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Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless
otherwise specified.
October
i s F riday
Portland's Colum bia Symphony O rchestra
opens its 23rd season with a concert based on
friendships at First United Methodist Church.
(8 pm 1838 S W Jefferson S t $10-$20 from
503-234-4077.)
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Muffaletta Galaxy Pirates, Panty Waist, The
Greedy Texas Bastards and Blood Alley are
Bands A gainst Bush at Porky's Pub.
(8 3 0 pm. 835 N Lombard St. Free.)
Leather N ight and Red Hanky Social at
Gail’s Dirty Duck every first and third Friday.
(9 pm-midnight. 439 N W Third Ave
dustm@ pacifier.com.)
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Switch genders for a night during the What a
Drag party at Tabu in Ashland. Win prizes for
“ Most Fabulous Drag King and Queen," and
dance to '80s music spun by DJ D. Proceeds
support Artattack Theater Ensemble (10 pm.
79 N Pioneer St. $10. 541 482-6505.
w wwashlandtheater.com .)
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S aturday
The Egyptian Club continues a monthlong pool
tournam ent to raise money for the Master-
batters to attend the Gay Softball World Series
next summer. Up to $250 in cash and prizes are
up for grabs! (5 pm Saturday, 7 pm Wednesday.
3701 SE D ivision St. $10 entry fee.
buckley@ rosecitysoftball. org.)
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Lesbian social club Rainbow River Women
meets first and third Saturdays at McMenamins
North Bank in Eugene. (5 pm. 22 Country Club
Road. Sue 541-741-1210.)
A connoisseur will “ make over" six people’s
opinions on wine during Linda Krogstad and Allen
Bremer's “ Queer Eye for Our House Dinner" as
part of D inner at My House fo r Our
House, a fund-raiser series for the HIV/AIDS
health and housing services nonprofit. (6 pm.
$75. For reservations o r a brochure listing a ll din
ners. call 503 736-9276.)
C.C. Slaughters reopens after a $100,000
remodel. (9 pm. 219 N W Davis St.
www. ccslaughterspdx. com.)
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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.)
Erin A dkisson performs at Wild Abandon.
(8:30 pm. 2411 SE Belmont St. 503-232-4458.)
Bisexual performer Am elia White of Nashville
blends folk and rock at Mississippi Pizza Pub.
Portland queer musician Ashleigh Flynn joins her.
(9 pm. 3552 N M ississippi Ave.)
S unday
Joy Asherah Misra offers a queer meditation
group for people to engage in self-guided heal
Cheesehead Productions presents Tales of
Love and Loss, an evening of drag perform
ances featuring Johnny Mozzarella, Reggie Foxx,
Jake Lawsyn, Willy Knoxxville, Joe D. Vice and
The Chubbies at the Egyptian Club. (9 pm.
3701 SE Division St. $5.)
ing with others Sundays at Prananda Yoga and
Arts Center. (2 pm. 4812 N Interstate Ave. $5-
$7 sliding scale.)
Song-and-dance team Lyndin & Warren pay
tribute to Broadway Ballads and Movie Memo
ries at Lents Masonic Lodge. Lunch included.
Proceeds benefit diabetes research. (3 pm.
5811 SE 92nd Ave. $10-$23 from
503-674- 7578. www.lyndinandwarren.com.)
Lively and provocative author Dave Eggers
comes to Hollywood Theatre for a reading, dis
cussion, book signing and silent auction to bene
fit Write Around Portland. (7 pm 4122 NE Sandy
Blvd. $ I5 $50 from box office o r TicketWeb
www wntearound.org.)
Cafe Crema. (7-10 pm 2728 SE Ankeny St.
www.dhor.org.)
largest Twister board. Drink specials, prizes and
more fun than you can stand. (9 pm. 1035 SW
Stark S t.)
Two weeks before the election, join
Grolla Restaurant & Wine Bar holds a Gay
Happy Hour Thursdays featuring live jazz with
Jim Soloway. (9-11 pm. 2930 NE Killingsworth
St. 503-493-9521.)
