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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 2003)
36 J“ «« november 21. 2003 Brody Theater also presents just out is published on the first and third Friday of every month The deadline or submissions is 14 days prior to publication. outik about IS a free community service of just out Listing for events and announcements that are specifically relevant to sexual minorities in Oregon and southwest Washington is provided free of charge The calendar features events up to three weeks beyond the date of publication. Bulletin Board listings run for two issues. outreach listings of up to 50 words (not including contact information) are provided free of charge to organizations and groups specifically serving the sexual minorities community All listings are subject to editing, and inclusion is subject to space limitations, relevance and receipt by deadline Listings expire once a year (in Jyly), and submissions run from the date received until the next scheduled expiration date Listings are automatically deleted upon expiration To ensure uninterrupted listing, please submit updated information at least a month prior to the expiration date Send listings to just out (attn Calendar) PO Box 14400 Portland. OR 97293-0400 Fax submissions to 503-236-1257 or e-mail justout@ justout.com Submissions cannot be accepted over the phone Please type your announcements and include full contact information. The Bards an improvised musi cal extravaganza in which scenes and stones break spon taneouslv into songs chorus lines even whole production numbers with words music and choreography created on the spot, through Dec 13 (10 30 pm Saturday 1904 NW 27th Ave $9 from 503 224 0688 or www brodytheater com ) C lark College stages The Laramie Protect through Nov 21 at the Frost Arts Center s Decker Theater m Vancouver. Wash (7 30 pm 1800 E McLoughlm Blvd $ 7 ) Do Jum p! Extremely P hysical Theatre opens its 26th season with a revival of Jump for Joy1 Dec 6 Jan 4 at Echo Theatre The company returns to the stage with its longest running, most popular production of aenal dance, laugh out loud humor and heart stopping surpnses (Call for times 1515 SE 37th Ave $15- $20 from Tickets West or 503 2 3 1-1232) G ra n t H igh S ch o o l shows ON V I E W Gay owned A lb e rta A rt* P avilion 2315 NE Alberta St . presents a Day o f the Dead Celebration through Nov 22 Portland and regional artists join in a collabora tive and culturally diverse exhibit that uses altars as a medium tor creative expression The A rt Nucleus (form erly Steel Pond Gallery). 1905 NW 26th Ave . introduces gay artist Ehren Adam s whose exhibit Plushy Huffer questions con- sumensm by repurposing plush toys as art objects sus pended forever m plastic resin, through Nov 26 Gay owned B rian M a rki Fine A rt. 2236 NE Broadway, plays host to the debut of painters Jason Bradbury and Brenda Smola through Nov 30 In Remnants o f Time, Bradbury matches fossils and machine age remnants Smola s The Space Between senes skews lime, suggesting that another space exists simultaneously with the pnmary image plane The seventh annual B ro o klyn A rt Walk is 10 am 6 pm Nov 22 and 23 and features 28 neighborhood artists For a tour brochure, stop by True Brew Coffee House. 3370 SE Milwaukie Ave D isje cta G allary 116 NE Russell S t. plays host to Austin. Texas, queer artist Hayd F onte not s Blood Sugar o f the Lamb through Dec 13 Fontenot s large scale work blends unique, somewhat surrealist, m ostly fantastical imagination w ith abstract humor and exis tential playfulness G uardino G allery 2939 NE Alberta St presents Little Things 3. a group showing m which 27 artists show tidbits no larger than 7 inches. Nov 28-Dec 30 Opening reception 6 9 pm Nov 28 Haven 3551 SE Division St , exhibits Faces in the Fields, a collection of photographs by Kathy Barron, through Nov 30 The new Haze G allery 6635 N Baltim ore St #211. presents Battle o f the A rtist Curators through Dec 31 In te rs ta te F ire h o u se C u ltu ra l C enter. 5340 N Interstate Ave , offers Mane Sivak's M erche s Pieta a multimedia installation o f carved stone, projected images and other item s that explore human loss and connection, and Rama Irmg s Mandala senes o f water colors and m etallic inks that express the kinetic beau The Tnumph o f French Painting, masterpieces of 17 th cen tury France from 18 different museums, through Jan 4 Big Love, a contem porary play with 1980s music based on the Greek tragedy The Suppliant Maidens and d irect ed by Claire o f the Moon star Trisha Todd, through Nov 22 (7 30 pm Fnday. 