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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 2007)
OCTOBER 19 2007 Timbers," "Sexy Ghoulish Diva," "Graveyard Dweller" and "Most Original." (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St.) Enter the Scandals Halloween Costume Conlut for giveaways and a grand pnze of $300! (9 pm. 1125 SW Stark St.) Boxxes presents Circus of Freaks. Big cash prize for the best sideshow freak costume! (10 pm. 330 SW 11th Ave.) Come to the 10th annual Chameleon Halloween Costume Party featuring drag performer Splendora and friends, OJ Gino, go-go boys, fire dancers and an elabo- rate appetizer buffet. Receive a $10 discount with an invitation, available at the restaurant. (10:30 pm. 2000 NE 40th Ave. $20.) GO nd icon Me'shell Ndegeocello performs Oct. 24 in d. Transgender songwriter Namoli Brennet entertains Oct. 25 at Haven. tings every enders that n, vacillate, Taylor St.) rennet of r sixth self- t, at Haven Vergnetti .) anist John gh School Ins. (8 pm. $24.50 in h Kudu at Sixth Ave. lusty Fun ils. (8 pm. Cabaret g Witches or come ik St.) Gender w weekly r Bait at ursday of • en-invita- salon, so 1400 SE or salon eleeart@ er Party Joy at (10 pm. . 26 lliance ee and Powell's favorite -4 pm. sicians Luna . 8 NE Center Latinos n, and nly one t prizes best 28SW Chris gene's 291 W Eighth Ave. $20 at the door, $18 in advance from TicketWeb) at The Waypost. This month's theme is "Halloween." (Noon. 3120 N Williams Ave.) CJ and the Dolls compete in the P1zzazz! Talent Show at Wonder Ballroom. (8 pm. 128 NE Russell St. $10.) In Other Words presents Mary Lynn Archibald reading from Accidental Cowgirl-Six Cows, No Horse and No Clue, a lighthearted memoir of 12 years of "ranching" in the sparsely populat- ed foothills of the Northern Coast Range in California. (2 pm. 8 NE Killingsworth St.) Out Dancing's monthly Dance Social is every last Friday at Ankeny Street Studio. lesson and refreshments included. (8: 15 pm. Southeast Ninth Avenue and Ankeny Street. $8.) co Girls on Gay presents A Halloween • Temptation at The Viewpoint featuring three stages of sexy, professional exotic and erotic dancers; interactive competI- tIons; wonderful giveaways; blood martinis and other ghoulish drink specials; and prizes for the sexiest, scariest and most creative costumes. (8:30 pm-2 am. 8102 NE Killingsworth St. $7 from www.girlsongay.com.) The Egyptian· Room presents DJ Mancini and lollipop Karaoke. Dress in costume to get in free! (9 pm. 3701 SE Division St.) C.C. Slaughters presents the Oregon Bears' monthly Double X Dance featuring music by DJ Peter Calandra of Studio 54 lame. (9 pm- 1 am. 219 NW Davis St. $2.) SAT• OCT. 27 Asher Loverdi and Caught in Candy's Mickey Polhzatto present Saturday Morning Cartoons Headed Toward Dry/and Barracuda invites lesbians 36 and older to Hot Flash Portland: Halloween Dream! featuring prizes for sexiest and most creative costumes, go-go dancers and queer hip-hop artist Krit1k. (5-9 pm. 9 NW Second Ave. $8.) Enter the Jackie O'Lantern Contest, the first- ever transgender pumpkin-carving competition, at Northbank in Vancouver, Wash . Bring your precarved pumpkin, no larger than 10 pounds. No sharp objects allowed. All entries will be auctioned off during the Lips Cabaret Show. Proceeds benefit Esther's Pantry, Martha's Pantry and Q Center. (6 pm entry submissions, 7 pm judging, 8 pm auction, 9 pm show. 106 W Sixth St. $5.) Catie Curtis performs with Mel Watson at Mississippi Studios. (7 and 10 pm. 3939 N Mississippi Ave. $20 at the door, $18 in advance from 503-288-3895.) let the spirits animate your flesh during Darklady's Haunted Gothic Wedding Polyween at Jupiter Hotel. Receive a $5 dis- count with a pet or human care product dona- tion for Esther's Pa~try/Tod's Corner. (7 pm- 2 am. 800 E Burnside St. $30 street clothes, $25 gothic or festive holiday garb from dark.lady@ darklady.com.) The event of the year in Central Oregon! The Human Dignity Coalition Drag Show and Halloween Party features Portland's one and only Poison Waters and friends along with a not-to -be -missed auction at the Domino Room in Bend. (8 pm. 55 NW Greenwood Ave. $20.) Hey, what's your vice? Holocene presents Double Down, the fab queer party where the player always wins, every fourth Saturday. (8 pm. 1001 SE Morrison St. $5.) Crystal Ballroom presents the seventh annual Portland Erotic Ball featuring Pepe & the Bottle Blondes, Shel Bailey & the 819 Package, Basic Fix, Rose City Sirens, snake girls, fire dancers, sword swallowers, zombie go-go performers, exotic dancers and female impersonator Sasha Scarlett hosting "Portland's Biggest Costume Contest" for cash and prizes totaling $5,000. (9 pm. 1332 W Burnside St. $25-$75 from Ticketmaster.) The Egyptian Club promises its best-ever Halloween Hootenanny f ea tu ring the Rose City Sirens, DJs Mancini and Diameter, lollipop Karaoke with prizes and a costume contest with the categories HPirate That'll Shiver Yer SUN• OCT. 28 Weather permitting, The Adventure Group takes a moderate hike from Bonneville Dam through a pleasant forest to the grassy bank of Gillette lake. Meet outside Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer. (9 am. 3030 