AUGUST 5. 2011
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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
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