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« MSI Olympia's new indie wonder band The Gossip play Portland on May 9 and 10 V ■M Are you a good witch or a bad witch? All will be revealed dunng Heaven or Hell: A Red and White Mas querade Ball at the Metropolitan Club. Nibbles, no-host bar, D J and costume contest, sponsored by Portland Pagan Night Out. (8 pm-2 am. 618 S E Alder St. $10-$ 13 from www.another- moon.com or at the door.) Find out why Olympia queer indie band The Gos sip are creating all the buzz at the Meow Meow. Also on the bill are The Haggard and Sleetmute Nightmute. (9.30 pm. 527 SE Pine St. $8.) 11 S unday 14 W ednesday Portland lesbian author w Judith Barrington reads at Mt. Hood Community Col lege's Visual Arts Center Theatre in A Gresham. (Noon. 26000 S E 503-452-5680 www. adventuregroup. org.) Walk with dykes older than 40 and their dogs of all ages. (E-mail dzoonokwa@ hotmail.com for time and location.) Friendly folk into leather and kink meet up dur ing the Beaverton Sunday Munch at McMenamins Cedar Hills. (4-7pm. 2927 S W No means no when it comes to the high cost of war. That's the topic of a roundtable discussion on building an anti-capitalist revolution. Present ed by Radical Women at the Bread and Roses Center. Preceded by a hearty veggie buffet. (6:30 pm buffet [$6 donation], 7 pm 541-343-4864.) Founder of Hip Mama magazine and home town honey Ariel Gore reads from her new memoir, Atlas of the Human Heart, at Powell’s Books. (7:30 pm. 1005 kV Burnside St. www. a riel gore. com.) White Bird returns the Mark Morris Dance Group to Arlene Schnitzer Con Dar Williams plays the Crystal Ballroom. cert Hall to share its unique connection (8 pm. 1332 W Burnside. $21 $23 from box between music and movement. Live accom office or Ticketmaster.) paniment by M orris’ chamber musicians and a dark yet thrilling tribute to Portland-born composer Lou Harrison. (7.30 pm. 1037 SkV Broadway. $18-$39 from Artists Repertory Every Monday is Dyke Night at Touchstone Coffee House. (6-9 pm. 7631 N EG hsanSt.) Theatre presents the amazing If emotionally ravaging Tou ch through June 1 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center Seattle lesbian Rebecca Brown reads from her new book The End of Youth at Powell's. (7:30 pm. 1005 kV Burnside St.) Authors and gay couple Mark Doty and Paul Lislcky read from their poet- ’ and fiction in Room 327 at Portland State University’s Smith Memonal Center. (7:30 pm 1825 S k V Broadway. $0-$8.) Cool gender-bendin' queer duo Bitch and Animal (and guests) play the Meow Meow. (9 3 0 pm. 527 S E Pine St. $8 ) t's sex and gender open mike tight at the Back to Back Cafe. All lenders, sexualities and ages wel- :ome (7 9 pm. 614 E Burnside St. imi@eminism.org.) lad Girls play host to a Kinky Women's Welcoming Munch at l i n n n 's . For all kinky or questioning 18 and older Beginners wel- e. (7-9 pm. 4612 S E Hawthorne [ 503 9722233 vpdxbadgirls net.) A Community Talent Show at Mississip pi Rising Ballroom and outdoor movie screen ings of shorts by Portland filmmakers kick off the Mississippi Avenue Street Fair, which runs through May 17. Do Jump says "Happy Birthday!" to itself with 2 5 May 9-11 at Newmark Theatre box office or Ticketmaster.) (7-9 pm talent show, 833 N Shaver St. 9-10 pm movies, comer of Shaver Street and Mississippi Avenue.) Mellow out at Monteaux’s Public House in Beaverton with bluesy dykes Gallow ay & Luckett Lesbian author Lucy Jane Bledsoe reads from her new novel, This Wild Silence, at Mother Kali’s Books. See May 15 for a Port land reading. (Call for time. 720 E 13th Ave. Cedar Hills Blvd.) 12) M onday box office or Ticketmaster.) Stark St. Free.) meeting. 819 N Killingsworth St. 503-240-4462.) Hike along Wygant Trail with the Adventure Group Moderate trail explores Perham Creek Canyon with great Gorge views. (9 am. Portland for a live taping at Keller Auditori um with host Ira G lass and contributors Sarah Vowell, Jonathan Goldstein and Davy Rothbart. Musical guest is John Langford of the Mekons. (7 pm. 222 SkV Clay St. $25-$35 from (8:30-11.30 pm. 16165 S W Regatta Lane.) is T hursday Put a festive feather in your hat for The Cockatoo Cotillion: A Bird Ball 2003 at the Crystal Ballroom to benefit the White Bird/Tiffany & Co. New Works Fund. On this hot queer-as-all-get-out ticket are dance com pany Bodyvox. the world’s only gay Hispanic Elvis impersonator, El Vez; and Pink Martini's scampy Thomas Lauderdale. (6.30 pm dinner, 8 pm performances. 