nightlife
O BENT BAR
633 SE Powell Blvd. • 503-230-BENT
A new mixed joint serving lunch and dinner. It's a video bar during
the week, with DJs and dancing on weekends
0 BOXXES/FISH GROTTO/RED CAP GARAGE
1035 SW Stark St. • 503-226-4171
Boxxes/Red Cap Garage, the only two in one gay club in the city,
is Portland's original gay dance club and has the most experienced
DJ ensemble in the scene Stark Street's only nonsmoking bar for
the boys.
Sunday is Big Time Bingo hosted by Heather Tuesday is Flirt host
ed by Cory with go go boys and FSO DJ Wednesdays are karaoke
with more than 30,000 songs to choose from (Boxxes) and D Word
drag/cabaret show (Red Cap). Thursdays are One with FSO DJ.
Friday is Latino Night with DJ Sam and go-go boys (Boxxes) and
The Flow hip hop night hosted by Cory (Red Cap) Saturday is The
A List, Portland's best DJ lineup with FSO, Oougalicious, Levente,
Seth Hutton, DJ Tronic and Leonetti of the Sexy Crew
0 CASEYS
610 NW Couch St. • 503-241-0105
New "all-inclusive" nightclub and lounge in Old Town from the own
er of the Eagle
Q C.C. SLAUGHTERS
219 NW Davis St. • 503-248-9135
C.C. Slaughters is a great hangout. Come feel like "Norm" or shake
your booty all night long to the best sound, lights and laser shows
in Portland.
Monday Movie Madness with DVD release parties and free movie
passes at 9 pm. Karaoke hosted by JoeyCub and DJ Suzanne at
9 pm Tuesdays. Wild Wednesdays with music by DJ Alex
Hollywood at 9 pm. Bolivia Carmichaels hosts Hip Hop Heaven
with music by DJ Alex Hollywood at 9 pm Thursdays. Clubland
with DJ JoeyCub at 9 pm Fridays. Bolivia Carmichaels hosts
House of Hollywood with music by DJ Alex Hollywood 9 pm
Saturdays. Carnivale de Bolivia, a talent and variety show with
performers and comedians, on first and third Sundays; game
shows like Family Feud, Name That Tune and Win, Lose or Draw
on second and fourth Sundays.
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o DARCELLE XV SHOWPLACE
208 NW Third Ave. • 503-222-5338
World fantous female impersonators Darcelle XV fa Company have
been entertaining audiences from all walks of life for more than 37
years with Las Vegas style cabaret revues of glitz, glamour and
comedy They have traveled the States presenting a show that you
have to see to believe Stop by when you are in Portland and you
will be glad you did! Company parties are welcome.
Showtimes are 8:30 pm Wednesday and Thursday and 8:30 and
10:30 pm Friday and Saturday. Admission is $15. Reservations are
not required but are highly recommended Dinner seating is 5-7 pm
by reservation. Male strippers at midnight Friday and Saturday
Q THE EAGLE PDX
1300 W Burnside St. • 503-241-0105
Portland's original masculine men's bar.
Q EGYPTIAN CLUB
W 3701 SE Division St. • 503-236-8689
The 7,000 square-foot Egyptian Club, located in a former milk plant,
features three different rooms. There’s a dance floor in the Tomb;
the Front Lounge offers pool tables and video games; and a third
bar, the Room, features karaoke seven nights a week. The crowd
is primarily lesbian.
The L Word Sundays and Mondays. Texas Hold ’Em Tournaments
at 7 and 9:30 pm Mondays and Wednesdays. Ladies International
Poker Series Hold 'Em Tournament at 7 pm Tuesdays. Special
events at 9 pm Thursdays Dancing at 9 pm Fridays and
Saturdays.
Q CRUSH
333 SW Park Ave. • 503-227-0830
rx EMBERS AVENUE
W 110 NW Broadway • 503-222-3082
Gay bar in historic Old Town. Free Gay 8 Happy starring Jersey
Scities 9:30 pm Tuesdays. The Dark Side of Pleasure starring
Daddy Bear fa Lesett 9:30 pm Wednesdays. The 0 Spot starring
NORTHBANK
106 W Sixth St., Vancouver • 360-695-3862
Southwest Washington's first and only gay bar. Now smoke-free!
