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PREVIEW
Seasonal Glee!
2001:
Welcome to the Party Machine
by
JOSHUA CINELLI
243-2122 ext 355
The true millennium
is upon us.
Are you ready
for it? Last year, you probably knew by the end of August exactly
where you were going to be when the time came.
But wait a minute,
2000 was the hype. This is the real deal. Where do you plan to be
if the sky were actually to fall? Chilling with some friends, getting
funky or dancing cheek to cheek at a ball? The options are flowing
like cheap champagne at my house. As the year 2000 draws to a close,
this indecision is yours to overcome.
The following
will help you scratch that thousand-year itch.
* If the modern
world is too much for you to handle, then come to the Crystal
Ballroom
and be stylishly out of date as
the popular '80s cover band the Retros play your favorite tunes
from the glorious New Wave decade (1332 W Burnside St., 222-5555.
10 pm. $30).
* A great place
to get your groove on is at the Pine Street Theater. Here
you'll find the Five Fingers of Funk birthing both a new year and
a new album, with Larry Phunkman, Chop Squad and guest DJs to bump
out the house, techno, hip-hop and jungle (215 SE Pine St., 231-1500.
Festivities begin at 9 pm. $25).
* If drinking
bubbly is in store for you, why don't you and your sweetie partake
of the traditional celebration festivities at the Champagne Ball,
to be held at that bastion of civility, the Hilton Hotel.
Pepe and the Bottle Blondes bust out with swing and salsa tunes,
and the Baseboard Heaters pour on the rock (921 SW 6th Ave., 317-6568,
or purchase tickets at 224-8499. 7:30 pm. $100).
* Strap yourself
in for the Lava de Mûre ride at the Ash Street Saloon.
Hurtle yourself headlong into spacey exuberance with molten eruptions
and exotic
lava fashion (219 SW Ash St.,
226-0430. 10 pm. $12).
* Doing it their
way will be Tony Starlight and the Arte Dayvis Quartet. No stranger
to entertainment or Portland, Mr. Starlight returns to Jimmy
Mak's with his comedy favorites in tow. Drinking heavily enhances
the humor value (300 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542.
10 pm. Dinner and show $55 a couple, show only $15 per person, $25
per couple).
* At the Laurelthirst
Public House, the evening begins with music by the Freak Mountain
Ramblers, who will take the happiest-hour spot from 6 to 8 playing
folk, country, rock and front-porch music. At 10 pm Neil Gilpin's
Belmont Street Octet rides a wave of jazz and blues that engulfs
everyone from Monk to Coltrane to Mingus. It'll be so magically
smooth, you're bound to slip into the new year in style (2958 NE
Glisan St., 232-1504.
6 pm. $7).
* If frolicking
at one of the McMenamins' historic hotels is what you fancy, there
are a number of options. Packages for the Edgefield (2126
SW Halsey St., Troutdale, 669-8610) feature Dave Cooley and the
Hard Swing Band, plus Grooveyard in a separate wing. The Grand
Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove,
503-992-9533) will showcase Ellen Whyte and Reflex Blue along with
dynamic duo Reiswig and Beran. The party includes lodging for two,
special amenities and breakfast (package prices range from $180
to $450).
* At the lascivious
Satyricon, the Denim Demons, the Owners and
F-Option will provide the hard-rock guitar violence on stage while
you get down and dirty in this choice little venue. (125 NW 6th
Ave., 231-1530. 10 pm. $8).
* The Oregon
Convention Center will host one hell of a party. Witness the
String Cheese Incident and the one-man band Keller Williams! Or
check out the merry entourage they call the Odyssey Circus as it
presents daring feats of trapeze artistry and stilt-walking! Come
one, come all, as these outrageous pranksters play long into the
night. Will wonders never cease? (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd.,
224-4400. 7 pm. $60.)
* If your party
doesn't end until you see the light of day, plan on shaking your
thang in the comforting, candlelit interior of Ohm. An all-night
celebration that lasts until 4:30 am, it will offer plenty to spark
your soul with its assortment of DJs spinning the lights out (31
NW 1st Ave., 223-9919.
9 pm. Cover).
2001: A night's
odyssey. Oh my God. It's full of options.
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