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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 2007)
iu stout APRIL 20 2007 catingo ut $5 off eatingout eatîngout eatingout The Games We Play your food purchase with this ad Q Center celebrates with bingo love games. All kinds. Charades, crossword puzzles, Twister. So I was delighted to receive an invitation to Q Center’s first anniversary celebration, which coincided with its monthly hingo game. Pinch-hitting for Poison Waters, who was out of town, were the stars of 105.1 FM’s Afternoon Buzz, Daria O’Neill (in honorary bold) and Mitch Elliott, so comfort able with his newly out status that he announced he was ready to touch some balls. During the pregame show, Bob Speltz served slices of sumptuous cake, lovingly made by Q Center interim coordinator and master baker Tim Heaiea. Between bites 1 chatted with Veronica Ledoux, who was recruited from Chicago to do post-doctoral work Mitch and Daria kept us laughing;’similarly, studying how pesticides on produce affect our when another radio personality, Janeane nervous systems. I also chatted with John Hicks, Garofalo, brought her partisan humor to town, we who was excited by a recent visit to the Classical laughed ’til we cried. The tart-tongued comedian Chinese Garden with his gay gardening group, and made fun of everything from politicians to the 1 kxiked at the exquisite exhibit of photographs by pope to Portland’s own In Other Words book Antimo Cimino that juxtapose Baroque architec store. Guffawing in the gay section with me were ture with the human form. Just Out Arts and Culture Editor Jim Radosta, Kevin Easton, Todd Pozycki and Ron Pitt. Marc and 1 also had a really good time at former Just Out writer Aaron Scott’s birthday/going-away party. (Aaron is off to journalism school in New York City.) There we met up with George Winbom, an advertising copywriter whose expertise on urban chicken rearing was featured in The New York Times. Buxom burlesque performer Ezmerelda was also there, chatting with Miss Conception, who “strolled the streets of High Queer photographer Serena Davidson celebrated her 30th birthday Wycombe in full drag” during Andaz, a monthly dance night at Fez Ballroom. during her recent visit to Finally, it was time to settle in and play ball. the United Kingdom. She admitted that perhaps she I seated myself across from Shelly Heesacker and was “a bit much for the locals” in the town of 70,000, “bingo virgin" Wendy Vannoy, looking like which is 29 miles from London. seasoned pros with their own bingo daubers that Another birthday celebrant, Serena Davidson, resembled squeeze tubes of lube. But they work like invited friends to fete her 30th during Andaz at lucky charms, because Wendy won the very first the Fez. This monthly gathering features Bhangra game. (a hybrid of Indian music combining traditional Along the way the usual bingo jokes were Punjabi vocals with modern hip-hop and dance swung: B-4 (“and after,” the crowd yelled back). beats) and Bollywood sounds. Hips swung during Of course, Ohhhh-69 always got a laugh. But my this hip mix of gays and straights, which included personal favorite was when Mitch called, “1-18,” Richard Gagnon, a massage therapist and nursing and Dana responded, “U-Wish.” student who’s training for his second marathon, Q Center likes to keep bingo interesting. So, in and Stephanie Routh, who recently appeared in addition to creative variations on the up-and-down a production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives in and straight-across patterns (including a Q-shaped which she played both female characters. Jenn one), participants stand when they're just one Dolan told me she hitchhiked to South Dakota, number away from victory. 1 guess Kelsey Tyler where her car was stranded because the friend and 1 could have used those lucky daubers, because who was supposed to bring it to Oregon didn’t we remained stubbornly in our seats all night long. know how to drive a stick. And Megan Manley My partner, Marc Acito, came close and jumped told me she loves to dance so much, she recently up with such excitement that Oralio Torres said, commissioned private tango classes for 15 of her “Ooh, what’s he sitting on?" closest friends. A new addition to the roster at Q Center is Apparently, it takes more than two to tango. Now that’s what I call Out Going. ©. Gayme Night, which organizers promise will include board, card, party and trivia games that are easy to learn and fun to play. Keep score of all FLOYD S klaver wants to know about your event. Q Center events at www.pdxqcenter.org. E-mail kirn at floydsklaver@comcast.net. I A horoscope themed restaurant Tues - Sun 9am - 1 1 pm 500 NW 21 st Ave. Fri - Sat open til late 503-517-8855 www.virgoandpisces.com Soups, Salads, Postries, Panini t cold Sandwiches on Grand Central Breads, Espresso t Wally Biscotti, voted the best Biscotti in the U.S. Gift Baskets & Certificates available GRAND JETÉ CAFÉ S03 445 0143 SIO SE Morrison St. Portland, OR 97214 Mon-Fri 7:30 om to 6 pm Sot 8:30 am to 3 pm «J 9
