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december 5.2003 » J u s t Join queer artist Heyd Fontenot at Disjecta Gallery on Dec. 14 for the closing of B lo o d S u g a r o f th e Lam b Galloway & Luckett perform at the Gate way Starbucks. (7 pm. 10112 NE Halsey St ) Groupies of the Portland Gay Men's Cho rus will want to follow them on their Home for the Holidays tn-county tour. Seasonal favorites, new treats, audience sing-along. Tonight they're in St Anne's Chapel at Maryl- hurst University. See Dec. 13 and 14 for other locations. (8 pm. 17600 Pacific Highway $12 $25 from 503 226-2588 or www.pdxgmc org.) Join Deaf & Heanng OUT Reach for Queer Deaf & Hearing Coffee Night at Haven (7 10 pm. 3551 SE Division St 503-235 0840 TTY/voice dhor@deafvisionnet.) Pull on those cowboy boots and tip your hat to Crystal's Country Jam at Portland Metro Club (8-9 pm lessons. 9 p m 1 am dancing. 618 SE Alder St $5. $8 with lessons.) Pnnce Silas Battenberg and Princess Miss Anel View invite you to the Imperial Prince and Princess Ball 2003 and Investitures Inferno through Dec. 14. Opens tonight with a Friends and Family Show it Embers, fol lowed by Ariel's Martini Party at C.C. Find out what’s bruin with the Oregon Bears during the monthly Bear Bust at Gail s Dirty Duck (8 11 pm 429 NW Third Ave $8 members. $10 nonmembers.) Slaughters. (8 pm. Embers: 110 NW Broadway. C.C Slaughters: 219 NW Davis St $3 donation ) Just-outed Portland author Chuck Palahniuk attends Clinton Street Theater's showing of Postcards from the Future: The Chuck Palahniuk Documentary. Filmmakers conduct a Q & A after the screening (8 30 pm 2522 SE Clinton St $ 8 ) Sleater-Kinney rocks an all-ages show at Crystal Ballroom. (9 pm. 1332 W Burnside St $10 from box office or Ticketmaster.) 13 S aturday Hit the slopes with Deaf & Heanng OUT Reach for a day of snowboarding and skiing ¿it Mount Hood Meadows. (503-235 0840 TTY/voice, dhor@deafvision.net.) Put your money where e you i heart is when Bndge- port United Church of f C Chnst h ris plays host to The Mindful Gifts Bazaar a holi day sale with meaningful and affordable gifts from more than 50 Portland nonprofits. Uve music and refreshments. (10 am- 4 pm 621 NE 76th Ave.) The Rocky Horror Picture Show ;very Saturday at Clinton Street Theater. (Midnight 2522 SE Clinton St $6.) 2i S unday Whether you're an art aficionado or girl skirt- chaser, see and be seen at the opening reception of Six in One: A Fuckin’ Dyke Art Show it In Other Words. Lesbian artists express themselves through canvas, clay, paper, wood and scrap glass in this exhibit, which continues through Jan. 30. (7-9 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) ° (7 pm 316 SW 11th Ave. | $15 www rosecourt.org) ® Go “ From Cheap to Chic" i during Full Circle Temple's C heap A rt Auction at Hip Chicks Do Wine Music, entertainment, refreshments and art donat ed by Portland artists in a family-fnendly environment. (7-10 pm. 4510 SE 23rd Ave www fullcircletemple.org.) Queer author Rick Whitaker discusses the books that have altered his perception Dec. 8 at Powell's D inner at M y House fo r O u r House a fund-raiser series for Our House of Port land, sets out an Indian feast among the many treasures in the 1924 W est Hills home of antique dealers Margianne and Arthur Erickson. (7 pm. $100. To make reservations or for a brochure listing all dinners, call 503 736 9 2 7 6 ) ater pop for the soulful and starry- eyed at 3 Fnends Coffeehouse (7 3 0 pm 201 SE 12th Ave. www.rorymer- nttstitt.com ) Princess Ball & Investi- g tures at Fez Ballroom. The annual Holiday Bobble group art sale features 15 artists with a variety of unique gift ideas through Dec. 14 at It’s a Beautiful Pizza. ( 10 am-6 pm. 3341 SE Bel mont S t) w inter solstice celebration in search of a way to bring light, understanding and peace to a troubled world (6 pm. Call 503-736 3297 fo r location. $5 $ 10 donation.) Rory M erritt Stitt plays the Spritz some Windex on those glass slip pers, honey, and grab your Pnnce Charm ing for the Imperial Sovereign Rose Court's Imperial Prince and ry SisterSpirit's annual Festival of Lights: M nem osyny, M o th e r of the M uses is a inclusive by empowenng low-income and socially isolated wnters, unveils its newest anthology dur ing A WRAP Reading it First Congregational Church. (6-830 pm. 1126 SW Park Ave Free.) Founding mother B ernice Johnson Reagon makes her final Oregon appearance with the group she has led for 30 years when S w eet Honey in the Rock fuses blues, gospel, jazz, rap, field holler and fire at Eugene's Hult Center. (8 pm. 1 Eugene Center. $27 50 $36 from box office. 