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AUGUST 5. 2011 • events ■ Fire on th e C o lu m b ia 2 0 0 9 Capitol Pride Pride comes to Oregon’s capital city Sat urday, August 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cascades Gateway Park (2100 SE Turner Road) in Salem. Organizers plan for a crowd of 800 to wade through the smatter ing of vendors and informational booths. “We have more food booths than we have ever had and more vendor booths sell ing things, so it will be a good time,” says Chuck Simpson, secretary of the Capitol Pride board. Entertainment for the day includes per formances by the Kate Sullivan Band, J ot hanna Beekman, RADD and Devitto P. Adm ission is free. For more inform ation, v is it capitolpride.org. Multicultural Event The Umatilla Morrow Alternatives’Mul ticultural Event in Hermiston isn’t a Pride, per se. It’s less a celebration for sexual mi norities and more a celebration of minori ties in general. “Billing it as a multicultural event is our way of saying we understand our [county’s general] community is way in the dark in terms of GLBT acceptance,” says organizer Darrell Alston. Performers include Bent, Native Amer- ican dancers and the Mexican dance troupe Bailadores del Sol, Portland musi cian Joaquin Lopez and several local groups. The event will be held August 6, from noon to 5 p.m. at McKenzie Park (320 S. First St.). Adm ission is free. For more inform ation, v isit umalt.com, or call 5 4 1 -6 2 6 -9 6 3 5 . Eugene-Springfield Pride Oregon’s biggest college town will, hold its pride festival at Alton Baker Park (632 Day Island Road, Eugene). The event, which runs from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, August 13, will open with the end of the Pride March presented by the Oregon State Gay Pride Organization. Entertain ment includes headliner Cece Marie with performances by Camille Bloom, Druid Sisters, Kate Reid, the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Emerald Empire and GLBTQ. square dance club the Spin Cycle Squares. Grab some grub from Tambers Cycle Treats and snow cones from Tropical Chill. Entry is free, but a $5 donation is en couraged. Sponsors include the ISCEE, Wells Fargo and Equity Foundation. Gino’s Restaurant S Bar Where M ends meet Tor good food and vine in a relaxed atmosphere. ‘Life is Good” Sunday - Thursday fl-10 pm, Friday - Saturday H I pm 8051 SE 13“ five, a» Spokane in SellwOOd For more information, visit eugenepride.org. J K STIR It Up... at the Oregon Convention C enter’s Classic Cocktail Lounge P ortland C B ro ad SW OPEN — VISIT FOR MOST ent er for the P e r f o r m i n g A rts 8 c M • 503.432.2905 w a y P C PA E V E N T S W W W .PCPA.COM FOR a in • P LEASE CALL A CALENDAR TO OF CONFIRM EVENTS — T ry our new specialty cocktails & food m e n u ! Open to the Public HAPPY HOUR 4 PM to 7 PM Thursday and Friday 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97232 Located inside the Martin Luther King Jr. Lobby 29 JK
