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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.)
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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. )
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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)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)