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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 2003)
Submissions should be sent to JllSt out Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293-0400; or faxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com. Deadline is 15 days before issue date ju s t out is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. T uesday 16 Cabaret queer Steven Nash goes Over the Top at Wilf's Restaurant & Piano Bar with songs that reflect the extremes in our lives, including | “ Your Son Isn’t Going Through a Stage, Mrs. Worthington." Another show May 27. (7:30 pm. F riday Dyke songster Michelle Shocked gives a free show at Music Millennium to promote her latest release, Texas Campfire Takes. (5 pm. 800 NW Sixth Ave. $10 from 503-223-0070.) 801 N W 23rd Ave.) zi W ednesday M ichelle Shocked joins Peter Bergman and Maryedith Burrell in a mix of music, story telling, comedy and political satire at Aladdin Theater. (7 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $20 \ Queer w riter and activist Nick Schultz leads this month's Because It’s Time! queer dis cussion group at the Lloyd Center Barnes & I Noble. Chat about health, self-esteem and HIV. (7 pm. 503-249-0800.) from box office or Ticketmaster.) Beyond Sex Work: Voices from the Mar gins includes a screening of film shorts at Port land State University's Smith Memorial Center, followed by a discussion with three former sex workers around social justice issues. (7-9:30pm. Room 296. 1825 SW Broadway. Free.) Lesbian author Julie Ann Peters stops by Bor ders to read from Keeping Remember radio? PBS fave This American Life makes a Portland pit stop for a live tap ing at Keller Auditorium with host Ira Glass. (7 pm. 222 S W Clay St. $25-$35 from box You a Secret. her new book about love between two teen-age girls. office or Ticket master.) A Community Talent Show at Mississippi Rising Ballroom and outdoor movie screenings kick off the Mississippi Avenue Street Fair, running through May 17. (7-9 pm talent (7 pm. 708 S W Third Ave.) show. 833 N Shaver St. 9-10 pm movies, cor ner o f Shaver Street and Mississippi Avenue.) Join the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force for a social at the Alibi Newbies welcome, and they won't make you sing. (8pm. 4024 N Interstate Ave. 503-471-1568.) ence at Newman United Methodist Church in Grants Pass. (Call for times. 132 NE B St. $25 Musician Kim Townsend appears at Music Millennium to play from her in-produc tion CD, Wayworn Traveler. (5 pm. 801 N W 23rd Ave.) Decomposer: Re-Themed Soundtracks for Forgotten Films at Hollywood Theatre to Babes go big screen fo r the 17 S aturday Lesbian artist Serena Barton joins other women selling artwork, jewelry, pottery and handmade clothing at Rimsky-Korsakoffee. includes ribs contest, arts and crafts market, community garage sale and two stages of diverse music. (10am-7pm. North Mississippi Avenue Judy Fjell (w ho began 110 N W Broadway $5 donation.) her career at a C orvallis coffeehouse) joins cellist Janet Haarvig and violinist Beth Youngblood fo r a concert at B ridgeport U n it ed Church o f C hrist. Women and Their Kick- Ass Cars party at Holly (7:30 pm. 621 NE 76th Ave. $10 $ 15 from 503-230-9416 or In Other Words.) wood Theatre. A follow-up to last year's Five Dollar Soapy Hand Job car wash, Pam Peterson plays host to a screening of video interviews and photos for her upcoming book, raffles, no-host bar, DJ and swag. (7-11 pm. some funked-up music at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (8 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave. 503-236-6411. $5.) of its exhibit featuring queer deaf and heanng artists and photographers at Haven. (7-9pm. Clanks, booms, whines and w hirs...from a guitar? Seat tle performer Bill Horist reimagines six- string sounds at gay-owned gallery Soundvi- sion. (8 pm. 625 N W Everett St 4108. $5-$8 3551 SE Division