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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 2011)
WWW.JUSTOUT.COM If it’s not in Just Out, it’s not happening. ABO WED AUG 24 LBGTQI Seniors Lunch, free to seniors age 60 and over. (Noon-1.00 p.m., Metropolitan Community Church, 2400 NE Broadway, 503- 367-2220, mccpdxfood@gmail.com) Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for guys into guys. (1-3:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) Inter-Personal Violence Support Group. (6-8:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Marriage Strategy & Community Meeting. (6:30 p.m., 0 Center, 4115 N Mississisppi, pdxqcenter.org) Anawim Christian Fellowship. (6:30-8:30 p.m., 0 Center, 4115 N Mississippi) LEZ STAND UP #4! It’s the lezziest comedy night in town! (9:00 p.m., Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi, $5) GAYCATION! DJ Mr. Charming and special guests invite you to Portland's premier all- inclusive homo dance party, featuring queer talent from across the nation. (9:00 p.m., Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 21+, $3, groups, facebook. com/gaycation) Bear Paw Beer Bust! (9:00 p.m., Eagle Port land, 835 N Lombard, 21+, oregonbears.org) Mary's Show Tunes Showdown! (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary’s, 19 NW 5th, 21+) /y w i Just Out and Red Cap Garage V A R present Portland’s hottest ‘90s dance party, Ecstasy Inferno’s CANDY SHOP, a sticky, sweet night of bumping and grinding. (10:00p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!) Maricón @ Matador, a night for homos and their homeys. (10:00 p.m., Matador, 1967 W Burnside, 21+) SUN AUG 21 Camp Oregon Bears 2011. For more infor mation, visit camporegonbears.com Bottomless Mimosa Brunch! Get ready for that hang-over medicine, Mary! (10:00 a m .-3:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary's, 19 NW 5th, All ages) Q Patrol Training (Noon-2:00 p.m., 0 Cen ter, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxqcenter.org) Femmes Unite! social group. Please bring food you can eat and a bit more to share, (2-4:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxqcenter.org) MON AUG 22 Burger night at Starky’s! (6-9:00 p.m., Starky’s 2913 SE Stark, 21+) Coming Out support group. (6:30-7:30 p.m., 0 Center, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxq- center.org) LGBT affirming Pentecostals: express your charismatic style of prayer and worship at the LGBT In-Gathering. (7:00p.m., Caldwell’s Colonial Chapel, 20 NE 14th, please enter from the parking lot doors) OUT Dancing Beginners Swing Lessons. (7:30 p.m., Ankeny Street Studio, 975 SE Sandy, $10, outdancing.info) Men’s Massage Exchange. Kent Tsai facili tates as you learn simple techniques and practice giving and receiving massage in a safe, comfortable atmosphere. (7:45 p.m., manifestpdx.org) Rotten Musicians come to town, with Ad ventures With Might and Decades. (9:00 p.m., Rotture, 315 SE 3rd, 21+, $5) Karaoke with Theo. (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+,N o cover!) Manifest Men’s Community presents a Last Thursday Community Potluck. Men and their allies are invited to make Manifest their home base for Last Thursday and enjoy a potluck dinner. (6-8:30 p.m., To RSVP or for more information, visit manifestpdx.org) / n w i 2nd Annual Equity Bike Ride. This 6.5 mile ride includes presentations from local cultural organizations and a stop at Zenger Farms to enjoy home-cooked tamales from Hacienda Community Development Cor poration's Micro Mercantes program. (6:00 p.m., Lents Park, SE 92nd & Steele) VAR PHAME Community Town Hall. (7-9:00 p.m., Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, Community Hall, 1535 'NE 17th, Free!, phameacademy. org) Transgender FTM Therapy Group. (7-9:00 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi) Men’s Erotic Energetics. (7:45 p.m., mani- festpdx.org) Punkstart My Heart presents V A R Streeteaters, Fucking Lesbian Bitches, and the return of The Mishaps! (8:00 p.m., Saratoga, 6910 N Interstate, 21+) Rotten Musicians plays live in “the Gaybor- hood." (8:00 p.m., Beaterville Cafe, 2201 N Killingsworth, $3) Costume MaryOke! Arrive in costume or dig through our box of props (and win a cash prize for the best performance). (9:00 p.m., Ham burger Mary's, 19NW5th, 21+, No cover!) FRI AUG 26 Women in the Woods. Visit womeninthe- woods.com for more info. 2011 Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival. Visit vancouverwinejazz.com for more info. The Adventure Group goes on a two-night kayaking and primitive camping on Waldo Lake. (9:00 a m., for details and RSVP call Kyle a t 503-989-6333) Festa Italiana. (11:00 a.m .