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may 7, 2004 » J u s t o u t 31 Clowns gone w ild! Nomadic Theater presents > The S ee-S a w P roject J4 F riday through M ay 1 6 . The Lesbian Connec tion meets every second Friday for dinner at the food court of Eugene's Fifth Street Public Market. (5:30 pm. 296 E Fifth St. Bonnie 541-683-2793.) Portland Bisexual Women want to answer all the questions you're afraid to ask at the Broad way Coffee Trader Living Room. (7-9 pm. 2130 NE Broadway. $3 donation. portlandbiwomen®Comcast, net.) Allyn Roberts plays at Haven (7:30 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) Listen up. girls! Lesbopalooza 20 0 4 hits Eugene's WOW Hall, featuring Station Wag, Magdalen Hsu-Li, Chris Pureka and The Butchies. See May 15 for more performers and a change of venue. (7 ppi. 291 W Eighth Ave. $7-$10 [$12-$16 both nights1 from University o f Oregon box office or 541 -346-4363.) US« Pride Northwest and Portland Pnde 2004 sponsors will host a series of events in May to keep you up to date on festival performers, keynote speakers, volunteer opportunities, registration and more. Tonight's venue is C.C. Slaughters. (9 pm-2 am. 219 NW Davis St.) It's My Pleasure includes on-the- spot icebreakers and door prizes. (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave. Reg ister at 503-280-8080 ) It's back! Deaf & Heanng OUT Reach presents ASL Comedy Night 4 at Embers. (7-9 pm. 110 NW Broadway $3-$5. dhoh@deafvision.net.) Emergence transgender social group meets every third Saturday at Mother Kali’s in Eugene. (7:30-11 pm. 720 E 13th Ave. bce@efn.org or emg977@yahoo.com.) Lesbopalooza 20 0 4 continues at Agate Auditorium in Eugene. Featuring Piper Mcken- zie, Irvin, Nicole Sangsuree and Kinnie Starr. (7 pm. 1787 Agate St. $7 $10 f$12-$16 both nights) from University o f Oregon box office or 541-346-4363.) Tip your hat to Crystal's Country Jam at Portland Metro Club. (8-9 pm lessons. 9 pm-1 am dancing. 618 SE Alder St $5, $8 with lessons.) Get cozy during the monthly Bear Bust at Gail's Dirty Duck. (8-11 pm. 429 NW Third Ave $8 members, $10 nonmembers) Gay and Lesbian Relationship Series at Zimmerman Community Center with The “Priceless" Emotional Bank Account, which will teach you fun, rejuve H°P t0 with March Forth, Cracked Pots and the endunnq toy Slinky at the fifth annual A lberta S treet A rt Hop a celebration of creativity and community under the theme " 1000 Ways That Recycled Materials Become A rt." (11 am-6 pm art hop. 2 pm parade. Northeast Alberta Street between Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and 30th Avenue, www artonalberta.org) Get thee to Holly wood Bowl fora day of beer drink ing, er, bowling to support the Bella Boys softball team (3-6 pm 4030 NE Halsey St. $10. Tobby 360-607-9379.) Lesbian social club Rainbow R iver Women meets first and third Saturdays at McMenamins North Bank in Eugene (5 pm 22 Country Club Road Sue 541-741-1210.) Singles night fo r women at • The modem world meets old-time vaudeville in the punky bop sounds of Erin McKeown at Lola's Room. Teitur opens. (8 pm. 1332 W Burnside St. $12 from box office or Ticketmaster.) It's a night of trains, planes and auto mobiles as Satori Men's Chorus presents Men on the Move at Unity Church of Portland (8 pm. 4525 SE Stark St. $10 $ 12 from 503-299-4454.) The Butchies come through our great state in support of their new album Make Yr Life Davies vs. Dresch opens at the Meow Meow (9 pm. 320 SE Second Ave. $8.) S unday 17 M onday Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pride of the Rose Scholarship Fund during A Touch of Class a dinner and show with special featured enter tainers, at Darcelle XV. (6 pm. 208 N W Third Ave. $15 from 503-231-5759.) Portland Polyamory Circle wel comes all sexual orientations to its monthly discussion group. (7 pm. Laury 503-285-4848) Rosetown Ramblers monthly country western dance with DJ Crystal is at Pride Northwest and Portland Pnde 2004 sponsors will host a senes of events in May to keep you up to date on festival performers, keynote speakers, volunteer opportunities, reg istration and more Tonight's venue is Panorama/Boxxes (7 pm-midnight. 1035 S W Stark St.) Portland Metro Club. (9:30 pm- 1:30 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5. www. rosetownramblers. com.) Dykes Do Crafts every Monday at Touchstone Coffee House. (6-9 pm. 7631 NEGIisanSt.) is T uesday Queer artist Vanessa Renwick takes a good, hard look at America through June 13 in Reed College’s Eric V. Hauser Memorial Library son and Julianne Johnson present a program of inspiring music. (7 pm. 1422 SW 11th Ave. $25 from Gai-Pied or Balloons on Broadway.) Metamorphose is the new queer night Sundays at Madame Butterfly. A percentage of proceeds benefits the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Cen ter. (8 pm. 403 SW Stark St. 503-525-0033.) Trans activist and sultry songstress Lori Buckwalter plays Haven. (7.30 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) “Voices on the Verge" women's folk singer roadshow co-founder Beth Amsel brings her lovely voice to Mississippi Pizza Pub. (9:30 pm. 3552 N Mississippi Ave. $6.) 