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Lesbians with Degrees meets every
first and third Sunday. (6.30 pm.
503-233-3557.)
The Portland Gay Men's Chorus
presents Vive la Compagnie! with just a
cavalcade of special guests— Margie
Boulé, Poison Waters Susannah
Mars, Diane Syrcle and even more—
at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium.
Proceeds benefit the group's travel to
the Gay and Lesbian Association of
Choruses International Festival in
Montreal. (7 pm. 3203 SE Woodstock
Blvd. $12-$25 from 503-226-2588 or
www.pdxgmc.org.)
Find out what kind of crazy «shit qoe«s on
at a Sandra Bernhard concert
Feb. 12 and 13 at the Roseland
Hazel celebrates its 12th birthday with queer dar
ling Tara Jane O'Neil and Davies vs. Dresch at
the Meow Meow. (8 pm 320 SE Second Ave.)
Put on your dancing shoes and swing on over
to Rose City Swing's i'll Take Romance
Dance at Portland Metro Club, featuring
vocalist Carol Reise and Misha's Make-A-Date.
(8 pm. 618 SE Alder St. $10 from Gai-Pied.)
For the more devilish, Rose Empress VI
Marne hosts the 20th annual Valentines
from Hell, Battered Broadway at
Embers. Proceeds benefit the Pride of
the Rose Scholarship Fund. (8 pm.
110 N W Broadway. $5 donation.)
Every Sunday is queer night at Level.
(8 pm. 13 N W Sixth Ave. $3.)
It's Gender Bender night during In-flick-tion
at Holocene with a showing of By Hook or by
Crook. Breakdown’s queer DJs follow with hip-
hop, electrónica and rock. (8 pm movie. 10 pm
dance party. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5. $3 if
you dress to theme, e_puppet@yahoo.com.)
It’s Gay and Lesbian Audience Night at the
Portland Center Stage production of 36 Views.
directed by gay playwright Chay Yew, at
Welcome Myshkin and The Dolly
Ranchers to Alberta Street Public
House for a lesbolicious country-
rockin' good time. (8 pm. 1036 NE
Alberta St. $5-$8 sliding scale.)
Don’t be scared, someone's sure to hold your
(ahem) hand during Blackout at Steam fea
turing a midnight show by Unzipped magazine
cover model Johnny Hazzard. (10 pm lights
out. 2885 NE Sandy Blvd. $8-$25 membership
plus locker or room rental, students half-price
www. steamportland. com.)
The Rocky H orror Picture Show every
Saturday at Clinton Street Theater. (Midnight.
2522 SE Clinton St. $6.)
15 ) S unday
Warm up that blood with some distance
training or a trail run with the Portland
Frontrunners any Sunday morning. (9 am.
Gary info@portlandfrontrunners. org.)
The citywide celebration
of the 50th anniversary
of Merce Cunningham Dance
Company culminates in a
Feb. 11 performance at
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
224 N W 13th Ave. $25 from 503-231-5759
u or info@equityfoundation.org.)
D innerG rrls-P D X hosts an introduc
Burlesque, trapeze, fire eaters,
body contortionists, DJs Carrion
and Catalyst, two floors of
vinyl-clad go-go dancers, play area,
1,500 people and music by
Dismantle, Scar Tissue, Kandles at
Nine, Popewyrm and Julian Tulip’s
Licorice. Must be the Fetish
Masquerade Ball at Roseland
Theater. (8 pm. 8 N W Sixth Ave.
$20 from Roseland Grill or
TicketsWest. For help getting
dressed, call 503-224-2604.)
Out Dancing’s monthly Dance
Social moves to the second Satur
day of the month at Ankeny Street
Studio. Lesson and refreshments
included. (7-10 pm. Southeast Ninth
Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5.
503-236-5129.)
Wieden + Kennedy, honoring Karen
Keeney and Terry Bean (5:30-8 pm.
Newmark Theatre. Art, artifice, a couple of
Sapphic sisters and a courtesan’s erotic diary
all get tangled in this tale of deceit in the Asian
art market. (7.30 pm. 1111 SW Broadway.
$27 50-$46 from box office or 503-274-6588 )
16 ) M onday
Dykes Do Crafts every Monday at Touchstone
Coffee House. (6-9 pm 7631 NEGIisan St.)
Bnng a nonperishable food item for Esther's
Pantry to the Rosetown Ramblers' monthly
Roller Skating Party (7.30-9 30 pm.
1 SE Spokane St. $5.)
Breakdown every Tuesday at Cobalt
Lounge with DJs and various impromptu
shenanigans. Queer-O-Rama. (9 pm. 32 NW
Third Ave. Donations.)
Portland Polyamory Circle welcomes all
Leave it to fate at Misha's Make-A-Date
free every Tuesday at Boxxes. (9 pm.
1035 S W Stark St.)
sexual orientations to this monthly discussion
group. (7 pm. Laury 503-285-4848 )
17) T uesday
18) W ednesday
Revel in that bnsk winter air dunng your City
Walk with the Adventure Group. (6:30 pm.
