OREGO N S LGBTO N EW S M A G A ZIN E
If it’s not in Just Out,
PDX Pride Reading Series presents Zanna, Don’t!
A Musical Fairy Tate. (7:00 p.m., Fez Ballroom,
316 SW 11th, $10, pdxpiideseries.com)
Bears Bingo with the Sisters. (Noon, Jupiter
Hotel Courtyard, 800 E Burnside, game pack
ages can be purchased at the door, beartown-
weekend.com)
A Night of Possibilities: a party and meet-and-
greet for people interested in participating in the
Not Enough! Festival. Come, create new musical
and artistic connections with others. (8:00 p.m.,
Fleetwood Shac, 127 NE Lombard, 21+)
/ N W ' Gayest Day of the Year Bike Ride!
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(Noon-3:00 p.m., SMYRC, 3024 NE
MLK, $10 suggested donation, smyrc.org)
/ n w i Siren Nation presents the 6th Annual
Dolly Parton Hoot Night! Portland's
best musicians pay tribute to one of country
music's most iconic songwriters. (9:00 p.m.,
Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, $10+, si-
rennation.com)
Repent! The Church of the Poison Mind wel
comes all sinners with free food, $1 shots, a
beer bust, and a healthy dose of your favorite
Silverado dancers. (4-9:00p.m., Silverado, 308
SW 3rd, 21+, No cover!)
Connections Dance Party. Celebrate with the
new Mr. Oregon Bear and Mr. Oregon Cub 2011,
while dancing it out thanks to DJ Brad. (9:00 p.m.,
Jupiter Hotel, 800 E Burnside, 21+, $10-free
with BearTown pass, beartQwnweekend.com)
Hugs ‘n’ Tugs Farewell Bear-B-Que and Best
Bear Buns Contest. (5-8:00 p.m., Eagle Port
land, 835 N Lombard, 21+, $5, Free with Bear
Town pass or Oregon Bears membership card,
beartownweekend.com)
Lipz Cabaret lures you “ up north" with the
beautiful and talented Zora Phoenix as your
host. No cover! (9:30 p.m., The Northbank Bar,
106 W6th, Vancouver, 21+)
Come support Youth Empowered Action Camp at
their Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser. All seats are
advanced sale, so purchase early online! (6:00
p.m., Portland Vegan Trattoria, 1125 SE Division,
$20-40 sliding scale donation, yeacamp.org) ■
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Who’re you calling “ Miss” ? MRS. is
back, featuring DJs Beyondadoubt,
Trans Fat, III Camino, and some hot photobooth
action thanks to Bloodhound Photography.
(10:00 p.m., Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mis
sissippi, 21+,$5)
Maricon @ Matador, a night for homos and
their homeys. (10:00 p.m., Matador, 1967 W
Burnside, 21+)
SUN JUNE 12
BearTown 16! Flip to our BearTown 16 center
fold for complete schedule, or visit beartown-
weekend.com
Bears Brunch. (9-11:30 a m., Jupiter Hotel,
800 E Burnside, $ 1 5 -fre e with BearTown pass
or Oregon Bears membership card, beartown-
weekend.com)
The Adventure Group goes on a moderate
hike to Ramona Falls. Meet outside Starbucks
at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9:00 a m., 3030 NE
Weidler, call Evan at 503-701-7922)
The Body Practice: Flexibility, Balance, and
Beyond. A half-day seminar to learn the funda
mentals of The Body Practice directly from its
creator Steve Atlas. Space is limited. To register
contact ciminomail@yahoo.com (9:00 a.m., Q
Center, 4115 N Mississippi, $90)
Bottomless Mimosa Brunch. Get ready for that
hang-over medicine, Mary! (10:00 a.m.-3:00
p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19NW5th, No cover!)
It’s a Gay-rage Sate! (10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.,
Gaylords Paradise, 5544 NE 55th)
Sogetsu Ikebana Rose Festival Exhibition.
(10:00 a. m. -6:00 p.m., Portland Japanese Garden
Pavilion, 611 SW Kingston, japanesegarden.com)
Butch Crew PDX social group. (3-5:00 p.m., Q
Center, 4115 N Mississippi)
The Yellow Hat Society presents God & Goddess
Costume Ball to benefit Safe Haven Humane
Society. Dinner, show, costume contest and all
ages fun! (6:30 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW
5th, $2 suggested donation)
PDX Pride Reading Series presents Zanna, Don’t!
