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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
GWAR!
What can you say about GWAR? Well for starters, most people say “Don’t wear nice clothes.”
GWAR (the name is a shortened version of the original “GWAARGGGH!!!”) are of course known for their elaborate costumes, spraying the crowd with various fluids, and their “boundless hatred for all things alive.” They and their “marauding mutant metal” have [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Conflux - NW Dark Arts Festival (Portland)
Down in PDX this weekend, the Bossanova Ballroom will be hosting the Conflux NW Dark Arts Festival, which will include live music, a gothic fashion show, dark painting and sculpture, performance artists, workshops and a “private, musical seance.”
The mission of the event is “To engage the eyes, minds, and bodies, of all the artistically inclined [...]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Tiki Kon VI
Tiki Kon VI - Portland - Sat June 28th
In the early parts of this century, some creative and thirsty Stumptowners contemplated how to turn their tiki crawl into a weekend event when they only had two tiki bars in town. Such necessities mothered the fabulous invention of the home tiki bar tour. Rent a bus, [...]
