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34 I JUStpUt JUNE 1.2007 Continued from Page 33 fun as well as education, “showing youth you can’t use oil-hased luhe because it pops the condom," said Oberhausen. The youth-only area will be a site for lessons on flirting—sorry adults, you’re on your own—and a make-a-date board. According to Oberhausen, Teen Oasis is fully paid for by Pride Northwest. “It's a little stressful,” he said. “We have to do really well this year so maybe we can do it again next year.” For about five years Oberhausen has been going to SMYRC, where he’s worked as a youth leader. He said he had been frustrated when getting involved with Pride because he ended up doing surveys. Now, thanks to his efforts and the help of SMYRC’s Americorps member, Virginia Martin, he and other queer youth can anticipate a weekend of comfort and fun in a nonsmoking space. Hl a Ice O?/ (0^/4 u al lite ff’affer oSfoaAe ^Hounye A police officer discusses community safety with revelers. Sultry singer/songwriter Shelly Rudolph returns to her Oregon roots at Portland Pride. to the gay scene at a Pride festival in Bend. This Central Oregon band This year’s festival will feature a brand new entertainment pavil will bring a combination of acoustic sounds with DJs on June 16. ion called the Coffeehouse Lounge Stage. This area will be at the • Splendora of Sissyboy fame brings Splendora and the Gender north end of the park near the Battleship Oregon Memorial. Fluids to rhe Coffeehouse Lounge stage June 16 in a subversive, wit The space will feature outdoor semicircular seating as well as ty and glamorous performance. covered seating beneath a tented area for festival attendees. Coyote • Caught in Candy lends some sugar to the Coffeehouse Lounge Joe’s Coffee will be serving coffee, tea and smoothies all weekend to on June 16 by offering music that makes bandmates Daniel Bidwell provide an authentic coffeehouse feel to the lounge environment. and Mickey Pollizatto laugh. According to Pride Northwest president Stef-Anie Wells, the • Created in 2005, My Muse delivers a smooth, bluesy rock per Coffeehouse Lounge Stage is intended to be “an intimate space where formance June 17. Influenced by Joan Osborne, The Beatles, Patsy you could spend a beautiful afternoon with your loved one enjoying Cline and Heart, My Muse offers the dynamic combination of a three- eclectic entertainment.” piece horn section, electric guitar, bass anJJrums. The local band is Here are the scheduled performers: fronted by adorable vocalist and acoustic guitarist Muriel Stanton. • The all-lesbian band Polite Conversation was first introduced • Led by singer and guitarist Freddy Vilches, Lo Nuestro plays a variant of Cuban Son by way of his native Chile. Here, the irresistible dance rhythms and melodies of traditional son are colored by the sonorities of indigenous Chilean and Peruvian instnimenta- tion. The quartet, which plays June 17, includes acoustic bass, piano and congas. • Toque Libre, which means “free form or style” in Spanish, was created by Mehdi Farjami and Ricardo Ojeda, formerly from the group Rubberneck. Their music ranges from Latin jazz to the sounds of South America, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Afro Cuban and Spain’s tra ditional flamenco. Toque Libre performs June 17. • Shelly Rudolph is a maker of soul music, as a fine and sultry singer and songwriter with a sense of adventure and a desire for emotional truth. An experienced vocalist in jazz, pop and soul, Rudolph is all about exploring new levels of potential. An Oregonian at heart, she has lived and performed in New York City and Los Angeles, her debut Splendora and the Gender Fluids outwit and entertain with subversive style. album’s birthplace. She has traveled to and FOOT WISE performed in the Caribbean, sharing her free spirit and swaying musi cal vibe. She will entertain June 17 at Pride. Safety It is important to use the strength we get from celebrating Pride among our peers to become aware and prepared should our safety ever be in question. To that end, the Portland Police Bureau’s Sexual Minorities Roundtable will present a basic personal safety training workshop at the Coffee House Lounge from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. June 16. Sara Johnson, director of the bureau’s WomenStrength program, and William Warren, the city of Portland’s crime prevention chair man, will teach festival attendees prevention strategies, how to recognize when one is being targeted for an attack and the pros and cons of various options for ending an attack. This free workshop is designed to help people 18 and older identify and evaluate their risk and strengths and to explore their options for dealing with the threat of violence. No physical defense skills will be covered. “This workshop is part of the 1994 Portland Police Bureau Sexual Minorities Partnership Agreement,” said Warren. “We will make efforts to offer safety training and education as we work cooperative ly with the police bureau.” Warren and Johnson are planning to offer a more in-depth train ing Oct. 9 in honor of National Coming Out Day and Crime Prevention Safety Awareness Month. For more information, call Warren at 503-823-4257. Safety will also be on everyone’s mind when visiting the booths of the Public Safety Village. On both days of the festival, people will have the opportunity to meet law enforcement officials from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department and the Portland Police Bureau who are gay-friendly or out. 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