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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 2006)
iuStiOUt 21 lashes to fangs and more than 30 types of wings, it has your dark fashion needs met. The queer-friendly store also carries shoes up to size 16. “We try to cater to queens and the queer community when it comes to fashion and fun,” said store manager Crystal McDowell, who is queer. Spartacus has a lot of discounted costumes for thrifty shoppers in adult sizes and some small enough to fit teens. If you’re of the D1Y culture (Do It Yourself, for those stuck in the Dark Ages), you can outfit your self for around $5 at the oasis of castoffs and baubles, aptly named SCRAP (School and Community Reuse Action Project). The nonprofit organization at 3901-A N. Williams Ave. provides affordable material to the community to use in creative proj ects. For Halloween, it is offering a Create-a- Costume Workshop from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 and 28 for a $5 donation. “Bring your ideas and imagination, and let SCRAP supply materials and creative help,” said Teri Petersen, arts and education director. "Being resourceful, creative and conscious of our environ ment can be fun.” SCRAP also offers drop-in hours from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information visit www.scrapaction.org. If you’d like to invest in something ethereal that can keep your wardrobe creepy year round, drop by Scarlet Garden, a gothic and industrial clothing retailer. The dark, romantic style isn’t just for Halloween, but Scarlet Garden certainly has the most authentic and well-made corset, Victorian- inspired jacket or dress you’ll find all season. Scarlet Garden is part of the Black Market, a one-stop shop for all your gothic and industrial needs at 128 N.W. 23rd Ave. Also within the market are Corrosion Records, Gory .r Details and Robot Piercing. "We’re all into alternative lifestyle here. We figure we all come together and it’s one-stop shopping and we all go together pretty well,” said Mœn Mertz, assistant at Scarlet Garden. Anyone planning a parry probably already knows about The Lippman Co. and its warehouse-sized showroom of assorted favors for events of every Halloween wigs abound at the aptly named Wigland. theme at 50 S.E. Yamhill St. Halloween is when Lippman kicks it into high gear. black cats and murders of crows. The store is “Halloween is where a huge bulk of our energy decorated in a gothic cemetery wedding theme, but goes. We start ordering for Halloween as early as supplies for all kinds of parties are on hand, as are June,” said floor manager Mel Heywood, who is costumes and accessories. queer. Now that you're out of the closet and donning The store’s foot traffic triples as Lippman brings your Halloween best, get out there and scare up some fun. © out the flying goblins, pints of blood, freaked-out TRICKS AND TREATS Just Out presents your guide to queer Halloween fun FRI • OCT. 20 Gay-owned Onda Arte Latina throws an opening reception for photographer Pepe Moscoso Paniagua’s Day of the Dead—Between Flowers and Skeletons. The exhibit runs through Nov. 5. 16-9 pm. 2215 NE Alberta St.) FRI • OCT. 27 The Witches cast a spell on Northwest Children’s Theater through Oct. 29. Miracle Theatre Group opens Portland's longest-running Day of the Dead Festival with a reception catered by La Calaca Comelona restaurant. This irrev erent vaudeville offers a satirical look at issues of immigration and assimilation for a fun and exciting bilingual journey filled with acrobatics, bawdy comedy and traditional songs and dances. The production runs through Nov. 12. 18 pm. 525 SE Stark St $18 from 503-236-7253.) Sunday-^ Q center P secona aVaganio w judges . pump'“" „ ages * *-'dS,ame con'«”°’°“nd o'd • Free) ,alcbto-poiSOn costume card J <. Long before gangsta rap reared its bloody skull, there was the murder ballad— a deadly strain of folk music in which feral behavior was chronicled with matter- of-fact directness. Portland performers—including queer musician Leila Chieko—present their greatest “hits" during the 10th and final Night of the Murder Ballad at Aladdin Theater. 18 pm. 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave $12 at the door. $10 in advance from box office or Ticketmaster ) Portland radical drag troupe Sissyboy invites all of its little monsters, witches and high-heeled bitches to Holocene for the horror show Tranny Busters featur ing an all-star cast including House of Cunt's Angela Campbell with opening music and a fierce cameo by Holcombe Waller and the Slit Wnsters. OJ C-RE spins the beats afterward. f10:30pm 1001 SE Morrison St. $5) Continwed on Page 23
