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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 2003)
august 1.2003 Submissions should be sent t< ju s t o u t Calendar, P.O. Box 14-400, Portland, O R ^7293-0400; or taxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com. Deadline is 15 days before issue date Just o ut is published on the first and th ird Friday of each month. A ll addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. august 1 F riday challenging routes of diffenng lengths along the Historic Columbia Highway Trail (8-10 am 21 -and-over crêpene restau rant and bar (9 pm -1 am Senator Mark 0 Hatfield West Trailhead $25 503 283 8535 www fnendspwa org/nde.) 1011 NW 16th Ave.) So that's how it's done1 Portland Leather Alliance continues Oregon Leather Pnde Week with demonstrations by local S/M experts dunny Leather Tastings at Panora ma (Noon 4 pm. 341 SW 10th Ave $3-$5) Break out your Hawaiian shirt, sunglasses and flip-flops for Red Cap Garage's Back Yard BBQ G iveaw ay every Sunday through Aug 24 Picnic food, summer cocktails, com plimentary mug and ticket for an end-of-month raffle (Noon 6 pm 1025 SW Stark St $10) Anything goes on Sundays w ith Sheila throughout August at NorthBank Tavern in Vancouver, Wash. (4 9 pm 106 W Sixth Ave.) Fire up the photocopier for the annual P o rt land Zine S ym posium through Aug 3 at Portland State University. “ It Takes All Kinds” is the theme of this year's free conference and social exploring facets (including queer ones) of underground publishing through workshops, tabling, film screenings and panel discussions, (www pdxzmes com.) Sex and the City creator C andace Bush- nell reads from Trading Up, her latest con temporary comedy o f manners, at Powell's. _________________________________ 4 M onday M ust be A ugust: The Lesbian C om m unity P ro je ct's 18th annual W omen's S o ftb a ll Tournam ent spends the w eekend at P ra irie Fields Comer o f Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5 503 236-5129.) (6 30 pm. 1005 W Burnside St.) Out Dancing's b eginn ing c o u n try tw o- step class starts tonight and continues every Fnday in August. Intermediate swing fol lows. (7 8 pm two-step, 8 9:15 pm swing 3 ^ o SisterSpirit celebrates the beginning of harvest with a women's Lammas Campout & Cele bration through Aug 3 at Ffynnon Rhiannon ($30 for weekend. Call 503 736-3297 for details.) ? | All the way from Vallejo. Calif., gay country/rock/pop singer M ark W eigle cele- brates Leather Pride Week in Portland with a concert at Embers. Ms. Oregon State Leather M aria W ebster opens. (7 pm. 110 NW Broadway $15 www markweigle com.) Tamaras brings her strong-brewed acoustic music to the Beanery in Corvallis. (8 pm. 500 SW Second St.) Got your chaps7 Boots7 Corsets? Watch for O regon Leather P ride Week through Aug. 10. This annual event sponsored by Port land Leather Alliance and Blackout Leather Productions begins with the fourth annual Leathers, Feathers & Fur, a 21 -and-over fetish ball at Fez Ballroom. (8 pm 316 SW try w estern dance at Portland M etro Club. Bay Area musician Mark Weigle puts in an appearance. (9 30 pm 130 am 618 SE Alder St $5. www rosetownramblers.com.) 3 S unday Good things happen when the Lesbian C om m unity P ro je c t meets the first M on day of every month at Haven. (7 pm. 3551 SE Division St ) M other Kali's Books in Eugene. Bring three poems to read and compete, or just come to hangout. (7:30pm. 720E 13thAve. Squeeze your hot buns into those cool biker shorts for a nde to benefit the Friends o f Peo ple w ith AIDS Foundation Choose easy to Oui, oui, mon chene . it’s Q ueer N ig h t every Monday at Le Happy, the ultra-cool, Whip it up dunng the Leather Fam ily B a r becue at Pavilion D of the Washington Park Rose Garden Bring something to grill and a side dish to share. Sponsored by Blackout Leather Productions. (6 9 pm 400 SW Kingston Ave info@blackoutleather.org.) Queer-owned Blend Coffeehouse+Cafe invites all loudmouths to its first open m ike (but w ithout the mike, so speak up and enun ciate). Share poetry, spoken word or a deep, dark secret. (7 9 pm. 2327 E Burnside St ) Good to the last drop