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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.
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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
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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. They will be on hand to
discuss crime prevention, to listen to our community’s specific
safety concerns and to share information about a career in law
enforcement. “Both offices are at the head of law enforcement
communities in the country with outreach efforts to our communi
ty,” said Warren. ©
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