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DIVERSIONS
Annie Dawid
leads a discussion
of Allan Barnett
at the Beaverton
City Library
Portland bisex
ual author and
Lewis & Clark
English professor
Annie Dawid will facili
tate a discussion of The
Body and Its Dangers by
Allan Barnett as part of
the library’s M O SAIC
Reading Group series.
“This is one of the best
short story collections on
AIDS,” Dawid asserts.
Barnett’s book about
the modem condition of
gay men was the recipient
of a 1991 Lambda Liter
ary Award. The young
author died of A ID S in
1995, and the disease is a
constant presence in all the stories, which are
mostly about men (although one involves a les
bian sleeping with the same woman as the
story’s young, gay protagonist).
Dawid advises that “the discussion will be most
useful to those who have read the book ahead of
time.. .but others who are interested in the litera
ture of AIDS will also find it stimulating.”
Fall in love with Tegan and Sara on Oct. 3 0 at the Roseland
Tegan and Sara
are really, really cute
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here’s so much to love about Tegan and
Sara.
Sluts against rape
ith the tag line “Because safety is more
than just not being assaulted,” the per
formance art show Sluts Against R ape:
An Evening of Performances to Reclaim
Celebrate Our Bodies and Sexualities
explodes Nov. 1 onto the stage of Hollywood
Theatre, 4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd.
Produced by Portland intersex activist Emi
Koyama, who also brought you Intercourse: A
Sex and Gender Spoken Word Recipe for Revolu
tion last May, Sluts Against Rape will offer poetry,
spoken word and dance performances by artists
who are also survivors of violence and abuse.
The provocative title is “meant to suggest
that being pro-sex does not mean we aren’t
concerned about sexual violence and that
being anti-rape doesn’t mean we are anti-sex,”
explains Koyama, who will perform along with
other Northwestemers, including Colin Dono
van, Diana Cohen, billie rain and Lamya Amir
el-Chidiac, who will be co-MCing as hir drag
persona Omar the International Playboy.
The event is also somewhat of a protest,
states Koyama, against “rape prevention efforts
that rely on restricting women’s— and oth
ers’— behaviors, such as not wearing short
skirts, to avoid being assaulted.... When sluts
are safe from rape, everyone will be.”
The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and organizers
suggest you dress gorgeous but refrain from
wearing perfumes or other scents. It’s A SL
interpreted, and tickets are $8 from In Other
Words or $10-$50 sliding scale at the door.
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Allan Barnett
book discussion
here’s nothing better than sinking your
teeth into a great book except then having a
lively discussion about it with other enthu
siastic readers. That’s what will be happening
2 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Beaverton City Library,
12375 S.W. Fifth St.
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grow up afraid of taking
any risks.... Life isn’t
always safe; you have to
take some risks! I felt
this premise was perfect
for my one-man show
because it’s what I feel passionately about.”
Numbers include “Out There” by Menkin
and Schwartz, “Yard Sale” and “You Should
Know” by Tom Andersen and “My Barbie Was
the Tramp of the Neighborhood” by Scott
Warrender, among several others.
The performance starts at 7:30 p.m. It’s $10
at the door, and reservations are required at
503-223-0070.
Your eight-minute date
is here
Jury awards announced
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n Oct. 7 Sensory Perceptions announced
hallow and silly or a boatload of fun?
the Jury Awards for the sixth annual Port
SminuteDating for Gay Men is back in
land Lesbian G ay Bi Trans Film Festival.
Portland Oct. 29 and 30 at Hobo’s,
Winner of the New Directors Showcase,
120 N.W. Third Ave. The first evening will be
which honors the best film by a first- or
for men ages 35 to 55, and the second for men
second-time director, went to Happy Birthday,
ages 21 to 35. “Our first event at Hobo’s was a
a quietly engaging film about five people in cri
huge success,” exclaims event organizer Jennifer
sis on their shared birthday. “I was really drawn
Kent, “so now we’re back for more great dating!”
into the lives of the characters,” says juror and
Essentially a singles party with a gimmick,
filmmaker Byrd McDonald. “The writing was
here’s how it works: Registered participants are
funny and believable.”
confirmed to meet at Hobo’s. (It’s a limited
Jury winner of Best Short Film went to
number, so make sure to sign up early.) People
“ The Parlor,” which played as part of Boys
arrive, mingle,"have a few drinks and are then
and
Shorts I. One of the festival’s most memorable
given table assignments. Armed with a dating
shorts, “The Parlor” introduces several eclectic
card, you’ll go from table to table spending eight
characters having a rather strange conversation
minutes each with different guys in the room. If
until two break out into their own personal
you like him, mark it down on your card.
space
with revelatory results.