Co ESCAPE
V 1400 SE Morrison St. • 503-235-8150
Crush features specialty martinis and cocktails and serves a full
food menu. Hip DJs spin throughout the week, with dancing on the
weekends Happy hour is all day Tuesday, 4 30 6 pm Wednesday
Friday and 3-7 pm Sunday. Crush is now open for brunch 9 am-
3 pm Sunday
Johnny 0 10 pm Thursdays. The Music 8 the Mirror starring Miss
Honey Bea Hart 9:30 pm Fridays. Krystal Lynn Is the Nubian
Princess 9:30 pm Saturdays.
Portland's only all-ages gay nightclub. The Greater Portland
Intercollegiate Queer Society hosts College Night 10:30 pm Fridays
featuring different music every week, $3 off the cover with student
identification and speed friend making (like speed dating!) for the
first hour.
Take $1 off any item that costs more than $2 on Buck-Off Monday
$5 pasta dinners (spaghetti or fettuccine alfredo) are served with
$2 well drinks 5-9 pm Tuesdays. Licious Karaoke is Wednesday and
Friday. Thursday is Girlz Night with $3 Smirnoff and $5.50 pitchers
of Bud and Bud Lite. Saturday is a special event or DJ. Sunday is
happy hour all day with free pool.
SCANDALS
1125 SW Stark St. • 503-227-5887
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Whip It!
W 217 NW Second Ave. • 503-243-5530
Join the leather community for
the 2007 Mr. & Ms. Oregon State
Leather Contest 7 p.m. Aug. 4 at
Emhers Avenue,
110 N.W.
Broadway. Admission is $12.
“We are looking forward to an
exciting contest—three men and
two women are competing for the
Mr. &. Ms. Oregon State Leather
title," says Cindy Morgan, president
of Blackout Leather Productions.
She adds that the event will he a per
fect opportunity to “join in their fon,
come support them, visit with friends
and meet the new...titleholders at
the end of the evening.”
The contest is just one of many
events slated for Oregon Leather Pride Week 2007, which runs through Aug. 12. Here are some other highlights:
• Aug. 3: The eighth annual Fetish Ball will start 9:30 p.m. after the Contestant Meet & Greet for Mr. & Ms.
Oregon State Leather at 8. This year’s theme is “A Midsummer’s Night Scene.” DJ Ronahelle will he spinning sexy
sounds on the floor for your dancing pleasure at Melody Ballroom, 615 S.E. Alder St. Admission is $15.
• Aug. 5: Come down to Reed College’s North Soccer Field at Southeast Steele Street and 32nd Avenue for
Whips in the Park, where you can leam how to throw a whip or practice your cracks.
• Aug. 8: The Imperial Sovereign Rose Court presents the free Leather & Lace Show featuring a host of wacky
activities and performers 8 p.m. at Emhers, 110 N.W. Broadway.
• Aug. 10: Expect a wide and varied spectacle for your amazement during the Erotica Show 7 p.m. at Emhers.
Admission is $10. Bad Girls hosts the Mixed Dungeon Play Party afterward for pansexual or queer participants.
Admission is $5-$ 10 for members or $15 for nonmemhers from www.pdxbadgirls.net.
• Aug. 11: Queer Fetish moves to Kelly’s Olympian Bar, 426 S.W. Washington St., with musical guest Rough
Trade Unlimited, Columbia B<x>t Black Scout, a nonsexual play area and DJs BlackEye and Mel. The dance party runs
from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Admission is $5 freaky or $7 vanilla.
For more information about Blacktxit Leather Productions, visit www.blackoutleather.org. For details on all events,
times and locations during Leather Pride Week, visit www.oregonleatherpride.org.
