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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 2004)
) may 7_2QQ4 30 Submissions should be sent to ju st out Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293-0400; or faxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com. Deadline is 15 days before issue date ju st OUt is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. N e e d h e lp h u n tin g d o w n th e h o tte st hom o h a u n ts? L o o k fo r th e new Ju st Go O u t! lo g o I t ) F riday The Impenal Sovereign Court of the Emerald Empire kicks off Prince and Princess Ball 2004 weekend with a Friends and Family Show at Neighbors in Eugene (7 pm. 1417 Villard St. $5.) go Vout!/ Out Dancing s beginning nightclub two-step a p p e a r in g n e x t to e v e n t s e s p e c ia ll y re co m m e n d e d b y th e J u s t O u t a r t s s ta ff. starts tonight and continues every Friday in May at Ankeny Street Studio. Level II swing follows. (7-8 pm two-step 1$20 for month], 8 9 pm swing [$32 for month]. Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. 503 236-5129. out_dancmg@yahoo.com.) Queen of roots music Lorna Miller stops in at Haven for her monthly gig. (7:30 pm. 3551 S E Division S t.) at City Hall every Wednes day this month in which com munity members have three minutes to speak out on key issues. Today's topic: “Yerba Buena: Drugs in the Commu nity. ” (9:30-9 45 am 1220 S W Fifth Ave.) If your own Jew ish grandmother hasn't set you up on any good dates lately, Q-LAND and C .C . Slaughters team up to present a Yenta Matchmaking Party for men. (9 pm-midnight. 219 NW Davis S t.) lis t Leather Night and Red Hanky Social Back to Back collective cafe serves up opgp mike night every Wednesday. (7-9 pm. 614 E Burnside St.) at Gail's Dirty Duck every first and third Fri day. (9 pm-midnight. 439 N W Third Ave. dustm@pacifier. com .) Get your groove on during the Friday night hip-hop dance class with Tequila at the Egyptian Club, followed by D J Nada. (9 pm. 3701 S E Division S t.) [a) S aturday Paddle Sturgeon Lake on Sauvie Island with OutKayaking Northwest (503-231-2632. www.outkayakingnw.com.) \ The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Emerald Empire invites you to "Koo Koo in the Bayou" Prince and Princess Ball 2004 (11 am- 2 pm hospitality, 6 pm ball 1417 Villard St. $15.) Lesbians with Degrees meet first and ! third Saturdays at Dingos. (6:30 pm. 4612 S E j Hawthorne Blvd. 503-307-8982.) Celebrate women of substance during 'rffly FatGirl Speaks: A Celebration of Size, Self ft Sexuality at Roseland Theater. An all-day event with workshops, a fashion show, a FatGirl Kissing Booth, an after party and presentations by FatlSo ? author Marilyn Wann. queer punker performance goddess Nomy Lamm, award-winning poet Ro Deezy and oh so much more. ( 1 pm. 8 NW Sixth Ave. $10 from It 's M y Pleasure or In Other Words, www.fatgirlspeaks.com.) Joan Szymko directs the Aurora Chorus and special guest the Seattle Women's Cho rus in Love Is the Mother o f U s All at First United Methodist Church. (4 and 8 pm. 1838 S W Jefferson St. $13 from 503-AURORA-1, www.aurorachorus.org or Touchstone Coffee House.) Join the women of The FO REST Group for Archery Day in Vancouver, W ash. (4 pm. Miriam 360-883 1060.) I DanceAbility a pioneering method of dance improvisation for people with and with out disabilities, gives a free performance at Mount Scott Community Center. (4 pm. 5530 S E 72nd A ve.) See the documentary / Exist: Voices from the Lesbian and Gay Middle Eastern Community in the U.S. at The Know to Susannah Mars benefit queer Seattle filmmaker Basil Sha- did's first feature film. (8 pm. 2026 N E Alberta St. $5 $ 10 sliding scale.) Kick up your heels at Out Dancing's month ly Dance Social. second Saturdays at Ankeny Street Stu dio. Lesson and refreshments includ ed. (7-10 pm. South east Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $5 503236-5129.) 