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ON VIEW
p:ear gallery 809 SW Alder St., exhibits unusual
The Barnes t Noble Art Wall. 1720 N Jantzen
Beach, exhibits watercolor paintings and stained glass
work by lesbian artist Heron through Aug 31 Artist
reception is 7-8 30 pm Aug 8
work by Brooke MacKenzie Aug 7-15 Making up a
month of mythos are intricate, figurative creatures hid
ing in patterns of Victonan-era wallpaper, resulting in
visual labynnths that reveal a humorous mythology
MacKenzie. p ear youth and the music of March Forth1
combine for a rowdy opening 6-10 pm Aug 7.
Gay-owned Brian Marili Fin« Art. 2236 NE
Broadway, displays the absurd, humorous and entertain
mg work of painters Chuck Sites and Jim Newman in
Let 's Have Some Fun through Aug. 30.
Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave , pre
sents the Oregon Biennial through Sept 7 and The
Shape o f Color, sculpture from surreal Spanish artist
Joan Mirb through Sept. 21.
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 207 SW Pine St., premieres
Pushdot Studio. 830 NW 14th Ave . presents The
Art o f Storytelling . Comics in the Digital Age. a multi-
Twitch/Tremble/Tense. a new ¿how of video, monotypes
and photography by Portland Institute of Contemporary
Art director Kristy Edmunds through Aug. 30
Haven 3551 SE Division St., plays host to the mood
swings of painter Countess VonBergen through
Aug 23. One room features colorful paintings of flow
ers. insects and happy animals, while another holds a
senes of Elizabethan pussy portraits
Mark Woolley Gallery '2 0 NW Ninth A v e , plays
host to Portland gay celebnty Walt Curtis new and
selected acrylic paintings in Poet 's Choice through Aug. 2
artist exhibit with spots of queemess. through Aug 1.
Artist cooperative Talisman Gallery 1476 NE
Alberta St , plays host to its Second Anniversary Group
Show through Aug 24,
O N STAGE
The Broadway Rose Theater Company closes
THE BOYS NEXT DOOR
its summer season with
Pete n Keety through
Aug 17 Gay performer
Rich Lewis stars with
Sharon Maroney in the
title roles of this musical
comedy that spoofs the
married singing duos of
the 1960s. Staged by
gay director Abe
Reybold at Tigard's Deb
Fennell Auditonum (Call
for times 9000 SW
Durham Hoad $10-$ 19
from 503 6205262 or
www broadwayrose c o m )
The Brody Theater
presents Summer in
Brodavia, a double bill of
comedy and improvisa
tion, through Sept 6
Half o f the cast per
forms Del Close's clas
sic long form Harold, the
other presents a new
Brody-developed format
(9 pm Saturday
1904 N W 27th Ave $10
from 503-224-0688 or
www brodythealer com.)
Exotic Actors Guild
presents Chicken Soup
for the Hole through
Aug. 23 at Stark Raving
Theatre Onginal sketch Brooke MacKenzie *s
es. dances, strange bits
of expenmental comedy along with special appear
ances by homy raver girls, a rapping Jew and,
inevitably. God (10 30 pm Fnday and Saturday
2257 N W Raleigh S t $12 from 503-232-7072 or
www starkravmgtheatre. org.)
Eugene s Hult Center for the Performing Arts
also plays host to Sunny Side o f the S treet with
Broadway musical theater veteran and Oscar, Emmy
and Grammy winner Rita Moreno for one night
only Aug. 16. (7 30 pm 1 Eugene Center. $ 22 from
box office. 541-682-5000 o r www hultcenter org.)
Insight Out Theatre Collective in association
with triangle productions! presents One. an
onginal musical with book and lyncs by Wade
McCollum, the cool queer of Hedwig and the
Angry Inch fame Based loosely on Herman Hesse's
Siddhartha. the play follows a man's spiritual journey
to Oneness. Workshop performance with post-show
discussion Aug 3 at Theater! Theatre! Regular run is
Aug. 8-23 at Portland Community College's
Performing Arts Center ( Theater1 Theatre!: 7 30 pm.
