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lune 6.2003 32 Submissions should be sent to Ju st O U t Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293-0400; or faxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.jastout.com. Deadline ts 15 days before issue date ju s t O U t is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. 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 S E 6 Hawthorne Blvd. 503-972-2233 www. pdxbadgirls. net.) F riday It's sex and gender open mike night at the Back to Back Cafe. All genders, sexuali ties and ages welcome to read or listen. P-town becom es Beartown through June 8 for a weekend of hugs and tugs, beer and brunch. ($85 members, $1 0 0 nonmembers www oregonbears. o r g ) (7-9 pm 614 E Burnside St.) Every Tuesday is dyke night at W ine Down with live music by folk rocker Annie Portland’s own M r G a y Pride David Krause models live for gay Oregon sculptor Mike Leckie, w hose art is on exhibit at Elements Glass. (6-8 3 0 pm. 1315 N W Overton St.) Vergnetti (126 N E 28th Ave. 503-236-7068) il W ednesday Keshet is Hebrew for rainbow and the name of a monthly gathering of gay, lesbian, bi and . trans Jew s in the Portland area who meet for Shabbat potluck and services. Bnng a vege tarian/vegan dish. (6:30 pm. Call The Portland Area Business A sso cia tion holds annual board elections dunng its monthly luncheon at Greek Cuisina. ( 11:30 am -1 pm 404 S W Washington St. 503-226 7079, ext. 14, for location ) Don't spiral out of control.. attend a Gay For prices and reservations, call 503-241-2222 or visit www.paba.com.) Men's Labyrinth Walk and Evening Retreat at Friendly House. (7 pm. 1737 N W 26th Ave 503 2332026. ext. 3.) Explore how to fight right-wing bigotry during Radical Women s Pride M onth meeting at the Bread and R o s e s Center. Video screen ing of One Nation Under God, and a summer buffet available. (6.30 pm buffet f$6 dona 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 tion], 7 pm meeting. 819 N Killmgsworth St. 503-240-4462.) cha-cha. Com er of Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $ 5 503-236-5129.) Among three films screening tonight at Whitsell Auditonum as part of the Northwest Film C en ter's African Film Series is S u rre n d e r in which a Zanzibar man wrestles with his desire for a poor fisherman. (7.30 pm. 1219 S W Park Ave. $ 5 5 0 -$6 5 0 wwwnwfilm.org.) V Rhea Shapiro presents the one- woman performance art piece Queer Morm on group Affirmation plays host to a summer brunch potluck at Creation Gallery. (10 am. 8419 S E Clatsop Court. 7 S aturday 503-672-7787. alyson@saw.net.) Lesbians of Central Oregon gather for their monthly potluck in Bend. (Call 541-317-8457 for time and location.) •> • •F J \ | '**• % / ; f ' jm , ftl* i Mam St. 503-222-6151.) S o & S o Laboratories. Life is hap pening every moment. Will you be there? (8 pm. 2857 S E Stark St. Calling all b o ssy femmes and hard-ass tops, loud andro kids and bi-dykes with attitude. The Leebian Avengers need marshals for the Dyke March, and the training is today. (3 pm. Call $10 from 503 222-4478.) Seattle writer/performer David Schmader (remember Straight?) gives new insight into Paul Vertioeven's Showgirls at Clinton Street Theater (8 pm. Movie con tinues at 7 and 9 40 pm through June 12. 2522 S E Clinton St. $10 for Schm ader event, $4-$6 for other screenings.) D a n c in g o n the A tlan tic is a new theatrical, partially aenal, dance work through June 8 at Conduit Dance Studio's warehouse that visualizes ocean images and is accompanied by original live music (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday 2737 NW Neta St $12- $15 from 503-331-0436 ) ■ *. #• ¥ * *” 1 * ' * m « » T r - 503-888-4539 for location.) Urban folksters The Gypsy Moths play Touchstone C o f fee House. (7-9 pm 7631 N E Join divine Poison Waters for the Queen Rosarita Pageant at Sil verado (7 pm. 1217 S W A ;. & Ê ft n ',j T jffc • M - ( 4» The Northwest Film Center screens queer film festival veteran