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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 2002)
fi.2QÛ2 30 Submissions should be sent to Just out Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, O R 97293- 0400; or faxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com. Deadline is 15 days before issue date. Just OUt is published on the first and third Friday o f each month. A ll addresses are in September Portland unless otherwise specified. Leam to waltz with Out Dancing every Friday in September beginning tonight! (7-8 pm. Com er o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo. com.) entertainment. (Visit www.celebrateourcom- munity.org fo ra complete schedule.) Partners Eric Skinner and Daniel Kirk present new dance works through Sept. 7 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. The two collaborate with other pretty, buff boys in a multimedia production blending aenal dance and video projections. (8 pm. 1620 SW Park Ave. $18 from 503-725-3307 or Ticketmaster.) Portland Art Museum welcomes renowned glass artist William Morris, who will dis cuss his latest series, Cinerary Urns, a "requiem in glass” dedicated to the personal losses and events of Sept. 11 . (7 pm. 1219 SW Park Ave. $6-$13 from box office.) Cutie-cute dyke Michelle Malone headlines a benefit for M etro Council president candi date David Bragdon at Aladdin Theater. (8 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $20 in advance or $25 at the door. 503-228-8150.) Hawthorne Books presents its new anthology Septem ber 11: West Coast Writers Approach Ground Zero with a reading featuring several Oregon contnbutors, includ ing Tom Spanbauer and Primus St. John at First Congregational Church. (7:30 pm. 1126 S W Park Ave. $10.). Skervy— Queer to the Bone presents Homo Smackdown! It's Gay Underpants Wrestling at Billy Ray's. Compete for pnzes in your panties while DJs Zanne. Puppet and Bang spin you 'round the ring with hip-hop, ska and buttrock. (10 pm-2 am. 2216 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. www.dejanvier.org/skervy.) Radical Women holds a Sept. 11 Commemoration at the Bread and Roses Center. The evening includes thought-provoking commentary, poetry and music to celebrate the international resistance of women and workers to the new war order. Soup and salad buffet, too. (7 pm buffet ($61, 7:30 pm commemora tion. 819 N Killingsworth St. 503-240-4462.) 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.) e Portland Taiko presents TaikoKinesis! through Sept 7 at Newmark Theatre. This Japanese drumming group's full-length concerts must be seen (heard) to be believed. Featuring special guest artist Minh Tran. Children's matinee Sept. 7. too. (8 pm. 1111 SW Broadway. $16.50-$24 from Fastixx. www.portlandtaiko.org.) And w h a t's m ore th e y 're p a rtn e rs: E ric S kin n e r and D aniel K irk p re se n t new dance w o rks S ept 6 and 7 The Meow Meow plays host to Strombolli's Island of Donkeys and Dolls queer per formance cabaret. Featuring hip-hop trio The End of the World, tranny clown M orty Diamond, butch poets and Michelle Tea (9 pm. 527 SE Pine St. $5.) o mmmm Pride at Work Oregon presents a discus sion led by Christa Orth called Revealing the Connections: The LGBT Movement and Workers' Rights in the Northwest at SEIU ; • \ am mm Hall. (6:30 pm. 3536 SE 26th Ave. 503- 757-8907. pndeatworkoregon@yahoo.com.) Go to Oaks Park for Live Music on the River, a benefit for Bradley-Angle House. Music of the '70s, '80s and '90s by Bad Jr. (2-7 pm. East end o f the Sellwood Bhdge. 503-703-2038.) Run around with the Portland Frontrunners for three to six miles before sitting down to brunch. (9 am. June 503-819-4626. www.portlandfrontrunners. org.) The annual Belm ont S treet Fair engulfs Southeast Belmont between 12th and 60th avenues. Let the "Magical Trolley" shuttle you up and down the street, where you’ll find col orful crafts, food, beer and live music. (Jesus Presley headlines.) At 38th Avenue is Blue Catfish Studio's C ultu ra l A rts Festival (11 am-6pm. 503-231-9118.) P o rtla n d T aiko presents the children's m atinee Taiko Tales at Newmark Theatre. Features audience participation, sto ry telling, laughter and music. (2 pm. 1111 S W Broadway. $ 8 .5 0 $ 13 from Fastixx. w w w .portlandtaiko. org. ) The Noah P eterson Q uartet. featuring gay jazz bassist R ick C ritte n d e n , plays the Monteaux Public House in Beaverton, which celebrates its tw o-year anniversary