3430 SE Belmont St. PCC Performing A rts Center:
7 3 0 pm Friday and Saturday. 12000 S W 49th Ave
$10-$15 sliding scale from 503-234-0973.)
by Marc Acito
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creatures hide out in Victorian-era wallpaper Aug. 7-15 at p:ear gallery
Liminal Performance Group presents late-night
performances of Samuel Beckett's avant-garde one-
act play Krapp s Last Tape through Aug 9. Painfully
hilanous comedy and gut-wrenching tragedy reveal an
ultra retro-modem Everyman through dialogue
between live actor and machine Space also includes
a visual arts installation by painter David Hayes fea
turing portraits of Beckett and work inspired by his
wntings. (1 0 3 0 pm Thursday-Saturday 403 N W Fifth
Ave $6 $ 15 sliding scale from 503-890-2993 or
www limmalgroup org.)
Oregon Festival of American Music presents
Broadway chestnut Guys and Dolls Aug 8-15 at
Eugene s Hult Center for the Performing Arts A musical
story of love, money and salvation in New York City.
(7 3 0 pm Wednesday and Fnday. 2:30 pm Sunday
I Eugene Center $18-$44 from box office. 5 4 1 -682
5000 or www hultcenter org.)
Performance Works Northwest holds a Richard
Foreman Mini Festival Aug. 8 and 9 These special edi
tions of Cabaret Boris 4 Natasha showcase more than
two dozen performers in unique staged versions of the
avant-garde playwright's text in performances.
(8 30 pm 4625 SE 67th Ave $15-$25 sliding scale or
$25 $40 for both shows from 503-777-1907 or
mfo&performanceworksnw o rg )
Portland Opera bnngs back to town the international
percussion, movement and comedy troupe Stomp
Aug. 12-17 at Keller Auditonum Transformed from
street performance to sell-out phenomenon. Stomp cre
ates infectious rhythms out of anything and everything
(Call for times 222 SW Clay St $10-$48 from box
office or Ticketmaster)
Quintessence Language and Imagination
Theatre itages Shakespeare s classic gender-bending
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Damn it. Janet, go to Astona to see The River
Theater s live stage version of The Rocky Horror
Show through Aug. 30. "Come out to the coast, dress
up and throw toast." (8 pm Thursday Saturday. 7 pm
Sunday Midnight shows Aug 16 and 23 230 W
Manne Drive $10-$15 from 503-325-7487
www nvertheater. com.)
triangle productions! revives its tnumphant
Drammy-winmng musical Hedwig and the Angry
Inch through Aug. 2 at Theater1 Theatre1 (Call for
times. 3430 SE Belmont St. $23-$30 from
503-239-5919 or TicketsWest )
B U L L E T IN BOARD
What do you think of Portland's Pride festival
and parade7 Like it7 Hate it? Want it to be differ
ent? Tired of just venting about it? Organizers at
Pride Northwest seek new board members to
shape the 2004 celebration. If you enjoy the accom
plishment of producing a large event, are committed
to working hard with a bunch of other fun folks and
would be excited to be part of a newly restructured
organization focusing on inclusiveness, board devel
opment and producing an unforgettable event, then
download an application from www pndenw org
Deadline is Aug. 15. (8/1)
Expenenced singers sought for Lesbianissimo i new
women's octet All onentations welcome, and members
will be selected based on vocal quality, blend, intonation
and sight-singing ability Contact Mary McCarty at
503-777-8621 or mccarty@q7.com. (8/15)
The Mautner Project seeks black lesbian and bisex
comedy As You Like It in University of Portland's Mago
Hunt Center through Aug 8 (Call for times 5000 N
Willamette Blvd $10-$12 from 503-285-2826 or
www.qkt.org.)
ual women 18 and older to participate in "Spirit Study,"
a national survey of African Amencan lesbian health
Complete survey at www spiritstudy org or call
202-332-5536 (8/15)
Quintessence Language and Imagination
Theatre also presents The Child Is Father o f the Man
Mountain Writers Series presents a vanety of
wntmg workshops Sept 16-Nov. 27, including
Lambda Award winning lesbian author Judith
Barrington s "Issues in Writing the Memoir" 9 am-
4 pm Nov. 22 and 10 am-4 pm Nov. 23 at Mountain
W nters Center. 3624 SE Milwaukie Ave For details
call 503 236-4854 or visit www mountainwnters org
through Aug 16 at University of Portland's Mago Hunt
Center This world premiere by Portland playwright
Connor Kerns features a gay man who loves poetry but
struggles with real-life relationships with the living and
the dead (Call for times 5000 N Willamette Blvd
$10-$12 from 503-285-2826 or www.qlit.org.)
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