"drink sum" room, tem
porary Chinese tattoos
and music from DJ E.
Faw Proceeds benefit
Camp Starlight. (8 pm
North Interstate Avenue
between Tillamook and
Thompson streets. $20
from 503 244 3363 )
Los Angeles acoustic
goddess Tamaras
rocks dyke-owned coffee
spot Haven See Aug 1
for Corvallis show
(8 pm 3551 SE Division
St $5 donation.)
In Uniform presents the
Bikers & Boots Party
at the Eagle PDX and
Club XES. (9 pm
1300 W Bumside St.)
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If your belly's growling,
meet your fnends for the
monthly Bear Brunch
(11 am-1 pm. Visit
www.oregonbears.org for
location)
Pushdot Studio presents The Art of Storytelling:
Comics in the Digital Age, which includes Portlander
Chris Baldwin's bi heroine Bruno, through Aug. 1
memories during the One Year Anniver
sary Party at Cobalt Lounge. Break out
your pirate drag! (9 pm-2 am. 32 NW Third
Ave. $3 99 or free before 9 pm.)
Get chromo-somo-happy dunng the Oregon
Bears' monthly Double X Dance at C C.
Slaughters. (9 pm-midmght. 219 NW Davis St.)
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The women of the Forest Group do hike No. 2
in its GORGE-ous Summer Saturday Loops. Join
them for a moderate five-mile loop to Multnomah
and Wahkeena Falls. Dogs and kids welcome
(Call 503-659-2782 by July 25 to sign up )
Film Fatales meet monthly for single lesbians
older than 30 who enjoy watching movies. (Call
360-694 4163 for time and location )
Put on your dancing shoes for Out Dancing’s
monthly Dance Social at Ankeny Street
Studio. Lessons and refreshments included
(7-10 pm. Comer of Southeast Ninth Avenue
and Ankeny Street $8 503-236 5129.)
Set your mind free and send your body on
vacation at Alley Productions' annual queer
costume dance party. This year's theme is
Orient Excess -mystical fortune cookies, a
Chicks, fun, wine and
sun—it s 100 Chicks,
100 Bucks. Schmooze
with hip honeys in the
Northeast Portland gar
den of Gwenn Baldwin
and Diane Goodwin to
benefit Basic Rights Ore
gon If you don't have the
$100 now. you can pay it
monthly. Chicks of all
genders welcome1
(3-5:30 pm. 3203 NE
Knott St $100 Reserve
at 503-222 6151)
Piano-pounding Tori Amos and special
guest Ben Folds play under the stars at
Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene's Alton
Baker Park. (6 pm. Centennial Street and Leo
Hams Parkway. $41 50 from 541 682 5000 or
www.tickets.com)
The Alberta Street Public House becomes
“The Vivarium" on the last Sunday of every
month See cute queer trio Vivian's
Keeper in their natural habitat (7 10 pm
1036 NE Alberta St $5 All ages until
9 pm.)
Queer Night every Sunday at Level. (8 pm
13 NW Sixth Ave $3.)
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Join the Portland Frontrunners for a
three- to six-mile run. (6 30 pm June
503 819 4626 www portlandfrontrunners.org.)
Zimbabwe's best-selling musical artist. Oliver
Mtukudzi, who continues to fight the coun
try's vast AIDS epidemic, performs a free
concert at Nichols Bandshell in Roseburg s
Stewart Park See July 30 and 31 for Portland
and Albany shows. (7-9 pm 2000 NW Stew
art Parkway. 541-677-1708)
Blackbird plays host to Queer Night with
no cover (9 pm-2 30 am 3728 NE Sandy
Blvd 21 and over.)
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African musician and AIDS activist Oliver
Mtukudzi plays at the Oregon Zoo See
July 29 and 31 for Roseburg and Albany
engagements (7 pm 4001 SW Canyon
Road $9 includes
zoo admission )
Ranging from
straight up pop n
roll to New Orieans
jazz to folky frac
tured blues. Erin
McKeown takes
the spotlight at
Aladdin Theater.
(8 pm 3017 SE Mil
waukie Ave. $12
from box office or
Ticketmaster.)
