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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 2002)
i novemhfif 1,2002 november Eugene's Gay/Lesbian 20s and 30s Social Club sponsors Game Night Taboo, Pictionary, Set, dominoes— the possibilities are endless. (7.30 pm. Call 541 -485-4784 for location.) i F riday 6 Gay author and sex advice columnist Dan Savage makes an appearance at Powell's in support of his new book, Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit o f Happiness in Amenca. (7.30 pm. 1005 W Burnside St. www. skippingtowardsgomorrah. com.) The fifth annual Creating Change conference runs through Nov. 10 at the DoubleTree Jantzen Beach. The theme is “ Building an Anti-Racist Movement: Working for Social and Economic Justice." N etwork with queer movers and shakers from around the country in panels and workshops. If you volunteer, your day is free. See Nov. 8 and 9 for stellar evening entertainment listings. (909 N Hayden Island Drive. $250. www.creatingchange.org.) Learn to swing with Out Dancing every Friday in November beginning tonight! Intermediate class follows. (7-8 pm. Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo.com.) You've seen Secretary, now find out more at It's My Pleasure's S /M 101. (7 pm. $10. 3106 NE 64th Ave. Register at 503-280-8080.) Sluts Against Rape is an evening of per formance by survivors of violence and abuse to reclaim and celebrate our bodies, our sexu alities and our lives. Join the nearly all-queer cast at Hollywood Theatre for this unique event (7.30-10:30 pm. 4122 NE Sandy Btvd. $8 from In Other Words, $10 $50 sliding scale at the door.) It's BYOB (Bring Your Own Ballot) at Panorama for the queer Get Out the Vote Party. Misha Rockafeller plays hostess, DJ Amber spins. (9 pm-midnight. 341 S W 10th Ave. Free admission until 11 pm. 503-234-5365.) Young Men's Coffee Talk meets every Wednesday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (8-10 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave. 503-223-5907.) service bar at Portland Metro Club. (9.30 pm- 1 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5. www.rosetownramblers.com.) Salem queer book group Marionberry Salon discusses The Martian Child over a potluck dinner. Newcomers welcome. (6:30 pm. Cary 503-363-6036. manonberrysabn@aol.com.) Poison Waters joins Diva of the Willamette Empire's Emerald Court for Island Paradise, a fund raiser for the Capitol Forum. Show, raffle and auction at the 300 Club in Salem. (8 pm. 300 Liberty St. SE $5.) Vote for WYMPROV! and riqjfgg; Submissions should be sent to just out Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 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 of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. everyone wins The uproarious group returns its act to Café Paradiso in Eugene. (8 pm. 115 W Broadway. $6.) It's the queer gallery event o f the season when three gay a rtis ts show at S oundvision th is month Lincoln City's Acoustic god Filthy Lapdog dess Tamaras plays at the Crow's Nest in invites you to its second annual Gold Beach. (10 pm. 29850 Ellensburg Ave. Halloweenie Ball at Eden Hall in Gleneden 541-247-6900.) Beach. Live music and costume contest. Proceeds go to the Coastal AIDS Network. (6645 Gleneden Beach Loop Road. $12. 541-996-2390.) 2 S aturday Amazon Arts presents A Sale for the Season at a private home in Ladd's Addition. Women artists will be on hand to show, demonstrate and sell their work. (10 am-5 pm. 1646 SE Elliot Ave. 503-235-3145.) Former Ani DiFranco band drummer Andy Stochansky celebrates the release of his third album, Five Star Hotel, with a free show at Music Millennium. (3 pm. 801 N W 23rd Ave. 503-248 0163.) 