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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 2005)
21.2ÛÛ5 28 Submissions should be sent to just out Calendar, P.O. Box 14400, Portland, OR 97293-0400; or faxed to 503-236-1257; or submitted at www.justout.com. Deadline is 15 days before issue date, just out is published on the first and third Friday of each month. All addresses are in Portland unless otherwise specified. Lesbians Enjoying Nature and Science collect autumn leaves and enjoy the october refreshing change of season as they walk through Hoyt Arboretum. Meet at the gift shop. Bnng lunch and water. (10 am. Laune 503 977 2903.) Hundreds of queer-themed books are among the approximately 100,000 items offered during the 32nd annual Friends of the Multnomah County Library Fall Sale through Oct. 24 Members only tonight (6-9 pm Friday. 9 am-6 pm Saturday. 11 am- 5 pm Sunday, 9 am-3 pm Monday. 1635 NE Sandy Blvd, www.fnends-library.org.) Pride Northwest meets in Room 323 at Portland State University’s Smith Memorial Center. The board welcomes community participation in the planning of Pnde 2006! Repeats Nov. 4. (6:30-8 pm. 1825 SW Broadway, www.pridenw.org.) Hollywood Theatre presents the fourth Portland International Short Short Film Festival aka PISS Fest! through Oct. 22. (7 and 9 10 pm. 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $6 ) Toys, clothes, whips and handmade items are just a few of the early holiday gifts for sale dunng the Portland Leather Alliance Annual Kinky Vendors Fair and Play Party at the Ambridge Center. (Noon-5:30 pm fair [$1], 8 pm party [$101. 300 NE Multnomah St ) The ninth Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival throws a closing night party at Crush. Screenings continue through Oct. 23 at Hollywood Theatre. (2 and 4 pm screenings, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. 8 pm party, 1400 SE Morrison St. www.sensoryperceptions.org.) In Other Words presents Les Figues authors Pam Ore (Grammar of the Cage). Vanessa Place (Dies: A Sentence) and Teresa Carmody (Requiem). (3 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court crowns new titleholders dunng Conduit Dance celebrates its 10th anni versary with the Bam Bam Performance Series featunng fast-paced interlaced performance dialogues in two separate programs by com pelling artists including gay dancers Mike Barber and Minh Tran. (7-8 30 and 9-10:30 pm. Suite 401. 918 SW Yamhill St. $15-$20 each.) Basic Rights Oregon executive director Roey Thorpe and her partner, Missy Townsend, challenge card sharks dunng the Texas Hold ’Em Buy-In for Basic Rights at Hotel Vintage Plaza. Prizes awarded to top players. (7-11 pm. 422 SW Broadway. $100 from 503-222-6151.) The Impenal Sovereign Rose Court presents the Coronation 2005 Out-of-Town Show at Embers. (8 pm. 110 NW Broadway. $15.) Iron and Wine and Calexico bnng their “In the Reins" tour to Roseland Theater. (9pm. 8 NW Sixth Ave. $22 from TicketsWest.) Alex Hollywood hosts a CD release party for Playing the Angel, the much-anticipated new album from electronic pop music pioneers Depeche Mode at C.C. Slaughters. (11 pm. 219 NW Davis St.) Coronation 2005: Carnivale from Rio to New Orleans at Crystal Ballroom. Holocene presents Double Down, the fab queer party where the player always wins, every fourth Saturday. (8 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) Queer DJ Stormy spins at Crush. (9 pm. 1400 SE Morrison St. $2.) 23 S unday Join the women of The Forest Group for a “panorama of peaks" on a six-mile nature hike to a fire lookout tower in the Bull of the Woods Wilderness No dogs. (503-256-9715.) Enjoy autumn colors while paddling the Tualatin River OutKayaking Portland's gay and lesbian sea kayak group. (503-231 -2632. www. outkayaking. org.) The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court holds a Victory Brunch for its new titleholders at Embers. (11 am. 110 NW Broadway $20 ) The Portland Gay Men's Chorus opens its 26th season with The Classical Matinée, a delightful annual offenng of “serious" classical fare from Poulenc, Pasatieri and Copland at The Old Church. (3 pm. 1422 SW 11th Ave. $18 from 503-226-2588 or www.pdxgmc. org. ) %« ’T ! » S *1 trained cellist/singer Lindsay Mac and edgy feminist folk artist Nicole Sangsuree (star of the grri rock band film Down and Out with the Dolls) perform at Mississippi Pizza Pub. (9 pm. 3552 N Mississippi Ave. $5) I 24 M onday Watch Monday Night Football on the big screen at the Egyptian Club. Fun giveaways, a chance to win a Skybox Fridge, $1.50 hot dog and chips! (6 pm. 3701 SE Division St.) Impetus Arts welcomes all bodies, genders, sexualities, (dis)abilities, races and expenence levels to explores solo, duet and group work during Choreography for Everyone classes Mondays'through Dec. 5 at Perform ance Works NorthWest. Students are invited, but not required, to perform in a Winter Show case in December. Scholarships available. (6-8 pm. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $5-$10 a class. 