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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 2007)
through July 28 at Bullseye Gallery. e- late to vith 90 Sing along with Hedwig and the Angry Inch every Friday this month at Clinton Street Theater. The Men's Wellness Center screens Testosterone, "a movie for connoisseurs of male eye candy," according to The New York Times . If that's not enough to draw you in, they'll have delicious pizza, popcorn and sodas! (7-9 pm. 928 SW Stark St.) Holocene presents the queer night Gaycation. rom (9 phi. 1001 SE Morrison St.) ma DJs Girlfriends and linoleum spin during the queer party Thin Pink Line every second aad fourth Friday at Rotture. (10 pm. 315 SE Third Ave.) e nd OU rit- 1m. IIS ,of e or SAT • APRIL 14 The Adventure Group takes an easy 2.5-mile hike among the magnolias in bloom at Hoyt Arboretum. Meet at the entrance of the Vietnam Veterans Monument. (10 am. Jim 503-284-4156.) Look ma, no hands! Learn how to orgasm with your breath during a fully clothed workshop at BJuicy Studios. Stripper 101 founder Isis Leeorwill utilize her training in body psychotherapy, energy work and Tantra to show you how to tap into your potential. (11 am-7 pm 1417 NE 72nd Ave. $125 from 503-334-8578 or isis@becomingjuicy.com.) Hip Chicks Do Wine present their Spring Barrel Tasting, featuring guided tours every half-hour. Cost includes a wine tasting flight, a barrel tast- ing flight and paired appetizers. (4-9 pm. 4510 SE 23rd Ave. $15 from 503-234-3790.) {w\ Wonder Ballroom presents Portland . , State University's all-ages Queer Prom 2007 featuring Paul Clay & the Lab Family, Sissyboy, and DJs Jimmie Jamma, Puppet and Chelsea Starr. This year's theme is "Glitter, Beads and Beats- Dance Your Pants Off Carnival-Style!" (7 pm-2 am. 128 NE Russell St. $6.) Enter the writing den of Hunter S. Thompson in Gonzo-A Brutal Chrysalis April 18-28. Swan House, Q Center and the Friends of People with AIDS Foundation. (9 pm. 226 SE Madison St. $35-$75 from www.reddresspdx.com.) The Eagle POX presents Blow Pony every second Saturday featuring DJs Kenet1c, Stormy and Airick playing new wave, rock, punk, electro and proper good '80s music. (9 pm. 1300 W Burnside St.) SUN • APRIL 15 Weather permitting, The Adventure Group takes an easy 11 -mile bike ride along the Springwater Corridor. Helmets required. Meet in the lot at Sellwood Riverfront Park. (10 am. Laurent 503-227-2914.) Aladdin Theater presents funny woman Paula Poundstone. (8 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. $30 from box office or Ticketmaster.) Celebrate vintage Hollywood during the seventh annual Red Dress Party at Audio Cinema. This year's theme is "Velvet Rope." Proceeds benefit (Go\ Show up in your favorite head gear for . , Pup's After-Easter Bears & Bonnets Bare Bust at C.C. Slaughters featuring a bonnet contest, hourly raffles and Jell-0 shots with a $2 donation for a picture with your favorite titleholder! Proceeds benefit Ms. Oregon State Leather 2006 and Oregon Bear/International Grizzly travel funds . (3-8 pm. 219 NW Davis St.) ) Get out your fancy threads, deconstruct that nice pink formal and dress like the rebel bad-ass date that you are during the fat-positive Cupcake Prom at Holocene. (6-10 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.J MON • APRIL 16 Gather around the Portland Polyamory Circle for informal discussions of open relationships and commitment. (7 pm. Laury 503-285-4848.) {ii;\ Grease your wheels during Gay Skate . , Night presented by Just Out every third Monday at Oaks Park. (7-9 