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July
appears next
to events
especially
recommended
by the Just Out
arts staff
Los Angeles pop singer/songwriter Jay
Spears performs at the dyke-owned coffee
shop Haven. (8 pm. 3551 SE Division St.)
C.C. Slaughters presents the Cascade Cup
Softball Party No cover! (8 pm. 219 NW
Davis St.)
Chamber Music Northwest presents its
35th Anniversary Summer Festival—five
weeks of music with 17 programs in 28
concerts as well as free lectures, open
rehearsals, pre-concert talks, art exhibitions
and a film screening—through July 31. (Fora
complete schedule visit www.cmnw org.)
Out Dancing's beginning waltz class starts
tonight and continues every Friday in July at
Ankeny Street Studio. Intermediate tango
follows (7-8 pm waltz ($20 for rrlbnth),
8 9 pm tango l$24 for month). 975 SE Sandy
Blvd. 503-236 5129.
out_dancing@yahoo.com.)
Kaosmosis concludes its First Friday
run of shows at Bossanova Ballroom
with Spirit of '79, an American
summer sci-fi family barbecue featunng
Dream Police Car performing music by The
Cars and Cheap Trick. (9 pm-4 am. 722 E
Bumside St. $7 $9 sliding scale.)
DJ Retro Rhonda teaches gay-friendly swing
and salsa lessons during Dance Fix Fndays
at Garberos. (Midnight-4 am. 414 SW 13th
Ave. $5.)
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S aturday
CoZ Productions gets your mind, body and
spirit hummiri during Freedom, a barefoot
and smoke- and alcohol-free dance featuring
free massages at Caravan Studios. DJs
Shams Cohen and Genia Z spin. (8 11 pm.
4050 NE Broadway. $10 sliding scale.
503-253-3348.)
Yee haw! Mississippi Pizza Pub
presents the TX 2 PDX
QueerMusicFest featuring
Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers, Laura Mejia,
Excuse Me Sir, Pirate Jane, Dreadful Sorry,
Stacy Bias, Littermeet, Tamara J. Brown,
Glam Star Burlesque, DK PDX, Johnny
Mozzarella and DJ Puppet. (8 pm-2 am.
3552 N Mississippi Ave. $5 $ 10 sliding
scale.)
Margo Tufo presents Women in Blues
featuring Kathleen “Koffee” Riley, Chris
“Donna Delgado" Schlegel and special
guests at Clyde s Prime Rib. (8:30 pm-
midnight 5474 NE Sandy Blvd.)
Lesbian-owned restaurant/bar Vitis Enoteca
stays open late every first and third Saturday
for After Hours, a fabulous party for
women. (10pm-2 am. 535 NW 16th Ave. $5.)
DJ Nightschool spins electro and old-school
dunng Suicide Club every first and third
Saturday at Dunes. (10 pm-3 am. 1905 NE
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.)
More than 30 queer softball teams from
Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Atlanta and Vancouver, British
Columbia, compete for the Cascade Cup
through July 3 at Gordon Faber Recreational
Complex in Hillsboro and Memonal Park in
Wilsonville. (4450 NW 229th Ave. and
8100 SW Wilsonville Road.
www. cascadecup. org.)
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If you hate to eat and run, try running and
eating with the Portland Frontrunners for
a 2.7- to 6.5-mile run along the Willamette
River, followed by brunch. Meet at the
intersection of Southeast Main Street and the
Eastbank Esplanade. (9 am.
www.portlandfrontrunners. org.)
Get lucky during the Fox & Hounds Monthly
Charity Bingo (3:30 pm. 217 SW Second
Ave.)
Queer artist Richard Glenn shows his fused glass work through July 30 at Brian Marki Fine Art.
Everybody's welcome to join the queer
friendly drum circle Sundays at the
group every first Monday at 3 Friends
Coffeehouse. (7:30 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.
503-285-4848)
S unday
Roxx Religion, led by queer singer/guitarist
Juli Roxx, presents an all-ages spintual
gathering and blues/folk/rock concert
Sundays at Liberty Hall. (1 pm. 311 N Ivy St.)
Egyptian Club. (4 pm. 3701 SE
Division St.)
Come to gay-owned Crush—now
triple the size with a Vice Room for
smokers—for the T-Dance every
Sunday. (4 pm-1 am. 1400 SE
Morrison St.)
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.)
