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Ring in the new queer
f you’ve been holed up sin ce the sun set
som e three m on th s ago, N ew Year’s Eve
is the perfect o pp o rtu n ity — and your last
ch an ce this year— to get out o f the
house and sh ake th at cahin fever (as well as
your bo o tie).
To help you out, we offer a selection o f gay
auld times to usher in
your own new queer.
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A handful of delights to keep
your hands full this New Year’s Eve
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kip the midnight champagne in favor o f the
“bad beer flutes” during the White Trash
New Year’s Eve Party at Tennessee Red’s,
2133 S.E. 11th Ave. Recently purchased by
Egyptian C lub owners who hope it will be a
queer bar for everyone from rednecks to red
hankies, they’re offering prizes for best, worst
and most creative costumes. After-hours break
fast until 5 a.m. N o cover. G ive them a holler
at 503-231-1710.
o you always drool over those gorgeous
Laurelhurst homes? Satiate both your
curiosity and your hunger when Park Bailey
and Richard Kroll play host to 24 lucky guests
at the New Year’s Eve installment o f Dinner at
My House for O ur House, a fund-raiser series
for O ur House o f Portland.
Beginning at 8 p.m., the evening includes
cocktails, dinner and live music at the couple’s
Laurelhurst home for $150. Dress is formal, o f
course. For other opportunities to dine for Our
House, call 503-234-0175.
T imothy K rause
n its 35th year,
Merriment, Mayhem
and Madness (say
that three times fast)
returns to Darcelle XV
at 208 N.W. Third
Ave. Portland’s down
town diva herself plays
host to this lavish Las
Vegas showgirl-style
drag show at 9 p.m. For
$60, you get dinner at
6 p.m., preferred show
seating, hats, noise-
makers, midnight
champagne and buffet
breakfast at 12:30 a.m.
For $35, a show-only
option seats at 8 p.m.
and includes the buffet
breakfast. Make
reservations at
503-222-5338.
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nacks, hats and
bears, oh my! Come
out of hibernation
and join the Oregon
Bears from 9 p.m. to
midnight at G ail’s Dirty
Duck Tavern, 429 N.W.
Third Ave. Party favors,
whistles, midnight
champagne, and no
cover. Growl questions
at 503-240-2813 or visit
the bear cave at
www.oregonbears.org.
ancing and karaoke
are just the tip of
__the pyramid at the
Egyptian Club,
3701 S.E. Division St.
Dix>rs open at 7 p.m.,
and this New Year’s Eve
bash includes prizes, midnight champagne, late-
night buffet and after-hours continental break
fast until 4 a.m. A ll for $10. Find the dyke bar
at www.theegyptianclub.com.
spicy in addition to
the usual boys, toys
and midnight toast.
Strip away your inhibi
tions for one night,
why don’t you? Make
obscene phone calls to
503-228-0486.
I you make one resolution for 2003, make it a
night at Wilf’s Restaurant and Piano Bar,
I* home of the gayest cabaret this side of Darcelle’s.
Three dinner seatings (5:30, 7:45 and 9:45 p.m.)
offer popular menu items. The Stuart Wylen Trio
performs at 8 p.m. followed by midnight cham
pagne. Located within historic Union Station,
800 N.W Sixth Ave. at Irving Street. Free park
ing; reservations required at 503-223-0070.
gested donation of $5
includes DJ music and
refreshments. Get
details and directions
from 541-317-8457.
Sample a little of
everything at gay bar
fave C .C . Slaughters,
219 N.W. Davis St.
Beginning at 9 p.m., a $10 cover includes your
very own bottle of champagne, some drag per
formances, a lot o f go-go dancing and more
midnight celebrations. Leer at half-naked boys
at www.cc-slaughters.com.
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irls with groove might want to
check out Give Peace a Dance,
brought to you by the Lesbian
Community Project and Portland
Lesbian Choir. The smoke-free, all
ages party begins 8 p.m. at
Shenanigan’s on the Willamette,
4575 N. Channel Ave., and fea
tures light buffet, no-host bar, silent
auction, raffle and dancing to DJ
Lauren. Partial proceeds go to local
peace organizing. Tickets at the
door are $30, but you can get ’em
in advance for $25 from It’s My
Pleasure, Music Millennium, In
Other Words and Gentle Strength
Books in Vancouver, Wash. Tables
of 10 can be reserved in advance
for $250 at 503-227-0605.
ress fierce and direct your 21-or-older primal
instincts to the Wild Kingdom Rhumba V,
__two floors of untamed fun beginning at 8 p.m.
in the Tiffany Center, 1410 S.W. Morrison St.
Upstairs in the Emerald Ballroom, turn your ear
toward Pink Martini, Los Mex Pistols del Norte
and Durango Park. Downstairs in the Crystal
Room, learn how to salsa and cha-cha-cha before
singing with a live band when Karaoke from Hell
begins at 8:30 p.m. Soul Stew DJs Aquaman and
Mr. Funky step in at 10. No-host food and cock
tails, midnight champagne. General admission
tickets are $30 from Fastixx or sans service charge
from Le Happy, 1011 N.W. 16th Ave.
erry little wine bar Crush,
1412 S.E. Morrison St.,
dangerously mixes alcohol
with drag racing during its always-
entertaining New Year’s Eve bash.
Random marymakers race to don
makeup, dresses, wigs and pumps—
all to spend two minutes in the
spotlight. The audience picks the
winner and, for $15, enjoys cham
pagne tasting, buffet, balloon drop
and midnight toast. Visit the ultra-
cute boys at www.crushbar.com.
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Three Sisters Tavern,
1125 S.W. Stark St., says
“Latin New Year’s Eve
Party,” be prepared for something
esbians of Central Oregon, a social and
networking group for lesbian, bi and trans
women, play host to a New Year’s Eve dance
in downtown Bend beginning at 9 p.m. A sug
you’re not a
party anim al and
I you’ve had your
share o f dates with
D ick (C lark, that is),
join the hets at
Pioneer Square,
701 S.W . S ix th Ave.
A disco cover band, light shows and clim ac
tic m idnight ball-dropping m ake a tame
alternative to the traditional gay guzzle-and-
nuzzle. (But, hey, there’s no accounting for
taste.) G ates open at 7 p.m ., music starts at
9, and it’s free.
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Join us as the Willamette River lights up fo r the holiday season. View a parade
o f beautifully illuminated ships from your own personal table. Bring your
fam ily andfriends and create a Christmas memory they’ll always remember.
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