Dude Sightings
Scenes from Lebowski Fest Portland
By Megan Udow
“Hey, careful, man, there’s a beverage here!”
View Slideshow »Ready to roll at the Hollywood Bowl. A vendor shows off a Last Supper poster with the Dude and friends.
View Slideshow »Bathrobes and sandals—living the Lebowski lifestyle.
View Slideshow »Maude prepares to take off.
View Slideshow »This clean-cut Dude is ready for the finals. And he’s not over the line!
View Slideshow »The bathrobe adds style points to the Dude’s perfect form.
View Slideshow »A group flashback. From left, Dude, Jesus Quintana, Maude, another Dude, Liam.
View Slideshow »Strike a pose! The Dude and Maude live the dream.
View Slideshow »The pin-up girl for acid flashbacks.
View Slideshow »Die-hard Lebowski fans aren’t hard to find at this fest.
View Slideshow »A Dude abides.
View Slideshow »Over the line Smoky! Mark it a zero, Dude.
View Slideshow »The Dude. His Dudeness. El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.
The Dudes were out in force July 22-23 for the Portland Lebowski Fest: Speed of Sound Tour. The 1998 Coen Brothers cult classic, The Big Lebowski, has been inspiring its fans, aka the ‘Achievers’, to don bathrobes in public and double up on White Russians for years, so it’s only fitting that the festival finally made its way to Portland.
Dudes, Maudes, and Walters alike got to watch their fave film at the Aladdin Theater and throw some strikes at the Hollywood Bowl. It was a frenzy of Lebowski love from a contingent of obsessives dressed as bowling pins and soiled rugs that, in a former life, “really tied the room together.” Even a nihilist could appreciate photographer Heather Zinger’s slideshow dedicated to all things Lebowski. These people are not amateurs.