1332 kV Burnside St. $18 or $125 with dinner from box office or 503-245-1600, ext. 201.) Lesbian author Lucy Jane Bledsoe reads from her new novel, This Wild Silence, at Powell's on Hawthorne. (7:30 pm. 3723 S E Hawthorne Blvd.) It's Latino Dance Night at C .C . Slaughters! Lessons start the evening off on the right foot. (8 pm. 219 NW Davis St ) Break the hanky code and come up with your own fag flag to add to the list during Skervy—Queer to the Bone! at the Cobalt Lounge. (8 pm-2 am. 32 NW Third Ave. $3 99 or free before 9 pm.) 16 F riday It’s Queer Night at Out of the Fog Coffee House in Eugene This American Life is coming to Portland! See May 16 and buy a ticket now! Ira Glass is really cute! (8.30pm. 450 Willamette St. 541-687-0709.) Emergence Transgender Social Group holds its monthly meeting in Eugene. (7.30-11 pm. bce@efn.org or emg977@yahoo. com.) Clanks, booms, whines and whirs...from a guitar?. Seattle performer Bill Horist re imagines six-string sounds at gay-owned gallery Soundvision. (8 pm. 625 NW Everett St. #108. $5-$8 donation.) The Forest Group hikes the moderate 9 1 -mile Twin Lakes loop. Dogs and kids welcome. (503-659-2782.) The Lesbian Garden Club visits Shorty's nursery in Vancouver, Wash. Tour includes refreshments and discount coupon. (10 am. 10006 S E Mill Plain Blvd. 503 909-2002.) Put your best foot forward for the American Cancer Society's ( Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. 17 S aturday Funds aid research, education, patient support and ad vocacy programs. Join Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and G ays during the P FLA G State Conference at Newman United Methodist Church in Grants Pass Workshops address legal issu es, health care and Gay Straight Alliances. (Call for times. (W arn. South west Hamson and College streets Register at 503-795-3963, rachel.verdick @cancer org or www cancer org.) 132 NE B St. $25 includes lunch. 541 512-0326 ) Portland Radical Faeries gather Satur day mornings at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (9 30 am. 201 S E 12th Ave. 503-235 0826 otter@pcez.com.) Mississippi Avenue Street Fair main event includes ribs contest, arts and crafts market, community garage sale and two stages of diverse music. (10 am-7 pm. North Mississippi Avenue between Fremont and Skidmore streets.) , u - Don't be late for this important date1 The Imperial Sovereign R ose Court presents Rabbit in the Moon—A Twisted Wonderland at Embers to benefit Camp Starlight. Perform ances by Count of Devotion Realm DeVille and Co untess of Devotion to the Devotion of the R o se /M iss G ay Pride Annie Rockafeller Moore. Curiouser and cunouser. (7 pm. 110 NW Broadway $5 donation.) Hip Mama magazine founder Ariel Gore reads from her new memoir, Atlas of the Human Heart, at Lucy's Books in Astoria. Looking Ahead (7 pm. 348 12th S t www anelgore.com.) C hic and trendy C ru sh plays host to a Deaf & Hearing Out Reach s coffee benefit for the Sexu al M inority Youth Recreation C en te r M ay 19 Hit the road for Border Rid ers Motorcycle Club's fourth annual Victoria Day Run through May 19 at Pine Flats Campground near Wenatchee in the C a s cade Mountains. You don't need a membership or motorcycle, but you will need to camp it up ($110- If your checkbook is large enough, you might get to third base when you Bid a Bachelor/Bachelorette at Embers to benefit the Rose City Softball Association. $120 503283-4903 www bordemders. com ) (7 pm 110 NW Broadway www portlandgaysoftball. org.) The “ Lost in Am erica" tour of P B S fave T h is A m e r ic a n L if e stops in Socializing and dancing at Potter House night coincides with the opening of its exhib it featunng queer deaf and heanng artists and photographers at Haven. (7 9 pm 3551 S E Division S t.) Ministries (7 pm 383(3 S E 62nd Ave 503-775 5024) Doing good feels even better when there's wine, martinis, D J and buffet Pro ceeds benefit the struggling agency, which provides queer youth with reso urces and a safe place to gather (6-9 pm 1412 S E M om son S t ashleighf@ cascadiabhc.org) See On View and Onstage listings on Page 34. Check out more listings at www.justout.com!
