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Pleasure. (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave. $25.
Register at 503 280-8080.)
July
2 )
appears next
to events
especially
recommended
by the Just Out
arts staff-
Queer urban cowboys unite!
Rosetown Ramblers and DJ Crys
tal’s monthly country western
dance is at PPIA. (9:30 pm-
1:30 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5.
www. rose town ramblers. com.)
F riday
Sex educator Tracy Bartlett teaches a primer on
polyamory at It’s My Pleasure. (7 pm. 3106 NE
64th Ave. $25 Register at 503 280-8080 )
Dyke-owned coffee shop Haven welcomes
talented Portland musician Loma Miller
(7:30 pm. 3551 SE Division St.)
Register for the Rose City Softball Associa
tion's Cascade Cup 2004 during a party at
Hobo's. (7-9 pm 120 NW Third Ave.
www portlandgaysoftball com.)
Out Dancing's beginning country two-
step class starts tonight and continues every
Friday in July at Ankeny
Street Studio. Intermediate
fox trot follows. (7-8pm
country l$25 for month],
8-9 pm fox trot f$40 for
T
A'
month]. Southeast Ninth
Avenue and Ankeny Street
503-236-5129.
out_dancing@ yahoo.com.)
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Q-LAND offer no-pressure
introductions, hand-delivered messages, safe-sex
kits and free HIV/STD testing during the Men’s
Matchmaking Party at C.C. Slaughters
(9 pm-midnight. 219NW Davis St.)
Leather Night and Red Hanky Social
at Gail's Dirty Duck every first and third Fri
day. (9
439 NW Third Ave.
9 pm-midnight.
pm-midr _
dustim i@paciher com.)
3) S aturday
Portland Radical Faeries gather every
Saturday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (9.30 am.
201 SE 12th Ave. otter@pcez.com.)
The women of the FOREST Group host the
second annual First Weekend in July
campout through July 5 at Milo McIver State
Park. ($15. Application from 503-659-2782.)
The Rose City Softball Association hosts
Cascade Cup 2004, a weekend tourna
ment with teams from around the Pacific
Northwest, at Hillsboro's Gordon Faber
Recreational Complex. (4450 NW 229th Ave
www. port landgaysoftball, com. )
Softball players and fans gather for
the Cascade Cup Block Party at
C.C. Slaughters. Sixty teams, four
states, closed-off street, hundreds of
queers (6 pm-close. 219 NW Davis St. $5
www. portlandgaysoftball. com.)
I
The Oral Majority: Sex educator Tracy Bartlett
teaches a class on oral sex at It's My
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S unday
Make your way to C.C. Slaughters for the Sun
day T-dance. (3-8 pm. 219 NW Davis St.)
Get lucky during the Fox & Hounds' Monthly
Charity Bingo. (3:30 pm. 217 SW Second Ave.)
The Gay Pinochle Group meets every
Sunday at Hobo's. Come play cards and meet
the gang. (6 pm. 120 NW Third Ave. Mike
503-203-8426.)
Award winning
lesbian author
Dorothy Allison
makes a rare
appearance
July 14 in
Portland
Who needs fireworks
when you can have a
Miss Burly-Q Barbi-Q
Beauty Pageant
instead? Sparkleheart
hosts this parade of
evening gowns, swimsuits
and burlesque, followed by
cherry pie eating contests
(how patriotic!) and barbecue sauce wrestling
(winner takes a husband!). Post-show dirty dance
party with DJs Teenage and Stormy. (8 pm.
1001 SE Morrison St. $6.)
5 ) M onday
For folks into B/D/S/M and those who love
them: Eugene Monday Munch gathers at
McMenamins North Bank. (6-9 pm. 22 Club
Road conradh@efn.org.)
The Lesbian Community Project hosts Coffee
Night every first Monday at Haven. (7 pm.
3551 SE Division St.)
That coffeehouse of perennial pleasure, Touch
stone, tonight enjoys chair massages with
Amy Bean. (7 9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. $15.)
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Mauricio Robalinos wonderfully colorful painting and collage series Ojos y Manos is at Onde Arte Latina
Join the Portland Frontrunners on Tues
days for a three- to six-mile run. (6:30 pm.
Gary info@portlandfrontomners.org.
www.portlandfrontrunners.org.)
at Touchstone Coffee House's Knitting Night
(6-9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St.)
Queer as you wanna be.. Booty every Thurs
day at Porky's with surprise contests and
tunes from DJs Puppet, Stormy and J-Ho.
(10 pm-2:30 am. 835 N Lombard St. $3.)
Eugene queers gather every Thursday for a
queer movie night video and discussion.
Mother Kali's in Eugene hosts the monthly
Poetry Slam Party An unbeatable combi
Step right up to the open mike at dyke-run
Haven. (7:30 pm. 3551 SE Division St.)
(7 pm. Kevin 541-687-9689.
kfranken8@yahoo. com.)
nation of mirth and irreverence that you’ll
come back for every month. (7:30 pm. 720 E
13th Ave 541-343-4864 )
Taint queer night rears its head at Interna
Open mike at 3 Friends Coffeehouse is
tional Club Mummy every Tuesday with DJs
Yeah Yeah, Connor Hella, Chic Sheik and Flo
Hell. (9 pm. 332 NE San Rafael St. $3.)
hosted by queer musician Tamara J. Brown.
(7 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.)
Karaoke at queer-owned bar Tennessee
Red's every Monday and Tuesday. (9 pm.
2133 SE 11th Ave.)
6 )
T uesday
Tarot/rune readings with Mariah Redwood
every Tuesday at Touchstone Coffee House.
(5:30-730pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. $15.)
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F riday
friendly Zydeco dance lessons
It’s time once again for that frolicking faerie
show, the Oregon Country Fair.
through July 11 in
Veneta. Replete
with queer perform
ers such as
WYMPROVI,
March Fourth, Cris
Williamson, Holly
Near and the Laura
Love Band. Oh so
much more, too,
like a keynote
address by Winona
LaDuke. (11 am-
7 pm. $13-$18 a
day from
Tickets West.
www. oregoncountry
fair.org.)
Wednesdays at Alberta Street Public
House. (7:15 pm lesson, 8-10 pm
dance 1036 NE Alberta St. $2 )
Portland Bisexu
al Women provide
W ednesday
A peer-facilitated Lesbian Discussion &
Social Group meets first and third Wednes
days at the Lesbian Community Project.
(630-8 pm. 800 NW Sixth Ave *253.
503-227-0605. rightonlesbos@yahoo.com.)
Back to Back collective cafe serves up
open mike night every Wednesday.
(7-9 pm 614 E Bumside St.)
Cascade Zydeco plays host to queer
a social, open forum
at Cyberccino Café
every second and
fourth Friday of the
month. (7-9pm
2130 NE Broadway.
$3 donation
portlandbiwomen@
comcast.net)
The Rainbow Wranglers whoop it
up every Wednesday in Hall B of
Springfield's Emerald Square Dance
Center (7:30-9:30 pm. 2095 Yolanda
Ave. Richard 541-912-4932.)
What’s brewing with the dudes7 Find out
during Young Men’s Coffee Talk
every Wednesday at 3 Friends Coffee
house (8-10pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.)
WHO I fOUt DAOOY
The cover you didn't see: Gay Playgirl model Rick
p Dinihanian plunges into the hordes of sweaty boys
July 11 at Silverado
Lesbians who knit together stay together
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z
PDX-POP Now!
music festival
takes over The
Meow Meow for a
weekend celebration
of Portland's music
scene. Eight bands