After eight rounds of “dating,” you’ll enter
The winning feature will receive $500 and
your results into a computer. If the same hot
the
winning short $250. Jury members included
dates you chose also chose you, their contact
Rorida-based Mike Broder, president of Small
information will be sent to you, and you take it
Planet Pictures, and three Portlanders:
from there. You can also choose to mark down
McDonald; Roger Paulson, who programs art
people you meet during the pre-mingling ses
film screenings for Regal Cinemas and inde
sion and “intermission.”
pendent movie houses; and Lisa Bradshaw, Arts
It’s a whirlwind way to meet people, but at
& Culture Editor at Just Out. J H
$28.88 (or $32.88 if you don’t register five days
before the event), you might be better off just
Compiled by L isa B radshaw and S arah L eimert
spending that on drinks and picking up way
more than eight guys. But who
knows? The love of your life may Steven Nash
runs with scissors
be waiting patiently at Table 3.
at Wilf’s Restaurant
For more information and to
and Piano Bar
register, go to www.8minutedat-
ing.com. (You can also use the
Internet site to suggest they do this thing
for lesbians.)
PHOTO BY OWEN CAREY
Super-cute twin sisters armed with
guitars, they write and play contagious
pop songs with a stage presence that has fans
swooning. Think swagger (they unabashedly
revere the Boss), style (more like Liz Phair
than Alanis or Ani) and a down-to-earth love
of music and their fans.
It’s an intoxicating mix. And to think that
both girls are queer (and out)— rock ’n’ roll
may never be the same again.
And what better slot for the girls-on-the-
verge than opening for alt-country boy wonder
Ryan (“I’m down with Willie Nelson” ) Adams?
Be prepared to fall hard for the pair Oct. 30 at
the Roseland Theater.
But don’t get carried away. The next leg of
their tour (kicking off Nov. 1 in Victoria, British
Columbia) is aptly titled “Bom in the Eight
ies”— yep, they’re just barely of legal drinking
age. But, although they may be too young for
you to date, Tegan and Sara’s pop-punk swirl of
double vocals and guitars is sweet and invigorat
ing without being petulant or immature.
With catchy songs and an independent
streak that should make their mama proud,
the musicians are defiantly self-managing
their business, making a few good decisions
early on— signing to N eil Young’s label-with-
integrity Vapor Records and choosing older
and wiser producers John Collins and Dave
Carswell (both of The New Pomographers
with Ms. Neko Case) for their recently
released second album, If It Was You (which
kicks a little harder than their debut, This
Business of Art). Collins and Carswell no
doubt turned the girls on to their indie diet of
influences— like The Shins and T. Rex— and
it seems to have paid off.
Yes, there’s a lot of buzz here, but in
Tegan and Sara’s case it seems well deserved.
They’re smart, they love music, they’re
hardworking, and, lucky for us, they’re nice
to look at to boot.
The Roseland Theater is at 8 N.W. Sixth
Ave. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are
$20 from the Roseland Grill or Fastixx.
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THE BODY
Nash bash
P
ortland gay boy Steven Nash returns
his popular cabaret show Running
with Scissors to Wilf’s Restaurant &
Piano Bar, 800 N.W. Sixth Ave., one
night only Oct. 29.
Nash, who will be accompanied by
pianist Richard Bower (also gay!), is a fre
quent actor of musical theater and per
forms with the Oregon Symphony Pops
and the Norman Leyden singers.
The show is a mix of songs that
reflects N ash’s take on life. “We all
grow up hearing adults say don’t play