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Happy, Drag-A-Thon, Portland! TODAY IS THE DAY. Starting at 4 pm, a force of drag artists onstage at Darcelle XV Showplace—aided by the planning and logistics power of gender-nonconforming clothing line Wildfang—begin a marathon of continuous musical, dance, and comedy performances, nonstop for 48-hours, until they break the world record for longest drag performance. And the Mercury's Arts and Culture crew (Suzette Smith, Andrew Jankowski, Janey Wong, Wm. Steven Humphrey, Courtney Vaughn, and Taylor Griggs)...

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Happy, Drag-A-Thon, Portland! TODAY IS THE DAY. Starting at 4 pm, a force of drag artists onstage at Darcelle XV Showplace—aided by the planning and logistics power of gender-nonconforming clothing line Wildfang—begin a marathon of continuous musical, dance, and comedy performances, nonstop for 48-hours, until they break the world record for longest drag performance. And the Mercury's Arts and Culture crew (Suzette Smith, Andrew Jankowski, Janey Wong, Wm. Steven Humphrey, Courtney Vaughn, and Taylor Griggs)...

Also known as Walter Cole, nightclub owner Darcelle held a Guinness World Record as “oldest living drag queen” for most of the past decade.

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