Get dressed up for the Bikers, Boots A
Leather Party featuring food, S /M demos
and videos, bootblacking by Deb and mistle
toe hanging above and below. As always, men
and women are welcome at the Eagle PDX,
which is under new gay ownership! Proceeds
benefit the Sexual Minority Youth Resource
Center. (9 pm. 1300 W Burnside St. $4.)
Young titleholders present The
Escape Nightclub's Christmas
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T hursday
It's a pirate New Year’s Eve celebration
when Booty: Queer as Ye Be proclaims
“ Land Ho in Two Thousand Fo’l " with DJs
Puppet, Stormy, Heewee and Jimmy
Jammer at Porky's Pub. (9 pm-2 am. 835
N Lombard St. $3 after 10 pm.
www. bootypdx. com.)
duet with—y’all ready for this7— Mayor Tom
Potter during his inauguration ceremony at
City Hall. We kid you not. (6-8 pm. 1221 SW
Fourth Ave. www.johnnymozzarella.com.)
Lesbian laughter leader Gail Hand teaches
Portland Laughter Club classes at CoHo
Theater to help lift your spirits, lower your
blood pressure and bring about amazing .
changes in your life. (7-8 pm. 2257 NW
Raleigh St. $5.)
Inner Journeys invites women to learn the
elements and explore the benefits of the
journal writing process and to share personal
insights and experiences at the SisterSpirit
office. (7 pm. 3430 SE Belmont St. 4102
$3-$5 donation. 503-736-3297.)
5} W ednesday
A peer-facilitated Lesbian Discussion &
Social Group meets first and third
Wednesdays at the Lesbian Community
Project. (6:30-8 pm. 800 N W Sixth Ave.
#253. 503-227-0605.
rightonlesbos@yahoo. com.)
ErosTouch hosts Men Massaging Men
every first and third Wednesday. Two-on-one
full-body massage in a safe and nurturing
environment. No experience necessary.
(7-10 pm. $20. Register at 503-493-9421.
www.erostouch.com.)
Steve Wilkerson gives us a double dose of queer wit during Portland Center
Stage’s traditional holiday production of two one-act plays, David Sedans'
The SantaLand Diaries and Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory
Calling all dykes to Girls Night Out
Thursdays at Dingo's! Food and drink sf)e-
cials until midnight. (7 pm. 4612 SE
Hawthorne Blvd. 503-233-3996.)
Show. (10:30 pm-5 am doors, 12:30 am
show. 333 SW Park Ave. $10.)
Grolla Restaurant & Wine Bar holds a Gay
Happy Hour Thursdays featunng live jazz
with Jim Soloway. (9-11 pm. 2930 NE
Killingsworth St. 503-493-9521.)
261 S unday
See Paye 3 5 ¿01 a
Oh, the games people play. World's largest
game party every last Sunday. (3-7pm.
RSVP at 503-233-3557.)
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Jack: Queer as F**k gathers the Booty:
Queer as Ye Be family together at the
Doug Fir Lounge for a pirate dance celebra
tion. (6 pm-midmght. 830 E Burnside St. $3
before 7 pm. $5 after, www.jackpdx.com.)
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Queer Night every Monday at Le Happy.
January
i Ì S aturday
(9 pm-1 am. 1011 N W 16th Ave.)
28 T uesday
Pink Martini performs ohginal com-
' positions from its widely acclaimed
second CD, Hang on Little Tomato.
along with the Art Abrams Swing Machine
Big Band at Crystal Ballroom. (8 pm. 1332 IV
Burnside St. $16 in advance from box office or
Ticketmaster. $18 at the door.)
In Other Words presents The Last Word
Open Mike Zine Read (8 pm. 3734 SE
Hawthorne Bfvd click_patterdale@yahoo.com.)
Celebrate Rose Empress V I Marne's
70th birthday with snacks, specials, a
gathering of friends and a multimedia
presentation of David Hamilton's life at
Embers. No personal gifts. Donations benefit
the Pride of the Rose Scholarship Fund.