pm. 1 SE Spokane St. $5 plus canned food items for Esther's Pantry.) TUE • APRIL 17 Legendary out athlete and veteran sports reporter Diana Nyad hosts this month's episode of the gay and lesbian newsmagazine In the Ufe on OPB. HThe Last Closet" reports on the pressure gay athletes feel to keep their sexuality a secret, desp·te personal anguish. (11 pm.) Learn simple massage and stretching techniques for relieving stress m the neck, shoulders and low- er back during Men Touching with Heart present- ed by 0-LAND and Love Tribe. (7-10 pm. RSVP to 503-223-8822 or www.lovetribe.org/menspirit.) WED • APRIL 18 Hollywood Theatre screens The B-52's live, Sept. 2, 1978, Atlanta as part of the fourth annu- al free Film/Music Festival. From the first stut- tering notes of "52 Girts," this heart-skipping, party-starting band demonstrates how exactly 1t took over the underground rock scene m the late 1970s. Its first known concert to be filmed on video carries a buzz and vitality that erases the intervening 28 years with a blmk, sendin you pinning and kicking to the dance floor. Showing with Talking Heads Live in 1975 and Glrtter Boot Boogie . (7-9 pm. 4122 NE Sandy Blvd.) Porttand Taiko presents a new ceremonial musical event created by queer compo er/performer Byron Au Yong on April 6 and 7. Blame Sally perform emotionally charged, pa sionate, h1 hly melodic and compelling mu 1c at M1ssiss1pp1 Studios. (8 pm. 3939 N M,ss,ssippi Ave.) Tanya Pluth performs April 8 at Miuiuippi Pizza Pub. Back to the Drawing Board It i n't ea y being mu i ian. Ju ta k -year- Id P rtland qu ·er Tanya Pluth. rtL t Whil r ording her debut album, Saving Graces, di a ter tru k, right ut of an episod f Behind the Music. Aft r 2 1/2 y ars f w rk on th album, it di appea(! <l in a ond. "I had wanted th tud10 to fini h th tra ks for th album, but th y wer taking t long," Pluth r count . "I t k it t m ther und engineer , and they told me they couldn't open any of the file . They were JU t g nc." ing back co the cudi that contain d all f Plurh' ba kup m, t nal , chi tragi tory only got wor . "Wh n I calle<l th m, th •y aid they wer • r ally rry but they had xperi n ed br ·ak-in and all th ir comput ·rs w re tc len!" Fa ed with rerecording th ' emir album or paying ah fty um t r ov- er a minimal am unt of th origin, I, Pluth u k ·d it up and went ba k to th tudio to tart from ratch. "Th ·r _ w r • only two way to look at it: top altogeth r or r ·r ord. I ju t felt lik it wa · a hug · o mt do-c vcr!" A it tum ·d out, th happy a c1dent uldn't hav h •en hen r. mpiling 12 y ·ar 'worth of m, tcnal and utthzmg ta! •nt <l tu<l10 produ - er Joe Mori hige, the alhum tum J out to he hettcr than th• original •ver ould hav he •n. " m • of my favom • · ng maJ 1t on th• ·cond t1m ar und. I learn d ·o mu h the fir t time, lik how to he m lre on 1ou. o my ·n rgy or >unJ , anJ l u J that an , Jvantag ·. I el r ally happy with th, on , and I don't~· ·I l1k I uld have aid that ahout the fir t," ay Pluth. And h r f: n oulJn'r agrc mor . Qui kly tummg into an alt- ountry hit lo ally and int m, ttonally, Pluth obv1ou ly took a worthwhil • n k. Voe J No. 2 forth· y ar on Out Vo, .n ·t, th· al hum hov rs in u with no plan of moving. "I'm ) t-,1Tat ·ful or, II th )pl wh h lped with chi u , . I really p r iat • the mmunity nd onn t1on l'v found, • pccially h re." Unl1k nth •r,, Pluth' ppr ·1 h to h r mu i arc r i mu h up to fat , ju t h r fir t r < r<lmg pro <l. harm h r mu i in th m t gr . r o way , Pluth •nJ y JU t J mmmg. "My pr r und playing mu i i fc u ing m th fun!" - W. t Duncan
