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28 J im * o « « * September 20. 2002 í J ) u .a.üüi.it u st out is published on the first and third Friday of every month. The deadline or submissions is 15 days prior to publication. O Ut<Siabout is a free community service of Just o u t Listing for events and announcements that are specifically relevant to sexual minorities in Oregon and southwest Washington is provided free of charge. The calendar features events up to three weeks beyond the date of publication. Bulletin Board listings run for up to two months from submission date. outreach listings of up to 25 words (not including contact information) are pro vided free of charge to organizations and groups specifically serving the sexual minorities community. All listings are subject to editing, and inclusion is subject to space limitations, relevance and receipt by deadline. Listings expire twice a year (in May and November), and submissions run from the date received until the next scheduled expiration date. Listings are automati- cally deleted upon expiration. To ensure uninterrupted listing, please submit updat ed information at least a month pnor to the expiration date. just out (attn: Calendar) Send listings to: P.O. Box 14400 Portland. OR 97293-0400 Fax submissions to 503-236-1257 or e-mail justout@justout.com. Submissions cannot be accepted over the phone. Please type your announcements and include full contact information. ON VIEW Art on Alberta s last Thursday walk is 6-9 pm Sept 26 between 14th Place and 30th Avenue Be sure to check out the gay owned Alberta Arts Pavilion >it 2315 NE Alberta S i and the reopened Onda Arte Latina at 2215 NE Alberta St A rtist owned cooperative Talisman Gallery 1476 NE Alberta St., exhibits the work of Inanna McGraw and Juergen Eckstein through Oct 27 Opening reception is 5 30-9 30 pm Sept 26 Lesbian sculptor Sherrie Tahas latest work. "Angel Rising." is on display at Art Home Gallery, 438 SE Sixth A v e , through O ct 26 Opening reception is 4 7 pm Sept 21 E verett S t #108, opens Sept. 27 w ith BASKET Black Walnut Drawings, featuring the w ork o f Seth Nehil Opening reception is 6-9 pm O ct 3. Perform ance by the a rtist at 8 pm O ct 5. ONSTAGE triangle productions! is proud to announce the revival ArtAttack Theater presents B eautiful Thing, Johnathan Harvey's sweet romance about tw o young gay boys in an English housing developm ent, through O ct. 6 in Ashland s Green Room Theater (8 3 0 pm 280 E H e rseyS t $13 from 541 282 9815 or www artattacktheater com .) Artist* Repertory Theatre kicks o ff its new season with Tennessee W illiam s' The Night o f the Iguana through Oct. 20 (Call for times 1516 SW Alder St. $15 $30 from 503 241 -12 7 8 ) call in sick productions presents Bryden MacDonald's Divinity Bash/mne lives, a surreal, phantas magonc play blending comedy and social commentary regarding today's fragile urban economic structure Runs through O ct 19 at Back Door Theatre (Call fo r times 4321 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $12 from 5 0 3 445 7425 ) Bread and Ink Cafe, 3610 SE Hawthorne Blvd . exhibits Portland lesbian Serena Barton s The Artists' Cate, a collec tion of paintings and mixed media work, through Oct. 31. New dyke owned coffeehouse Haven 3551 SE Division S t. exhibits the work of lesbian photographer Verone Flood through O ct 13 Portland State Universitys White Gallery. 1825 SW Broadway, exhibits Up Close m Pink, an art project exploring the intimate expressions of those affected by breast cancer, through Sept 27 The brand new gay-owned Soundvision 625 NW Miracle Theatre Group launches its new season with La Chunga by Mario Vargas Llosa W ill the Peruvian bartending "chunga" (hard woman) steal the beautiful Meche away from the local pimp7 Runs through O ct 19 (7 30 pm Thursday. 