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That's So Raven

Professional party girl powers up the time machine

By Leslie Barton

Published on June 18, 2008 at 4:01am

We try to throw good parties, but it's always a last-minute dogshit-pickup and toilet-scrub thing, and the pizza rolls aren't even thawed out. So don't come to our parties. They bite. Somebody whose parties don’t suck is Raven Valdes, “the Valley’s leading social butterfly.” The professional party girl strikes again with Raven's Flashback Birthday Bash. The party’s all about the 1970s, when gas and pot were cheap and people cared who ran for office. Highlights include go-go dancers, spins by DJ Double R, and performances by R&B vocal duo BabyGirlz Phase 2 and the disco-revival band The Polyesters. Peace, man.
Sat., June 21, 8 p.m., 2008


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