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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 2007)
C.C. Slaughters welcomes Freak Show author James St. James on Oct. 6. PCC screens queer filmmaker Thomas Allan Harris' Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela Oct. 5. at the Portland Metro Club IPPAA). (9 pm-1 am. 618 SE Alder St. $5.) Music Festival at Wonder Ballroom. (9:30 pm. 128 NE Russell St.) SUN• OCT. 7 MON• OCT. 8 Weather permitting, The Adventure Group takes a difficult all-day hike to Devils Peak Lookout, offering spectacular views stretching from Mount Hood to Mount Adams. Meet out- side Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9 am. 3030 NE Weidler St. Evan 503-701-7922.) OJ BJ spins with Spencer Doran and John Root during Human's Night at Branx. (9 pm. 315 SE Third Ave.) Get lucky during the Fox & Hounds' Monthly Charity Bingo. (3:30 pm. 217 SW Second Ave.) The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence auction the underwear right off Silverado's dancers at Stripper-Wear during Ministry of Mylar. Win raffle prizes, too! Proceeds benefit the Sisters' condom outreach program. (4-8 pm. 1217 SW Stark St.) Discuss feminist worldviews and the feminist lens during the Portland Feminist Meeting every first Sunday at In Other Words. This month's theme is "Why the 'F' Word Is So Feared." (6:30-8 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) Logan Lynn performs during the Homegrown Logo prnmieres &es and Ohs, an ensemble comedy starring Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Doi/house) that offers a women's perspective on dating women. (10 pm.) lndepender:ice Day and to kick off Voices for Silent Disasters, a monthlong concert series that will raise money for Mercy Corps' human- itarian efforts in Uganda. The concert will be followed by a special screening of War Dance, an award-winning documentary that chronicles the music, dance, celebration and healing that is taking place in Uganda. (7:30 pm music, 9 pm film. 5736 NE 33rd Ave. $10 from Ticketmaster. For a complete schedule visit www.voicesforsilentdisasters.com.) Folk musician Nicole Sangsuree performs at Mississippi Pizza Pub. Extraordinarily talented young songwriter Grace Sims opens. (9 pm. 3552 N Mississippi Ave. $5.) Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and Ellen Bergstone Beer, executive director of Film Action Oregon. (11 :30 am-1 pm. 2730 NW 31st Ave. $7-$20 from www.paba.com.) WED • OCT. 10 THU• OCT. 11 The Portland Area Business Association holds its monthly meeting at MacTarnahan's Taproom with a presentation by Gabriel Mendoza, artistic director of the Portland Elder Resource Alliance invites older members of the sexual minorities community to meet each other, share common interests and enjoy fun conversation every second Thursday at Niki's Restaurant. (1 -3 pm. 736 SE Grand Ave.) Professional counselor Nina Watt leads the dis- cussion Ugh, He's So Gay! I Can't Stand Guys Who Are So Queeny!- focused on identifying our own internalized homophobia and what we can do to overcome it- at the Men's Wellness Center. (6-8 pm. 928 SW Stark St.) TUE• OCT. 9 Crush hosts the Bisexual Women's Discussion Group, which is just forming and could go in any direction- support, events, reading. Let's get started and find out! (6:30 pm. 1400 SE Morrison St. pdxbiwomen@gmail.com.) m.o.n.o. celebrates its first book release- a three-book experimental-lit series on embod- iment-during a collaborative event at Portland Art Center with photographers Yoni Kifle, Jaclyn Jean Campanaro, Sarah Meadows and Melanie Brown and soundscapes by Nick Bindeman (Jackie-0 Motherfucker). Lisa Wells will read HCedar Rapids: The Coming of Derrick Dean" in drag as an alter-ego based on her father. (7 pm. 32 NW Fifth Ave.) Aura hosts Salon Q, a monthly mixer for men and women to socialize in a smoke-free environ- ment. (7 pm. 1035 SW Stark St.) Thomas Lauderdale and China Forbes of