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urtl.ind Taiko s fa ll concert:
you've never been, shame
on you. Sept. 6 and 7 at
N ew m ark Theatre
festival through Sept. 2 in the North Park
Blocks. Music, theater, food, hands-on activi
ties and all kinds o f art to admire and buy.
(10 am-6 pm Saturday and Sunday, 10 am-
5 pm Monday Northwest Eighth Avenue
between Burnside and Glisan streets,
www. art in thepearl. com.)
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.)
Submit to S /M 101 at It's My Pleasure.
(7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave. Register at
503-280-8080.)
September
living with HIV/AIDS, invites you to its 2002
fund-raiser at the new gay-owned
Creation Gallery. Enjoy refreshments, con
tribute to a good cause, and purchase original
art at an inexpensive price. (1-5 pm. 8419 SE
Clatsop Court. 503-786-4829.)
Wipe that barbecue sauce off your chin with the
Oregon Bears during their BearBQ at
Northbank Tavern in Vancouver, Wash. (6-9pm.
106 W Sixth Ave. www.oregonbears.org.)
Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social at
Ankeny Street Studio allows you to practice pat
terns you know and to learn ones you don't.
Lesson and refreshments included. (7-10 pm.
Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny
Street. $8. 503-236-5129.
out_dancing@yahoo.com.)
paintings depicting gay and lesbian relation
ships at In Other Words. (6:30 pm. 3734 SE
Hawthorne Blvd. 503-232-6003.)
The Last Word open mike night at In Other
Words invites women to read their own poetry,
prose or whatever. (7-9 pm. 3734 SE
Hawthorne Blvd. 503-232-6003.)
Members of Rogue Valley Parents,
Families and Friends of Lesbians and
Gays invite other southern Oregon chapters to
join them for a big potluck picnic at Bear
The Washington County Parents and
Kids Group meets for dinner, support and
fun at Community Church of Cedar Hills.
(6 pm. 11695 S W Parkway Ave.
503-228-3892.)
Creek Park in Medford. You bnng the food, they'll
give you something to eat it off and wash it down.
(6.30 pm. 625 Highland Drive. 541-488-1142.)
She finally came out—as straight—last year.
But don't hold that against her. Dar Williams
brings her sweet sound to Aladdin Theatre.
(8 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $27.50 from
box office or Ticketmaster.)
Sensory Perceptions, Portland's
Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Film Festival, presents
Girls Night Out at Unleash Yourself. The
festival is right around the corner, and^this
benefit features performances by Angie
G olleher and M aria W ebster plus
drinks, prizes and a preview of films. (7 pm-
midnight. 1211 NE Alberta St. $5-$10 dona
tion. www.sensoryperceptions.org.)
Come say goodbye to Miss
Gay Portland XXX Destiny Lynn
and Ms. Gay Portland XII The
Lovely Kierstie Illusion as they
step down and introduce the
new titleholders during the
annual M r./M s./M iss Gay
Portland Pageant at
Embers. This year's summer
time theme: “ Hawaiian Leis &
Luaus." (7 pm. 110NW
Broadway. $10 at the door.
www. rosecourt. org.)
If your birthday is in August, feel free to take
advantage of the Egyptian's guest-of-honor sta
tus at its monthly Birthday Bash. Bring
friends for games, dancing, karaoke. (9 pm.
3701 SE Division St. 503-236-8689 )
Portland band No. 2 celebrates its second
album What Does Good Luck Bring? with a CD
release party at Blackbird. Opening are The
Minders and Shadow Mortons, a garage
and girl group cover band featuring Janet
Weiss of Sleater-Kinney. (10 pm. 3728 NE
Sandy Blvd. Call 503-778-7700 for cover.)
Ex-Smiths frontman
Morrissey erupts with sexu
ally ambiguous, literate and
biting punk pop at the
Roseland. (8 pm. 8 N W Sixth
Ave. $29.50 from
www.hob.com or Fastixx.)
In Uniform plays host to a
Rubber & Sports Party at
Run about with the Portland Frontrunners
for three to six miles before sitting down to
brunch. (9 am. June 503-819-4626.
www.portlandfrontmnners. org.)
the Eagle PDX and Club XES in
celebration of the NAGAAA
World Series! (9 pm. 1300 W
Burnside St. Call 503-241-0105
for cover, www.inunifonm.net.)
Support your Oregon gay and lesbian
artists, o f which there are several scattered
throughout A rt in the Pearl, a charming
The Adventure Group hikes to Lookout
Mountain and Oval Lake in the Cascades.
Sounds lovely, doesn’t it? Meet at Starbucks
in the Hollywood Fred Meyer store. (9 am.
3030 NE Weidler St. 503-452-5680.
www. adventuregroup. org. )
Start your Sunday with a nice Bear Brunch
with the Oregon Bears at Village Inn. (11 am-
1 pm. 1621 NE 10th Ave. www.oregonbears.org.)
