aprii 16, 2004 . J u s t Q « t 31
Bethroot Gwynn presents her performance
documentary Women: The Longest Revo
lution at Portland State University's School of
Business auditonum. Special appearances by
Portlanders Ann Mussey and Naomi Morena.
Proceeds benefit the Lesbian Community Pro
ject and In Other Words (7.30 pm. 631 SW
queer burlesque at Holocene, followed by
UK
DJs Zanne and Stormy. (8 pm. 1001 SE M o r
rison St. $ 3 in w ild couture. $ 6 w ithout.)
3 ) M onday
Hamson St. $8-$15 from 503-232-6003 )
Radical queer wnter and editor M a ttild a (aka
Matt Bernstein Sycamore) reads from her lat
est anthology, D angerous Fam ilies: Q ueer
W hting on Surviving, at Bloomsbury Books in
Ashland. (7:30 pm. 290 E M ain S t.)
i t \ It’s time for Another Intimate
Evening with Dina Martina at Echo
Theatre featuring inexplicable hilarity and
cabaret delights. (8 pm. 1515 SE 37th Ave. $15
from The Gold Door, Balloons on Broadway or
TicketsW est.)
4 ) T uesday
Don your toga or other such gown for
Aphrodite, a q u e e r p ro m at Portland State
University's Smith Memorial Student Union
Ballroom. (8 pm -m idnight. 1825 S W B road
Queer author M a ttild a (aka M att Bern
stein Sycamore) reads from D angerous
Fam ilies: Q ueer W ritin g on S urviving at
Twenty-Third Avenue Books. (7 .3 0 pm .
way. $7-$9 from box o ffice o r Ticketm aster.
qa.pdx.edu.)
1015 N W 2 3 rd A ve .)
25) S unday
5 ) W ednesday
Paddle Lewis River to Gee Creek with O ut-
K ayaking N o rth w e s t (503-231-2632
W hite B ird presents Paul T aylor Dance
Company, which celebrates 50 years of
www. outkayakingnw. com. )
.
Join the women of the Forest G roup for a
10-mile hike at Banks-Veronia Linear State
Park. Dogs on a leash and kids welcome.
(503-659-2782.)
Sunday morning jazz with the Noah P e te r
son duo at Haven. (11 am-1 pm.
28 ) W ednesday
Bring your own creation or just come to watch
at the open mike-style video screening
B ro a d ca st at Newspace. (7 pm. 1632 SE
Portland's own sexy, sassy queer pop rocker
A shleigh Flynn jams at Mississippi Pizza
Pub. (7 pm. 3552 N M ississippi A ve.)
10th Ave. $5 w ww .m ythm edia.org.)
3551 SE D ivision S t.)
$5 donation. 503-233-2026.
www. interfaithspiritualcenter. com. )
As part of Sexual Assault Aware
ness Month, Portland Women's
Crisis Line facilitates a healing
and release c irc le at Laurel-
hurst Park for all self-identified
women who have been affected
by sexual assault. Meet near the
restrooms. (2 pm.
Queer bluegrass trio S neakin’ O ut plays
Haven. (8 pm. 3551 SE D ivision S t.)
S torm Large and The Balls and Dahlia
play the all-ages club Nocturnal.
(4 pm. 120 N W Third Ave.
www. cruisecontrolpdx. com .)
How much trouble can one middle-aged
housewife get into? T he T a le o f th e A lle r g is t's
W ife opens April 23 at Theater! Theatre!
Down home with Darcelle XV! Portland’s
premier drag queen & company give a per
formance of Glitz V Glamour to benefit
Linnton Community Center. (7 pm.
10920 N W S t. H elens Road. $ 2 0 from
Linnton Feed and Seed.
com m unitycenter@ Hnnton.com .)
Queer girl glam-a-rama club D iva at
Holocene. Surprise performances and DJs
Zanne and Suga spinning world and hip-hop
beats. (5-10 pm . 1001 SE M o rriso n St. $ 5 .)
27 T uesday
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In Other Words presents The Last W ord
O pen M ike Zine Read Come sign up to
read or just listen. (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne
B lvd click_patterdale@ yahoo.com .)
7 )
F riday
O u t D a n c in g s beginning nightclub two-
step starts tonight and continues every Fri
day in May at Ankeny Street Studio. Level
swing follows. (7 -8 pm tw o -ste p ($ 2 0 fo r
m onth], 8 -9 pm sw ing l$ 3 2 fo r m onth].
S o u th e a st N in th A venue and A n ke n y
S tre e t. 503-236-5129.
2 am. 4575 N Channel Ave. $20
from In O ther W ords o r Touch
stone C offee H ouse.)
Burnside St. $6.)
Dance with the masses dunng Q uarters
N ig h t at C.C. Slaugh
ters, (219 N W Davis
St. $ 2 .)
30 ) F riday
Make some noise! The
Northwest Women's
Music Celebration's
M usic and M other-
lode is through May 2
at YMCA Camp Collins,
40 minutes east of
Portland ($165 Regis
te r at 503 266 3148 o r
www m otherlode
m usic.com )
Join gay M orm on
group Affirmation for
opening night of Latter
Days at Cinema 21
S ierra Lonepine B riano's Tutti Frutti is on display at Abbey
Cafe th ro u g h A p ril 30
(M eet outside at
6 3 0 pm 616 N W 21st
A ve Jason
9714093463
alyson@ affirm ation o rg )
Check out the film / Exist: V oices from
the Lesbian and Gay M iddle East
ern Community in the U .S . at The
Know. Proceeds benefit queer Seattle film
maker Basil Shadid’s upcoming film W nting
A venue and A n ke n y S tre e t. $5.
