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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 2006)
at the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Vancouver, Wash. Proceeds benefit the Audna M. Edwards Scholarship Fund. (7 pm 107 E Seventh St. $20 from 360-694-8656.) Grammy Award winner Cynthia Clawson, who Billboard magazine called "the most awesome voice in gospel music," performs at Metropolitan Community Church of Portland. (7 pm 2400 NE Broadway $15.) Experimental acoustic music Cynthia Clawson duo Felina celebrates the release of its CD Let Me Tell You a Story with food, door prizes and random acts of art and conversation at In Other Words. (9 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) SUN • JULY 30 Towne Lounge welcomes Tara Jane O'Neil on July 28. Mock Crest Tavern presents the acoustic insanity of Sneakin’ Out. (9 pm-midnight. 3435 N Lombard St.) The Oregon Bears throw their monthly Double X Dance at C.C. Slaughters. (9 pm-1 am. 219 NW Davis St. $2.) The drag punks of Sissyboy celebrate their second anniversary at Wonder Ballroom with The Snuggle-Ups, DJ Stormy, San Francisco s infamous DJ Drag and the second installment of their time travel summer trilogy. Last month Splendora and the "girls" were cast into the past by Sindee Whorehole's time machine to thwart evil dictator President Linah Cocaine; now they are lost somewhere in time! (11 pm 128 NE Russell St. $5) SAT • JULY 29 The Adventure Group takes a difficult 11 5-mile hike along the east side of Mount Hood, across Badger Creek, through old growth and past numerous viewpoints. Meet in Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9 am. 3030 NE Weidler St. Todd 360-883-1917. wtmeier@rdrop.com.) Salem celebrates Capitol Pride with live entertainment, guest speakers, karaoke, vendors and a drag show at Cascades Gateway Park, followed by an after-party at Southside Speakeasy. (10 am-4 pm festival, 2100 Turner Road SE. 4-7 pm party, 3529 Fairview Industrial Drive SE www capitolpride org.) Girls on Gay presents Summer Splash 2006 at Northbank Tavern in Vancouver, Wash. (6 pm. 106 W Sixth St.) / goj Rose Empress XXXVI Maria and Rose Empress XLIV Poison Waters host Dining for Diplomas fea turing a four-course dinner, live music and dancing The Adventure Group takes a moderate 7.1 -mile hike to Pansy and Dickey Lakes to enjoy the alpine setting and meadow views. Meet in Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. 18 am. 3030 NE Weidler St. Evan 503-701-7922. chair@adventuregroup.org.) People living with HIV/AIDS are invited to the WellBeing Sunday Brunch, serving free home-cooked meals in the historic Mt. Olivet Building. (3-6 pm. 1734 NE First Ave.) The Gay Pinochle Group meets every Sunday at Hobo’s. Come play cards and meet the gang. (6 pm. 120 NW Third Ave. Mike 503-641-7224.) MON • JULY 31 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.) Sissyboy turns 2 years old July 28 at the Wonder. Gender Variant Healthcare Project. (206 E Fifth Ave www. homoagogo com.) Graphic novelist Abby Denson discusses and signs Tough Love: High School Confidential at Powell’s on Hawthorne. (7:30 pm. 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) Towne Lounge presents the nonsmoking queer night Meet Dept, every Tuesday. This week's installment is Radio Stars, a video dance party. (9 pm. 714 SW20th Place.) Get down and dirty to the best in booty bass, crunk, grime, electro and old-school hip-hop during the free queer dance party Tha’ Boom every Monday at Berbati’s. OJs Automaton, Beyonda, K.O. and Wesley spin the hits. (9 pm. 10 SW Third Ave ) WED • AUG. 2 TUE • AUG. 1 Road trip, anyone? Head north for the biennial queer music, art, film, performance and activism festival Homo a Go Go 2006 through Aug. 6 at Capitol Theater in Olympia, Wash. Acts include Amy Ray (of the Indigo Girls), Blowoff (featuring Bob Mould of Husker Du and Sugar), Hey Willpower (featuring Will Schwartz of Imperial Teen), The Gossip, The Dead Betties, Bitch, Nicky Click, Xiu Xiu, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers and queer rappers JenRO and Katastrophe. Proceeds benefit the Elder Resource Alliance holds a business meeting at Friendly House. (3:30-4:30 pm. 1737 NW 26th Ave.) Asian-American drum performance group Portland Taiko holds a benefit banquet at Wong's King Seafood Restaurant. (6 pm no-host bar, 7 pm dinner 8733 SE Division St $35 from www portlandtaiko org.) THU • AUG. 3 Blackout Leather Productions, Portland Leather Alliance, Bad Girls, Queer Fetish and several other organizations present Oregon Leather Pride Week through Aug. 13. (www. oregonleatherpride