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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 2005)
may 6.2ÛQ5 ». Jisst naat.29 Fi 9 T hursday SpugMotion moves contemporary dance in a new direction May 6. Lesbian comedian Kate Clinton talks a blue streak at Aladdin Theater. (8 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $28 at the door, $25 in advance from box office or Ticketmaster.) House of Cunt entertainer Andrew Ox celebrates his acceptance into the famed Groundlings School of Improvisation during The Oxorcism— a fun- and fund-raiser featuring crazy performances, a talent show and a dance party—through May 14 at Acme. (8 pm. 1305 SE Eighth Ave.) 14 S aturday The women of The Forest Group take a moderate 7.6-mile hike along Siouxon Creek. (360-883-1060.) The Pacific Coast Boating Club heads up the Multnomah Channel to Coon Island for overnight fun at the docks. (503-793-0751. paccoastboatclub@comcast. net. ) Artists, galleries, performers, miisicians and nonprofits take over 33 blocks of Northeast Alberta Street during the sixth annual Art Hop (11 am-8 pm. www.artonalberta.org.) Embers throws another Hot Flash Dance Party for lesbians 36 and older who love to cruise, dance to '70s and '80s music and have a good time! (4-8:30 pm. 110 NW Broadway. $7.) Animation Celebration: A Century of Hope and Laughter at the Marriott Hotel martrs the 100th year of Neighborhood House and the art of animation by paying tribute to the Rose City's own Mel Blanc, a frequent supporter of the nonprofit organization serving families in Southwest Portland. Featuring master of ceremonies Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants! (6-10 pm. 1401 SW Naito Parkway. $100 from www.nhweb.org.) p:ear, a nonprofit that helps homeless youth through education, art and recreation, celebrates its third birthday dunng p:ear blossoms III—taking flight at The Plant. Performers include BodyVox, Ten Tiny Dances and House of Cunt entertainer Amber Martin. Brian W. Spencer says goodbye to Portland on May 13. (6:30-9:30 pm. 939 SE Alder St. $75 a person, $125 a couple from 503-228-6677 or www.pearmentor.org.) Salem's Marionberry Salon holds a potluck discussion of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison. (6:30 pm. Cary 503-363-6036 marionberrysalon@aol. com. ) Hip Chicks Do Wine throws the first-ever Pink Party featuring rosé wines by 10 artisan wineries, food and a performance by the band Dirty Martini. Proceeds benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. (7-10 pm. 4510 SE 23rd Ave. $15-$50 sliding scale from 503-753-6374 or www. hipchicksdowine. com. ) Come out and support the fierce female football players of the Portland Shockwave as they take on the Eugene Edge at Lincoln High School. (7 pm. 1600 SW Salmon St. $5. www.portlandshockwave. com. ) (8-11 pm. 975 SE Sandy Blvd. $5. 503-236-5129.) L’5 (S unday Amy Wells of Vancouver, Wash., wails her folk soul at Back to Back Cafe. (7-9 pm. 615 E Burnside St.) Gay musician Holcombe Waller celebrates the release of his CD Troubled Times with Wade McCollum (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Geoff Stanfield (Black Lab) at Fez Ballroom. (8 pm. 316 SW 11th Ave. $6.) Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social is every second Saturday at Ankeny Street Studio. Lesson and refreshments included. Tamaras performs at Music Millennium. (6 pm 801 NW 23rd Ave.) Gather around the Portland Polyamory Circle for informal discussions of open relationships and commitment. (7 pm. Laury . 503-285-4848.) 17 T uesday Tamaras performs at Ash Street Saloon. (9:30 pm. 225 SW Ash St.) fis W ednesday 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) Tamaras performs at Suena. (7.30 pm. 3930 NE Hancock St.) Disgruntled Mary Kay saleswoman Mary Esther Ruth accidentally unleashes the apocalypse simply by opening a tube of lipstick. Will Portland's punk drag troupe be able to stop the world from ending before happy hour? Find out dunng Sissyboy Goes Apocalypstick featunng a cameo appearance from House of Cunt entertainer Amber Martin, musical guest The Divided and DJs Stormy and Jimme Jamma at Holocene (10 pm music, 11 pm show 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) brings her edgy but refined guitar, lyrical honesty and uniquely haunting voice to Music Millennium and Mississippi Pizza Pub. (1 pm, 801 NW23rd Ave., free. 10:30pm, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., $7.) Asian American drumming group multi-instrumentalist Mitch limori and award-winning poet Lawson Inada during the intimate performance A Place Called Home through May 22 at Tribe Theatre and Art Gallery in Portland's own historic Japantown. (8 pm Thursday Saturday. 2 pm Saturday and Sunday. 