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
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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
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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 )
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punk/folk rocker and mines Phranc
plays the Crystal Ballroom on Dec. 19
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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? (9 pm
3701 SE Division St $5 )
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