2 and 7 3 0 pm Saturday 2245 NE 36th Ave $ 8 ) SK Josefsberg S tud io 403 NW 11 th Ave . displays Imago Theatre presents Flowers, a floral themed photographic exhibition that includes work by queer artists A m * Svenson and Ron van Dongen Dec 3-Jan 10 Bighttlethings Dec 3-28 This followup to FROGZ features operatic ducks, hitchhiking rab bits. insomniac hippos and spies m dresses among the madcap characters (Call for times 17 SE Eighth Ave $14 $24 from 503 231 9 5 8 1) ty in numbers through Nov 26 A rtist talk 6- 7 30 pm Nov 26 p:aar g a lla ry 809 SW Alder St., exhibits iconoclast. paintings that combine abstraction and realism by young Portland artist Nicholas Walker, through Nov 28 Portland A rt Museum 1219 SW Park Ave . presents Queer owned S tu d io 2507 2507 SE Clinton St dis plays the work of artist couple Jacquline Hudbert and Steve Eichenberger through Nov 30 Artist-owned cooperative Talisman G allery 1476 NE Alberta St., shows through Nov 23 Putting the Pieces Together, carved and painted wood objects by Michael H de Forest, and Teachers and Guides, oil paintings by Marvella McPartland Foot Square in which no piece exceeds 12 inches, is Talisman s annual holiday show to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Nov 28- Dec 28. with silent auction and opening night recep tion 5 30-9 30 pm Nov 28 ON S T A G E Ashland s A rta tta c k T heater Ensemble presents Jeffrey. Paul Rudmck's gay comedy about sex and love in the age of AIDS, through Dec 1 (Call for tim es 310 Oak S t $ 1 5 $ IT from 541 482 6505 or www artattacktheater co m ) B ro a d A rts Theatre has extended Fat t Sassy <i tasty new musical about women of substance, fatphobia and who s getting nch oft America getting fat. through Nov 23 at the YWCA's Collins Center (7 30 pm Thursday Saturday. 2 pm Sunday 1111 SW 10th Ave $16 $20 from 503 288 5 1 8 1) B rody Theater presents Antiques Improv Show m which a duo of "e xpe rts' appraise objects brought to the performance by audience members, through Dec 20 (8 pm Friday and Saturday 1904 NW 27th Ave $ 1 2 1$10 if you bnng an item I from 503 224 0688 or www brodytheater co m ) Dyk^s To WafcJi Otu €lauu ¡Eli/fru/ utid the w w v . D y K « s T o V / a t c h O u f f o r - c o in Lightbox S tudio presents The Exception and the Rule through Nov 23 at Limmal Space The directors collabo rate to offer varied interpreta tions of the same Bertolt Brecht tale of a would be oil merchant slowly descending mto madness in his race across the desert (8 pm 403 NW Fifth Ave $7 from 503231 0839 or www lightboxstudio org.) P ortland Center S ta g * presents the off Broadway cult smash Bat Boy The M usical through Nov 23 at Newmark Theatre Wade M cC ollum of Hedwig and the Angry Inch fame along with cabaret cullress Susannah M ars send up tabloid hyperbole, musical comedies, horror movies and more in telling the story of what it means to feel like an outsider (Call for times 1111 SW Broadway $ I6 -$ 5 I from box office or 503 274 6 5 8 8) tria n g le p ro d u c tio n s ! stages Judy s Scary L ittle Chnstm as. a quirky and captivating mix o f camp, nostalgia and vintage variety show as Judy Garland returns fo r a TV Chnstm as special that includes Bing Crosby, Joan C raw ford. Ethel Merman, Liberace and, yes. even Richard Nixon. Nov 28 Dec 21 at Theater1 Theatre1 (C all fo r tim es 3430 SE Belm ont S t $ 17 $23 from 503 239 5919 ) episode BULLETIN BOARD C all fo r entries for University of Oregon's 12th annu al Queer Film Festival's sh o rt film co m p e titio n Feb 20-22. 2004 Cash awards, festival screening Dec 1 deadline Get details from darkwing uoregon e d u /-q ff (11/21) Call fo r entries to the 28th annual San Francisco Intern ation al Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 17-27. 2004 Audience awards, cashpnzes Submissions are doe Jan 5 Download entry forms from wwwframeline org/festival or call 415 703 8650 (12/5) Join a newly formed indoor women s or co-ed v o lle y ball team to play in the Portland Volleyball Association league Call Holly at 503 287 3485 (12/5) Parents are invited to bnng children between 5 and 11 to a free self-defense class 9-10 am Dec 6 or 13 at One with Heart. 4231 SE Hawthorne Blvd Kids develop self-confidence, calm awareness and respect for others through an Indonesian martial art called Poekoetan Reservations recommended at 503-231 1999 (12/5) Deaf & Heanng OUT Reach is forming a co-ed deaf and hearing Dragon Boat Team Both new and expen- enced padrflers welcome Interested in joining but don't sign yet7 Take a queer Amencan Sign Language class this winter For information call 503-235 0840 voice, e mail dhortSdeafvision net or visit www deafvision net (12/5) Through Dec 31. all donations to S isters o f the Road's A nn ive rsa ry P roject ire matched 50 cents per dollar by a private pool of individuals and business es to support lasting solutions to homelessness, hunger and poverty For details call Monica al 503 222 5694. ext 19, or visit www sistersoftheroadcafe org (12/5) R eca llin g a m ore innocent tim e: 199 !