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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)