The only white anyone wore after Labor Day at Hawks was their towels.
Roughly 50 people convened in an outdoor courtyard on Friday, Sept. 5 to hear singer Grant Miller serenade them with piano bar songs on one of the LGBTQ+ East Portland bathhouse’s all-genders days. Miller told WW after his concert that September was far too late to make it into a regular series, but that he would like to make the show more of a recurring thing. Clothing was optional—this reporter was the only one in attendance wearing both pants and a shirt at the same time, and stuck out like an undercover cop. Nevertheless, Miller’s “Heading Homo Cabaret” proved to be a relaxing hour of tickled ivories and funny bones (among other things).
Those who hear “bathhouse” and “singer” together most likely think of Barry