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# ¡37 W eekly W o rld News and Portland Center Stage: your first choices fo r news and entertainment. B a t B oy: The M u s ic a l runs through Nov. 23 at Newmark Theatre. Q ueer pop tno Vivian's K eep er celebrate their long-awaited C D Solid Ground at the Fez Ballroom N icole Cam pbell Band \ opens (9 pm 316 S W 11th Ave. $5. 21 and over.) 2i F riday Acoustic dyke duo Terra return to Touchstone Coffee House. (7 9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St.) Renowned gay author Edmund White reads from his new tome, Fanny: A Fiction, the quirky tale of how Mrs. Frances Trollope wntes the biography o f her dear fnend and radical feminist Fanny Wright, at Powell's. (7:30 pm 1005 W Jason Bradbury's Remnant.s o f Time look back from some distant future at Brian M ark! Fine A rt Burnside St.) PHOTO BY OWEN CAREY 2 Gyriz Performative Arts continues the Enter- active Language Festival with Language ma If you talk with your hands, visit Queer Deaf and Hearing Coffee Night at 3 Friends Lesbians with Degrees meet first and third Sundays at The Dive. (6:30 pm. 3145 SE Coffeehouse. (7-9 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave Hawthorne Blvd. 503-330-6963) travelers, Steady as She Goes Women's Adventures at Sea (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) 503-235 0840 voice dhor@deafvision.net.) Satori Men's Chorus presents Breaths at C'mon, you ol' poke— you best be gittin' on over to Crystal's Country Jam at Portland Metro Club. Lessons, dancing and plenty of boot-scootin’. (8-9pm lessons, 9 pm-1 am Unity Church of Portland, an evening of high lights from the past 10 years that marks the last concert for artistic director Ray Elliott. (7 pm, (8 pm. 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $5-$8.) Find bears in their natural habitat during the monthly Bear Bust at Gail's Dirty Duck. (8-11 pm. 429 N W Third Ave. $8-$10.) The super-talented Rory M erritt Stitt brings to 3 Friends Coffee House his “ piano-driven theater-pop for the soulful and starry-eyed." Awwww. (7:30 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave. $5.) 17 M onday You won’t be backed into a comer when you gather around the Portland Polyamory Cir cle for informal discussions of open relationships and commitment. (7 pm. Laury 503-285-4848.) Get there early for a seat when Minneapolis folk singer Ellis returns to Portland to make music at Mississippi Pizza Pub, (8.30 pm. 3552 N Mississippi Ave. $5.) Some guys make drag look glam, but not dunng the Hookers Ball, when tacky costumes reign at C.C. Slaughters. (9 pm. 219 NW Davis St.) before 10:30 pm, $8 after.) 16 S unday Gus Van Sant and Walt Curtis are among the many notables joining writer Ed McClana- han in A Tribute to Ken Kesey at Bagdad Theater. (5 pm. 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) M arylhurst U niversity students, faculty and com m unity authors are featured readers in Raising O ur Voices, Keeping the Peace, a free poetry event at the universi ty's bookstore in solidarity w ith Poets Against the War. Show your stripes when M iss Gay Oregon XXVIII Alycia Day plays host to Sash Bash 2 0 0 3 at Darcelle XV, with guest hostesses Empress X U V Poison Marie W aters and Empress XXXVI Maria. N et proceeds to benefit O ur House o f Portland. (8 pm. 208 N W 2 Gyriz Performative A rts continues the Enterac- tive Language Festi val with Language o f the Rubyfruit Jungle and the Sneaky Pie series author Rita Mae Brown visits Powell's in support of Full Cry, the third novel in her fox hunting senes. (7.30 pm. 1005 W Burnside St ) Music comes naturally during an acoustic evening with Mary Chapin Carpenter Shawn Colvin Patti Griffin and Dar Williams together onstage at Keller Auditorium. (7 pm 222 SW Clay St. $35-$45 from Ticketmaster.) Every third Monday is the Rosetown Ram blers' Gay Skate Night at Oaks Park. (7:30-9:30 pm 1 SE Spokane St $5.) is T uesday A ttention fags, dykes, trannies and w hores B reakdow n moves to Tuesdays at C obalt Lounge with N O cover (10 pm 2 am. 32 N W Third Ave.) 19 W ednesday “ O'“* ” * ' (8 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) Lesbian author and Seal Press founder B arbara Sjoholm (form erly Barbara W ilson) stops by In O th e r W ords to talk about her new book fo r armchair East 14th Avenue and Kincaid Street $3 $5.) HoHy Near Join* Cria Williamson for a trip Grab an espresso and get wired for Queer Night at Out of the Fog Coffee House in Eugene. (8.30 pm 450 “ Walk in a Wiccan Wonderland" at SisterSpint's Pagan celebration Yulefest through Nov. 23 at Washington