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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 2003)
2 6 1 “ ** december 5.2003 Submissions should he sent to ju s t out Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293-0400; or faxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com. Deadline is 14 days before issue date Just out is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. december also answer questions on topics such as social activism, gay mamage and motherhood Portland Center Stage returns Steve Wilkerson to Newmark Theatre for The SantaLand Diaries and A Christmas Memory 5 ) F riday (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) Boston's hit schlock opera Jesus Has Two Mommies screens at Hollywood Theatre, featuring folk/pop singers Faith Soloway, Catie Curtis, Jennifer Kimball (as Mary), Sean Staples (as Jesus) and Mede Perkins (as God). One night only to benefit Portland's The Portland Area Business Associa tion throws a holiday party with proceeds benefiting Our House of Portland. (7 pm. 6670 S W Rollmgwood Dnve, Beaverton. $ W Sexual Minority Youth Resource Cen ter Rad raffle, too. (8 pm. 4122 NE Sandy donation www paba com.) Blvd. $8 from In Other Words.) Third Angle New Music Ensemble pre i i ) T hursday sents electro/acoustic music with video and sonic musings in Sounds Electee at Wm- ningstad Theatre. (7 15 pm preconcert talk. 8 pm performance, t i l l S W Broadway _______________ .___________ Still shopping for a little something special7 Visit Le Happy for its Super Elf holiday trunk show. Among the designers is eclectic fashion fag Jonny Shultz Fashion W eek 2003's favorite Portland handbag designer), who brings a wide selection of colorful hats, scarves and, of course, indispensable hand bags. (7-9 pm. 1011 NW 16th Ave.) $18 SO $24 25 from TicketsWest.) Former bard of the land of M onty Python Eric Idle swings through Oregon on his "Greedy Bastard Tour" with a one-night stand in Eugene's Hult Center See Dec 8 for Portland show. (7:30 pm. I Eugene Center $35-$39 from box office, 5 4 1 682 5000 or www ci eugene. or. us/hult.) Sarah Dougher performs The Harper's Arrow, a 24-song cycle inspired by Homer's The Odyssey, at Pacific Switchboard. (7 pm. 4637 N Albina St $8.) It's City Fusion at Hip Chicks Do Wine through Dec. 6 DJ Vedic, 10 Portland artists, a fashion show by local designers and music by Johnny Cash cover artist Buck Dagger. Rufus W ainwright will make you swoon with a lyrical tug at your heart when he plays Aladdin Theater See Dec. 12 for Eugene appearance. (8 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. (1 pm midnight. 4510 SE 23rd Ave $3 $5. www hipchicksdowme. com.) Mellow out at Monteaux's Public House in Beaverton with bluesy dykes Galloway & Luckett (8 30 pm 16165 S W Regatta Lane.) Radical Women offer an eyewitness report from the September Women's W orid Forum in Solidarity with Venezuela at the Bread and Roses Center. (7 pm 819 N Killingsworth St. It’s a cinch to find fun dunng the men's 503-240-4462.) Leather Night and Red Hanky Social at Gail's Dirty Duck. (9 pm midnight. 439 NW Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus presents Winter Third Ave pdxsaltydg@aol com.) Song at Umtanan Universalist Congregation of Salem. See Dec. 7 fo r a Portland appearance. Pepe and the Bottle Blondes headline Rock for M ercy a 21 -and-over bash at Fez (8 pm 5090 Center St NE $10.) Ballroom to benefit Mercy Corps. Sharing the bill are BodyVox artistic director Jamey Hamp ton and alt marching band March Fourth. (9 pm 316 S W 11th Ave. $20 from Fastixx.) Street Public House (9 pm 1036 NE Alberta 7 ) S unday Join Deaf & Hearing OUT Reach for its first Dragon Boat Team meeting1 (For time and place call 503 235-08401voice] or e-mail dhor@deafvision net.) If winter weather makes you want to stay indoors, how about joining the fnendly Lesbians Enjoy ing Nature and Science for a game night/potluck7 Bnng any games, beverage or dish you want to share (5 pm 360699-3014 ) You're going anyway, so why not take an unwrapped toy and/or foodstuffs to Church of the Poison Mind at Silverado Poison will donate it all accordingly. (3-9 pm. 1217 S W Salem's Marionberry Salon holds a potluck discussion of Lifesaving by Judith Bar- nngton Newcomers welcome (5 30 pm Cary Stark St.) Gamer a sneak peak at the upcoming Port land Gay Men's Chorus holiday concert tour in a preview performance at Lincoln City's Chinook Winds Gaming and Convention Cen ter to benefit Coastal AIDS Network See Dec 12 for tour details. (4 pm. 1777 N W 44th 503 363 6036 manonberrysalon@aol.com ) Make a little merry dunng the Northwest Gender Alliance Holiday Party at the Hilton (6 30 pm reception. 