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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 2009)
OREGON S GAY/LESBIAN/BI/TRANS NEWSMAGAZINE Submissions should De $e^? *oO-'Co e'-aa- ®O Box 14400 Po^a'-a OR 97293-0400 o< faxea to 503-236-1257 or submitted at www justout Dead rne s 5 da/s before ssue date XstOufts oub ished on the first and thra Frida/ of each month All addresses are in Portland unless other Arts!" (Doors/7 pm, Show/8 pm. Luxe Autohaus, 410 NE 17th Ave, $25/General, $50/Priority, $1OO/VIP, www. thefineartoffashion.org) It's the Third Saturdays Literary Readings Series! Join Austin Gray, a poet, and Henry Alley, a fiction writer, as they present their work. (5-7 pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St, Eugene, Free) A Taste of Portland Dance 2009 features a slew of local performers - come check out what was a great success last year! (7 pm, Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave, $15 general, $10 students, seniors, DCO members, www.ARTIXPDX.com) Bare as You Dare Porn Party: Go as "Bare As You Dare" at this sexy Underwear Party, plus porn DVD and magazine giveaways and raffles! (9 pm-2 am, Dirty Duck Tavern. 439 NW 3rd Ave, $2 suggested donation at door benefits Esther's Pantry.) Center, 928 SW Stark, Free, cityguys@cascadeaids.org) Join the first annual Cyclist Symphony! Wear your pin stripes, fancy pants, top hats and gloves for a traveling symphony on bikes. (4-4:30 pm, gather at the southern end of the South Park Blocks, free) FAME! North Portland's new queer dance night. Every Wednesday night. Cheap food and drinks plus pinball and . pool. (9:30 pm-Close. Portsmouth Pub, 5262 N. Lombard St. No Cover!) » THURS JUNE 25• Connect your breathing, body & mind with Begin ner's Yoga. (6:15-7:30 pm. Thursdays weekly, www. manifestpdx.org/calendar) Come out for PABA Biz Builders! PABA is the Portland » SUN JUNE 2I • Crush presents “That's So Gay” trivia night every Sunday. Trivia about all things fabulous! (7 pm, 1400 SE Morrison St.) Come play pinochle - are you a little rusty? Always Area Business Association, an organization made up of businesses and • individual professionals interested in networking. We are an association that recognizes the rewards and challenges of being in the business world and seeks to support and promote the efforts of members. (7-9 am, 0 Center, 4115 N. Mississippi, www.pdxqcenter. org) wanted to learn? Now is your chance! (6pm, Hobo's, 120 NW 3rd Ave, Free) The Adventure Group takes an easy urban walk from Laurelhurst to Belmont St. Loop with optional post Tranz Guyz: this group is for trans guys/men, intersex, walk dinner. Meet at the NE 42nd MAX stop, southside of I-84 (6 pm. 1260 NE 42nd Ave, Evan 503-701-7922) gendergueer, questioning people who were assigned female at birth. A discussion group in a supportive envi ronment to address such topics as: coming out; hormones; surgery; "passing;" coping w/society; dating and relation ships; medical and emotional health; family issues; sex and sexuality. (6-8 pm, 0 Center, 4115 N. Mississippi, www. pdxqcenter.org) » MON JUNE 22 • Personal Training Group. Learn with ACE Certified Per sonal Trainer David Scheer and a team how to turn your wellness goals into fun, easy exercise & nutrition. (7-8 am weekly Mon, Wed, & Fri. www.manifestpdx.org/calendar) Wanderlust Cycling Group. Have fun exploring Portland by bike followed by optional dinner & hot tub. (6:30-8 pm. Mondays, weekly, www.manifestpdx.org/calendar) Find work and abundance group, Men committed to cre ating work that is both fulfilling & brings them abundance support one another every week. The group will also learn crucial job skills like informational interviewing, network ing, resume writing, internet research, etc. Facilitated by Thom Cathcart, life coach. (7:45-9:30 pm. Mondays, weekly, www.manifestpdx.org/calendar) »TUES JUNE 23 • If you weren’t able to see this last week, now Is your chance to get a dose of Portland queer love for a reading of Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City. At once a love letter to the Rose City and a dream of escape, the stories of Portland Queer