A Musical Fairy Tate. (7:00 p.m., Fez Ballroom,
316 SW 11th, $10, pdxprideseries.com)
Come show your colors at Love Hurts: Pride
Edition. Let your flags fly at a night of kinky sexy
fun and exploration in a safe environment. RSVP
required, please contact admin@savorypinkpro-
ductions or call 503-847-9891. (7:00 p.m., An
gel's Social Club, 3533 SE 39th, $15)
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Phoenix Variety Revue, Portland’s
Longest Running Monthly Burlesque
Show is back for Pride with the fantastic Sandria
Dore, Lizzy O’Boom, Grace Fall, and Dee Dee
Pepper. (7:30 p.m., Kelly's Olympian, 426 SW
Washington, 21+, $7, PhoenixVarietyRevue.com)
Dirty Porno Bingo, hosted by Chi Chi and
Chonga. $2.50 well drinks from open to close.
(8-10:00 p.m., Boxxes, 1035 SW Stark, 21+,
No cover!)
Superstar Divas Moga Show! (8:00 p.m., CC
Slaughters, 219 NW Davis, 21+,N o cover!)
Gaay Aalto Sundays. Chill out on one side of the
bar, dance it out on the other. (10:00 p.m., Aalto
Lounge, 3356 SE Belmont, 21+, No cover!)
MON JUNE 13
Bears Gone Wild Happy Hour. (5:30-8:30
p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, ore-
gonbears.org)
Burger night at Starky’s! Come enjoy a deli
cious $5 burger with your hostess Poison Marie
Waters. (6-9:00 p.m., Starky’s 2913 SE Stark,
21+, No cover!)
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LGBT affirming Pentecostals: express your
charismatic style of prayer and worship in a
safe, nonjudgmental environment at the LGBT
In-Gathering. (7:00 p.m., Caldwell's Colonial
Chapel, 20 NE 14th, please enter from the
parking lot doors)
Mary-oke! (8:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary's, 19
NW 5th, 21+ after 9 :3 0 p.m., No cover!)
T U E S J U N E 14
LGBTQI & Disabled support group. (1-2:30
p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi)
Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for
guys into guys. (5:00-8:30p.m., Pivot, 209 SW
4th, pivotpdx.org)
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Race Talks: Opportunities for Dia-
logue. June’s topic spotlights the ex
perience of Oregon’s LGBTQ People of Color.
Featuring Kevin Cook (aka Poison Waters). (7:00
p.m., Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd, No cover!)
Who will be the first Iron Mary? Come on down
to this yummy competition show to benefit CAP!
(7:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary 's, 19 NW 5th, 21+
after 9:00 p.m., No cover!)
The Black Lips, live in concert. (8:00 p.m.,
Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 21+, $15)
/■■NW ! Saturn + Tampon Troupe present
v I W i The PEOPLE vs Lady Gaga. (9:00
p.m., Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th, 21+, $3,
myfairsaturn.com)
Boxxes hosts the weekly charity event Versus.
(10:00 p.m., Boxxes, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No
cover!)
WED JUNE 15
LBGTQI Seniors Lunch, free to seniors age 60
and over. (Noon-1.00 p.m., Metropolitan Com
munity Church, 2400 NE Broadway, 503-367-
2220, mccpdxfood@gmail.com)
Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for
guys into guys. (1-3:30p.m., Pivot, 2 0 9 SW4th,
pivotpdx.org)
The Feminist Queer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Reading
Group discusses Feminist Philosophy and Sci
ence Fiction: Utopias and Dystopias Edited by
Judith Little. (6:00 p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE
Killingsworth)
Inter-Personal Violence Support Group.
(6-8:00 p.m., 0 Center, 4115 N Mississippi)
Anawim Christian Fellowship. (6:30-8:30
p.m., 0 Center, 4115 N Mississippi)
Quizzy! (7:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary's, 19 NW
5th, 21+ after 9:30 p.m., No cover!)
Karaoke with Theo and Fannie Mae Darling.
(10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark,
21+, No cover!)
T H U R S JU N E 16
Portland Black Pride presents INSYNQ, a queer
youth karaoke party. (5-9:00 p.m., SMYRC,
3024 NE MLK)
(June 3 -J u ly 29,
Pushdot Studio,
2 5 0 5 S E 11th,
pushdotstudio. com )
Here, Take Some ZannActs
PDX Pride Series wraps up with musical fairy tale
that turns the taboo tables
Most folks are all-too-familiar with the 1980 trainwrcck of a film
Xanadu , the (unintentionally?) gay marriage of supernatural roller disco,
dreadful dialogue, album covers-come-to-life and the so-off-it’s-on pairing
of Olivia Newton John and Gene Kelly. But you may not have heard o f
Zanna, Don’t !,T im Acito’s equally unusual tale that asks audiences to take
the red pill—or is that purple, or pink?—for a trip to a parallel universe
where gay is more than okay, it’s the norm.
The last in Triangle Productions!’ PDX Pride Series posits an alternate
realm in which heterosexuality is taboo. Zanna is the resident matchmaker
at her Midwest, straight-phobic Heartsville High School, bringing together
guys and guys, girls and girls, queers and queers until— quelle scandal! —the
football team’s quarterback and a girl (a girl!) fall in love.
