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Scare me like a boo nightmare
A fearful, queerful collection of Halloween haunts
by
T imothy K rause
and Resources. Portland’s nonprofit feminist
bookstore and community resource center
honors its first decade starting 7 p.m.
O ct. 3 0 at the Ecotrust building, 721 N.W.
N inth Ave.
T h e extravaganza includes live music,
women DJs, refreshments and a costume
hall. Poet and nonfiction writer Judith
Barrington and
Portland poet M arie
Fleischm ann read.
Musicians Sarah
D ougher, M yshkin
and Laura M ejia
perform; D J Zanne
spins. (A ll co n
firmed dykes, by
the way.)
In O ther Words,
located at 3734 S.E.
Hawthorne Blvd.,
was founded in 1993
by three activists
with a mission to
enrich women’s lives
through literature,
culture, education
and activism. Staffed
What the Faust is going on? Wander into Liminal Performance Group
almost
entirely by
space between 9 and 11 p.m.
volunteers, the
organization
promotes
a
great diversity of
Soul-selling surrealism
women’s voices by supporting small feminist
presses, organizing events and facilitating
hrough Nov. 1, Liminal Performance
discussion groups.
Group, 403 N.W. Fifth Ave., creates a
constantly changing environmental
Tickets are $5-$10— discounted for cos
tumed gals and no one turned away.
performance of mystical science and alchemic
ritual in the strange world of F a u st(F a u st), 9
Family-friendly fright night
to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
The eerie, open-ended, continuous installa
t i g » nough candy to rot your teeth" sounds
tion is based on the epic tragedy of Dr. Faustus,
scary enough, hut kids and adults alike
who sells his soul to the devil in search of knowl
It** will find more to freak out about when
edge. (He must never have heard the phrase “too
Portland State University’s Q ueers and
much information.”) Audience members come
Allies teams up with Pride Northwest to
and go as they please, making the macabre
gallery of live action all the spcx>kier.
Story elements combine and react in dif
ferent ways, leading to a result the
Liminaliens say has no known outcome.
Tickets are $6 from 503-890-2993 or
w w w. 1 i m i na lgroup .org.
y best friend’s little brother used to say
that Halloween scared him like a “k x i
nightmare.” Clearly, he must not have
been bom with the same gay gene as his
older hro, because for the rest of us queer devils
Halloween is hut a celebration of the gay spirit.
And here, dear hobgoblins, arc hut a few gay
ways to play on this, the most holy day of homos.
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Cooler than a witch’s tit
agans, Wiccans and Earthsptrits (I
worship you all, by the way) gather at
8 p.m. Oct. 25 in Eugene’s W OW
Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., for the ninth
annual Witches Ball.
Cauldron of Changes holds this cos
tume cotillion tradition to kick off
Samhain season. Wicked-fave hand
Land of the Blind with Cyoahka Grace
makes for a “rite gixxl party” that
includes tribal trance dancing to world
heats and exotic instruments.
The hall, a fund-raiser for Cauldron’s
Rites of Spring Beltane festival, costs $5-
$9 sliding scale, with a portion supporting
environmental direct action, from
541-687-2746 or www.wowhall.org.
P
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ar from scary hut no less reason to
celebrate is the 10th anniversary of
In O ther Words W om en’s Books
host an all-ages Boo Ball ’0 3 on
O ct. 31 at Sm ith Memorial C e n
ter, 1825 S.W. Broadway.
From 7 to 8 p.m., register
for costume contests that
begin at 8:15. Among the awards
are best parent/child team costume,
most creative and scariest drag. (N ote to self:
Ask Parcelle to return chartreuse feather
boa and crotchless panties.)
Rose City Swing jazzes up the night, play
ing from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Then DJ Harmonix
conjures up a dance party until 1 a.m. A kids
activity area keeps little frights occupied while
elder ephemera dance on a few graves.
Suggested donation is $5 for adults, $ ) for kids
6 to 17 and all students, free for 5 and younger.
Aye, Sheila, is that a dingo
on the dance floor?
G
et in the Zone when Dingo’s takes over
the smoke-free Scarlett Ballnxim,
700 N.E. Dekum St., from 8 p.m. to
1 a.m. O ct. 31 for an Extreme Halloween
costume party o f 21-and-over boo-tiful babes.
DJ Mel mixes up the music for dancing
while the gals from Dingo’s put together a
complimentary taco bar. Dingo’s diva Tiffany
Miller says they’re going all out to decorate
the ballroom, hut the surprises she’s got
planned, she smirks, “are probably not some
thing that we could print.”
Ten bucks gets you in the door. Watch for
more Zone women’s parties the last Saturday of
each month beginning Nov. 29. For details
visit www.scarlettbalIroom.com.
Danse macabre
or wallflowers like me, Halloween has got
to he the best time to go dancing. In the
right costume, who’s gonna know I move
about as gracefully as Frankenstein with a
stiff knee?
So choose a disguise and swing by Crystal’s
Gay and Lesbian Spine-Tingling Halloween
Bash from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. O ct. 31 at Port
land Metro Club, 618 S.E. Alder St. Door
prizes, full-service bar, nonsmoking dance floor
and, of course, the requisite costume contest.
With hundreds of other dancing ghouls, it’s
going to be gtxxl times, gixxl times.
Tickets are $7 from It’s My Pleasure and
Touchstone Coffee House or at the d(X)r.
F
Groping in the dark
t won’t he a power outage that causes Hal
loween Blackout at Steam, 2885 N.E. Sandy
Blvd. Come 10 p.m. Oct. 31, lights are
gonna he dowsed, so don’t he scared if things
go hump in the night at this private men’s club
and bath. Ditch your duds and grab your
stick— no, your glow stick— and creep into the
darkness to find your jack o’ lantern. Masks add
mystery and a midnight show may give you
something to howl akxit, whether you see a
truxin or not.
Membership ($15-$25, $8 for out-of-area
guests) is required; regular locker and rtxitn rates
apply; 18 and over. For details call 503-736-9999
or visit www.steamportland.com. JH
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N o faint of heart here
Land of the Blind play Eugene’s annual Witches Ball
on O ct. 25
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Young and
old kids alike
are welcome
at the Queers
and Allies
and Pride
Northwest
Btx> Ball ’03
E-mail Features Editor TIMOTHY KRAUSE at
am@¡uMout.cam.
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