7 30 pm dinner. 921 SW Fifth Ave $39 $43 from 503 533 8787 or nwga@nwgapdx.com.) f (4 pm. 4525 SE Stark St. $10 from In Other Words.) Park Ave. $12-$24 from Ticketmaster.) Lesbians with Degrees meet first and third Sundays at The Dive. f Tables are cleared for .- Dingo's Dance Party with DJ Mel the second The Oregon Bears pre sent the annual Teddy Bear Drive Show at Darcelle XV. Bring $5 or a new teddy bear to get in the door (7-11 pm. 208 NW Third Ave.) Thursday o f every month! (4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) 12 ) F riday Rufus Wainwright Urban Bush Women return to Portland Dec. 11-13 with the new show Shadow'» C hild a ) M onday Bad Girls presents a Kinky Women's Wel coming Munch at Dingo's For all kinky or questioning women 18 and older. (7 9 pm. 4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd 503 972-2233. www pdxbadgirls. net.) If you love a man who sings to you, then you’ll want to join the Portland Gay Men's Chorus for its Holiday Serenade C D release party at Hobo's. Complimentary hors d oeuvres (6-9 pm 120 NW Third A v e ) plays The Shedd in Eugene See Dec 11 for Portland appearance. (7:30 pm. 285 E Broad way. $22.50 $32 50 from 541 687-6526.) Portland Bisexual Women discuss the work and role of the Sexual Mmonty Youth Resource Center in the Broadway Coffee Trad er Living Room. (7-9 pm 2130 NE Broadway $3 donation, portlandbiwomen@comcast.net.) The fresh air will do you good Join the P ort land Frontrunners for a three- to six-mile run. (6:30 pm. June 503 819 4626 www.porttandfrontrunners org.) St $12 from 888 244 6665 > Not your mother's coffee klatch: The Lesbian Community Project hosts Coffee Night at I Haven (7 pm 3551 SE Division St.) Man o f letters Rick Whitaker reads from [ his new book. The First Time I Met Frank O Hara Reading Gay Amencan Wnters. at Powell s. (7 30 pm. 1005 W Burnside St.) j ' - ' I f J African and contemporary dance blend to tell the story of a Mozambique girl who moves with her family to the rural U S. South in Urban Bush Women s Shadow's Child, presented by White Bird through Dec. 13 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. (8 pm 1620 SW presents the concert Winter Song at Port land's Unity Church. (6:30 pm 3145 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503 3 3 0 6 9 6 3 ) St. $6 ) Pick up the pace and join the Adventure Group for a bnsk morning CityWalk. (9 am 503 452 5680 www adventuregroup. o rg ) $25 from Ticketmaster.) Stimulate your intellect! Myshkin's Ruby Warblers marry punk and jazz for a set with Carmina Luna at Alberta s ) S aturday Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed GALA Chorus f; (H /•; i Eric Idle who has wntten novels, sung operas, directed for television and done many other things unrelated to Monty Python, swings through Oregon on his “ Greedy Bastard Tour" with a one-night stand at Aladdin Theater (8 pm 3017 SE v ':' Warm up to Portland Center Stage's Gay and Lesbian Audience light, when queers fill the seats for the homo holiday classics The SantaLand Dianes and A Christ mas Memory at Newmark Theatre P ost show mingling and reception. (7 pm. 1111 SW Broadway $27.50 $46 from box office or 503-274 6588 ) The Holly Tones return to Wilf's Restaurant & Piano Bar with a new Christmas Cabaret featuring jazzy renditions o f tradi tional and hip holiday fare. See Dec 16 for additional performances (7 30 pm 800 NW Sixth Ave $10 from 503 223-0070.) Milwaukie Ave $52 50 from Ticketmaster) 9) T uesday 3 * mi of lii O ther Word»' Sfar In Onm a t a racaptfow Doc. 13. WomanTree s December Speaker Senes includes the free workshops Spiritual Prac tice for Dynamic Living and A Radical Notion—Living from Soul (6-9 pm 2641 NE Alberta St www womantree org ) Breakdown ¡very Tuesday at Cobalt Lounge with NO cover (10 pm 2 am 32 NW Third Ave io» W ednesday Author Dawn M enken reads from Speak Out1 Talking About Love. Sex and Eternity at In Other W ords The teacher and therapist will He's a lum berjack, and ha's in Oregon! Eric Idle comes to Eugene and Portland on Ms “Greedy Bastard Tour." (Bounds more like the tim ber industry, eh?)