County Fairground's Mam Exhibit Hall in Hillsboro. M usi cian Heather Alexander plus mer chants, entertainers, healers, read ers, food, raffle and more. (Warn Gay artist TJ Norris joins La Orquesta Lengua on Nov. 19 for a feast of art, sound and video during Language o f the Senses Senses featunng queer artist TJ Norris and live orchestrations from La Orquesta Lengua at Viscount Ball room. (8 30 pm. 722 E Burnside St. $5 $ 15. For complete schedule visit www.2gydz.org.) T hursday Dinner at My House for Our House, a fund raiser series for O ur House of Portland, continues with an international food adventure at the home o f Erin Rothrock and Aaron Cross. Celebrity chef John Newman cooks up a culinary journey. (6 pm. $125. To make reservations or for a brochure listing all din ners, call 503 736-9276.) 2 Gyriz Performative Arts continues the Enteractive Language Festival with Lan guage o f Silence l=Deathl, a (r)evolutionary adaptation o f the International Transgen der Day of Remembrance with Portland trans activist and singer/songwriter Lori Buck- waiter, Llewyn Maire, Nine, a public shnne and more at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. (7 30 pm 5340 N Interstate Ave For Throwing M uses' Kristin Hersh brings her nakedly acoustic music to Aladdin Theater with guests Howe Gelb and Andrew Bird (8 pm 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $15-$18 from box office or Ticketmaster.) music Aladdin Theater Enjoy a night out during Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social at Anke ny Street Studio. Lessons included (7-10 pm. Southeast Ninth Avenue and Anke ny Street $8 503 2 3 6 5 1 2 9 ) Willamette St. 541 687-0709.) S aturday complete schedule visit www 2gydz.org ) •S A The acoustic roots blues of Aric Riley makes Haven heaven. (7:30 pm. 17600 Pacific Highway, www. maryl hurst. edu/calendar.) Third Ave. $10.) iQué caliente! Too Hot to Handle is Latino night at Klub Z with host Mr. Gay Latino Oregon 2003 Caramel Delight. Join the likenesses of Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera, Shakira and oth ers to raise funds for a Dombecher Children’s Hospital child (Midnight 333 SW Park Ave. $6 3106 NE 64th Ave. $10. Register at 503-280-8080) 5340 N Interstate Ave. $7 from In Other Words. For completé schedule visit www 2gyrlz.org.) 4525 SE Stark St $10-$13 from 503-299-4454.) dancing. 618 SE Alder St. $5, $8 with lessons.) The Rose City Gay Freedom Band assembles at Hollywood Theatre for From Rus sia with Love, a mix of music by Russian com posers, including Modest Mussorgsky's evoca tive suite Pictures at an Exhibition. Choral com poser and conductor Joan Szymko hosts. Perfect your technique during the Strap- on Class at It's M y Pleasure. (7 pm. o f Paradox stamng the original gender outlaw Kate Born stein, joined by San Francisco- based performance artist Katastrophe and members of Portland's Sexual Minonty Youth Resource Center, through Nov 22 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (7.30 pm An interactive panel discussion follow s the screening o f D ildo D iaries a docum en tary that explores Texas obscenity and (form er) sodom y laws, in Room 180 o f Pnnce Lucien Campbell Hall at U niversity o f Oregon in Eugene A fund raiser fo r next year's U O Queer Film Festival. (6 pm. 6 pm Saturday, 11 am-5 pm Sun day 873 NE 34th Ave. $5-$10 donation, www.paganfaire.com ) Looking for ecological, socially responsible and health-onented gifts? Try sustainable shopping dur ing the Give Green! Holiday Gift Fair at the DoubleTree Hotel Convention Hall. (10 am-6 pm 1000 NE Multnomah St $3 or three nonper- ishable food items.) If you play your cards nght. you'll have a good deal of fun dunng the Gay Pinochle Touma ment at Hobo's. (4 30 10 pm. 120 N W Third Ave $10 in advance, $15 at the door Mike 5032038426.) Polish those boots and get to the Uniform & BuzzCuts party at the Eagle PDX Yup. Patrick Bear's cuttin' hair. ( 9 pm-2 am. 1300 W Burnside St $4 donation.) S unday Bring a vegetanan dish to Keshet s social potluck dinner Sponsored by Jewish Family & Child Service (5 pm. 503 226-7079, ext 14 www. gayjewishpodland. com.) Turn 20 w ith Just Out* Everyone is welcom e to the Just O u t 20th A nniversary Party at H ollyw ood Theatre. Birthday cake reception w ith art show and com m unity organizations precedes com edy perform ances by Karen W illiam s and Bob Smith. (5:30 pm reception. 7 pm performances 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $20 from It 's M y Pleasure o r Gai Pied.) See On View and Onstage listings on Page 38. Check out more listings at w w w .justout.com !