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Take a 2.7- to 6.5-mile run/walk along the Willamette River
during the Portland Frontrunners Ladies Night every
Monday. Meet at the intersection of Southeast Main Street
and the Eastbank Esplanade. (6 pm. Kamm 971-533-6199.
wsuvet@yahoo. com.)
Impetus Arts welcomes all bodies, genders, sexualities,
(dis)abilities, races and experience levels to explores
solo, duet and group work during Choreography for
Everyone classes Mondays through Dec. 5 at
Performance Works Northwest. Scholarships available.
(6-8 pm. 4625 SE 67th Ave. $5-$10 a class.
503-493-9090. impetusarts@yahoo. com.)
Gather around the Portland Polyamory Circle for informal
discussions of open relationships and commitment. (7 pm.
Laury 503-285-4848.)
It's Movie Night Monday at lesbian-owned Middle
Eastern bar Zaytoon. Tonight's films are the Coen brothers'
The Big Lebowski and Margaret Cho's I'm the One That I
Want. (8:30 pm. 2236 NE Alberta St.)
Every Monday is queer night at Slabtown. (9 pm.
1033 NW 16th Ave.)
Win a copy of the original motion picture soundtrack to
Rent during Carnival de Bolivia, a weekly talent and vari
ety show open to everyone—from drag and dancing to
singing and stripping—at C.C. Slaughters. Performers
should arrive at least an hour before showtime. (8-11 pm.
219 NW Davis St.)
Musical Winter Winds
The name of the upcoming Rose City Gay
Freedom
Band
performance,
Homucopia,
Selections for Symphonic Wind Ensemble, might
MON • NOV 21
bring to mind turkeys or pilgrims. But in actuality,
THU * NOV 24
If you need to escape Grandma and other emotional break
downs, dance your cares away during Booty's
Thanksgiving Party featuring drink specials and DJs
Stormy, MoRocca and Sugar Bear at Porky's Pub. (9 pm.
835 N Lombard St. $3. www.bootypdx.com.)
TUE • NOV 22
FRI • NOV 25
Friendly House invites older members of tha sex
ual minorities community and their allies to Elder
Resource Alliance's Games Day.
(2-4 pm. 2617 NW Savier St.)
Cup and Saucer Northeast pre
sents sts and Dexter's Spoken
Mike for storytellers and writers
every second and fourth Tuesday.
(7 pm writing group, 8:30 pm open
mike. 3000 NE Killingsworth St.)
a
Dyke-owned coffee shop Haven
holds an open mike every
Tuesday. (7:30 pm. 3551 SE
Division St.)
prehensive program of pieces that manages to be
complex while still presenting a good listening expe
rience for the audience.
House of Cunt entertainer Amber
Martin plays funk, disco, butt rock
and honest-to-goth club dance
music from her vast record collec
tion every Tuesday at the most
delicious hot spot in Northeast
Portland, Café Wonder. (8 pm.
128 NE Russell St.)
“It’s a very full concert,” says the group’s con
ductor, Joe Accuardi. “It’s a lot to listen to, and you
will want to fill up on it. It’s very contextually thick.
It gives everyone in the group a moment to shine.”
At the same time, Accuardi is confident that even
people unfamiliar with band music will appreciate
able rpusic to listen to,” he says, adding that one of
Gay-owned Paolo Design Group presents Interior Design
Shop-Talks, a series of forums about new innovations to
create a living space that caters to your needs. Tonight's
topic is "Design $ Do's & Don'ts." (6-7:30 pm. 1031 NW
11th Ave. RSVP to 503-222-1757.)
Holocene throws a helluva dance party with Euromotion,
The Snuggle-lips, Aaron Sontag and DJ Beyonda.
(9:30 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.)
this is no holiday celebration. Instead, it is a com
the concert. “The music we’re doing is very enjoy
WED • NOV 23
The Egyptian Club celebrates Thanksgiving with Turkey
Baster Shooters (yes, they are served in a turkey baster—
yours to keep) and Turkey Pluckin' Karaoke (every time you
sing a song, you could win cash, gift certificates or other
festive items). (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St.)
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! (6pm. 3701 SEDivision St.)
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Dance your panties off as DJ Atomiton spins funky '80s
music and more Tuesdays at the Egyptian Club. (10 pm.
3701 SE Division St. $1.)
The Djangophiles perform guitar-based swing jazz as part
of the second annual Sessions series at gay-owned Aura
Restaurant and Lounge. (7:45-10 pm. 1022 WBumside St.)
Grease your wheels during Rosetown Ramblers' final Gay
Skate Night at Oaks Park. (7:30-9:30 pm. 1 SE Spokane
St. $5 plus canned food items for Esther's Pantry.)
Expressive oil portraits by gay artist Nation are on display at gay-owned Muse Art and Design
through Jan. 7, 2006.
Kelly's Olympian. (9 pm. 426 SW Washington St. $2-$4
sliding scale.)
Gay-owned Eclectic Home throws an artist reception Nov. 20 for
photographer Linda A. Gill.
