Adults Only! Oregon Garden Barn Dance & Pig Roast

Calling all cowboys and Calamity Janes: put on your best bib and tucker, round up your pardners, and head to The Oregon Garden for the 4th annual Barn Dance & Pig Roast, October 25 from 7 to 11pm in the Grand Hall at 879 W Main St., Silverton, Ore.

Grab those eatin’ irons because Adam’s Rib Smokehouse promises to cook up some tasty vittles (not included with admission), served alongside cold beer, wine and spirits.

This hoedown features line dance lessons and DJ services by Rockin’ Robyn’s DJ and Dance. Be sure to wear your western finest, because the best-dressed guy and gal will each win a gift certificate from Double “H” Western Wear.

For those who want to enjoy the evening and not worry about hitchin’ up the team to get home, the Oregon Garden Resort is offering a Barn Dance overnight package for $154 that includes accommodations, two Barn Dance tickets, two dinners at the dance from Adam’s Rib Smokehouse, breakfast for two and admission to The Oregon Garden. Book online at www.oregongardenresort.com/Packages.htm.

The Oregon Garden Barn Dance is sponsored by Double “H” Western Wear and Seven Brides Brewing. For more information, visit www.oregongardenbarndance.blogspot.com.

2014 Barn Dance and Pig Roast
October 25, 2014
7-11 p.m. | $15 ADV / $20 Doors / $13 Members | 21+
Tickets: oregongarden.org

Oregon Garden Resort
895 West Main Street, Silverton, Oregon, 97381
503-874-2500

Adults Only! Portland Halloween Walking Tour of Portland’s Sinful Past

As a nexus for labor and shipping in the Pacific Northwest, Portland often had the repute of a rugged, rough and tumble town, more than willing to allow the miners, loggers, and fishermen an opportunity to part with their hard earned cash in whatever debaucherous manner they chose.

In addition to the shanghaiers and con men, always on the prowl, saloons, gambling halls and bordellos also thrived in “Whitechapel,” “The North End,” or Old Town, as we know it today. Some of these storied establishments have come and gone, but others have survived, and many say that Portland, or “Strip City,” still has that vulgar and rugged reputation to this day.

Join Historian Doug Kenck-Crispin as we visit locations of famous saloons, bars and bordellos, card rooms and gambling dens, some of which are still in operation today! The tour will meet at Thirsty Lion Pub. Feel free to stop by early for a pint and grub! The tour will “end” outside of Mary’s Club, one of Portland’s most hallowed strip clubs*. At the conclusion of the tour, you can join Doug inside for an adult beverage!

Doug Kenck-Crispin is the Ribald Resident Historian from www.orhistory.com. He is the co-producer of the bi-weekly podcast series Kick Ass Oregon History. Doug has been featured in the Portland Mercury, The Oregonian, Portland Monthly and OPB’s Oregon Experience. He has a BA in History, and is nearing completion of his MA in Public History, with an emphasis on the History of the Pacific Northwest (Portland State University). A lifelong resident of the region, Doug enjoys a good yarn, the more bizarre and unbecoming the better, especially when they are true!

Shanghaiers, Saloons & Skullduggery: A Walking Tour of Portland’s Sinful Past
October 4, 2014
4 p.m. | $15 | 21+
Tickets: brownpapertickets.com

Thirsty Lion
71 SW 2nd Ave, Portland, OR 97204
(503) 222-2155 | More Info: thirstylionpub.com

Portland 2014 Halloween Theater: The Reformers Present The Turn

A remote estate. A new caretaker. A classic ghost story re-imagined.

The Reformers are thrilled to announce their upcoming fall production The Turn, their thrilling adaptation of Henry James’ classic ghost story Turn of the Screw.

The Turn is the tale of a woman hired to look after an orphan girl residing with a housekeeper in a lonely mansion. Two ghosts appear, and a struggle for the very lives of the children she is entrusted to protect, begins. Playing upon the similarities of the stories, the company will blend the play with elements of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.

Similar to last year’s successful thriller The Revenants, the play will take place in a home. The Reformers gave their audiences a terrifying good time last year and look forward to doing it again.

The Reformers Present The Turn
Thursdays – Sundays October 3-22, 2014
Also October 13 & 25, 2014
7:30 p.m. | $18 | Recommended 14+
More info: thereformerspdx.com

2014 Portland Thriller Dance Practice: Thrill the World, September – October

They have nine practices lined up for you this year. You can attend as many or as few as you like – they will each be similar, working our way through the dance in full. You can also skip practices altogether and learn Thriller from instructional videos on tube (http://bit.ly/1p0aBE8).

Practices will be from 6-8 on Friday evenings: September 26, October 3, 10, 17, and 24; and on Sunday afternoons, 2-4: September 28, October 5, 12, and 19.

All practices will be at Fremont UMC, 2620 NE Fremont Street in Portland.

They’ll dance on Saturday, October 25th at 3 pm (location TBA). Email them if you have questions – ttwpdx@gmail.com – or to sign up for enews about practices and the event – or find them on facebook, at facebook/thrilltheworld.portland

2014 Portland Thriller Dance Practice
September/October 2014
More info: thrillportland.wordpress.com

Fremont UMC
2620 NE Fremont St, Portland