Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 2004)
fi. 2004 Tim Submissions should be sent to just 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 just out is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. Out Dancing’s beginning tango class starts tonight and continues every Friday in August at Ankeny Street Studio. Intermediate country follows (7-8 pm tango l$20 for month], 8-9 pm country ($32 for month]. Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. 503 236-5129. o u t dancing@yahoo. com.) 6 3 F riday Homo a GoGo. a citywide festival of all that's queer and rockin’ in music, film, fashion and thought, continues through Aug. 8 in Olympia, Wash. Street party, workshops ( “ Why Queer Punk's Not Dead," “Anti- Racism for White Folx," etc.), Nomy Lamm, The Gossip, Michelle Tea, Tracy & the Plas tics, Team Dresch and a big gay wedding Just to name a bit. (www homoagogo.com.) Batter up! The Lesbian Community Project hosts its 19th annual Softball Tournament of Choice through Aug. 8 at Prairie Fields in Brush Prairie, Wash. Raffle pnzes, games, food, camping. Spectators welcome1 (13599 NE Prairie Road, letsplaylcp@comcast.net.) Want to be “ Getting the Love You W ant"? Maya Kollman, a specialist in Imago therapy, holds a three-day workshop for gay and lesbian couples in Corvallis. (Linda 541-758-4118. www.mayakollman com.) Portland Leather Alliance kicks off Oregon Leather Pride Week with the annual Leather, Feathers & Fur Fetish Ball at Panorama Features a costume contest; proceeds go to charity. (8 pm. 341 SW 10th Ave. $12 from www.pdxleatheralliance. org.) 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. 219 N W Davis St.) 7 3 S aturday Members of the Pacific Coast Yacht Club and their boats will gather at Hadley's Landing on Multnomah Channel Island for boating followed by dinner (503-793-0751. www.pcyclub. org.) Join An Intimate Conver The queer alt-country trio every one's talkin' about. Sneakin' Out. play Imbibe. (6-8 pm. 2229 SE Hawthorne Btvd.) Leading civil rights j ' attorney and author Evan Wolfson dis cusses his new book, Why Mamage Matters. America, wH Equality and Gay People's Flight to Marry, at Borders. (7 pm. 708 SW Third Ave.) a p p e a r s next to e v e n t s e sp e cia lly recom m ended by th e J u s t O u t a r t s sta ff. sation with Evan @ Equinox Restaurant & O re g o n L e a th e r P rid e W eek is A u g . 6 -1 5 Kick o ff the annual Homowo Festival of African Arts with a free evening of fireside folk stories at Jamison Square. (7 pm. 810 N W 11th Ave.) Dyke-owned coffee shop Haven welcomes talent ed Portland musician Loma Miller (7:30 pm. 3551 SE Division St. $3.) Nocturnal hosts an all-ages benefit concert for the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center featuring The Decem- berists, The Planet The, Tom Heml and Black bird Red. (8 pm. 1800 E Burnside St. $13 from Jackpot Records.) Lounge Executive director of Freedom to Marry and author of Why Mamage Matters: Ameri ca, Equality and Gay People 's Right to Marry Evan Wolfson talks and takes questions over brunch. ( I 3 pm. 830 N Shaver St. $50 from 971-244 1399 ) Portland Leather Alliance hosts a Kinky Auction at Panorama, part of Oregon Leather Pride Week. (5-8:30 pm 341 SW 10th Ave. www.pdxleatheralliance. org.) i ^ ( \ Portland's annual Homowo Festival of African Arts takes over the South Park Blocks through Aug. 8 Blends music, dance, pageantry, crafts and demonstrations. (Noon-7pm. Between Southwest Hamson and College streets. $5 donation, www.homowo.org.) Folk singer Theresa Demarest and Good Company members Janice Scroggins and Renado Caranto play a free concert at Wash ington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater. (6-8 pm. 400 SW Kingston Ave.) Acoustic dyke duo Terra play it up at Produce Row Cafe. (9 pm-midnight. 