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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 2008)
Gay-owned Quality Pictures exhibits Thrift, photographer Brian Ulrich's examination of U.S. consumer culture, through March 1. Riverdance delivers eight farewell performances Jan. 22-27 at Keller Auditorium. New York singer/songwriter/guitarist Swati performs Jan. 25. 0-LAND/MenSpirit presents a special men's anusara yoga workshop. (9:30 am-12:30 pm. RSVP to 503-223-8822 or www.lovetribe.org/ menspirit.) Babe: An Olympic Musical, her new project about bisexual athlete Babe Didrikson. (2 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) BearBust at Gail's Dirty Duck. (8-11 pm. 429 NW Third Ave. $8 members, $10 nonmembers.) issues unique to lesbian parenting or impregna- tion. (2-4 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) love Makes a Family holds a social gathering every third Saturday at Q Center. (10 am-noon. 69 SE Taylor St.) a monthly group for gay, bi and trans men raising children to hang out with their kids and other dads, enjoy a dinner and have some fun. (5-7 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) Tip your hat to Crystal's Country Jam at the Portland Metro Club (PPAAI. (8-9 pm lessons, 9 pm-1 am dancing. 618 SE Alder St. $5, $8 with lessons.) Children's Trust Fund of Oregon and Hasbro present the first in a series of GLBT Play+Thons at Fox & Hounds to raise money and awareness for child abuse prevention programs across the state. Contest- ants will participate in six different game stations (Jenga, Outburst, Twister, Connect Four, Piction- ary and Scrabblel with prizes for the top t~ree teams and a championship round in April! Registration fee includes two drink tickets and appetizers. (3-5 pm. 217 NW Second Ave. $20 from 503-222-7346 or www.ctfo.org.) Q Center presents an interactive movie show- ing and performance of Dottie's Magic Pockets featuring Dottie and her wonderful queer-friendly animal friends! (11 am-1 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) Q Center presents Daddies and Papas Potluck, 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.) Asher Loverdi and Caught in Candy's Mickey Pollizatto present Saturday Morning Cartoons at The Waypost. This month's theme is "Children." (Noon. 3120 N Williams Ave.) Sneakin' Out performs during J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday Party at Kennedy School. (7- 10 pm. 5736 NE 33rd Ave.) In Other Words welcomes former Portlander, playwright author and activist Carolyn Gage reading from her latest collection of plays, performing an excerpt as Sister Carolyn from her smash hit Lesbian Tent Revival and perfo~ing songs from The Eagle POX presents the sultry dance night How Rudel featuring DJs Danny Damage, Olek and Jack spinning '80s, new wave, disco, punk, electro and funk music. This month's guest is ·rhe Onono's, a Yoko Ono cover. ban·d from Seattle. (10 pm. 1300 W Burnside St. $3.) Rotture presents Sluts + Squares featuring captivating burlesque performers Sahara Dunes, Venus Envy and Jodi Bon Jodi; hot go-go dancers Mirage and Nova; and' DJs Boy and Corban. (9 pm. 315 SE Third Ave. $5.) SU • JA .. 2 Weather permitting, The Adventure Group takes an urban walk from Multnomah Village to the Vermont Hills Loop. Meet at Gabriel Park. (1 O am. West dead end of Southwest Canby Street. Larry 503-222-5717.) Q Center presents Parenting and Pregnant Lesbians of Portland, a time when families can come together, play together and get support on 0-LAND/MenSpirit presents Beat the Blues, a support group to find practical strategies for dealing with seasonal affective disorder and other depression that worsens in the winter. (6-8 pm. RSVP to 503-223-8822 or www.love tribe. org/menspirit.) Holocene throws a party celebrating the latest release from the label Crunks Not Dead, Action Disco!, a limited-edition compilation show- casing electronic talent from around the globe. Performers include Olympia's international superstars Scream Club; Portland's experimen- tal duo Gay Deceivers; Do n Dudes covering only dance songs by divas (Janet Jackson's "Escapade," Vanity's "Nasty Girl," etc.); and DJ Girlfriends. (8 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) Locals in the Limelight If you want to perform the work of Portland choreographer Josie Moseley, you'd better be ready to give yourself over completely, says dancer Matthew Boyes. "It's about giving all of yourself and being generous with your physicality and your • • II spmt. For months now, 12 local dancers have been doing just that, giving their all as they rehearse for a full program of Moseley's cho, reography to be performed Jan. 24 to 26 as part of White Bird's Portland State University Dance Series. (Tickets are $16, $26 from 503,725,3307.) For this occasion, the dancers who make up Josie Moseley Dance have been borrowed from Portland companies such as Oregon Ballet Theatre, Polaris Dance Theatre, Gay dancer Matthew Boyes mums to the stage for his first major BodyVox and Rumpus Room Dance performance since 2005, when ha retired from Oregon Ballet Theatre. Company. Renowned lighting designer Michael Mazzola is contributing his