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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 2004)
iiQust 6. 2004 Portland Bisexual Women host an open, social forum in the Cyber- ccino Cafe Living Room. (7-9 pm. 2130 NE Broadway. $3 donation. portlandbiwomen@comcast. net.) home a piece of Portland's gay history from the leg endary founders of Portland PFLAG. (9 am-5 pm. 6615 NE 22nd Ave.) How can you escape the heat when the All-Nude Revue is at the Egyptian Club? (8 pm 3701 SE Division St. $5 ) is) W ednesday Majesty plays at queer-owned Haven. (8 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) A peer-facilitated Lesbian Discus sion & Social Group meets first and third Wednesdays at the Lesbian Com munity Project. (630-8 pm. 800 NW Sixth Ave. #253. 503-227-0605. rightonlesbos@yahoo.com.) It’s a Bears in Leather Bust to celebrate Oregon Leather Pride Week at Gail's Dirty Duck. (9 pm- midnight. 429 N W Third Ave. $8.) ( 14) S aturday Oregon Leather Pride Week hits high gear with the Mr. & Ms. Oregon State Leather 2004 Contest at Embers. (7 pm. 110 N W Broadway. $10.) Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social is every second Saturday at Ankeny Street Studio. Lesson and refreshments included. (7-10 pm. Southeast Ninth Avenue and Anke ny Street. $5. 503-236-5129.) No on 36 invites you to the fund-raiser The Official Wedding Reception for Equality in Oregon at the Kerby alley in honor of the more than 3,000 same-sex couples married in Oregon. (7:30-11 pm. 2119 N Kerby St. $50-$75 [discount for married couplesJ from 971 -244-1399. www. noon36. com.) Remember that cute camp counselor you crushed out on in your youth? Fulfill timeworn fantasies at Holocene during Camp DK PDX with those campiest of drag kings telling scary stories and rubbing their sticks together. DJs Anjali, Tool and Hilary spin afterward. Drag attire encour aged; ASL inter preted. (9 pm. 1001 SE Morri- ErosTouch hosts Men Massaging Men every third Wednesday. Two- on-one full-body massage in a safe and nurturing environment. No expe rience necessary. (7-10 pm. $20. Register at 503-493-9421. www. erostouch. com.) M arisa B evington's “Explosion" is p art o f 3 Porteños in Portland at O nda A rte Latina through A ug. 2 4 _________________ Pop music diva Amber headlines the annual dance and drag extravaganza that is the C .C . Slaughters Block Party Proceeds benefit Outside In. (6 pm. Northwest Davis Street between Second and Third avenues. www.ccslaughterspdx.com. $10.) A sure-to-be-wild Bad Girls Mixed Play Party at Ascension Dungeon is part of Ore gon Leather Pride Week. (10 pm-ish. $5-$15. contact@pdxbadgirls. net.) I 15Ì S unday Blackout Leather Productions brings Oregon Leather Pride Week to a close with the Mr. and Ms. Oregon State Leather 2004 Victory Brunch and Rose and Thorn Commu nity Awards at Embers. (11 am-1 pm. 110 N W Broadway. $ 1 5 ) Hop aboard the Portland Spirit for an afternoon of hobnobbing and noshing during the Portland Area Business Association's annual All-City Cruise Local candidates Tom Potter, Jim Francesconi, Sam Adams and Nick Fish will be in attendance, and Basic Rights Ore gon’s Roey Thorpe will speak about Measure 36. (3-5 pm. 110 SE Carruthers St. $55-$65 or $100 a couple from Bal loons on Broadway, Gai-Pied or 503-810-9121.) Sunday at the Farm, at Joy’s Spring Willow Farm in Junction * 1 Ml C ollins and A ngel are back in Po rtlan d during the Tony and P u litzer w inning Rent Aug. 10 15 at K eller A u dito rium City. Beverages provid ed; bring food to share, games, kids and a blanket. (3 pm. 27146 Louden Lane. Joy 541 -689-0885.) 16 ) M onday 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.) Join Meesha Peru every Wednesday for Latino night at Silverado. (1217 S W Stark St. www.silveradopdx.com.) The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland hosts its annual Daedalus Project to benefit HIV/AIDS organizations. Features a five-kilometer run/walk, a vari ety show and a raffle (7.30 am run, 6 pm performances Register at 541-482 2111, ext. 422. $25- $30 performance tickets from 541-482-4331. www. osfashland. org.) Portland Radical Faeries gather every Saturday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (9.30 am. 201 SE 12th Ave. otter@pcez.com.) Queer Deaf & Hearing Coffee Night is not happening this month. . . because Deaf & Hearing OUT Reach is hosting an open house and barbecue in its new space! Bring something to gnll and join the fun. (4-9 pm. 2607 SE Hawthorne Blvd. HI. S3 donation.) The Gay Pinochle Group meets every Sunday at Hobo's. Come play cards and meet the gang. (6 pm. 120 N W Third Ave. Mike 503 241-7224.) Portland Polyamory Circle welcomes all sexual orientations to its monthly discussion group. (7 pm. Laury 503 285-4848.) Cabaret chanteuse Susannah Mars teams up with music director Bill Wells for An August Evening in the Garden at Wilf's Restaurant & Piano Bar (7 pm 800 N W Sixth Ave Reservations at 503-223 0070. $15.) Hey, queer families! Join in on the YWCA's Family Cam pOUT through Aug. 24 (Register at 503-294-7476 or www. campwestwind. org.) i) S unday (7 pm silent auction. 