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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
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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.
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Tables are
cleared for
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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.)
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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
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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
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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)
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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?)