3 ) S unday The Forest Group hikes a moderate eight- mile trail at Bayocean Spit on the Oregon Coast. (360-883-1060.) Got a little Halloween candy to work off? The Portland Frontrunners alternate trail running and long-distance training every Sunday. (9 am. June 503-819-4626 www. portlandfrontrunners. org.) Come celebrate love and death at Darklady's Polyween/Day of the Dead Party Main floor play and socializ ing, basement conversation space, perform ance stage Costumes strongly encouraged and feel free to bring food to share. (6 pm -2 am. $ 10 donation. E mail darklady@darklady com for location.) O * v 't * v Want to attend the Creating Change confer ence for free? Then you must first attend the volunteer orientation at the Jantzen Beach DoubleTree. Trainings start every hour between noon and 6 pm. (909 N Hayden Island Drive. To sign up visit www.creatingchange.org.) melodies at the Community Music Center. (7:30 pm. 3350 SE Francis St. $10 in advance from In Other Words or Annie Blooms Books, $12 at the door.) Don't be shy.. learn the fox trot with the friendly instructors of Out Dancing every Sunday in November beginning tonight! (7-8 pm Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo com.) The Rosetown Ramblers and DJ Crystal invite you to a country western dance with full- The very queer-friendly Theatre Vertigo presents its annual Season Benefit Terri and Gwen perform their beautiful W ednesday 7 T hursday Fundraiser at La Cruda. Silent auction, performance highlights, food, wine and beer. (7-9 pm. 2500 SE Clinton St. $20-$40 sliding scale. 503-701-8299.) 4 j M onday The Lesbian Community Project spon sors Coffee Conversation at Touchstone Coffee House the first Monday of every month. (6:30-8:30 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. 503-227-0605.) Melissa Etheridge Live and Alone DVD Pre-Release Party at the Egyptian Club! See the concert movie before it’s released to the public. Raffle, too, and no cover. (7 pm. 3701 SE Division St. 503-236-8689.) 5 T uesday D on't miss gay and lesbian audience night with Portland Center Stage in its production of Sam Shepard's True West. Join hostess Poison Waters for nibblies and wine afterward while chatting with the cast and crew. (7 pm. 1111 SW Broadway. $12-$47 from 503-274 6588.) Portland Arts & Lectures welcomes acclaimed novelist Tim O’Brien to First Congregational Church. (7:30 pm. 1037 SW Broadway. $33 from 503-227-2583, Annie Bloom's Books, Broadway Books or Looking Glass Books.) Ingenious Portland dance troupe Bodyvox presents First Impressions Vol. 2 An Homage to the Restless Creative Spiht through Nov. 9 in the company's intimate Pearl District studio. Look for gay boys Eric Skinner and Gregg Bielemeier (8 pm. 1300 N W Northrup St. $21.50 from Music Millennium or Fastixx.) s F riday Feast your soul on goumiet food, wine, music and visual delights at Oregon College of Art and Crafts as part of Dinner at My House for Our House, a fund-raiser series for Our House of Portland. Gallery open to guests before dinner; be the first to shop the holiday show! (5:30pm. $100. Fora brochure listing all the dinners or to make reservations, call 503-736-9276.) Portland Baroque Orchestra, led by lesbian artistic director and violinist Monica Huggett. presents Genius Undiscovered through Nov. 9 at First Baptist Church. Performance moves Nov. 10 to Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. (Friday and Saturday: 8 pm. 909 S W 11 th Ave. Sunday: 3 pm. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. $15-$39 from 503-222 6000 or www pbo.org.) Creating Change presents the Columbia River Cabaret at the DoubleTree Jantzen Beach. Misha Rockafeller plays host to a star-studded evening of song, poetry and humor. Featuring Wilson Cruz, Magdalen Hsu-Li, Doria Roberts, Alec Mapa and Portland poet/chanteuse Diana Cohen. (10 pm. 909 N Hayden Island Drive. $15 from Broadway Books, In Other Words or www. creatingchange o rg ) The Rubyfruit Marimba Ensemble performs a benefit concert for All W omen’s Health Services at the Community Music Center. (7 pm. 3350 SE Francis St $15 donation.)
