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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 2009)
and soldier confronts anti-Semitism, racism and homophobia in Neil Simon's 1h Feb. 15 at Profile Theatre. Rainy Day Productions presents Vitriol fl Violets, a musical chronicling the Algonquin Round Table, Jan. 24-Feb. 1. th Anniversary rward c Jan. 24. The high-en rgy pr mot r of ing with few hundred " ea n d" l b:an , will elebrat the ph nomenon' fifth anniv r ary. 'ld, h wa di appointed to find a lack of "night tunitie for women wh love to gr ve to mu ic w organization pon ored annual dance , but it the mu ic he raved. Potluck ar K, but how ," can a gal eat? And what better way to work off fan ing to one' favorite mu ic? m decided to tart her own vent. Mayb if she re ther women. he billed the fir t dance "for ook d a club an<l a DJ, and h l<l h r breath- , "I wa getting 250 to 300 women each time," e beginn ing." Hot Fla h m nthly dance partie tu ia ts in Wa ·hingt n, Arizona and alifornia, heir own. Miriam wa thrilled when Hot Fla h/ "W 've b en a hit in ju t ab ut every city we've wa to th lightly lder crowd, y ung r w men n reque ted mu ic popular with their own gen- <l The Ja k n 5 now rub elbow with Beyonce vith reque t , w rking with her DJ in each city wer mu ic tyle and arti t to addr th inter- that Hot Fla h attra ts: "Retro danc partie with 1t. [)Ce trail, he volunteer with Q enter and the al i "t continue to provide l bian with afe ,e. " .hotfla hdance .c m. - Patricia L. MacAodha D with ,tween rform e Rock ffiance. ~on.) ~glhe guest ~I and e Pete 18 per· penefit r t ::: Riot author e Jean 1 Arnold; video collages from artist Erica Schreiner; and standup comedy from Rylee Newton, Kevin Wilson, Maria Bamford and Chicago queer favorite Jessica Halem. (8 pm. 2214 NE Oregon St. $5.) Gay actor John Ellingson stars as the Mad Hatter in an original musical adaptation of Alice in Wonderland through Feb. 15 at Northwest Children's Theater. ed to learn how to play? Be coached by the regulars during the gay-friendly Pinochle Group Beginners Night every first Sunaay at Hobo's. (6 pm. 120 NW Third Ave.) stars in this thought-provoking drama about the tenacious pursuit to understand why there is an ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots. (7 pm. 819 N Killingsworth St.) Portland Feminism Discussion Group meets at In Other Words. (6:30-8 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) Hollywood Theatre screens Switch: A Community in Transition . (7 pm. 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. $8.) MON• FEB. 2 THU• FEB. 5 Bisexual Community Forum hosts a casual dis- cussion group every first Monday at Red and Black Cafe. (7:30 pm. 400 SE 12th Ave. 503-285-4848.) Elder Resource Alliance meets at Touchstone Coffee House. (2 pm. 445 NE 70th Ave.) Amy Ray performs with Arizona at Eugene's WOW Hall. (7:30 pm. 291 W Eighth Ave. $18 at the door, $15 in advance from TicketWeb.) TUE• FEB. 3 Elder Resource Alliance presents Hoops! at Friendly House. All skill levels welcome to play fun and recreational basketball with an elder former college athlete. (10-11 am. 1737 NW 26th Ave.) Elder Resource Al~ance presents Gay Men's Autobiographical Writing Group, a powerful creative channel and opportu- nity to get together with other gay men to explore and write about the truth of your lives, every other Tuesday at Friendly House. (6-7:30 pm. 1737 NW 26th Ave. RSVP to 503-224-2640.) Code Pink meets at In Other Words. (6:30 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) Q Center presents Game Night, a great social eve- ning of informal board game competition. Choose from many options, or feel free to bring your own favorite and teach the group. Meanwhile, a Queers Trying to Conceive workshop reviews fertility options for lesbians and gay men, includ- ing donor insemination, i , vitro fertilization, egg donation and gestational surrogacy. (l-9 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) Amy Ray performs with Arizona and Packer (Jenny Hoyston, Kaia Wilson, LKN) at Wonder Ballroom. (8 pm. 128 NE Russell St. $13 at the door, $12 in advance from Ticketmaster.) WED• FEB. 4 The Bella Boys softball team gets ready for an- other winning season with a