Pink Martini and Art Alexakis of Everclear perform at Kennedy School to celebrate Uganda's Channel Your Inner Liza For FriJay night, Q nter wa unre gnizable. mil lit table gra e<l the interior. Wait raff and ervers we v d in and ut of the r om lik worker b e . An open bar tock d with fin el cti n of wine and beer h kon d the Ion ly am! thir cy. And at th piano, Glenn Goodfellow' loy I finger tl xi poi J anJ r dy for ny r qu t. All in 11, ent r had h ' n tran form d, an<l out of th chry ali m rg <l tewarJ Liza and Barbra. pt. 21 marked th ' in ugural Cabaret with a Q, th enter' late t in c mm uni, t c rganizing. Fr m the opening number, with Willamette Week columnist Byron Beck rooning "Mayb' Thi Time" from th mu i al abaret, to the finale o " o L ng, Farewell" rom The ound of Mu ic, th bar wa not only r i d in note and octav , hut in not h t u e . Part I iano bar, part karaoke mayhem, part informal co~ date, bar t with mark nt r' ongoing foray into fun and community, fi us J pH grnmming. Afraid th' enc of them nth pa J hy ? D n't worry, abaret with a Q will b a r 'gular e ent, happ ning the third Friday of every month. The next v nt i lated for p.m. L 19. (Bring your own, h ·et mu i if you hav' pr ,fer n e · fi r wh, l you'd l1k ' to ing.) "It', •x, rly wh, t 'enter' · ahout," say exe utive Jir t r Kendall Claw on, on of the reat1v for · h hind aharet with a Q. "It' hout nne ting people." nJ onn t 1t <lid. n th· opening night, Q cnt ' r wa pack d to th brim. A div ·rse mix of men · nJ worn •n, young anJ olJ, gay anJ I' bian and qu r h w d up. "H If of th p pie who wer · h r tonight hav not been to the enter before," , s fi llow, th piant t a ompanying th evening, nd Q n we t hir rJmator. "It w · a g xi way to be mtro<lu ed to th Q ent r a n - Wayne Bund Nicola Sangsurae performs Oct. 9 at Mississippi Pizza Pub. Splendora and the Gender Fluids host the new weekly dance party Queer Bait at Crush. Come dance with all of your favorite DJs, fun-time freaks, drunky sluts and hairy mammoths! (9 pm. 1400 SE Moffison St. $3.J w to shi WVI Th Ed (in dis sch 928 We tak Twi tha Hig Fre 503 Ga)'. Con Bui abo ho Best Friends Forever ircle of Friends, a new Bob Mould t ur DVD, play like a fan' wi h Ii t fulfill d. Flawle ba king band? Check. Hi.ii.i k r Di.ii.i and ugar ng play d pa i nately, electri ally? h ck. M uld miling an<l bouncing ar und like a 20,year,old while tor, turing hi guitar and v al h rd if thi wa th only <late on th 2005 tour from which thi DVD come ? he k it ut. Mould wa not rn ing ar und when h a emhled a band to upport 2005' Body of ong. Eugazi' Br ndan Canty proviJe fluid yet powerful drumming, and Blow ff buddy Richard Morel' c mplementary keyb ard work a<lJ a hiny layer to the gui, tar, entered pr eedmg . (Blowoff i M uld ide project that i equal part tag team DJingandlivep rforman e.)How ver,theheartand ul fM oul<l' mu icalA,Team i Ja on ardu y, who , rugg d ba guit r workout and vein,popping ba kup vocal elevate thi 23- ng inJie r km, r them pa t ublim into leg ndary. ircle of Friends i ch k,full of highligh that pi king pe ifi ti ns for prai · lik id ntifying your fa orit child. The how, tarting run thr ugh the first three ng on ugar' 1992 debut, A>Pf)er Blue, i unexpe l ·d • · it i electrifying. The almo t e rie Doug Fir Lounge screens Circle of Friends Oct. hand unity hieve<l on Bod of ong rand ut "P, ralyz J" i just t nt nJ r 11),fill, a short acoustic set as well as a brief intervie ing n film a it w, live and in pe n. The appropriately rev rential hu h that fall ver th crowd for the fragil beauty of Hui.isker Oi.ii.i m pe,r k epic "H rdly G tting Over tag , but the brief interview that pr ed the It" contrasted with th joy u pogo,<lan ing that kn wledg that me band' jagged c ed, bully, tyle, to pummel your ear for n h pop nugg t" uld You Be th ?" i prim exampl of perfi t nc rt pa ing. myth a ut M uld being a omber ourpu . a no,frill the T, hirt nd j an Mould w ar on A far a