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T u rn to P a g e 4 9 to fin d o u t h o w S is s y b o y a n d o th e r q u e e r s a re p la n n in g o n
c e le b r a tin g F la llo w e e n
Grease your wheels with the Rosetown Ram
blers' Gay Skate N ight at Oaks Park every
third Monday. Proceeds benefit Love Makes a
Family. (7.30-9.30 pm. 1 SE Spokane St. $5.)
Sneakin' O ut performs Sundays at Gail's Dirty
Duck. (9 pm. 429 N W Third Ave.)
Meet up at the new location for the Live and
Let Live Club, which serves the sexual minori
ty recovery community, and head out to the
Sauvie Island Pumpkin Patch for a day of sober
fun. (10 am. 1210 SE Seventh Ave.
503-238-6091.)
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Just Out columnist M arc A cito reads from his
new book. How I Paid fo r College: A Novel
o f Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater,
along with four other authors as part of the
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First Fiction Tour at XV. Free snacks and
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happy hour prices all night long1 (5.30 pm
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cocktails. 6 30 pm readings 15 SW
V
Second Ave.)
You don't have to like touchdowns to
score with Monday N ight Football
at the Egyptian Club. Enter to win a
digital home theater system, play
board games, and enjoy free spaghet
ti with any purchase. (6 pm kickoff,
7-9 pm dinner 3701 SE Division St.
5 0 3 -2 3 6 8 6 8 9 )
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T uesday
Award-winning songwnter SONiA of disappear
fear performs at the Majestic Theater in Corval
lis. Sponsored by the Corvallis chapter of
National Organization for Women to benefit
No on 36. (7 3 0 pm. 115 SW Second St.
541-740-3253.)
The Nancy Boy Tenors perform songs by
Stephen Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, Waller and
Herman, Mel Brooks and others in We re D oin' It
fo r the Cake Tuesdays through Nov. 2 at Wilf's
Restaurant & Piano Bar. (7 30 pm. 800 N W Sixth
Ave. $10 from 503-223-0070.)
• * ' Trust us, it was worth the wait Pink
M artini celebrates the release of its
highly anticipated CD, Hang on Little
Tomato, with special guests Norman Leyden,
Consul-General Tadashi Nagai of Japan, the
Lions of Batacuda and members of the Harvey
Rosencrantz Orchestra through Oct. 20 at
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (8 pm 1037 SW
Broadway $15 $45 from Ticketmaster.)
G ay g a lle ry o w n e r B ria n M a rk i helps
“ G e t A R T th e V o te ” a t a sp e cia l
re c e p tio n a n d a r t s h o w O ct. 29
Portland Polyamory C ircle welcomes all
sexual orientations to its monthly discussion
group (7 pm Laury 5 0 3 2 8 5 4 8 4 8 )
Tuesdays are Venus night at No Fish! Go Fish!
for women who love women. Featuring special
guest drink The Venus of Willendorf! (10 pm-
1 am. 3962 SE Hawthorne Blvd.)
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W ednesday
Pink M artini signs its new CD, Hang on Little
Tomato, at Music Millennium. (2 pm. 801 N W
23rd A ve.)
J« « *\ Those who forget history are doomed to
repeat it: Clin
ton Street The
ater screens B a llo t
M e a s u re 9 an award
winning documentary
about the 1992 anti-gay
campaign that rocked
Oregon. Lesbian
activist Kathleen Saadat
and mayoral candidate
Tom Potter will hold a
Q & A after the first
show. Proceeds benefit
No on 36.
(7 and 9:30 pm.
2522 SE Clinton St.
$10 donation.)
Join the queer Jewish group Keshet for a
potluck social and brief Shabbat service. Bring a
kosher vegetarian or meat dish. (6:30 pm. David
503-226-7079. www.gayjewishportland.com.)
Third Angle and the Northwest Film Center pre
sent Anim ated Rhythm, an evening of music
and animation, including the postmodern concoc
tion “ Dieau a Simpsymphony," which takes The
Simpsons theme and transforms it into an epic
fantasy, through Oct. 23 at Whitsell Auditorium.
