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Artists are painting the town red this month: from left, Sandy Sampson at Mark Woolley Gallery, Eva Lake at Augen Gallery and Tarsus Moschella at Starbucks on Northwest 23rd. Just in time for the
fifth annual Red Dress Party on April 2 at the Meow Meow!
Q-LAND gives away 50 one-month
memberships to Princeton Athletic Club along
with special prizes for boys in athletic jerseys
or caps during the Spring Fever Party at
Scandals. Free HIV/STD testing and a
smooth mix by DJ Robb. (9-11:30 pm.
1038 SW Stark St.)
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swing, marching and concert ensembles at
Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. The gala also
will honor previous conductors and musicians
as well as important members of Portland's
sexual minorities community. (8 pm.
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. $8 $ 12 from Music
Millennium.)
St. Francis of Assisi Church celebrates
peace, love and rock 'n' roll with Sneakin*
Out and the Billy Shears Orchestra
Radical Women and independent activists
picket Oregon Right to Life's annual
conference at Keizer's Wittenberg Inn for the
. right wing's ongoing attack on reproductive
rights. (8-11 am 5188 River Road N. Kris
503-240-4462.)
Overflowing with bright colors and tantalizing
rhythms, Art for Life 2005:
Carnevalesco features Portland's largest
contemporary art auction, entertainment and
delectable hors d'oeuvres provided by the
city's best restaurants and caterers at
Montgomery Park. Proceeds benefit Cascade
AIDS Project. (5-7 pm Patron Event and
Dinner, 7-10 pm Grand Event. 2701 NW
Vaughn St. $100 $250 from 503-223-9255 or
www. cascadeaids. org.)
Come out and support the fierce female
football players of the Portland
Shockwave as they take on the Boise
Xtreme at Lincoln High School. (7 pm.
1600 SW Salmon St $5.
www. portlandshockwave, com.)
It’s My Pleasure teaches the fun introductory
class Sex Toys 101. (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th
Ave. $10 Register at 503-280-8080.)
The Rose City Gay Freedom
Band celebrates its 15th anniversary
with performances by its fabulous
reinterpreting The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band followed by a '60s
flower children costume parade and dance.
Prizes for the best hippie outfit! (8 pm.
330 SE 11th Ave. $15-$25 from
www. sneakinout. com.)
Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social is
every second Saturday at Ankeny Street
Studio. Lesson and refreshments included.
(8-11 pm. 975 SE Sandy Blvd. $5.
503-236-5129.)
DJs Anjali, E3 and The Incredible Kid expose
electronic sounds emerging from South Asia,
the Middle East. Africa, Latin America,
Jamaica and the United Kingdom during the
dance party Atlas every second Saturday
at Holocene. (9.30 pm-2:30 am.
1001 SE Morrison St. $5 after 10 pm.)
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The women of The Forest Group take a
difficult 12.2-mile hike along the Central
Salmon River to Kinzel Lake. An all-day,
dog-friendly event. (503-659-2782.)
Come to Holocene for Tart— a monthly party
where the girls go to get more weekend in
their weekend You will be sad you missed it.
(4-9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St.)
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C.C. Slaughters screens four episodes of
Queer as Folk every Monday. Enter your
name in the drawing for DVD box sets! (8 pm.
219 NW Davis St.)
Come to Le Happy for some tasty crepes
and queers every Monday. (9 pm-1 am.
1011 NW 16th Ave.)
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Lesbian recording artist Athena Reich
takes a stand against violence during Take
Back the Night at Oregon State University in
Corvallis. Meet the musician in the Memorial
Union Council Room, then hear her perform
with Mina Carson, Laurie Childers and
Johanna Beekman at Club Escape in Snell
Hall. (6-7 pm meet and greet, 7-9:30 pm
concert, www.athenareich.com.)
Is your money being spent in accordance with
your priorities? How can you prevent it from
ending up in the hands of multinational
corporations that discriminate and destroy
families, the planet and social justice? A Better
World Is Within Reach People’s Empower
ment and Collective Exchange (PE A C E.)
Network presents an educational workshop at
Laughing Horse Books about the creation of
PeaceNotes an alternative, nationwide
currency based on Ithaca Hours. (7 pm.
3652 SE Division St. www.abwwrpeace.org.)
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W ednesday
The Portland Area Business
Association holds its monthly meeting
at the Governor Hotel, with a presentation
by Outside In executive director Kathy Oliver
on “Getting Our Kids Off the Streets.”
(11:30 am-1 pm. 614 SW 11th Ave
$19-$24 from 503-241-2222.)
Learn how you can get involved with Radical
Women's upcoming activities during their
Revolutionary Feminist Meeting at
the Bread and Roses Center. (6.30 pm.
