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W W W JUSTOUT C O M
JANUARY 7 2011
NIGHTLIFE
“Sashay." To Stay
Portland Drag Race returns for a third season o f
eleganza extravaganza
It’s that time ofyear again, folks: time for tax
forms, time for (broken) resolutions and time
for drag fabulosity. O f course, it’s always time
iytr the latter—especially in our drag-happy
town, where no one does it better than Poison
Waters and the latest crop of ladies to gear up
for Portland Drag Race. The third installment
o f the RuPaul series off shoot debuts January 19
with a very special audition night.
M ore on that shortly. Returning host Waters
has much to say o f the 2011 edition, which will
j^iild on dress-to-impress and in-house chal
lenges of previous years and up the glam
ante— while keeping economic recovery in
mind. “This year more focus will be on ingenu 12 weeks of competition— will test the gals’
ity, doing more with less, kinda like the whole marketing skills for sponsor Absolut.
country is doing,” Waters, aka Kevin Cook, ex
The third time kicks off charmingly with a
plains. “Drag is expensive and time consuming, star-studded casting night January 19 featuring
so we ll challenge the contestants to really be appearances from Mimi Imfurst and Stacy
Layne Matthews from Ru Paul's Drag Race
creative, and fierce on a budget.”
She should know. After doing just that for Season 3 (premiering this month on Logo).
more than 20 years, Waters has the art o f fierce The official stage competition begins the fol
ness during financial duress down to a science. lowing Thursday.
She notes an aim to “go green” by “recreating
After two seasons o f drag drama, Waters is
existing wardrobes and making workable pieces reflective like any good, Ru-esque mentor: “I’ve
o f wardrobe outta unlikely materials.” And been pleasantly surprised these past two seasons
since a queen has to know how to sell, an addi by the contestants’ creativity, strength and will
tional “secret” challenge— running the entire ingness to think and work outside of the box,”
she says. “My favorite aspect is watching first
hand the personal growth they each achieve not
only as entertainers and drag queens, but as val
ued members o f our community.”
In other words— and to paraphrase RuPaul—
they’re learning to love themselves, and we love
them in turn. Get out there and hail the queens.
Special casting night, Weil., Jan. 19, 8 p. m.; regu
lar competition Thursdays beginning Jan. 27, 9
p.m.; Red Cap Garage, 1025 SLV Stark St.; no
cover; redcapgarage.com.
—Amanda Schurr
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