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decomber 17.2004 * eatingout “I stay at home and hang out with my rixnnmate, play video games or go out to a har with my friends,” he says. (FYI: You won’t win his heart hy ordering him a fancy microhrew. He prefers PBR and Miller.) Concoction plays Dec. 25 through Jan. 22 at CoHo Theatre, 2257 N.W. Raleigh St. Tickets are $10-$ 18 from 503-232-7072; Thursdays are “pay what you can.” Gay yuletide CDs atthew Kern has a thing for Nordie’s. It’s only natural that the gay Portland musician would have a hit of a love affair going on with that venerable downtown shop ping center. For five years he has been the house pianist at Nord strom, where this time of year it’s bubbling with the sound of holiday tunes. If you’ve wished you could Kittle up that sound along with the cologne and cashmere you splurged on for somekidy special’s stocking, well, Kern has done it for you. He just released a collection of his favorite holiday songs, Christmas Present (available at Nordstrom). “Christmas songs take us hack to childhcxxl,” says Kern. “In putting together this CD, 1 wanted to ckxise songs that reflected the whole range of emotions that people experience dur ing the Christmas season." Matthew Kern has#a He says he put the album together last year when he was going through a breakup. “Undoubtedly some of the intensity of the album comes out of that experience...‘Have Yourself a Merry Christmas’ is perhaps the ulti mate melancholy holiday sting, hut 1 also truly adore Joni Mitchell’s ‘River.’ ” The unaccompanied Paul Winter-esque piano evokes leisurely evenings sipping cock tails hy the fire at Heathman’s. Which is no surprise, since Kern plays there as well! Artists make prints for PICA It’s a studio sale like no other, and all the prtKeeds benefit edgy arts huh Portland Insti tute for Contemporary Art. The second annual Prints for PICA marathon takes place Dec. 18 at Studio 333, 333 N.E. Hancixzk St. More than 50 area artists will convene and spend the day creating and collakirating. Among them will he respected queer artists Paul Arensmeyer, David Eckard and Storm Tharp. The sale was founded in 2003 hy Steven Hayes as a way for visual artists to directly show their support for PICA. Like last year, he eatingout eatingout lust out 39 eatingout A d o b eatingout R o s e m LUNCH 11:30-2:00 Tues. - Sat. «Si DINNER 5:00-9:00 Tues. - Sat. CLOSED Sun. & Mon. Cafe TREAT YOURSELF! F U L L BAR Experience The Flavors of New Mexico 1634 S.E. Bybee Blvd. • (503) 235-9114 Y ltlS enoteca 1 ______ __ ...... .1 I ‘... ^ l l i IIV m i l Ita a n JL * k ' Book y0ljr holiday parties with us New years reservations Coming soon: Vitim bar and happy hour Lunch Tuesday thru Friday. Ham to 2 pm Dinner Tuesday thru Thursday. 5 pm to 9 pm Friday & Saturday. 5 pm to 10 pm Sunday brunch 0 am to / pm 535 NW 16th Avenue at Hcyt ° 503-241-0355 C h ristm as P re s e n t for you at Nordie’s and his building-mates will turn their entire studios into a one-day print shop, in which artists of many disciplines will come together to make monoprints. The artists, who arrive at 9 a.m., chexise which of their finished prints to donate for sale that afternoon. They can take the rest home, with the expectation that they will donate the art to other worthy benefits. Arensmeyer, a sculptor who works almost entirely with found materials, told Just Out: “I can’t paint or draw, which makes printmaking, espe cially in the midst of this city’s most talented artists, a challenge, to say the least. I’m going to pick a few objects from the vast selection in my studio and make prints hy applying ink directly to the objects and pressing the paper to the objects.... What gives me hope that I’ll produce prints of any interest and quality is that I’ll he work ing in a building full of artists...and know that whenever I need to I can quickly get a suggestion, More than 50 area artists will participate in the second annual tip or idea on how to push Prints for PICA marathon Dec. 18 what I’m doing beyond just rubbing paper to an object." Another gay musician who just released a Prices for the art are incredibly cheap by holiday CD is Esera Tuaolo, the former Ore industry standards: Between $100 and $250 gon State University fcxithall player who is can score you a print that you might pay more only the third National Fcxithall League player than double for at a gallery, so collectors get ever to come out. Now retired, Tuaolo has turned his attention to singing, acting and rais quite a deal while supporting the continuation of Portland’s vibrant art scene. More than ing his twin son and daughter. The heart $30,000 was raised last year—imagine what warming First Christmas (order a signed copy at this year might bring! JH EseraTuaolo.com) features “Our First Christ mas,” a soulful R & B tune that seems dedicat Compiled by M eg D aly , S tephen B lair ed to his husband, Mitchell Wherley, along and R ebecca R again with two versions of “Silent Night.” MON - FRI 6AM - 2:30 PM SAT & SUN 7:30 - 2:30 PM C A F E BREAKFAST ALL DAY! Best Breakfast & Lunch! «■■■ b 2201 N Killingsworth U t t J fW a i m Between North Gay & Gay M ID W ES T ER N B E E F G U LF PRAW NS AUSTRALIAN LOBSTER P O R T L A N D P R I C E S IN S T E A D O F C H I C A G O ’S You don’t have to go to a Chicago Steak House to get a quality meal. Come to Sayler’s. For over 55 years w e’ve keen providing Portland families a great steak dinner at a fair price. So that one day, you can make a trip to, say, the midwest. OLD C O m B g 105th Si S .E . 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