tonight. (9 pm. 16165 S W Regatta Lane. 503-439-9942.) The Rosetown Ramblers and DJ C rystal invite you to a co u n try w e stern dance with full-service bar at Portland M etro Club. (9.30 p m -1 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5 www.rosetownram blers.com .) James DePreist leads the Oregon Symphony in a free memorial concert at Ariene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The program honors the memory of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11. Tickets are first-com e, first- served beginning 9:30 am at the box office. The concert will be piped outside to the South Park Blocks. (8-9 pm. 1037 SW Broadway, www. oregonsymphony. org.) You and/or your dog can walk, socialize and generally play around with the women o f the Forest Group any Thursday in August at Mount Tabor. (7-9 pm. 503-659-2782.) ----------- mmSMammm The queer-led New Orleans band M yshkin’s Ruby W arblers gives a free performance at Music Millennium. (1 pm. 801 N W 23rd Ave. 503-231-8943.) Drop everything and go to Fox and Hounds to play bingo this afternoon. Why? Because the proceeds go to the AIDS S ervices A cco u n ta b ility C oalition, a grassroots organization dedicated to fair treatment for all people living HIV and AIDS. (2-5 pm. 217 SW Second Ave 503-288-6582.) O ut Dancing teaches you how to swing every Sunday in September beginning tonight. (7-8 pm. Com er o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129. out_ dancing@yahoo. com.) The Portland Gay and Lesbian Bowling Association rolls out its 25th anniversary sea son startina today at Hollywood Lanes. Show up to join a team, regardless of your skill level. (2.30 pm registration, 3:30-6 pm games. 4030 NE Halsey St. $10 a week. 503-293-0438 wwwpdxbowl. com.) The Portland Center for Spiritual Growth plays host to the discussion group Rescuing the B ible from RWCF (Right-Wing Christian Fundamentalist Fanatics) every Sunday. (4-4 40 pm. 4525 SE Stark St. 503-777-0727.) Central Oregon queer communities mark your calendars for the Human Dignity C oalition's “ F a m ily" C e le b ra tio n II— R eunion! at the infamous Funny Farm between Redmond and Bend. You bring some food, they'll bring “ more fun than ought to be legal." (4-8 pm. 64990 Deschutes M arket Road. 541-385-3320. office@ hum andignitycoalition.org.) Salem kicks o ff C apitol P ride 2002, which continues through Sept. 15, with a din ne r at the 300 Club honoring Mayor Mike Swaim and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and featuring keynote speaker Marcy W esterling of the Rural Organizing Project. (7 pm. 300 Liberty St. S E $ 1 5. 503-831 -3278.) The Portland Center for Spiritual Growth plays host to a S p iritu a l P rin cip le Gab G roup every Monday downstairs in the sofa room. (7:30-9pm. 4525 SE Stark St. 503-777-0727.) The Portland Area Business Association holds its monthly luncheon at the Lloyd Center DoubleTree Inn. (11.30 am-1 pm. 1000 NE Multnomah Blvd. $18 members, $22 nonmem bers in advance from 503-241-2222 or $27 at the door. $5 coffee only.) © W ednesday . C elebrate O ur C om m unity is an opportu nity to volunteer at a variety of Portland orga nizations while coming together in remem brance o f Sept. 11 . Begins with an early- moming Moment of Impact ceremony, fol lowed by a multidenommational and cross-cul tural worship service at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Volunteer registration all day. then an evening remembrance with speakers and All aboard the Basic Rights O regon Annual D inner "Setting Sail" in the Hilton Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. Cruisewear is encour aged at this festive fund raiser celebrating a ballot-measure-free year. Enjoy the comedy stylings of Bob S m ith and meet special guests the Lofton-C roteau fam ily (6 pm cocktails, 7 pm dinner, 9 pm roving after-party. 921 SW Sixth Ave. $100 from 503-222-6151.) All spiritual traditions are invited to the Gay Men's Labyrinth Walk at Friendly House. The Interfaith Spiritual Center leads this program, which includes ah introduction, sharing and social time. (7 pm. 1737 NW 26th Ave. 503-233-2026, ext. 3. www.interfaithspintualcenter.com.) Tie one on at It's My Pleasure's Strap-on Class (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave. $ 10. Register at 503-280-8080.) Portland Bi Women hook up in the confer ence room of Broadway Coffee Trader for a dis cussion on M eeting and Dating Women (7-9 pm. 2130 NE Broadway 503-283-6433.)
