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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 2003)
may 16^2002 the Lesbian Avengers for their June 14 Dyke March. Bring supplies to make signs and costumes. (8 pm-2 am. 32 N W African A rts & Cul tures through May 31 at Body Vox Studios. (8 pm. Third Ave. $6.) 1300 N W Northmp St. $35 from 503-288-3025.) F riday Mama magazine, reads from her new memoir, Atlas o f the Human Heart, at In Other Words. (7 pm. 3734 SE (9:30 pm. 407 Blair Blvd. $5.) Hawthorne Blvd.) Planet Gallery to benefit 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts' 2003 Enter- active Language festival. Bid on nipple-centric artwork, or use your own body as a brush at the nipple-printing station. (8-10 pm. Slip and slide in your sexiest swimsuit at Klub Z's Foam Party DJ frankie j shakes the suds while z zone cuisine debuts late-night noshing. Clothing check avail able. (10pm-6am. 2503 NE Killingsworth St. www.2gyriz.org.) $ Boobies everywhere! at Alaskan dyke Kim Acuna and Portland's own Pirate Jane hook up during a ben efit music night for the Les- uian vum m urm y Project at Darcelle XV. 10 . ) Salem's Marionberry Salon holds a potluck discussion of Joe Keenan's Blue Heaven. Newcomers welcome. (6:30 pm. Cary Theatre. Benefits a new documen tary by Vanessa Renwick. (11 pm. 503 363-6036. manonberrysalon@aol.com.) 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $10.) Put on your dancing shoes for Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social at Ankeny Street Studio. Lessons and refreshments included! T uesday Billy No. 9 plays a number of tunes at dyke- Division St.) Steven Nash goes Over the Top at Wilf's A Bear to Bare Party plays out at the Eagle PDX to benefit the Friends o f People with AIDS Foundation. (9 pm-midnight. Restaurant & Piano Bar with songs that reflect the extremes in our lives, including "W hy Do the W rong People Travel" and “ Treat Me Rough." (7:30 pm. 800 N W Sixth Ave. $10 1300 W Burnside St.) 25 S unday from 503-223-0070.) 28 W ednesday L*._________________________ If your belly's growling, meet your friends for the monthly Bear Brunch at Jubitz Truck Stop. (11 am-1 pm. 10310 N Vancouver Way. www. oregonbears. org.) The Alberta S treet Public House becomes “ The Vivarium" on the last Sunday of every month. Study the cute queer trio Vivian’s Keeper in their natural habitat as they hunt and gather new tunes. (7-10 pm. 1036 NE Alberta St $5 A ll ages until 9 pm.) The runway lights up for the Miss Gay Lati na pageant at Darcelle XV. (8 pm. 208 N W Third Ave. $10.) You hold the hose at the Egyptian Club's Wet T-Shirt Contest Arrive early to compete for an electric scooter. (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $4.) Singer/songwriter Ellis, a cute young dyke from the Twin Cities, brings her Midwestern melodies to M ount Tabor Theatre and Pub. See M ay 30 fo r a Eugene show. (9 pm. 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $6.) 29 T hursday Say what you want and ask for what you need at a queer community center Speak Out Forum in the U S. Bank Room of Multnomah County's Central Library. (6:30-8 30 pm. 801 S W 10th Ave. portlandqueercen ter@yahoo. com.) SisterSpirit's Magical Study Group mixes up strange brew at Herb Magic and Healing II (4 pm. 3430 SE Bel mont St 4102. $3-$5 donation 503-7363297) Team up fo r softball shenanigans at the Egyptian C lub's Divas of the Diamond Drag Show to benefit the Rose C ity S oftball A ssociation w om en's division. (8 pm. 3701 SE Division S t $ 5 ) It's a Drag King Extravaganza w ith new Portland group D .K PDX during Skervy— Queer to the Bone! at the C obalt Lounge D ress in your best nonbinary, genderqueer drag fo r this Sexual M in o rity Youth R ecreation C e n te r benefit. (9 pm-2 am, 10 pm show. 32 N W Third Ave $6 ) F riday Rose Empress XXXVIII Misha calls the (pot)shots during the 14th annual Grand Floral Parade Party at Panorama. Join the sharp-tongued queen and the rest of the Impenal Sovereign Rose Court fo r a perform ance, Bloody Mary Bar and commentary. (9 am-3 pm. Comer o f Southwest 10th Avenue and Stark Street.) The Gypsy Moths play Touchstone Coffee House. (7-9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St.) The Northwest Film C enter screens queer film festival veteran Group Olympia director Marilyn Freeman is in attendance. (7:30 pm. 1219 SW Park Ave. $6.50.) (7 pm. 208 N W Third Ave. $5 ) Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus celebrates diversi ; 5 T hursday ty in song with Home-O-Life at Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Salem. See June 8 fo r C orvallis