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5 W ednesday Chrissie Hynde will still get your blood pumpin' fronting The Pretenders at Eugene's Hult Center. See March 6 for Portland show. (7:30 pm. 1 Eugene Center. $29.50-$38.50 from box office, 541-682-5000 or www. ci. eugene. or. us/hult.) Listen hard to dyke rocker M elissa Ferrick at Berbati's Pan (10 pm. 2 3 1 S W Ankeny St. $ 7 from Fastixx o r at the door.) 6 T hursday Rick Crittenden opens his art show, The Jazz Series, at Jazz de Opus with live music March 6 Join other Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force members for 3 social the last Friday of every month. This month: junk food and movies. New members wel come! (Contact 503-4 71-1568 or lgritfpdx@hotmail.com for location.) i Make a banner, speak your mind, or just meet other queers who Come Out Against the War at In Other Words. (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) 3 S aturday M onday Classic rockers The Pretenders play Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. (8 pm. 1037 S W Broadway. $25 $39.50 from Fastixx) Gay artist and musician Rick Crittenden plays at Jazz de Opus in celebration of his art show opening of new paintings, The Jazz Senes. (8:30 pm-12.30 am 33 NW Second Ave.) PHOTO BY ANDREW ECCLES march Enjoy Sunday brunch at Brail's in Eugene with the Gay/Lesbian 20s and 30s Social Club. (11 am. 1689 Willamette St. Mick 541-485-4784.) CityWalk with the Adventure Group and follow it up with dinner. (6.30 pm. 503-452 5680. www. adventuregroup. org.) It’s karaoke at queer bar Tennessee Red s every Monday and Tuesday. (9 pm. 2133 SE 11th Ave.) Hike Mosier Twin Tunnels with the women of the Forest Group! About five miles with an easy elevation gain. C'mon, it’ll be fun! (6:30 pm. 503-636-1855.) Sip brew with the Lesbian Community Project during its Coffee Night at Haven (7 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) Slam poetry party at Mother Kali's Books in Eugene lesbian group Women to Women gets together every Saturday at Neighbors. (6 pm. 1417 Villard St.) Eugene. Bring three poems to read and compete, or just come to hang out. (7 30 pm 720 E 13th Ave. 541-343-4864. www.motherkahs.com.) 4 T uesday Contemporary Art begins with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a prize drawing, live auction and chance to win a trip to Cuba. Then slide on down to the after party at Savage Gallery. (6.30 pm 219 N W 12th Ave. $35 $ 100 from 503-242-1419.) First Tuesday Coffeehouse Reunion at Gay and lesbian Mormon group A ffirm ation plays host to a potluck dinner while welcoming visiting members from other states, including national leadership. (6.30 pm. Contact 503 672-7787 or alyson@saw.net for location.) Haven. Live music and reminiscing with founders Donna Luckett and Cindy Zrinyi. (7 pm. 3551 SE Division St. $3 donation.) Blackout Leather Productions and Mr Oregon State Leather 2002 himself whip up some fun with Tethered Leather Lust at the Eagle PDX. (9 pm. 1300 W Burnside St.) 2 S unday Join Ski Out for skiing and snowboarding on Mount Hood. All queers and supportive friends of all abilities welcome. (9 am www skiout.org.) Home o f the Brave at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem. See March 9 for a Portland appearance. (8 pm. 5090 Center St. NE $10.) White Bird pre sents pre-eminent modern dance com pany Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in two dif 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.) Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus presents the concert ferent performances through March 5 at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (7:30 pm. 1037 SW Broadway. $18-$60 from box office or Ticketmaster.) Dyke indie rocker M elissa Ferrick heats up Eugene's W O W Hall. See March 5 for Portland show. (8 pm. 291 W Eighth Ave. $10 from 541 687-2746, C D Wodd or Face the Music.) Open mike night at dyke-owned coffee shop Haven. Musicians, poets and perfor mance artists of any kind are welcome. (8 10 pm 3551 SE Division St.) Emily Sahler Beleele plays the remarkable Ninon de L'Enclos in gay playwright William S. Gregory's Child of Pleasure at CoHo Theater Watch out. girls! Lesbopalooza hits Eugene's WOW Hall through March 8. Includes among others the kick-ass Tribe 8. afro-Celtic songstress Laura Love, slam poet Aisha Ayers and singer-songwnter Chris Pureka (7:30 pm. 291 W Eighth Ave. $7 $10 from University o f Oregon box office or Mother Kali's Books.) a S aturday International Women's Day moves this year to Portland State University's Smith Center Ballroom. The annual event celebrates the accomplishments and value of women's contribu tions with entertainment, Tiealth exams, art exhibits, food and a wealth of offer ings from women-owned businesses and organiza tions. (10am-4pm. 1825 StV Broadway $5 suggested donation, no one turned away.) Tuesday's Taken plays at Haven. (8 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) Calling all Central Oregon lesbians' Your fun monthly potluck is today in Bend Newcomers welcome. (503-317 8457.) % 'M Lesbian comedian M ary C. Matthews per forms a benefit show at Ashland Community Center Proceeds go to the Abdill-Ellis Community Center. (8 pm. 56 Wmbum Way. $15.) G.W. Hardin, gay best-selling author of The Messengers and The Days o f Wonder, along with healing practitioner Joey Klein lead you down The Healing Path: A Workshop in Radical Healing Techniques at Awakenings of the Heart (9 30 am 4 30 pm 1016 SE 12th Ave $75 Register at 503 7 36 96 35 ) 9 S unday Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus presents its concert Home o f the Brave at the Community Music Center (4 pm 3350 SE Francis St $10.) Cute and talented and what the heck else is there? Melissa Ferrick rocks Eugene and Portland rn March. Looking Ahead The incomparable M arg aret Cho is back in town with her new Revolution Tour March 13 at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tickets are on sale now for $29.50-$39.50 from Ticketmaster. No discounts for gays. See On View and Onstage listings on Page 28. Check out more listings at www.justout.com ! P H O T^^R E ^E S S LE R Queer singer-songwriter Kanzeon plays at Touchstone Coffee House. (7 pm. 7631 NE Clisan St.) Queer singer-songwriter Kanzeon plays the Egyptian Club. (7 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $5 donation.) Portland Gay Men's Chorus conductor Bob Mensel leads the Portland Symphonic Choir in Treasures from the Old World, which includes Bruckner's Mass in E Minor and works by Stanford, Distler and more through March 9 at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. (8 pm Fnday, 3 pm Sunday. 3202 SE Woodstock Blvd. $16-$20 from www. pschoir. org.) _ _ _ _ _ bid: a contemporary art auction and bash benefiting the Portland Institute for Gay author G.W. Hardin will sign your copy of his new book,'The Days o f Wonder, at Creation Gallery. Also joined by Joey Klein, a 20-year-old adept, and Mary Salomon, a career counselor for Indigos, for the panel dis cussion Awakening of the Indigos (7 pm. 8419 SE Clatsop Court. Reservations encouraged at 503- 771 -9009.)