Young Men's C o f fee Talk meets every Wednesday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (8-10 pm 201 SE 12th Ave.) 7 T hursday 8 F riday Batter up! Through Aug 10, the Lesbian Community Project offers its 18th annual W om en's S o ftb a ll Tournam ent with 32 teams and more than 400 players competing at Praine Fields in Brush Prairie, Wash Camp ing, concessions and booths but, sadly, no dogs allowed (6 9 pm Fnday, 8 am 8 30 pm N ature and S cience (Judy 360-833 2545 or Anne 360 699 3014 ) Oregon Leather Pride Week continues with a K in ky A u c tio n at Fez Ballroom Dancing, entertainment and the chance to pick up that | little special something for the person who usually does your bidding. (5-6 pm viewing, 6 8 30 pm auction 316 SW 11th Ave www pdxleatheralliance. org. ) Saturday, 8 am-5 pm Sunday Call 503-227 0605 for directions Call 360-254 4263 for camping info ) Check out the competition dunng the M r. & M s. O regon S tate Leather C o n te sta n t M eet t G reet at Embers, sponsored by Eugene's Lesbian Social Group gathers at McMenamms North Bank (5 pm. 22 Club Road ) Blackout Leather Productions Then stay for the E rotica S how that's accompanied by a traveling display from Chicago's Leather Archives & Museum (5 6 pm meet and greet, Dnnk in the cool and delicious Pink M artini at Town Center Park during Wilsonvtlle Celebra tion Days See Aug 16 for a Bend perform ance (630 pm 29600 SW Park Place Free ) 7-9 pm show 110 NW Broadway $5.) The Lesbian C onnectio n meets every second Fnday for dinner at the food court of Eugene's Fifth Street Public M arket (5.30 pm Viki Parker appears at Haven (830-10 30 pm 3551 SE Division St $3 donation ) 296 E Fifth St. Bonnie 541683 2793 ) Lesbians Enjoying Y a u meet at Crush (9 pm 1412 SE Momson St Kaity 503 257 1325) P o rtla n d Bisexual Women discuss “Coming out to myself How did I, do I. or will I know7 “ in the Broadway Coffee Trader Liv ing Room (7 9 pm. 2130 NE Broadway $3 • " Sir, yes, sir! I will go to the U n ifo rm & B u zzC u ts party with InUmform net at the Eagle Haircuts by Seattle's Patrick Bear, ‘boots by BootBlack Deb. music by Mark Weigle It's part of Oregon Leather Pnde Week, and proceeds benefit Outside In. (9 pm 2 am 1300 W Burnside St $4.) The Rosetown Ramblers and DJ Crystal stomp up some action at their monthly coun- [ 6 W ednesday Hawthorne Btvd. $15 from TicketsWest.) Go kayaking with Lesbians Enjoying Chuck S ites' co lo rfu l landscapes jo in Jim Newm an's playful graphics at Brian M arki Fine A rt through Aug. 30 Pass notes to cute guys at M isha's M ake A -D ate every Tuesday at Boxxes. (9 pm 1035 SW Stark St ) Australian abonginal singer/songwriters (and lesbians) K e rria n n e Cox and L o rra e C o f fin perform at Artichoke Music Backgate Stage through Aug 8 (8 pm. 3130 SE 2 S aturday mm title and location Free ) Sovereign Rose Court as part of Oregon Leather Pnde Week. (8 pm. 110 NW Broadway $5.) Tighten up your harness for the Leather Social at Gail's Dirty Duck, part of Oregon Leather Pnde Week. (9 pm-midnight 429 NW Third Ave.) - Oregon Leather Pnde Week continues with Portland Leather Alliance’s m ovie n ig h t (7-10 pm. Visit www pdxleatheralhance.org for Ray drag dominatnx dunng the Leather & Lace Show at Embers. Sponsored by the Impenal (9 pm-2 am 32 NW Third Ave. $6 donation.) > 7631 NEGIisan St $10.) 541 343 4864) Tape up your glasses and dig out your pocket protector when Skervy— Queer to the Bone! pre sents Nerd Night to benefit TechnoDyke.com. » If you're at Touchstone Coffee House tonight, seek out Manah Redwood for a ta ro t re a d ing It's all in the cards. (630-8 30 pm. Slam p o e try p a rty every first Monday at 11th Ave. $15 www.pdxleatheralhance.org.) ¡U, •' • . V 5. T uesday donation portlandbiwomen@comcast. net.) Get the dirt when The G ossip plays N octur nal Sleetmute Nightmute and Paradise Island open (8 pm 1800 E Burnside St $8 from TicketsWest or at the door ) C heer up, A m erica! Have some C hicken S oup fo r the H ole th ro u g h A ug. 23 at S ta rk Raving Theatre. Performance W orks NorthW est holds a Richard Foreman Mini-Festival through Aug 9 showcasing more than tw o dozen per