201 SE Oak St. $3.) Portland Leather Alliance offers Leather Tastings at Panorama, part of Oregon Leather Pnde Week. (Noon-4 pm. 341 SW 10th Ave. $3 members, $5 nonmembers, www.pdxleatheralliance. org.) Pucker up! It's time for that don't- miss queer girl cocktail party Tart at Holocene, aka Mojito Heaven. DJs K-tell, Harmony and Dre shake things up with old-school hip-hop, world lounge, Latin house and more. (4-9 pm. 1001 SEMonison St. $5 ) In Uniform magazine cel ebrates Oregon Leather Pride Week with a Uniform & BuzzCuts Party at the Eagle More beautiful people dunng the (9 pm-2.30 am. 1300 W Burnside St $4.) Mr. Gay Latino Oregon Pageant at Darcelle XV, with 8 S unday Street Public House. (7:15 pm lesson, 8-10 pm dance 1036 NE Alberta St. $2.) W hat's brewing with the dudes7 Find out during Young Men's Coffee Talk every Wednesday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (8-10 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.) Embers hosts LaFetiche S how & W hack-a-Thon as part o f Oregon Leather Pride W eek. Includes a kinky raffle and a chance to paddle com m unity members fo r $1 a whack! Pro ceeds benefit Camp Starlight (9:30 pm. 110 N W Broadway.) Caramel Delight's final walk! (8 pm. 208 N W Third Ave. $10.) 12 ) Find out what's in M y Leather Jacket, a documentary showing as part of Oregon Leather Pride Week. (7 pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Visit www pdxleatheralliance.org for location.) G uest DJ M atthew M ercury joins forces w ith the B ooty crew to battle it out w ith perform ances by Portland's own U bergay C a b a re t at Porky’s. (9 pm -2 am 835 N Lombard St. $5.) Hike with the women of Gary Smith debuts w atercolors and woodblock prints at Scandals O ther Side Cafe through Aug. 31 Eugene's OUTdoor Group slaps together every good thing under the sun dunng a Bike and Hot Tub Potluck (9 am. Jane 541-741-3020.) Q LAND presents M en Touching with Heart a workshop on nurtunng touch (7-9:30 pm. $10 from 503 223 8822 www qland org.) Pacific Friction presents a panel discussion on Trans Issues in the B /D /S /M Commu nity at Outside In as part of Oregon Leather Pride Week. (& 8 pm. 1132 SW 13th Ave.) T hursday The Impenal Sovereign Rose Court hosts the annual Leather and Lace Show at Embers as part of O pgon Leather Pride Week (6-9 pm. 110 N W Broadway.) The FOREST Group on a seven-mile loop to Ramona Falls Dogs on a leash and kids welcome (503-659-2782.) In O ther W ords hosts a reading w ith m em oirist D 'A rc y Fallon, who shares her irreverent reflections o f growing up on a commune in her book So Late, So Soon. (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Btvd.) queer-friendly zydeco dance lessons Wednesdays at Alberta country western dance at PPIA is 10 gallons of fun. (9.30 pm- 130 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5. www. rosetown ramblers.com.) Pnde Week. Bring meat to grill and a side dish to share. (6-9 pm. North Fremont Street and Inter state Avenue, info@blackoutleather.org.) Cascade Zydeco plays host to Beaumont neighborhood gem Fife Restaurant hosts 2 + 2 = Fife, A Back to School Dinner to benefit p:ear’s education program Think-n-Grow. (6.30 pm. 4440 NE Fremont St. $65 from 503-228-6677.) It's a concert of beautiful people: Sultry Sophie B. Hawkins opens for Irish pop band The Corrs at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. (8 pm. 1037 S W Broadway. $28.50-$49.50 from box office or TicketsWest.) Rosetown Ramblers and DJ C rystal’s monthly Portland Monthly's outdoor film festival at McCormick Pier, Dive-In Theater, continues with a screening of American Graffiti. Proceeds benefit Cascade AIDS Project. (7 pm. 1040 NW Naito Parkway. $10 from 503-222-5144, ext. 135. www.pmafterhours.com.) Get down and dirty on Throb Tuesdays at the Eagle, with music by DJs ChaotiQueer. Nancy Bear, Stormy and Puppet. (10 pm- 2 am 1300 W Burnside St.) il W ednesday Jom a big ol' friendly Leather Family Barbe cue at Overlook Park as part of Oregon Leather 13 : F riday Blackout Leather Productions presents the Oregon State Leather Contestant M eet and Greet at Embers followed by the erotic pro duction A Night o f Myth, Mayhem I Magic (5-6 pm meet and greet. 7 pm show 110 N W Broadway $5.)
