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rTTTTTTTTTírietv.s briefs NoPo P ride ! The first-ever North Portland Pride BBQ &. Festival will he held from noon to 4 p.m. June 12. This is a free community event wel coming Portlanders from all neighborhrxxls. The event will take place at the University Park United Methodist Church Bell Tower Lawn, 4775 N. Lombard St. The organizing committee invites you to kick off Pride Week with food, music, vendor tables and good com pany. Vendors include North Portland resources, neighbors, real estate agents, mort gage brokers, housing developers and others. P ortland B lack P ride 2005 P resents E vent C alendar African-American queers will celebrate Black Pride 2005 with a series of events from June 15 to 19: 6:30 p.m. June 15: Health Education and Community Forum, “The Real Deal with the DL: Women and Men Dispelling the Myths and Exposing the Truths about HIV/AIDS in the African American Community” at Portland State University. Join community members, leaders and advocates for an evening of engag ing activities, a video presentation and a group discussion on the topic. Free HIV testing. Room 236, Smith Memorial Center, 1825 S.W. Broadway. 5 p.m. June 17: Networking Social and Fund-Raiser. Come meet and greet the Portland Black Pride staff, community members, leaders, volunteers and sponsors. There will be erotic art on display, light snacks and beer and wine for sale; 10 percent of all proceeds go to Portland Black Pride. Hip Chicks Do Wine, 4510 S.E. 23rd Ave. Noon June 18: Portland Black Pride b<x>th at Waterfront Park. The booth will have music, card games and HIV/AIDS resources. 9 p.m. June 18: Black Out Party. Live entertainment, complimentary buffet, cash bar and old-school, hip-hop and R & B music. First 25 people get free raffle tickets. Raffle prizes include an iPrxI Mini, a mountain bike,.a DVD player and more. $5. Moon Star Bar and Grill, 7410 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Noon June 19: Parade. Contact Brother to Brother to march and get a T-shirt. The parade route starts at North west Park Avenue and Davis Street. Ask a Pride Northwest volunteer for Brother to Brother/Portland Black Pride 2005 team meeting location. For more information call 503-417-7991. 4 p.m. June 19: Barbecue. A day in the park filled with frxxl, games and music. Feel free to bring a dish or beverage to share. Site F, Columbia Park, North Chau tauqua Boulevard and Lombard Street. For more information about these or other Brother to Brother events, visit Andrew Tuttle has returned to his hometown to work for Commissioner Adams. www.brotobroptlx.org. S am A dams ’ O ffice W elcomes S ummer I ntern Andrew Tuttle is the newest member of Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams’ staff. Home for the summer from school, Tuttle is interning for the office, working on a number of projects. He has just finished his first year at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he is studying international affairs and German language and literature. After spending a year living in Düsseldorf, Germany, as a junior in high school, Tuttle developed an interest in international policy making and has decided to test the waters in Q ueer M utiny , N ot C onsumer U nity Queer Revolution is holding its second Altema-Pride, promoting anti-capitalism and the complex queer identity, and it is calling for volunteers. Organizers ask: “Pride? In what? Pride in being tolerated simply and solely as a consumer community? Pride in being told by consumer society that we have to pay to be gay?” This year’s theme for Altema-Pride will be “A Funeral March for Queer Resistance.” The group will be carrying a coffin and signs about the new queer eugenics and anti-corporatism. Organizer eRuc comments, “Everyone will be gothed out,” so get out your best basic black. The organizers of Altema-Pride chide Pride Northwest for “claiming, packaging and selling the GLBT (leaving out the Q) image to the highest bidder. It, along with most ‘Pride’ cele brations, has commodified the queer identity, establishing stereotypes to people outside the community and building unrealistic expecta tions for those in the community.” To join the Altema-Pride parade, get more information by writing to queerrevolution@ riseup.net. municipal policy. He will be returning to Ger many in late August to study at Humboldt Uni S outhern O regon C elebrates P ride versity in Berlin and to further pursue his double in S tyle major. Come join communities in Southern Ore Tuttle, who is gay, was bom and raised in ■ gon as they celebrate Pride around the region. Clackamas but is residing in Sellwotxl. A true Events will be held in Ashland, Grants Pass and native and lover of Portland, he is excited to Medford. participate in and experience firsthand some of • 6 p.m. June 3: Art Walk at the Abdill- the inner workings of local government and Ellis Community Center, Suite 112, 208 Oak how policies are made and implemented in such St., Ashland. a diverse and dynamic office environment. • 2 p.m. June 4: Stonewall Panel at Ash Adams’ office is kxiking for additional sum land Public Library, 224 Claremont Ave. mer interns. If you are interested, call David • Gonzales at 503-823-1120. Continued on Page 8 Offer good through June 30, 2005 It’s time to show a lot of skin. • Laser Hair Removal • Fine Lines and Wrinkles • Microdermabrasion • Acne • Skin Care • Age Spots and Sun Damage • Ultrasonic Facials • Veins All treatments performed by licensed nurses. 25% OFF ANY TREATMENT PACKAGE Call 503.253.SCJNA (7662) or visit sonamedspa.com/poilland sona* mcdspa reveal your self
