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S aturday
Tacoma, Wash , novelist Brent Hartinger
stops by the Lloyd Center Barnes & Noble to
read from his new novel about queer teens in
contemporary times who form a Geography
Club. See July 19 for Corvallis date. (7 pm
503-249 0800)
Out of hidden streets and back alleys
emerges Portland's favonte nihilist Chuck
Palahniuk, reading from Fugitives &
Refugees: A Walk in Portland, his new book
that weaves history and legend with cheap
thnlls (including queer ones) of the Rose City.
(7 30 pm 1005 W Bumside St.)
Disjecta Gallery plays host to Les Petits
Rats two new performances by choreogra
phers Elizabeth Ward and Margery Fairchild,
through July 27. "Cockroach” converts musical
theater into movement theater, while “Chess
board Queens" makes a game out of impro
vised ballet. (8 pm Thursday-Sunday. 116 NE
Russell St $10-$ 12 from 503-781-6499 or
peartpith&hotmail com. July 24 performance is
free www conduit-pdx.org.)
Portland songstress. McKinley takes the
stage with fellow indie artist Deb Talan for a
joint CD release party at Aladdin Theater.
(8 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave $12 from box
office or Ticketmaster)
Conduit Dance co-director Tere Mathem and
guest artist Tiffany Mills share their repertory
rhythm through July 19 as part of Conduit’s
Summer Performance Festival Series
Party, dance and—whoo-hoo'—stay the night at
the third annual Big Ass Field Party a queer
starlit dance and slumber party in Eugene. (Dusk
til dawn. $4 donation, www dj tromc com/party)
For folks into B/D/S/M and those who love
them You will go to the Eugene Monday
Munch at McMenamins North Bank
(6 9 pm 22 Club Road. conradh@efn org.)
Brent Hartinger redefines queer onenteer-
ing when he reads from his new book, Geog
raphy Club, at Grassroots Books in Corvallis
See July 18 for Portland appearance. (3 pm.
227 SW Second St 541 754 7668)
I love you all* Portland Polyamory Circle
offers informal discussion of open relation
ships and commitment (7 pm. Call Laury at
503-285-4848 for location.)
Majesty (Nikki Jauron) performs at Touch
stone Coffee House with proceeds to benefit
TechnoDyke.com. (7 9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan
St Donations.)
Every Tuesday is dyke night at Wine Down
on 28th with live music by folk rocker Annie
Vergnetti (4 30-11:30 pm. music begins
Enjoy a summer night out during Queer
around 8 pm 126 NE 28th Ave.
503 236 7068)
Deaf and Hearing Coffee
Night at 3 Fnends Coffeehouse
Fagazine a new zine for faggots and those
who love 'em, is having a coming-out party
during Skervy—Queer to the Bone! at
Cobalt Lounge Rotating DJs and scandalous
performers. (9 pm-2 am 32 NW Third Ave.
$6 sliding scale.)
It's a nice night for a stroll
around the city with the
Adventure Group And
while you're out. why not fol
low it up with dinner?
(630 pm. 503-452 5680
www adventuregroup org.)
(7 9 pm 201 SE 12th Ave
dhor@deafvision. net.)
The Oregon Bears hold their
monthly Bear Bust at Gail's Dirty
Duck. (8 11 pm 429 NW Third
Ave. $8 $10.)
Jumpin jee-ho-so-phat1 Crystal's
Country Jam sidles into the Port
land Metro Club Lessons, dancing
and plenty of colorful country charm
(8-9 pm lessons, 9 pm-1 am dancing
618 SE Alder St $5, $8 with lessons )
Oy vey. is this woman funny already
or what7 Well, yadda yadda yadda and two
days later, we re still laughing. Helen Rose
nau Oregon's own Jewish fairy godmother,
dispenses her irreverent wisdom at Keshet, a
monthly gathenng for sexual mmonty Jews
(3 pm Call 503 226-7079. ext 14. for location )
Say something1 Say any
thing1 Open mike night
at dyke owned coffee shop
Haven (8 10 pm 3551 SE
Division St.)
Fantasies come true as gay
boys Dan Johnson and
Bill Wells hit all the nght
notes in their new cabaret.
Pure Imagination, at Wilf's
Restaurant & Piano Bar.
(730 pm 800 NW Sixth
Ave. $10 from 503-223 0070.)
“Cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious" is what Liz
Phair has been called, and she s in Portland at
Crystal Ballroom. (9 pm. 1332 W Bumside St
$17.50 from box office or Ticketmaster.)