St.) donation) Deaf ft Hearing Out Reach's coffee night coincides with the opening between Fremont and Skidmore streets.) Join Parents, Families and Fnends of Lesbians and Gays during the PFLAG State Confer- If your checkbook is large enough, you might get to third base when you Bid a Bache- lor/Bachelorette at Embers to benefit the Award-winning bi poet and novelist Annie D aw id gives the inaugural lecture fo r the Oregon Jewish W riters Series at Havurah Shalom, including excerpts from her new, not-yet-published novel. (7 pm. 825 N W is S unday 19 M onday C rush plays host to a benefit fo r the Sexual M inority Youth Recreation C en ter Doing good feels even be tte r when there's wine, martinis, D J and buffet. (6-9 pm. 1412 SE M om son St. ashleighf@cascadiabhc.org.) Portland Polya mory Circle offers informal discussion of open relationships and commitment. (7 pm. Call Laury at 503-285-4848 for location.) Go to bat for the Bella Boys softball team dunng a gay skate night fund-raiser at Oaks Park. Raffle pnzes and kissing booth make the evening a Bella-lot o f fun! (7 30-9:30 pm. East end o f the Sellwood Bridge. $5 ) The women o f the Forest Group hike the moderate 9.1-mile Twin Lakes loop Dogs and kids welcome. (Call 503-659 2782 at least 24 Broadway. $18-$39 from box office, Ticket Central or Ticketmaster.) 18th Ave. $5.) Tamara J. Brown plays 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $5-$8.) (10am -5pm 707 SE 12th Ave.) Mississippi Avenue Street Fair main event Lesbian sin g e r/so n g w rite r Curiouser and curiouser! The Imperial Sover eign Rose Court presents Rabbit in the Moon—A Twisted Wonderland at Embers to benefit Camp Starlight. (7 pm. Broadway, w wwportlandgaysoftball.org.) includes lunch. 541-512-0326.) Bands Quasi, Hans Grusel’s Krankenkabinet and Daniel Menche jam to screenings of bizarre films in an unusual mix of sound and cinema called benefit a new documentary from bi moviemaker Vanessa Renwick. More bands and flicks May 23. (11 pm 4122 NE Sandy BM . $10.) Rose City Softball Association. (7 pm. 110 N W Mix Afro- Caribbean dance with ballet preci sion and jazz energy, and you get the enthralling, intensely physical Garth Fagan Dance ensemble performing at Arlene Schnitzer C oncert Hall. (7:30 pm. 1037 SW T hursday Schmooze and booze during the Portland Area Business Association's After Hours at Ori- talia, featunng wine tasting by local vintner Lago di Merlo. (5.30-7.30 pm. 750 SW Aider St.) Lesbian author Julie Ann Peters visits In O ther W ords to read from Keeping You a Secret, her compelling teen-age love story. (6:30 pm. 3724 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) Hip Mama magazine founder Ariel Gore | reads from her new memoir, Atlas o f the Human Heart, at the University o f Oregon Bookstore in Eugene. (7 pm. 895 E 13th Ave.) Frock yourself1 It’s dress night at Skervy— Queer to the Bone! at the Cobalt Lounge Slightly raised entrance fee goes straight to hours ahead) Take a bike ride with the Adventure Group along the Willamette. (1 pm. 503 452-5680. www. adventuregroup. org.) Portland's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer five-mile walk starts and fin ishes at the South Park Blocks (10 am Southwest Hamson and College streets. 503- 795-3963 rachel verdick@cancer org. www cancer org.) The Lesbian Garden Club visits Shorty's nursery in Vancouver, Wash. (10 am. 10006 SE Mill Plain Blvd 503 9092002 ) Author Nina Revoyr reads from her new novel, Southland, at In Other Words. (4 pm 3734 SE Hawthorne B lvd ) Hey, slugger, be an athletic supporter when you stop by JO Q 's for the Rose City Soft- ball Association Sunday Night Social Cheap beer and players from more than 20 teams help you score. (5- 10 pm 2512 NE Broadway 503 287-4210.) Anti-nationalist, multiracial artist James Diamond joins Leslie Bull and Ariel Lightningchild to lead Beyond Sex Woric Voices from the Margins on May 16 at Portland State University
