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New all-ages brunchtime drag revue!

Coffee, Eggs, Wigs and Legs!

Posted by: Anne Adams on Aug 09, 2010 at 12:00PM Speech Bubble 1 Comments

Chaos In A Container wants to drag you out of bed for Sunday brunch.

You go into Sunday brunch with certain expectations. Coffee. Omelettes. Perhaps some toast. What you least expect is a fully frocked and coiffed cadre of drag queens, prepping to put on a show. Nevertheless, yesterday morning Crush, on SE 14th and Belmont, delivered all of the above. “Bear with us,” exhorted Jaiden Palace (pictured, right) as the troupe tested sound and lights. “We’re experiencing some testicular difficulties.”

The valiant a.m. antics, emceed by Ms. Phoenix Monte (pictured, left), marked the premiere in a series of morning drag performances by Chaos In A Container, a new group of femme-feigners. Juicy Monique Palace (pictured, foreground) confessed beginners’ jitters, but delivered a soulful performance of “I Am Changing.” And, egged on by her teenage daughter Coco*, Ms. Monte swished through several high-kicking numbers, and saucy shout-outs to the groggy morning crowd.

Set to become a Sunday staple, the event kicks up just where the more risqué Saturday night soirees at Embers and Darcelle’s leave off. And with coffee, cornbread, and all the other brunch amenities on-hand, it promises to awaken queer-arts appreciation in a whole new way.

*Crush admits all-ages patrons ’til 3pm.

For a more comprehensive list of events, visit the Arts & Entertainment Calendar.

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Tags: Theater, Fashion, Drag, Queer-Friendly, Gay-Friendly

phile under: flash mob

Hootin’ Annies!

Heads up, SantaCon. A red-and-white summer spectacle is hot on your heels.

Posted by: Anne Adams on Aug 02, 2010 at 01:00PM Speech Bubble 6 Comments

Luckily, the sun came out yesterday for AnnieCon.

This was a packed weekend. A hundred-odd Portlanders played music at PDX Pop Now. Ten thousand or so folks played fairies at Fairieworlds. But a few scamps looking for levity, played Annie, in a conspicuous downtown pub crawl yesterday afternoon.

The first annual AnnieCon, riffing off the international winter flash-mob phenom SantaCon, challenged its participants to caricature the lovable orphan, then hit the bars for Hannigan-style shenanigans. With a modest but respectable turnout yesterday, the event hopes to grow. Says founder Goldie Davich (pictured, third from right), “I’ve always loved Annie so much. As a curly-haired kid, I wanted to be Annie, and I’ve never stopped wanting it. This is the culmination of a lifelong dream.” Jeez. Cue the string section.

Silly as it may seem, post-Annie ennui is its own psychological meme. Below, consider the trailer from the documentary Life After Tomorrow, featuring actresses who struggled to gracefully outgrow the winsome role: