november 19.2004 • Just
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DIVERSIONS
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There he/she is...
he future o í the Miss America pageant is
uncertain after ABC decided last m onth to
drop the decreasingly popular competition.
So this is the perfect time for a raucous drag
spoof—kick ’em when they’re down!
Triangle Productions’ Pageant features Rick
Lewis filling in for Bert Parks, lots of cheesy
production numbers and a delicious lineup of
beauty queens: Poison W aters (aka Kevin
G x ik ) as a tap-dancing Miss Texas and Pepe
(of Pepe and the Bottle Blondes) as a roller
skating Miss Industrial Northeast vying for the
crown against Miss Bible Belt, Miss G reat
Plains, Miss Deep South and Miss West Coast.
Five judges picked from the audience will
rate the gals hased on a talent competition,
product demonstrations, evening gowns, swim
suits and— get this— physical fitness outfits.
“We have this whole StairMaster, in-high-
heels, choreographed dance thing, and it’s just
so funny," Poison told Just O ut. “I’m sure the
audience is just gonna leave exhausted and
doubled over in pain."
Pageant plays Nov. 26 to Dec. 23 at Theater
Theatre, 3430 S.E. Belmont St. Tickets are
$17-$23 from 503-239-5919 or TicketsWest.
You can get a sneak preview of the opening
number during a birthday party for legendary
Portland entertainers Roxy LeRoy and
“I usually design furniture, hut once in a
while a project will come along that I can’t
pass up,” the gay 40-year-old says.
T hat project was to design Mamma Mia
Trattoria, the new restaurant by Bigham’s
friend Lisa Schroeder (of M others Bistro
fame) and her partner, Rob Sample— all while
heing filmed for the program Opening Soon,
which follows a restaurant from design to open
ing night. The episode airs at 3 p.m. Nov. 21
on the Fine Living Channel.
T he self-taught furniture maker had never
designed an entire space before. But he t<x>k
the challenge head-on and brought his passion
for detail to every comer.
“You might see a table, but I see finials from
Thailand, Victorian plaster trim from an old
Portland mansion and carvings from Bali," he
says. “I labor over the tiniest piece of trim.”
T he fruits of his labor can be seen in the
gorgeous gold-embossed, dark wcxxl paneling,
red and gold walls and intricate, hand-built
chandeliers in the dining room.
Plus, Bigham says, don’t miss the women’s
restrixim. “(Lisa] wanted it red and sexy and,
man, did I give her red and sexy.”
Upscale design work is a far cry from Bigham’s
usual day job: teaching special education elemen
tary classes. TTxxigh he has a masters in educa
tion, it stxinds like he might have found a new
career path. He and Schrixxler are
teaming up on another project.
And Opening Soon wants him to
design for other shows.
Thom Filicia, eat your heart
out!
MARTY DAVIS
Diva’s damn
grand exit
“ 1 he year-old, last-Sunday
dyke dance party Diva will
go (Hit with a hang Nov. 28.
Organizer Katharine Sprecher
says she is moving on to new
adventures.
“I feel like I’ve gone as far as
I can with it,” Sprecher told Just
Out. “I want to do things that
are a little more politically moti
vated, and can be more creative.
I don’t want to limit myself with
one monthly event."
O h my, what a lovely
monthly event it has been,
thixigh. Diva distinguished her
self from other dyke nights by
incorporating performance and
interaction into the revelry.
Go-go dancers and flirt cards
have been a huge hit. Sprecher
says she has been inundated
with requests from women
wanting to go-go dance.
“They fixind it to be a fabu-
lously
empowering experience
Furniture designer Brett Bigham will be featured on the
where they could experience
television design show Opening Soon airing Nov. 21
and offer their sensuality in a
very safe environm ent,” she says.
Darcelle X V on Nov. 21 at 208-N.W. Third
She hopes to spread her party-planning
Ave. (They’re turning 69 and 74, respectively,
wings even further in the near future. She is
in case you’ve lost count.) T he celebration
partnering
with a few other women on devel
starts with a free buffet at 7 p.m., followed by
oping a business that d<xs event coordination,
an all-star tribute to Broadway musicals at 8.
specializing in gay and lesbian wedding cere
monies— marriage laws he damned!
Play your hearts ( H it at Diva’s flirty “game
night” from 5 to 10 p.m. at Holocene, 1001 S.E.
Morrison St. There will be prizes, go-go divas
and
great tunes by DJs Harmony, Chic Shiek,
rvtt Bigham says he wouldn’t touch a ham
Li Buket Fantastique and Zanne dejanvier
mer when he was growing up.
(who
also works at Just O ut as our Pnxluction
Now his finesse with wixxlworking has
Assist an t/Mascot). The cover is $5. jn
him designing one of Portland’s hottest new
Queer eye for a
Portland trattoria
restaurants and heing featured in a television
design show.
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