrocks. com.)
Lace up those boots and cinch that corset:
Oregon Leather Pride Week runs
through Aug. 11. This annual event sponsored
by Portland Leather Alliance and Blackout
Leather Productions begins with tonight's
Leathers, Feathers and Fur, a 21-and-
over fetish ball at the Fez Ballroom. (8 pm.
Haven’t found it yet? It's M y Pleasure pre
sents The G-Spot and Female
Ejaculation class. Get those questions
answered and your repertoire expanded.
good for the soul: Serena Blossom Appel plays
host to the first Savium Open Circle at
Coffee Time. Planned for every Wednesday, it's
open to poets, rappers, acoustic musicians, sto
rytellers and enthusiastic audience members.
The Rosetown Ramblers and DJ Crystal invite
you to a country western dance with full-
service bar at Portland M etro Club. (9:30 pm-
She wowed you at the W aterfront Blues
Festival, but she doesn’t stop there: Margo
Tufo croons every Monday night at the
Candlelight Cafe. (9pm-1 am.
2032 SW Fifth Ave. 503-222-3378.)
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Your Portland dyke bar plays host to
a Nude Revue The Egyptian Club
invites you to lock yourself in the
tomb with a lotta dollar bills and a
lotta hot girls. (7 pm. 3701 SE
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Division St. 503-236 8689.)
San Francisco activist Chinosole pre
sents a slide show and discussion of her
book The African Diaspora X
Autobiographies: Skeins o f S elf
and Skin, which includes analysis of
lesbian writer Audre Lorde at Mother
Kali’s Books in Eugene. She’s joined by
It's a slam poetry party at
Mother Kali's Books in Eugene.
Bring three poems to read and com
pete, or just come to watch
other brave souls bare
them. (7:30 pm. 720 E
13th Ave. 541-343-4864.
www.motherkalis.com.)
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Alma Jean Billingslea-Brown
author of Crossing Borders Through
Folklore: African American Women's
Fiction and Art. (7 pm. 720 E 13th Ave.
541-343-4864 www.motherkalis.com.)
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Help G eorgena M oran raise enough money
for stem cell surgery by attending the
G eo rg en a’s Journey dance party Aug. 17
Q W ednesday
Blackout Leather Productions presents the
Erotica Show at Embers as part of
Oregon Leather Pride Week (7-9 pm.
Blackout Leather Productions plays host to a
Leather Family Barbecue as part of
Oregon Leather Pride Week (6-9 pm.
E mail sybaritescream@aol.com for location.)
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Do you have a shaved, bleached head and
baggy pants? Then you'll want to sign up for
the Lesbian Avengers' Eminem look-
alike contest at the Rose Garden— coinci
dentally the same night as the polemical rap
per's show. Neat prizes galore. (Call
503-309-5777 for time.)
Crush presents naked wine tasting featur
ing Tempranillo served by the boy and girt
sluts o f the Spanish Riviera (6-9 pm. 1412 SE
110 N W Broadway. Call 503222-3082 for
cover, www.blackoutleather.org.)
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The Alberta Urban Faire carnival and mar
ket runs every Saturday through August.
(11 am-5 pm. Northeast 24th Avenue and
Alberta Street. 503-493 1100.)
Appreciate where you live with the women o f
the Forest Group as they head to the Indian
Heaven W ilderness area in Washington for
alpine lake hiking. (541 296 5806 )
Momson St $12. 503-235-8150.)
Blackout Leather Productions presents the
Because it's expression, not confession, that’s
Mr. and Ms. Oregon State Leather
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