NE Weidler St. Evan 503-701-7922.) Miss1ss1pp1 Pizza Pub presents a Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girts benefit with Johnny X and the Groad1es, Monster-Sized Monsters and Hell- 7. (3 pm. 3552 N Mississippi Ave.) co Poison Waters hosts the third annual Spooktacular, a kids Halloween extravaganza featuring pumpkin-carv- ing contests, crafts, costume awards and more at Q Center. (3-5 pm. 69 SE Taylor St.) Keshet hosts a potluck dinner and gathering mr all who identify as queer Jews as well as their spouses, partners, significant others and good friends and family, whether Jewish or queer or not. Bring a dish and a beverage. (5 pm. Dav,d 503-224-7075.) C.C. Slaughters throws a CD release party for Logan Lynn' From Pillar to Post. (8 pm-3 am. 219 NW Davis St.) MON• OCT. 29 0-LAND presents Wanderlust a posse of men in wacky costumes bicycling with no plan and lots of bhng. Meet at Wild Oats. (6:30 pm. 3535 NE 15th Ave. RSVP to 503-223-8822, ext. 1, or www.lovetribe.org/menspirit.J inger/ ongwriter Chris Pureka ha t her course toward promi mg de tinattons. Although he can be sexily ad at time , her phomor • relea , Dryland, 1 more hopeful than anyone could expe t from an emot1 nal folk mu ician, proving he' got plenty of wind in her il . "Thi album i mor about moving through m thing hard to g t to something mu h better," Pureka remark . "Mo t of my mu ic comes from personal experience , but chi album i not all about me. I really tried my absolute hardest to find a balan e with thi one." After touring for the pa t year and a half, it' time for Pureka' hip to find a port, heading toward afer hore . Trading in her sea legs for a new apartment and a clean notebook for fre h material, she has a clear idea of what guides her. "I'm not a musician to be a performer, really," Pureka admir.s. "I'm a mu ician becau e it ju t makes nse to me. l really enjoy the writing and tudio parts, and now I'm taking rim off to do more of it." It' ea y to hear the r onance of her favorites, like Gillian Welch and Dar William , in her ong and m the ·torie he tell in the good tradition of any home- grown folkie. It' in her mu ic' implicity that com the true tl ne f Pureka' tyle-an air of complex intro pection and note rich a the ii hen ath her tour- worn feet. Chris Pureka performs Oct. 24 in Portland and Oct. 26 in Eugene. The Northampton, Ma ., girl will alway let her compa bring her ba k to th changing N w England a n that "keep [her] grounded," but the We t oa t call. 1 anything maJor really need to happen co me." Th wind will carry Pureka aero ean and contin nts befor' he' done, fini h- hefore he drop anchor. Meanwhile, Pureka i n't on any trea ure hunt for bigger and ing her tour with a few weeks in Ireland. When he return , h ' commg home to sol- better booty. "A l t of my goal. have been m t, and I've en al t f vi i n realizcd. When I t<l ground an<l dry land. - West Duncan you're n indie mu ician, it can be hard to do that," h ay . "I gue l don't feel like , Green la the New Black Th, year' Portland F hion W le aim' to bring o-fri ndly f: hion into tual the main tr am by making th produ tum ustamable, using ustainabl t ling product on model · and arth- fn ndly material for tt runway. A ac la1m d Portland eco-d 1gn r Anna Cohen say , "A key ro u tainable pr, ti i evalu ting , 11 a pe t of th onventt nal pra t1 t m ke o- re pon 1ble hoic m all of th m. [Portland Fa hion We kJ I mindful of that." Portland F hion W ck i oil horat- mg with gay icy ommi ioner Sam Adam on, Green Fashion Forum. A ommi inner of rt and culture, he i x 1ted to m lude the f: hi n indu.stry p rt of the ity' rt portfolio. "Th ,u·tamabl de 1gners living and working m th1 area nor only provid beautiful, innovativ product ·," Adam. ay·. "They help highlight the gr at 'nvironmental work Oregonians have been doing for de ade ·: being at th utting edge of re ycling policy, mart, alternative transportation and gr en building prdcti es. Portland truly i a cainabl city." Portland Fa. hion Week will take place through Oct. 24 at Ca ade hipyard, 5555 N. hannel Av . on wan L land. veral prominent ustain- abl de igncrs will laun h th ir coll c- tion ·, including Lara Mill r, Sam - underneath, Lizzie Parker and Anna Coh n. Alice ~ n of lfad , nam d New York Fa hion We le' pring 2006 "Be ·t Debut," and acclaim d de ign rs Souchi, Poppi Swim and wnimal will al o put their n xt on the runway. In conjunction with Portland Fa hion We k; UltraPDX.cQm pre coting Talking Fa hion, pan l di u ion. to hear from xp rt about how to tart a f hion bu in what " u tainable f: hion" ; ally m an and oth r topic . Qu r d ign r Jonny hultz and Adam Arnold will Join Portland Tribune columni t Heather Larim r, aplan owner Holly tald rand oth rs for "Fa hion and th Cr ativ Economy in Portland" noon Oct. 23 in O rding Theater at the Armory, 128 N.W. 11th Ave. Th y will J,. cu how fa hion cd th lo al economy, th connec- tion betwe n fa hion and ther g- mcnt. of th creative economy and th i u urroundmg doing bu in in Portland nd b >th exporting P;mland fa h1on and amplifying the pre. nee of Portland nationally ' a center for ere- ' tiv' e on my. For a omplet ·chedule vi 1t www.portlandf: hionw ek.n t.
