About
Cherry
The
Stranger Suggests
for the week of April 14 through April 20
Friday,
April 15: Cherry (Dyke Club Night)
Hot damn, here's another monthly lesbian night! Cherry debuts tonight, at
just-as-new War Room on Capitol Hill. Vibrator's Lisa Orth
and her friends—the ladies who used to host the sexy HotBox night at
ARO.space—are hosting what's sure to be a crazy dance party,
with DJs Amateur Youth, Colby B., and Julia. There will be go-go dancers.
(War Room, 722 E Pike St, www.cherryseattle.com. Doors at 9pm, $6, 21+.)
Amy Jenniges
Lick
My Cherry: Dyke Nights Take Off
Tablet Magazine
Words:
Jeanna Barrett
Image: Renee Teeley
Lesbians are taking over Seattle. Hot lesbian-specific nights are springing up all over the city, including two new nights by the sexy names of Cherry and LICK. Ladies, look no further for cheap drink specials and an opportunity to get your freak on.
Every
second Friday of the month The War Room hosts Cherry, with guest DJs that
rotate every month, dancers from The Von Hasselhoff Troupe and sexy visuals
from Hotsy Totsy for just six bucks. Lisa Orth, the creator of Cherry, has
also put on other lesbian nights in Seattle including Makeout at The Baltic
Room and Vibrator at the Seattle Eagle.
Orth created Cherry partially because she said she was tired of “all the girls coming to my place and drinking all my booze,” and partially because she feels it’s important for Seattle to have a thriving lesbian bar scene. Cherry is Orth’s way of kicking up the scene and so far the first two nights have been a success. “The War Room was packed with the hottest girls in Seattle,” Orth enthused. “I couldn’t have asked for more. I’m still sweating from the heat [the girls] kicked up.”
Cherry is held at the new and swanky bar that all of Seattle is talking about, The War Room, and Orth thinks that this contributes to the success of Cherry. “[The War Room is] on the Hill and the ladies won’t have to drive home drunk,” she said. “They can have a convenient excuse for crashing on the couch at some cutie’s place. There’s enough room for the sweaty masses to dance, as well as a stage for live acts. To top it all off, the rooftop is an awesome place to hang out on those hot summer nights!”
LICK also offers dancing and live acts each month at Chop Suey. Shannon Carroll, the creator of LICK said that the goal of LICK is to focus on showcasing Seattle’s lesbian and transsexual DJs. The night has four resident DJs with guest DJs each month spinning anything from hip-hop to ‘80s tunes. The night also includes visual treats, including dancers behind a screen who are projected on the dance floor and unique theatrical lighting. “Lesbians can get from LICK a largely diverse but friendly atmosphere, a 40-ouncer [of beer] for cheap, a mere three dollar cover and a guaranteed good time,” Carroll explains.
Both nights are open to all queer and queer-friendly people and are not just for lesbians. “Lesbians, fags, gender queers, bisexuals, trannies, queer-supportive straight people, however you want to define yourselves,” Orth said. “Just because the night is put on by lesbians for lesbians don’t mean we are choosing to be sexually segregationist or exclusive. Fuck that. Whoever you are, if you want to come out and party with us, you are most wanted and welcomed.”
Cherry is every second Friday of the month at the War Room, 722 E Pike Street and Lick happens monthly at Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison
