Portland oregon gay pride parade
Your Local Drag Queen Is Booked and Busy
Like so many of our superb small plates restaurants, Portland “does things a small differently” when it comes to celebrating Pride month. The big hoorah that is the Waterfront Event Festival and Parade moved to July a scant years back because of scheduling conflicts, including with the Rose Festival and Juneteenth celebrations. In doing so, the hope was to stretch the party across not one but two months. But in reality, the city has settled into a rhythm of celebrating Pride mostly in June, with the rest of the earth, and then rallying for a big party and parade a few weeks later—more like drag brunch the next day than a single marathon menu. In any case, we recommend checking out at least two to four events from the menu below, though ordering the entire thing for the table is best.
Friends of Dorothy: A Queer Cabaret
7:30PM WED, JUNE 18 | THE RESER, $25
The Reser’s Pride programming centers around Legends of Drag, an archival exhibition of the local drag scene, focussed especially on the wigs, gowns, and everything that glitters of Darcelle XV and Poison Waters. Classes and storytelling events dot the month, and on June
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