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Rotture presents Play Dead with DJ Jimme
Jamma. Repeats Sept. 29 with special guest
Fannie Mae Darling of Sissyboy! (9 pm Wed
nesday, 8 pm Saturday. 315 SE Third Ave. $7.)
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Crush presents the final installment of Portland's
longest-running queer night. Booty: Queer as
Ye Be, featuring eight rogue DJs and free beer!
(6 pm. 1400 SE Morrison St. $3 before 10 pm,
$5 after.)
Increase energy, relaxation and spiritual
connection during Men's Kundalini Yoga
presented by Q-LAND. First class free. Repeats
Oct. 4. (6:30-7:45pm. RSVP to 503-223-8822 or
www. lovetribe, org/menspirit.)
The
Men's Wellness Center presents
Meditation Night: Letting Go! Learn medita- i
tions that can help you start to let go of your
baggage, day-to-day tension, anxiety and
resentment. Empower yourself to be more clear,
relaxed, open and present. (7-9 pm. 928 SW
Stark St.)
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Q Center hosts Gender Queery meetings every
second and fourth Thursday for all genders that
toe the line, sit somewhere between, vacillate,
fluctuate or otherwise. (7-9 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.)
Discover your passions during Men's Financial
Abundance and Create a Job You'll Love
Workshop presented by Q-LAND. (7-9:30 pm. i
RSVP to 503-223-8822 or www.lovetribe.org/
menspirit.) •
once an Olympic sprinter and now a motivation
al speaker, finds her endurance is waning and
her confidence in her expertise on grace is pal
ing. Even worse, her kleptomaniac tendencies
are intensifying, and a friend from her childhood
has begun stalking her. (7:30 pm. 3723 SE
Hawthorne Blvd.)
Nashville songstress Amelia White brings her
moody, literate roots-pop to Mississippi
Studios with Joe Rathbone and Sarah King.
(8 pm. 3939 N Mississippi Ave. $10 from
503-288-3895.)
Mother's Velvet Lounge presents Cabaret
Karaoke. This month's theme is “Laundry Day,“
a chance to air out all your dirty laundry before
winter arrives! (8 pm-1 am. 212 SW Stark St.)
Office opens for Earlimart at Doug Fir Lounge.
(9 pm. 830 E Bumside St. $12 at the door, $10
in advance from Tickets West.)
C.C. Slaughters throws a CD release party for
Che'nelle (11 pm. 219 NW Davis St.)
FRI • SEPT. 28
Q-LAND presents Fridays After Work to
discuss “How are you struggling with and
embodying balance and harmony in play/
creativity/recreation?" (6-8 pm. RSVP to
503-223-8822 or wwwlovetnbe.org/menspirit.)
In Other Words showcases local female musi
cians during the monthly Luna Music Series
featuring Theresa Demarest, Rebecca Sanborn
and Shelly Rudolf. (7 pm 8 NE Killingsworth St.
$145 donation.)
Lambda Literary Award finalist Lucy Jane
Bledsoe reads from her fourth novel, Biting the
Apple, at Powell's on Hawthorne. Eve Glass, I
Puppet bids farewell to Booty on Sept. 27 at Crush.
Hey, boys! Are you single and looking
for love or making new friends? Then
come to the Men's Wellness Center for a night
of Speed Dating. Engage in scintillating conver
sation without having to buy the other guy
dinner! (7-9 pm. 928 SW Stark St.)
Urban Grind coffee shop hosts a silent art
auction featuring great art, live music and door
prizes. Proceeds benefit WellBeing, which
serves meals and support to people with
HIV/AIDS every Sunday afternoon. (7-9 pm.
2214 NE Oregon St.)
Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed
GALA
Chorus
performs
at
Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of Salem. (7:30 pm.
5090 Center St. NE $12415.)
Free Marz String Trio presents Constellations:
Recent Music from the Outer Limits... at the
Community Music Center featuring a tribute to
the late Russian cellist/conductor Mstislav
Rostropovich, a powerhouse work by gay
composer Benjamin Britten and free food!
18 pm 3350 SE Francis St.)
Siren Nation hosts the family-friendly Harvest
Hoedown: Square Dance and Cake Walk fea
turing musical entertainment by the Round Peak
Girls at Liberty Hall. (8-11 pm. 311N Ivy St. $5.)
