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MAY 2, 2008 iustout 9 BRO Luncheon Raises $100,000 A crowd of business owners and their em ployees noshed at Basic Rights Oregon’s annual Oregonians Against Discrimination luncheon April 23. The “ask," hosted by “Portland’s Will and excitable (the Oregon Symphony with Antony and the Johnsons conducted by hot queer com- poser-of-the-moment Nico Muhly!) and safely envelope-pushing (Mike Daisey and Daniel Beaty in solo showings) to the nastily campy (foul- mouthed songstress Bridget Everett with Kenny Grace,” Terry Bean and former Gov. Barbara Roberts, brought in ap proximately $100,000, with $20,000 of that IT'S MT PLEASURE 7 It's time to pass the torch! business for SALE! Inquiries: 503-442-2415 Still open 7 days a week - noon to 7pm 3106 NE 64th near Sandy Blvd. total matched by an anonymous donor. The luncheon took on a decisively celebra PROVIDING SOCIAL WORK AND NURSING MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS SINCE 1995 tory tone, giving credit to some of those re sponsible for Oregon’s nondiscrimination and domestic laws. partnership Gov. Ted Kulongos From left, pillars of Oregon's gay rights movement, Terry Bean, Barbara ki made an 11th hour Roberts and Bill Dickey, celebrate victories at Basic Rights Oregon's change to the program annual business luncheon. when he insisted on in troducing Paul Kelly, a member of his Task Force Mellman, of Kiki & Herb, at the keys) to the on Equality, instead of the other way around. Kelly accepted an award on behalf of the en tire task force. Other award recipients were the Portland Business Alliance and Oregon Business Association for endorsing both bills early and visibly. Longtime philanthropist and printer Bill Dickey also accepted an award. BRO wisely took advantage of the gathering of local employers by tacking on a workshop to the luncheon. Presented by leading employment attorneys Ed Rives and Jennifer Middleton, ap proximately 40 employers learned how to imple ment Oregon’s new nondiscrimination law. “The majority, if not all, businesses that at tend the luncheon have been very proactive,” said BRO spokeswoman Karynn Fish. PICA Announces TBA Fest Lineup Time-Based Art is about to happen. In, oh, about 130 days. The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art has announced the near-full schedule of 150-plus performances packed butts to nuts over 10 short days for its sixth annual contemporary meta-arts orgy, the Time-Based Art Festival, Sept. 5 to 14- In his final time out with the festival, New York City-based TBA guest artistic director Mark Russell has assembled a typically delirious agenda for TBA-heads, ranging from the wet-your-pants truly bizarre (the arty-smart French bad boys of Vivarium Studio are back—uh-oh). “The Works,” TBA’s super-popular late-night boozy cabaret, is still looking for a home, which will be announced later this summer. Queer cho reographer Mike Barber’s evergreen Ten Tiny Dances is planned as a “Works” keynote offering. Of interest to Oregonians in the 2008 festi val: "On Sight” showings by Portland artists Co rey Lunn and Justin Gorman; a new show from Portland’s Sojourn Theatre at the South Water front Discovery Center; and a new music/dance collaboration with a trio of Portland dancemakers and Third Angle New Music around the sequence of spaces and fountains designed by landscape ar chitect Lawrence Halprin. The full lineup for the major performances is online at www.pica.org. Just Out will be preview ing, reviewing and blogging about the festival on PARTNERSHIP PROJECT Serving 1200 individuals a year in the Portland 4-county area. Working to keep you insured, in medical care and in contact with the services you need! SERVICIOS DISPONIBLES EN ESPANOL For intake scheduling, information and referral, call our intake team at 503-517-3590 www.ohsu.edu/partnership OREGON HEALTH! &SCIENCE UNIVERSITY RE^IKK Signature Properties line at www.justout.com. LAURELHURST A Class Act Attracts Dignitaries DENTISTRY Veteran gay rights activist Susie Shepherd carried on the work of her parents April 25 with A Class Act, the 14th annual benefit for the Bill and Ann Shepherd Legal Scholarship Fund. Held in the majestic Old Church in downtown C larice J ohnston indulged in a dessert bar that showcased the pret- tiest sweets from Port- land bakeries and dessert shops, including Joseph’s Dessert Company, Piece of Cake, Holiday Essence Quality Cake and Delight- ful, Delovely, Delicious. The evening, which brought in approximate- dm d . A drienne F ischl d . m . d . Portland, cellist Barbara Johnston, clarinetist Randy Dunn and pianist Jeffrey Payne entranced & audiences for the first time as Trio de Novo. After introductions and the concert, revelers ASSOCIATES • Treatment explained and discussed I I I I I I I I I I I French-Austrian performance collective Superamas will get crazy at TBA 08. 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