8 pm show. 8 N W Sixth Ave. $50 from TicketsW est.) Head out for two miles of hilly and scenic sidewalk ambling with Portland Frontrunners and the Adventure Group's Tuesday night West Hills Street Run/Walk (6 30 pm www portlandfrontrunners org ) 21Ì S aturday Time for the monthly Bear Bust at Gail’s Dirty Duck. (9 pm-mid- night. 429 N W Third Ave. $8-$10.) Insight Out Theatre C o l lective at Roseland Theater. 17) T uesday I That ever-so-acoustically lovely les bian duo Terra light up Touch stone Coffee House. (7-9 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. $5 donation.) Our favorite gay musical the ater star. Wade M cCollum , and five-time Drammy Award winner Susannah Mars head line a benefit show for Grease your wheels with the Rosetown Ram blers' Gay Skate Night at Oaks Park every third Monday. Bring a nonpenshable food item for Esther's Pantry. (7.30-930 pm. 1 SE Spokane St. $5.) PDX Pride queer bowling league meets every Fnday at Hollywood Lanes. (7-9 pm. 4030 NE Halsey St. Kathy 503-774-3042.) Eugene lesbian group Women to Women gets together every Sat urday at Neighbors. (6 pm. 1417 Villard St.) That coffeehouse of perennial pleasure, Touchstone, tonight enjoys chair m assages with Amy Bean. (6:30-8:30 pm. 7631 NE Glisan St. $15.) International Club JEEW Mummy hosts Be Your Biggest Fan. a benefit for the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Cen ter, with DJs Brokenwindow, Nancy Bear and Tool and a performance by the king of cheese, Johnny Mozzarella. (9 pm-3 am 332 NE San Rafael St. Donations.) W ade M cC o llu m joins Susannah M ars for a sup erlicio u s show Aug. 16 _ _____________ efit for MoveOn.org with perform ances by Cheryl Barta, Laurel Winter and David Sullivan. (7 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) Back to Back collective cafe serves up open mike night every Wednes day. (7-9 pm. 614 E Burnside St.) Eugene Par ents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays present their annual potluck picnic, PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS Sack the Quarter back. a ben Salt Lake City transplant Alexis Woolfe reads from her novel Bow Your Head and Say Yes: Confessions o f an Ex-Mormon at In Other Words. (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) Lesbian-owned One with Heart hosts a Free Kids Day with classes on self-defense, creative play and martial arts for children ages 3 to 11. ( / / am- T. 15 pm. 4231 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Reserve at 503-231-1999 www.onewithheart.com.) Wnte Around Portland presents the second annual Writer's Block Party at North Portland Library featuring our fair city’s fiercest spoken word artists, including Ro Deezy, Fern Capella and Pecos B. (Noon party, 1:45 pm open mike. 512 N Killingsworth S t Free.) Haven hosts 19) T hursday Diva presents the Naughty Party. Watch go-go chicks in fine fetish wear, visit the "bad girt" comer, send a flirt card and get spanked all to dance beats by DJs Zanne, Chic Sheik, Harmony and Connor Party favors to the first 15 guests who dress for the occasion (5-10 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) Women in C o n scio u s Creative Action (W ICCA ) spirituality group holds its annual summer gathering through Aug. 22 in Veneta C ost includes food, lodging and activities. ($125-$250 sliding scale. Norma 541 485-3654 normahp@iglide. net.) Weekly queer night Booty celebrates super heroes and pirates at Porky's. Dress as your favorite hero or make one up, by god Guest DJ ChaotiQueer (9 pm-2 am 835 N Lombard St. $3.) F riday Susie Shepherd and Kaite Chase host a G A Yrage Sale through Aug 22 to bene fit Portland Parents. Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays and the Ann and Bill Shepherd Legal Scholarship Fund Take Otiti She's the only one: Tickets are on sale now for Melissa Etheridge Aug 25 at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (8 pm 1037 S W Broad way $35-$75 from box office or Ticketmaster.) C h eck o ut m ore listin g s at w w w .ju s to u t.c o m ! B| I /j