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Lambda Theatre debuts with ‘Break’

While Friday the 13th’s shadow has fallen over Fruitcake (off until further notice due to the loss of host Rumpspankers’ liquor license), there are other gay times to be had on this dark and stormy night.

Queer-focused Lambda Theatre Company (formerly Against the Wall Productions) makes its debut tonight at The Church (602 NE Prescott St.) with two performances of Break. Brian Peterson directs the story of a street-sleeping addict who [...]

The Manor of Art

uNumbered by TJ Norris

Milepost 5 (900 NE 81st Ave), an “intentional community centered around creative individuals” is already a striking art projects in Portland’s Montavila neighborhood. One building, the Lofts, is already finished and another, the Studios, is in the works. The 51,000 square foot Studios building is phase 2 of Milepost 5; formerly the Baptist Manor Retirement Home, which was built in stages between 1928 and 1956.

Beginning today [...]

You may not want to pay it, but you should go see ‘Rent’

Set in New York City in the ’90s, the smash Broadway musical Rent, is relevant to Portland audiences in almost any decade. And it has returned to the stage with original cast members Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal.

The opening night party was last night, but there’s still plenty of time to catch the show. Check out my write-up from Just Out:

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Gay and grownup theater: ‘Glory Hole-llelujah!’

Navigating the singles scene is a complicated affair for anyone. In a brave new world of internet dating juxtaposed with the traditions surrounding gay male courtship, sex and dating can be a scary, lonely and confusing world of inconsistencies wherein emotions and physical needs battle it out in the playing field of your inner psyche. Exploring these opposing forces is just what Brad Fortier aims to do in his solo [...]

‘She Had Wept’ experimental theater

Tonight Q Center (4115 NE Mississippi) hosts a night of experimental lesbo theater when they put on She Had Wept.  A series of vignettes inspired by the poems of Michelle Le Blau (the writer/director) is an experimental piece that tells a remarkable coming of age story of one young lesbian, and imparts the many struggles that all women face in society today.

A collection of poems and monologues that take you [...]