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
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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
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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
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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 )
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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 )
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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)
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(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!
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