(7.30 pm. 1219 S W Park Ave. $17-$22.50 from
TicketsW est.)
Theory 1 ¡dance explores the formative
moments in the life of a serial killer in . . .he was
costum ing angels at Disjecta. Continues Oct. 23
and 29-31 . (8 pm. 116 NE Russell St. $12 from
503-730-3176)
ErosTouch hosts
Dahlia Cafe hosts STS and Dexter's
Spoken M ic every other Tuesday No guitars
allowed! (8-10 pm. 3000 NE Killingsworth S t.)
Swizzle C hick* celebrate the release
of their CD Shakm', N ot S tirred at the Blue
Monk. (7 pm 3341 SE Belmont St. $5 )
T hursday
Eugene’s GLBT M ovie N ight screens Oscar
winner American Beauty at Ron and Ken’s home.
(7 pm. For location call 541 -345-4057.)
Come to the PsWhat? Election Year Pow-
Wow for the documentary The End o f Suburbia,
an exhibit on globalization, music by Portland duo
Torque and Axxx, information about sustainability
and more. (9 pm screening, 10.30 pm perform
ance. 1968 SW Fifth Ave. Donations.)
Drag king Johnny Mozzarella and DJ Tool host
meets every third Saturday in Eugene.
(7:30-11 pm. bce@ efn.org o r
emg977@ yahoo.com.)
Chamber M usic N orthw est celebrates
Antonín [Dvorak at Reed College's Kaul Auditori
um. (8 pm. 3203 SE W oodstock Blvd $10-$38
from 503-294-6400.)
Bring your big hair, leg warmers and shoulder
pads to the Choice Hits o f the '80s dance
party at Nocturnal. Proceeds benefit Planned
Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette. (8 pm-
midnight. 1800 E Burnside St. $12 in advance
from 503-788-7277, $15 at the door.)
Twisted Sundays at the Brig with Portland’s
Emergence Transgender Social Group
Raise awareness about the election while raising
money for the Democratic National Committee
during the Beat the Bushes Ball at Conan's
Pub. Among the performers is Pilar French, who
will sing the anti-Bush anthem “ No M ore" writ
ten by Portland lesbian Cathy Travis. (8 pm.
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. $5.)
429 N W Third Ave. $8 members. $10
nonmembers.)
Q ueer Deaf & Hearing Coffee N ight at
and Inspiration, a night of music and celebra
tion featuring a special tribute slide show titled
‘ The W eddings/ at Hollywood Theatre.
(7:30 pm. 4122 NE Sandy Blvd $15 from
TicketsW est.)
essays, Magical Thinking, at Powell’s. (7:30 pm.
1005 W Burnside S t.)
Bear Bust at Gail’s Dirty Duck. (8-11 pm.
Autumn is here! Bundle up and breeze into
m +jy M otherlode for Songs o f Hope, Protest
Running with Scissors author Augusten
Burroughs reads from his new collection of
Take a breather from election year wor-
ries as the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus
presents its annual A d u lts O n ly
C a b a re t, an evening of camp, slapstick and
naughty humor featunng special guests the
Nancy Boy Tenors and Judith Rizzio at Reed Col
lege's Kaul Auditorium. Roey Thorpe of Basic
Rights Oregon will serve as mistress of cere
monies. (8 pm. 3203 SE W oodstock Blvd. $20-
$30 from 503-226-2588 o r w w w pdxgm c.org.)
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to e v e n ts
e s p e c ia lly
re c o m m e n d e d
b y th e J u s t O u t
a rts s ta ff.
Queer night Taint is back in action
every first and third Tuesday with a per
manent home in the basement at the
Goodfoot. DJs Yeah Yeah, Hella. Astro, Paulanet
and Spy spin. (9 p m 2 am 2845 SE Stark S t $3
sliding scale )
Men Massaging
Men every first and
third Wednesday Two-
on-one full-body mas
sage in a safe and nur
turing environment. No
experience necessary.
(7-10 pm $20 Register
at 503 493 9421
www erostouch com .)
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