8 pm Fnday and Saturday 525 SE Stark St $13 $ 17 from 503-236-7253 or www milagro o rg ) season with Shakespeare s Much Ado About Nothing, spir ited into World War II Texas as victorious GIs return home Runs Sept 27 Oct 20 at Newmark Theatre (Call for times 1111 SW Broadway $12 $47 from 503-274 6588) Back by popular demand is Hot Flashes, the story of a five woman band singing its way through 30 years, through Nov 3 at Portland Metro Performing Arts Center (Call for times 9933 SE Pine St $ I6 $ 2 0 from 503-775 8017 or www hotflashesthemusicalcom ) Portland Opera presents the brass, percussion and visual performance ensemble Blast1 4 * Oct 1-6 at Keller to pieople whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS in Oregon and southwest Washington Spanish language assistance available (Portland Suite 310. 620 SW Fifth Ave 503-223 5907Clark County 360 7 3 5 9 !7 0 )(U /02 ) Clackamas County Public Health offers anony management to anyone Se habla espahof We lend HIV books and videos and offer educational materials and free condoms (503-397 4651 H11/02) AIDS & HIV CAREAssist pays for health insurance premiums, pre M etro: AIDS & HIV African American Health Coalition (AAH C) offers support to black men living with HIV and AIDS Tell us your needs, we re here for you (Duane 503-4131850) (11/02) Columbia County Public Health offers anony mous and confidential HIV testing, counseling and case scnption drugs and insurance plan co-payments and deductibles for eligible people with HIV/AIDS Program of the Oregon Department of Human Services and the Ryan W hite CARE Act (8 am-5 pm Monday Fnday 503-731 4029 or 800 805 2 3 / J ) (11/02) Cascade AIDS Project provides nonmedical services House of Cunt m its new show. The Late Summer Replacement Special through Oct 5. (1030 pm Fnday and Saturday 2257 NW Raleigh St. $12 from 503-232-7072.) the hilarious Greater Tuna through Sept 28 at Theatre of the Flying Rhinoceros. (8 pm. 1440 NW Ovedon St. $ 17- $18 m advance from 503 239-5919. $23 at the door ) Deadly Sms. an electronic adaptation of Kurt W eill and Bertolt Brecht s classic 20th century modem opera, through Sept 28 at Panorama. 21 and over only. (8 30 and 1030 pm Thursday. 8 3 0 pm Fnday and Saturday 3 4 1 SW 10th Ave $16 from Jackpot Records or 5038902993) Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, 522 NW 12th Ave . exhibits new prints by renowned Portland pnntmaker Y uji Hiratsuka through Sept 28. Stark Raving Theatre also presents the wildly popular Bom in a CountryBoys Body, a smart and comedic suite of movement, monologue and music that abstract ly chronicles choreographer Gregg Bielemeier's coming of age in a small German Catholic Oregon farming com munity Runs Sept 20 22. (8 pm 918 SW Yamhill St $15 from 503 221-5857 ) Portland Center Stage elebrates its 15th anniversary Attic Gallery 206 SW First Ave . exhibits the lovely and whimsical Lola Sweetlips, a senes of paintings explonng lesbian relationships, through Sept 28 Stark Raving Theatre presents Killsvtlle by David Todd, the darkly comic story of Duane, who forsakes friendship, love and stability to become "a man " Directed by Portland gay playwright M atthew B Zrebski Runs through Oct 5. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday. 7 pm Sunday. 2257 NW Raleigh St. $10 $ 15 in advance from 503 232 7072. $20 at the door ) triangle productions! continues to extend its run of surrealist paintings of queer artist Chuck Bloom through Sept 30 Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave . exhibits Splendors o f Impenal Japan Arts o f the Mei/i Penod from the Khahli Collection through Sept 22 of the hit musical revue I Love You. You 're Pedect. Now Change, a w itty and touching look at the ups and downs of romantic relationships Runs through Oct. 19 at the World Trade Center Auditorium (8 pm. 121 SW Salmon St $24 $30 from 503 239-5919 or Fastixx ) Conduit Dance premieres Poodle Farm: CityBoy Liminal Performance Group stages The Seven Photographic Image Gallery. 