-11:00p.m., Pio neer Courthouse Square, festa-italiana.org) Oregon Bears Happy Hour. (5-7:00p.m., Fox & Hounds, 217 NW 2nd, 21+, No cover!) “Taking Our Streets Back” flash mob and demonstration. (5:00p.m., Search Facebook for “ Taking Our Streets Back" for more information) / n w i Queer Country & Line Dancing Night! The first hour of the night will be lessons in the two-step partner dance and/or a line dance, leaving the rest of the night for some good old-fashioned fun. (8-11:00p.m., In Other Words, 14 NE Killing sworth, inotherwords.org) VA R Glitter Girls From Outer Space! It’s an in- tergalatic themed burlesque performance featuring the glorious ladies of Time Bomb Burlesque! (8:00 p.m., Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E Burnside, 21+, $10 adv/$12 dos) /v w i MaryOke! Hamburger Mary’s has more songs than you can shake a high heel at (and a cash prize for the best performance). (9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary's, 19 NW 5th, 21+, No cover!), TUES AUG 23 Free Rapid HIV testing & STD screening for guys into guys. (5-8:30 p.m., Pivot, 209 SW 4th, pivotpdx.org) Tranz Guyz discussion group. (6-8:00p.m., 0 Center, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxqcenter.org) Men’s Naked Yoga. (6:15 p.m., manifest- pdx.org) The Church of the Poison Mind welcomes all sinners with free food, $1 shots, and a healthy dose of your favorite Silverado danc ers. (4-9:00 p.m., Silverado, 308 SW 3rd, 21 +, No cover!) Cabaret Karaoke. It’s karaoke with live pia no accompaniment! (6:30-9:00 p.m., Wilts, 800 NW 6th, 21+, stumptownstages.com) H.I.M. Rose Empress XVII Elsa Daniels presents a FREE Birthday Celebration Show and Dance Party. (7:00 p.m., Embers, 110 NW Broadway, 21+, No cover) Beloved local songwriter, Nick Jaina, cele brates the release of his newest album, with Dovekins and Run On Sentence. (9:00 p.m., Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 21+, $8 adv/$10 dos) Festa Italiana. (11:00 a m .-11:00 p.m., Pio neer Courthouse Square, festa-italiana.org) / y v i Red Cap Garage presents the V A R premiere of HOTT MESS, a mashup of Portland Drag Race and Miss Thing. Who’s the hottest mess in town? (10:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21 +, No cover!) VAR / n w i Single Mingle for Dapper Dykes V A R and Femme Fatales. (4-7:00 p.m., Bartini, 2108 NWGIisan, 21+) VAR / v w i Brief Encounter. Strip down to your skivvies for hour prices all night! (9:00 p.m., The Eagle Portland, 835 N Lombard, 21+, No cover!, facebook.com/ theeagleportland) VA R Women in the Woods. Visit womeninthe- woods.com for more info. Rocky Rhodes karaoke. (9:00 p.m., Local Lounge, 3536 NE MLK, 21+,N o cover!) Film Noir night with Samuel Thomas. (8:00 p.m., Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark, 21+, No cover!) / n w i Roxy’s 76th Birthday Party! In V A R honor of the queen behind the queen, Darcelle’s is rolling back prices to the 1976 rates! For just 50 cents, you get your admission, 2 beer tickets, and a free spaghetti dinner! Happy birthday, Roxy! (6-9:00 p.m., Darcelle XV, 208 NW 3rd, 21+) Capitol Forum Show to benefit Alzheim- ers! (6-9:00 p.m., Southside Speakeasy, 3529 Fairview Industrial Drive Southeast, Salem, 21+) Quizzy! (7-9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary's, 19 NW 5th, All ages) THURS AUG 25 Enter The Net, a Portland-based website design and marketing company, holds a drop-in lab on all things WordPress. (6:45- 9:15 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi, pdxqcenter.org) Mary’s Charity Bingo. Hosted by drag diva Lee Lee, this is NOT your typical “ church basement bingo.” (7-9:00 p.m., Hamburger Mary's, 19 NW 5th, All ages, $20 buy-in) /v w i Grammy-winning jazz maven Es- peranza Spalding performs live Superstar Divas Mega Show! (8:00 p.m., CC in a concert to benefit Thara Memory’s youth Slaughters, 219 NW Davis, 21+, No cover!) jazz program, the American Music Program. Trina Hamlin and Mike Midlo in concert. (7:30 p.m., The Gerding Theatre at the Ar (9:00 p.m., Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mis mory, 128 NW 11th, $35-100) sissippi, $10) VAR WaterWho? ABBA stage spawn Mamma Mia! waxes melodic at the Keller For some, the word represents the soundtrack to com ing o f age. For others, it’s a throwaway karaoke night, or a campy lap around the roller rink (Gay Skate, y’all!). And for others still, it’s nothing more than a palin drome— and for those poor folks, we feel for you. Yep, we’re talking ABBA, the 7 0 s Swede pop factory behind M am m a M ia !— the hit song-turned-hit musical- turncd-hit film-turned-Fred Meyer Broadway Across America hit production. Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus’ music and lyrics come to life in the story o f an independent single mom whose almost-grown daughter hopes to find her father just in time for her wedding. Cue classics such as “Take a Chance on M e,”“S.O.S.n and “Dancing Q ueen,” all staged within 24 eventful hours on a picturesque Mediterranean isle. As mother- of-the-bride Donna reunites with old friends— and all three o f her maybe babydaddies, thanks to daughter Sophie— audiences get a feel-good, cross-generational love story that transcends a tribute show. Fans o f the music, the 2008 movie, or the original musical, now in its 13th year, have a scant seven shows to catch M amma M ia! in Portland. And knowing we, knowing you— yeah, we went there— you’ve already got your ticket. Consider these testaments to the power o f that palin drome: more than 45 million people worldwide, upwards o f $2 billion at the theatrical box office, 300-plus cities. There’s no Waterloo in sight for the ABBA juggernaut. Except for, you know, that one. Humming it now, aren’t ya? Tues.-Sun., Aug. 23-28, 7:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sat., 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sun.; Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St.; $25-$75 plus fees; 503-248-4335, 800-982- 2787 or ticketmaster.com. — A m anda S churr
