may 7, 2004 » J u s t o u t 31
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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.)
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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
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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.)
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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
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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.)
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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
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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 !