-------------- —___________________________ _________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ ___ __________________________________ ___ _____________________________ DECEMBER 15, 2006 lustiout a | onstage PAGE 35 | music PAGE 41 | books PAGE 47 | theater PAGE 41 LAVA ALAPAi AND KRISTAN SEEMEL unview PAGE 34 out& FRI • DEC. 15 Cinema 21 presents Viva Pedro I—a retrospective of double features on new 35mm prints from queer Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar—featuring 1986's Matador with 1987's Law of Desire (Dec. 15 to 18) and 1997's Live Flesh with 2004's Bad Education (Dec. 19 to 21). (www.cinema21.com.) Hip Chicks Do Wine presents Barrel Tasting h Chocolate Sample new wines from the 2006 vintage right out of the barrel while enjoying rich chocolate delights. Get in some last-minute shopping and relax to the sounds of live music by Christine Blount. (6-9 pm. 4510 SE 23rd Ave $8 for one, $15 for two.) Almost as good as being in Las Vegas: The Men s Wellness Center presents a special holiday edition of Chicos Latinos Bingo Savor a cup of hot cocoa and a delicious holiday cookie as Miss Mylar bellows out N 49! (7-8:30 pm. 928 SW Stark St.) Portland Baroque Orchestra, led by renowned lesbian violinist Monica Huggett, joins forces with Cappella Romana to present Portland's only professional performances of two holiday masterpieces—Handel s Messiah and Bach's Magnificat— through Dec. 18 at First Baptist Church and Reed College's Agnes Flanagan Chapel. (7:30 pm Friday and Saturday, 909 SW 11th Ave 3 pm Sunday and 7:30 pm Monday, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd $25-$48 from www.pbo.org.) A j O j The hundred voices of the Portland Gay Men s Chorus fill Reed College's Kaul Auditorium with Goodwill to All through Dec. 17. Traditional favorites "0 Tannenbaum" and "White Christmas" join holiday music embracing various cultures and traditions such as "Gloria" and "PC. Christmas," a holiday spoof on political correctness run amok, along with an organ- accompanied sing-along! (8 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd $15-$25 from www pdxgmc org ) Holocene presents a CD release party for Voices from the Siren Nation featuring Virginia Lopez of the Mambo Queens, Heather Perkins, Kaia Wilson of Team Dresch and The Butchies, The Swallows and all-girl mini-bike dance troupe The Sprockettes! Proceeds benefit the Siren Nation Women's Music Festival scheduled for November 2007. (9 pm 1001 SE Morrison St. $8) Don't fight it—the cold is here! Enter a drawing at the Egyptian Club every Friday through Dec. 22, when it will give away a Fat Tire Bike along with other great "winter" items at the Winter Wonderland party. (9 pm 3701 SE Division St.) Alex Hollywood hosts a CD release party for the Dreamgirls soundtrack at C.C. Slaughters. (10 pm 219 NW Davis St) Sissyboy presents Bulimianne Buffet, a holiday variety show at Sabala’s with special guests Jackie Hell and Ursula Android and music by DJ Jimme Jamma. (11 pm 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd $5.) Don't miss the biting racial satire everyone is talking about: Many Hats Collaboration extends the run of Mutt through Dec. 30. For complete, up-to-date listings log onto www.justout.com. <71,, IMMORTAL PI ANo COMPANY »01 I SE BEI.MONT • PORTLAND, OR • 97211 DECEMBER SPECIAL - 2 massages for $100 503-233-223 I Erin LeFevre LMT #11249 Deep Tissue, Pregnancy Massage Sports Massage, Trigger Point, Intuitive Readings Lisa Pool LMT #12516 Zen Shiatsu Massage, Reiki Healer ® Anisha ( Center on Hawthorne * We have enow pants and holiday dreaeeal * Call about our clothing exchange policy! STORE Open Tues Bam-7pm. and Wed-Sat 9am-4pm 503-246-1235 FACTORY REST ROOMS n VINTAGE PIANOS AND USED YAMAHAS LICENSED NE •426 SW 22nd 1/2 block 8outh of Berbur Blvd INDEPENDENT & SE MASSAGE PORTLAND www.blueskywellness.com V THERAPISTS • 503-235-5400