541 682-5000 or www. ci. eugene. or. us/hult.) The Portland Gay Men's Chorus :on- tinues to spread good cheer during its Home for the Holidays tour Tonight they gather at Portland's Westminster Pres byterian Church See Dec. 12 and 14 for other locations. (8 pm. 1624 NE Hancock St $12 $25 from 503 226 2588 or www pdxgm c.org) 14 S unday Who knows what you might find when the Imper ial Sovereign Rose Court concludes its Impenal Pnnce and Pnncess Ball & Investitures festivities with The Emperor's Tree Hunt it Gail s Dirty Duck (10 am 429 NW Third Ave www.rosecourt.org ) If you're a girl who can run m heels and simply loves to be fabulous, don't miss the new swanky soiree Tart ¿it Holocene every second Sunday (4 9 pm 1001 SE Momson St $5 ) Gay artist Od display dt 8K < of Ms Portland W rite Around Portland vtfxch w orks toward mak mg com m unities more Cedar Hills Unit ed Church of Christ marks the final stop on the Portland Gay Men's Chorus Home for the Hoi idays tour. See Dec 12 and 13 for other locations (8 pm 11695 SW Park Way $12-$25 from 503 226 2588 or www pdxgmc. org.) is M onday Who's got the glue gun? Dykes Do Crafts every Monday at Touchstone Coffee House. (6 9 pm 7631 NE Ghsan St.) Check your either/or at the door when the Polyamory Circle presents a casual discus sion of “The Expanded Family and the Holi days " (7-9 pm Call 503-285-4848 for location ) Pretend you can't stop, and you'll be sure to land a date any third Monday dunng Rose- town Ramblers Gay Skate Night at Oaks Park This month's raffle benefits Pnde North west And don't forget to bring a nonpensh- able food item for Esther's Pantry (7 30 9 30 pm 1 SE Spokane St $5 ) 16 T uesday Step lively with Tess Harden, who leads a GLBT group run/w alk every Tuesday from Portland Running & Walking Co All lev els welcome (53 0 pm 800 SE Grand Ave 503 232 8 077) The Portland Baroque Orchestra ore sents Handel's Messiah through Dec 22 at Lewis & Clark College's Agnes Flanagan Chapel. (3 pm Sunday, 7.30 pm Monday 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road. $17 $47 from 503-222-6000 or www.pbo org.) F riday I is, __________________ Keshet, the monthly gathering for Jewish sexual minorities, sponsors a Hanukkah party with a klezmer band, latkes and a gift exchange. Bring a vegetarian dish to share. Sponsored by Jewish Family & Child Serv ice. (6 30 pm. David 503 226 7079 www. gayjewishportland. com.) All American Jewish lesbian folk singer Phranc pairs up with acoustic alt-rocker John Doe for a 21 -and-over evening of boisterous music from the Los Angeles punk scene at Lola's Room. (7 pm. 1332 W Burnside S t $10 $15 from box office or Ticketmaster.) Hallelujah' The Portland Baroque Orchestra presents a fresh new interpreta tion of Handel's Messiah through Dec 20 at First Baptist Church See Dec 21 for addi tional performances. (7:30 pm 909 SW 11th Ave $17 $47 from 503 222 6000 or www pbo.org.) Caffeine and queers , yes, together we can plan to take over the world dunng Queer Night at Out of the Fog Coffee House in Eugene. (8 30 pm 450 Willamette St 541 687 0709) The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court decrees you should attend a White Party at Level to benefit the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center Cash prize for best costume. (10 pm. 13 N W Sixth Ave. $10.) The drag kings are back with brand new acts. DK PDX in As Amencan as Apple Pie at Holocene. (8 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St $5 sliding scale. 21 and over ) S aturday Abdill-Ellis Community Center plays host to the third annual C hristm as Potluck at First Congregational Church in Ashland The Rogue Valley Gay Men's Chorus and a gift exchange keep spirits high. Bring a dish to share (6 pm. 717 Siskiyou Blvd 541 488 6 9 9 0 ) 1 • J fu ur ..... ravonro «lowisn Duicn punk/folk rocker and mines Phranc plays the Crystal Ballroom on Dec. 19 - *> ' - ' Looking Ahead Catholic Chanties AIDS Ministry and St Cynl's Pansh of Wilsonville play host to a hol iday dinner for people living with HIV at Portland's All Saints Catholic Church (Noon 384 7 NE Glisan St For reservations call 503 963 8 10 2) Check out more listings at w w w .justout.com ! The HollyTones -etum to W ilfs Restaurant & Piano Bar with a new Christmas Cabaret •eatunng jazzy renditions of tradi tional and hip holiday fare (7 30 and 9 3 0 pm 800 NW Sixth Ave. $10 from 503 223 0070.) is T hursday Naked wine tasting it Crush every third Thursday Decanted bottles, practically naked servers and you (6 9 pm 1412 SE Momson St $12 ) Skip the tired o f company Chnstmas party in favor of the Egyptian Club : Gender Ben der Variety Show Drag kings, fire dancers and more Now who's boss? 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