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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