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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 2005)
24 i“« January 7. 2005 Submissions should be sent t< > just OUt Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293-0400; or faxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com. Deadline is 15 days before issue date just out is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. January Q-LAND presents a free introductory men's yoga class on stress and depression ■ I Intermediate salsa follows. (7-8 pm cha-cha ($20 for month), 8-9 pm salsa l$32 for month). 975 SE Sandy Blvd. 503-236-5129. out_ dancing@yahoo. com.) Leather Night and Red Hanky Social at Gail's Dirty Duck every first and third Friday. (9 pm-midnight. 439 NW Third Ave. dustin@pacifier com.) 8) S aturday I I i Join Lesbians Enjoying Nature and Science for bird watching at Fern Hill Wetlands in Forest Grove. (10am. Fora ride from the last MAX stop in Hillsboro, call Terri at 503-626-4623.) The women of The Forest Group meet for their monthly potluck and planning session, Even if you don't want to lead an event, bring a dish to share and come join this open discussion (5:30 pm potluck. 6:30 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. 975 SE Sandy Blvd $5. 503-236-5129 ) Portland queer indie singer/songwriter Tanya Pluth bnngs commentary, comedy and ’ cuteness to the stage for a night of onginal, engaging tunes at the Red and Black Cafe. (7 30 pm. 2138 SE Division St ) Myshkin's Ruby Warblers perform at Mississippi Studios. (8 pm. 3939 N Mississippi Ave. $8.) WM fy Clinton Street Theater presents its biannual 18-and-over installment of The Rocky Horror Picture Show One word to describe it: debauchery. (Midnight. 2522 SE Clinton St. $6.) The Jan. 19 class focuses on weight loss and digestive problems. (6:30-8:30 pm. 2785 NW Westover Road. RSVP to 503-223-8822, ext. 1. www.qland.org.) J\ The Portland Gay & Lesbian |F Community Bowling 7 F riday Out Dancing's beginning cha-cha class starts tonight and continues every Friday in January at Ankeny Street Studio. appears next to events especially recommended by the Just Out arts staff. € Association, the city's longest- running sporting association, celebrates its 27th anniversary season by having City Commissioner Sam Adams throw out the first ball at Hollywood Lanes. Everyone—from beginners 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 registration, 3:30-6 pm games. 4030 NE Halsey St. $10. 503-722-0438. www.pdxbowl.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. Repeats Jan. 18 (7-8 pm. 2257 NW Raleigh St. $5.) Holocene holds another dancetastic crazy queer Movement night with DJs Automaton, Amber and Freddie. If you haven't made it to this party yet. you’re missing out on one of the city’s best bootie-shaking opportunities. (9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St.) Keep your resolutions to have more fun, be more sexy and dance more often during Tart, ■ a swank soiree where the queer girls play, I every second Sunday at Holocene. DJs I Harmony, dre and K-tell keep the groove [i 3 T hursday going all night with world beats, Latin house and hip-hop. (4 pm. 1001 SE Momson St. $5.) Calling all dykes to Girls Night Out Thursdays at Dingo's! Food and drink specials until midnight. (7 pm. 4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-233-3996.) The Gay Pinochle Group meets every Sunday at Hobo's. Come play cards and meet the gang. (6 pm 120 NW Third Ave Mike 503 641-7224.) • The Freedom Socialist Party launches a weekly study group to read and discuss Open Veins of Latin America. Eduardo Galeano's classic history of the lands south of the Rio Grande, at the Bread and Roses Center (7-8:30 pm. 819 N Killingsworth St. 503-240-4462. fsp@igc.org.) Jack: Queer as F“k rings in the new queer year with Davies vs. Dresch, Chrome Becomes Her and DJs Puppet and Stormy at the Doug Fir Lounge. (6 pm-midnight. 