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Nnvp Susannah Mars gives lonely Mrs. Claus a sultry cabaret makeover in Mars on Life: The Holiday Edition through Dec. 31 at Artists Rep. interactive demonstrations of massage, yoga, exercise, acupuncture, time/money management, addiction recovery, communication, conflict res olution and more. (10 am-5 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) Barracuda throws another Hot Flash Dance Party for seasoned lesbians 36 and older featur ing music from the '70s to today, a great dance bar and wall-to-wall sexy, gorgeous women! (5-9 pm. 9 NW Second Ave $8.) Metropolitan Community Church of Portland presents the show/meal/auction Harvest Dinner. (6 pm dinner, 7 pm show. 2400 NE Broadway $10 from 503-281-8868) ( GO \ Head to the beach for Q Night in Astoria! Kick off the event at Shanahan Gallery and Lunar Boy Gallery, then head to Astoria Coffeehouse for a performance by Pagan Pancakes hosted by Willamette Week columnist Byron Beck. (7 pm art, 1296 and 1133 Commercial St. 9 pm music, 243 11th St.) Portland Metro Club (PPAA). (8-9 pm lessons, 9 pm-1 am dancing. 618 SE Alder St. $5, $8 with lessons.) Someday Lounge throws the dance party Golden featuring DJ BJ spinning the funkiest in disco, house, R & B, hip-hop and electro along with fellow Do n Dudes member DJ Copy. (9 pm. 125 NW Fifth Ave. $5.) SUN • NOV. 18 The Adventure Group goes in search of the season's first snowshoe trail. Bring hiking boots just in case. Meet outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9 am. 3030 NE Weidler St. Evan 503-701-7922.) Come out and support queer feminist women musicians Your Heart Breaks, Hey Lover, Hey Tiger and New Bloods at In Other Words. (8 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St $5 sliding scale.) The queer video collective PDX Gay V— which is producing a reimagining of Barbara Hammer's 1975 film SuperDyke called SuperQueer, a "messy, lipstick-smeared, sequin-covered celebration of queerness"—needs a large group of costumed folks for a dancing scene in front of Portland City Hall. Bring signs and fantastic dress! Postponed because of a scheduling conflict. (11:30 am. 1221 SW Fourth Ave. www. myspace. com/pdxgayvclub.) The Eagle POX presents the sultry new dance night How Rude! Pants Off Dance Off featur ing DJs Danny Damage, Olek, III Camino, Bdrm Eyes and guests. (8 pm. 1300 W Burnside St.) Gay-owned Vino Paradiso presents a five- course Spanish wine dinner hosted by Phil Smith Win&s. (6 pm. 417 NW 10th Ave. $70 from 503-295-9536.) BearBust at Gail's Dirty Duck. (8-11 pm. 429 NW Third Ave $8 members, $10 nonmembers.) Q Center hosts Tranz Guys— a group for trans men and intersex, genderqueer and questioning people who were assigned female at birth— every third Sunday. (6 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) Tip your hat to Crystal's Country Jam at the Guardino Gallery celebrates Day of the Dead this month with a window altar co-curated by queer artists Tabor Porter and Greg Carrigan. C.C. Slaughters throws a CD release party for Taking Chances by Celine Dion. (9pm. 219 NW Davis St.) MON • NOV. 19 Test your brain power with a group of friends during Pub Quiz, a fun and unique interactive trivia game every Monday at C.C. Slaughters. Followed by a DVD release party for Cut Sleeve Boys. (6:30 pm signup, 7 pm quiz, 9 pm party. 219 NW Davis St.) In Other Words presents the Spanish class Espahol Sin Fronteras! Repeats Nov. 26. (6:30-8 pm 8 NE Killingsworth St. $5-$10.) Gather around the Portland Polyamory Circle for informal discussions of open relationships and commitment. (7 pm. Laury 503-285-4848.) _____ , Grease your wheels during Gay Skate OUT “ Night presented by Just Out at Oaks Park. (7-9 pm. 1 SE Spokane St. $5 plus canned food items for Esther's Pantry.) TUE • NOV. 20 Spoken words artist Athens Boys Choir uses engaging wordplay, razor-sharp wit and hip-hop rhythms to spread “the good word,” throwing down hard-hitting poetry that deals with gender, politics, love and sex at the Portland State University Multicultural Center in Room 228 of Smith Memorial Student Union. Preceded by a Trans Awareness Month candlelight vigil in the PSU Park Blocks. (6-6:30pm vigil, Southwest Park Avenue and Montgomery Street 7-8 pm performance, 1825 SW Broadway.) Vault Martini Lounge presents the monthly queer social mixer Q-T. Enjoy a cocktail from a selection of 44 exotic libations or take advan tage of exclusive drink specials benefiting Basic Rights Oregon. (6-8 pm. 226 NW 12th Ave.) Monica Nolan reads from Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary at In Other Words. (7 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) Causeit hosts Money 101, a conference where Portlanders will learn the fundamentals of finan cial management and the roots of frustrating money situations while connecting with others in a supportive, safe space at People's Co-op. (7-9 pm. 3029 SE 21st Ave. $25 at the door, $20 in advance from events2007@causeit.org.) WED • NOV. 21 Winery for a wine-tasting extravaganza through Nov. 25. Admission includes tasting of 18 to 22 wines, a free logo glass, live music and appetiz ers. (11 am-6 pm. 4510 SE 23rd Ave. $15.) C.C. Slaughters presents the Oregon Bears' monthly Double X Dance featuring music by DJ Peter Calandra of Studio 54 fame. (9 pm- 1 am. 219 NW Davis St. $2.) SAT • NOV. 24 hike to Silver Falls