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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 2004)
* january [' 9 F riday Portland Bisexual Women gather for their semiannual organizing meeting and potluck in the Broadway Coffee Trader Living Room. Bring topic discussion ideas! (7-9 pm. 2130 NE Broadway. $3 donation. portlandbiwomen@comcast. net. ) Hey, wanna play rugby in Portland? Come to a discussion at C.C Slaughters with mem bers of Seattle’s gay men’s rugby team. (7 pm. 219 N W Davis St. seascrummer@comcast. net. ) White Bird presents the fascinating and provoca tive work of Portland's Oslund+Co. Dance at Portland State University's Lincoln Performance Hall. (8 pm. 1620 SW Park Ave. $12-$24 from box office or Ticketmaster.) Fridays are Queer Night in all-ages lounge Heaven. (W pm -4 am. 421 SW 10th Ave.) Blessed be the Portland Radical Faeries who gather Saturday mornings at 3 Fnends Coffee house. (9:30 am. 201 SE 12th Ave. otter@pcez.com.) Keep your new year’s resolution by joining the Adventure Group for a brisk morning CityWalk. (9 am. 503-452-5680. www adventuregroup. org.) Come early to decorate a crown or bring your own to SisterSpirit’s Women’s Maiden, Mother, Crone Celebration for women and children. (5:30 pm. Call 503-736-3297 for location. $5-$10 donation.) Submissions should be sent to jUSt o u t 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 ju s t o u t is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. Film Fatales a lesbian group for singles 30 and older, will meet at Hobo’s for dinner and a movie. (5:30 pm. 120 N W Third Ave. 360-694-4163.) The best of all worlds Drag King Bingo K araoke N ight at the Egyptian Club. Open format karaoke madness with bingo games in rotation. Costumes and drag attire encouraged. No cover. (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St.) Southern Oregon’s eighth annual Lambda Awards C elebration is in the Grand Ball room of Medford’s Red Lion Hotel, with dancing, a dessert buffet and performances by the Rogue Valley Gay Men's Chorus, Planned Parenthood Teen Theater and The Bad Street Guriz. Keynote address by Roey Thorpe of Basic Rights Oregon. (6 pm. 200 N Riverside Ave. $20. www. geocities, com/thecaucus.) Hear the gypsy-torch-punk music of Myshkin's Ruby Warblers at Produce Row Cafe. (9 pm. 201 SE Oak St. $2.) r/i6 Eugene lesbian group Women to Women gets together every Saturday at Neighbors. (6 pm 1417 Villard St.) Potluck in the new year with queer Mormon group One off the jew els in Portland's performing arts crown, OthiiMhCo. wane® Burst* o n to im Affirmation 6 pm. Call 971 -4093463 or\ e-mail alyson@affirmation.org for location.) Out Dancing’s monthly Dance Social moves to the second Saturday of every month at Ankeny Street Studio. Lesson and refreshments includ ed. (7-10 pm. Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street $5. 503-236-5129.) Ass-kickin' queers The Gossip play Nocturnal with the synthy new- wavings of Ima Robot and Robots in Disguise. All ages. (8 pm. 1800 E Burnside St. $8.) Shed plays dyke-owned coffee shop Haven. (8 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) i i S unday Get up, sleepyhead1 Cross-country skiing at Trillium Lake with the Adventure Group. (9 am. 503-280- 7827. www adventuregroup.org.) Lin co ln re rro rm a n c « A Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts pre sents Village Voice art critic Jerry Saltz talking about The Good, the Bad and the Very Bad: Ten Years in the Life o f a New York Art Chtic at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. (7 pm. 1620 SW Park Ave $10 from 503-242-1419.) Haven presents M aria Callahan's Variety Show (8 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) Hall stage Jan. 9 and 10 Sultry DJ dance beats, creative cocktails, scrumptious bites , and sweet girls at Holocene's swanky Tart, every second Sunday. (4-9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) Third Angle New Music Ensemble pre- r(i4 j W ednesday Radical Women hosts a commemorative Find fnendly folk into leather and kink during the Beaverton Sunday Munch at McMenamins Cedar Hills. (4 -7 pm. 2927 S W Cedar Hills Blvd.) Deal with the gay/gay-friendly pinochle group every Sunday at Hobo's. (6 pm. 120 N W Third Ave Mike 503-203-8426.) OK, smarty-pants, here's a group for you. Lesbians with Degrees meets every first and third Sunday of the month. (6.30 pm. Call 503 233 3557 for location.) 