show. (8 pm. 5090 Cen - _____ ___________ ter St. NE. $10.) P-town turns Beartown for a weekend of hugs and tugs, beer and brunch. Highlights include sightseeing, sailor review, Mr. Oregon Bear/Cub dinner and contest and Bear Trail pub crawls. ($85 members, $100 nonmembers, www. oregonbears. org.) 8 S unday It's queer coronation tim e during the Gay Pride Pageant at the Brig. (8 pm 1035 S W Stark St $ Take things into your own hands during Dark- lady's second annual celebrates diversity in song with Home-O-Life at Unitarian U niversal ist Fellowship in C orvallis. (7 pm. Masturbate-a-Thon1 Erotic art galleries, fun masturbation games, sex toy test drives, live music, hunky gay model Jonathyn Andrews, potluck, pansexual play- space and more. (7 pm- 2945 N W Circle Blvd. $10.) Legendary lyricist Tracy Chapman 2 am. $ I5 $30 sliding scale. 21 and over. RSVP at 503-975-3275 or darklady@ darkladycom.) Portland urban folksters Celebrated dyke folk rocker Michelle Shocked plays twice—once for free—May 16 in Portland Spend an intimate evening with Afncan musicians Obo Addy. Okro- pong and special guests dunng Revealed, a benefit fo r Homowo 12 .) Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus makes m usic at A rlene S chnitzer C oncert Hall. J Street Pub on the last ; The Gypsy Moths Sunday of are drawn to Touch stone Coffee House. (7-9 pm 7631 NEGIisan St.) Beloved Northwest dyke band Motherlode takes the stage at Hollywood Theatre (8 pm. 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $18 at the door, $16 in advance from It's M y Pleasure or Fastixx.) Third Angle New Music Ensemble pre sents Portland composer David S chiffs opera Gimpel the Fool through June 1 at Reed C ol lege's Kaul Auditorium. (8 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday 3203 SE Woodstock St. $20-$25 from TicketsWest. www thirdangle.org.) Shimmy with your sisters dunng the Hip Shakin' Mamaz Dance at Full Circle Tem ple DJ, food and drinks. (8 pm 3125 E Bum side St $3 $10 sliding scale.) DJ Crystal presents her Gay & Lesbian Club Dance with favonte hits from past and present at Portland M etro Club (8 30 pm 1 am 618 SE Alder St $5 from Touchstone Coffee House.) june i *S unday Drop everything and go to the Fox & Hounds to play bingo on the first Sunday of every month Why? Because proceeds go to chanty (3 3 0 pm 217 SW Second Ave ) [ 7 S aturday (7-10 pm Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $8. 503-236-5129.) Hike with the Adventure Group at Multnomah and Wahkeena Falls. (9 am. 503-452-5680. www. adventuregroup. org.) owned coffeehouse Haven. (8 pm. 3551 SE 439 NW Third Ave. 503-224-8446. pdxsaltydg@aol. com.) 3 T uesday 3i S aturday Themed Soundtracks for Forgotten Films at Hollywood 1332 W Burnside St. $22.50 from box office or Ticketmaster. 21 and over.) 208 NW Third Ave $5.) 333 SW Park Ave. Oddball films underscored live by Northwest bands create an unusual mix of sound and cinema called Decomposer: Re- Men's Leather Night and Red Hanky Social at Gail's Dirty Duck. (9 pm-midnight Peacock Productions pre sents Let's Hear It for the Boys! at Darcelle XV. Rose Empress XXXIII Patti O'Dora and White Knight VII Ricky Fox* lead a pack of male performers shaking their thangs for the Audna M. Edwards Scholar ship Fund. (8:30 pm. Lesbian singer/song w riter Ellis croons at Sam Bond’s Garage in Eugene. Ariel Gore, founder o f Hip pagne glass/bubble bath finale. Yowza! (8 pm. It's bawdy1 It's gaudy1 It's Burtesquefest featuring Catherine D'lish at the Crystal Ballroom Classic striptease with giant cham- Watch Portland's own Mr. Gay Pnde David Krause model live for Mike Leckie. an Ore gon sculptor exhibiting new works in glass, bronze and stone, through June 6 at Elements Glass (6-830 pm. 1315 N W Overton St.) Fans of singer/songwriter Kim Townsend will want to catch her show at Café Union- town in Astoria. (8:30-10:30 pm. 218 W Marine Dnve. $3 ) 6 F riday Out Dancing's beginning tango class starts tonight and continues every Friday in June. Intermediate cha-cha follows. Arrive early to register. (7-8 pm tango, 8 9.15 pm cha-cha Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5. 503 236 5 129) 33 (8 pm. 222 S W Clay St. $31.50- $45 from TicketsWest.) Looking Ahead Portland Pride 2003 rages through W a te rfro n t Park on June 14 and 15. Sophie B. Hawkins headlines a wild w eekend o f entertainm ent w ith all the titil lating trim m ings that happen w hen queers o f all kinds gather in one place to party. (N oon-11 pm Saturday, noon-6 pm Sunday www. pridenw. org.) See On View and Onstage listings on Page 34. Check out more listings at www.justout.com! t