Let the cool Pink Martini chill you out at the
Oregon Zoo. With special guest samba band the
Lions of Batucada (7 pm. 4001 SW Canyon
Road. $14 from www oregonzoo org o r Fastixx )
for prizes in your panties while DJs Zanne,
Puppet and Bang spin you 'round the nng with
hip-hop, ska and buttrock. (10 pm-2 am.
2216 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
www. dejanvier. org/skervy.)
Galactic Groove does a very queer
salute to Hee Haw at Portland Cable
Access for its live dance show. (8 pm.
2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
www. geocities, com/galacticgroovepdx.)
Portland Taiko presents its 2002 fall per
formance T a ik o K in e s is ! through Sept. 7
at Newmark Theatre. This Japanese drum
ming group's full-length concerts must be
seen (heard) to be believed. Featuring spe
cial guest artist Minh Tran. Children's mati
nee Sept. 7, too. (8 pm. 1111 SW
Broadway. $16.50-$24 from Fastixx.
www.portlandtaiko. org.)
The Meow Meow presents Strombolli's
Island of Donkeys and Dolls queer
performance cabaret. Featuring Marty
Diamond's hip-hop duo The End of the World,
a tranny clown, butch poets and Michelle
Tea (9 pm. 527 SE Pine St. $5.)
Enjoy a leisurely Sunday brunch with Eugene's
Gay/Lesbian 20s and 30s Social Club
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at Brail’s Restaurant. (11 am. 1689 Willamette
St. Mick 541-485-4784.)
You've listened to the latest album, you’ve
read the autobiography, you've cursed the ex
girlfriend... now see the real thing. Melissa
Etheridge rocks Keller Auditorium. (7.30 pm.
222 S W Third Ave. $63.50-$85 from box
office, Ticket Central or Ticketmaster.)
Serena Blossom Appel plays host to
Portland Taiko presents the children's
matinee T a ik o T ale s at Newmark Theatre.
Features audience participation, storytelling,
laughter and music. (2 pm. 1111 SW
Broadway. $8.50 $ 13 from Fastixx.
www.portlandtaiko. org.)
The Noah Peterson Quartet featuring
gay jazz bassist Rick Crittenden plays the
Monteaux Public House in Beaverton, which
celebrates its two-year anniversary tonight.
(9 pm. 16165 SW Regatta Lane.
503-439-9942.)
Savium Open Circle at Coffee Time. A
weekly event open to poets, rappers,
acoustic musicians, storytellers and enthusi
astic audience members. (8-10 pm. 712 N W
21st Ave. 503-497-1090.)
It's Girls Night Out at Dingo's with food
and drink specials until midnight. (4612 SE
Hawthorne Blvd. 503-233-3996 )
Partners Eric Skinner and Daniel Kirk
present new dance works through Sept. 7 at
Portland State University's Uncoln Hall. The
two collaborate with other pretty, buff boys in a
multimedia production blending aenal dance
and video projections. (8 pm. 1620 S W Park
Ave. $18 from 503-725-3307 o r Ticketmaster.)
Skervy—Queer to the Bone presents Gay
Underpants Wrestling at Billy Ray's! Compete
Central Oregon queer communities mark your
calendars for the Human Dignity Coalition's
“Family” Celebration II—Reunion! at
the infamous Funny Farm between Redmond
and Bend. You bnng some food, they'll bnng
“ more fun than ought to be legal." (64990
Deschutes Market Road. 541-385-3320.
renee@humandignitycoalition.org.)
Looking Ahead
Mark those calendars: Sensory Perceptions
presents Portland's sixth annual Lesbian Gay
Bi Trans Film Festival Sept. 19-29 at
Cinema 21. Don’t miss the Sept. 6 issue of
Just Out for reviews, interviews and a com
plete schedule, (www.sensoryperceptions.org.)
See On View and Onstage listings on
Page 24.-
SisterSpririt plays host to a magical study
group for women. This month: Your Astrology
Birthchart. (7 pm. 3430 SE Belmont St. It 102.
$3-$5 donation. 503-736-3297.)
Young Men's Coffee Talk meets every
Wednesday at 3 Fnends Coffeehouse.
(8-10 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave. 503-223-5907.)
I T hursday
Join No. 2, fron te d by
P ortland gay boy Neil
Gust Cleft), fo r the band's
second CD release party
Aug. 30 at B la ckbird
Is your partner un-Amencan? Wait, too broad. Is
your partner not an American citizen? Maybe you
need to attend the Lesbian and Gay
Immigration Rights Task Force Legal
Clinic m Room 236 at Portland State University's
Senior Housing and Retirement
Enterprises — SHARE—invites you to come
Smith Memorial Center. Free presentation and
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And free pizza. (6.30 pm. 1825 SW Broadway.
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503^471-1568 www.lgirtforg/portland.)
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discuss and plan future gay and lesbian hous
ing options in Portland. (6-8 pm. 1737 NW
26th Ave 503-286-3575.)
Artist Julia Waco leads a slide show presen- 2
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