5 0 3 -2 3 6 -5 1 2 9 .)
9 ) S unday
Drink in (cocktails, scenery), nibble (food, ears)
and shake (hands, your booty) during Tart at
Holocene. (4-9 pm. 1001 SE M orrison St. $ 5 .)
(7 pm. Kevin kfranken8@ yahoo.com.)
Queer musician/seductress Tara Jane
O 'N e il plays Nocturnal. Antietam and Davies
vs. Dresch open. All ages (8 pm. 1800 E
from It's M y Pleasure, In O ther W ords o r P ort
land S tate U niversity Women s Resource Cen
ter. www.fatgir1speaks.com.)
Kick up your heels at Out Dancing’s month
ly D ance S o c ia l second Saturdays at
Ankeny Street Studio. Lesson and refresh
ments included. (7 -1 0 pm . S o u th e a st N inth
It’s GLBT M ovie N ig h t every Thursday in
Eugene. Tonight watch the Frasier episode
“The Matchmaker" and The C elluloid Closet.
Twenty-Third Avenue Books hosts
A nderson F errell reading from his novel
Have You Heard, about a small town Southern
man in a red dress suit and fake Chanel purse
who knocks off a nght-wing politician.
performances by Fat!So? author M arilyn
Wann, queer punker performance goddess
Nom y Lamm award-winning poet Ro Deezy
and much more. (1 pm. 8 N W Sixth Ave. $10
Hom e. (8 pm . 2 0 2 6 N E A lb e rta S t. $ 5 $ 10
slid in g sca le .)
Shake it for the Women in the
Woods scholarship fund dunng
a lesbian dance p a rty at
Shenanigans. DJ Lauren, food,
door pnzes and a raffle. (8 pm-
29 ) T hursday
(7:30 pm. 1015 N W 23rd A ve.)
l
o r Ticketm aster.)
(9 pm. 1800 E Burnside St. $6.)
503-232-9751.)
Wonder where all the other sin
gle lesbians are? Find out at
C ru is e C o n tro l PDX. a les
bian quick-dating party at Hobo's.
Online registration required.
All spiritual traditions are invited to the Gay
M en's L a b yrin th W alk at St. Philip Neri
Catholic Church. Includes meditation, sharing
and social time. (7-9 pm. 2408 SE 16th Ave.
innovative dance at Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall. The program includes Taylor s celebrated
new work “ Promethean Fire. " (7 :3 0 pm.
1037 SW Broadway. $18-$39 from box o ffice
So much to do at the Sexual
Minority Youth Resource Cen
ter-m entorship, drop-in center,
support groups. Do some good and
sign up for vo lu n te e r tra in in g to affect the
lives of queer youth. (10 am-5 pm. 2100 SE
Belm ont S t 503-223-5907.)
Drive your queer wheels on over to the Mil-
waukie Chevron station for a car-w ash
fu n d -ra ise r to benefit Silent Dragons, Deaf
& Hearing OUT Reach's dragon boat team.
(10 am-4 pm. 15710 SE M cLoughlin B lvd
dhor@ deafvision. net.)
Carpenters Local 247 sponsors the May
Day 2004 ra lly and m arch at the North
Park Blocks downtown. Health care! Jobs!
Right to organize! (Noon speakers, 2 pm
march. 503 289 9632.)
Hip-hip-hurrah for p ear's second birthday1 Cel
ebrate two years of bnngmg art to homeless
youth in Portland dunng p:ear blossoms II —
growing upward at Holocene. Highlights
include excerpts from M ike Barber s "ten
tiny dances, " Aviator aerial dance and DJs E3,
Anjali and The Incredible Kid. (6 30 pm
perform ances. 9 30 pm dancing 1001 SE M or
nson-St. $60 a person, $100 a couple or $10
a fte r 9 30 pm from 503 228-6677.)
2 ) S unday
•Y Sparkleheart's Burly-Q Underground
presents Extra Virgin, an evening of
Looking Ahead
If your own Jewish grandmother hasn’t set you
up on any good dates lately, QLAND and C.C.
Slaughters team up to present a Yenta
M atchm aking Party for men, hosted by Poi
son Waters. (9 pm-midnight. 219 N W Davis S t.)
8 ) S aturday
, Celebrate women of substance dur
ing FatGiri Speaks: A
C elebration of Size.
Self & Sexuality it Rose
land Theater. An all-day event
with workshops, a fashion
show, a FatGiri Kissing
Booth, an after-party and
Staunchly raunchy Canadian punkstress
Peaches plays Roseland Theater on
May 13. All ages. (8 p m 8 N W S ixth Ave
$15 from Roseland G rill o r TicketsW est.)
C h e ck o u t m ore lis tin g s
a t w w w .ju s to u t.c o m !
"F in d a nice man,
already, y o u 're b rea kin g
my heart!" Let Q LA N D
help you out during its
Yenta Matchmaking P arty
on May 7 at C .C .
Slaughters.