DJ Hott Scott spins during Hog,
a rock 'n' roll queer night every
second and fourth Tuesday at
Experience more than 25 premium wines from five Oregon
and Washington wineries through Nov. 27 at Hip Chicks
Do Wine. Yummy food and logo glass included! (10 am-
7 pm. 4510 SE 23rd Ave. $10 tasting fee, $5 chocolate and
wine pairing.)
The Enteractive Language Festival celebrates Buy Nothing
Day during Language of ConSumeriSm at Liberty Hall.
Explore consumption, make toys for SantaCon with the
Cacaphony Society, and confess your con$umer sins for
beer! (7-11 pm. 311 N Ivy St.)
DJ Set It & Forget It spins at gay-owned Crush. (9 pm.
1400 SE Morrison St. $2.)
The Oregon Bears throw their monthly Double X Dance
with DJ Peter Calandra at C.C. Slaughters. (9 pm-midnight.
219 NW Davis St.)
SAT • NOV 26
Holocene presents Double Down, the fab queer party
where the player always wins, every fourth Saturday.
(8 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5. )
El-fest 2005 speaks the Language of Destruction at
Sabala's with Micah Perry of Cliché Au Lait, Jonas Nash
and the Blender of Death, Spinning Metal with
Synchronicity Frequency, Kiss the Goat Surrealist Butoh,
the featured pieces, “Godzilla Eats Las Vegas,” is
“very entertaining for the audience.”
Though the group is in its 16th season, this con
cert will be the first that Accuardi leads in his new
position as conductor.
The concert section of the 40-member band is
What's That Rumbling?
What triggered the punk movement, 1950s nostal
colored pimp garb, clunky gold chains, elephant bells
gia, AIDS awareness and hip-hop culture? If you
and other tacky-elegant accessories of the era’s black
believe a new series of mini-documentaries, it was
male superstar. And Whoopi Goldberg serenades us
Flamingos,
made up of percussion, flutes, clarinets, trombones,
movies— Pink
trumpets and French horns. The group also has a
Philadelphia and Shaft, respectively.
marching band that participates in Pride events every
American
Graffiti,
with her version of the Oscar-winning theme song,
which features such immortal lines as “Who’s the black
Queer executive producers Fenton Bailey and
private dick that’s a sex machine for all the chicks?”
year and a swing band that plays private functions
Randy Barbato, of Inside Deep Throat and 7&c Eyes
There’s a little too much self-congratulation in the
and hosts twice-yearly public shindigs. (Watch for a
of Tammy Faye fame, present brief histories of Movies
Dec. 2 Philadelphia entry for comfort. In the endless
Valentine’s Day dance in February.)
That Shook the World 10 p.m. Fridays through
high praise for the film, mostly from cast and crew, you’d
Even though the group is nonaudition, open to
Dec. 30 on American Movie Classics. These are snappy,
never know that more than a few queers found it too
all gay-identifying people and friends, Accuardi says
if not altogether satisfying, surveys of the apparently
maudlin and too repressed in failing to show any affec
most of the musicians have "quite a bit of talent
limitless influence of movies on American culture.
tion between the Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas
The Dec. 30 episode credits Pink Flamingos with
characters—the usual problem with Hollywood
Which is why he feels comfortable challenging
the wind ensemble witT this difficult program.
everything from popularizing midnight movies and rev
approaches to homosexuality. Still, this one’s worth
olutionizing drag queen style (both credible claims) to
watching for compelling footage of early gay rights strug
Homucopia is right in line with Accuardi’s overall
inspiring the punk phenomenon (which surely arose
gles and the grimmest days of the pandemic.
goals as conductor: to take the group to new levels
from a lot of sources). That said, this is an entertain
of performance and to help it grow both in numbers
ing look at John Waters’ seminal grossfest, with witty
One cautionary note: Movies That Shook the World
was produced for AMC, which routinely censors its*
and in musical skill.
interviews with the likes of drag pom director Chi Chi
underneath their belts.”
“I’d like to create a more established and well-
LaRue, Mink Stole and, of course, Waters himself. He
Learn how Philadelphia shook the world
Dec. 2 on American Movie Classics.
programming. The cable network must have missed
the irony of extolling Shaft's breakthrough portrayal of
respected group for the community to wrap them
waxes poetic, especially about Divine (“a combination of Jayne Mansfield and
the powerfully sexual black male while optically fuzzing out Roundtree giving
selves around," he says.
Gorgo,” he wistfully recalls), and shows an unexpected sentimental side by cry
the finger to Whitey, or celebrating Pink Flamingos' bravery in tackling taboo
ing during a performance of the musical remake of Hairspray.
subjects while it transforms the everyday word “shit” into “sh.” (“Faggot” and
The show starts 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at da Vinci Arts
Middle School, 2508 N.E. Everett St. Tickets are $8-
The Nov. 18 Shaft entry showcases still-hunky Richard Roundtree in the film
that helped kick off the blaxploitation phenomenon of the 1970s. Bailey and
$12 from Music Millennium.
—Rebecca Ragain
Barbato’s campy side is plenty evident here in the fashion parades of the multi-
“nigger” were deemed OK.) Viewers sensitive to hypocrisy and indefensible
censorship are warned.
—Gary Morris