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DJ Retro Rhonda teaches gay-friendly swing
and salsa lessons during Dance Fix
Tuesdays at Garberos. (4-7 pm. 414 SW 13th
Ave. $5.)
Bolivia Carmichaels
hosts Carnival de
Bolivia a wild and crazy
talent and variety show
open to everyone—from
drag and dancing to
singing and strif>ping—every
Sunday at C.C. Slaughters.
Performers should arrive at least an
hour before showtime (8-11 pm.
219 NW Davis St.)
Portland artist Daniel Kaven confronts the
tormented realities of his own experience in
the groundbreaking conceptual project Divorce
July 6-29 at Gallery 500.
Gay owned Paolo Design Group presents
Design Shop-Talks 2005 a senes of
forums about new innovations to create a
living space that caters to your needs Today's
topic is “Lighting Basics " Continues July 16
with "Design Dollar Do's and Don'ts."
(11 am-12 30 pm 1031 NW 11th Ave. To
RSVP, call 503 222-1757.)
The Independence Day Men's Spirit
Pajama Party uses heart-sharing, massage,
contact improv, pillow fights and blindfolded
touch exploration to melt the barriers between
men Presented by Q LAND and LoveTribe
(7 pm-midmght. $10-$20 donation RSVP to
503 223 8822. ext. 2. or
pa/amaparty@qland org. )
The Bisexual Community
Forum hosts a casual discussion
full-body massage in a safe and nurturing
environment. No experience necessary.
(7-10 pm. $20. Register at 503-493-9421.)
Cunt author Inga Muscio reads
from Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed
Devil: My Life and Times in a Racist,
Imperialist Society at the Goodfoot. DJ Yaga
spins. Proceeds benefit In Other Words
Women's Books and Resources. (8 pm.
2845 SE Stark St $1-$50 sliding scale.)
Village Voice political cartoonist Ward
Sutton discusses Sutton Impact, his full
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Q-LAND presents men's yoga classes
Wednesdays through July 20. Tonight's focus
is back and neck pain; next week's focus is
weight loss and fitness. First class free;
sliding scale thereafter. (6:30-8:30 pm.
RSVP to 503-223-8822, ext. 1. or
yoga@qland.org.)
2Boards Productions presents Our Little
Gala at Theater Theatre featuring a staged
reading of Portland playwnght Aubrey
Jessen's Pink Apocalypse, music by Swingin’
Amiss and a silent auction. (7 pm. 3430 SE
Belmont St. $10 from 503-232-5375.)
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Who’s got the glue gun? Dykes
Do Crafts at Touchstone Coffee
House (6 30 pm. 7631 NE Glisan
St.)
Don Viramontes hosts an open mike
Tuesdays at the dyke-owned coffee shop
Haven. (7:30 pm. 3551 SE Division St.)
Life coach Barb Beck presents a
series of workshops for veterans of
long-term relationships who wish to get
it right. Tonight's topic is Fabulous Ways
Where the hell is the '80s underground, slow
jams, rock and dirty Southern rap in this
town? Holocene presents Monster Truck,
a boy-on-boy dance party for everyone, every
first Wednesday. DJs Sew What, And How,
BJ and L-Train spin. (9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison
St. $3 after 10 pm.)
It's queer night at Basil, a new restaurant
and bar located below Sweet Basil Thai
Cuisine (4 30-1130 pm. 3135 NE Broadway )
Calling all dykes to Giris Night Out
Thursdays at Dingo's! Food and drink specials
until midnight. (7 pm. 4612 SE Hawthorne
Blvd. 503 233 3996 )
Queer musician Tamara J. Brown hosts Suck
My Open Mike Thursdays at 3 Friends
Coffeehouse. (7 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave )
(7-8 30 pm. $10. RSVP to
matchmaker@cruisecontrolpdx. com.)
Grolla Restaurant & Wine Bar holds a Gay
Happy Hour Thursdays featuring live jazz
with Jim Soloway (911 pm. 2930 NE
Killingsworth St. 503-493-9521.)
ErosTouch hosts Men Massaging Men
every first and third Wednesday Two-on-one
Queer DJ Tool spins during late night happy
hour Thursdays through Saturdays at Green
to Blow a Budding Relationship!
Stark Raving Theatre revisits Joseph Fisher's
contemporary version of a classic dilemma in
Faust. Us. (Version 2.0) July 8-Aug. 6.
color trouncing of the Bush Dynasty, at
Powell's. (730 pm. 1005 W Burnside St.)