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I« £ _ 2 6 JUNE 3, 2011 C arlo rifcj'i&ijal?jvimgh. breakfast Served All Day 045: I, Portland, OR 072QÔ • b03.771.1004 • baKarlo.com ■ thearts WWW.JUSTOUT.COM » The Faces of History Historical LGBTQ figures on exhibit at Disjecta B Y W AYNE B U N D Check Out Our New Remodeled Patio! c h am eleonpdx.c o m * BAR 2000 NE 40th Portland, OR 97212 open nightly at 5: SO pm Wed-Sat 50 3.460.2682 Show us some love... ö Like justout on facebook BEER CHEESE WINE FOOD BAR 11AM - 11PM Tuesday - Sunday 6031 SE Belmont Street Portland, OR 97215 5 0 3 .2 2 2 .6 0 1 4 www.cheese-bar.com Happy Hour til 7pm DJ for Sunday Brunch Thursday Margarita Night Tons of Outdoor Seating 503.235.8150 crushbar.com 1400 SE Morrison For Pride Month, Disjecta is going gay. The arts center located in the Kenton neighborhood is hosting the exhibit Queer Academy: Part One— The Men, a collection of two-dimensional, mixed-media portraits by Dal Ray Williams. The exhibit aims to rep resent important figures in history, bringing them back to the spotlight. “An academy is an institution of higher learning, research or honorary membership,” Williams says of the show’s title. “Mine is an honorary institution of queer history.” Presented in the Flex Space, Disjecta Contemporary Arts Center’s side gallery, Queer Academy is a show dedicated to me morializing LGBTQ_history. Each portrait is a hybrid of painting and collage, combin ing acrylic, fabric and paper on canvas. So crates, Walt Whitman, Billy Bean and Pyotr Tchaikovsky are a few of the men depicted. The exhibit runs June 4-26. Williams drew his inspiration from his frustration about the recent surge in bully ing and suicide in the LGBTQ_youth popu lation. “About eight months ago, I woke up for the third day and read about the bullying and suicide of LGBTQ^kids and I said to myself that I had to do something,” he ex plains. “What could I do that would touch these kids and make them feel okay about who they are?” The aim of Queer Academy is to show a cross-section of cultural icons from varying fields such as sports, academics and politics, and present them in one cohesive community. “Many of these youths can’t see a positive fu ture for themselves, but we do,” says Williams. “If you read about [Harvey Milk], his life was somewhat of a patchwork. He was in the military, an accountant, then a hippie, then a shop owner and then an elected official. There is patchwork to symbolize this.” -D A L RAY W ILLIAM S No stranger to the Northwest, nor Dis jecta, Williams has lived in Portland for 14 years, working in apparel design. He first became involved with Disjecta as an artist renting out a studio. Williams helped come up with the idea for the Vestibule, an alter native gallery space at Disjecta, and recently joined the board there. toastpdx.com 5 0 3 -7 7 4 1 0 2 0 C O < o SÄ 503.285.5490 atomic-pizza.com 21 SO N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR 97217 Tue. - Sat.: 1 1 am - 9 fm , Sun.: 4 tm - 9 tm . 5222 SE 52nd Ave. Portland, OR 97206 open for breakfast 7 days a week, 8am - 2pm open for dinner Thur & Fri, 5:30 - 9pm Wednesday Night Dinner coming soon BEER Follow us on Twitter @Toast pdx M A neighborhood restaurant Sex Toys & Advice front Brilliant Babes ....................................‘ ............................ •.................... www.itsmypleasurepdx.com 3106 NE 64m Avenue, Portland (On the com er of Sandy Blvd ft 64th) sN E LL nw20lh&keamey 503 - 280-8080 ______ J