819 N Killingsworth St $4 snack donation.
To arrange child care, rides or work
exchanges, call 503-240-4462.)
known as Movement, this dancetastic crazy
queer night is one of the city's best
bootie-shaking opportunities. (9 pm.
1001 SE Morrison St. $3.)
Caught in Candy performs during Sparkleheart's Ain't No Fool dance party
April 3 at Holocene.
Porky's Pub, with a big blowout party
featuring 3-D glasses. CDs, DVDs, T-shirts,
and drink specials. Guest DJ MoRocca spins
with Puppet, Stormy and Heewee.
(9 pm-2 am. 835 N Lombard St. $5
www. bootypdx. com.)
Berbati's presents Asva, Point Line Plane,
Zombi and, most intriguing of all, Edie
Sedgwick, “the transgendered reincarnation
of a vacuous Warhol superstar who died of a
barbiturate overdose in 1971. Edie was reborn i
at the dawn of the new millennium to save the
world by singing about celebrities ... Armed
with only an iPod, she travels the nightclubs
of this land called America singing songs that
Composer David Schiff is joined by mezzo-
honor the likes of Julia Roberts, Robert
soprano Milagro Vargas to perform "Music Is
Downey Jr. and, of course, Martin Sheen.”
the Food of Love," an excerpt from Ail About
(9:30 pm. 10 SW Third Ave. $7-$8.)
Love, his song cycle examining love from
many angles—straight, gay, jealous, wise, ten
der, heated—at Reed College Chapel in Eliot
Hall.’ (6 pm. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.)
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Elder Resource Alliance invites older
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members of the sexual minorities community
to meet each other, share common interests
and enjoy fun conversation every second
Thursday at Old Wives' Tales. Two door
prize winners will get a free bowl of the
restaurant’s famous Hungarian mushroom
soup! (2-4 pm. 1300 E Bumside St. Kevin
503-224 2640.)
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Come hear 60 students play high-energy
music from Zimbabwe, Botswana and South
Africa during the 10th annual Marimba
Recital by the students of MyLinda King at
Evangel Baptist Church. Bring your own
percussion instruments for the All-Band Jam!
(12:30-5 30 pm. 2830 NE Flanders St.)
Jim Wallis discusses God's Politics, a
clarion call to make both our religious
. communities and our government pro-justice,
pro-peace, pro-environment and pro-family—
without making scapegoats of gays and
lesbians—at First Baptist Church. (7:30 pm
909 SW 11th Ave.)
Queer musician Joan Meyer performs with
her folk-rock band Jessie Rae at Oregon
Trader Brewing Co. in Albany.
(7:30-10:30 pm. 140 Hill St. SE )
Bear Bust at Gail's Dirty Duck (8-11 pm.
429 NW Third Ave. $8 members.
$10 nonmembers.)
Portland author Charlie Vasquez, former
Panorama nightclub photographer and
musician of Factor Red and Kaitlyn m
Donovan notoriety, reads from Buzz and
Israel, an action-packed tale of a queer punk
actor and his criminal lover, at 3 Friends
Coffeehouse. (830pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.)
Tip your hat to Crystal's Country Jam at
the Metro Police Club. (8-9 pm lessons.
9 pm-1 am dancing. 618 SE Alder St. $5. $8
with lessons.)
Singer/songwriter Athena Reich combines
folk, punk, ska, pop and cabaret at Intaba’s in
Corvallis. (9 pm. 1115 SE Third St. $5.
www. athenareich. com.)
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The women of The Forest Group play
miniature golf at Bullwinkle’s Family Fun Center
in Wilsonville. (29111 SW Town Center Loop.
503-249 9501 or 503-287-7124.)
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Cruise Control PDX presents quick dating
for lesbians at Hobo's All ages are
welcome (4 pm 120 NW Third Ave $15
Register at www.cruisecontrolpdx.com.)
I Powell's presents Up & Coming
.OUT Queer Writers Tennessee
Jones (Deliver Me from Nowhere.
a collection of short stories based on Bruce
Springsteen's album Nebraska). Charlie
Anders (Choir Boy. a fantastical coming-
of-age story) and Carolyn Connelly
(A Brooklyn Diary, a zine wntten by the New
York City performance poet and sex
educator). (7:30 pm. 1005 W Bumside St.)
Holocene follows the Party Line with DJs
Automaton, Amber and Freddie Formerly
Celebrate the first anniversary of
Booty, a weekly queer night at
Snatch: A Dyke Knight presents a
singles snatch-up and hot homo dance party
with Portland's best queer DJs every third
Sunday at the Doug Fir Lounge. (6-11 pm.
830 E Bumside St. $5.)
Athena Reich jams April 12 and 14
in Corvallis.
Check out more listings
at www.justout.com!