fund-raiser featuring Jell-0 shots, door prizes and a 50/50 raffle at C.C. Slaughters. (9 pm. 219 NW Davis St.) Express your creativity during the Micro cope Slide Pendant Workshop presented by Elder Resource Alliance at Friendly House. (10 am-noon. 1737 NW 26th Ave. $20 from 503-224-2640.) C.C. Slaughters presents a CO promotion for 8oombox: The Remix Album 200().2008 by Kylie Minogue. (9pm. 219NWOav;sSt) Don't procrastinate! Receive practical advice to safeguard your assets and health care wishes during Estate Plannint Made Eny at Southwest Community Center. (6:30-8 pm. 6820 SW 45th Ave. Register for Course No. 281790 at www. portlandparks. org.) SUN• FEB. 1 The Egyptian Room screens Super Bowl XUII with free food and prizes. (3 pm. 3701 SE Division St.) Are you a little rusty at pinochle? Always want- Freedom Socialist Party screens and discusses Th Fenr: A hnon•I Awalreni"' at the Bread & Roses Center. Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave The Queer Polyamory Discussion Group meets at In Other Words. (6:30 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) Ms. V facilitates Women and Orgasm at It's My Pleasure. Learn how to have multiple, extended and full-body or- gasms; how to orgasm in new ways; and about the G spot and its many joys. Preorgasmic women encouraged to attend! (7-9 pm. 3106 NE 64th Ave. $10 from 503-280-8080.) FRI • FEB. 6 Sugar Rush premieres on Here. (www.heretv.com.) Out Dancing's intermediate swing class starts tonight and continues every Friday in February at Ankeny Street Studio. Beginning country two-step class follows. (6:15-7:15 pm swing [$40 for month}, 7: 15-8: 15 pm two-step ($32 for month}. 975 SE Sandy Blvd. 503-236-5129. www.outdancing.info.) In Other Words presents The Goddess Returns, a new open mike for singer/songwriters, spoken word artists, dancers, performance artists and ceremonialists. (6:30-8:30 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St. $1 -$5 donation.) Lesbian professor Barbara Lundblad presents Beyond Fear-Faidtfuhm in Changing Tmes (W1lcomi111g Diversity) through Feb. 8 at Central Lutheran Church. (7-9pm Friday, 9am-1 pm Saturday, 9-10:15am Sunday. 1820 NE 21st Ave. $25.) Lar Lubovitch Dance Company Makes Rare Portland Appearance Internationally and at h m , audien r pon<l to the danc- e of Lar Lubovitch. ince hi company wa founded in 196 , it ha performed in nearly every U. . care an<l more than 30 countri . But Lar Lubovit h Dan mpany ha not toured ince 1995. Int ad, th gay h re g- raph r ha ncentrate<l on mak- ing new dan e that hav been perform d by ompanie ranging fr m American Ballet Theatre t Pari pera Ball t. H ha reared mor th n 20 dance in the pa t decad l ne and m r<> than I 00 during th c ur f hi care r. Lub vitch, wh wa born in Chicago, al found time recently to launch th hi ago Dancing Fe tival, which drew more than 8,000 pe ple i fir t year. The fi - rival gr w by half it ec nd year, ttracting 12,000 in 200 . La t fall, L::tr Lu1'ovitch Dance Company hit the road to elebrate its 40th anniversary with a 20- city tour. Th company' Jan. 28 perfi rmance in Portland i the econd-co-la t t p befi re th company head back t it home ba e in New York. The performan , put on by P rtland pre nter White Bird, include thr e danc that Lub vitch created in the past d cad . "Jangl " i a new dance ubtided "Four Hungarian Dan ." A hicago Tribune arti I <l e rihed it a "brief and b guiling." Th bulk f the program i <l v t d t the 45-minut "M n' torie ," a ignatur Lubovit h w rk clan ed by n ensembl f nin m n. It fi atur v ral 8 qualiti for whi h th h r og- rapher i kn wn, in luding flu - idity and t hni al ex ell n . Th vcning with th wirling, romanti "Dvorak r na<l ," a uite of fi ur clan The pr gram h uld provide a good mpling f Lubovitch' <lan , whi h " vok de ripti n u ha x- uberant, nergeti , we ping, lu i u and impa ione<l," a - c rding t Fifty ontemporary horeographer , a book by Martha Brem r and D borah Jowitt. r gon Ball t Th atre fan , h wever, may alr ady have ampl d Lu vitch' w rk. In 2006, BT p rfi rm d hi fam u dan e" rt ixTwenty-Tw ," whic aced for a 19 7 AI fit. Th dance mad a trem impr i n at th original v nt and ha been a iat d with th impa t f the AID cri i v r in e. I ! - Rebecca Ragain .,