org.) Disgrace Under Fire Once upon a time, bands like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and King Crimson took classical music and gave it a meatier thump, jacking up its adrenaline and borrowing or outright stealing the graceful, artful lines and turning them into roclf ’n’ roll so hard it made even the dustiest bones of the Ladies, Leather and Fur composers do 360s in their graves. Two upcoming events require “must do” marks in your valuable weekend calendar space. Giris on Gay presents Summer Splash 2006 6 p.m. July 29 at Northbank Tavern, 106 W. Sixth St. in Vancouver, Wash. Women who want to “get lei’d” and “get wet” are especially encouraged to attend. The wet T-shirt contest is only one reason ladies will be heading to the Northbank. The DJ dance, raf fles, drink specials and limbo contest are a few others. Now, The Shondes, a group of sub versive queercore chicks from New York who also happen to be very Jewish, threaten to do the same thing not just to classical, but also to Jewish Rochelle Sprunk and Karen Hooper started Girls on Gay to help bring the lesbian and gay commu music and Jewish culture, utilizing nity together. “We really want to be able to give back to the community and continue to create events for punk rock. They count Portland’s own Sleater-Kinney as big inspirations, and their particular brand of more seasoned and younger crowds,” says Sprunk. quirky, jagged raucousness brings on that vibe as well aS Patti Smith and even The B-52’s in other Girls on Gay also promotes lesbian speed dating events, relationship workshops and a Hip Holiday moments. Yet there’s often an element of classical music floating in and around the powerful backbeats, Soiree. It recently sponsored a weekend at Kah-Nee-Ta, a resort in central Oregon, and plans on making brought into focus by the occasional violin, insertion of a fugue turned ballsy, and a traditional Jewish it an annual event. melody here or there. According to Sprunk, the Northbank is little-known but can often host a crowd of 50 percent to 60 To someone like Bach, it would undoubtedly all be quite disgraceful—which is exactly what The Shondes are about. With three transgender members, two of them Jewish, and all of them thinking quite percent women. “We’re hoping people will come get to know us and the Northbank.” Another not-to-miss event is a fantastic fund-raiser for Esther’s Pantry. Join the Oregon Bears, Bad Girls, the Oregon Leather Fraternity and members of the Imperial Sovereign Rose Court for a full day of fun. radically about feminism and the politics of Israel, they lived their lives as outcasts in a supposedly very liberal section of society. Hence the name “shonde,” which is Yiddish for “outrage” or “disgrace.” First up is a garage sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 22 next to Fat Cobra Video, 5940 N. Interstate Ave. The band consists of bassist/vocalist Louisa Rachel Solomon, guitarist Ian Brannigan, violinist Elijah According to Johnney Cub, Mr. Oregon Cub 2004, lots of items will be for sale, including books, tapes, Oberman and drummer Temim Fruchter. All have been vocal about Israel’s occupation of Palestine, with furniture and more. Oberman actually heading over there as part of an aide group. * To make room for all this new-to-you stuff, donate your old stuff! Dropoff is at the garage sale location The foursome is seriously frustrated by New York’s indie music scene, particularly the Jewish sector of between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. If you cannot make that window of opportunity, e-mail johnneycub@msn.com it. Its ferocity was even more evident in Soloman’s comments to The Village Voice last month, when she with your address and phone number, and he’ll arrange for a pickup. talked about that scene and how it’s not as liberal and progressive as it might seem. “The politics under Then a party gets kickin’ from 9 p.m. to midnight at Primal Urge, aka Porky’s Pub, 835 N. Lombard lying them are in fact funded by Jewish institutions that are really Zionist and wedded to an ideology of St. For $2 and a canned food donation, you’ll get a night of raffle prizes, auction items and live local enter Jewish nationalism and Jewish heterosexuality and procreation and all this stuff we really hate,” she said. The Shondes perform with The Golden Bears, The Gay Deceivers and The New Bloods 9 p.m. tainment, including the divine Alycia Day, Rose Empress XLVll. July 24 at Mississippi Pizza Pub, 3552 N. Mississippi Ave. Cover is $3-$5. Have a blast and do something good at the same time! —Malka Geffen —André Hagestedt
