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MARCH 18.2011
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LGBTQ Financial Planning 101
Planning for your life is challenging enough... knowing what specific
pitfalls or challenges await you as a member of the LGBTQ community;
whether as an individual, couple or organization is even tougher.
Join Pride Financial Partners and a select panel of professionals
from the community to discuss these issues and more.
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• Milagros Boutique (5433 NE 30th Ave.)
gets crafty Sunday, March 20 with the Mila­
gros Crafty Mamas Bazaar from 10:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Featuring a wide variety of locally
made jewelry, toys and more, the Crafty Ma­
mas Bazaar doubles as both a family-friendly
afternoon with craft vendors and a fund­
raiser for Mercy Corps NW. Vendors include
Body Boom! Organics, locally made goods
from Mini Moh and more.
There will be complimentary refresh­
ments, and the event is free. Ten percent of
proceeds from sales go directly toward Mercy
• The 13th Annual Portland Leather Alliance Corps NW.
KinkFest whips into action beginning Friday,
For more information, visit milagrosbou-
March 18. Held for the first time at the Ore­ tique.com.
gon Convention Center, KinkFest 2011 in­
cludes workshops, vendors and presenters in­ • Community Outreach of Our United
cluding Master Skip and slave Rick, Master Villages is providing a free, interactive
Trooper Frank and slave paul.
workshop dubbed “Make a Friend of Your
The festivities begin with a Rainbow Dance Neighbor” Wednesday, March 23 from 6 to
Party on March 18. The kink continues 8:30 p.m. at Friendly House (1737 NW 26th
through Sunday, March 20 with more present­ Ave.).
ers, workshops and finally closing ceremonies
Attendees will have the opportunity to
and a farewell social at 6:30 p.m.
learn tools and strategies for building posi­
Ticket pricesfor KinkFest2011 vary. For a com­ tive relationships with neighbors and the
plete schedule of events and more information, visit community through dialogue and interactive
kinkfest.org.
exercises. RSVPs are requested by Friday,
March 18 to outreach(®ourunitedvillages.
org, or by calling 503-546-7499.
M a s te r T ro o p e r
F rank d e m a n d s
For more information, visit ouveommunity-
y o u r a tte n d a n c e
outreach. org.
In 1989, Hinkle was the recipient of the
E.B. MacNaughton Civil Liberties Award.
His namesake award will be presented in the
future to recognize distinguished service only
when an appropriate individual merits
recognition.
For more information on the ACLU of Oregon,
visit aclu-or.org.
Events of Note
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• The Little Church (5138 NF 23rd Ave.)
hosts a speaking engagement by author,
poet and FTM expert Jody Rose Helfand
Friday, March 25 at 8 p.m. Helfand will read
from his new work, Places Male and Female, a
book of revealing poetry about his gender
transition from female to male.
Admission to this reading is $7 and space
is limited. Tickets can he purchased in ad­
vance via PayPal for $5 at jodyrosehelfand.
com, and SI from each ticket sale will be
raffled off to one lucky winner at the conclu­
sion of the event.
For more information, visit thelittlechurch-
• PaganFaire XXI takes place Saturday, pdx.com. Doors open at 7:30p.m.
March 19 at the Gray Campus Center of the
Reed College Dining Hall (3203 SF Wood- • On Sunday, March 27, West Café (1202
stock Blvd.). Under the theme “Magickal SW Jefferson St.) hosts a wine dinner ben­
Warriors—Earth Healers,” the 21st annual efit for Equity Foundation.
event celebrating SisterSpirit’s 25th anniver­
Featuring a five-course dinner and two
sary features tribute walls for the community blind wine-tasting flights—one white, one
to post stories, pictures, sayings and memo­ red—this fundraiser promises to be a tasty
ries honoring community Earth Healers and/ way to give to one of Portland’s most impor­
or Magickal Warriors.
tant nonprofit organizations.
The Faire includes vendors, artisans, heal­
Tickets are SI00 per person, and the event
ers, readers, food and workshops, and enter­ begins at 4 p.m. To purchase tickets, call
tainment by Gypsy Heart, Bridgetown Mor­ West Café at 503-227-8189.
ris Men, the Renegade Rose Morris Dancers
As a reminder, a remembrance event for
and many more. Additionally, a raffle will he David Crawford will be held from 7 to 9
held to benefit the Michelle’s Heart Emer­ p.m. Saturday, March 19 in the lobby/atrium
gency Fund for women and children.
area of the OHSU Center for Health and
Admission to PaganFaire XXI is $7 per Healing (3303 SW Bond Ave.). Crawford
person, or $5 if you’ve procured a coupon from was a volunteer board member and treasurer
paganfaire.net. The event runs from 10 a.m. to of Equity Foundation of Oregon.
5 p.m., and the Spring Equinox Ritual begins
For more information on the dinner, visit
at 7 p.m. with a requested $5 donation.
westcafepdx.com. For further information on
For more information on PaganFaire XXI, the remembrance event for David Crawford,
visit paganfaire. net.
visit equityfoundation.org.