9 LEASE HELP Haven, complete with an artists reception for photographer Bay Hall (7-10 pm. 3551 S E Division St. 503-235-0840 voice. dhor@deafvision net.) S unday sponsors will host a senes of events in May to keep you up to date on festival performers, keynote speakers, volunteer opportunities, registration and more. Tonight's venue is Silverado (3-9 pm. 1217 S W Stark S t.) Her 15 minutes: Portland activist Teresa Dulce presents Gag Rules, an open mike-style forum Staunchly raunchy Canadian punkstress Peaches plays Roseland Theater. (8 pm. 8 N W Sixth Ave. $15 from Roseland Grill or TicketsW est.) Introducing Booty, the newest queer party in town, every Thursday at Porky's. Tunes from D Js Puppet, Stormy and Yeah Yeah. D ress up for Pirates and Bunnies night. (9 pm-2 am. 835 N Lombard St. $3 after 10 pm .) Dyke musician Chris Pureka makes love to her guitar at M ississippi Pizza Pub. Followed by Boston indie girt Kris Delmhorst (9:30 pm. 3552 N M ississippi Ave. $10.) 1001 S E Morrison St. $5.) Freedom to Marry Celebration at Central Step aside. Mama Queer author Ariel Gore and her daughter Mata read from Whatever Mom: A Hip Mama s Guide to Raising a Teenager at PoweH's. (7:30 pm. 1005 W Burnside St.) tionary shop in We Have W ays o f Making You Laugh at The Old Church. (8 pm 1422 S W 11th A ve. $ 1 5 from T ic k e ts W e s t) L 12 W ednesday Rachel Bard, author of the new historical novel Queen Without a Country, reads in full medieval garb at In Other W ords. (7 pm. 3734 S E Hawthorne Blvd.) Drink, nibble and shake, shake, shake dunng Mr Pride 2003 Benny and M s. Pride 2003 Savannah Veronica Jackson host a Bust for Pride Show at Red Cap Garage (5 pm beer bust. 7 pm show. 1035 S W Stark S t.) Founding Yippie Paul K rasener talks revolu Kick-ass queer performance poet Alix Olson brings her witty, lefty, flirty, fiery verses to Meow Meow for an all-ages show. (9 pm. 320 S E Second Ave. $10 503-230-2111.) Eugene's WOW Hall hosts musical ardor times three: Tara Jane O'Neill. Liarbird and Mirah. (8 pm. 291 W Eighth Ave. $8.) Tart, a queer girl night at Holocene. (4-9 pm. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and G ays and Q: A Queer Resource for Social Change host an LGBTQ Presbytenan Church in Eugene Cake, punch and live music. All ages w el come. ( 7-10 pm 555 E 15th A ve J e r 541 513-1711.) performs her new cabaret show Heart and Soul: Songs o f Love. Longing, Lust and L o ss accompa nied by Bill W ells at W ilf's Restaurant and Piano Bar. Also runs May 18 and 25. (7:30 pm. 800 NW Sixth Ave. $15 from 503-223-0070.) Portland restaurant owner, music manager, artist and all-around cool guy John Brodie shows S ig n s , D e sp e ra te through May 29 at Stumptown Pride Northwest and Portland Pnde 2004 Queer Deaf ft Hear ing Coffee Night at It's open mike night at queer-owned coffee shop Haven. (7:30 pm. 3551 S E Division S t.) Funny, frenzied, but best of all fearless, slam poet Aiix Olson sets your queer heart afire at University of Ore gon's Erb Memorial Union Ballroom. (7 pm. 1222 E 13th Ave.) m ) T uesday Portland Running and Walking C o hosts a GLBT run/walk every Tuesday (5 3 0 pm 800 S E Grand Ave. 503 232 8077.) Bad G irls hosts their Kinky Woman's Wel coming Munch at Dtngo's. For all kinky or questioning women 18 and older (7-9 pm 4612 S E Hawthorne Blvd 503 972 2233 www pdxbadgirls net.) W h at's m is s in g from th is p ic tu r e 9 F in d out M ay 20 at 2 G y rlz P e rfo rm a tiv e A r ts ' s e c o n d a n n u a l B o o b ie A u c tio n