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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)
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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 )