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I CULTURE ........v ........ The way we wepe Relive the misty water-colored memories of Just Out's year in arts and culture by fle r n ite i ® L isa B radshaw January Were the stars right? Just O uts first cover story of the year was all abtxit you and your stars: Astrology made easy, tarot cards explained, where can you find a wiz ard, and who is this woman who calls herself a saint? Did you consult them? Were they right? Or did you spend yet another year stumbling around without a cosmic plan? Thank G od (or Goddess or your lucky stars) you can make it all right again with the coming of a new year. If you need the Jan. 4 issue of Just Out, just call. compositions. The gala served as a reminder that it was nearly impossible to be openly gay in pre vious years and, more importantly, that it would still be that difficult if these normal, average folks hadn’t worked so fervently on authenticity in their own lives. Just Out says thanks. February Queering the stage February brought a slew o f gay and lesbian theater to Portland, most notably Artists Repertory T heatre’s My C astle’s Rockin’ : The Alberta Hunter Story. T he one- woman show, easily carried by Portland actress Demene Hall, followed the colorful life o f Hunter— the Q ueen o f Jazz for three decades and then the comeback queen in the 1970s and ’80s. And the always- queer-friendly the ater group not only didn’t leave out Hunter’s long-term les bian relationship, they actually highlighted it. • Ornaments • Gourmet Foods • Beeswax & Soy Candles 1560 Columbia Blvd. St. Helens (503) 366-9602 Narry Hay documentary opens Portland filmmaker Eric Slade opened Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay March 3 at Hollywood Theatre. Hay penned the mani festo that essentially began the gay rights movement back in the 1940s and later founded Radical Faeries. O ne of the most dedicated civil rights activists in the United States, he told his own story in 1997’s Radically G ay: G ay Libera tion in the Words of Its Founder but had never been the subject o f a film, to which Slade com mented, “ It amazed me that no one had done this documentary.” The 90-year-old Hay died o f lung cancer O ct. 24 in San Francisco. Thank heavens for White Bird. The gay-run nonprofit that brings internationally renowned dance troupes to Portland cer tainly didn’t let us down this year, and they g it off to a hell of a start with Les Ballets Trockadero. The mostly gay, all-male ballet com pany sold out Arlene Schnitzer G incert Hall for its one-night- only performance, which easily could have sold two nights if they, alas, only had the time. But after swishing and pranc ing around the stage in their rendition of Su*m Lake, the m jm S I boys headed off to contin ue their exhausting— and t. hilarious— tour. The Trucks swished into a sold-out Portland show 60a SE 38th Ave. Portland, OR 97114 503.2313911 Wed - Sat P R U L MITCHELL OREGON B INALLY THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY DECEM5ERI8, 27 & 2 8 ,2GD2,7:30 PM The ABCs of B/B/S/M KELLERAUDITORHJM (Sw 3 ^ & CIAY) JAMES CA N FIELD , A RII STIC DIRECTOR On March 15, our cover story on bondage, dominance, submission and masochism ran with surprisingly few hate mail responses. Can the queer com munity as a whole finally accept other forms of alternative sexuality? Or is no one reading the paper? We’ll get back to you. April Jews are gay, ten Trembling Before G-d, a documentary about gays, lesbians and Judaism, opened to an extended run at Hollywood Theatre. T he moving film followed the con flicted and often painful lives of prac ticing Jews who are queer. Director Sandi Dubowski spoke with the Port land audience April 7 in an event spon sored by Jewish Family & Child Service. T IC K ET S O N SALE r I N O W 1 RPM S II 10 SHO May The Laramie Project Artists Repertory Theatre opened The Laramie Project for a successful four weeks appropriately running through Gay Pride Month. Joining the shining cast was Jedadiah Schultz, now a drama student at Yale, who traveled to Port land to play, among other characters, himself. He was one of the Wyoming residents interviewed by New York’s Tectonic Theater Project during Vintage Voice* its challenging mission to record It was t<xigh to find a local reactions to the death of Lesbian love in Artists dry eye in the audience Matthew Shepard. His memorable per Repertory Theatre’s when the Portland Gay formance included the late-in-the-play My Castle's Ruckin': I be Men’s Chorus performed admission: “I just can’t believe I ever Alberta Hunter Stars Vintage Voices last March. __________ said that stuff about homosexuals, you The show, honoring senior know? How did I ever let that stuff make gay men and lesbians from the Portland area, me think you were different from me?" included documentary footage of interviews with Continued on Page 42 the subjects and both period songs and original March M ore T h an C an dy... |i ■ _ Parents! Leave ids at home and co BT For tickets, call 503 2 - b a l l e t or Tickctmaster at 503 790-ARTs
