Church and Reed College's Kaul Auditorium. (8 pm Friday
and Saturday, 909 SW 11th Ave 3 pm Sunday, 3203 SE
Woodstock Blvd. $22-$39 from www.pbo.org.)
Tip your hat to Crystal's Country Jam at the Portland
Metro Club (PPAA). (8-9 pm lessons, 9 pm-1 am dancing.
618 SE Alder St. $5, $8 with lessons.)
fEARnoMUSIC Ensemble presents a program with some
C.C Slaughters presents Erotic Ball 2006 hosted by
Bolivia Carmichaels featuring go-go dancers, music by
/«lex Hollywood and a limited-edition Erotic Ball CD! (9 pm-
2:30 am 219 NW Davis St. $5.)
thing for everyone, including selections from the film The Red
Violin by gay composer John Corigliano, at the Community
Music Center. (8 pm. 3350 SE Francis St. $5-$15.)
Reed College Chapel welcomes Paul Clay as he celebrates
the release of his sophomore album, Lab and Family, with
tracks varying from hyperdancy queertronica to more intro
spective and political electroballads. Whether he's in a dress,
dancing with pineapples, smearing mud all over the stage or
singing in foreign tongues, you'll always come away with a
bang in your pants. (9 pm. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd)
SAT • NOV. 18
Q Center presents the Daddies and Papas Potluck every
third Saturday. (5:30-7:30 pm 69 SE Taylor St.)
FRI • NOV. 17
Chicos Latinos hosts bingo at the Men's Wellness Center
Good times, great prizes and fun, fun, fun! (7-8:30 pm.
928 SW Stark St.)
House of MOCHA— a group of young African-American
queer men who are committed to HIV prevention, mentor
ing and building community—discusses "Tops and
Bottoms: What Do We Prefer and Why?" (7-9 pm. Kourtni
503-417-7991.)
Portland Baroque Orchestra, led by renowned lesbian
violinist Monica Huggett, presents a program of 17th cen
tury music by England’s greatest composer, Henry Purcell,
and his contemporaries through Nov. 19 at First Baptist
Find Ms. Right just in time to have a wonderfully lusty
holiday season! Cruise Control POX, a social network for
lesbians 36 and older, presents Hot Flash Speed Dating
at Hobo's. Open to all ages. (4 pm. 120 NW Third Ave. $22
from www.cruisecontrolpdx.com.)
Mississippi Studios welcomes Fruit, an Australian trio of
women powered by their distinct, exquisite vocal har
The Portland Shockwave, a full-contact women's football
team, holds tryouts at Whitaker Middle School. Wear com
fortable athletic clothing; cleats are recommended but not
mandatory. (10am-noon. 5700 NE 39th Ave. $25.)
Queer cutie Paul Clay celebrates his new disc
Nov. 17 at Reed.
SUN • NOV. 19
Learn how to choose, use and care for lubes, safer-sex sup
plies, vibrators, dildos and harnesses during the Sex Toys
101 class at It's My Pleasure. All are welcome. Prepay
required. (7 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave $10 from 503-280-8080)
GO \ The Rose City Gay Freedom Band explores the
thrilling elements of sound during Musica
Mysteriosa— a captivating evening of wind
literature by renowned composers such as Percy Grainger,
Holsinger, Dello Joio and Ticheli—at Reed College's Kaul
Auditorium. (8 pm. 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd $8-$12 from
www.rcgfb.org.)
Kelli Dunham performs during Gayety a new night of
spoken word, improv, standup and trivia with fabulous
prizes—at Haven Coffee. (8 pm 3551 SE Division St.)
BearBust at Gail's Dirty Duck. (8-11 pm 429 NW Third
Ave. $8 members, $10 nonmembers.)
Cutest Senior Couple Kari (Valerie Stevens) and Peter (Michael O'Connell) celebrate in Third Rail’s
The Pavilion through Nov. 18.
monies, which hint at a musical bloodline that embraces
everyone from Dave Matthews to Joni Mitchell, Ani
DiFranco to George Harrison, and Prince to Stevie
Wonder. (5 pm. 3939 N Mississippi Ave. $15 from
503-288-3895.)
Keshet invites queer Jews as well as their spouses, part
ners, significant others and good friends (whether Jewish
or gay or not) to a potluck. (5 pm David 503-226-7074,
ext. 14.)
The Gay Gourmet Club meets at Mama Mia Trattoria.
(6-8:30 pm. 439 SW Second Ave RSVP to www gay
gourmetclub.com.)
Rory Stitt— described as a cross between Stephen
Sondheim, Freddie Mercury and Joni Mitchell—brings his
hot-blooded, high-collared piano pop to Mississippi Studios.
(7 pm. 3939 N Mississippi Ave $13 from 503-288-3895.)
Portland Community Media Supports Queer Programming
Mayor Tom Potter has designated Nov. 13 to 18 as Community Media Week, celebrating 25 years of
locally produced community broadcast media. Portland Community Media (PCM), formerly called
Portland Cable Access, was established by city ordinance in 1981 to provide public, educational and gov
ernment television broadcasting. Two of its programs are produced by members of the sexual minorities
community.
International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS has had a show on PCM for the past six
years. Treatment Information Exchange pro
vides up-to-date information about
H1V/A1DS research and medication as well
as personal stories from people living with
the disease. Fred Schaich, who is HIV-posi
tive, has been with the organization for the
past 16 years and hosts the show each week.
He is also PCM’s newest board member.
“The broadest, most important part is to
get the patient's view,” says Schaich, who is
gay. “We try to get people on to explain how
they live with a disease.” Past guests on the
show include President Bill Clinton and
actor Richard Gere, as well as heads of state
and health ministries from different coun
tries around the world.
Dawn Higgins hosts Galactic Groove
After Dark, another queer-themed show on
PCM. The “proud, out bisexual woman” has
been on the public network for the past five
years.
“At first my show was going to be a big,
Dawn Higgins, aka Alexandra Paris, hosts Galactic
gay American Bandstand and I was going to
Groove After Dark on Portland Community Media.
be a female Dick Clark, but it was so hard to
get people to dance in the studio that 1 changed my format,” Higgins explains. The show follows a late-
night talk show structure, with musical guests, drag queens and B-movie actors as guests.
“It’s really cool to see how PCM has grown and changed just in the five years that I’ve been a
producer,” says Higgins. She will be one of several volunteers featured in the Producer's Showcase screen
ing 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at 2766 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. This event and many others during
Community Media Week are free and open to the public. For more information go to www.pcmtv.org.
Treatment Information Exchange airs 10 a.m. Sundays on Channel 23, 10 p.m. Mondays on Channel 11
and 9 p.m. Fridays on Channel 22. Galactic Groove After Dark airs 8 p.m. Wednesdays on Channel 22,
11 p.m. Thursdays on Channel 23 and midnight Sundays on Channel 11.
—Julie Sabatier
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