510 NW Glisan St. $17-$19 from TicketsWest.) [20 F riday Grease your wheels with the Rosetown Ramblers' Gay Skate Night at Oaks Park every third Monday. (7:30-9 30 pm. 1 SE Spokane St. $5 plus canned food items for Esther's Pantry.) Chris Pureka of Northampton, Mass., Portland Taiko collaborates with Scream Club and Joey Casio perform during Booty: Queer as Ye Be, a weekly queer night at Porky’s Pub. (9 pm-2 am. 835 N Lombard St. $5. www.bootypdx.com.) Wanna be a king for a day? Share the Spotlight with DK PDX on May 9. The Adventure Group meets at Portland Art Museum to view Mystenous Spints, Strange Beasts, Earthly Delights: Early Chinese Art from the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection. (10 am. 1219 SW Park Ave. $03-760 3814.) Gay singer/songwnter/multi-mstrumentalist Maia Sharp blends elements of pop and folk with shards of jazz at Aladdin Theater. Marcus Eaton opens, and Edwin McCain headlines. (7:30 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $19 at the door, $16.50 in advance from box office or Ticketmaster.) Groove to tribal fusion beats with eccentric belly dancers dunng East Meets West at the Egyptian Club. Insanely decadent dance costumes encouraged. (8 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $5.) Portland author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) reads horrifying, mind-blowing and stomach-churning tales from Haunted at First Unitarian Church. (7:30 pm. 1011 SW 12th St.) Joe Thurston unmasks his subjects through May 28 at Mark Woolley Gallery. Queer musician Tamara J. Brown hosts Suck My Open Mike Thursdays at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (7 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.) 16 M onday Darklady invites you to her fourth annual Masturbate-a- Thon featuring party games, casting couch exhibitionism, birthday fantasies, S/M play space, the sensual Rubitorium and the amazing ThrillHammer! Enter the Solo Sex Writing Contest, bid on silent auction items, have your future read by Larry Foltz, and listen to live music by Full Brazil and platters spun by DJ ChaotiQueer. Proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture, Dandelion Animal Rescue, Friends of People with AIDS Foundation and Woodhull Freedom Foundation. (7 pm-2 am. $20-$25 RSVP to darklady@darklady. com. ) Brandon Chandler performs at dyke- owned cafe Haven. (7:30 pm. 3551 SE Division St.) The Forest Film Fest screens documentary, fictional, expenmental, international and animated shorts through May 22 at Clinton Street Theater. (7 pm Thursday and Friday, 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. 2522 SE Clinton St. $6 general admission, $25 festival pass from 503-679-8072. For a complete listing of films, visit www.forestfilmfest.com.) The women of The Forest Group take a 20-mile bike around Vancouver Lake. (10 am. Barb 360-944 6619.) Gay spiritual director Dale Rhodes co facilitates an Enneagram Spirituality Retreat exploring how we can continue using the ancient personality system in our daily lives through May 22 at Still Meadow Retreat Center in Clackamas. (16561 SE Mama Road. $370-$390 from 503-295-4481 or www. enneagramportland. com.) Keshet holds a Shabbat potluck for sexual minority Jews along with their spouses, partners, significant others and good friends. (6:30 pm. David 503-226- 7079 www. gayjewishportland. com.) The Associated Students of University of Oregon Women's Center presents the sixth Out/Loud queer women's music festival through May 21 at WOW Hall in Eugene. (7:30 pm. 291 W Eighth Ave $5-$7 for one night. $8 $10 for both.) Kate Clinton shows us the funny May 13. Stark Raving Theatre announces its 2005- 2006 season during the annual fund-raiser Through the Roof! featuring dinner, drinks, entertainment and auction items at Hotel Vintage Plaza. (7 pm. 422 SW Broadway. $50 from 503-232-7072.) Celebrate C.C. Slaughters* 24th Birthday Party with cake, giveaways and special prizes all night. No cover! (8 pm. 219 NW Davis St.) Bear Bust at Gail's Dirty Duck. (8 11 pm. 429 NW Third Ave. $8 members, $10 nonmembers.) Tip yoiir 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.) DJs Anjali, E3 and The Incredible Kid expose electronic sounds emerging from South Asia, the Middle East. Afnca. Latin Amenca, Jamaica and the United Kingdom during the monthly dance party Atlas at Holocene. (9 pm-2:30 am. 1001 SE Momson St. $5 after 10 pm.) S unday Barefoot and smoke- and alcohol-free, the Co/Z Fridays Dance gets your mind, body and spirit hummin' with free massages and foot baths at Scarlett Ballroom. DJs Shams Cohen and Genia Z spin. (7:30-10:30 pm. 700 NE Dekum St $10 sliding scale 503-253-3348) Women's jazz tno Sweet Thunder performs at O’Connors. (8-11 pm. 7850 SW Capitol Highway. $4.) The women of The Forest Group take a moderate-to-difficult 11 4-mile hike along Badger Creek Dogs welcome (503 659-2782.) The Adventure Group goes canoeing, kayaking, rowboating, paddleboating and hiking at Lost Lake. Overnight camping available Meet at Starbucks inside the Hollywood Fred Meyer store. (9 am. 3030 NE Weidler St. 503-235-2201) / gq \ Noir presents the inaugural Queer our * Fetish night featunng hostess Bulimianne Rhapsody, musical guests Caught in Candy, fetish diva Krystal Belle Rose, spoken word artist Charlie Vazquez and DJs ChaotiQueer, Stormy, Puppet and Nancy Bear Dress code will be enforced (9 pm- 2 30 am 203 SE Grand Ave. $3-$5 freaky. $10 vanilla www queerfetish-r.us.) 2i S aturday Gay-owned Anthony's Home Court presents the first-ever Anthony's Golf Classic at Peninsula Golf Course in Long Beach, Wash (10 am 9604 Pacific Highway www anthonyshomecourt. com/golf html.) Gay-owned Crush—now tnple the size with a Vice Room for smokers— presents Double Your Pleasure a night with sexy electronica musician Flava Kelly and Bhangra/Bollywood/ hip-hop DJ Anjali. Proceeds benefit the Sexual Mmonty Youth Resource Center (8 pm. 1412 SE Morrison St $5 donation.) Lipstick Conspiracy. Show Me the Pink and DJs Hot Pants and Snow Tiger perform during Snatch: A Dyke Knight a hot homo dance party held every third or fourth Sunday at the Doug Fir Lounge (8 pm 1 am 830 E Bumside St $5 )
