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FEBRUARY 18, 2011 4 out about W W W .JU S T O U T.C O M OUT Dancing presents dance lessons for the LGBTQ community. Different dance styles taught monthly. (6:30 p.m. advanced country two-step, Like to Sing? The Portland Lesbian Choir wel comes new singers. (6:45-8:45 p.m., Ainsworth UCC, 2941 NE Ainsworth, plchoir.org) 7:30 p.m beginning quickstep. Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy. $15, outdancing.info) Inter-Personal The Moms Group, a support group for GLBT mothers (6:30-8:00p.m.. Q Center, 4115 N Mis sissippi, pdxqcenter.org) Violence Support Group. (7-9:00 p.m., 0 Center, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxqcenter.org) Anawim Christian Fellowship. (6:30-8:30p.m., 0 Center, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxqcenter.org) The Portland Polyamory Circle is a place to chat about inclusive relationships, extended families, and intentional community. (7:30 p.m., Contact Laury at 503-285-4848 for location) TUES FEB 22 Meet the patients of the Oregon State Hospital in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, playing Feb. 22 through March 27 at Portland Center Stage. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit pcs.org. 20 Erotic Shorts 2.0 Feb. 10-20 An evening of twenty sexy, sassy, short erot ically-themed plays culled from exactly 119 submissions from our fair city and beyond! Eff Space, 333 NE Hancock $10-15, The Working Theatre Collective Ana en el Tropico Feb. 10-Mar. 5 In this story set in a cigar factory in 1929 Florida, a lector unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his workers, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American dream prove a volatile combination. Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark $14-25, milagro.org Attempts on Her Life Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Feb. 10-Mar. 13 Nothing screams gay like a fabulous coat of many colors. Broadway Rose Theatre, 12850 SW Grant, Tigard $20-35, broadwayrose.com Kid-Simple Feb. 18-Mar. 26 A quirky fable of innocence and experience, featuring live sound effects, mutinous onomatopoeia, and a host of woodsy temptations. The Lieutenant of Inishmore A group of nameless characters present various scenarios, or “attempts" to describe a woman named Annie, who remains offstage. Feb. 8-Mar. 13 The Comedy of Errors Feb. 16-Mar 6 Twin slaves, a Courtesean, a gold chain, and mistaken identity politics make this farce definitively Shakespearean, Actors Conservatory, 1436 SW Montgomery $15-25, actorsconservatory.com A Company of Wayward Saints Feb. 25-March 19 A theatre company has toured together for years and relations have become strained A mysterious audience member offers to pay for the entire company to quit if they will perform the best show of their lives. Can they pull it together and earn their tickets home? Sellwood Masonic Lodge, 7126 SE Milwaukie $15, Lunacy Stageworks Fefu & Her Friends Feb. 24-March 5 Follow eight women as they tackle themes of reality, death, and the unending battle of the female experience. Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park $6-12, PSU Theatre Department A Fine Monster You Are Feb. 11-Mar. 12 Is there a bizarre creature of elemental horror sealed in the basement? The lunacy extends to a mindboggling climax that delights all ages. Sandy Actors Theatre, 17333 Meinig Ave., Sandy $10-15, sandyactorstheatre.org futura Feb. 4-Mar. 27 Ladies! Love to paddle? Check out the Amazon Dragons and get a good workout with them at Dry Land Training. (6:00 p.m., Chief Joseph Elemen tary, 2904 N Saratoga, amazondragons.org) Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for guys into guys. (5-9:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) This play entertains the notion that Crawford was actually a man in drag, a fact she hid from her fans, her children, and the world. THURS FEB 24 Hunter Valentine opens for Vanity Theft. (9:30 p.m., Ash Street Saloon, 225 SWAsh, 21+, $6) / • V W i Mother’s Bistro presents Cabaret Karaoke: The Hackademy Awards. (8:00 p.m., Mother's Bistro, 212 SW Stark, 21+ after 10:00 