Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013, November 07, 2003, Page 37, Image 37

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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
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