This includes the full time and part time core Bossanova staff. We look forward to continuing to bring you live music and events as soon as we safely can, and now ask for your help in providing some measure of help to our Bossanova employees in this time of crisis. The link is in our bio. Thank you in advance for your support.
From all of us at Bossanova: Stay safe Portland. We are all in this together. Portland Strong. To the Bossanova's valued patrons, performers, vendors and the Portland Community: As a Community Event Space, the Bossanova Ballroom takes the safety and security of our patrons, performers, vendors and employees very seriously.
In following with the guidance and directives put forth from the State of Oregon and the CDC, we would like to keep you apprised of the steps that we are taking to make sure everyone remains safe. We are also trying to be practical and attempt to provide continued employment to our employees and entertainment to our community.
Here is what is happening at the Bossanova Ballroom: 1 We have reduced our overall capacity to allow us to exceed the required social distance between patrons for public gatherings. Redwolf said of the events origin and purpose:. Blow Pony was created as a place for people of all walks of life to gather in a respectful place, and to feel safer to express themselves, but also to showcase queer talent and queer artists.
Its also a social, a dance, a good time. I moved to Portland from London, and the queer spots there are pretty much what you get with Blow Pony: low tolerance of bullshit and assholism, and a high tolerance of people expressing themselves and being themselves, respectfully.
I enjoyed that. People were having fun and enjoying themselves and doing drugs and getting drunk, or not doing drugs or getting drunk - being sexual, enjoying music, whatever they felt that element was to bring them out of their box. Heatherette, go-go dancer: I got in free because I'm a femme, and I just had the best time. They had all this bondage stuff hanging in the middle, so I was always getting up on the bar and dancing and like climbing on the bondage gear.
Stay, we'll pay you. You're a go-go dancer now. In , the Eagle closed down, along with several other bars in Vaseline Alley. Blow Pony moved to Casey's in Old Town. Redwolf: Everybody got pushed out. The whole gay area was gone. It almost felt like you were in the basement of someone's house. Sharp: There was a Pride where we had a Blow Pony boat cruise on one of the small boats that goes up to Sauvie Island and back.
When the boat came in, Airick had the bike taxis reserved. Everyone who had a ticket for the boat also got into the party, and they got a free trip on the bike taxis to Casey's. When they got there, all of the dancers were dressed up like sailors. Heatherette: It was just all these tan buff dudes with perfect teeth. And then here comes Blow Pony. Sharp: We're like crass John Waters characters that all these bougie-ass LA people are looking down their nose at. They barely want us in their pool, let alone their town.
But by the end of it, we're all dancing together and having a great time. At Casey's, Blow Pony guests were frequently harassed by the residents above the club. The harassment escalated over the party's two years there. Redwolf: We were surrounded by straight bars. When you had people coming out of [Blow Pony] with dresses on, looking different, [wearing] glitter and just being themselves, now they're having to worry how they're going to get to their cars safely.
He punched me in the face and called me a faggot while I was on the call. The police completely dropped the ball, lost seven witnesses, and he pretty much got away with it. I approached the owner of Casey's, who was a gay man, and said, "You need to talk to your landlord because this can't be happening. I just saw it as, "You're a gay man, you should care about your attendees and their welfare. Sharp: It really came to a head during Pride season.
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