240 SW First Ave presents Seven Days in New York by Portland Tnbune photographer L E Baskow through Sept 28 The 200 digitally pnnted images of the aftermath of Sept 11 are mounted on 30 feet of cyclone fence ■ Portland Opera also presents H Trovatore Sept 21-28 at Keller Audrtonum (7 30 pm 222 SW Clay St $30-$125 from 503-241 ■ 1802. Portland Center fo r the Pedoimmg A rts box office or Ticketmaster ) Heaven 421 SW 10th Ave . displays the traditional Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. 5340 N Interstate Ave . exhibits Buff Medb Neretm s senes So/oums in Pardes Illustrations from Jewish Mystical Experience and Allegra Villarreal Disraeli's The Endunng Exodus Portraits o f My People, which blends her Judaic and Hispanic hentage. through Sept 27. Auditorium (73 0 pm plus 2 pm Saturday and Sunday 222 SW Clay St. $26-$68 50 from 503-241 1802. Portland Center for the Performing Arts box office or Ticketmaster ) mous and confidential HIV testing and counseling to anyone Se habla espanol. No needles1 Call for sched uled and walk in testing times. (Oregon City: 503 655 8471 Sandy 503 7226660 Milwaukre 503 655 8 735.) (11/02) Friends of People with AIDS Foundation offers assistance to those with HIV. including 72 hour food boxes, emergency travel and lodging, entertainment, pet care, clothing, household goods and cremations (503-283 8 5 3 5 ) (11/02) HEAL (Health, Education, AIDS Liaison) offers Vanity Productions in association with triangle productions! presents a laboratory performance of the new play Dangerous Stages through Sept. 28 at Theater1 Theatre1 When members o f a new theater company use rehearsals o f Jane Austen's Mansfield Park to pursue their hidden sexual and professional agendas, the line between art and life blurs. (8 pm plus 2 pm Sunday 3430 SE Belmont St. $10 donation Reservations at 503-230 9303 ) White Bird Dance Series presents the W est Coast debut of Walking Out the Dark by the highly acclaimed company Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Sept 20 and 21 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall (8 pm 1620 SW Park Ave $12-$24 from 503- 725 3307 or Ticketmaster:) White Bird launches the fifth anniversary of its subscnption senes w ith "high priestess o f p o st m odern dance" Trisha Brown in the U S. pre m iere o f The Geometry o f Quiet O ct 2 only at Arlene Schm tzer C oncert Hall (7 30 pm. 1037 SW Broadway $16-$39 from 503-725-3307 or Ticketmaster ) BULLETIN BOARD The Portland Gay Men's Chorus seeks new mem bers. singing and nonsinging Call Tony at 503-226-2588 or visit www pdxgmc org. (10/4) information about alternative views of AIDS causation and HIV testing Call for a free packet of information. (503 227 2339 bwport@attbi c o m ) (11/02) HIV Day Center offers hot meals, counseling, laun dry facilities, clothing, computers with Internet access, phones, mail drop, recreational activities, massage and haircuts Se habla espanol (9 am-3 pm Monday Fnday 2941 NE Amswodh St 503 460-3822.)(11/02) Daily Bread Express provides home delivery ef high quality meals to HIV positive individuals in need Fresh meals delivered weekdays, frozen meals for weekends. (Mara 503 460 38 2 2.)(11/02) Multnomah County Health Department s HIV Health Services Center offers a fuH-service medical clinic, including on-site jiharm acist and nutntionist. medication management, mental health services, wellness program D y l ç e S T p W a f c J l O u f ï o f by Alison BecWd AS A l a s k a m c lts ANO CHUNKSOF ANTARCTICA d eliq u esc e INTO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. an o th er LONG, HOT S U M *ER DRAWS It) A Close.. 3 » ) 0*002 8 y AUS ON SECHWX I'M NaT HOMOPHOBIC., B t/rik N o /T H A T G A y r * ENRON r x f c WAS A 'S GSKEDY SWiNe. MEAH, WELL, SAY THAT AT A'FOCUS ON T he family ' convention , and see how ÜNWOMOPHOBIC IT SOUNDS. SPEA* THE tr u th . J u s t un d er stan d th e c o n te x t a n o im p a c t o f w h a t you .S a y . Deaf & Heanng Out Reach Ten-week fa# session begins Sept. 30. $55-$85 sliding scate; spaces fill quick ly. To register caH 503 235 0840 or 503-231-0923 (TTY) or e mail queerasl@yahoo.com. (9/20) Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene w ill be open fo r new members each Thursday in September E mail Amber at missdittyskitty@ yahoo.com for more inform ation. (9/20) Learn and practice essential relationship skills and enhance your ability to deal constructively with conflict in a gay or lesbian partnership in the Problem- Solving for Same-Gender Couples class. The eight sessions are held 6 30-8 30 pm Thursdays O ct. 24 Dec. 19 at Kaiser Permanente s Interstate M edical O ffice Central, 3600 N Interstate Ave $90 for Kaiser member couples, $110 for nonmember couples Call 503 286 6816 to register. (10/4) Are you a feminist indie musician7 Do you have song(s) that fit in a mission of reclaiming and celebrating our bodies and sexualities? If so. we would like to play your music as part of a performance project. Interested? E mail emi@emmism org before O ct. 1. (9/20) Want to help others, gam social service skids and work toward social change7 The Portland Women's Crisis Lin* is seeking volunteer advocates to staff its 24-hour domestic violence hot line. Must be 18 a older Training is 6 9 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9:30 am-12:30 pm Saturdays Oct. 15-Nov. 7 No previous experience neces sary; bilingual/bicultural a plus Register at 503-232 4176 (10/4) Help is needed in front of and behind the camera on the production of a new lesbian cable show slated to begin shooting in October. Television experience is an asset but not required if you're willing to take some class es Contact Becca at outonthetownpca@aol com. (9/20) The 2002 Horizons/Frameline Completion Fund offers grants to queer film and video pro jects m the final stages of production Submissions are being accepted for documentary, educational, narrative, animated or expenmental projects about or of interest to gay. lesbian, tx and trans people and their commum ties Postmark deadline is O ct 14 For more information call 415-703 8650 or visit www frameline org (10/4) Companion Press seeks queer nonfiction short stories for its upcoming anthology Kiss and Tell: 101 Inspmng. Embarrassing, Humorous and Heartwarming Sexual True Stones Story length must be 300 to 1.500 words, and the deadline is Nov. 15. For more informa tion visit www compamonpress com or send a self- addressed. stamped envelope to Contest, Companion Press. P.O Box 2575. Laguna Hills. CA 92564 (10/4) For ye pndeful W illam ette Valley Oregonians, the first Eugene Pride 2003 Planning Committee meet ing is 1-3 pm O ct 6 at the Eugene W ater and Electric Board Community Room. 500 E. Fourth St. All interest ed are welcome (9/20) and case management Se habla espanol ASL and fo r eign language interpretation available (8 am-5 pm Monday Fnday Fourth Floor. 426 SW Stark St. 503-988 5020 7(11/02) Our House is a residential care facility for those living with and dying from AIDS (2727 SE Alder St.. Portland. OR 97214 503 234 0175.) (11/02) Partnership Project provides social work and nurs ing case management to people living with HIV/AIDS. Get help coordinating all aspects of health care as well as financial management, food and housing assistance, and emotional support (8 30 am-5 pm Monday Fnday 503230-1202 Intake Line 503-517 3590.1(11 /02) Project Quest Integrative Health Center offers conventional and alternative health care, nutrition classes, sujiport groups and recreational sports activities for peo- W W W .DYKBSTOW ATCHOLrrroR.NEr HUMiorry has ca s t a P a l l on t h e . po o l p a r ty . belabored day Beginning, intermediate and advanced queer American Sign Language classes offered by I WORRY A U fWtTJ/ME.&UT L o o k h o w h a p p y m e is . wwy KEEP h im GbMPlETELy SAFfc IF IT MARCS HIM MISERABLE ? ..NO.T h e v do C-S é c T k X S MORIZONTAUY, S e t ? h o p efu lly X) u won t n eed one I LL ALWAYS FEEL BAD I D «N T GfcT To GO THROUGH 1H t EXPERIENCE OF LABOR. TW