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28 Just o u t * march 7.2003 Submissions should be sent to just out Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, O R 97293-0400; or faxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com. Deadline is 15 days before issue date just out is published on the first and th ird Friday o f each m onth. A ll addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. march 7 F riday Gay author G.W. Hardin promotes his new book, The Days o f Wonder, at Creation Gallery, while Joey Klein, a 20-year-old adept, and Mary Salomon, a career counselor for Indigos, lead the panel discussion Awakening of the Indigos. (7 pm. 8419 SE Clatsop Court. Reservations encouraged at 503-771 9 0 0 9 ) Jump and jive with O ut Dancing every Friday in March fo r beginning swing! Arrive early to register Intermediate salsa lessons follow. (7 pm. C om er o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503-236 5129 out_dancmg@yahoo.com.) Queer singer/songwnter Kanzeon plays the Egyptian Club. (7 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $5 donation.) Watch out, girls! 421 8 National Book Award winner Andrea B arrett shares a piece o f her scientific mind as part of the Portland Arts & Lectures Series at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. (7:30 pm. 1037 S W Broadway. $12-$23 from 503-227-2583 o r Fastixx.) The one and only Ellen DeGeneres appears M arch 22 at A rlene Schnitzer C oncert Hall S aturday Want to help out a summer camp for kids affected by HIV/AIDS? Then bring your fine self to Darcelle XV for the annual Camp S tarlig h t C elebration (8 pm. 208 N W Third Ave. $20 donation.) It's the annual International Women's Day celebration at Portland State University's Smith Center Ballroom. This year’s Women at Work! honors the accomplishments and value of women's contributions with entertainment, health exams, art exhibits, food and a wealth of offenngs from women-owned businesses and organizations. (10am -4pm . 1825S W Broadway. $ 5 donation, no one turned away.) M iddle Eastern music and belly dancers in the Tomb, open mike with Special K in the Room every Wednesday at the Egyptian Club. (8 pm Tomb l$4), 9 pm Room [free). 3701 SE Division St. 503-236-8689.) Bella Boys softball team fans will want to lace up for Bella Bowling at Hollywood Bowl. (4-6 pm. 4030 NE Halsey S t $10.) 13 In Her Image Gallery plays host to an International Women's Day art sale and raffle through March 9. Proceeds benefit the national nonprofit No Umits for Women in the Arts. (Noon- 5 pm . 3208 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-247-5971.) T hursday The Gender Studies Symposium continues at Lewis & Clark College’s Templeton Student Center. Includes a panel discussion and audience- participation workshop with the feminist, art-lov ing, direct-action Guerrilla Girls One day you might be this cool. (9 am-9 pm. 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road. Free. For complete schedule call 503-768-7381 or visit www.lclark.edu/~gender.) Lesbopalooza Ayers Station Wag and singer/songwriter Chris Pureka (7.30 pm. 291 W Eighth Ave. $6-$10 from University o f Oregon box office.) It’s Q ueer N ight at O ut of the Fog Coffee House in Eugene. (8:30 pm. 450 Willamette St. 541-687-0709.) Men's Leather Night and Red Hanky Social at Gail's Dirty Duck. (9 pm-midnight 439 N W Third Ave. 503-224-8446 pdxsaltydg@aol. com.) 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 503-736-9635) Kanzeon plays a Two-Spirit Benefit Concert at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. Proceeds benefit Esther's Pantry and the Brain Injury Association o f Oregon. (7 pm. 2400 NE Broadway. 503 281 8868. www. mccportland. com.) Lesbian comedian M ary C . M atthew s per forms a benefit show at Ashland Community Center, followed by a dance. Proceeds go to the Abdill-Ellis Community Center. (8 pm. 56 Wmbum Way. $ 1 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 Auditonum (8 pm Friday, 3 pm Sunday 3202 SE Woodstock Blvd. $16$20 from wvwvpschoir.org.) Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus presents the concert Home o f the Brave at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem. See March 9 for a Portland appear ance. (8 pm 5090 Center St. NE. $10.) Tuesday's Taken plays at Haven. (8 pm. 3551 SE Division S t.) T h e h ila r io u s , in - y o u r - fa c e G u e r illa G ir ls v is it th e G e n d e r S tu d ie s S y m p o s iu m a t L e w is & C la r k C o lle g e In Other Words Women's Books and Resources invites you to its big annual fund raiser A Literary Feast at the Melody Ballroom. Dramatic readings and a gourmet dinner honor Northwest women writers. Guests include Marjorie Sandor, Ivan Coyote. Chrystos and Ursula K. LeGuin. (5:30 pm reception and silent auction, 6 30 pm dinner and program. 615 SE A lder St. $50.) 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 hits Eugene's W O W Hall through March 8. Includes (among others) the kick- ass Tribe 8 slam poet Aisha Women's M usic in the Round at Touchstone Coffee House in celebration of International Women's Day. (7-9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. www.touchstonecoffeehouse.com.) Calling all C entral Oregon lesbians' Your fun monthly potluck is today in Bend. Newcomers welcome. (503-317-8457.) 9 S unday Go take a hike with the Adventure Group at Silver Falls. Easy seven-mile loop. No dogs this time, please. (9 am 503-452 5680 www adventuregroup com.) Friendly folk into leather and kink meet up dunrtg the Beaverton Sunday Munch at McMenamins Cedar Hills. (4-7 pm 2927 S W Cedar Hills Blvd. phoentx@dearspnng.com.) Confluence: The W illam ette Valley M ixed GALA Chorus presents its concert Home o f the Brave at the Community Music Center. (4 pm 3350 SE Francis St. $10.) Laurelhurst Theatre rolls out the red carpet for actors and audience alike during the Screen A ctors Guild Awards Party Movie music with jazzman Robert Hicks and awards telecast on the big screen (6 3 0 pm recep tion, 8 pm awards 2735 E Burnside St. $5 from 503-279 9600 or lheuer@aftra com. 21 and over.) East C oast cutie C h ris P u reka (who you might rem em ber from the Alix Olson C D ) and funky Portlander Tam ara J . B row n (w ho you might rem em ber from local gigs) play nice together at Burlingame Pizza. (8 pm. 111 S W A sh S t $5. 50 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 5 ) Touchstone Coffee House hails the singer/songwnter talents of Kim Townsend (7-9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. 503-231-3899.) il T uesday Lesbian singer/song w riter Jam ie Anderson plays Escape at Oregon State University’s Snell Hall in Corvallis. See March 14 for Portland show and March 15 for Eugene show. (7 pm. Southwest 15th Street and Jefferson Way. Free.) Join the Portland Frontrunners for a three- to six-mile run. Dinner after if you're so inclined. (6.30 pm. June 503-819 4626. www.portlandfrontrun- ners.org.) It's sex and gender open mike night at the Back to Back Cafe. All genders, sexualities and ages welcome. (7-9 pm. 614 E Burnside St. emi@emmism.org.) Bad Girls play host to a Kinky Women's Welcoming Munch at Dingo's. For all kinky or questioning women 18 and older. Beginners welcome (7-9 pm 4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503 972-2233. w w w pdxbadgiris.net.) Formerly in Portland with Jambay and Bonfire Madigan, Shelley Doty returns with an acoustic show at Lola’s Room, accompanied ■ by guitarist Paul Benoit. Dynamic queer duo j 12 W ednesday Here begins three days of updating your mind during the 22nd annual Gender Studies Symposium at Lewis & Clark College's Templeton Student Center Keynote speaker is cultural critic and author M ark Anthony Neal. See March 13 and 14 for more high lights (9 am-9 pm. 0615 S W Palatine Hill Road. Free For complete schedule call 503- 768 7381 o r visit www lclark.edu/~gender) The Portland Area Business Association holds its monthly luncheon in the Greek Cusina's Minoan Room M onthly dinner today, too, same place The featured speaker is Roey Thorpe, executive director of Basic Rights Oregon. (11 30 am 1 pm lunch, 5.30-7 pm dinner 404 S W Washington St. For prices and reservations, call 503241-2222 o r visit w w w paba.com.) Gritty folk rocker Chris Pureka joins a legion of lesbians filling Oregon with music this month
