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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 2007)
30 I JUStQUt SEPTEMBER ?1, ZOO 7 Umversalist Church in Roseburg followed by a potluck social, then travels to Eugene Unitarian Universalist Church for a Eugene/Springfield Q Center benefit. (11 am. 2165 NW Watters St. 4:30 pm, 477 E 40th Ave.) Direct from Broadway's Tony-nominated revival of The Threepenny Opera at legendary Studio 54, Portland native Edie performs at Darcelle XV. This dancin' dragster will high-kick her way through an all-singing hour of all-out fun, mixing standards with original numbers, all with her signature 1960s mod go-go feel. (7 pm. 208 NW Third Ave. $10.) Superstar Divas host All-Star Talent Contest 2 at C.C. Slaughters followed by a CD release party for Melissa Etheridge's The Awakening. (8 pm. 219 NW Davis St.) MON • OCT. 1 ’ - Explore the city by bike during Men’s Cycling Rideabout presented by Q-LAND. (6:30-8 pm. RSVP to 503-223-8822 or www.lovetribe.org/ menspirit.) Imperial Teen performs Sept. 22 at Lola's Room. Win special prizes during Q Center Bingo with Poison Watersl (7-9 pm. 69 SE Taylor St. $5 includes bingo card.) The Bisexual Community Forum hosts a casual discussion group every first Monday at 3 Friends Coffeehouse. (7:30 pm. 201 SE 12th Ave. 503-285-4848) TUE • OCT. 2 Q Center presents Late Awakenings, a group for women who came out later in life, every first Tuesday. (7 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) . WED • OCT. 3 Giriyman performs at Mississippi Studios. (7pm. 3939 N Mississippi Ave. $16 at the door, $15 in advance from 503-288-3895.) THU • OCT. 4 Learn how to improve business performance through sustainability during the Green Biz 101 Imperial Teen Grows Up Gay-owned Rita Deco unveils gay artist William Spencer's Collage—Reflections on the Past Oct. 2. conference hosted by Causeit at the Jupiter Hotel. (6 pm. 800 E Burnside St. $20 from www.causeit.org.) Casey's presents the hetero-friendly electro/hip- hop/rock/dance/action/disko/atomik night How Rude featuring DJs Danny Damage, Olek, III Camino, Bdrm Eyes and guests. (8 pm. 610 NW Couch St.) Holocene presents A Night of 1,000 Madonnas, a DIY tribute to our lady of pop music featuring covers by The Online Romance, Sexton Blake, Tara Jane O'Neil, Gay Deceivers, The World Court and CJ and the Dolls along with a DJ set by Do 'n' Dudes. Come dressed as your favorite Madonna-related character! (9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) FRI • OCT. 5 Hundreds of gay and lesbian titles are among the estimated 100,000 items offered during the 34th annual Friends of the Multnomah County Library Used Book Sale through Oct. 8 in the former Wild Oats building. Proceeds benefit library programs and materials. (3016 SE Division St. www.friends-library.org.) hip-hop and everything in between. Pink drink specials all night long! (10 pm. 1905 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. $3.) SAT • OCT. 6 Siren Nation hosts Saturday Morning Bartoons at Crush. Come enjoy the cartoons of your youth while indulging in fabulous cocktails and tasty brunch treats! (10 am-1 pm. 1400 SE Morrison St. $5 donation.) VIP Events of Seattle presents an intimate gathering of hot men between 18 and 45 looking for a safe, drug-free, intimate social in a town house suite of a prominent downtown Portland hotel. (8pm. $50 donation from 206-403-3362 or passevents@hotmail. com.) C.C. Slaughters presents Party Monster author James St. James, electro queer Logan Lynn and DJ Mouse. (8 pm. 219 NW Davis St.) After three years of igniting our nightlife with glitz and gore, Portland's drag punk troupe is check ing into glamour rehab. Learn the "truth behind the lashes" during the horrifically gorgeous party Sissyboy Goes Away at Holocene. Come early to see a sneak preview of a Sissyboy documen tary! (9 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) Out Dancing's intermediate fox trot class starts tonight and continues every Friday in October at Ankeny Street Studio. Beginning foxy class follows. (6:15-7:15 pm fox trot [$32 for month], 7:15-8:15 pm foxy ($24 for month). Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. 503-236-5129. www. outdancing, info.) Urban cowboys and girls are in abundance dur ing DJ Crystal's country western dance at the Portland Metro Club (PPAA). (9pm-1 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5.) Melao de Cana performs at Mississippi Pizza Pub. (9 pm. 3552 N Mississippi Ave.) Get lucky during the Fox 8 Hounds' Monthly Charity Bingo. (3:30 pm. 217 SW Second Ave.) DJ Girlfriends launches Pink, a monthly queer dance party at Dunes offering an eclectic array of music from disco to Logan Lynn performs during the Homegrown Music Festival at Wonder Ballroom. (9:30 pm. 128 NE Russell St.) SUN • OCT. 7 Let the party begin! Imperial Teen is back with its first album in more than five years, The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band. As indicated by the title, singer/guitarists Will Schwartz and Roddy Bottum, bassist Jone Stebbings and drummer Lynn Perko have kept themselves busy since we last heard from them, but they haven’t lost their trademark infectious hooks, impeccable pop sensibilities, sly style, know ing sass, raw spontaneity and chemistry. Merge Records calls Hair —which was record ed over three weeks at Kingsize Studios with longtime collaborators Steve McDonald (Redd Kross) and Anna Waronker (That Dog)— “a career-defining album for sure. On first listen you can just feel how much fun these guys and gals are having making music together. From the upbeat shimmy of ‘Shim Sham’ and ‘Sweet Potato’ to the more reflective cool of ‘Room with a View’ and ‘What You Do,’ from the full-on romp of ‘Everything’ and ‘One Two’ to the seductive vamp of‘Fallen Idol,’ every song seems pitch-perfect. You can sense that this is a band that is comfortable in' its own skin.” Pitchfork writes: “Power-poppers Imperial Teen vie with Sonic Youth for the title of ‘most ironic band name.’ Barreling toward middle age, they’ve managed to keep the teenaged enthusiasm that defines their music intact. But it hasn’t been easy for them. The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band is a meta-album that downplays the pansexual exuberance with which Imperial Teen are most closely associated. Instead, it focuses on growing old with grace, and the difficulties of continuing to rock out against the depredations of age.”