p.m., Free, CabaretKaraoke.com) Portland Jazz Festival. Visitpdxjazz.com fora Licious Karaoke. (8:00 p.m., The Northbank The Rocky Horror Show Feb. n-27 A musical based on the movie of a similar name. MHCC Theatre, 26000 SE Stark, Gresham $12-15, www mhcc.eduAheatre Set in the not-so-distant future, futura originally premiered as a workshop reading in 2009. At the time, future's warnings about the extinction of print media-and its costs- - seemed timely. Now, they seem downright spooky. Following the relationship between childhood friends from post WWII to the present, this play unravels, serving as a window into this country's dramatic history regarding its treatment of homosexual love. Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th $18-30, pcs org/futura Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont $12-28, profiletheatre.org Thief River Feb. 2-27 Pink Martini’s Thomas Lauderdale is the solo ist in the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Oregon Symphony and guest conductor, Alondra de la Parra. (7:30 p.m., Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, $25-95, OrSymphony.org) Ladies! Love to paddle? Check out the Amazon Smuckers Stars on Ice! (7:30 p.m., Rose Gar Dragons and get a good workout with them at den, $25+, starsonice.com) Dry Land Training. (6:00 p.m., Chief Joseph Elementary, 2904 N Saratoga, amazondrag- r- ons.org) Forgive Me Father. Hear one man's story of finding peace between his relationship with God and his sexual identity, and find re sources that exist in the community. (7:00 Smucker’s Stars on Ice celebrates 25th anniversary with style and athleticism Some people don’t consider figure skating a sport. These skeptics should try jumping 4 to 6 feet into the air off of one foot, make three—sometimes four—vertical rotations in under a sec ond and then land on one foot without falling. Oh, and they’ll have to do so while wearing razor-sharp blades and taking on a frozen pond at speeds be tween 20-30 mph. I bet said naysayers won’t argue after attempting that. For 25 years, Smuckers Stars on Ice has been touring the nation, giving the public a taste of professional figure skating. The show has also helped ele vate the sport by showcasing the ath leticism involved. The 2011 tour glides into the Rose Just Out presents Drag King Night at Hot Flash! All for drag, and drag for all! Hot Flash caters to seasoned lesbians who are too old for the “scene" and too young to stop dancing. (6-10:00 p.m., Barracuda, 9NW 2nd, 21+, $8 cover + 2 cans of non-perishable food for Esther's Pantry, hotflashdances.com) Beginner Hip-Hop dance classes. SWAGGER’S body-positive dance classes are for all queers (and friends), regardless of dance skill or experi ence. (7:00 p.m., Bamboo Grove, 134 SE Taylor, $5-$7 sliding scale, theotherspacepdx.com) Beginner Step classes. SWAGGER’S body positive dance classes are for all queers (and friends), regardless of dance skill or experience. (6:00p.m., Bamboo Grove, 134 SE Taylor, $5-$7 sliding scale, theotherspacepdx.com) SAT FEB 26 Mary-Go-Round Mary-oke! (8:00 p.m., Ham Licious Karaoke. (8:00 p.m., The Northbank Bar, 106 W6th, Vancouver, 21+) Pub quiz! (8:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary's, 19 NW 5th, 21+after 9:30 p.m.) Film Fridays at Pivot! This week’s film: Julie & Julia (2009). (7:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, Free, pivotpdx.org) /V W i burger Mary's, 19 NW 5th, 21+ after 9:30 p.m.) Bar, 106 W 6th. Vancouver, 21+) Oregon Bears Happy Hour. (5-7:00 p.m., Fox full schedule and lineup. A band of crazies gets half-inspired, half de stroyed by a new patient’s rebellion and the question remains.. .was it worth it anyway? www.portlandminifringe. com Spend an intimate music evening with Christine Havrilla with new stories and songs for an up coming album release. (6-8:00p.m., Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi, 21+) Dining with the Divas! Hosted by Sabel Scities, it's a drag performance like you’ve never seen before. (7:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary's, 19 NW 5th, 21+ after 9:30 p.m.) Ice, Ice Baby The first of its kind in the city, featuring twelve touring fringe shows, master classes by visiting artists and offerings from local artists. Twisted Licious Karaoke. Join Lady OnaLicious as she hosts karaoke with a twist. (8:00 p.m., The Northbank Bar, 106 W6th, Vancouver, 21+) quarterback in high school? Hope he’d come over in the lunch room, throw you back on the table, and take you right there? Come dance it out with lunch trays and crunk gays. (9:00 p.m., Vendetta. 