reveal the contradictions and commonalities of life in one of the world's great queer meccas. Authors will be in attendance. (7 pm, In Other Words, 8B NE Killingsworth, Free) Yoga With Charles! This coed class, for all levels from.be- ginner to advanced, practices a mixture of Flow, Core, and Relaxation poses. Bring a friend for only $5! *bring your own mat and blanket (if needed) (6:30-8 pm, 0 Center, 4115 N Mississippi, $35/month or $10/drop-in) Salon 0, a welcoming social environment for the queer community. Network, chat, socialize, flirt, dish, kibitz - we're here. No cover, no presentations, no sales pitch. (7 pm. Venue Varies. Visit www.salonqpdx.com for the latest updates.) The Adventure Group goes on a casual urban bike ride through the streets and trails of Portland. Meet at the drinking fountain on the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade (6 pm, 2 SE Madison St. Laurent 503-880-8900) Martinis, anyone? Head on down to Vault for the weekly queer night. (9 pm-close, Vault, 226 NW 12th Ave, www. vault-martini.com) » WED JUNE 24 • Personal Training Group. Learn with ACE Certified Per sonal Trainer David SCheer and a team how to turn your wellness goals into fun, easy exercise & nutrition. (7-8 am weekly Mon, Wed, & Fri. www.manifestpdx.org/calendar) The Dad’s Group is a men's support group intended to be a safe place for those who come out and identify as gay later in life - while sharing the bond of being a father. Members listen, support and discuss their own relevant experiences, but stop short of giving advice or being the therapist. No one comes to the group as an expert. (7-9 pm, 0 Center, 4115 N. Mississippi, www.pdxqcenter.org) Massage for Men by Men. Come learn the benefits of massage - plus get a free 30 minute massage from one of two local, talented, male, Licensed Massage Therapists. First come, first serve so please come early to sign up! Water and light snacks will be provided. (6:30-9:30 pm, Men's Wellness Open & Closed Relationships: Is monogamy a myth? What are the value judgments attached to both open and closed relationships? What do open and closed relation ships look like when you’re in a mixed HIV status relation ship, and what are the issues involved? Join us for an interactive discussion on open vs. closed relationships facilitated by Mike Binks, a mental health therapist and educator from Project E.O.U.A.L. A social hour will follow after the discussion. (7-9:30 pm, Men's Wellness Center, 928 SW Stark, Free, cityguys@cascadeaids.org) Celebrate the release of Destination DIY’s “Representing Yourself" episode with a listening party including interviews with a custom tattoo artist, Guerrilla Girl, "Kathe Kollwitz," and wading into the world of online dating. (7 pm, Waypost, 3120 N Williams) Thinking about coming out? Looking for a phobia-free space to consider whether or not now is the right time and place for you? Maybe you've already come out and are looking for safe, supportive, and inclusive people to talk with? Welcome to Coming Out: Discourses & Re sources, a new group at 0 Center led by a team of rotating queer-identified, trusted individuals. (6-7 pm, 0 Center, 4115 N. Mississippi, www.pdxqcenter.org) » TIM STAPLETON S PLAY EMBRACES HIS PAST. PRESENT AND FUTURE With Open Arms While the set of any play is integral to the performance, few possess the level of aesthetic focus found in playwright and scenic designer Tim Stapleton’s Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. The chamber piece is borne of his encompassing instal lation/artwork/manuscript Black Ribbon Roads: A Journey Out of Appalachia. Perfor mances have already begun and take place every Sunday at 7 p.m. though June 21. A special artist’s tea will feature a reading from the original Ribbon Roads manuscript at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 13. Leaning on the EverlastingArms explores Stapleton’s baptism into a strict southern church and the abuse that followed. Ac companied by haunting photographs of his return to the Appalachian mountains after thirty years away, the piece showcases his journey of hope and healing. Stapleton says of the