Within and in response to Barnette’s installation, The Kitchen launches its first-ever nightlife and club culture residency, from madison moore, cultural critic, DJ, Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, and author of Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric (Yale University Press, 2018). Presented for the first time in New York City on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, The New Eagle Creek Saloon celebrates the history of queer Black space and resurrects its presence in a location in the city (Chelsea) where this legacy has been so instrumental to avant-garde art and performance. Established by the artist’s father, Rodney Barnette, founder of the Compton, CA, chapter of the Black Panther Party, The New Eagle Creek Saloon (operated by Barnette between 1990–1993) offered a safe space for the multiracial queer community who were marginalized in other social spaces throughout the city.Ī study published in 2019 by professor of sociology Greggor Mattson cites a continued decline of LGBTQ+ bars across the United States between 20, with a disparate impact on those serving female-identified people and people of color. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eagle Portland.The Studio Museum in Harlem, in collaboration with The Kitchen, presents Sadie Barnette’ s The New Eagle Creek Saloon, the first East Coast institutional presentation of the artist’s installation reimagining the first Black-owned gay bar in San Francisco. "Portland's Wildest Gay Bars and Hangouts". ^ Beck, Byron Reed, Conner (June 14, 2019)."An Overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ Nightlife for the Newcomer". "Renovation next to Fat Cobra Video on Portland's North Interstate Avenue not an expansion, owner says". ^ Swart, Cornelius (December 14, 2011).It isn't always for the shy and timid, but the bar staff is friendly, the DJs are usually good, and the under-dressed patrons are more than happy to make newbies feel at home, including locals who love to drop coin in the Eagle's various video poker machines." See also In his and Conner Reed's 2019 overview of "Portland's Wildest Gay Bars and Hangouts", they wrote, "The Eagle Portland might be a bit off the beaten path, but it's well worth the ride to North Portland for this always fun and fascinating bear and leather bar. Byron Beck included Eagle Portland in Eater Portland 's 2018 list of "Portland's Best Gay Bars and Hangouts".
The Portland Mercury wrote "if you're looking for guys with oft plus-size waistlines and beards, slap on your flannel and jeans, 'cause it's always huntin' season at the Eagle". Eagle has pool, a covered smoking patio, and no-frills drinks, and primarily appeals to gay men who like Tom of Finland and Robert Mapplethorpe, if you know what I mean." Reception In his 2019 "overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ nightlife for the newcomer", Andrew Jankowski of the Portland Mercury wrote: "Eagle is under new management, but that hasn’t affected the vibe at this North Portland gay bar. Pat Lanagan was an owner, but ownership changed c. According to Travel Portland, the bar sometimes hosts lesbian nights. The bar is the "official home" of the Oregon Bears. The bar's interior in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemicĮagle Portland is a gay bar located at 835 North Lombard Street in Portland's Piedmont neighborhood.