(4-8 pm party, 6 pm champagne toast.
110 N W Broadway.)
Atlas, an Afro/Arabica/Bhangra/Latin/dub
dance party held every first and third Saturday
at Holocene, screens India’s all-time-favorite
film, Sholay. (9 pm-2.30 am. 1001 SE
Morrison St. $5.)
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W ednesday
The Athens Boys Choir— two
poetry-spittin’, jeans-wearin’, sailor-
swearin’, bend-and-tuckin’, gender-
fuckin’ queer dudes— perform spoken
word pieces covering subjects from sex with
cowboys to our dear President Bush at In
Other Words (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne
Btvd Donations.)
Take out the trash when punk drag troupe
j S unday
Eugene’s Family Values hosts a first
Sunday potluck lunch at Amazon Community
Center (1-3 pm 2700 Hilyard St. $2-$8
donation family_ values_pnde@hotmail. com.)
Leather Night and Red Hanky Social
at Gail’s Dirty Duck every first and third Fri
day. (9 pm-midnight. 439 N W Third Ave.
dustin@pacifier. com.)
8 ) S aturday
The women of The Forest Group meet for
their monthly potluck and planning session.
Even if you don’t want to lead an event, bnng
a dish to share and come join this open dis
cussion. (5:30 pm potluck. 6 3 0 pm planning.
360-944-6619.)
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
Ankeny Street. $5.
503-236-5129.)
season by having City Commis
sioner Sam Adams throw out
the first ball at Hollywood
Lanes. Everyone— from begin
ners to veterans, from youth to
adults— is welcome to join the
league, which runs from January
to May and from September to
December. (2:30 pm registra
tion. 3:30-6 pm games.
4030 NE Halsey St. $10.
503-722-0438.
www.pdxbowl. com.)
Hockney: The Colors
o f Music, a rare,
insightful look at the
celebrated gay visual
artist, at Whitsell
Auditorium. His pas
sionate love of music
and opera led him to
design stage sets for
11 operas that have
Indie singer/songwriter
been performed all
Tanya Pluth performs Jan. 8 over the world; the
sad irony is that, dur
at the Red and Black Cafe
ing the past decade,
Come to Holocene for Tart— a monthly party
he has slowly become deaf from a genetic
where the girls go to get more weekend in
condition that has curtailed his pnzed collabo
rations. (7 pm. 1219 SW Park Ave. $6-$7 )
their weekend. You will be sad you missed it.
(4-9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St.)
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! The Northwest Film Center’s 22nd annual
Reel Music Festival screens David
C h e c k o u t m o re lis tin g s
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Portland queer indie
singer/songwriter
Tanya Pluth brings
commentary, comedy
and cuteness to the
stage for a night of ong-
inal, engaging tunes at
the Red and Black Cafe
(7:30 pm. 2138 SE Divi
sion St.)
Get lucky during the Fox & Hounds Monthly
Charity Bingo. (3:30 pm. 217 SW Second
Ave.)
Ju“ *^ The Portland
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M onday
Sissyboy Goes to the Trailer Park
with DJs Stormy and Jimmy Jammer at
Holocene (9 pm music, 11 pm show
1001 SE Morrison St $3-$5.)
7 ) F riday
Artwork by Sissyboy drag performer Lee Kyle, aka Splendora, goes to the
highest bidder Dec. 21. If you'd rather take Splendora home with you, she's
up for grabs, too.
u««\ Talk about keeping Portland weird' Drag
king Johnny Mozzarella is going to
perform “We Are the Champions" as a
Gay t
Lesbian
Community Bowling
Association the city's
longest-running sporting
association, celebrates
its 27th anniversary
Bean Gilsdorf and a star-studded lineup of artists explore the interdependence of consumption,
the media, the c ovemment and morality in SinTax at Belinki & DuPrey Gallery and Gallery 500