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MARCH 21, 2008 Dunn and pianist IT'S Hi PLEASURE Jeffrey Payne—will come together for the first time publicly as Trio de Novo. The reception y will showcase sinful pastries from Portland’s finest sweeter- business for SALE! ies, including Joseph’s Dessert Company, Piece of Cake, Holiday Essence Quality Cake and Delightful, Delovely, De licious, Portland’s newest ca tering sensation. The scholarship pays trib Ann Shepherd, It's time to pass the torch! f After 17 successful years serving lesbians \ owner Holly Mulcahey is * selling this business. Inquiries: 503-442-2415 Still open 7 days a week - noon to 7pm 3106 NE 64th near Sandy Blvd. ute to the contributions of Bill and justiouti» who founded what would become the Portland chapter of Par ents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Their les bian daughters, Jean and Susie Shepherd, honor their memo ry by producing the scholar Queer artist Nation's Belladonna is being auctioned to benefit Cascade AIDS Project. voteiout * 2008 * ship and benefit. “Bill and Ann’s passion for justice continues Shore is the youth HIV education coordinator to be reflected in their belief that only through at Cascade AIDS Project and facilitates the youth education do people exchange their bigotry for a peer education program Teen to Teen. heart of love and acceptance,” the Shepherds said Q Center is at 69 S.E. Taylor St. For more in in a statement. Honorary co-chairpeople are Charles Hinkle, formation visit www.pdxqcenter.org. Vera Katz, Norma Paulus, Cheryl Perrin, Tom 'Whimsical' Auction Benefits Cascade AIDS Project Potter and Kathleen Saadat. Tickets are $35 at the door or $30 in advance Portland’s premier art, food and entertainment from Funny Bone/Balloons on Broadway, 617 S. come together April 5 at the Oregon Convention W. Washington St. Last year’s event sold out, so Center’s Exhibit Hall C for the 2008 Art Evening reserve tickets early and arrive on time. Call &. Auction benefiting Cascade AIDS Project. 503-286-1752 for more information. tions and fabulous hors d’oeuvres and desserts from local restaurants and caterers. The event is Following on the heels of January’s standing being defined by its theme, “Cirque,” meaning room-only history event at Q Center, the “Our Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific North “whimsical.” In addition to the artwork showcased in a si lent auction, 20 premier art pieces chosen by a west. Q Center hosts the roundtable storytelling guest curator will be highlighted in a live auction event featuring questions and answers, personal at a patron dinner. Some of these pieces include testimonials and community discussions designed contributions from queer artists Bryan E. Schellinger, Leiv Fagereng and the late William Stories” series continues in collaboration with around a variety of topics. The next event, “Our Stories: A Quarter Cen tury of AIDS,” will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. March 29. The speakers will be Jack Cox, Khalil Edwards, Judith Rizzio and Annika Shore. Jamison. The event is the largest annual contemporary art auction of its kind in Portland. It is CAP’s most successful annual benefit, raising $650,000 Cox has been an AIDS activist since 1987, in 2007 and more than $4 million in its 18-year producing AIDS Forum Live for cable, organizing People Living with AIDS and providing infra history. All money raised supports the work of CAP structure for new, diverse organizations such as and assists people living with and affected by the HIV Advocacy Council, Positive Community HIV/AIDS in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Project, Q-LAND, the Imani Project and Chrysa lis Ministries. Edwards works toward HIV/A1DS prevention Doors open at 5 p.m. for the patron dinner, followed by an artist reception at 8. The Oregon Convention Center is at 777 N.E. Martin Luther as the program director for Brother to Brother, King Blvd. For reservations and more information a program focusing on gay black men within the call 503-223-9255. Unity Project of Oregon. The Unity Project of Oregon is dedicated to serving the needs of queer African Americans, their family and their friends through social change, justice and equality. Rizzio has been active in the Portland HIV community for more than 18 years. She spent 16 of those at Our House of Portland and is the vol unteer coordinator at Cascade AIDS Project. Her first experience facing AIDS was in 1979 when she watched her actor and activist friends of the Samaritan Counseling Center Has Gay-Specific Program “Is pre-union counseling something queer Portlanders are interested in?” asked Linda Simp son, a lesbian licensed professional counselor employed by Samaritan Counseling Center. Project EQUAL, an acronym for Enhancing Queer Understanding and Love, is a program offered by Samaritan, a nonprofit established tn United Fruit Company, a gay theater company based in San Francisco, die from the disease. Let me help you! Brian« FlaM 503.57^M MATTERSTO YOU VISIT WWW.JUSTOUT.COM V _________ / The silent auction showcases 250 contempo rary art pieces, surrounded by music, hosted liba Q Center Storytelling Event Focuses on AIDS FOR CANDIDATE COVERAGE THAT Buying? Selling? 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