G ro u p Olympia director Marilyn Freeman will attend. (7:30 pm. 1219 S W 0 i 7 à • Park Ave. $6.50.) ÊB A m e r ic a n e x p a t to J a p a n t r a n s c e le b T e rre T h a e m lit z ’s s o u n d a n d v id e o w o r k is at S o u n d v i s i o n t h r o u g h J u n e 2 8 Pack your pants and stuff your bra for Skervy— Queer to the Bone! at the Cobalt Lounge, where hot homo humpin' takes on new curves— and a new night (8 pm-2 am. 32 N W Third Ave $399. free before 9 pm.) R o se Em press XXXVIII M isha calls the (pot)shots during the 14th annual Grand Floral Parade Party at Panorama O h and there’s a party and drag show, too. (9 am 3 pm 341 S W 10th Ave.) Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed G A L A Chorus celebrates diversity with Home-O-Ufe at Unitarian Universalist C ongre gation in Salem S e e June 8 for Corvallis show (8 pm. 5090 Center St N E $10.) New York smger/songwnter Edie Carey performs at dyke-owned Haven. (8 pm. 3551 S E Division St. $ 7 cover.) 8 S unday Ws» Stark St. N o cover.) - C .7ÌÀ * i : * Í î ' » » Legendary lyricist Tracy Chapman m akes music at « » »**» « 4 1 • Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. (8 pm. 222 S W Clay St. $31.50-$45 from box office or TicketsWest.) M onday Funky Portlander Tamara J. Brown plays at gay bar Crush (7 pm. 1412 S E M om son St.) least one day in advance) Be proud to volunteer' New faces are wel com e dunng Pride Northwest's volun teer orientation at Portland State Universi ty's Smith Center Multicultural Center (1 pm 1825 S W Broadway volunteer@pndenw o r g ) It's queer coronation time during the Gay Pride Pageant at Panorama Proceeds ben efit Pride Northwest (7 pm. 1035 S W Stark St. $ 1 2 suggested donation.) io T uesday Karen X. Tulchinsky sto p s by In Other W o rd s to read from Love and Other Fluins, the sequel to her popular lesbian novel Love Ruins Everything. (7 pm. 3734 S E Hawthorne B lv d ) « :« t • 1005 W Burnside St.) ■ tsr ♦ V * «* \ \ Com pared to Am y Ray and Lyle Lovett, Tucson gender-variant Namoli B rennet performs from hir recent C D B oy in a D re ss at Haven. (7:30 pm. 3551 S E Division St.) Buzzcocks slash their way back into your heart at Serbati s Pan with bi frontgu ju y Pete Shelley. (9.30 pm. 231 S W Ankeny St. $13.50 from Serbati's Restaurant or TicketsWest.) 12 T hursday O ver at Dante's, Poison W aters plays host to a Dysfunctional Family Feud between drag queens and O regon bears (6-8 pm. 1 S W Third Ave.) Last chance to see work by queer deaf (and hearing) artists at Haven during Queer Deaf & Hearing Coffee Night (7-10 pm 3551 S E Division St.) Beginning queer American Sign Lan guage classes start tonight. Intermediate and advanced levels begin this week, too, sponsored by Deaf & Hearing Out Reach (7-9 pm. Call for location. 503-235-0840. TTY 503 231-0921. queerasl@yahoo com.) N.im oli B re n n e t plans to be the f i r s t worn,in ever to w in .1 G r.im m y fo r B e s t Male Vocal ist. S e e h ir Ju n e 11 at Haven The w om en's Forest Group hikes Sheep C anyon's seven-mile moderate loop. D o g s and kids welcome (Call 503 659-2782 at f- ! F T Y T G Z E R O Clisan St. 503-262 7613.) l p i p " ' 1 i * ' If y o u 'v e ever loved a car, be sure to hear Seattle dyke driver Kate Lake read from her new book, Zero to Fifty: A Lifetime in the D river's Seat, at Powell's. (7:30 pm. with Home-O-Life at Unitarian Umversalist Fel lowship in Corvallis. (7 pm. 2945 N W Circle Blvd. $10.) Closet hip-hop dancer? Basic Rights Oregon wants you to join its Hip Hop Dance Team, which will premiere in this year's Pride parade. Rehearse at Devine Funk Stu dio. (2:30-4 3 0 pm. 811 S E D re a m s a n d S c e n e s , R a n t s a n d P r a y e r s through June 7 at ■Ff Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed G A L A Chorus celebrates diversity Founder of Hip Mama magazine and hom e town honey Ariel Gore reads from her new memoir, Atlas of the Human Heart, at Theatre W e st in Lincoln City. (7 pm 3536 S W High way 101 wwwanelgore.com.)