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JfcUâ SEPTEMBER 2. 2011 • thearts • Central Oregon Coast SEPTEMBER 16-18 WWW.JUSTOUT.COM Stop, Collaborate and Listen Second Annual Not Enough! Festival gives new art real legs BY RYAN J. PRADO JOIN US FOR OUR 4TH ANNUAL IRIS PRIDE FESTIVAL IN LINCOLN CITY DRAG SHOWS | CLAMBAKE | FLAMINGO BINGO | COOKING DEMOS | AGRO-FLIGHT JUMPING LINCOLN CITY, A GREAT PLACE TO TRY NEW THINGS For furthor information contact in» I mcoln City Visitor & Convontion llunt.ni 541 996-1274 1 800 452 2151 140 NE Broadway • 5 0 3 .2 5 7 .0 4 8 8 w w w .o rc g o n c o a s t.o rg www.mobilewestpdx.com W.X& in your car stereo As part of the queer community, have you The crazy thing is, it actually worked. felt isolated by an ever-pressing mainstream And here’s how it works: Artists, new or LG BTQ_ agenda? Are there those among us established, submit a project, for which there whose expectations o f queer culture measure are hut two limitations— it must never have beyond the Gaga dance floors? O f course, pre been shown or performed anywhere else prior, cisely the gripe shared by Sheana Corbridge and it must be in partnership with at least one and Marlena Chavez when they began their other person. Edgar Frias, another Not booking collective, Punk Start My Heart, in Enough! organizer, says this criteria was im 2010. Bored with the bar “ It’s about trying to break that plemented to foster new connections and to inspire rage of queer dance nights isolation that a lot of people new ways to approach the and the same shows with the same acts, Corbridge feel. Maybe you’ve never creative medium of choice. and Chavez started PSM H “It’s about trying to talked to this person who’s to unite and promote femi break that isolation that a in a different community than nist bands, queer bands lot o f people feel,” says and hands with people of you are but you both do film. Frias. “Maybe you’ve never color to recharge Portland’s Why don’t you work together talked to this person who’s queer underground scene. in a different community and see what happens?” than you arc but you both “I felt really strongly -EDGAR FRIAS, do film. W hy don’t you that I wanted to he a part ORGANIZER, NOT ENOUGH! of something that created work together and see a queer culture rather than just consuming what happens?” mainstream gay culture,” explains Corbridge. “We want people to take a challenge and try “1 think, before we started this, I was feeling something outside o f their comfort zone and a hit stagnant as far as that goes and was potentially meet someone new to work with,” longing for something new.” Corbridge explains. “This way everyone par PSM H took off in Portland’s grassroots ticipating is sort of in the same place, like it’s queer-punk scene, and an idea was hatched. their first art show or their first time playing W ith a solid foundation in helping cultivate drums or singing with someone else.” new art projects— be they bands, visual art, A group of about eight organizers now Him or poetry— the first Not Enough! Festi makes up the would-be planning committee val sought to unify a sometimes splintered for the Not Enough! Festival, which returns scene. The event attempted to bridge the gap for its second year September 17-18 at C a so many artists find themselves mired in, and thedral Park Place in St. Johns. W hile this galvanize disparate artists to collaborate with core group’s roles remain flexible, their dedi each other. It was an invite to the introverted cation to Not Enough! is strong. After all, to lower their guards and meet new people. most of them also submit art projects to the S e rio u s In ju ry & D e a th C ases Wrongful Death • Medical Malpractice • Serious Accidents • Brain Injuries Trucking Accidents • Spinal Cord Injuries • Nursing Home Abuse • Therapist Malpractice O v e r 21 Years E x p e rie n c e * Top “A V ” R a tin g Proudly serving our community since 1989 Free Consultation 503 - 295-1940 • 800 - 795-8945 w w w .goreslaw .com Hala J. Gores, Attorney H o ld in g In s u r a n c e C o m p a n ie s A c c o u n t a b le