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Just Out presents your guide to queer Valentine's Day fun
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Gay-owned Vino Paradiso exhibits A Valentine Show fea
turing gay artist Philip losca through Feb. 26. (417 NW
10th Ave.)
QuArtPDX— a group that works to foster a sense of com
munity among creative, socially conscious, queer and
queer-friendly artists—holds an opening reception for its
Valentine's Day Art Show, on display through Feb. 28 at
Stumptown Coffee. (7-9 pm. 4525 SE Division St.)
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Get in step for Rose City Swing's Valentines Dance on
Feb. 11! Cruise Control buddies up with Out Dancing to
present a special swing dance lesson. (7 pm. $15. For
details visit www.cruisecontrolpdx.com.)
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Readers Theatre Repertory serves up chocolate
and romance Feb. 10 and 11.
Just in time to find your valentine, Girls on Gay presents
lesbian speed dating in a nonsmoking atmosphere at the
Egyptian Club. (6:30-9:30 pm. 3701 SE Division St. $23 at
the door, $18 in advance from www.girlsongay.com.)
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Come to the Spartacus Pre Valentine's Day Shopping
Event for food, champagne, free gift wrapping, 25 percent
off all purchases, a raffle for sexy prizes, product demon
strations and the Porcelain Twinz! (7:30-10 pm. 300 SW
12th Ave.)
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On the eve of Darklady's Celebration of Eros, meet and
greet photographer/writer David Steinberg of Santa Cruz,
Calif. (7 pm-midnight. $5 suggested donation. RSVP to
darklady@darklady. com.)
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Remember your first kiss? First broken heart? First trip to
the VD clinic? Portland Story Theater does! Filled with
yearning, pathos, tenderness and humor, with a dash of
cynicism for good measure, Beginner's Luck will take
you back to your first encounters with relationships, love
and sex. Runs through Feb. 18 at Brooklyn Bay
Performance Space. Ticket price includes a beverage and
a tasty treat! (7:30 pm Friday and Saturday. 1825 SE
Franklin St. $15 from www.portlandstorytheater.com.)
Mon-Sat: 10am-7:30pm • Sun: 12-5pm • www.cottondoudfutons.com
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CHRISTOPHER STOWELL / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Readers Theatre Repertory presents an evening themed
Love's Funny That Way topped off with chocolate truffles
through Feb. 11 at Blackfish Gallery. David Ives' "The Sure
Thing" and gay Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner's
"Terminating" will take the audience through first dates,
second chances, fertility clinics and Oedipal conflicts.
Shakespeare's Sonnets 138 and 75 will round out the per
fect "date night" outing. (8 pm. 420 NW Ninth Ave. $8
from 503-295-4997.)
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Celebrate V-Day, a global movement to end violence
against women and girls, with a benefit production of Eve
Ensler's The Vagina Monologues through Feb. 12 at the
Performing Arts Center on Portland Community College's
Sylvania Campus. A silent auction will precede the evening
performances to benefit the Sexual Minority Youth
Resource Center, with performances in the lobby by
Portland musicians Ally Hanes and Em Brownlowe of The
Swallows. (8 pm Friday and Satuiday, 2 pm Sunday.
WORLD PREMIERE
Cowell / Trey McIntyre
“A McIntyre evening is non-stop passion Watching it is almost as
intense and exhilarating for the audience as for the dancers **
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Gershwin / George Balanchine
"... a brilliant high wire set... to be danced
for the moment What it’s really about
is the inherent joy of being a man or
a woman with a healthy body and the
ability to dance dance dance"
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show runs fobruary 2 - 28, 2006
opening reception
friday, february 3, 6-9pm
TICKETS $23 - $96
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DISCOUNTS FOR GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE CALL 503.227.0977 EXT 207
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