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The cast of Itty Bitty Titty Committee will make you want to touch the celluloid
the South by Southwest Film Festival and the best
narrative feature audience award at the Melbourne
Queer Film Festival.
Itty Bitty Titty Committee screens 5 p.m. June 9
at Cinema 21,616 N.W. 21st Ave. Tickets are $10.
Cross the street to The Gypsy, 625 N.W. 21st Ave.,
for the Pride kickoff party. Appetizers, go-go
dancers and mayhem will abound.
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Since scouring festival booths for giveaways and
marching in or watching the parade do not count
as exercise, consider going for a run.
Pride Northwest and the Portland Frontrunners
launch Portland’s 2007 Pride Festival with a run/
walk, which begins at Tom McCall Waterfront
Park under the Morrison Bridge and follows the
bridge loop. This family-fun event begins at 11 a.m.
Individuals can register for $15 and a family for
$25. Registration includes a short-sleeved T-shirt,
water bottle, water break along the course and post
race breakfast of bagels, yogurt and fruit. Family
rate includes individual race numbers and water
bottles, plus one T-shirt. Additional shirts are $12
each. Register online at www.pridenw.org.
Pride Northwest and Portland Spirit host
Portland’s second annual Pride cruise June 13
aboard a custom-built yacht, the Willamette Star.
The public is invited to an evening with the
Spirit of Pride Award winner, state Sen. Ginny
Burdick, D-Portland, and one of Pride 2007’s grand
marshals, City Commissioner Sam Adams. Other
community awards will also be announced at the
event. Slated to provide entertainment is pro
fessional pianist Patrick Anderson. Prepare to be
pampered with the finest river cruise dining
experience in the Northwest, with a complete
galley, full-service bar and two climate-controlled
decks.
This elegant seated dinner cruise will feature
beautiful views of Portland’s downtown skyline and
live entertainment. You will be offered your choice
of entree, dessert from Saint Cupcake and wine
from Hip Chicks Do Wine. The ship sets sail from
Caruthers Landing boarding site at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets, which cost $65, are running out fast.
Visit www.pridenw.org to get yours while they last.
ment at 8 p.m. June 15 and 16. Reyes will attend
the shows to sign his recently published script.
Join the crew at the Pride Festival, where
Q Center will launch a membership campaign to
expand its community. Become a member for a $35
donation for individuals or $60 for families, and your
photo will be displayed on the Q Center banner.
The community is invited to march with
Q Center in the Pride Parade from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. June 17. The group is meeting at Northwest
Davis Street and Park Avenue.
For more information visit www.pdxqcenter.org.
The sixth annual Black Pride event centers
around the theme “Harambee,” meaning “let us come
together.” The Kiswahili word is a call for a group,
tribe or community to come together.
A “She Circle" brunch and gathering is a chance
for lesbian and bisexual women of color to learn
about health issues affecting them and about the
national Mautner Project program designed specifi
cally for this community. The free event will take
place from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Kennedy School,
5736 N.E. 33rd Ave. Call 503-984-4060 or
503-869-3381 for reservations.
The sixth annual “Blackout Party” is in two
locations from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. June 9. The 21-
and-older crowd is invited to Red Cap Garage,
1035 S.W. Stark St., for a party hosted by Pebbles
featuring La’Wanda Jackson with DJ Black Cat and
Jamilah Bourdon. The party for those 18 and older
is just across the street at Ace Hotel, 1022 S.W.
Stark St. The cover is $10 for those 21 and older
and $5 for those 18 and older.
“The Beloved Community” is a two-part inter
active conversation for sexual minorities, people of
color and allied communities to promote under
standing of issues that queer people of color face.
A discussion called “Black+, Gay+ and HIV+”
hosted by Cree Gordon of Brother to Brother is
from 12:30 to 3 p.m. June 12 at Quest Center for
Integrative Health, 2901 E. Bumside St. “Stand
Up and Represent: A Civil Discussion” will fea
ture a facilitated discussion about the impact of
racism and homophobia on the black community
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. June 13 at Cascadia Behavioral
Health Care’s Garlington Center, 3034 N.E. I
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Be part of a frank discussion on current trends
and safer-sex awareness in a way you haven’t heard
before during “Rough Sex: HIV and STD Education
Awareness” from 7:45 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. June 15 at
Kennedy School’s Community Room 5736.
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