19 W ednesday nating ways to know and love your partner. (9 am-noon. 916 N W Lovejoy St. $20. Sign up at 503-614-7308.) iu « m rium. This sentimental and joyous reflec tion on growing up features the award winning "Oliver Button Is a Sissy," based on the children’s book (8 pm Saturday. 2 pm Sunday. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd $12-$25 from 503-226-2588 or www.pdxgmc.org.) Leave it to fate at Make-A-Date. free every Tuesday at Boxxes. (9 pm. 1035 SW Stark St.) Portland Community College continues its Oregon Tradeswomen presents the annual Women in Trades C areer Fair at Tualatin's Local 290 Plumbers & Steam- fitters Training Center. Workshops and exhibits on careers, apprenticeships, training programs and more. (9 am-4 pm. 20220 SW Teton Ave. www.tradeswomen.net.) Witty, gritty and wise queer musi- cian Chris Pureka sings from i her new album Dnvmg North at ■ In Other Words. (3 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) Bj In Other Words presents D ra g g in ' O u t G e n d e r a panel discussion on drag per formance, gender oppression and femi nism. (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-232-6003.) 15 S aturday The Rural Organizing Project hosts a Rural Caucus and Strategy Session in Ore gon City. Join other progressive small town and rural Oregonians for a day of strategiz- ing on wedge issues and opportunities for justice. (Register at 503-543-8417 or www.rop.org.) H S aturday This week's Gag R u le s open mike-style forum at City Hall explores " Slam Art Model: Public Health and Art." (9:30-9 45 am. 1220 SW Fifth Ave.) Howling feminist queer politics and desire from the depths of her radically informed soul. Plus she's hot. Alix Olson slams May 11 and 12 in Oregon 16 S unday Lesbians Enjoying Nature and Science head out to Oak Island for a day of bird w atch ing Meet in the Sauvie Island parking lot under the bridge. (7.30 am. Susan 503-232-6738.) Join the women of The FO REST G roup for an 11 -mile hike at Badger Creek. Dogs on a leash and kids welcome. (503-659-2782.) Darklady hosts the third annual Masturbate-a-Thon, a A peer-facilitated Lesbian Discus sion t Social Group meets first and third Wednesdays at the Lesbian Community Project. (6:30-8 pm. 800 N W Sixth Ave. 4253. 503-227-0605 hghtonlesbos@yahoo. com.) Q-LAND hosts Men Massaging Men every third Wednesday. Two-on-one full-body massage in a safe and nurturing environment. No experience necessary. (7-10 pm. $20 Register at 503-799-7047. www.qland.org.) Need inspiration? Legendary author and social activist M aya Angelou offers A Celebration o f Life! at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (7:30 pm. 1037 SW Broadway $33-$72 from box office or Ticketmaster ) 2 0 T hursday We must, we must, we must increase our bust! Join 2 Gyrtz Performative Arts at the second annual Boobie Auction fund-raiser. A silent auction at dyke-owned Haven, followed by a live auction at dyke bar Egyptian Club, with tunes by dyke DJ Zanne Plus burlesque, bondage and, well, boobies (6-8 pm silent auction 3551 SE Division St 9 pm-2 am mam event. 3701 SE Divi sion St. $5-$50 sliding scale, www 2gyriz org ) Ana M aria Spagna reads from her lesbian coming-of-age memoir Now Go Home: Wilderness. Belonging and the Crosscut Saw at Powell's on Hawthorne. (7.30 pm 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) 2i F riday Don't miss the 10th annual concert and deca dent dessert revue A Class A ct to benefit the Bill and Ann Shepherd Legal Scholarship Fund at The Old Church Michael Allen Ham _ 1950s-style bawdy benefit for sex-positive charities. Door prizes, naked pillow fight, Truth or Dare, Cock Ring Toss, S/M play space and much more! Put on your poodle skirt and cum for a cause. You must be 18 or older. (6 pm-2 am. $25 or $20 with a donation for the Friends o f People with AIDS Foundation. RSVP to darklady@darklady.com for directions) Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene presents an internationally inspired program at Hult Center s Soreng Theater. (7:30 pm. 1 Eugene Center $12 from box office, 541 -682 5000 or www.ci.eugene.or.us/hult.) Celebrate your successful arrival into adulthood when the Portland Gay Men's Chorus presents Journey to the Inner Child through May 23 at Reed College's Kaul Audito- Michael Allen Harrison and Julianne Johnson perform May 21 at the queer scholarship fund-raiser A Class Act Looking Ahead Portland gay darling Thomas Lauderdale joins American gay darting k.d. lang in a June 10 concert with the Oregon Symphony at the Schnitz that only a fool would miss. (8 pm. 1037 SW Broadway $39.50-$81 from box office or TicketsWest) C h e c k o u t m o re lis tin g s a t w w w .ju s to u t.c o m !