Directed by John Oules with musical direction by Darcy W hite, Zanna^
Don’t ! is a provocative, entertaining “W hat if?” that puts the “fairy” in “fairy
tale.” And with nods to everything from Star Trek to Wayne Gretzky, Alex
ander the Great to Leonardo da Vinci, Acito’s story straddles the line be
tween high art and low culture with cheeky aplomb.
It’s no wonder the author, originally inspired by that 1980 film craptas-
trophe, describes Zanna, Don't! as a “loving tribute” that “represents the best
and—many would argue— the worst of pop culture.”
Leave the roller skates at home for this one.
Sat.-Sun, June 11-12, 7p.m.; The Fez, 316 S(V 11th Ave.; $7.50 at door, $5.50
online at hulahub.com; pdxprideseries.com.
/ N W ! MpowerMENt, the newest way to get
vA ™
involved for men ages 18-39. Plan
events. Talk about issues facing our community.
(6:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org)
Portland Black Pride kicks off with SPEAK ON
IT! Poetry Slam & Open Mic. (8:00p.m., Local
Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!)
An original illustration
of chickens by Jill
Bliss, part of the
p u s h d o t + p ly w e rk
group show.
Z a n n a , Heartsville
High’s rnagica.
musical matchmaker,
is as determined as
ever to make sure
everyone in town is
happily paired up.
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Curiously Strong Comedy: NW
> - 4 ^ Pride Edition. Kick off Pride week
end with your host, Belinda Carroll... with spe
cial guests Vicki Shaw, Jackie Monahan, and
Gloria Bigelow. (7:00 & 9:00 p.m., Curious
Comedy Theater, 5225 NE MLK, $22.50+, curi-
ouscomedy.org)
Adult Young Adult Book Club discusses
Graceling and The Hunger Games. The AYABC is
a group for adults wanting to read young adult
novels and discuss them through a feminist/
queer lens. (7-9:00p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE
Killingsworth)
— A m anda S ch u r r
Portland Black Pride presents YOU BETTER
SANG, a karaoke party. (8:00 p.m., Local
Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+, No cover!)
Scandals presents Thursday Night Live: Pride
Kick-Off! (8 :0 0 p m , Scandals, 1125 SW Stark,
21+, No cover!)
Pride Karaoke Burlesque! (9:00 p.m., Weird
Bar, 3701 SE Division, 21+, $5)
s****t! Episode 9: Totally Super Gay Edition.
Kick your pride weekend off early with an entire
evening of the gayest in 90’s dance music. (9:00
p.m., Crush, 1400 SE Morrison, 21+ No cover!)
Pivot presents Lube Wrestling! The winner gets
a fistful of cash and a basketful of lube. (9:00
p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+)
Rocky Rhodes karaoke: Gay Pride Edition.
(9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+,
No cover!)
Portland Idol. (9:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage,
1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!)
FRI JUNE 17
Scandals presents Odyssey 2011: Pride Block
Party. Live music from Boy & Bean, Eggplant,
Berthaline, Sexy Water Spiders, and Tree Frogs.
(Gates open at 3:00 p.m., Scandals, 1125 SW
Stark, 21+,$8, scandalspdx.com)
Oregon Bears Happy Hour. (5-7:00 p.m., Fox
& Hounds, 217 NW 2nd, 21+, No cover!)
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A t Q Center Concert Series presents
Hip to be Q: the all-ages Pride kick
off party! Featuring Beyondadoubt, DJ Lunchla-
dy, Kaia Wilson, Leviticus Appleton, and about a
million other local favorites. (5:00p.m., Q Cen
ter, 4115 N Mississippi, $5-15 sliding scale
donation, pdxqcenter.org)
Poison Waters & Friends Pride Happy Hour
Show in The Crystal Hotel’s Al’s Den. (5:30
p.m., ATs Den, 303 SW 12th, 21+, No cover!)
Come on out to Portland's First Nubian Pride
Pageant. (6-9:00 p.m., Embers, 110 NW
Broadway, 21+,$7)
/■ N W ! Pride Bowl! Your favorite “commu-
nity" bowling alley kicks off Pride
weekend with bowling, shots, music, food, and
more! (6:30 p.m., AMF 300 Pro Bowling Lanes,
3031 SE Powell, $8)
Portland Black Pride presents Roll Bounce
Skate Party. (6:30 p.m., Skate World, 1220
Northeast Kelly, Gresham, $6.75 per person)
Jethro Tull, live in concert. (6:30 p.m., Edge-
field, 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale, $40+, edffe-
fieldconcerts.com)
Dining with the Divas! Dinner and drag, a
match made in heaven. (7:00 p.m., Hamburger
Mary's, 19 NW 5th, 21+ after 9:30 p.m.)