ensemble piece: “My stories have been buried for sometime. They kept crying out to me. So I dug them up and exposed their decomposing parts. I made a sojourn back to my roots, back to the Eastern Kentucky Appalachians. I dredged up the past and took a good long look at where I came from. I talked with a choice few who have remained there, One who has been living in a deep recess of my heart for low these forty years.” The resulting artwork, in its multiple forms, affects a sort of lifelong collage. Stapleton’s struggle toward a joyful exis tence has been informed by these early ex periences. But though the quest may have been an arduous one, Stapleton believes that “memories serve as guides to the fu ture.” By that measure, his imagery evokes the dark, dusty coalmines and slagheaps of his youth, inviting the audience into an intensely personal process. More than a portrait of a childhood in Appalachia, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is an intimately self-reflexive and introspective work about Stapleton’s past and present - and the creative process. -ALLEY HECTOR Leaning on the Everlasting Arms plays Sun., June 14 and 21 at 7 p.m., manuscript reading Sat. June 13 at 1 p. m. at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N Interstate Ave., $10, 503-205-0715, ifccarts.org. The Dad’s Group is a men's support group intended to be a safe place for those who come out and identify as gay later in life - while sharing the bond of being a father. Members listen, support and discuss their own relevant continued on page 34 chance to meet these singing talents and contribute to Cascade AIDS Project at the same time. Opening night’s VIP Cast Af ter-party welcomes all CAP supporters to celebrate Rents PDX arrival. The entirety of the soiree’s $55 admission - which does not include the performance - goes directly to CAP, a small price to pay to schmooze with legendary stage and screen stars; also on tap, the usual hors d’oeuvres and a no host bar. And though “525,000 moments so dear” cannot be promised during opening night alone - or even the run of the show - there surely will be more than a few. » OPENING NIGHT CAST PARTY BENEFITS CASCADE AIDS PROJECT Portland for Rent In the 1990s Broadway exploded with a racy new musical about young poor folk, afflicted with AIDS and other issues, trying to survive the bohemian lifestyle in lower Manhattan. Tony-winning Rent, the queer Gen X sensation based on Puccini’s La Boheme, is back; the touring production hits Portland for a multi-night stint beginning Wednesday, June 23. Featuring original cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp - Roger and Mark, respectively, in both the 1996 stage production and the 2005 feature film - the Broadway Across America effort brings the Great White Way to the masses with the same degree of integrity as its New York counterpart. And even though the ac tors are ten years older, reviews have been - overwhelmingly positive that they can still express the ennui and angst of youth. Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks says of the original duo: To their great advantage ... both actors - ALLEY HECTOR still look and sound remarkably like the Roger and Mark of the mid-’90s. If any thing, Pascal’s voice-built-for-rock shows more range, and Rapp finds a new depth of passion in Mark, the conflicted filmmaker from the ‘burbs. His vocal contribution has always been underrated, for Rapp competes satisfyingly with the powerhouse Pascal, who is also bringing more varied emo tionality to Roger, the story’s blocked rock composer. Better still, Portland audiences have the Rent runs Wed., June 23-Sun., June 28, at 7:30p.m., 6:30p.m. Sunday, plus matinees at 2 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. at the Keller Au ditorium, 222 SW Clay. Regular tickets are $28.50 and up, 503-248-4335, ticketmaster, com and ticketswest.com. Opening Night VIP Cast After-party is Wed, June 23, 10:30 p.m. at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront, 1401 SW Naito Pkwy., $55 covers the party only and must be purchased separately via CAPs Events Line, 503-223-9255, cascadeaids.org.