830 E Bumside St. $3 before 7 pm, $5 after www.jackpdx.com.) The Northwest Film Center's 22nd annual Reel Music Festival screens David Hockney: The Colors of Music, a rare, insightful look at the celebrated gay visual artist, at Whitsell Auditorium. His passionate love of music and opera led him to design stage sets for 11 operas that have been | performed all over the world; the sad irony is that, during the past decade, he has slowly become deaf from a genetic condition, curtailing his prized collaborations. (7 pm. 1219 SW Park Ave. $6-$7.) Take flight to Metamorphose queer night at Madame Butterfly. (8 pm. 403 SW Stark St.) The Abdill-Elhs Lambda Community Center has launched a monthly movie night in the basement of the old Ashland Armory. (7:30-9:30 pm. 208 Oak St. 541 488-6990. belami 7 @juno. com.) From left, Honey D. Licious, Charley Horse, Johnny Mozzarella and Gigi Bang Bang sizzle Jan. 16 at the Fez. If you're free the night before, swing by Holocene to wish Johnny a happy birthday! Picture this: a medley of Metallica’s "Enter Sandman" and The Chordettes's "Mr. Sandman"...performed on a mandolin and a glockenspiel...by three burly bears. Intrigued? Then you must experience Sneakin' Out every Sunday at Gail's Dirty Duck. (9 pm. 429 NW Third Ave.) Queer Revolution presents a benefit video screening of Southern Comfort, a documentary . about a trans couple's love surviving in the rural South, at Vinnie s Pizza. (8:30 pm. 236 N Killingsworth St. $2 $5 sliding scale.) To) M onday Freshly remodeled nightclub C.C. Slaughters screens two episodes of Queer as Folk every Monday. (8 pm. 219 NW Davis St) or questioning women 18 and older. (7-9 pm. 4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 503-972-2233 www.pdxbadgids. net.) When the weather outside is frightful, the Nude Review inside is delightful at the Egyptian Club. (9 pm. 3701 SE Divi sion St.) 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.) DJs Puppet. Stormy, Heewee and Stepchild teach their parrot new tncks during Booty: Queer as Ye Be, a weekly queer night at Tuesdays are Venus night at No Fish! Go Fish! for women who love women. Featuring special guest drink "The Venus of Wil lendorf"! (10 pm-1 am. 3962 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) Come to Le Happy for some tasty crepes and queers every Monday. (9 pm 1 am. 1011 NW 16th Ave.) 11 T uesday The Portland Area Business Association Oregon Tradeswomen present an information session about paid on-the-job training and high wage career opportunities in carpentry, electrical and other construction- related fields at Portland Community College's Workforce Training Center. Repeats Jan. 18. (2-4 pm. 5600 NE 42nd Ave. Register at 503-335 8200, ext. 21.) If only there was a queer lounge where the Rose City's queer chamber of commerce, holds its monthly meeting at the Embassy Suites, with a presentation by retiring Just Out columnist Marc Acito. (11:30 am- 1 pm. 319 SW Pine St. $5 $32 from 503-241-2222) vw M F sexy, fun, intelligent, creative, sophist) cated people gathered to socialize in a hip, cool environment on a regular basis! The wait is over: Club HRC presents Salon Queue featunng a live DJ and great conver sation in a smoke-free environment at Aura. (7 pm. 1022 W Bumside St ) BrotherSpirit a casual monthly gathering for men in the pagan/wiccan community, meets at SisterSpirit. (7 pm 3430 SE Belmont St. 4102 $3 $5 donation. 503 736 3297.) Grab a copy of the 2005 Wine Hottie Calendar and kick the winter blues Jan. 15 at Hip Chicks Do Wine. A portion of the calendar proceeds will be donated to a nonprofit alternative school for at-risk students in Portland. Bad Girls host their Kinky Women's Welcoming Munch at Dingo s. For all kinky Radical Women hold a Revolutionary Femi nist Meeting at the Roald Dahl's The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) comes to life Jan. 9, 22 and 23 at Keller Auditorium Bread and Roses Center to plan for the year ahead. This is your chance to get involved! (6 pm. 819 N Killingsworth St. $6 dinner donation. To arrange child care, rides or work exchanges, call 503 240 4462.) Start composing your free 50-word personal ad in preparation for the Just Out Singles Party featunng light snacks and a no-host bar at Hobo's. You might win a door prize—and fall in love while you're at it! (6-8 pm. 120 NW Third Ave.) Porky's Pub. (9 pm-2 am. 835 N Lombard St. $3 after 10 pm. www.bootypdx.com.) 14 F riday Lesbian poet/performance artist/sociol- ?F ogist Kimberly Dark (The Butch/ Femme Chronicles. True Confessions of a Lesbian Diva) reads at dyke-owned coffee shop Haven. (8 pm. 3551 SE Division St )