The Egyptian Club s
karaoke room is
transformed by local
beach house rock for
the return of
Metro Rock
(9 pm. 3701 SE
Division St $3.
503-236-8689)
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Jennifer Budke opens her last Thursday
art show at the Egyptian Club with impulsive
and abstract paintings of the daily experi
ence. (6 pm 3701 SE Division
St 503 236 8689 )
Tonight and every Thursday, step up to the
Open Mike at 3 Fnends Coffeehouse, host
ed by Tamara J Brown. (630 pm signup,
7 pm open mike 201 SE 12th Ave)
Oliver Mtukudzi. a legendary artist of con
temporary Afncan music, plays a free concert
in Albany's Monteith Riverpark. See July 29
and 30 for dates in Roseburg and Portland
(7 pm 489 Water St NW )
You won't find it on your TV. but a trip to your
local dyke bar reveals E-Room Idol in full
swing with prizes for the winners and a raffle
for the watchers. Proceeds go to the Adidas
Playaz Club (8 pm registration. 3701 SE D ivi
sion St. $1 donation. $5 to compete
503-236 8689)
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SisterSpint celebrates the beginning of har
vest with a womens Lammas Campout &
Celebration through Aug 3 at Ffynnon Rhi-
annon ($30 for weekend Call 503-736 3297
for details)
Tamaras onngs her strong-brewed acoustic
music to the Beanery in Corvallis. (8 pm
500 SW Second St.)
Skervy remembers its first time during the One Year Anniversary Party on
July 25 at the Cobalt
Let your inner geek come out of the closet
when Skervy—Queer to the Bone!
opens up Cobalt Lounge for Nerd Night to
benefit TechnoDyke com (9 pm 2 am 32 NW
Third Ave $6 donation )
Throw on the chaps, lace up those boots and
cinch that corset Oregon Leather Pride
Week runs through Aug. 10. This annual
event sponsored by Portland Leather Alliance
and Blackout Leather Productions begins with
the fourth annual Leathers, Feathers and
Fur. a 21-and-over fetish ball at Fez Ballroom
(8 pm 316 SW 11th Ave $15
www pdxleatheralliance. org.)
Harness up for the Leather Social at Gail s
Dirty Duck, part of Oregon Leather Pride
Week. (9 pm-midmght
429 NW Third Ave.)
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Lesbians Enjoying Nature
and the Sciences are going
kayaking—probably in Scap
poose, maybe in the evening,
but definitely a good time (Judy
360-833 2545 or Anne
3606993014.)
Oregon Leather Pride Week
continues with a Kinky Auc
tion at Fez Ballroom Dane
mg, entertainment and a little
special something for the per
son who usually does your
bidding. (5-6 pm viewing,
6 8 30 pm auction.
316 SW 11th Ave
www. pdxleatheralliance org)
It's a Uniform & Buzzcuts party
with In Uniform at the Eagle PDX Haircuts
by Seattle's Patrick Bear, boots by Deb. It’s
part of Oregon Leather Pnde Week, and
proceeds benefit Outside In. (9 pm-2 am
1300 W Bumside St $4
www mum form. net.)
Get together with like-minded girls when Les
bians Enjoying Yazz meet at Crush (9 pm
1412 SE Momson St Kaity503 257 1325)
The Rosetown Ramblers and DJ Crystal
stomp up some action at their monthly coun
try western dance at Portland Metro Club
(9 30 pm 130 am 618 SE Alder St $5
www rosetownramblers, com)
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Portland Leather Alliance continues Oregon
Leather Pnde Week with demonstrations by
local S/M experts dunng Leather Tastings
at Panorama (Noon-4 pm. 341 SW 10th Ave
$3 $5 www pdxleatheralliance org)
All the way from Vallejo. Calif., gay
country/rock/pop singer Mark Weigie cele
brates Leather Pnde Week in Portland with a
concert at Embers Ms Oregon State Leather
Maria Webster opens (7 pm 110 NW
Broadway. $15 www markweigle.com)
Looking Ahead
Leather Pride Week continues through
Aug. 10 with movie night, family barbecue.
Mr & Ms Oregon State Leather contest, an
Erotica Show and more! Pick up the Aug. 1
edition of Just Out for complete details
See On View and Onstage listings on
Page 30.