State Park through forested canyons and mossy, cav ernous hollows behind the waterfall's shimmer ing silver curtain. No dogs. Meet outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (10 am 3030 NE Weidler St. Evan 503-701-7922.) Hey, what's your vice? Holocene presents Double Down, the fab queer party where the player always wins, every fourth Saturday. (8 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) THU • NOV. 22 SUN • NOV. 25 The Egyptian Club celebrates Thanksgiving Day with Turkey Baster Shots! (7 pm. 3701 SE Division St.) The Adventure Group takes a Portland hill walk in the Albina neighborhood from Albina Riverfront to Hilltop Loop with optional lunch to follow. Learn about the misnamed Fremont Bridge, one of the “10 best buildings in Portland" and what the Portland Development Commission means and does. (10 am. North Williams Avenue and Bussell Street. Larry 503-222-5717.) Hip Chicks Do Wine celebrate Thanksgiving weekend by pairing up with King's Raven QCe disci cepti (7-9 ! Ax^The Adventure Group takes an easy Elder Resource Alliance holds a dessert and coffee social at Friendly House Community Centex. (2-4 pm 1737 NW 26th Ave.) FRI • NOV. 23 C.C. Nept Davi: Dext “rock more tional Tuesc Killing Elder Preve Comn Homicidal for the Holidays There’s black comedy, and then there’s pitch-black comedy. Wendy MacLeod’s 1990 play The House of Yes fits squarely in the second category. How A Queer Take on Personal Style many storytellers, after all, would dare make the assassination of JFK the target Fashion and feminism: Two words that rarely go together are finding har mony in a new anthology edited by queer literary rock star Michelle Tea. It’s So You (Seal Press, 2007; $15.95 softcover) is a collection of writing from 35 women on the subject of personal expression through style and fashion. Transgender author, performance artist and gender theorist Kate Bomstein is among the writers Tea called upon for to being the only kid in first grade who it’s  so ! yoiij was wearing saddle shoes and being so bummed.” of dozens of jokes? At first glance the plot seems benign enough: A young man named Marty brings his fiancee home for Thanksgiving to meet his family. But trouble kicks in Georges, who definitely has her own soon enough when it turns out that his mother is bitterly aloof and—better yet— distinct style of dress, says she feels like she his sister is a mentally unstable Jacqueline Kennedy fanatic who dresses in the fits in better in Oregon than she does when former first lady’s signature pink dress and pillbox hat. Did I mention that she visits her home state of Kansas. “People Jackie O, the sister, and Marty dabbled in incest as children? can always tell when you’re from the The House of Yes enjoyed a long run when it opened in San Francisco, and in Pacific Northwest because even your best 1997 it made the leap to the big screen with a hilarious and scathing portrayal of clothes that you think are really nice are Jackie O by Parker Posey. kind of busted by other people’s standards.” If you need a dose of vitriol to counteract all the holiday mirth that’s invading Flowers, whose latest zine is called our shopping malls, check out a live performance of The House of Yes by the new Portland zinesters Dexter Flowers and Maybe It’s Something You Ate, contributed Portland production company Fall Guy Theatre. Gay actor Joe Bolenbaugh—who Nicole Georges. an essay about an embarrassing episode recently appeared in Profile Theatre’s production of Wendy Wasserstein’s The Georges, who is well known locally from her teenage years when her mom’s Heidi Chronicles —founded the company with House of Yes director Willie Smith for her illustrative zine, Invincible Summer, boyfriend liked her green velour sweat and two other partners. The show’s stage manager, Michael Rutledge, is also gay. pants so much, he went out and bought an “At first I dreaded having Thanksgiving in the middle of the run,’’ Bolenbaugh the hx>k. She also included queer put together a comic for It’s So You about the psychological aspect of fashion. “My whole piece stemmed from lis «KtlJ •» MICHELLE TEA WOMEN WRITE ABOUT PERSONAL EXPRESSION THROUGH FASHION & STYLE tening to Loveline, where Dr. Drew will tell people how the things they’re calling about today come identical pair for himself. A mentally says, “but then I figured the show is set at Thanksgiving, and it would be the perfect Georges and Flowers will participate time for people to see a dysfunctional family in action and realize, ‘Mine not’s so bad! » » Lan in a reading of It’s So You 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 Bolenbaugh is a Portland-based district aide for U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a spoof at Powell’s City of Books. Joining them will be Portland-based D-Ore. In the show he plays Marty, the brother for whom Jackie O has the hots. from their childhoods,” she explains. “I realized that same thing Bitch Magazine publisher Debbie Rasmussen and local activist Rather than replicate the campy qualities of the film, he says: “We’re going for a black winnin Fall was happening to me one day when I was linking at somebody’s and writer Mary Christmas. comedy with a murder mystery feel. The humor comes from the desperation and the 3430 S saddle shoes thinking they’re st, nice and having this flashback —Julie Sabatier sincerity of the characters.”
