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Saturday, February 10, 2007

Today in Stranger Suggests

posted by on February 10 at 11:00 AM

‘Centennial’
(ART To celebrate the 100th anniversary of nothing, the artists who run Crawl Space asked two museum curators (Liz Brown and Bruce Grenville) to create a group show from a nationwide call for artist submissions. The result is five mini solo shows: tracings on the wall of the wall’s serious imperfections by Janet Lee of Redmond; Portlander Storm Tharp’s inky portraits in the style of mid-century celebrity photographer John Deakins; German-born Christoph Gielen’s haunting photographs of buildings as social beings; Mike Calway-Fagen’s documentations of unexplained performances; and a suite of sweet drawings of a daddy longlegs losing one leg at a time, by Justin Gibbens of Seattle. (Crawl Space, 504 E Denny Way, 322-5752. Noon—5 pm, free.) JEN GRAVES

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Xtravaganza
(DRAG-QUEEN FASHION SHOW) Remember that documentary Paris Is Burning? The one Madonna ripped off “voguing” from—that unforgettable glimpse inside the seedy, glamorous, and impossibly FIERCE drag scene in underground New York? Of course you do. Xtravaganza is a one-night-only homage to that film, that spirit, and those infamous “balls.” DJs Post-Op, Jay Jack, and Ursula “Labeija” Android will spin the tunes, and there’ll be a very special performance by Jackie Hell La Face. Haute trannies, fashionistas, and all the legendary children—start planning your outfits NOW. There’ll be a sure-to-be-shady fashion runway walk-off and the door cover varies from $1—$7 depending on the ferocity of your attitude and your ensemble. Think gold lamé, girl. Bring the REAL. (Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 324-8000. 9 pm, $1—$7, 21+.) KELLY O

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