12 ¡M onday Dykes Do C rafts every Monday at Touchstone Coffee House. (6 9 pm 7631 NE Glisan St.) Bonsoir et bienvenue a Q ueer Night every Monday at Le Happy. Maybe you' even find a French kiss. (9 pm-1 am. 1011 N W 16th Ave.) 13 F riday ) T uesday Flex your quads! Join the Portland Frontrunners for a three- to six-mile run every Tuesday. (6:30 pm June 503-819 4626 www.portlandfrontrunners. org.) Bad Girls presents a Kinky Women's Welcoming Munch at Dingo's. For all kinky or questioning women 18 and older. (7-9 pm. 4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503 972-2233. www pdxbadgids. net.) Leam to scoot yer boots two- steppin' during Rounds About Port land's Taste of Round Dancing at Oak Grove Community Center No experience necessary; couples and singles welcome. Another taste Jan. 20 (7:30 pm 14496SE Cedar Ave Bob 5032315135 or Patty 503 234 7868) For a walk on the wilder side, head to Breakdown every Tuesday at Cobalt Lounge with four queer DJs, impromptu art and drama. (9 pm. 32 N W Third Ave. Donations.) Leather Night and Red Hanky Social at Gail’s Dirty Duck. (9 pm-midnight 439 NW Third Ave pdxsaltydg@aol c o m ) meeting in honor of Roe vs. Wade at the Bread and Roses Center. Get ready to strate- gize for the national March for Women’s Lives on April 25 in Washington, D C. (7 pm. 819 N Killingsworth St. $6 for buffet dinner. 503-240-4462.) Cascade Zydeco plays host to queer- friendly zydeco dance lessons Wednes day nights at Alberta Street Public House. (7:15 pm lesson. 8-10 pm dance. 1036 NE Alberta St. $2.) Portland Arts & Lectures presents former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. You might have heard him on Inflight Entertainment the last time you flew Delta1 (7.30 pm. 1037 S W Broadway. $5-$24 from 503 227-2583.) What's brewin' with the boyz? Find out dunng Young Men's CoHee Talk every Wednes day at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (8-10 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.) ’( is i T hursday Naked wine tasting at Crush every third Thursday. Decanted bottles, practically naked servers and you. Exquisite! (5 pm-midnight. 1412 SE Morrison St. $12.) sents Third Angle Verein at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. Based on 1918 arrange ments from Arnold Schoenberg's Society for Private Musical Performances, the production features Portland Youth Philharmonic conduc tor Mei-Ann Chen. (7:15 pm preconcert talk. 8 pm performance. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. $20 from TicketsWest.) Caffeine and queers...yes, the plot thickens during Queer Night at Out of the Fog Cof fee House in Eugene. (8.30 pm. 450 Willamette St. 541-687-0709.) What will Portland actor/crooner Wade McCollum of Hedwig and Bat Boy fame do next? How about a late-night, one-man show called To the Next—A Rock Cabaret on board the Portland Spirit? Yeah, sounds good. Also runs Jan. 23 and 30. (11 pm-1:30 am. $16 from 503-224-3900 or www.portlandspirit. com.) 17 S aturday Love Makes a Family presents Engage ment! Strategies for Talking About Same-Sex M arriage a free workshop on public speaking skills and engaging in dia logue in a way that transforms the communi ty, at Ainsworth United Church of Christ. (10 am-3 pm. 2941 NE Ainsworth St. Cecil 503 228-3892. cecilprescod@hotmail. com.) Portland Sexual Minority Yoga Alliance offers a sampling of its classes, chanting and medi tation during a free Yoga Open House at Re volved Heart Yoga Studio. (2-5 pm. 1318 NE Broadway. Reserve at 503-281-9772 or bart@stonewallschool.org. www. gayyogaportland. com.)