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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,
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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.)
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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.)