503-493-9090 impetusarts@yahoo com.) Cruise Control invites lesbians 36 and older to sit at four different tables of available women during the four-course Singles Progressive Dinner at Vitis Enoteca. (7 pm. 535 NW 16th Ave. $28 Register at www. cruisecontrolpdx. com. ) (6 pm. 1332 W Bumside St. $40.) Silverado throws a Mardi Gras Party to celebrate Coronation 2005. (1-3 pm. 1217 SW Stark St.) Portland Frontrunners take 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.) appears next to events especially recommended by the Just Out arts staff *-1 Are you hot, steamy and really dreamy? Meet the man of your dreams dunng gay men's speed dating at Vitis Enoteca (4 pm. 535 NW 16th Ave. $23 at the door. $18 in advance from www gidsongay. com.) The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court presents the Denver Divas Show at Embers. Express, the Portland Gay Men's Chorus chamber ensemble, performs a delightful afternoon of classical fare Oct. 23. (7 pm. 110 NW Broadway) Folksinger Julie Loyd, classically Nola Todo Tango teaches a fun beginner class for queers and their friends who want to dance however they please Mondays through Nov. 14 at Tango Berretin. (7-8 pm. 6305 SE Foster Road. $35 for full series, $10 drop-in.) Portland emo-metal band Pom Pom Meltdown performs with We Are Wolves and Show Me the Pink at Holocene. (9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) 25 T uesday Elder Resource Alliance invites older members of the sexual minorities community and their allies to Friendly House for a screening of Connie and Carla a comedy starring Oscar nominees Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and Toni Collette (Munel's Wedding) as gal pals who go undercover as dinner theater drag queens. (2-4 pm. 2617 NW Savier St.) The highly acclaimed documentary That Man: Peter Berlin screens 4 pm Oct. 22 during the Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. 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 buffet donation. To arrange child care, rides or work exchanges, call 503-240 4462.) Edith Mirante reads from Down the Rat Cup and Saucer Northeast presents STS and Dexter's Spoken Mike for story tellers and writers every second and fourth Tuesday. (7 pm writing group, 8.30 pm open mike. 3000 NE Killingsworth St.) Thq Nancy Boy Tenors return to Wilf's Restaurant & Piano Bar. (7:30 pm. 800 NW Sixth Ave. $15.) In Other Words presents The Last Word Open Mike Zine Read (8 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd. click_patterdale@yahoo.com.) Kelly's Olympian presents Hog a new rock 'n' roll queer night every second and fourth Tuesday. (9 pm. 426 SW Washington St. $2 $4 sliding scale.) 26 W ednesday Hole: Adventures Underground on the Frontiers of Burma— a' headlong plunge into a hidden world of guerrilla warfare, heroin and jade trading, the AIDS pandemic, rain forest destruction, strikes, rioting and one of the worst natural disasters of the 20th century— at In Other Words. (7 pm. 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) Queer musician Tamara J. Brown hosts Suck My Open Mike, which has moved to Wed nesdays at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (7 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave.) Miss Multnomah County 2005 Alisha Moadab presents a Benefit for the Red Cross featunng live music, belly dancers and fire dancers at gay-owned Crush. (7:30 pm 1400 SE Morrison St. $10.) Rocktet performs upbeat jazz covers of rock songs as part of the second annual Sessions series at gay-owned Aura Restaurant and Lounge. (7:45-10 pm. 1022 W Bumside St.) Mississippi Pizza Pub presents bluesy dyke duo Galloway & Luckett, along with Musica Femina performing original songs on classical guitar and flute accompanied by dancers from Sonrisa Flamenca Proceeds benefit Bradley-Angle House in honor of 30 years of providing shelter and services for women and children escaping domestic violence. (8:30 pm. 3552 N Mississippi Ave. $10 donation.) Oregon Tradeswomen present an information session about paid on-the-job training and high-wage career opportunities in carpentry, electrical and other construction- related fields at Portland Community College's Workforce Training Center. (2-4 pm 5600 NE 42nd Ave. Register at 503-335-8200. ext. 21.) Lesbian-owned taco bar Dingo’s presents Gay owned Paolo Design Group presents Interior Design Shop-Talks, a senes of forums about new innovations to create a living space that caters to your needs. Tonight's topic is “Color Wonder-Works." (6-7:30 pm. 1031 NW 11th Ave. RSVP to 503-222-1757.) Girls Night Out every Thursday. (7 pm 4612 SE Hawthorne Blvd 503-233 3996) Political humorist Kate Clinton Best-selling author and social observer Sarah Vowell (This American Life. The Incredibles) reads and signs books at First Congregational United Church of Christ. Proceeds benefit Write Around Portland. (6 30 pm. 1126 SW Park Ave. $25-$200 from 503-796-9224 or www writearoundorg.) Haven Coffee throws a reception Oct. 21 for queer artist Kathi Drummond. performs at McDonald Theatre in Eugene (8 pm. 1010 Willamette St $25 at the door, $22 in advance from TicketsWest.)
