 Making Old-Time a threat again Since the last time we mentioned it (see below) we've been playing tunes at the Palace of Industry on Wednesday nights, and intend to do so until our Occupy Cool Vintage store gig gets broken up by cops and tear gas. Palace of Industry is located at: 5426 N Gay Avenue Portland, OR, 97217 (just off Killingsworth) .
 When I was introduced to the Palace of Industry, the first thing I found was a beer, and while enjoying that, I wandered around and found the next treasure, a fine copy of Henry T. Brown's 1868 compendium of mechanical movements. I immediately purchased that, and then discovered a nice old Pendleton, all for under 20 bucks!
Palace of Industry is a part watering hole and part vintage treasure trove. You can have a beer or coffee and a sandwich while you check out all the cool stuff there: music, books, art, furniture, vintage and new consignment clothing and lovely ephemera. Brooks and I have been there also to check out Larry Yes, some great DJs and psych music, too, and now we're psyched to bring our own brand of trance music there- Mountain Trance! (uhem? otherwise known as old-time stringband music). Flat Rock Stringband at Palace of Industry on Wednesday November 9th, from 7:30-9:30. Palace of Industry is located at: 5426 N Gay Avenue Portland, OR, 97217 (just off Killingsworth) EB  A square dance at the Village Ballroom in 2009 Sunday November 6th will be the first of the "Every Sunday Square Dance" dances at the Village Ballroom.
Charlie Beck and The Becktones will provide the dance tunes, Charmaine Slaven will call, and The Flat Rock Stringband will play the bar band slot. 7:00 to 9:00 November 6th Long, long, ago, like say, 2009 or so, caller Steph Noll worked with the lease holders at the time of the Village Ballroom to organize a monthly square dance that raised funds to benefit various community organizations around the Portland area. That was a heck of a lot of fun the year or so that it lasted, but those of us who regularly attended the dances witnessed the bizarre transformation of the anchor business of the building change gradually from breakfast cafe to erotic who-knows-what club to Oregon's (and perhaps even America's) first cannabis cafe. Eventually the lease was terminated and the beautiful historic dance hall upstairs would not see square dancing again until now. Fortunately, thanks to the fine work of Bubbaville volunteers and also the new lease holders of the Village Ballroom building, there's now a new WEEKLY dance at the Village Ballroom!! This is one of our favorite dance halls in the city, and now that we're facing the dark days of winter, what great timing to kick off square dance season! EB |
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