Ashland Histone Armory presents the Black &
White Ball 2007 featuring musical guests Blue
Lightning and DJ Jes. Proceeds benefit the AbdiH-
Ellis Lambda Community Center Association.
(8 pm-midnight. 208 Oak St. $10-$25.)
Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social is every
last Friday at Ankeny Street Studio. Lesson and
refreshments included. (8:15 pm Southeast
Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $8.)
Someday Lounge welcomes back our favonte
harlot. Sissyboy drag star Fannie Mae Darling,
with her favorite Portland musical/performance
art: Splendora, Fall of Snow, DJ Jimme
Jamma, Oracle and Felina's Arrow. (9 pm.
125 NW Fifth Ave. $5.)
C.C. Slaughters presents the Oregon Bears'
monthly Double X Dance featuring music by
0J Peter Calandra of Studio 54 fame. (9 pm- j
1 am. 219 NW Davis St. $2 )
SAT • SEPT. 29
The Adventure Group takes a moderate five-mile
hike to the cliff-edged Cape Lookout followed by
a stop in Tillamook for ice cream! Meet outside
Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9 am
3030 NE Weidler St. Evan 503-701-7922.)
Boxxes launches Vamp, a quarterly dance for
single lesbians, featuring DJs Lauren and
Puppet. (5-9 pm. 1035 SW Stark St. $8.)
Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed
GALA Chorus performs with Women with
Wings and the Rogue Valley Peace Choir
Ensemble at Ashland's Congregational Church.
Proceeds benefit the Abdill-Ellis Lambda
Community Center. (8 pm 717 Siskiyou Blvd.)
The Portland Gay Men's Chorus pre-
’sents Evening with Friends at Reed
College's Kaul Auditorium featuring
some of the most popular numbers from the past
four seasons and cameo appearances from
Susannah Mars and Jennifer Gill. (8 pm. 3203 SE
Woodstock Blvd. $15425 from 503-226-2588.)
SUN • SEPT. 30
The Adventure Group takes a relaxed base-to-
peak walk on Rocky Butte toward a 360-degree
view of five mountains, a river and a gorge
followed by repast/food. (10 am. Northeast 92nd
Avenue at Skidmore Street Evan 503-701-7922.)
Want more depth and connection in your love
making? Sexpert Pamela Madison teaches
women how to integrate sexuality and spiritu
ality through ancient techniques during a les
bian tantra workshop at Bodywise Studio.
(10 am-4 pm. $135 from www qtantra com.)
Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed
GALA Chorus performs at Umpqua Unitarian
Office Space
For the hand Office, every day is Friday.
Showing up to work is not exactly like pulling
teeth for the underground rock-pop hand. With its
upcoming label debut, A Night at the Ritz, it’ll be
punching the clock in Portland to kick off an 18-date
tour with Earlimart—and the group might just put in
some overtime.
“I feel like this is the start to something bigger," says
band frontman Scott Masson. “I’ve been doing music
since 1 was 7, and this time feels like the ultimate test.”
Slaves to the grind since 2004, Office is a catchy
blend of mainstream commuter pop with the lo-fi
sounds of basement rock bands borne of water-cooler
schemes. Band members Masson, Jessica Gonyea,
Office frontman Scott Masson (second from left) hopes to draw
Alissa Noonan, Erica Comiel and Tom Smith have
queer fans to the band's Portland gig.
quickly built a musical resume from their hometown
of Chicago that makes them eligible for radio play and tour dates throughout the country.
“We’re pretty proud of [the band], but there’s still an element of fear. Music is so much about the promotion these days and not
really about the art,” says Masson. “We feel like we’re doing a great job writing good music for what is kind of a competitive sport.”
The new album is a self-proclaimed compilation of the band’s “greatest hits that nobody’s ever heard," spanning the past few years’
worth of songs to create a solid, catchy record.
“I don’t think there is only one defining sound on the album, but it’s still unified. We really wanted this album to be the best
introduction to a bigger audience,” says Masson.
As if these guys haven’t already qualified for Employee of the Year, they are also unabashedly for, and by, the queers. Masson, an
openly bisexual man, admits that their queer following isn’t exactly the size of a corporate mailing list, but it’s certainly growing.
“We’ve never been exclusive with the queer scene, but we are definitely open to more!”
Loosen up your ties and take a coffee break with Office on Sept. 27 at Doug Fir Lourfge. For more information and tour dates,
check out www.reachoffice.net.
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—West Duncan