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DJ WILDFIRE, Owner/Operator
WildFire has been the resident Portland DJ since 2008 As Co-Owners of Escape Bar & Grill in Portland, WildFire and Armida are active and passionate members of the LGBTQ community on the West Coast, hosting various queer events & sponsor two RCSA softball teams. |
Their professional life embodies the mission statement of Escape: Open Minds = Happy Times. When they aren't running the best parties in town, you can find them cuddled up on the couch with their two Chihuahuas: Porter, Stormy, their two Pomeranians: Neo & Sushi and they just welcomed the best mutt ever: Pose! 
Armida, Owner/Operator
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PAULINE MIRIAM, THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER.
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Hot Flash dances was the brain child of Pauline Miriam, a political organizer from the 70s (anti-war, gay liberation, lesbian liberation, the women’s movement). When she found herself unexpectedly single at age 50, Pauline felt her options for meeting women her own age were extremely limited.
With necessity being the mother of invention, Hot Flash Dance Parties was born. After three decades of activism, Pauline knew how to throw a party that could make the whole town talk and it wasn't long before women in several cities were burning up the Hotflash dance floor making new friends and finding love: including Pauline, herself. |