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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 2003)
out 24 lust out ' January 3.2003 mm january 3, F riday Skervy—Queer to the Bone dance party every first and third Friday at Billy Ray's. Bring in a CD to rap to dunng open mike 10:30-11 pm. Then Zanne, Puppet, Ubiquitous Kristy and a special guest DJ spin punk, buttrock, hip-hop and international. (10 pm-2 am. 2216 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. www.dejanvier.org/skervy.) White Bird presents Canada’s Compagnie Marie Chouinard through Jan. 11 at Portland State University’s Lincoln Hall The imaginative troupe makes its Portland debut with hugely expressive pieces celebrating the dancers’ flesh, bones and muscles and the vitality of the human body. (8 pm. 1620 SW Park Ave. $12-$24 from Ticketmaster. www. whitebird. org.) ■ Fridays are gay night at Heaven's new all ages lounge with club house and dance music all night long. (10 pm 4 am. 421 SW 10th Ave. www heavenpdx.com.) Girls Night Out at Dingo’s every Thursday. (4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-233-3996.) S aturday Find the Portland Radical Faeries at 3 Friends Coffeehouse every Saturday. (9 30 am. 201 SE 12th Ave. 503-235-0826 otter@pcez.com.) WHS* It's not too late to make a reservation for one of the fabulous meals that make up Dinner at My House for Our House, a fund-raiser series for Our House of Portland The Oregon Bears take over the Dirty Duck for the wildly popular UnderBear Party 6, M onday (9 pm-midmght. 429 NW Third Ave. $5 clothing check.) Coffee Time open to poets, rappers, acoustic musicians, storytellers and enthusiastic audi ence members. (8-10 pm. 712 N W 21st Ave. 503-497-1090.) The Lesbian The Rosetown Ramblers celebrate with a 20th anniver sary square and country western dance, including a full-service bar, at Portland Metro Club. Includes a “ rusty squares" hour for those out of practice. (6 p m -1.30 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5-$8. www.rosetownramblers.com.) Myshkin's Ruby Warblers play Alberta Street Pub. Lara Micheli opens. (9 pm. 1036 NE Alberta St $6.) 5 , Slam poetry party at Mother Kali's Books in Eugene. Bring three poems to read and compete, or just come to hear it. (7:30 pm. 720 E 13th Ave. 541-343-4864. www. motherkalis. com.) 7 i T uesday S unday Get in some distance training or a trail run with the Portland Frontrunners (9 am. June 503-819-4626 www.portlandfrontmnners. org.) The Portland Gay and Lesbian Community Bowling Association enters its 25th year with a new season at Hollywood Lanes. You don't have to be good, just friend ly. (2:30 pm registration, 3:30 pm bowling. 4030 NE Halsey St. bowlpdx@aol.com. www.pdxbowl.com.) Submissions should be sent ti > 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, ju st OUt is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. Community Project sponsors Coffee Conversation at Touchstone Coffee House. (6:30-8 30 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. 503-227-0605.) Lesbians with Degrees get together at Crush. (6 pm. 1412 SE Momson St. Iesbanswdegrees@ Portland Center Stage and Profile Theatre Project present a symposium on the work of Edward Albee in Brunish Hall at Portland Center for the Performing Arts. The gay playwright’s work is on both companies’ stages this month, and the free event includes a wide-ranging discussion with actors and directors about the plays, what it’s like to pre sent them and the current national revival. (5:30-630 pm. 1111 SW Broadway.) Intermediate level queer American Sign Language classes begin tonight. Continues Tuesdays for 10 weeks Sponsored by Deaf and Hearing Outreach. (7-9 pm 2100 SE Belmont S t Sliding scale fees. Call 503-235 0840 o r e-mail queerasl@yahoo.com to register.) Open mike night at dyke-owned coffee Drop by Hobo's any xr Sunday for a gay and gay-friendly Pinochle Group (6 pm. 120 N W Third Ave. George 503-760 1248.) shop Haven All musicians, poets and performance artists of any kind are welcome. (8-10 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) 8 , W ednesday The Portland Area Business Association holds its monthly dinner in the Greek Cusina’s Minoan Room. Featured speaker is Joe Jefferson, Our House of Portland development director. (6.30-8 pm. 404 SW Washington St $21 $27, $7 coffee only. For reservations call 503-241 -2222 or visit www paba.com.) Advanced and conversational queer American Sign Language classes begin tonight Continues Wednesdays for 10 weeks. Sponsored by Deaf and Heanng Outreach (7-9 pm. 2100 SE Belmont St. Sliding-scale fees Call 503-235-0840 or e-mail queerasl@yahoo com to register ) Savium Open Circle is a weekly event at Relocated Nashville dyke Cynthia Williams croons at the Red and Black Café every Wednesday with Portland queer Juli Roxx on guitar. (6-7:30 pm. 2138 SE Division St.) 9 ", T hursday Beginning queer American Sign Language classes begin tonight. Continues Thursdays for 10 weeks. Sponsored by Deaf and Hearing Outreach. (7-9pm. 2100 SE Belmont St. Sliding-scale fees. Call 503-235-0840 or e-mail queerasl@yahoo.com to register.) io, F riday You can still make reservations for Dinner at My House for Our House, a fund-raiser series con tinuing through February. Tonight’s meal is provided by Brian Light of Jake's Grill for you and a few local authors in the soaring heights of the KOIN Tower. See Jan. 17 fo r another dinner. (6.30 pm. $150. For a brochure listing all the dinners o r to make reservations, call 503 736-9276.) All spiritual traditions are invited to the Gay Men's Labyrinth Walk at Fnendly House. The Interfaith Spiritual Center leads this program, which includes an introduc tion, sharing and social time. (7 pm. 1737 N W 26th Ave. 503-233-2026. www. interfaithspintualcenter. com.) Leam the nightclub two-step with Out Dancing every Friday in January beginning tonight. Arrive early to register. (7-8 pm. Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236-5129. out_dancing@yahoo. com.)
