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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 2003)
outScabout ust out is published on the first and third Friday of every month The deadline f or submissions is 14 days prior to publication O uttk.about s a free community service ol just out Listing for events and announcements that are specifically relevant to sexual minorities m Oregon and southwest Washington is provided free of charge The calendar features events up to three weeks beyond the date of publication Bulletin Board listings run for up to two months from submission date outreach listings of up to 25 words (not including contact information) are provided free of charge to organizations and groups specifically serving the sexual minorities community All listings are subject to editing, and inclusion is subject to space limitations, relevance and receipt by deadline Listings expire once a year (in July), and submissions run from the date received until the next scheduled expiration date Listings are automatically deleted upon expiration To ensure uninterrupted listing, please submit updated information at least a month prior to the expiration date Jazz da Opus 33 NW Second Ave . features The Jazz Senes— paintings by gay musician and artist Rick Cnttenden— through March 31 First Thursday event includes music by the artist 8 30 pm 12 30 am March 6 Gay owned Onda A ria Latina 2215 NE Alberta S t. presents woodblock pnnts by Sevenno Borges m cele bration of Black History Month Reflects legends and popular mythology brought to Brazil by Afncan slaves in the 17th century Through March 2 p:aar gallary 809 SW Alder S t. features guest artist Lanssa Brown s mixed-media work explonng themes of protection, control and work ntuals through Feb 28 Portland A rt Museum 1219 SW Park Ave . pre sents Pans to Portland Im pressionist and Post Im pressionist M asters in Portland Collections through March 23 Artist-owned cooperative Talisman G allery, 1476 NE Alberta St., features paintings by Dan Buzdor through Feb 23 and paintings by Roger Fnedel and Rob Ramage through March 23 Opening reception 6-9 pm Feb 27 PO Box 14400 Portland. OR 97293 0400 Fax submissions to 5 0 3 -2 3 6 -1 2 5 7 or e-mail ju s to u t@ ju s to u t.c o m Submissions cannot be accepted over the phone Please type your announcements and include full contact information. ON V I E W B lackfish G allary 420 NW Ninth Ave . presents the group show Over the Couch through March t Addresses the human need to embellish the wall space over one's couch Salon and art space Blu. 437 SE 40th Ave , features lesbian artist Sarana Barton s Collages and Shnnes through Feb 28 Gay-owned Brian Marfci Fine A rt. 2236 NE Broadway, presents Scott Gellatly s oil painting senes Site Seen. Un seen as well as Kirsten Francis' color reductive woodblock senes Personal Mythology through Feb 28 Heaven CaM /Lounge and Rad D oor present Artm os A rt Walk every first Thursday, co-sponsored by the Burnside Tnangle Advisory Group Both venues will have a selection of wines and downbeat music Through Feb 28 Heaven presents a wal-crawling mural of clouds and silhouettes by artist Edie Tsong. while Red Door pre sents mixed-media panel installations by Betsy M iller In Har Image G allery, 3208 SE Hawthorne Blvd . presents stone and wood sculpture and watercolors by Rebecca Owens through March 7 Reception for the artist is noon-5 pm March 2. ton of controversial, limited-edition silk-screen prints by Portland graphic artist Patrick Finney through Feb 28 The work reflects topes such as governmental intrusion mto personal lives and the ban on gays m the Boy Scouts. Interstate Firehouse C ultural Canter. 5340 N Interstate Ave . presents Afncan American artists Bill Rutherford and Raymond Alexander through Feb 28 Rutherford's Hung O ut to D ry is an installation o f paint ings and objects creating a visual narrative of the Reconstruction period m U S history Alexander s Abaca Quest is an exploration of the creative use of abaca fibers Guardino G allary. 2939 NE Alberta St.. presents Jacobs G allery in Eugene's Hult Center for the Dimensions o f Transparency— fused glass and glass ob)ects by gay artist Richard Schemmerer— through Feb 25 Performing Arts. 1 Eugene Center, presents Back by Popular Demand, a reunion exhibition o f 1980s altema tive visual art galleries A rtist Union and Project Space Runs through March 1. Gallery Bink 1416 E Burnside S t. is host to an exhibi THE BOYS NEXT DOOR “ flW T O V O U R O N pC R - If U16AR A Up W A IT ... HOW h u m i l i a t i n g ; .H O W t7 € G R A P (H O j Onda A rte Latina features woodblock p rints by Severino Borges through M arch 2 ON S T A G E just out (attm Calendar) Send listings to A rtis ts Repertory Theatre will perform a free dress rehearsal of their own production of The Laramie Project March 5 at Lewis & Clark College s Evans Auditonum before taking the show on tour (7 30 pm 0615 SW Palatine H ill Road 503 7688600 ) CoHo P roductions extends Child of Pleasure through March 15 Audience invited to "talk back" March 2 with gay playwnght William S Gregory after the performance (8 pm Thursday Saturday. 2 pm Sunday 2257 NW Raleigh S t $ I6 -$ I8 from 5032202646) Hot Hashes plays through March 9 at the Portland M etro Performing Arts Center Rick Lewis directs this hit comedy, which follows the career of a five-woman band from their 40s to their 70s (Call fo r times. 