4306 N Williams, 21+, $3) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Feb. 22-March 27 Portland Mini Fringe Theatre Festival Feb. 13-March 26 Portland Jazz Festival. Visit pdxjazz.com for a full schedule and lineup. & Hounds, 217 NW 2nd, 21+) PAC, 1437 SW Montgomery $25, call 800-838-3006 for tickets Gerding Theatre at the Armory, 128 NW 11th $18-58, Portland Center Stage Scandals presents Vaudeville, Port- land’s most vaudevillian variety showcase! (8:30 p.m., Scandals, 1125 SW Stark. 21+, scandalspdx.com) The Cafeteria. Did you ever fantasize about the HRC presents Q=Mob! This month’s special guest: Kate Brown. Come, socialize for change and meet other like-mind ed social activists.. (6-8:00p.m., 23 Hoyt, 529 NW 23rd) Life? or Theatre? Feb. 3-20 Mommie Queerest March 10-20 Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for guys into guys. (11:00 a m.-2:00p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) FRIFEB 25 / y ^ i $20-42, artistsrep.org Disjecta, 8371 N Interstate $13-30, disjecta.org Pivotal Reads, a gay men's book club, kicks off with an introduction to A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham. (7:00 p.m., Piv ot, 209 SW 4th, Free, pivotpdx.org) Can’t get past the seven-week itch? Have a great relationship but want to make it better? Pivot and Bradley Angle present Boyfriend Lessons, open to all men into men. (7:00 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) WED FEB 23 Meet a ruthless Irish terrorist who thinks the IRA is too soft, a bumbling duo with a flawed cover-up plan, and a fiery redheaded lass with an itchy trigger finger and something to prove. ART's Alder Stage, 1515 SW Morrison Jewish Theatre Collaborative takes you through the looking glass into the World War II graphic novel by Charlotte Salomon where her 700 pages of images, text and music are adapted into an electrifying, mixed media performance. GLBT men, meets for Pizza Talk. Come for free pizza (yum) and a presentation on topics rele vant to HIV+ men. (6:00 p m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) Sex & Women Over 50, a helpful class provided by It’s My Pleasure. (7:00 p.m., $15. Must regis ter and pre-pay, itsmypleasurepdx.com, 503- 280-8080) Poison Waters hosts Portland Drag Race: Sea son Three, a weekly live version of Ru Paul’s Drag Race. (8:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1025 SW Stark, 21+, No cover) CoHo Theatre, 2257 NW Raleigh $20-25, cohoproductions.org March 4-April 9 Back Door Theater, 4319 SE Hawthorne $10-15, defunktheatre.com Stumptown Stages presents Cabaret Karaoke. Unlike yer mama's karaoke, you will be accom panied, live, on the piano! (6:30-9:30p.m.. Wilfs Piano Bar, 800 NW 6th, 21+) The Link, a social networking group for HIV+ p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, Free, pivotpdx.org) Garden on February 26 for a one- night-only extravaganza. The talent roster reads like a who’s who of the figure skating world: Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek; Olympic sil ver medalist Sasha Cohen; Olympic gold medalists Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada; four-time World Champion and four-time Canadian National Champion Kurt Browning; And no, I wasn’t there to focus on and Olympic silver medalists Tanith the athleticism. I’m gay enough to ad Belbin and Benjamin Agosto—just to mit I went for the glamour and fabu name a few. lous costumes. Last year I had the privilege of watching the show from a private box Sat., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.; Rone Garden in the arena. It was right after the Arena, 1 N. Center Court St.; $25-$ 140; Vancouver Olympics and the event 877-789-7673 or comcasttix.com. was electrifying. — Bennie Tan