Play with the gay and gay-friendly Pinochle
Group any Sunday at Hobo's. (6 pm
W ednesday
120 NW Third Ave George 503 760 1248.)
If you think you’re so smart, then meet up
with othei Lesbians with Degrees at
Crush. (6 pm. 1412 SE Momson St
lesbianswdegrees-subscnbe@yahoo.com
subscnbe to listserv )
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Seattle dyke musician Brandi Carlile
excites the crowd at the Egyptian Club. (8 pm
3701 SE Division St $5)
'
Rollin rollin' rollin' , keep those queers a-rollin'
Every third Monday is Rosetown Ramblers' Gay
Skate Night at Oaks Park (7 30-9 30 pm East
end of the Sellwood Bridge. $5)
Games, women, ice breakers, single women,
conversation, single lesbian women, snacks All
dunng Dating Night at It's My Pleasure, pre
sented in conjunction with the Lesbian Commu
nity Project. (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave Sign up
at 503 227 0605 )
See July 25 for final senes performances.
(8 pm 918 SW Yamhill St 4401 $12-$14 from
503-221-5857 or www conduit-pdx.org.)
Tantalize your mind, body and spirit with erotic
tales by a variety of writers at Darklady's
Parlor of Passionate Prose Feel free to
bnng a snack or dessert to share. (8 pm.
602 NE Prescott St $10 $20 sliding scale
RSVP to darklady@darklady.com.)
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Acoustic funk-ess Anne Weiss, redneck hip
pie Danny Dollinger and delta blues boy
Joe McMurrian jam for a free, all ages and
nonsmoking gig at Burlingame Pizza (6-8 pm
111 SW Ash St. 503 232-1720)
humor." It's all in The Concrete Sky by Port
land gay author Marshall Moore that
snarky, buzz-cut guy with the tattoos who
reads from his new tome at Annie Blooms
Books. (7:30 pm. 7834 SW Capitol Highway )
¡Si! It’s Latino Night at C.C. Slaughters. (8 pm-
midnight 219 NW Davis St 503-248-9135 )
Harlyn Aizley author of Buying Dad: One
The enchanting
Tori Amos
plays Eugene's
Cuthbert
Amohitnea’-f'
on July 27
Woman 's Search for the Perfect Sperm
E)onor, reads at In Other Words. (7 pm
3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
Due to popular demand, gay crooner Steven
Nash tjnngs back his cabaret Over the Top
to Wilfs Restaurant & Piano Bar Some new
matenal. but the same old fun (730 pm.
800 NW Sixth Ave $10 from 503 223-0070.)
Join the Portland Area Business Asso
ciation tor a night out to see Hedwig and the
Angry Inch at Theater1 Theatre! Star
Wade McCollum joins a private,
cash-bar reception after the perfor
mance. (8 pm 3430 SE Belmont St
$24 from www paba com)
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T hursday
Homegrown gay street poet/pamter
and all around nut Walt Curtis gath
ers fnends to read in his “Communi
ty of Poets" at Mark Wo>
Gallery, in the midst of his current ret
rospective exhibition Poet 's Choice
(7 pm 120 NW Ninth Ave 4210
www markwoolley com)
"Family trauma dirty money mur
der mental hospitals deep dark
Rights Task Force while knockin' down a
few pins at Grand Central Bowl. (8 pm.
808 SE Momson St lgirtfpdx@hotmail com.)
Conduit Dance presents work by choreog
rapher Carla Mann and composer Heather
Perkins that examines human vulnerability, fail
ings and beauty through July 26 as part of
Conduit's Summer Dance Festival
Series (8 pm 918 SW Yamhill St #401.
$12 $ 14 from 503 221-5857. ext 3.)
annual organizing meeting and potluck Bnng
topic discussion ideas to the Broadway Coffee
Trader Living Room (7-9 pm 2130 NE Broad
way $3 donation portlandbiwomen@attbi com )
Mr and Ms Oregon State Leather Mack
McCall and Maria Webster throw a party
to conclude their reign and set the stage for
Leather Pride Week beginning Aug. 1 Raffle,
auction and lots of fun at the Eagle PDX.
(9 pm 1300 W Bumside St $4)
You re invited to socialize with members of
the Lesbian and Gay Immigration
Remember your first time7 Skervy—Queer to
the Bone1 sure does, and it's reliving the
Portland Bisexual Women hold their semi