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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 2003)
January 17,2003» Vivian's Keeper plays the Alberta Street Pub. (7 pm. 1036 NE Alberta St. Call 503-284 7665 for cover.) Four musicians leave steady paychecks to become Leap of Faeth. Will it pan out? Attend faB) T uesday Synergy of Song The Washington County Feb. 1 and 2 to let them know whether they should have kept their day Parents and Kids Group meets for dinner and socializing at Community Church of Cedar Hills. (6 pm. 11695SW Parkway Ave. 503-228 3892.) In Other Words invites women and their friends to read/perform their own work at The Last W ord open mike night. (7-9 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-232-6003.) T hursday Singer/songwriter Kim Townsend bnngs her blues, country and humor to Astoria’s Café Uniontown. (8:30-10:30 pm. 218 W Marine Drive. $3.) 3i ) F riday S leater-K in n ey performs through Feb. 1 at Crystal Ballroom. All ages. (9 pm. 1332 W Burnside St. $10 from box office or Ticketmaster.) It's the Oregon Bears' annual Snow Bears! Meet at Gail's Dirty Duck to carpool to Mount Hood for tubing action. (9.30 am. 429 N W Third Ave.) Lesbians Enjoying Nature and Science go bird watching near Forest Grove. (10 am. Terri 503-626-4623.) Eugene lesbian group Women to Women gets together every Saturday at Neighbors. (6 pm. 1417 Vi Hard St.) Talk about aromatherapy and herbs at SisterSpirit's Women's Healing Circle (7 pm. 3430 SE Belmont St. H I02. $3-$5. 503 736-3297.) S unday Start your Sunday with a nice Bear Brunch at Village Inn. (11 am-1 pm. 1621 NE 10th Ave. www.oregonbears.org.) Learn how to create your own secret hide away at the Lesbian Garden Club's Open Garden. Visit a member's fabulous Irvington- area garden just in time for the Edgeworthia to bloom. (2-4 pm 503-909 2002 lgcoregon@aol com.) Church of the Poison Mind at Silverado Out Dancing's monthly D ance S o cial at Ankeny Street Studio includes a lesson and refreshments. (7-10 pm. Corner o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $8 503-236-5129 out_ dancing&yahoo. com.) Free pizza, dollar shots, a $5 beer bust, hostess Poison Waters and those infamous Silverado dancers. (4-9 pm. 1217 S W Stark St.) It's Last Friday Music Night at In Other Words with Lisa Greene and other spe cial surprise guests! (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-232-6003.) Grammy-winning Afncan American female a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock bring their 30th Anniversary Tour to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall for one night only. (8 pm. 1111 SW Broadway. $37.50 from box office or Fastixx.) Conduit Dance presents the second install ment of the three-part 30 Days Notice performance series through Feb. 1. Features artists in media, dance and music. (8:30 pm. 918 SW Yamhill St. *401. $8-$10 from 503-221 -5857 or econduit@earthhnk. net.) Pleather! (Pull out those Loverboy albums for a reminder.) (9 pm. 219 N W Davis St. Call 503-248 9135 for cover.) february ( i ) S aturday CityWalk with the Adventure Group and fol low it up with brunch. (9 am. 503-452-5680. www adven tu regroup, org.) It's an Asian New Year Celebration with Dinner at My House for Our House, a fund-rais er series for Our House of Portland. Ring in the Year of the Sheep in Mimi Maduro and Lynn Youngbar's cozy Irvington bungalow while they serve dishes from Thailand, Vietnam, India and China. (7 pm. $60. For a brochure listing all the dinners or to make reservations, call 503-736-9276.) h ñ P WI35S. The Rosetown Ramblers and DJ Crystal invite you to a country western dance with full-service bar at Portland Metro Club. (9 30 pm -1 am. 618 SE Alder St $5. www. rosetownramblers. com.) Tamara Brown brings her The Noah Peterson Quartet featuring gay jazz bassist Rick Crittenden, plays Monteaux's Public House (9 pm 16165 SW Regatta Lane.) Find out what to do with all that stuff at It’s My Pleasure's free Sex Toys 101 class (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave Register at 503-2808080) Sweet Honey in the Rock celebrates 30 years of songs in the key of liberation Jan. 31 at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Movie Night with the women of the Forest Group. Bring a snack and a favorite girlie movie. (6:30 pm. 503-636-1855.) Gay spiritual leader and author Andrew Harvey performs selections from the poetry of Rumi at Beaverton High School. See Feb. 9 for another Harvey event. (7 pm. 13000 SW Second St. $15 from Crystal Heart or Unity o f Beaverton.) Bella Casa Realty shouts, “Come to our Rockin' Sox Hop’" at Fez Ballroom. Yes, it's a good old-fashioned '50s party, so put on your dancin' shoes for this Rose City Softball Association benefit. (8 pm -1 am. 316 SW 11th Ave.) Mr. and Ms. Oregon State Leather play host to a Raffle and Slave Auction at the Eagle PDX. Fun for the secret taskmaster in all of us. Proceeds go to local charities. (9 pm. 1300 W Burnside St ) I» guitar girl antics to Haven. (8 30 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) ) S aturday They quit their day jobs, so this had better work. New musical quartet Leap of Faeth presents Synergy o f Song—a fun and eclectic blend of work about freedom, peace, gratitude, prayer and protest— through Feb. 2 at the Community Music Center. (8 pm Saturday. 2 pm Sunday. 3350 SE Francis St. $10-$20 sliding scale from 503-234-1140.) Slam poetry party at Mother ¡11 Kali's Books in Eugene Bnng I \r three poems to read and com- i pete, or just come to listen. W (7 30 pm 720 E 13th Ave. ; 541-343 4864 www.motherkalis.com.) Third Angle N e w M usic Ensemble says "Beat it!" 10-11 pm, then Zanne, Puppet, Krztal and Ali spin punk, buttrock, hip-hop and international. (10 pm-2 am. 2216 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. www.dejanvier.org/skervy.) [8 The Lesbian Community Project sponsors Coffee Conversation at Touchstone Coffee House. (6 30-8 30 pm. 7631 N EG IisanSt 503 227 0605.) Greenwood Inn in Beaverton. Honors those who work for gen der justice. (7 pm. 10700 SW Allen Blvd $27 from 503-646 2802 or nwga@nwgapdx. org.) with Rhythm Methods, a jovial and upbeat concert of chamber music for percussion (and friends of percussion) at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. (7:15 pm talk. 8 pm concert. 3203 SE W oodstock Blvd. $15 $20 from Fastixx.) Moonwalk into the '80s Night Pleather Party at C.C. Slaughters. Prize for best 3 ¡M onday Northw est Gender Alliance invites you to its annual awards dinner at Ju st ou t 27 Skervy—Queer to the Bone presents WERD1 at Andrew Harvey, author of The Essential Gay Mystics, spends Feb. 8 and 9 in Beaverton 9 S unday Gay spintual leader Andrew Harvey speaks | on Activism and Spirituality at Unity of Beaverton. Workshop on the same topic fol- | lows. (8:30 and 10 am talks, 2 pm workshop 12650 SW Fifth St 503 646 3364 ) Looking Ahead Time for the fifth annual Fetish Masquerade Ball Feb 14 at Roseland Theatre: 1,500 people celebrating love and sex their own way on Valentine's Day with entertainment by Impotent Sea Snakes. Shift, Mistress Vega, Fire and Pope Worm Plus two | floor of go-go dancers and DJs See On View and Onstage listings on Page 28. C heck out more listings at w w w .ju s to u t.co m !