Ave. 3 pm Sunday, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
$15-$39 from 503-222-6000 or www.pbo.org.)
Z go \ Towne Lounge throws a Cinco de
XSUp Mayo Dance Party featuring DND
(Do N Dudes), covering diva
classics while incorporating choreography,
theatrics and visuals; Atole, presenting skits
challenging the macho Latin's view of homo
sexuality and the current situation against
immigration; Hooliganship; and DJ Tiger
stripes. (9 pm. 714 SW20th Place. $4.)
SAT • MAY 6
cordially invite you to the ISRC Spring Ball at Embers. This
year's theme is “Come Rodeo with Us—The Bull Stops
Here!” (7 pm. 110 NW Broadway $10.)
Q-LAND and LoveTribe show men how to use play,
movement, laughter, creative communication and healing/
nurturing touch to discover the amazing abundance of
Kindred Spirits in our lives. (7 pm-midnight. RSVP to
503-223-8822 or www.lovetribe.org/menspirit.)
Pink Martini joins the Eugene Ballet Company through
May 7 at Eugene's Silva Concert Hall. (8 pm Saturday,
2:30 pm Sunday. 1 Eugene Center. $20-$47 from box
office, 541-682-5000 or www.hultcenter.org.)
Dance to the big band sounds of Rose City Swing while
supporting Senior Housing and Retirement Enterprises
during Sharing an Evening for SHARE at Ambridge Event
Center. This year's fund-raiser features performances and
lessons from Out Dancing, a silent auction and mistress
of ceremonies Poison Waters! (8-11 pm. 300 NE
Multnomah St.)
Pilar French and Casey Stratton perform at Mississippi
Pizza Pub. (9 pm. 3552 N Mississippi Ave.)
Urban cowboys and girls are in abundance during DJ
Crystal's country western dance at the Portland Metro
Club (PPAA). (9 pm-1 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5.)
Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer airs April 26 on HBO.
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Booty, an altema-queer night held every Thursday at Porky’s
Pub, presents a special performance by the electronic/
fashion/sex show Fleshtone. (9 pm. 835 N Lombard St. $3.)
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FRI • MAY 5
Elder Resource Alliance hosts a field trip to McMenamins
Edgefield in Troutdale to check out the artwork, gardens
and massage. Van service available from Friendly House.
(1:15 pm. 2126 SW Halsey St. Rachel 503-224-2640
eracoordinator@yahoo. com.)
Out Dancing's beginning foxy class starts tonight and
continues every Friday in May at Ankeny Street Studio.
Intermediate fox trot class follows. (7-8 pm foxy ($25
for month], 8-9 pm fox trot [$24 for month]. Southeast
Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. 503-236-5129.
out dancing@yahoo.com.)
Portland Baroque Orchestra presents Mozart Celebrated
through May 7 at First Baptist Church and Reed College's
Kaul Auditorium. (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 909 SW 11th
Help the Multnomah County Democrats rock
the Oregon House and turn it blue! The Dick
Celsi Awards Dinner features a silent and
live auction, political speakers and entertainment by blues
stars at the Hilton Hotel. (5 pm. 921 SW Sixth Ave. $120
from www.multdems.org/celsi.)
Swan Island performs totally
triumphant pop metal grooves
with Psychic Ills and Blood on the
Wall at Holocene. (9:30 pm.
1001 SE Morrison St. $7.)
SUN • MAY 7
Come to Wieden + Kennedy for p:earblossoms IV featur
ing a performance by Aviator Aerial Dance, an oral auction
and appetizers and wine provided by Pazzo Ristorante.
Proceeds benefit p:ear, a nonprofit organization that
addresses youth homelessness. (6-9 pm. 224 NW 13th
Ave. $75 from 503-228-6677.)
Get lucky during the Fox & Hounds'
Monthly Charity Bingo. (3:30 pm.
217 SW Second Ave.)
The Egyptian Club gives away full
camping setup during its monthly
Texas Hold 'Em Tournament
Championship. (4 pm. 3701 SE
Division St.)
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The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art presents Tada,
a patron dinner at Audio Cinema featuring a lively auction,
fabulous food from Simpática Catering and amazing enter
tainment by Music Population Orchestra and DJs Anjali and
The Incredible Kid. Followed by a PICA birthday party feat
uring entertainment by Fleshtone and DJ Copy. (6 pm dinner
[$150], 10 pm party [$5-$10 members, $10-$ 15 nonmem-
bers], 226 SE Madison St. For tickets call 503-242-1419)
A goj Doug Fir Lounge presents
Xj^/ an evening with enigmatic
singer/songwriter Melissa
Ferrick. Rachel Cantu and Tyler
James open. (9 pm. 830 E Burnside
St. $17 at the door, $15 in advance
from TicketsWest.)
(GO\ Imperial Sovereign Rose Court Prince XXXI Craig
Hollywood and Princess XXXVI Fiona Flash Foxx True Margrit performs April 29 at Mississippi Studios.
Do Jump! Surrenders to Color, Shape
For an artist, structure can be freeing. With the skeleton already in
categories and definitions, a “complete surrender to and delight in light
place, one’s energy can he used to explore creative ways to flesh out the
and color and shape.”
body.
And Then... is a collaborative work. Lane conceived the idea and
Robin Lane, artistic director of Do Jump! Extremely Physical
composed the choreographic structure, then the performers came up
Theater, used the paintings of Marc Chagall as the backbone for her with the-movements. Lane calls it a laboratory in which they are all
latest creation for the company. She has always loved Chagall’s paintings,
creators.
and she knew his work would be a perfect fit for Do Jump!
The team of creators also includes visual artist Mary Ellen Pinfold,
Lane sees many similarities between the painter’s and Do Jump!’s who painted one of the major sets, and Marc Rickets of Guildworks,
aesthetics. For one, Chagall portrayed a unique relationship
who designed a fly-away room. Original music has
to gravity in his paintings, a sensibility that Lane can’t help
been contributed by talents such as Klezmocracy
but appreciate.
and Mark Orton.
“When I’m making up a show, I’m looking at how you fill
Longtime Do Jump! composer Joan Szymko
the space from floor to ceiling.... So visually, the way he uses
also collaborated on the music for And Then...,
space is so similar to what we do,” explains Lane, who calls
fitting the work in between rehearsals for her oth
Chagall a master of organizing space.
er projects. In addition to directing Aurora Chorus,
She also admires the wonder and magic with which the
Szymko has recently formed Pleiades, a seven
painter regarded everyday objects, saying he celebrated “the
woman chamber music ensemble that will have its
extraordinary in the ordinary.”
inaugural concert 7 p.m. April 23 at The Old
But most of all, Lane loves how Chagall did not follow
Church, 1422 S.W. 11th Ave. Tickets are $15.
society’s conventional divisions. “He didn’t separate himself
And Then... runs 7:30 p.m. Fridays and
from the earth, the animals, what flies, what doesn’t fly—it
Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 21 at
Do Jump! composer Joan
didn’t matter to him."
Echo Theatre, 1515 S.E. 37th Ave. Tickets are
Szymko's new chamber
Lane aimed for that same unconstrained feel in her new music ensemble, Pleiades,
$15-$22from 503-231-1232.
work, And Then.... She describes the one-act show as free of debuts April 23.
—Rebecca Ragain
And Then... is a new work by Do Jump! Extremely
Physical Theater inspired by the paintings of Marc Chagall.
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show runs may 1 thru 31
opening reception
friday, may 5,6- 9pm
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