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• thearts • events litany o f unique offerings. “They’re taking it on tour around the “I think it’s important for those of us who country and we’re their first stop,” Lopez says. are organizing the festival to also participate “It’s like an oral tradition— they’re coming in the festival, to really push people,” explains here to tell us their story.” Joel Lopez, one of Not Enough! s organizers. The festival’s DIY aesthetic is also evident “A lot o f people would say, ‘I don’t have time. in admission costs. Single-day passes run on a I’m working. I go to school.’Guess what? We sliding scale of $6-$8. Two-day passes are all do, too. We did it. You can, too.” $11—or $25, which include a handy Not Lopez is also the drummer of punk band Enough! Fest goodie bag. Forever, which Corbridge fronts as vocalist. “W e’re trying to make sure that anyone The band has toured the country in recent who wants to come, can come,” Lopez says, years, so performing isn’t new to them. W h at’s “regardless of how much money they have. If new, they say, is allowing yourself the free you can’t afford to pay, you can volunteer a dom to create something you ordinarily never little bit and get in for free.” would have tried. A t the first Not Enough! Specifics on starting times, after-parties, po Festival, Lopez merged his light box creations tential partnership announcements and more with a friend’s line drawings for a completely are still up in the air, lending to the unpredict new perspective on a hobby he says was before relegated only to his bedroom. ' “The visual art aspect was so exciting because I had never had anything I ever made put on a wall somewhere,” Lopez says. - A few of the bands that formed last year specifically for Not Enough! have continued to thrive around Portland, with some also recording material for the record label recently launched by Punk Start My Heart. The fledgling label be M .' HOSNAPS.COM gan a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of raising 16,000 for produc ability of the festival itself. tion costs to release albums from Forever, “In a way, the organizing is a m ini-Not Fucking Lesbian Bitches, Fagatron and N O / Enough!” Frias says. “None of us knew each H O /M O . The $6,000 goal was surpassed other, none of us are professionals, none o f us three days before its deadline. have ever really done this type o f work. But W ith Cathedral Park Place as this year’s we all learned to collaborate with each other venue, the visionaries at the Not Enough! Fes and learn.” tival anticipate lots of growth. The more than 10,000-square-foot warehouse will host 40- The N ot Enough! Queer Music an d A rts Festival plus visual, musical and performance art en takes place Sat., Sept. 17-Sun., Sept. 18 a t Ca tries during the two-day event. On Friday, thedral Park Place, 6 6 3 5 N. Baltimore., St.Johns. September 16, Not Enough! teams up with Single-day passes are $6-$8, tw o -d a y passes are San Francisco’s Big Gay Warehouse for an $11 or $25. Admission to the opening night party, opening night party. Big Gay Warehouse was $6-$10, is separate. Pre-sale tickets are available recently forced to give up its space in the city’s a t notenough.eventbrite.com. The deadline to sub -industrial district. The BGW installation will m it your project is M on., Sept. 5. F orfinal start chronicle its history and mourn the loss of its ing times an d more information, visit notenough- previous space. pdx.tumblr.com. Cractd» AIDS Btyact >CAR SEPTEMBER 2. 2011 19 Hendrix & McGuire O P T I C A L • Exams Available • • On-Site Lab • • Thousands of Frames • • 1 Hour Service • 925 SW Taylor Street PDX, OR 97205 C e n tra lly lo cated in d o w n to w n , ph: 5 0 3 2 2 8 2 1 5 4 E yem ed , R e g en ce B C /B S , ODS and m ost o th er in su ran c e. Eye Exam s by Dr. N a n c y B u s e t In d e p e n d e n t O p to m e tric Physician w w w .h e n d r ix m c g u ir e .c o m COME IN AND ASK FOR OUR FREE FRAMES ! FOR FAMILY PROMOTION a . ¡n in Clark Coun Crash-tested. IIHS-approved. V o lk s w a g e n 3 Yeon or 36,000 MiWt of No Otorgo S c M u M Maintenant». Carefree Maintenance WK«ch#v«r o c ru n f»nif Som# '’»strirtionv 5 mm » cUtalmt or program for Armstrong Volkswagen ) When: Tuesdays 11 am-1pm Thursdays 4-8pm ) Wh( ) For more info: Harm Reduction Center 3701 East Fourth Rain Vancouver. WA 98661 (3 6 0 ) 75 0-7 96 4 ciíyguysclarkOcascaóeaids org Se habla español Pruebas cíe VIH para hombres. i I Hendrix & McGuire Optical. Offer Expires 9/19/11 Walk-in testing for guys into gi . i A ! 20000 SE McLoughlin in Gladstone Just off I-205 in Gladstone ARMSTRONGVW.COM TOLL FREE 1-888-331-6314 LOCAL 503-656-2924 |