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show Hi!
FRID A Y
Come to C.C. Slaughters for the Let's Get
Scrooged Party and first-ever Beverage
Rep D rag Show All the boys who supply
your beer and liquor will don wigs and dresses
for a fun and hilarious night of entertainment!
Proceeds benefit Esther s Pantry and the
Artistic Children's Activity Program. (9 pm.
219 N W D avis St. w w w .cc slaughters.com .)
Terra plays Touchstone Coffee House.
(7-9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. $ 3 donation.)
Portland Baroque Orchestra continues its
holiday tradition of presenting Handel’s powerful
M essiah on authentic period instruments creat
ed during the composer's time through Dec. 21
at First Baptist Church. See Dec. 22 for more
concert times. (7.30 pm. 909 S W 11th Ave.
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$17 $ 4 7 from 503-222-6000 o r w ww .pbo.org.)
Men's Leather Night and Red Hanky
Social at Gail’s Dirty Duck. (9 pm-midnight.
439 N W Third Ave. 503-224-8446.
pdxsaltydg@aol.com.)
Drag open mike and karaoke during Queer
Night at Out of the Fog Coffee House in
Eugene. (8.30 pm. 450 W illam ette St.
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541-687-0709.)
Other Words. R.L. Johnson, C.A. Casey, Lori
L. Lake and Gabrielle Goldsby read from their
latest work. (4 pm. 3734 SE H awthorne B lvd.)
CityWalk the East Bank Esplanade loop with
the Adventure Group and follow it up with
brunch. Meet under the east end of the
Hawthorne Bridge. (9 am. 503-452-5680.
w w w .adventuregroup.org.)
Celebrate all religions during SisterSpirit's
Annual Festival of Lights Celebration
at the Musicians Union Hall. Arts and crafts,
bake sale and raffle for Michelle s Heart. All
women welcome. (6 pm. 325 NE 20th Ave.
$5-$10donation. 503-736-3297.)
W e'M ooniversity presents Singing as
Sacred Practice with professional musician
and teacher Bo Conlan. Explore the power of
singing in connecting with each other and with
Spirit. (1-3 pm. 3125 E Burnside St. $7-$20
Haven plays host to rocking-girl-with-guitar
Analisa (8 pm. 3551 SE D ivision S t.)
Metropolitan Community Church of Portland
presents a Concert of C arols featuring
the Sanctuary Choir and Friends. (7:30 pm.
It's Crystal's Country Jam at the Portland
M etro Club. Lessons and dancing. (8-9 pm
2400 NE Broadway. C all 503-281-8868
fo r co st.)
lessons, 9 p m -1 am dancing. 618 SE A ld e r St.
$5, $ 8 w ith lessons.)
Every Sunday is
Dyke Night at The
Dive. Giveaways,
Emergence Transgender
Social Group meets at the
bar games, live
acoustic music.
Koinonia Center in Eugene.
Socializing and dancing at Potter's
House Ministries. (7 pm. 3830 SE 62nd Ave.
(7:30-11 pm. 1414 Kincaid St.
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503-775-5024.)
sliding scale. 503-232-2943.)
The Oregon Bears' monthly Bear Bust fea
tures SantaBear at Gail’s Dirty Duck. (8-11 pm.
Winter Solstice Lesbian Readings at In
429 N W Third Ave. $7-$9. 503-224-8446.)
The P ortland Baroque O rche stra presents H andel's M essiah
on a uthentic perio d instru m e nts th ro u g h Dec. 23
(6-11 pm. 3145 SE
Hawthorne Blvd.
503-232-8713.)
The Portland Gay M en's
Chorus honors Roy
Melani, director of the
2002 Gay Softball
World Series, during
the Brunch with
Beef Cake Santa
holiday party at the Governor Hotel. Features
a brunch, a silent auction, a raffle and the
chance to sit on one of four rather hunky
Santas’ knees. (Noon. 611 S W 10th Ave.
$25-$50 from 503-226-2588 o r
w w w .pdxgm c.org.)
Eugene's Gay/Leebian 20s and 30s
Social Club meets for brunch every Sunday
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It's karaoke night at new queer bar
Tennessee Red's. (9 pm -2.30 am. 2133 SE
11th A ve.)
at Brail's Restaurant. (11 am 1689 W illam ette
St. M ick 541-485-4784.)
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Portland Baroque O rchestra presents
Handel’s Messiah on authentic period instru
ments through Dec. 23 at Lewis & Clark
College's Agnes Flanagan Chapel. (3 pm Sunday,
7:30 pm Monday 0615 S W Palatine H ill Road.
$ 1 7-$47 from 503-222-6000 o r www.pbo.org.)
Spend Christmas Eve with the Metropolitan
Community Church of Portland for a
6:30 pm potluck dinner, 8 pm service and
9:30 pm Concert of Carols. Second service
follows at 11:30 pm. (2400 NE Broadway.
503-281-8868.)
Get into that holiday spiritual haze during
Church of the
Poison M ind at
Silverado. Free
pizza, dollar shots,
a $5 beer bust,
hostess Poison
Waters and those
incredible dancers.
Submissions should be sent t o j u s t o u t
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. J u s t o u t is
published on the first and third Friday of
each month. A ll addresses are in Portland
unless otherwise specified.
(4-9 pm. 1217 S W
S tark S t.)
Crush presents
selected readings
of David
Sedaris by Mr.
Elf. (7-10 pm.
1412 SE M orrison
St.)