Because It's Time! Lloyd Center Barnes
& Noble's monthly discussion group for
queers, discusses gay travel and looks at
Damron guides for gay and lesbian travelers
(7 pm. 503-249-0845.)
503-452 5680 www.adventuregroup.org.)
Crystal's Coun
try Jam at Port
tory session to the women's networking
organization. (6 .4 5 -7 pm introduction,
7-9 pm potluck. $5. Reserve
at www.évité.com /portland®
dinnergrrls. org/february. )
land Metro Club.
Lessons, dancing, lassoing, etc. (8-9 pm
lessons, 9 pm -1 am dancing. 618 SE Alder St.
$5, $8 with lessons.)
Acclaimed Northwest writer Barry
Lopez reads from his own Vintage
Lopez and presents the new Vintage
Hughes, collected writings of queer
Harlem Renaissance man Langston
Hughes, at Powell's. (7:30 pm.
1005 W Burnside St.)
Shake it up, baby, and join the Mardi Gras
Bacchanal Cajun feast by Donald Falk and
Harold Rains as part of Dinner at My
House for Our House a fund-raiser senes
for Our House of Portland. (6.30 pm. $100
For reservations or a brochure listing all din
ners, call 503-736-9276.)
The indefinably bizarre cabaret act
House of C unt takes over Wild
Abandon & The Red Velvet Lounge
through Feb. 20. Dining, drinking,
debauchery! Shows repeat Feb. 26 and
27. (8 :3 0 pm Thursday. 10.30pm
Friday. 2411 SE Belmont St. $10 from
503-232-4458.)
Queer artist R. Keaney Rathbun's work is part of
Waterstone Gallery's massive group show through Feb. 29
Git on over to
The best of all worlds Drag King
Bingo K araoke N ight at the Egypt
ian Club. Open format karaoke madness
with bingo games in rotation. Costumes
and drag attire encouraged. No cover.
(9 pm. 3701 SE Division St.)
It's Quarters Night at C.C. Slaughters,
which appears to have become the Thursday
night place to be. (219 N W Davis St.)
F riday
Don't miss nationally celebrated queer perfor
mance artist Tim M iller in his new one-man
show Us at Echo Theatre. Post-show recep
tion benefits the Lesbian and Gay Immigration
Rights Task Force. (8 pm. 1515 SE 37th Ave
$16 from Gai-Pied. Gold Door. Music Millen
nium or TicketsWest. $5 reception.)
22) S unday
Join the women of the Forest Group on a
snowshoe hike in Mount Hood's Barlow
Pass. Dogs welcome. (503-659-2782.)
Meet Nicki of the Lesbian Garden Club
just inside the ticket booth for a guided tour
of the Japanese Gardens. (1 pm. 611 SW
Kingston Ave. $6.50 )
Always a good time, Church of the
Poison Mind on Sundays at Silverado
(4-9 pm. 1217 S W Stark St.)
Kick o ff the 12th annual
U niversity of O regon
Q u eer Film Festival with
a screening o f the Argentine
lesbian film Suddenly in
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall
followed by an opening night
reception. (7 pm.
14th Avenue and
Kincaid Street $5 festival
pass. Get a full schedule at
www. uoregon. edu/~qff. )
Such nice boys,
and what a good
cause: Trebor
Healey (right)
and Jim
Tushinski
lead a Feb. 8
workshop for
queer students
in Eugene
Say your piece at Blend coffeehouse during
open mike every first and third Wednesday.
(7-9 pm. 2327 E Burnside St.)
Cascade Zydeco plays host to queer-
friendly zydeco dance lessons
Wednesday nights at Alberta Street Public
House. (7:15 pm lesson, 8-10 pm dance
1036 NE Alberta St. $2.)
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What's brewin' with the boyz7 Find out during
Young Men's Coffee Talk every Wednes
day at 3 Friends Coffeehouse (8-10 pm.
201 SE 12th Ave )
19 ) T hursday
I Equity Foundation presents its fourth annual
Investm ents in Dignity Aw ards at
2i) S aturday
Get ready for spnng with the women at OWL
Farm in Days Creek during a daylong work
shop on fruit tree pruning (9 30 am
2 pm. Cory 541 -643 2565 or Renee
541 955 4 6 3 6 )
Queer Deaf & Hearing Coffee Night at
3 Fnends Coffeehouse. (7-9 pm 201 SE 12th
Ave 503-235 0840 voice
dhor@deafvision.net.)
Warm up dunna the hot and spicy Oregon
Bears annual Chili Feed at Gail s Dirty
Duck (6-8 pm Chili Feed. 8-11 pm Bear
i Bust 429 N W Third Ave $8 members.
$10 nonmembers)
The gay pinochle group meets every Sun
day at Hobo's. Come play cards and meet the
gang. (6 pm. 120 N W Third Ave Mike
503-203 8 4 2 6 )
Spin out those sequins and hook up your
hot pants for TechnoDyke.corn's fourth
annual birthday bash This sultry, spark
ly Studio 54 tnbute party at Holocene fea
tures DK PDX raffle pnzes, dancing and
TheatErotica Red Hot Book Revue (7 pm
1001 SE Momson St $3 with disco garb.
$5 without.)
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