award,winning skills, as well. Although Boyes has danced "With" many times during the The evening mark Boyes' first major performance since course of his OBT career, he feels it will have a different flavor 2005, when he retired from dancing with OBT. Since then, he for this performance. "It's looser, more reactionary, more ha been busy with hi dutie at Cielo Horne, a home interior freeform, but the steps have not really changed," he says. store in the Pearl District that he co,owns with his bu iness and Also on the program is another work that Moseley created life partner, Frederic Koele1t1an. for OBT, called "Quiet Stories," from 1998. Boye was pleased to have the opportunity to once again The re t of the evening's performance features more recent work with Moseley, who has choreographed a number of pieces creations, including two brand,new works: a solo titled "Ob,La, for OBT, where she teaches modem dance. Di" and "In Their Bone ," which White Bird commissioned. "The reason l'm 'doing this i because of my history with The performance offers a rare chance to experience a wide Jo ie and becau of the piece itself, which is really satisfying to range of Moseley' choreography, some of which she will take to perform," ays Boyes, referring to Moseley' duet "With," which Jacob's Pillow, a farnou · dance festival in Massachusetts, this OBT performed at New York's Joyce Theater and for the Dalai summer. Lama in 2001. -Rebecca Ragain 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.) • 1 Playfully explore the city by bike with other men during Wanderlust presented by 0-LAND/ MenSpirit. Meet at Wild Oats. (6:30 pm. 3535 NE 15th Ave. RSVP to 503-223-8822 or www.lovetribe.org/menspirit.) I You Say You Want a Revolution? In Other Words presents the Spanish class Espanol Sin Fronteras! Repeats Jan. 28. (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.) Interested in preserving local queer history? Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest meets at O Center to discuss board position elections and voting on bylaw changes. (7-9 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) Grease your wheels during Gay Skate Night presented by Just Out at Oaks Park. (7-9 pm. 1 SE Spokane St. $6 plus canned food items for Esther's Pantry.) UE • JA . i Planned Parenthood of the Columbia-Willamette commemorates the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade at North Star Ballroom with special per- formances by Ashleigh Flynn, Sarah Dougher, Shireen Press of Flameboyant Productions, Dexter Flowers of Sister Spit and keynote speaker Paula Abrams of Lewis & Clark Law School. (5:30-10 pm. 635 N Killingsworth Court. $10 donation from tess.fields@ppcw.org.) Due to popular d encore screening mentary Ballot Taylor St.) Gina Daggett a Lipstick & Dipstic~ Relationships at I Burnside St.) Relieve stress, fej ity during Men's by 0-LAND/MenS 503-223-8822 or Do you have m Learn basic fina keep you in the Touchstone Coffe 70th Ave. $24 at www.causeit.org. Satori Men's C attend weekly r concert, A Time fi nondenominationa creeds, colors an free for the first m 503-242-4244. Oliver's Bar & Grill launches lesbian speed dating. 2008 is the year to find your specia~ mate! (7 pm. 1000 SW Broadway. $10 from 503-242-2435 or samantha @olivertwistedberandgrill.com.) Gay-owned 23H songstress, diva Osborn. (9 pm. 52 Learn how you can join other outdoor enthusiasts to raise money for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center during an infonnational meeting for Climb to Fight Brust Cancer at REI. The event lets participants ascend the world's most breathtaking mountains while honoring loved ones who have battled breast cancer. (7 pm. 1405 NW Johnson St. www.fhcrc.org/climb.) Dads Group, a SU ing out later in life, at O Center. (7-8: Early in her academic career, U.S. scholar and professor Namascar Shaktini participated in a crucial moment in the international history of queer liberation. The year was 1970, the place Paris, where she was doing doctoral research. Shaktini made the acquaintance of Monique Wittig at a feminist consciousness,raising group. Wittig, a renowned novel, , ist (Le Corps Lesbien), was organizing a feminist movement in France; Shaktini became one of the signers ofWittig's manifesto, The Men Another funniest, sex-comedy-paro~ . Far a Women's Liberation Movement. 1 "At that time we thought it was possible to make a total revolution," Shaktini says. "I looked at Wittig's work from a rev, olutionary perspective." Shaktini has gone on to make Wittig's thought the focus of her own work; she edited the anthology On Monique Wittig: Theoretical, PoUtical and Literary Essays. She will discuss Winig's life and work 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at In Other Words, 8 N.E. Killingswonh St. The "total revolution" was ultimately thwarted, but Shaktini posits Wittig, who died in 2003 at the age of 67, as a figure of ongoing relevance. ''Today we are living in a reactionary period. I am interested in looking at Wittig's lesbian and feminist work now from a queer perspective." Monique Wittig is proballly INISt known among queer lhaarills for her 1971 declaration that .......... are not women.,.