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—Jim Radosta
According to BarFly, this "cheery, kicked-back
pub draws a convivial, mostly mature crowd to
its somewhat countrified environs." Fox fa
Hounds regularly hosts various charity events,
and the first Sunday of each month is a fun-filled
bingo fund-raiser. Sheltered sidewalk seating fits
a handful of tables and affords some good peo
ple watching. $2 well drinks and $2 select beers
4-8 pm daily. Full menu served until 8:30 pm
Sunday Thursday and until 10 pm Friday and
Saturday, with bar menu served until closing time
thereafter
© GAILS DIRTY DUCK
439 NW Third Av«.« 503-224-8446
BarFly describes the Dirty Duck as an "endear
ingly light-in-the loafers longshoreman-type hole
in the wall, named for Shakespeare's local. Said
to be haunted by its formidable former owner,
Mama Bernice! Home of the Oregon Bears."
Featuring pool, pinball, MegaTouch and darts.
zr. HOBO'S
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120 NW Third Av«. • 503-224-3285
Hobo's has been an integral part of Portland's
dining and lounge experience for more than 25
years. Located in the heart of Old Town, it pro
vides a friendly atmosphere of casual elegance
and serves outstanding cuisine from both its
complete dinner menu and its lounge menu. It
also offers premium cocktails, an extensive
wine list and bottled and draft beers. Enjoy live
music Wednesday through Sunday, with pool
and lottery in the game room. Courtyard dining
when weather permits.
Because Old Town is an energetic and vibrant
part of Portland's nightlife and on-street parking
is sometimes limited, Hobo's offers validated
parking at its neighborhood Smart Park located
on the corner of NW Davis and Front streets.
Scandals is one of the city ’s oldest gay men's bars and has been
continually providing a comfortable setting, great cocktails and a
"more than friendly" bar staff to men from Portland and from out of
town for 30 years. Recently relocated only a block away from its
previous location, Scandals provided a new, modern, clean space
for its clientele. It features a pool table, darts, video lottery and
music videos and is one of the anchor bars for the Portland Pride
street festival.
Portland's only "Tea Dance" on Sunday afternoons. Blues on
Tuesdays. Live DJs on Friday and Saturday
© SHANGHAI STEAKERY
16 NW Broadway • 503-228-9325
A locally owned gay bar known for good music, great drinks, the
best prices in town and lottery. Happy hour 7 am-8 pm. Join the IT
Club DJ boys on the first Friday of every month. Shanghai Steakery
also holds other events; it's best to check with the bar for upcom
ing events.
fa SILVERADO
W 1217 SW Stark St. • 503-224-4493
Claims to be Portland's only gay owned and -operated gay night
club, Portland’s favorite gay bar and Portland s "original" premier
gay nightclub. "Where the men are hot and the party never
ends... we lead the crowd, not just follow.*
The Ministry of Mylar (Not Your Mother's Church) Sundays.
Karaoke with Rocky Rhodes 8 pm-1 am Mondays Wednesday is
Latino Night with Meesha Peru.
SOUTHSIDE SPEAKEASY
3529 Fairview Industrial Drive SE. Salem •
503-362-1139
Southside Speakeasy is the place in Salem and the central
Willamette Valley for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
community to meet and hang out.
Free pool all day Sunday with Desperate Housewives at 9 pm. 50-
cent tacos are served 5-9 pm Mondays with bingo at 6:30 and
karaoke at 9. Top sirloin steak dinner is served 5:30-10 pm
Tuesdays for $8.95. Win points and prizes with free Texas Hold ’Em
poker 7:30 pm Wednesdays and 6:30 pm Saturdays. Dance party
with DJ Rosi 9 pm Thursdays Dance party with DJ Lori 9 pm
Fridays and Saturdays; cover is $3.
(T) JOQ'S
2512 NE Broadway • 503-287-4210
Featuring the best 9 Ball Tournament 8 pm
Saturdays. Possibly the best $6 ribeye dinner
anywhere. Joq's also serves up the lowest drink
prices in the city. Join one of its softball, pool or
bowling teams. Enjoy a good time and make
a new friend at this entertaining neighborhood
bar!
(T) STARKY'S
2913 SE Stark St. • 503-230-7980
'Everyday people' video bar with great martinis, two large patios,
Oregon Lottery games, WiFi and private parties Monday and
Tuesday are Burger Nights, Wednesday is Mexican Night,
Thursday is Homemade Meatloaf Night, Fnday is Pnme Rib Night,
Saturday features chef 's specials, and brunch is served 9 am-2 pm
every weekend.