9933 SE Pine St $16-$20 from 503 775-8017 or www hotflashesthemusical com o r Fastixx.) Lewis A C lark C ollege's Theatre D epartm ent presents The Laramie Project March 7 and 8 and March 13-15 in the Fir Acres Theatre (7:30 pm. 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road $3-$8 from 503 768 7495) M agdelyn T heater C om pany offers Five W omen W earing the Same Dress through M arch 8 w ith a cast o f bndesm aids that includes Frances, a painfully sw eet but sheltered fundam entalist, and Mindy, the w ise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom. "Pay what you w ill" night Feb 27. (8 pm Thursday-Saturday. 2 pm Sunday 403 N W F ifth Ave $10-$12 from 971 544 1736 o r tickets@ m agdelyntheatre.com .) M iracle Theatre presents the Latino detective sizzler Sirena. Queen o f the Tango through March 15 A spicy, gender bending, film-noir style farce that borrows from A ll About Eve. Casablanca. Chinatown and oh so many more (7 3 0 pm Thursday. 8 pm Friday and Saturday 525 SE Stark S t $ I3 -$ I5 from 503-236 7253 or gretchen@milagro org.) Oregon B allet Theatre presents Giselle, the renowned bittersweet tale of love, deception and mad ness. March 8-15 at Keller Auditorium (7 3 0 pm. 2 pm Sunday 222 SW Clay St $5 $82 from 503 222-5538. OBT box office o r Ticketmaster.) P ortland C enter Stage presents Itamar M oses' Outrage How much do you value your pnnciples7 Find out through March 9 at Newmark Theater (Call for times 1111 SW Broadway $ I2 $47 from box office or 5 03-2746588) The 3rd Floor— maximum capacity sketch co m e d y- presents Illegal Cock Fight through March 15 at Miracle Theatre 'A n evening of pretty weird shit * ( I I pm Fnday and Saturday 525 SE Stark St. $10 from 503 2 5 8 1 6 8 1 ) tria n g le productions! presents Shopping and Fucking through March 8 at Theater1 Theatre1 Bntish by Marc Acito YOU’RE MOT UIFARIMG AM V U M 9ER W CAft, AR£ VOO? gay playwnght Mark Ravenhill's stunning dark comedy follows a trio of 20-somethings in a world where shop ping is a turn-on and fucking is a job Due to extreme sexual content and violence. 21 and over only Fuck Buddy Thursdays buy one ticket and get another for only a buck! (8 pm Thursday-Saturday 3430 SE Belmont S t $20-$25 from 503-239-5919 o r Fastixx) W hite B ird bnngs pre-eminent modem dance company A lvin A iley American Dance Theater to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on March 4 and 5 (7 3 0 pm 1111 SW Broadway $ I8 $60 from Portland Center for the Performing Arts box office or Ticketmaster ) The Women's Resource C enter at Portland State University presents The Vagina Monologues through Feb 23 at the Smith Center Ballroom American Sign Language at the Feb 21 show (7 pm Friday, noon Sunday Room 355 1825 SW Broadway $ 1 0 -$ I2 from PSU box office o r Ticketmaster ) V anity P roductions in association with tnangle pro ductions1 presents J O C (Journey o f C bw n) through D y k es T oW afd l O l t t o r by Alis°n BecWel WE in t er r u pt OUR REGULARLA S c h e d u le d c o m ic s t r ip FOR THIS IMPORTANT m essag e <02001 e i A*, isom . < s> : bcchdel V*4ERE*S THE " J O Y " ? " ! WELL, I DOWT KNOW WHAT PLANET YOU PEOPLE ARE E-KAIL/NG FROM, BUT ON T H IS ONE. THERE'S NOT A BIG JO Y SU R P L U S AT th e m om ent . March 1 — the first in the Voices in the Wilderness senes of solo performances at Theater! Theatre1 Challenge and shatter your preconceived notions of clown as Michael O N a ll crafts as complex a character as has ever donned a red nose. (Call fo r times. 3430 SE Belmont S t $10 from 503239-5919.) BULLETIN BOARD If the bombing starts, meet up with queer members of Coma O ut A gainst the War at 4 pm in Terry Shrunk Plaza. Southwest Third Avenue and Mam Street (3 /7 ) P lotless in P ortland: Established lesbian wntmg group seeks new members to join them at 7 pm every other Tuesday. W nters of all levels are welcome journal keepers, poets, fiction, etc Contact Judi at 503-245-3391 or jchasonüfteleport com (3 /7 ) The N ational C onference on Gander is May 17-19 in W ashington, D.C Gender theonst and author Judith Butler will be the keynote speaker for three days o f gender politics, strategy and policy, includ ing N ational Gander Lobby Day. when activists from around the country educate Congress on hate enmes, workplace fairness and safe schools Corporate sponsors are needed, and nonprofit table space and scholarships are available Call 202-462-6610 or visit www.gpac org for complete details (2/21) ERO/Dynamics workshops offer a safe, comfortable place for all orientations to discuss sexual issues, to break through inhibitions and to expand repertoire, vocabulary and horizons From 7 9 pm second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at Common Ground Wellness Center. 2927 NE Everett St W orkshops are $10 each and include discussions, videos, guest speakers and held tnps to sex positive businesses For schedule and to register e mail erodynamics@aol com. (2/21) Fat G irl Speaks: A C elebration o f Size, Self and Sexuality is calling for women of size and their allies to perform m a show m May that w il incorporate spoken word, music, performance art and dance Volunteers also needed1 E-mail fatgirlspeaksOtechnodyke net or call Stacy at 503-753-3038 for more information (2/21) V/V/V/.DykcsToV/aic-h.Ouff or.n«(