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By Meagan Kate

At 7pm on Wednesday night, the Mt. Tabor Legacy opens its doors to some of the hottest, sweatiest girls in Portland. Out Like That Presents: Kiss This!

Organizer Mel Shapiro says that Out Like That began as the title of a Pride event, which turned out to be a bigger success than was anticipated. Realizing they could organize more events for this core audience, Out Like That Productions was born.

This New Year's Eve event will be the third event hosted by OLT, with shows planned during March and again during Pride Week.

This NYE, performers include: Malice (if you don't know Malice – then be prepared to have your head sprung), Pegatron (she's the one spitting fire in the poster, no big deal), Zora Phoenix (delicious drag queen), Sahara Dunes (burlesque babe extrordinare) and, of course, my loverly roomate, Lady Killa (she hula hoops like its her job!). The hot beats you'll be grinding on a stranger to will come from DJs Mani, Lady Adie and Zita.

When I asked Mel what people could expect at Kiss This!, she replied “controlled chaos! between 500 and 700 women … Read the rest of this entry »

Still looking for something to do on NYE? How about a little classy, jazzy action?

More Portland New Years event info here

From Carri Bella:

New Year's Eve Jazz with Carri Bella at West Cafe

Join jazz vocalist Carri Bella with Steve Blackman on guitar and Craig Snazelle on bass for sassy swing, hip bossa nova, sultry torch songs and a few holiday faves. Live music is from 8:30pm to 12:30am.

You can hang in the bar for just an $8 cover. That's mighty reasonable for New Year's Eve!

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West Cafe will also be offering a four-course prix fixe dinner that night for $50 in the dining room. West Cafe is basically one big room, so you can see and hear the music everywhere and the dining room is open to all ages. Read the rest of this entry »